Paper Disturbs the Court, Ye Ji's Bookstore Is Famous in Xianyang
At Li Si's residence.
In the study room.
Li Si wore a crown and a dark blue robe.
At this moment, he rolled up his sleeves with a calm expression, held a brush, and wrote on the bamboo slip one by one.
The servant stood silently at the side and waited on him.
After finishing the last stroke, Li Si put down the brush in his hand and bent down to blow at the words on the bamboo slip before handing it to a servant.
The servant took it and placed it aside to let the ink dry naturally.
"Thump, thump."
Someone knocked on the door.
"Come in."
As Li Si spoke, he reached for the empty bamboo slip.
The servant came in with something and reported with his head lowered.
"Master, according to the news, the newly appointed Assistant Minister Chang Yexuan has opened a Ye Ji Book Shop in Xianyang City, allowing the commoners to buy or read books.”
Li Si's pen paused, and a drop of ink fell from the tip of the pen, staining the blank bamboo slip.
"Hmm? Tidas, the bookstore?"
He had only met Tidas once. Back then, Tidas had offered many treasures in the hall, and he still remembered them vividly.
However, he believed that Tidas was just a merchant who was lucky enough to buy those treasures from the Xiongnu barbarians and successfully present them to His Majesty, thus obtaining an official position.
He did not pay too much attention to Tidas.
He did not expect that after Tidas became an official, he would not forget his business.
"In the end, he's just a businessman.”
"However, this Tidas is so rich? He was actually willing to give books to the commoners to read. Where did he get so many books?”
Li Si was curious.
Although he sighed at Tidas's feat of giving books to all the scholars in the world to read, how long could Tidas's financial resources last? One month, one year, ten years?
Li Si felt that Tidas's move was really stupid.
The result of waiting for Tidas was that his family's wealth was exhausted.
"Is there anything else?"
Seeing that the servant had not left, Li Si glanced at him from the corner of his eye.
He saw that the servant was holding something that looked like a silk cloth and was slightly yellow.
"Master, these are the flyers from Ye Bookstore.”
"Flyers?"
Li Si frowned and put down the pen before taking the item from the servant.
It was a thin piece of paper that looked like silk.
Li Si, who had never seen a piece of paper before, looked at the " flyer " with a serious expression. On the flyer were the words " bookstore opening, welcome to shop and read books." However, his heart was not on the words at all. Instead, he was staring at the piece of paper.
"There's actually such a magical item, so thin and light, like silk, and it can even be written on it. It's really unbelievable, unbelievable!”
"You said that this is a 'flyer' from Ye's Bookstore? In other words, this was something from Ye Ji Bookstore?”
Li Si looked up and stared at the servant sternly.
The servant looked nervous and nodded." The people in Ye's Bookstore call this 'paper', and the books in Ye's Bookstore are all made of paper.”
"Paper? It's really amazing, really amazing. Have you found out who made this 'paper'?”
The servant shook his head.
Li Si was deep in thought.
This piece of paper had appeared from the Ye Ji Bookstore, so this piece of paper must be related to the owner behind it, Tidas.
Previously, Tidas was able to offer so many treasures to Qin Shihuang, and now he had taken out a magical item like "paper". This Tidas was really not simple.
...
At the restaurant.
Meng Tian and her subordinates sat on the second floor near the fence. They overlooked the bustling Xianyang City.
Suddenly, he felt a little strange.
He turned his head and looked around the restaurant.
He frowned slightly.
"Why are there so many scholars missing from the eatery today? Don't those scholars like to talk loudly in the eatery? Now that there are no noisy scholars, I can't get used to it for a while.”
"Reporting to the general, this is because Vice Minister Chang Yexuan has opened a bookshop. Most of those scholars have gone to the bookshop to read.”
the subordinate replied.
"Hmm?"
"Bookstore?"
Meng Tian was busy with military affairs and finally had some free time. She did not know that Tidas had been causing trouble in Xianyang City these days.
His subordinates told him one by one.
"Paper? This is unbelievable!"
Meng Tian looked at the paper that her subordinate brought over from below and was amazed.
This was the first time he had seen such an item.
"If we had such an item, we wouldn't need to use bamboo slips or wooden slips in our reports, and those weak civil officials wouldn't have to complain about the weight of bamboo slips or wooden slips. This is the blessing of the scholars of Great Qin and the blessing of the scholars of the world.”
"I'm afraid that this 'paper' will bring about a massive change to Great Qin and the world.”
Meng Tian stroked her beard and sighed.
Even as a general, he understood the significance of Tidas's actions, let alone those civil officials.
.....
Wei Liao's residence.
Wei Liao held a piece of paper between his fingers and narrowed his eyes.
"Back then in the main hall, I saw that this child's appearance was extraordinary. He was rich and noble, and he was resourceful.”
"I didn't expect that such a miraculous thing could be created in such a short period of time.”
"An item from the Xiongnu? Heh."
Wei Liao chuckled." How could those barbarians take out something as magical as the River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting, and how could they forge the Glazed Cup? Such nonsense can only fool fools.”
He stood up and opened the window, looking at the blue sky. His eyes were deep, as if he was looking into the future.
"The appearance of paper will definitely set off a huge wave for Great Qin, and it will even change the way people write. Paper will definitely replace wooden and bamboo scrolls.”
"I really look forward to that day.”
Wei Liao suddenly sighed.
"Ying Zheng does not have the heart of benevolence to take care of the world, and he is incomparably brutal. He is not a wise ruler.”
Tidas developed paper and opened the Ye Ji Bookstore. Soon, news spread throughout Xianyang.
The streets and alleys were all talking about this topic.
They were all looking at the novelty and watching the show.
The officials of the imperial court were also watching this matter, but they were more far-sighted than the commoners.
They understood the significance of Tidas's invention of paper and the opening of the Ye Ji Bookstore.
The paper invented by Tidas allowed the words to have a better carrier. It allowed the words to be separated from the heavy wooden slips and spread better.
This was of extraordinary significance.
It was a major creation that could change history and bring about a revolution.
Tidas's bookstore could allow all the students in the world to read books. Even the students from the Humble Class could learn by reading the books in the bookstore.
This undoubtedly spread the knowledge of literature and gave the world's students a place to learn.
If bookstores were opened all over the country, then the burden of studying could be reduced for all the students in the country!
This was a major move!
The officials of the imperial court could only sigh. If there were saints in the world, perhaps they would be talking about Tidas.
Some schemers lamented Tidas's methods.
"This move to capture the hearts of all the scholars in the world is really extraordinary!”
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