On the tenth day of February, the temperature gradually warmed up.
In the workshop in the western suburbs of Xianyang, the sun is shining brightly, and the ground is covered with the shadows of dry trees.
It was rare to encounter such good weather, so Zhao Hao caught Fu and Chang Wei together in the western suburbs workshop and let them bask in the sun.
Staying in the tunnel all day makes me feel like a rat.
However, what is gratifying is that Chang Wei dug out five more beams of light, and according to him, he heard the sound of carriages driving on the road from time to time.
It seems that the imperial palace has been dug out and is heading outside Xianyang City. It is really gratifying.
What Zhao Hao wanted to do was to get Zhongxian and the others back after the First Emperor left, so that Laifu and Chang Wei could dig more efficiently.
As for the reason for dispatching Zhongxian and others, it is actually very simple. Just say that Xiu Zhaoyang Palace sends people. Anyway, Xiu Xiu is everywhere, so a few fewer people will not be a problem.
At this time, the workshop is still very busy, because the wet paper I made some time ago has been successfully dried. Today I should verify whether the papermaking is successful, so people involved in papermaking including Zhang Cang, Wang Li, Yang Cen, and Mond , all a little nervous.
However, Zhao Hao was particularly relaxed and asked Laifu and Chang Wei to move a Taishi chair and sit on the ground to bask in the sun.
"Sir, the doctor's order is here." Laifu reminded Zhao Hao while picking melon seeds.
Zhao Hao was a little confused. He didn't know what Meng Yi was doing here, but since the other party was here, he couldn't sit like this, so he straightened his body and waited for Meng Yi.
"My minister Mengyi has met the young master."
Meng Yi got off the carriage and smiled and saluted when he saw Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao nodded with a smile: "Good morning, sir."
"Sir, I came here rashly, didn't I disturb you?" Meng Yi said with a smile.
"do not bother."
Zhao Hao stood up from the Grand Master's chair, waved his hand and said, "I have nothing to do, I'm just here to bask in the sun."
Meng Yi glanced at the workshop and said with a smile: "To be honest, I came here to check the progress of papermaking on His Majesty's orders. Your Majesty wants to use this lightweight paper to replace the heavy bamboo slips during the Eastern Tour. "
After saying that, he paused and asked tentatively: "I just don't know when this papermaking will be successful?"
Zhao Hao scratched his head. Unexpectedly, the First Emperor had been caring about this matter. Although he told him that it would take some time, it was obvious that the First Emperor couldn't wait any longer.
"It is said that it is better to arrive early than to arrive in time. Lang Zhongling is here at the right time today. Whether he can succeed in making paper depends on today."
"oh?"
Meng Yi's eyes lit up and he was about to speak when he suddenly heard a noise behind him. He turned around and saw that it was the old Prime Minister Wang Wan.
When Zhao Hao and Meng Yi saw Wang Wan, they hurriedly greeted him. Wang Wan was not surprised to see Meng Yi. He responded with a smile and said, "I heard that you are making paper here. If you can successfully replace the bamboo slips, it will be a good thing for the country." Benefit the people!”
"Yes, this paper is cheap and easy to carry. His Majesty attaches great importance to it." Meng Yi smiled and nodded: "The old prime minister is also here for this matter?"
After hearing the conversation between the two, Zhao Hao suddenly became worried.
He could probably guess that the matter of papermaking could no longer be kept secret, and whether the papermaking was successful was no longer something that only a few people looked forward to, but now became the expectation of everyone.
Unknowingly, he was suddenly worried that the papermaking would fail and that he might be embarrassed today.
"Sir, it's ready over there!"
Chang Wei trotted over from a distance, saluted Wang Wan and Meng Yi, and then said to Zhao Hao: "Master Zhang asked me to ask you, can we start?"
Zhao Hao nodded and raised his hand to signal Wang Wan and Meng Yi: "This is where you two ministers come."
Wang Wan and Meng Yi looked at each other, then walked into the courtyard one after another.
At this moment, the craftsmen gathered in the southwest corner of the workshop. Next to the stove, two bamboo ladders were erected. Two craftsmen from the Shaofu climbed up the bamboo ladders to remove the pieces of paper pressed on them. Remove the stone.
"Is there paper under these stones?" Wang Wan stood on the stove and asked Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao smiled and said: "This is just the final process. If it succeeds, it is just paper. If it does not succeed, it is nothing."
"Young Master is a great talent"
Wang Wan stroked his beard and nodded, while Meng Yi stared at the craftsmen without blinking, quietly waiting for the results.
At this moment, someone suddenly came to report that Zheng Guo was coming.
So Zhao Hao was about to turn around and go to greet him at the door, but before he could take a few steps, Zheng Guo came in with Shi Lu and his eldest disciple, and greeted Zhao Hao with a smile: "Sir, I'm sorry. Are you late?"
"Old Ling came at just the right time."
