King Qin dragged his tired body, and after scribbling the aftermath, he fell into a deep sleep.

He will never wake up again.

When he entered the eternal sleep, he was very relieved, not worried about the future of the Qin State at all, and was not worried about whether the descendants would stop worshiping him, because he believed that he had done enough in this life, and he also believed that his descendants would not live up to his expectations.

During this period, An Guojun has always been by King Qin's side, he cried hoarsely, kept calling his father, he watched his father no breath, but he couldn't do anything, at the moment King Qin left, An Guojun also fell, the ministers were in chaos, Yiren returned to the mansion with his father, An Guojun lay on the bed, motionless, this frightened Yiren, fortunately, An Guojun still opened his eyes.

The old man just cried helplessly and didn't say anything.

Such strong mood swings appeared in an old man's body, which is not a good thing, Yiren can only stay by his side all day long, looking down at him, Mrs. Huayang is also crying, holding An Guojun's hand, persuading him to eat something, An Guojun just cried and said: I became an orphan.

The death of the King of Qin was a heavy blow to the entire Qin State, and the entire Qin State mourned for their king, and when the King of Qin was seriously ill, he once instructed Lü Buwei that after his death, the Qin people did not have to mourn for too long, so as not to affect the domestic agriculture. And his funeral was carried out by Zongzheng Zhao Yi. Zhao Kuo also came to bid farewell to the king.

Zhao Kuo respects this elder very much, he may not be a good person, but he has a credit for this land, because of his governance, the Bashu and Guanzhong regions have become the richest regions in China, and it is also because of his efforts that the Qin State officially threw off the Six Kingdoms and laid the foundation for future unification. The Qin people cried very sadly, and the death of Bai Qi and Fan Ju did not make the Qin people so sad.

This is the charm of Ming Jun, he can make the people remember him and mourn him, and if it is a faint king, even if he compares himself to the sun, the people will grit their teeth and say: Sun, when will you perish? I'm willing to perish with you! Judging from the reactions of the people, this should be Mingjun, the royal funeral of the Qin State is not cumbersome, and it is not too grand, and the royal descendants and ministers will bid farewell to the king's body.

It would be nice to send the body to the mausoleum that had been built in advance and bury him.

However, the king's son has to keep filial piety for the king, and now Zhao Zhu, the king of Anguo, needs to keep filial piety for his father for a year, and then succeed to the throne... The filial piety of the Qin State was different from that of the later one, and there was no need to move to the side of the mausoleum to guard, it was okay to be at home, but it was not allowed to drink, not to have fun, and not to engage in any entertainment activities, including having sex with his wife... Otherwise, it will be regarded as unfilial.

Later, such filial piety ceremonies became more and more cumbersome, oh, and it can't be said that either, because in other countries, the rituals are still very cumbersome, such as the Sanjin region, where the people need to keep filial piety for the king, and the mourning period is from one year to three years, the people are mourned for three years, and the heir may have to serve for two or three years.

While the Qin State was taking various measures, it also innovated the cumbersome funeral rites.

After Zhao Kuo sent away the body of King Qin, he also took Zhao Zheng several times to see An Guojun, An Guojun looked haggard, his expression was not very good, he always howled and cried when he saw Zhao Zheng, Zhao Zheng's face shape and eyebrows and eyes were exactly the same as the late King Qin... When An Guojun sees him, he always thinks of his father, and Zhao Kuo doesn't dare to take Zhao Zheng to see him anymore, but An Guojun will still send someone to ask: When will Zheng come to visit him?

Zhao Kuo's youngest son, Kang, has gradually grown up, but unfortunately, he is not as smart as his brother, his brother is at his age, and he began to run, and he needs support to reluctantly take a step, as for speaking, he can only say some incoherent words, he was the first to shout "mother", which made Zhao Kuo very angry, his two sons, why are they called "mother"?

Gradually, he can also say "father", occasionally see Zhao Zheng, he is very happy, both hands pull Zhao Zheng's face, rubbing Zhao Zheng can't help but cry out in pain, then he screams "brother" in a milky voice, Zhao Zheng sometimes loves this younger brother very much, he always likes to grab him from under Kang's armpit, let him walk slowly, he will occasionally carry Kang on his back and take him to play, whether Zhao Kang is rubbing his face or pulling his hair, he is not angry.

