"Lord justice, you don't know that this paper is made with a special craftsmanship. Although the failed paper is as useless as mud, you can crush it and press it again until it is made successfully.
Although this cycle was time-consuming, it would not waste the raw materials.
Therefore, the cost did not increase much. It was just that it was time-consuming and laborious.”
Ying Zhan's expression remained the same as he spoke to Li Si calmly.
Li Si narrowed his eyes and stared at Yingzhan without blinking. It was as if he wanted to pry into Yingzhan's heart to see if he was lying.
If it was anyone else, they would only feel that Li Si's gaze was extremely oppressive and would not be able to withstand it in a few breaths.
However, Yingzhan looked into Li Si's eyes calmly, which made Li Si doubt himself. Was he really thinking too much?
Ying Zhan didn't lie, and he didn't have any plans?
However, based on his years of experience as a chief justice, Li Si felt that it was not that simple!
"In that case, I was overthinking.
Please forgive me for going straight to the point. The Marquis of Xianyang saw it in the imperial court today.
Right Prime Minister Huai Zhuang and Left Prime Minister Wang Wan, although they were called Prime Ministers, they were both short-sighted people!
Paper was a good thing for the country and the people, but they were stubborn. They only wanted to curb it and not think about how to increase production and spread it to the world!”
At this point, Li Si finally revealed his true intentions.""These two old men are not worthy of being the prime ministers of the empire!
I see that the Marquis of Xianyang is a dragon and phoenix among men. I wonder if you are willing to join hands with Li Si to replace Wang Wan, change the atmosphere of the court, and make our Great Qin more prosperous?
I, Li Si, boast that I have world-shocking talent, and the talent of the Marquis of Xianyang is even better than Li Si!
If you and I become the Prime Ministers of Great Qin, we will definitely assist His Majesty in making Great Qin impregnable!”
Ying Zhan laughed coldly in his heart. After beating around the bush, it turned out that Li Si couldn't wait to become the Prime Minister and wanted to join forces with Ying Zhan to push Wang Wan down.
He must have thought that he had discovered Yingzhan's secret and wanted to use it to control Yingzhan.
Little did he know that if he failed, he would be exposed!
It was even hard to guarantee that it was not Li Si's probing!
After all, Huai Zhuang and Wang Wan were both old and could not be prime ministers for long. The most qualified and likely successor was Li Si!
A smart person like Li Si should know that he would become the Prime Minister soon, so why couldn't he wait and mention this to Yingzhan, whom he had only met once?
Thinking about it this way, it wasn't hard to guess that Li Si had always been jealous of talents. He must have seen how important the First Emperor was to him today and was worried that Yingzhan's rise would threaten Li Si's position!
Just like how Li Si was worried about Han Fei!
After thinking it through, Ying Zhan couldn't help but curse in his heart."Bah! Li Si was really something. It was just an old silver coin!
If there's a chance in the future, I'll definitely cut you in half, one of the main culprits who caused Great Qin's destruction!”
Although he thought so in his heart, Yingzhan still pretended to be shocked."Watch your words, chief justice!
Given the experience and meritorious service of the chief justice, he must be the candidate for the next prime minister.
However, I, Ying Zhan, am young and unvirtuous. I was lucky enough to be granted the title of Marquis. How dare I have the intention of scheming for the position of Prime Minister!
'Don't hurt me, chief justice. If His Majesty and the ministers know about it, they would think that I'm ambitious!'”
As he spoke, Ying Zhan hurriedly left the palace gate with a look of fear.
Li Si was left alone, staring at Ying Zhan's back with sparkling eyes.
"Interesting, the younger generation is formidable!"
A moment later, Li Si smiled meaningfully and waved his hand to summon a spy from the Network.""Keep an eye on this Marquis of Xianyang and report back to me if there is any news!
He also wanted to see if he could sneak into the place where he made the paper and see how it was made!”
Li Si, who thought that he was extremely smart and could scheme against anyone in the world, did not know that he had schemed against the wrong person this time!
On the other side, after Ying Zhan returned to Xianyang Pavilion, he began to work on the Xianyang paper treasure plan.
He first hid most of the paper that he had already produced.
Then, he sent his servants to Xianyang City to buy a shop and announce in the market that a small amount of paper would be sold in three days.
This news quickly spread throughout Xianyang City. Those ministers who had seen the advantages of paper in the imperial court also noticed it and planned to buy paper in three days.