Zhao Hao responded with a smile, then looked at the two people beside Zheng Guo and said, "I wonder who these two are?"
"The person on the left is my disciple Qiong, and the person on the right is the supervisor of Lingqu, Shi Lu."
"I have met the young master."
Qiong and Shi Lu both saluted Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao waved his hand to signal them to excuse themselves, and then turned his attention to Shi Lu: "Are you from the Mo family?"
"Exactly."
Shi Lu bowed and answered, and then asked curiously: "How did the young master see it?"
"It's not surprising that you can tell the difference after seeing it a lot."
"So that's it. I've heard for a long time that the young master is well-informed and knowledgeable. When I saw him today, he really lived up to his reputation."
"hehe."
Zhao Hao smiled noncommittally, and then said to Zheng Guo: "The old prime minister and Lang Zhongling are both here, please come with me!"
"I never thought they would come too."
Zheng Guo nodded with a smile and asked as he walked: "How is the progress?"
"It's the final process, it might take a while."
Zhao Hao looked back at the stove and pondered.
"Then just wait."
Zheng Guo nodded slightly, then seemed to remember something, and said: "Two days ago, I and Your Majesty proposed road projects and the construction of spiritual canals. I heard by chance that the young master can make a material called cement. Is it true? "
"To be honest with you, my father has ordered me to supervise the construction of Zhaoyang Palace. I am planning to use cement and concrete to build it!"
"oh?"
Zheng Guo's eyes lit up, then he looked at Shi Lu and said, "Can this cement and concrete be used to build roads or spiritual canals?"
"It's okay, but it's a bit troublesome to bake cement."
"The trouble is nothing. At most, it will cost some manpower and material resources. As long as it is feasible, I will report it to Your Majesty and open the door for convenience."
"In that case, when it comes to firing cement, Lao Lingke can send someone to learn it." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile.
Zheng Guo rolled his eyes and pointed at the two people behind him: "Master, what do you think of them?"
"Hahaha!"
Zhao Hao raised his head and laughed, jokingly saying: "Old Ling is really well prepared!"
He actually also understood that when the First Emperor asked him to supervise the construction of Zhaoyang Palace, it was actually to verify the cement and concrete. After all, building a palace in three months was an almost impossible task in ancient times.
Only injection molding projects like cement and concrete can be done easily.
"Sir, the move is finished here."
Chang Wei ran over again. Wang Wan and Meng Yi were still focusing all their attention on making paper. They seemed not to notice Zheng Guo beside Zhao Hao, and said excitedly: "Is it time to start 'removing paper'?"
"Yes, it's time to start!"
Zhao Hao smiled and nodded.
Soon, several craftsmen waiting for instructions became excited when they heard Chang Wei's shout.
They stood on the bamboo ladder, stretched out their hands, and carefully peeled off the outermost layer of paper.
During this process, everyone, including Zhao Hao, looked at them expectantly.
Finally, under the expectant eyes of everyone, the craftsman took off the first piece of paper and handed it to Zhang Cang.
Zhang Cang suppressed the excitement in his heart and came to Zhao Hao holding the piece of paper.
The next moment, Wang Wan, Meng Yi, and Zheng Guo all came over.
"Sir, what do you think?"
Zhang Cang spread the paper out for Zhao Hao to check, and asked expectantly: "Did it succeed?"
In fact, Zhao Hao saw the piece of paper from a long way away. When he got it in front of him, he made a rough judgment. Now that he was close in front of him, he couldn't help but frowned and muttered: "Why is it like this?"
"ah?"
Zhang Cang was frightened and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Meng Yi and the other three also looked at each other, their hearts pounding.
"Could it be said that papermaking failed?" Shi Lu on the side asked doubtfully.
Zhao Hao was stunned and looked up at him. Only then did he realize that everyone was looking at him, waiting for his decision. He couldn't help waving his hands and smiling: "It's not a failure, it's not a failure. It's just that the color is a little wrong. It should be bleached."
After saying this, he took the paper from Zhang Cang's hand and handed it to Wang Wan for reading.
In Wang Wan's eyes, the paper had not been cut yet, so it looked extremely large, and the color was white-yellow, not bright white.
Carefully touch it, it's as thin as a cicada's wing, and when the wind blows, it will roll up like silk cloth. Wang Wan felt an indescribable fondness for it, and she smiled and sighed: "I never thought there could be such a magical thing in the world. It's true." Soft and light.”
With that said, he handed the piece of paper to Meng Yi again.
Meng Yi took it and felt it, then raised his head and asked Zhao Hao: "Sir, is this a success?"
After the words fell, everyone looked at Zhao Hao, including the craftsmen. What they were most concerned about at the moment was still the success of papermaking, not the meaning of the paper itself.
But Zhao Hao looked around at the crowd and said with a smile: "Congratulations to you and me. Everyone has witnessed history today. Our paper has been successfully made!"
"Hahaha! Success!!"
"God pays off! Finally succeeded!"
