Do you know destiny?
So, what is destiny?
The First Emperor smiled and had to say that this year was really a watershed.
On the other side, Zhao Si had already seen the bronze sculpture plate sent by the Mohist disciples.
"It's a pity that movable type actually needs to consider the issue of ink. I didn't expect this..." Zhao Si stroked the copper sculpture in front of him and sighed.
Zhao Si knew that there was a difference between movable type and engraving, but he really didn't know that the difference also included the need for ink.
"So, it's very unlikely that traditional ink can be used in movable type. I'm afraid the ink needs to be improved, and there are certain requirements for manufacturing movable type, right? It seems to be lead type? It should be an alloy... It feels quite awkward, but it can be used later. Let’s try making some movable type with lead. By the way, what is the name of lead in this era?”
"But the engraving plates are enough now. A batch of copper-cast engraving plates can be used for ten years or even hundreds of years as long as the printed content is not changed... It is definitely no problem to use it to print books in batches. The cost of knowledge will further change. It's cheap, but newspapers, documents, etc., I'm afraid they'll be useless before movable type is produced..." Zhao Si held the copper-cast engraving plate in his hand.
The bright golden color is worth mentioning. Although it is often said that the Qin Dynasty was the Bronze Age, in fact the color of the newly produced bronze was not cyan, but a shiny golden color like gold. Because the color was the same, sometimes Gold is also used to refer to copper.
The content of the copper-cast engraving plate is Qin's law, which was printed with ink by Zhao Si.
Because the craftsmanship was not very mature, the first batch of printing results were not very good, and there was a bit too much ink on them.
After repeating the instructions for a long time, Zhao Si finally gained some experience. More than sixty copper-cast engraving plates were printed, and dozens of pages of paper were laid out separately on the table. Qin's rules appeared on the paper.
It's very good. As long as you have some proficiency, generally speaking, the printing will not be wasted, and the speed is also very fast. After Zhao Si became a little more proficient, he printed the entire Qin Code in a short time.
When the ink was slightly dry, Zhao Si folded them one by one without hesitation, held them and walked straight towards the Emperor.
"His Majesty!"
The familiar air-conditioning hit his face, and Zhao Si, who was sweating profusely due to the heat from printing, let out a comfortable breath.
"A Qin Code, all printed!"
A thick stack of linen paper with neat handwriting and neat arrangement.
The First Emperor took the stack of hemp paper with slight admiration in his eyes.
"One piece of Qin law, half a cart of bamboo slips!"
The Qin Code contains too much content and is too complicated.
Firstly, bamboo slips are valuable, secondly they are inconvenient to write on, and thirdly they need to be carved and preserved. How can they be so difficult?
Because of the above reasons, it would be a great disaster for the world if Qin law wanted to spread it everywhere.
At present, the cost has come down, and the printing speed of Qin Code has increased... When the scale of paper production increases, the cost will further decrease. To put it bluntly, with the current national power of Da Qin, it is possible for every household to have a copy of Qin Code .
There are only a few households in Da Qin, and the total number of registered households is only about six million.
The cost is not low, but now it has reached the range that Da Qin can afford.
The birth of papermaking and printing is of cross-epochal significance.
"Command Li Si to come in!"
The First Emperor held a stack of Qin laws and seemed a little reluctant to put them down.
Popularizing Qin laws to every household is what Da Qin is doing, and it is something that is very far away from Da Qin.
From Shang Yang's reform to the current unification of the world, the efforts of several generations of kings, a span of a hundred years, many people and material resources, and many people were killed before the old Qin people in Guanzhong could first understand Qin's laws.
Now that Qin has unified the world, how long will it take for the people of the world to understand Qin's laws like the people of Qin?
Da Qin also crossed the river by feeling the stones, applying the experience of governing Guanzhong to local areas. However, as the area expanded and the population increased, the time and cost required also increased several times or even more than ten times.
It took hundreds of years for Guanzhong, could it possibly take thousands of years for the world?
And now, if nothing else...
With the current cost and effort of papermaking, it is difficult for Da Qinyuan to shorten its plan.
But you can set a small goal, such as six million households, and each household will have a Qin code!
With papermaking and printing, how much time would it take?
Isn't it just printing six million copies of Qin's laws?
The worst is to collect corvee labor, three to five years, or ten years, there is always no problem, right?
"good!"
Zhao Si left, and the First Emperor couldn't help but admire Qin Lu printed in his hand.
It didn't take long for Zhao Si to go out, and a Qin code was written on the paper. In the past, this was a project that would have taken at least several days to copy.
The most important thing is that you must be a scholar and your calligraphy must be better. If your calligraphy is as bad as Zhao Si's, you will not be able to use it even if you copy it.
And now?
print?
As long as there is an engraving, it can be printed without literacy.
Even the craftsmen who make engravings can make them even if they are illiterate.
You know, many of the craftsmen who cut tombstones don't know how to read at all. The same goes for making engravings.
