What Cao Zhi didn't know was that while he was happily planting his sweet potatoes and potatoes, the villagers outside were also greatly encouraged. Not only did they work harder during the day, but they also studied and learned Pinyin at night without any complaints.
Under the leadership of the great young master and his personal example, Luoyang was thriving.
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After the Great Wei Academy and the garrison system were on the right track, Ding He became more and more proficient in the paper making and book printing.
From the moment Ding Xiong took over the project, he had a completely different opinion of Cao Zhi.
Originally, Ding He only admired Cao Zhi's outstanding talent, but now, he was already filled with admiration for Cao Zhi.
It wasn't that Ding Rong hadn't heard of things like paper. He had even seen it with his own eyes and used it himself. Although it was convenient, it was still slightly inferior to bamboo slips and silk.
However, when Ding Qiong made paper according to the method Cao Zhi had taught her, he was truly shocked.
The paper was smooth, soft, light, and flexible. It was extremely suitable for writing and easy to store. It could even be bound into a book.
Ding Rong looked at the papers again and again, unable to put them down. Young Master is really a god!
When Cao Zhi heard this, he only smiled slightly and did not care.
Because in Cao Zhi's opinion, this was also within reason.
The paper-making technique that Cao Zhi had taught Ding Xiong had already far surpassed the current level of paper-making technique. By conservative estimation, it should have surpassed the current level by more than three hundred years!
Paper was first produced in the Western Han Dynasty. It was roughly made by cutting and mixing hemp fiber and hemp fabric. The paper at this stage was called "Baqiao paper".
Later, Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty improved the Baqiao Paper. Finally, he used bark, broken linen, old fishing nets, etc. as raw materials. He ordered the craftsmen to cut them into pieces, cut them, mix them together, and then put them into the pool to soak. After the time was ripe, the fiber material in the water was scooped out and then placed into the stone mortar for stirring. Then, the pulp was picked out with bamboo strips. After drying in the air, it was made into paper for writing--Cai Hou paper.
Compared to the Baqiao paper, the quality of the Caihou paper had made a qualitative leap. It could already replace bamboo slips for easier writing.
Later on, when Emperor Xian ascended the throne, a person called Zuo Bo improved the Cai Hou paper into Zuo Bo paper, making the paper white, delicate, soft, and even. Not only was the color bright, but the quality of the paper was also very good. It was widely used in some aristocratic families.
But now, although Zuo Bo paper had already appeared and could be seen in the hands of some high officials and nobles, it was not used as a printed book.
The concept of printing had yet to be formed, but the reason was that although Zuo Bo paper could be used for writing, it could not be preserved for a long time.
Cao Zhi remembered that it would take two hundred years for the jute paper that could be preserved for a long time to appear.
People nowadays had no concept of paper at all! He just thought that paper was just a luxury that was fast and convenient. It was not suitable for preserving important information and documents for a long time.
It was because of this that Ding Xiong was so shocked when he received Cao Zhi's paper-making strategy.
He could imagine that once this kind of thing was mass-produced, it would definitely replace the heavy bamboo slips with lightning speed.
The first thing that came to Ding Rong's mind was the economic benefits created by the paper.
With these unique papers, if he bought them at a high price, he would definitely earn a lot of money!
However, when Cao Zhi heard Ding Xiong's idea, he smiled and shook his head. Then, he gave him something else.
This thing was movable type printing.
When Ding Xiong finished reading the movable type printing technique, he truly understood how narrow his previous thoughts were.
He realized how ambitious his Young Master was and how far he could go.
He stood there in a daze, looking at Cao Zhi in front of him, almost unable to speak.
Cao Zhi looked at Ding Rong's shocked expression and smiled indifferently. He said to Ding Rong,"" I'm not mass-producing paper for the sake of a little economic benefit. Paper making is not a difficult thing to begin with. If I want to mass produce it, I have to set up a 'factory' on a large scale. The method of making paper will spread out sooner or later. How can I keep it sealed?”
"What I want is to break the monopoly of knowledge that has existed in this land for thousands of years!”
Breaking the knowledge monopoly of the great clans! This was Cao Zhi's ambition!
When the paper making technology was developed on a large scale, coupled with the movable type printing technology, it would be able to quickly create the carrier of culture on a large scale--books.
Although the number of books could not determine the final growth of the talent's ability, it undoubtedly increased the maximum production rate of the family's talent. The main character's movable type printing technique was to completely break the monopoly of books by aristocratic families!
Before the invention of paper and printing, the aristocratic families had a monopoly on knowledge to an extremely serious extent.
Just like these people who came to the Great Wei Academy to study for Yang Xiu, were they not smart? Were they stupid?
No!
Among them, some of them even had much higher comprehension than Yang Xiu. But the reason why they could not make progress was not because they were not smart enough, but because they had no books to read!
It was not that it was difficult for a Humble Class to produce a noble son, but that there was no chance at all!
In the end, the rule of the aristocratic families was a policy of obscuring the people. When knowledge was only in the hands of a few people, the others who had no access to knowledge could only become cannon fodder and chess pieces.
What Cao Zhi wanted was to completely destroy the foundation of the aristocratic families 'rule from the bottom. Once books began to appear on a large scale, knowledge would no longer be an extravagant hope for the people. It would not be something that could not be seen or touched, but something that they could actually come into contact with.
Everyone could become famous after ten years of hardship!
Once the monopoly of knowledge was completely broken, the Humble Class disciples would start to rise. The advantages of the great clans would be greatly weakened. For example, if the Sima Clan wanted to rise up again, it would simply be a dream.
Why was the Song Dynasty prosperous? It was because it was easy to read, and a large number of techniques could be passed down. Books were easy to obtain, and there was no need to rely on copying. As long as the imperial court found a way to collect the original books, they could be printed using movable type and then spread to the people at the bottom.
As such, although the average citizen could not afford to study, it was not a problem for a village to support one or two people. In the past, even if the village was willing to provide for people to study, they would not have any books to study. Unless they went to the aristocratic families to copy books, it would be useless.
But now, all of this had become a reality!
Holding the two plans in his hands, Ding Rong was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes. He knew that a great plan that could change the world was about to begin in his hands!
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