Wang Ben wasn't interested at all when he heard that it was paper making.
He shamelessly found Qing Yi, asked for a bag of salt, and left happily.
He said that he had gone back to arrange for his men to guard the farmland.
The other three scholars were shocked when they heard about paper making.
They had yet to recover from the matter of mineral salt purification.
Now, the Thirteenth Young Master was telling them that there was also paper making?
The Thirteenth Young Master could make something as precious as paper?
Let me explain a little here. During the Qin Dynasty, there was also the concept of "paper".
However, at this time, the paper was still the " silk " that could write words.
The cost was extremely high, and even the royal family could not easily afford it.
Only major events like the Emperor's posthumous edict or the Fengshan ceremony were written on silk paper. This paper was called silk.
Everyone used bamboo slips to spread words, study, and read.
The bamboo slips were very heavy, and the silk paper was very expensive. They were not suitable for widespread use.
At this moment.
Li Si asked curiously,"
"Young Master, what paper are you talking about? Is it silk?”
Feng Quji and Meng Yi were also extremely curious.
Ying Che shook his head," Follow me. You'll know when you see me."”
The few of them arrived at the paper making field.
At this moment, on the paper making side, Lu Ban was leading some craftsmen to methodically work step by step.
Of course, the only exception was the huge piece of paper that Ying Zheng had created with his True Qi yesterday.
Most of the other work was to process the bamboo and soak it in limestone pulp.
Ying Che only taught Lu Ban how to make this limestone paste.
If there were any technical requirements for making paper, the first step, limestone pulp, was one of them.
Seeing this, Li Si, Feng Quji, and Meng Yi were amazed.
Li Si asked,"
"Young Master, the raw material used to make the paper you mentioned is this bamboo?”
Ying Che nodded.
"We can understand that bamboo is made into bamboo slips, but what kind of paper is it?”
The other two were also confused.
Ying Che led the three of them to a drying place.
On the big wooden table, there was a large " white cloth " about two meters wide.
It was drying to remove water.
Suddenly.
Meng Yi seemed to have noticed something and rushed forward.
As a scholar, especially a cynical scholar, he was the most sensitive to paper.
When he saw the huge white cloth, his heart skipped a beat.
Could it be…
This was the " paper " that the Thirteenth Young Master was talking about?
Rushing to the table, Meng Yi stared at the "paper" carefully.
Most of the paper was white, and there were some bamboo fiber structures.
It could be seen that this thing seemed to be made of bamboo.
Although there were some "furry" edges on it, the paper was extremely thin.
At least compared to the bamboo slips, it was many times worse.
It was slightly thicker than silk, but not by much.
At this moment, Meng Yi's eyes were already filled with surprise.
He touched it again.
Soft and foldable!
He tugged lightly.
The tension was very good, and it was very strong. If one did not use brute force, the paper would not break.
This meant that it was easy to preserve and would not be easily damaged.
He was so excited that he couldn't care less about anything else.
Meng Yi took out a writing brush from his sleeve. He didn't even bother to look for ink, so he put it in his mouth and soaked the tip of the brush.
However, his tongue and lips were covered in smelly ink.
Meng Yi's trembling hand gently slid a small stroke on the corner of the paper.
The ink was clearly printed on the paper.
It was much clearer than the bamboo slips.
It was almost the same as silk.
This paper was easy to write on!
Seeing this, Meng Yi was completely shocked.
He turned back to look at Ying Che and asked word by word,"
"Yi, may I ask young master, how much did this paper cost?”
This was the last question that Meng Yi was concerned about, so much so that he was a little excited whenever he thought of any sound.
Ying Che didn't answer. Instead, he asked Meng Yi,
"What do you think of this paper?"
Meng Yi was a little excited.
"Good, wonderful, amazing!"
"This paper is as thin as silk paper, soft and portable.
Although it was not as hard to damage as the bamboo slips, it was not something that could be broken by brute force.
The color was extremely white. Although Yi only tried it, he knew that after writing, the strokes were clear and distinct.”