Firstly, paper was indeed convenient to write on. Secondly, the rarer an item was, the more valuable it was. Paper, this new writing material, could also become a symbol of status!
Whoever wrote a letter on paper represented the power, wealth, and face of the family!
In the Xianyang Palace, the First Emperor, who was reading the 120 jin bamboo slips, heard the news. He couldn't care less about the memorials and immediately called Wang Jian and his son to meet Yingzhan at Xianyang Pavilion.
After all, the First Emperor was also curious about Ying Zhan's plan.
"Hahaha, congratulations, Marquis of Xianyang!”
In Xianyang Pavilion, the First Emperor looked at Ying Zhan and laughed.
"Marquis Tongwu is too polite. Speaking of which, I still have to thank Marquis Tongwu for recommending you to His Majesty.”
Yingzhan smiled and thanked the First Emperor, who was pretending to be Marquis of Tongwu.
"I wanted to thank Marquis Tongwu in court today, but I didn't see you.
He only saw Wang Yu and Wang Shi standing in a corner of the hall.”
The First Emperor didn't expect Yingzhan's attention to be so meticulous. He was glad that the First Emperor had made the arrangements.
"Marquis of Xianyang, you may not know this, but I, Wang Ben, am a general.
It just so happened that I drank too much last night and felt dizzy so I didn't attend the court meeting. Only my subordinates, Wang Yu and Wang Shi, went.”
These words were very reasonable. Ying Zhan didn't think too much about it and just smiled."Since Marquis Tongwu likes to drink, I'll brew a type of strong wine for you to drink after some time.”
Yingzhan returned the favor by brewing some high-grade white wine after the experimental fields such as sweet potatoes and potatoes were harvested.
The reason why they had not brewed wine before was because Great Qin's food production was low, and Ying Zhan did not want to waste food to brew wine.
When the high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes and potatoes began to be promoted, they could start making wine.
When the First Emperor heard this, he didn't think too much about it. He smiled and nodded, then asked Yingzhan,""His Majesty asked me to ask you, why did you change the topic of low paper production in the court today?
If that was the case, wouldn't he be exposed in the future?”
Ying Zhan knew that the First Emperor would be curious about this, but he didn't expect that the First Emperor would send Wang Ben instead of Ying Zhan.
"Marquis Tong Wu, please report to Your Majesty that the reason why I said that today is because the voices of the ministers in the court are too loud against the widespread use of paper. If we forcefully promote it, there will definitely be people who will secretly obstruct and exert resistance.
Therefore, I decided to be flexible.
He would first make the ministers feel that the production of paper was not high, and then he could sell some paper to the ministers and nobles at a high price.
When the ministers got used to using paper, they could no longer live without it.
And the world would know about the existence of paper.
At that time, I will announce to the public that the paper production has improved and the production has increased.
Then, he would promote the paper and paper-making technology to the world at cost price.
In this way, not only did I earn a large sum of money from those dignitaries, but I could also pay a large amount of taxes to enrich the national treasury.
Finally, the people of the world would feel that the Imperial Court cared about the commoners, making paper that commoners could not afford to use become something that commoners could afford, and they would be grateful to Great Qin.
"Especially those old citizens of the six countries. They will feel that Great Qin has blessed the world and will gradually return to us!”
"Alright! This was a brilliant plan! It can be said to be killing three birds with one stone!"
When the First Emperor heard the plan to win the battle, his eyes lit up and he clapped his hands in praise.
This plan allowed Yingzhan, the inventor of the paper, to earn a sum of money first. He could also collect more taxes to enrich the national treasury and gain the hearts of the people!
It could be said to be wonderful!
After all, the main focus of winning the war was not to earn money but to replenish the national treasury and buy the hearts of the people for Great Qin. This made the First Emperor feel gratified and moved!
Other than that, Yingzhan's flexibility also reflected his methods of handling matters. He was not blindly reckless and headstrong, but rather, he took advantage of the situation and acted according to the circumstances. He was filled with wisdom!
It could be said that he was born with the heart of an emperor!
With such a son, what else can I ask for?
On the other hand, the old general Wang Jian by the side seemed to have thought of something. He opened his mouth and said with a somewhat sour tone,"I wonder how much you plan to sell it at?
How much is a page worth?"
"Not high, one piece of paper is worth ten thousand!" Ying Zhan smiled.”
"How much?
10,000 yuan for a piece of paper?
Is your paper made of gold, or is your shop made of gold?”
At this moment, Wang Jian and Wang Ben widened their eyes and exclaimed in disbelief…
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