But sometimes, he really "killed" this younger brother.

Zhao Zheng likes to build a city in the courtyard, use mud and branches to make a city, and put down stones as his own soldiers, but since Zhao Kang learned to walk, he staggered to his brother's side like a penguin, and then trampled the city that he had finally done well, and after stepping on him, he ran, and the thief ran fast, Zhao Zheng carried a wooden stick to chase him, at this time, Zhao Kang had already rushed into the arms of his eldest mother, grinning at him.

Zhao Zheng has long passed the age of crying, he just jumped and roared irritably, and finally reluctantly continued to pile up his city.

And Zhao Kang didn't like his brother to go to Xunzi to study, whenever Zhao Zheng took the bamboo to leave the house, he grabbed Zhao Zheng's sleeve and didn't let him go, and cried loudly, Yi wanted to coax him for a long time, Zhao Zheng took the opportunity to get rid of his shackles, and then secretly left here. Mother Zhao just quietly watched her grandchildren make noise, and always happily sat in the courtyard to knit clothes for them.

Zhao's mother likes to make exactly the same clothes for her two grandchildren, one big and one small, which looks really good to wear.

And Zhao Kuo is very busy, often not in the mansion, he has become a qualified... Farmer, with the help of the farmer's exhibition, Zhao Kuo carried out various breeding work, he has been in the field for a long time, covered in mud, and the people around him, but because of this, he respects him more, Zhao Kuo is very serious, he has a lot of ideas, can always see him in the experimental field to concentrate on breeding.

And the matter of Nongsang, is too important to time, only after experiencing a harvest, Zhao Kuo can continue to experiment, this matter can not be in a hurry, in his spare time, he is in the school for the disciples to tell their knowledge, Zhao Kuo has been thinking about his theory can be combined, the system he proposed is too cumbersome, to form a reasonable system is too complicated.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo chose to formulate his theory through the trend of history, and he adopted a way of imagining the future. For example, why is the military merit system being implemented today? Because the military merit system is very suitable for today's war, the purpose of war is to achieve a single king, all to implement gentle means against the occupied areas, and after the realization of one king, what kind of policy should be implemented?

It is necessary to give the people a chance to rest and spend a period of recuperation, so that the people can be organized to reclaim, why is this? Because the household registration continued to increase after the peace of the world, the original land was not enough to distribute to everyone... In this way, Zhao Kuo "calculated" the future history step by step, and matched it with the most suitable system for this period, solutions and so on.

In this way, the chaotic systems he brought with him from later generations can form a logical chain.

The knowledge of other theories has become the existence of auxiliary theories, such as using genetics to explain breeding, using geographical knowledge to clarify the direction of future reclamation, and using the rudimentary physics theories that Zhao Kuo knows to deduce the development of equipment in the future... What to use water instead of manpower, water vapor to replace water power, etc., people other than Zhao Kuo are confused, but Zhao Kuo understands that future generations will definitely benefit from this.

Maybe there will be people who keep trying what they have written in the book and eventually get something.

Just when Zhao Kuo was busy completing his academic concept, the ink master suddenly sent someone to tell him that the experiment of making paper had made a major breakthrough. Zhao Kuo almost rushed to the Ink Master's residence, because he was in the experimental field when he heard the news, so when he arrived, he was covered in mud and looked like an old farmer, and even the Ink Master almost didn't recognize him.

Zhao Kuo walked into the courtyard, and saw that the mallet was holding something that looked like paper, and was preparing to write something on it, Zhao Kuo was very excited, and walked to the side of the mallet, and didn't even bow to the mallet, so he lowered his head and looked at the paper, this paper is not the paper that can be seen by later generations, there are many net-like traces on the paper, very conspicuous traces, and the paper presents a light yellow, not white.

The hand holding the pen was trembling, and everyone gathered around him, looking at the novel paper on the case, and the mallet trembled and wrote on the paper, "The fifty-sixth year of the king." The handwriting was formed, the paper was not cracked, the handwriting was clear, and there was no blurring, everyone immediately cheered loudly, at that moment, all Zhao Kuo heard was laughter, and the ink artists hugged each other excitedly.

The mallet also smirked, constantly groping for the paper in front of him.

