In the early morning, Meng Yi put down the pen in his hand, stretched lazily, pushed open the door, and breathed in the fresh air in the courtyard.

Last night, Meng Yi stuffed himself in the study and didn't sleep all night, and he designed a new type of farming tool overnight.

It's not so much about design, but about learning from the wisdom of our ancestors.

This new type of farming tool is not complicated, and Meng Yi did spend a full night, because it was too difficult to paint.

The so-called books of the Qin Dynasty are all recorded in bamboo slips, whether it is painting or writing, they are all inseparable from bamboo slips.

When designing the waterwheel before, Meng Yi had this confusion, the bamboo slips were really not easy to use, and they occupied a large area, and it was inconvenient to carry.

The same is true for the design of agricultural tools today.

Meng Yi looked at the red sun that had just risen in the distance and said to himself, "I have to find a way to make some paper." ”

The bamboo slips are lengthy and complicated, and they need to be taken out to dry for a long time, so as to avoid mold after the bamboo slips are damp, resulting in the lack of literature records.

Not only that, but even if the text recorded on the bamboo slips is not damp or moldy, after a long time, the ink color of the text will fade, and it will take manpower to redescribe it.

In every way, writing on paper is much better than on bamboo slips.

But in the history books, paper first appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was not until the Eastern Han Dynasty that a new paper was made by an improved method called "Cai Lun".

Meng Yi can't wait for the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there are still many times to draw design drawings in the future, so papermaking is urgent.

However, there is no urgency, and for now, after the barren mountains are reclaimed, the river water is introduced into the mountains and forests by water trucks, and then the reclaimed mountains and fields are surrounded into a stepped shape to form different farmlands, and after these blocks of farmland are injected with water, rice seedlings can be planted.

However, due to the barren nature of the mountains, which are not as fertile as the fertile fields below, it is necessary to have enough fertilizer to make the rice grow strongly.

Meng Yi was a rural child in his previous life, and since he was a child, he followed his family to the fields to plow the ground and apply fertilizer, modern people have chemical fertilizers, what gray fertilizers and black fertilizers are all available, but where did the ancient people know so much, they only knew that their own cow dung and pig manure were put in the field as fertilizer.

Therefore, it is unlikely that you want to buy manure from the people, after all, self-production cannot be satisfied, let alone export.

"Hey! The revolution has not yet succeeded, and I still need to work hard. Meng Yi sighed.

Now there is money, but as the family business gets bigger and bigger, all kinds of big and small matters have to be done by yourself.

After all, if you want to ask someone else for help with these things, they won't.

"Little!!"

Meng Yi shouted.

"The little ones are here."

After hearing the sound, Hao Jian's voice came from a distance.

Meng Yi only felt that these two goods had been lurking around him, otherwise, why could he be on call every time?! But every time I can't see him, it's like a ghost.

"You go to the blacksmith and the carpenter's shop, and let them make a hundred agricultural implements each."

After Hao Jian took the design drawings with a familiar way, he first glanced at them, saying that he couldn't understand them at all, and couldn't help asking, "Young Master, what interesting things have you invented?" ”

"This is called the curved plow, which is more time-saving and labor-saving than the plow we usually use." Meng Yi said simply.

He didn't explain too much, because the explanation requires the use of physical knowledge, from the perspective of mechanics, so to explain these will only be to play the piano to the cow.

In the Qin Dynasty, the most commonly used agricultural tool was the plough, and even the straight plough was formed in the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, at this time, the plough is the most laborious, it is very uncomfortable to use, the straight plough is better than the curved plow, and the curved plough is better than the former, so the straight plough is better than the plough, and the curved plough is better than the straight plow.

Hao Jian said that he didn't understand at all, but he thought that Gongzi's method would not be bad, and after getting the design drawings, he hurriedly went to the workshop.

Before leaving, Meng Yi said again: "Let the people who cultivate the land add more leaves and rotten grass to the ground." ”

"What are you doing with these?" Hao Jian asked puzzledly, these things were all they wanted to pick up and throw away, but the young master asked them to add more?! The reason for this is puzzling.

"Young Master Ben asks you, you can add, where there are so many why." Meng Yi said.

Even if I explained it to him, he couldn't understand that the branches and leaves were buried in the ground and filled with water to form small swamps, and the leaves would ferment into fertilizer in the damp soil, so that there was no need for a second fertilization.

There's a poem that says?!

"Falling red is not a ruthless thing, turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers."

That's what I'm talking about.

"The little ones will be sent to do it."

……

It will take a lot of time to make a hundred Quyuan plows, and Meng Yi saw that there was still some time for the court, so he returned to the room and squinted for a while.

When he came to the court, the first emperor listened to the ministers' invitations one after another, and urged the iron chief and the water chief to step up the construction of the waterwheel.

At the same time, the First Emperor ordered the cabinet to draft a letter to spread the method of making waterwheels to all counties of the empire.