The engraving plates must be made of copper, which is indeed very expensive, but this set of engraving plates can be used for too long, ten years? century? As long as it is properly maintained, it will last for hundreds of years.
The creation of engravings is equivalent to infrastructure construction. For this investment, the future returns will be huge.
The First Emperor has always liked infrastructure construction.
Beyond the drive...
Zhao Si and Li Si walked side by side.
"Why did your Majesty summon you?" Li Si looked at Zhao Si's smile with confusion.
"Go ahead, Mr. Li, it's a great thing!"
Could it be because of the internal organization proposed by Zhao Si? Li Si thought to himself secretly.
Since the last time he figured it out, Li Si has changed his mind.
But he had already rejected the First Emperor's kindness, and Li Si was not as thick-skinned as Zhao Si, so he could put what had happened behind him.
After all, he was not Zhao Si, and he had to worry about the First Emperor's thoughts and attitude towards himself, so he had been thinking about how he could mellowly change his opposition attitude in the past few days to support the First Emperor's wise decision.
It is true that this kind of internal organization is a knife placed on the necks of ministers, but His Majesty has personally asked me about my attitude. In short, this knife cannot be placed on his head, and in the future, the order of relocation will be implemented. With all the policies, it might not be a bad thing for Li Si to have another sword that is not restricted by the three gongs and nine ministers.
Zhao Si has been kept in the dark so far, but Li Si looked at it from the perspective of Sangong and Jiuqing, and asked me to come to the imperial edict.
I am the one who uses the knife. It is a good thing to have more knives. This knife cannot kill me first.
As soon as the two of them entered the carriage, Li Si and Zhao Si bowed and saluted uprightly. However, before Li Si could straighten back, Zhao Si was already kneeling down next to Bingjian.
"Look..." The First Emperor pushed Qin Lu in front of Li Si.
Li Si had never seen paper before, so he couldn't help but be stunned when he first saw it.
Then he looked at Zhao Si: "Is this the paper you are talking about?"
"Yes!" Zhao Si nodded.
"But I remember your handwriting is not so beautiful." Li Si said seriously.
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After teasing, Li Si watched carefully, and then the First Emperor handed over a letter from Xianyang. He had a rough idea of the cost and manufacturing cycle, and immediately realized what papermaking and printing meant.
From a certain perspective, Li Si and the First Emperor had the same idea.
The First Emperor wanted to achieve great things that no one could surpass before. Why didn't Li Si want to compare with the sages?
If it weren't for the temptation of calling his son a saint, why would Li Si change his mind and take over the important task of moving to the imperial edict.
Papermaking and printing are also very important for realizing Li Si's life ideals.
"Stop driving and convene a court meeting!"
Printing, papermaking!
This matter is also very important.
Although the Qin Dynasty focused on farming and war, it was normal to hold a court meeting when it came to such civil affairs that would benefit the future.
"Later, you have to print Qin's laws in front of hundreds of officials and make preparations!"
In addition to martial arts, there is also culture and education. The cost of bamboo slips is high, the construction period is long, the copying of books is inconvenient, and the circulation is slow.
Papermaking and printing were as valuable to the lower class scholars as fairy grain was to the head of Guizhou.
After all...only the truly great nobles do not care whether science and technology progress or not, whether the times develop or not.
Because regardless of whether they had papermaking and printing technology, they had a collection of thousands of books. No matter how troublesome it was to copy and engrave seals, they still had dedicated people to copy the books for them.
Regardless of whether there is fairy grain or fairy seed, they are not short of food and drink. Even in this era when wheat is generally eaten without shelling, they can already sift and eat white flour by hand.
In this era, there are already steamed buns, Zhao Si has seen them. And noodles.
The gap between the nobility and the head of Guizhou has been an era.
Not to mention, the great nobles can also use silk to write... Wang Li gave Zhao Si the silk to copy the calculation book. The value of the silk is more than ten dollars. A vast area of land.
Nobles don't care...
However, the common people care, the lower class scholars care!
From another point of view, the people are ignorant and illiterate. Even if three kinds of immortal food are born, the image of Da Qin will be turned around slowly because they are illiterate, rarely travel far away, and they don't get praises from flowers and flowers.
The birth of paper and printing technologies benefited the entire lower class.
It is the group with certain knowledge and culture that can change the public opinion image of Da Qin the fastest.
A scholar...
"With such a sharp weapon, His Majesty's military rule and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are beyond compare..." Li Si had a smile on his face.
Of course, Li Si cared more about popularizing Qin laws and laws.
"Wenzhi?"
The First Emperor sneered.
But Li Si was indeed right. These two things could directly bring destiny bonus to the First Emperor.
After all, the one who takes advantage of others with short hands and eats others with short mouths.
The lower class scholars have benefited, at least when they scold, they are not so confident.
It's a pity that this is on the road to patrol the world, and there is no palace nearby.
However, the scenery here is quite good, and there is nothing wrong with holding a court meeting near the water and in the mountains.
(In the future, let’s schedule updates at 12 o’clock. Continue to save the manuscript.)
(End of chapter)