"The Qin Dynasty will last ten thousand years! Your Majesty will last ten thousand years!"
"Young Master is mighty!"
Hearing everyone celebrating loudly and with smiles on their faces, Zhang Cang couldn't wait to remind Zhao Hao: "Sir, try the writing effect!"
Zhao Hao glanced at the paper in Meng Yi's hand, nodded and said, "Have someone bring me pen and ink!"
Soon, the open space of the workshop was filled with people.
Zhao Hao spread the paper on the table, turned around and said to everyone: "Then it will be up to Hao to verify the writing effect."
"Please, sir!"
Wang Wan smiled and nodded, and everyone else also looked at Zhao Hao with smiles.
No one is more suitable than Zhao Hao here. After all, it was Zhao Hao who made the paper. Even if the First Emperor were here, he would not have any objections.
At this time, Wang Li had already started grinding and looked very happy, including Zhao Hao's "wronged" classmates, who were also very excited.
But the paper at this moment gave Zhao Hao some trouble, because the paper spread on the table was not very flat, and there were some wrinkles at the corners.
Generally, writing on paper with a brush requires a 'paperweight', but the Qin Dynasty did not have such a thing, so in desperation, he had to take off the jade pendant from his waist and press it on the paper.
Meng Yi and Wang Wan noticed this action and seemed a little confused, but Zhao Hao also didn't know what impact his action would have in the future.
Just like he did in interest classes when he was a child, he held the brush and pressed the paper with one hand to smooth out the uneven areas. Then he took the brush from Wang Li, looked at the yellow and white paper on the desk, and thought of 'Cai Lun' again. .
If we follow the course of history, this man is the inventor of papermaking, and he is famous in history because of papermaking.
As a great inventor in Chinese history, Cai Lun may have to wait tens or hundreds of years before he is born, but after today, it is impossible for Cai Lun to leave his name in history.
This made Zhao Hao feel a little ashamed.
But then I thought about it, we can't let the Qin Dynasty wait for dozens or hundreds of years in order to achieve Cai Lun's success, right?
Then the First Emperor would probably kill himself!
"Master?"
Just when Zhao Hao was thinking a lot, Zhang Cang seemed to notice that Zhao Hao was distracted and couldn't help but whisper a reminder.
"Um."
Zhao Hao responded, and then finally became more serious. But looking at the brush in his hand, he began to hesitate again about what to write.
This should be the first piece of paper in history. Apart from the papyrus for wiping buttocks, it is also the first person in history to write on paper.
Now that so many people have witnessed it, it will definitely be remembered by history, and it may be famous throughout the ages, so this word cannot be written casually.
In fact, it would be better to write a good wish, such as 'bringing in wealth' or something like that, but after the First Emperor learned about it, he would definitely despise himself for not being like him, so he had to write something powerful and domineering.
"It's quite domineering to overthrow the little days, but now the little days are still chewing tree bark in the mountains. Even if they are written down, future generations will not be able to understand them. Maybe they will ask you which country the 'little days' are from and why you want to overthrow them." Weird questions like that.
The same problem, 'punch the horse in heaven, step on the teng of Nanshan' will not work.
It can’t be either good wishes or nondescript, so what should I write?
"Master?"
Wang Li also started to urge. This guy was impatient, which made people feel helpless.
Zhao Hao sighed, ignored him, and continued to think about what to write.
Looking back at the past and looking at the present, the only thing left to praise is the First Emperor.
Zhao Hao, who was holding the brush, rolled his eyes and felt that he was a little shameless. It was so shameless to flatter him in this way.
After all, the First Emperor’s father had tricked him, so why should he flatter him?
"Master?"
Laifu also reminded in a low voice at this time: "The three ministers have been waiting for a long time."
Hearing this, Zhao Hao looked back at Wang Wan and the other three, and found that although they were all waiting quietly, there was a trace of impatience in their eyes, so he turned around with burning eyes and wrote a sentence eloquently.
"Anyone who offends us and strengthens Qin will be punished no matter how far away he is!"
Although it has been tampered with Chen Tang's "Anyone who offends our powerful Han will be punished no matter how far away", this sentence is suitable for the current Qin Dynasty.
Because this sentence is not a mark of an era, but the backbone of the Chinese nation.
The majestic China will last forever.
Throughout the dynasties, no one can forget that our country, China, is majestic and inviolable.
Zhao Hao didn't feel any shame about plagiarism. He blew dry the ink with a solemn expression and handed it to the three ministers for review.
"Anyone who offends us and strengthens Qin will be punished no matter how far away he is!"
Wang Wan was the first to take the paper and read this sentence silently, feeling shocked.
"this"
Meng Yi and Zheng Guo came forward to take a look and were stunned on the spot.
Obviously, they were all shocked by this sentence on the paper.
This sentence is so domineering!
This is the solar term of my Great Qin!
Anyone who offends our Great Qin Heavenly Power will be punished no matter how far away!
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