As a result, waterwheels are being built all over the country, after all, this artifact is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and everyone does not dare to delay.

On this day, Meng Yi was like playing soy sauce, without saying a word, and during the whole fugue, he didn't know what happened to the upper side or what he had experienced.

But a hurried voice suddenly came from outside the hall to break the boring court discussion.

The eunuch on duty hurriedly ran over and shouted, "Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, something is wrong. ”

The First Emperor frowned, could it be that there was a rebellion, he didn't seem to be able to let go of what happened before, and asked seriously: "What happened?" ”

"Your Majesty, many of the sages' collections in the Library Pavilion have rotted away." The eunuch said.

Today is a good day to dry books, the sky is clear, the first emperor is to order people to take out the good books that he treasures in the book cabinet to dry, so as not to prevent them from breaking.

But they didn't expect that when they arrived at the library and opened the bamboo slips, they found that the books in His Majesty's collection had been moldy and rotten due to moisture, and the bamboo had also been eaten by insects.

The text recorded on the bamboo slips is basically unreadable, and it is impossible to calculate that it is intentionally trying to restore it.

After hearing this, the First Emperor was furious and asked, "Which eunuch is guarding the library today?" ”

"It's Zhao Si." The eunuch on duty said.

"The book pavilion is all my favorite products, and now it is destroyed, it is all the fault of the guarding eunuchs, what about the people, arrest this Zhao Si and cut it down." The First Emperor said angrily.

"Whoa."

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, this is the truth, one second ago, it was still greeted with a smile, and then the head fell to the ground, which made people afraid and frightened.

"Your Majesty, it is useless to kill people like this, besides, the decay of books is a long-term process, and your one-day country, but now Your Majesty wants to kill the eunuch on duty, it is very laughing, and you are said to be a tyrant by the world." Meng Yi said.

Meng Yi stood up and spoke, analyzing the pros and cons, and as he said, the rot of the book collection is not formed in a day or two, is it a bit too reasonable to kill people because of this.

"So what do you say? Just let it go? The First Emperor asked.

"Of course you have to take care of it, but the minister thinks that even if you kill someone, it is only a fundamental way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, so if you want to cure the root cause, you need to find another way." Meng Yi said.

"Then you should come and listen, how can you find another way?!" The First Emperor asked rhetorically.

"Chen thinks that the most fundamental way is to replace the bamboo slips and use other substitutes." Meng Yi said.

When he heard the eunuch say that the books in the library were rotten, he knew that his paper-making plan was about to be put on the agenda.

"In this world, apart from bamboo slips, tree bark, turtle shells, etc., what alternatives are there?"

If there really was a substitute for the First Emperor who had used it a long time ago, why wait until today?!

Meng Yi didn't give an answer, but said in a tortuous way: "The reason why Your Majesty's treasured books are rotten is because of the lack of people to take care of them. ”

Although there are eunuchs on duty every day, how can one person finish the huge library pavilion that is so big?!

Over time, no one did it.

However, there is a fact that in the huge library cabinet, there are only dozens of treasured books, but each book has to use up no less than 100 bamboo slips.

Obviously, there are not many books, but too much space and bamboo slips are wasted, if dozens of books are fused on paper, and someone is sent to take care of them every day, how can they be eaten and rotted by insects.

After listening to Meng Yi's eloquent talk, the First Emperor asked, "You said so much, what is the solution?" ”

"Hehe, in fact, Weichen's method is very simple, I know that there is a fashion-type thing that can write words, and it is small and convenient, and it is not easy to be damaged."

"Huh? And this kind of thing? The First Emperor expressed his doubts and continued to ask, "What is this thing called?" ”

"Paper!!"

"Paper?"

The First Emperor rummaged through his memory, but he had never heard of such a thing as paper in the world.

"Zhuqing has heard of this kind of thing?!"

The ministers under their knees were all at a loss, and all the ministers shook their heads and said, "The ministers don't know." ”

"Meng Yi, don't play dumb riddles, hurry up." The First Emperor said.

"Your Majesty, in fact, the so-called paper is a thin piece of paper, like coarse cloth, but it has a better texture than coarse cloth, and the bright color is whiter, and the handwriting is clearer." Meng Yi explained simply.

Seeing that everyone was still at a loss, well, Meng Yi admitted that it was difficult for people to understand just like that, so he didn't expect them to be able to understand.

"Is there a physical view?"

"Not yet, it will take some time to make paper, and the minister has not prepared yet." Meng Yi said.

Despite this, the first emperor was not interested in the so-called "paper" at all, and the recorded text was of course bamboo slips, which were handed down by the ancestors, and naturally it was the best.

"If you have nothing to do, just retreat."

Meng Yi returned to the house, and he was not idle, he hurriedly tinkered with his quyuan plow, and after a few days, he said comfortably: "It's finally done, haha!" ”