Seeing Guo Jin's surprised appearance, Guo Peng was not surprised.

It's really strange that he's not surprised.

Because of such a thread-bound book, Guo Peng himself has not seen it a few times, and he has never brought it to Yecheng, and he has always stored and kept it secret here.

Over the years, for these books and these secret workshops, Guo Peng has invested a lot of money through the channels of Linziying, created a complete set of production lines, and trained many skilled workers.

With the presence of these skilled workers, it will be very easy to expand production in the future.

"This is all for my father's own needs, and it will be left for you to use again, this is the secret to protecting my Guo Wei Jiangshan."

The corners of Guo Peng's mouth were slightly hooked, and he said: "The scale of migrant workers here has exceeded 20,000, and they are strictly guarded by the Linzi Battalion, a secret army under the command of my father.

The entry and exit of materials need to be controlled by special personnel in Linzi camp, deep in the mountains, the roads are changeable, and the supervision is heavy, and anyone can be isolated from contact at any time. ”

Guo Peng patted Guo Jin on the shoulder: "You also know the Linzi camp, but the Linzi camp is not only for your father to inquire about intelligence news, the Linzi camp is a perfect organization that you don't expect, and your father will slowly let you know how big the Linzi camp is in the future." ”

After speaking, Guo Peng took Guo Jin and continued to walk forward.

Along the way, Guo Peng showed Guo Jin how the workers used copper molds to create qualified and usable lead movable type, and arranged these lead movable types neatly, brushed with freshly made ink, and printed a full sheet of paper.

"This is lead, it is a kind of mine, the First Emperor and Emperor Wu used it to refine the elixir, thinking about immortality, but this thing looks bright, but it tastes poisonous, it's okay to have one, and if you don't get sick, you have to die, having said that, lead is a good hand when used to make movable type."

Guo Peng pointed to the lead used to make movable type.

Guo Jin nodded in amazement.

"This is ink, and the general ink we use for writing is different, there is sesame oil in it, it is a crop brought back by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions more than 100 years ago, widely planted for his father, specially managed, and the ink made of the oil squeezed out of it has good viscosity, which can be used for printing, convenient and fast."

Guo Peng pointed to the ink used for printing again.

Guo Jin nodded even more in amazement.

This is followed by the arrangement and stitching stations for thread-bound books.

"Father, are these workers women?"

"Yes, women, women are careful, teach them to know some words, and then know some special symbols, they can do this kind of work very well, this kind of work does not require a lot of effort, as long as the heart is careful, so women can do it.

Moreover, employing women, the need for wages and food is less than that of men who do manual work, you can save costs, make full use of manpower, women are also people, if women can contribute, it is a good thing, and it will be promoted to the whole country in the future, and it can give orphan girls in the world who have no dependence on a livelihood. ”

Guo Peng smiled and continued to walk with Guo Jin.

Leaving the printing workshop and arriving at the paper factory, Guo Jin saw a huge number of shirtless men sweating like rain, as well as an even larger number of bamboos and dug pools.

"Father, paper, wasn't it made with fishing nets or something? Can bamboo also make paper? ”

Guo Jin was surprised.

"Well, not only bamboo, but also green rattan can make paper, the raw materials used in Cai Lun papermaking are not very easy to get, the quantity is small, it doesn't matter if the quantity is large, it is difficult, and the quality of the paper made in that way is very poor, the cost is also high, it is not easy to write, and it is not as good as bamboo slips.

But it's different with bamboo, bamboo, fast growth, huge output, can be said to be inexhaustible, in this way, the cost is very low, Cai Lun's papermaking skills to make a piece of paper money and time, for the father can make dozens of pieces of bamboo paper, writing is also very convenient. ”

Guo Peng picked up a piece of paper and asked Guo Jin to write on the paper, Guo Jin wrote a few words, and he became more and more surprised.

In order to keep it strictly confidential, Guo Peng didn't even let his family know about the existence of bamboo paper, and what the people around him knew were the five little followers who accompanied Guo Peng at the earliest, five people from gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Now except for Huo Mu, who has become the commander of the army, the other three have been placed here by Guo Peng, secretly managing the paper factory and printing factory for Guo Peng.

"Father, all of this was prepared by my father?"

"Naturally, Ah Jin, don't underestimate these things, just these two things, whether our family can sit firmly is very necessary, and it can even be said to be the key."

Guo Peng took Guo Jin's hand, took him to the outside of the workshop, sat down in a small pavilion, and let the soldiers pull away from the cordon.

"You must have a lot of doubts, I don't know why my father spent so much effort and effort to build such a factory."

"Yes, the son has not yet figured out why his father did this, on such a large scale, why? I also asked my father to clarify his doubts. ”

Guo Jin asked Guo Peng for advice.

Guo Peng nodded.

"It's not easy to explain this question, because it's not easy to understand, but if you really want to put it bluntly, that's what it's all about."

Guo Peng said slowly: "Ah Jin, before I say this, there is a question to be understood, my father asks you, in your opinion, why can today's officials be officials, you explain it to your father." ”

Guo Jin frowned.

"Of course, after mastering the knowledge through reading and literacy, he became a reserve official through the path of filial piety, and then was selected and appointed by the emperor, or was selected by the officials of the opening of the government, and since then he has entered the official career, mainly because he has been appreciated by the incumbent senior officials, or he is very famous, so that the emperor can send people to requisition as officials."

"No, think about it again, don't think from the perspective of a scholar, but think from the position of a gentleman, why a scholar can be an official."

Guo Peng shook his head again and again.

Guo Jin's brows furrowed even deeper, pursed his lips and thought for a while, and suddenly his brows stretched.

"It is because they are scholars and people that they can read and write, so they can be officials, and only they can be officials."

"That's what it looks like."

Guo Peng smiled, did not continue to embarrass Guo Jin, and said: "Get out of everything and go deep into it, Ah Jin, you will find that the reason for this problem is because of their bloodline inheritance." ”

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Guo Jin's expression suddenly became very surprised.

"Bloodline?"

"Yes, they can be officials because of their bloodline, they are born in a family that can be officials, because of their bloodline and reputation, they can read and write, the two have been integrated, because of their bloodline and reputation, some people have built momentum for them and touted them as filial piety, because of bloodline and reputation, they can be recruited."

Guo Peng took a deep breath and said: "Since the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, since the introduction of the inspection system, the Confucian scholars have become a general trend, with a monopoly on knowledge and family traditions.

The reason why they can be officials, before Emperor Wu, can be said to have been appreciated by the emperor, because of the emperor's appointment to be officials, but today, it has long become because the father or grandfather is an official, and the son can be an official. ”

Guo Peng paused, pointed to himself, and Guo Jin.

"It's like the future succession of the throne between you and my father and son."

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