Zhao Kuo was probably the most excited, because he knew that what had just been born in this world would play a big role in the future, which was the basis of human civilization, Zhao Kuo trembled, and couldn't help shouting, hugging the inkers around him, all of them fell into a carnival, they witnessed history, witnessed the birth of paper, this is a miracle.

Zhao Kuo doesn't know when paper was really born, but in the Han Dynasty, paper has been more common, Cai Lun even made improvements to paper, so it seems that the birth of paper in the world is probably between this hundred years, and Zhao Kuo just shortened this time a little, but even so, Zhao Kuo is still very happy, the birth of paper, for China famous, and even human fame, have extraordinary significance.

Because what the paper represents is the culture recorded on it, which is a kind of cultural promotion.

The mallet blushed, looked at the paper in his hand excitedly, and then looked at Zhao Kuo on the side, he said seriously: "Wu Chengjun, we have tried many times, failed countless times, and finally used bamboo, by softening the bamboo, forming slurry, and through superimposing, the operation of removing water made this paper... It's just that the cost of paper is too high, and although it is light, it is easy to be damaged, and the people can't afford it..."

"I think, the paper can still be improved, now that I know how to make it, I can improve it according to the principle...", the mallet said with a smile, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but take the paper, and gently stroked it, he suddenly felt a little regretful, but unfortunately, King Qin didn't live to see this thing, just when everyone was enthusiastically talking about the next improvement plan, Lu Buwei hurriedly walked in.

"Made?" , Lu Buwei asked in surprise.

Zhao Kuo smiled and handed the paper in his hand to Lu Buwei.

Lu Buwei took the paper, looked at it seriously, and then asked, "What is the cost of paper?" How long can it be kept? The mallet looked at him, the excitement on his face dissipated a little, and he replied, "The cost... It's about six hundred dollars.. I don't know how long it will last... We still need to continue to do it...", Lu Buwei nodded, looked at Zhao Kuo again, and said: "This thing is light, if it can reduce the cost and increase the quality, it can replace the bamboo slips." ”

"Please rest assured, since you have successfully made paper, the paper will definitely become lighter and stronger, it will replace bamboo slips, and it can play a greater role." , Zhao Kuo said confidently.

Zhao Kuo thought that the appearance of paper would definitely cause everyone to be shocked, but things were not as Zhao Kuo thought, except for Zhao Kuo and these ink makers who made paper with all their might, the rest of the people did not have a high evaluation of paper, mainly because of its expensive cost, and its quality was not strong, so that it was not taken seriously, and it was not as good as bamboo slips now. There were also objections to the state's spending money to provide ink for experimentation.

Because in their view, this is a completely unwarranted drain of the country's financial resources, but it does not bring the slightest benefit.

Zhao Kuo was a little surprised, but then he also figured out that anything in this world, when it was created, was inferior to the thing he was about to replace, such as the future firearms, firearms were inferior to bows and crossbows in the time when they were just born, like cars, and there were no carriages when they first appeared, but Zhao Kuo still believed that these ink masters would definitely make these people realize their ignorance!

However, in the following days, there were more and more voices opposing the state's funding to support the school's research.

Probably because of the death of King Qin, those who had been suppressed for a long time finally had a chance to speak.

Zhao Kuo returned home angrily and wrote a letter to An Guojun.

"I have heard that there are three elements of productivity, the laborer, the instrument of labor, and the object of labor. When advanced technology is mastered by laborers, it becomes the productive force of labor. When science and technology are materialized into tools and objects of labor, they become material productive forces, and management is also productive forces. With advanced science and technology, it provides new theories, methods, and means for production management, so that all elements of productivity form a whole, so as to play the greatest role. ”

"Productivity is equal to the sum of science and technology multiplied by labor, tools of labor, objects of labor, management of production .... Take the Qin State as an example, the grain that the Qin State can produce in a year is equivalent to the fine crops cultivated by the people of the Qin State through advanced farming technology and cultivated cultivated cultivated land irrigated by technology, and the officials manage them with an advanced management system...."

"If the people don't have farming technology, if they don't have irrigation technology, if they don't have advanced management concepts... Qin's grain production will be affected... And the emergence of advanced technology is the most beneficial thing for the country, whether it is advanced law, it is a carrier like paper..."

When this letter was delivered to An Guojun, An Guojun read it for three days.

He then ordered that support for the schools of thought be increased, and that those who proposed the abolition of this policy should be put to death.