Ying Zheng was in a good mood when he saw that the General Mansion had made paper.
"Oh, just say it."
Mo Qiong nodded and said,
"I am old and my thinking is a little rigid.”
"Therefore, when I received the paper-making technique from His Majesty, I began to slowly make it according to the contents of the book.”
"At that time, it was my disciple who reminded me.”
"Fresh bamboo needs a hundred days to soak, so we can use rotten bark and bamboo.”
"This can save the soaking time.”?
"Although the quality of the paper made in this way is not good, the production speed is very fast.?”
"You can produce a batch in a month?。”
"However, Your Majesty, don't worry. We are also making that kind of high-quality paper. It's just for the sake of speeding up, so I brought this inferior paper to see you in advance.”?
Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.
"Not bad, not bad. You're very thoughtful."
"Leave these papers here and leave.”
Mo Qiong cupped his hands and bowed.
"Here, this subject will take his leave."
After Mo Qiong left.
Looking at the dark yellow paper in the wooden box, Ying Zheng had his own plan.
The next day.
The Qilin Hall of Xianyang Palace.
This was Great Qin's monthly court meeting.
Ying Zheng sat on the dragon throne with a dignified look on his face.
"Dear ministers, I recently obtained a treasure.”
As soon as he finished speaking.
The court instantly became lively.
Wei Liaozi:
"Treasure? Hahaha, what kind of treasure is it that His Majesty can't forget?”
Wang Ben replied,
"If even His Majesty says it's a treasure, then it must be priceless.”
Feng Quji:
"Your Majesty, is it a ten-thousand-year-old ginseng?"
Ying Zheng looked at the noisy court and shouted,"
"Dear ministers, please be quiet for a moment. Someone, bring my treasure up.”
Not long after.
An old eunuch slowly walked into the Qilin Palace with a rectangular plate.
On the plate was a stack of yellow paper, a rabbit fur brush, a black ink block, and an inkstone.
"Do you know these things?”
The ministers in the hall looked at each other, not knowing what these were.
Right Prime Minister Feng Quji cupped his hands and bowed.
"Your Majesty, what are these?"
Ying Zheng said unhurriedly,"
"These are four sets of brush, ink, paper, inkstone, and documents.”
After Ying Zheng finished speaking.
The ministers were even more dumbfounded.
Brush, ink, paper, and inkstone?
Four documents?
Why have we never heard of it?
Looking at the dumbfounded state of the ministers, Ying Zheng laughed heartily and said,"
"Hahaha, this one will introduce these things to you.”
"A set of brush, ink, paper, and inkstone."
He took the lead and picked up the brush made of rabbit fur.
"This is a writing brush. Its function is similar to a carving knife.”
Then, he picked up the paper that was as thin as a cicada's wing."
"This is paper, and its function is similar to bamboo slips.”
"This is a block of ink. You can write on paper with a brush dipped in its color.”
"The last one is an inkstone that can be used to store ink.”
After saying that.
Ying Zheng showed them.
He slowly wrote the big seal character "Qin" on the paper.
After the ink dried.
Ying Zheng picked up the paper and showed it to the ministers,"
"In the past, only bamboo slips and silk books could record words, but silk books were expensive and bamboo slips were cumbersome.”
"However, from today onwards, paper has appeared. It can also record words, but it is lighter than bamboo slips and cheaper than silk books. It is a necessity for household documents.”
Feng Quji could also tell the value of the paper.
He looked at Ying Zheng with a burning gaze and said,"
"Your Majesty, you said that the price of this paper is low. Then this humble subject would like to ask, how much is a piece of paper?”
Although silk books were light, they were very expensive.
It was so expensive that even gold could not compare to it.
Although Ying Zheng had said that the price of paper was low.
However, Feng Quji felt that the price was low compared to the silk books.
Although it was cheap, it was definitely not cheap.
However…
Ying Zheng laughed heartily,"
"Zhen has already instructed the General's Mansion to mass-produce. Currently, there are two grades of premium paper and premium paper.”
"Of course, the premium paper has not been produced yet, so we still have to wait for two months. However, the premium paper in my hands only costs ten coins per sheet.”
"What is it? So cheap?"
Feng Quji's eyes widened in disbelief.
Compared to the silk books and bamboo slips, this price was too cheap.
It was simply a discount.
If the writing space was one foot.
Silk books cost 5,000 yuan to buy a foot.
Compared to silk books, bamboo slips were much cheaper. They only cost 300 yuan.
However…
This was still very expensive.
300 coins was enough to buy 40 to 50 catties of grain in the Qin Dynasty.
In this era where there was no food and no warm clothes.
40 to 50 catties of food, but they could only buy bamboo slips with a few hundred words written on them.
Ordinary people really couldn't afford it.
This was also the reason why in this era, only nobles and aristocratic families had the ability to learn knowledge.
It was because the cost of learning knowledge was too high.
At the same time, this was also the reason why most of the articles in this era were concise and comprehensive.
The bamboo slips and silk books were really too expensive. He had to use them sparingly…
Feng Quji slowly calmed his breathing and cupped his hands.
"Your Majesty, with such a low price, is the cost of this paper very low?”
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