"All of this means that this paper can completely replace bamboo slips and silk paper as a new type of text recording medium!!”
Ying Che smiled and asked,"
"If this paper can be easily used by all scholars, what effect will it have?”
Meng Yi thought for a moment, then stared at Ying Che with bright and excited eyes,
"If all the scholars in the world could use this as paper to read, then the number of words they could read every day would greatly increase, and their learning efficiency would also greatly increase.
Furthermore, the spread of knowledge would be more convenient and simple!”
Ying Che asked again,
"If this paper is compiled into a book and spread to the world, what do you think of the idea of governing the country I proposed yesterday?”
Meng Yi pondered for a moment and replied,
"If this paper is folded into a book and spread to the world, then Young Master's suggestion yesterday to take the strengths of the various schools of thought and let the people learn the Great Qin's language, study algebra, ink techniques, and so on, will very likely become a reality!”
"What else? What would happen after this became a reality?”At this moment, Ying Che was like a teacher, guiding Meng Yi to think.
Meng Yi's brain was spinning rapidly.
"If all of this can become a reality, then all of the children in Great Qin will learn the Great Qin language and speak the Great Qin official language.
Whatever books Great Qin published, they would learn.
Within 30 years, the world would only know about Great Qin and not the six countries!”
"Also, if algebra and ink techniques are really as miraculous as Young Master described, then I'll be able to use them.
"When that time comes, Great Qin will have geniuses everywhere. Food will be commonplace, and the people will no longer have to worry about starving to death.
Great Qin would welcome a terrifying wave of development!”
Speaking up to this point, even Meng Yi himself could not quite believe it.
Including his dozens of civil officials, they all thought that Ying Che had said yesterday that he would eliminate the Hundred Schools of Thought and only respect Confucianism. He wanted to take the strengths of the Hundred Schools of Thought and let the commoners learn knowledge to develop Great Qin.
Such a scene would require at least several generations, or even dozens of generations of hard work, to achieve.
He really didn't dare to imagine that all of this was happening right before his eyes.
The Thirteenth Young Master had already thrown the solution to the two most difficult basic problems at their feet!
Thinking of this, Meng Yi became even more excited and asked,
"Young Master, please tell me how much this paper costs. Can it be mass-produced?”
"Hahahaha, how much did it cost?" Ying Che suddenly laughed,
"This paper raw material has no capital. The only raw material is bamboo. How much can be produced depends on how much bamboo can be grown in the Great Qin Empire!”
"Meng Yi, tell me, how many bamboos does Great Qin have? Moreover, if the bamboo was not enough, other fiber plants could replace it.”
Suddenly,
The moment these words came out, Meng Yi was completely stunned.
How many bamboos does our Great Qin have? Wasn't that inexhaustible?
This paper…It was actually so cheap!
Now that Great Qin had food to eat, it did not lack manpower!
Suddenly, something in Meng Yi's mind seemed to shatter.
He connected all the questions that Ying Che had asked and the questions that he had been thinking about.
All the problems had been solved and he understood everything.
It turned out that the Thirteenth Young Master had already thought so far ahead.
At this moment.
Meng Yi suddenly raised his head to the sky and laughed loudly, and tears suddenly burst out.
"Hahahahaha, the heavens want Great Qin to prosper, the heavens want Great Qin to prosper, hahahaha!”
"The 13th Young Master descended from the heavens and used food to feed the people of Great Qin. He used paper to pass down the civilization of Great Qin.”
"Such a divine technique, such a magical item!”
"This is the fortune of the scholars of Great Qin, the fortune of the people of Great Qin, and the fortune of the Great Qin Empire!”
"Wuwuwuwu, Young Master!"
Plop.
Meng Yi suddenly knelt down in front of Ying Che with tears streaming down his face!
Then, he bowed!
"From today onwards, I am willing to write and grind ink for you.
Yi, I'll die for you!"
Ding! Congratulations to the host for subduing Meng Yi and obtaining the loyalty of the civil officials in the imperial court. Reward: Compendium of Materia Medica, Sun Simiao, the King of Medicine.
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