"Guys, this is where you're going to do things next. In the future, we will get a lot of your Western classics from the West, and then you will start translating those classics into Chinese. This is the first step, and you will also be responsible for translating these texts into your Western language, do you understand? Jingwen asked.

"Got it!" Jingwen said.

Next, Xiao Wei came here

Jingwen continued: "This Miss Xiao Wei, that is, your boss, you must be obedient in the future." If you don't obey, then we'll fire you, you know? ”

"I've seen Miss Xiao!" Maupassant said immediately.

Xiao Wei immediately began to arrange for these guys to familiarize themselves with the environment here, such as all kinds of study utensils, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc. And these guys are not very familiar with these study utensils, and then they are obviously very uncomfortable.

Xiao Wei frowned and said, "Why do you write so poorly with a brush?" ”

"Miss Xiao, we all used quill pens to write!" That Maupassant said.

"Quill?" Xiao Wei was obviously a little puzzled.

"This is it!" Maupassant said.

Maupassant took out a quill pen for Westerners in later generations, and then Jingwen saw this, and they all exclaimed: "Why didn't I think that there was such a thing?" ”

Jingwen really didn't expect that he came to this world and forgot to "invent" something, which is the so-called quill pen. I have to say that the West is not completely devoid of good things, for example, this quill is also a good thing. Although Chinese calligraphy is full of artistry, there are still some problems if you use calligraphy to write. For example, calligraphy requires long-term training to be able to write these calligraphic fonts well. The quill, on the other hand, is much shorter in training time, and it can be learned quickly.

Moreover, after the quills have been trained, the writing speed is definitely much faster than that of Chinese brushes, which is very helpful for improving the efficiency of government offices. In fact, as long as you have been writing for a long time, you will definitely know. Human thinking is often faster than hands, and it is often not your thinking that determines the speed at which you write, but the speed at which you write. You often think about it, but it doesn't mean that you can write it right away. After all, thinking is only the work of the brain, but the process of writing is transmitted from the brain to the nerves, and then the muscles are mobilized to complete the writing. In addition, the brush is not a suitable thing for quick entry, so strictly speaking, the brush is not a pen suitable for shorthand.

The quill pen is different, as long as the quill pen is dipped in ink, it can continue to write, and the speed is much faster. With this quill pen, the speed of writing can be improved a lot. And for antiquity without computer typing. Writing speed often means that office efficiency has improved a lot. The improvement of office efficiency means that it is the benefit of the people!

Of course, some people may say that the words written with a quill pen are not as artistic as the Chinese calligraphy characters. But Jingwen will definitely spray him to death, because as a government office, what do you need so much art? What the government office should think about is how to serve the people, how to bring a better life to the people, if this kind of thing pursues a sense of art, then what hope does the government have! So Jingwen saw this quill and immediately remembered that he could promote the quill immediately. Let Datang's office efficiency improve a lot!

"No, no, since you have come to my Datang, you have to use our Datang stationery, you can't use it!" Xiao Wei said very unceremoniously.

Xiao Wei is also obviously a supporter of the theory of Central Plains superiority. It's good that she's okay to be able to manage these foreigners. Now these foreigners have to inch in, and want to use their country's quills, which is obviously not acceptable to her.

"Xiao Wei. Let them use quill pens to go! Anyway, we don't have any problems, it's just translating classics, and it doesn't have to be artistic. So. It's not a big deal to use a quill either. Even, I want to recommend this quill pen to the emperor, this brush is very helpful for our Datang to deal with official business, and can speed up the efficiency of my Datang office. If you have this quill, I'm afraid that the official business handled in one day can be handled for several days! Jingwen said.

"However, this quill is the stuff of the people of the Western Regions!" Xiao Wei said.

Jingwen immediately said unceremoniously: "Nonsense, wheat is still coming from the West, don't you eat wheat?" ”

Xiao Wei has nothing to say, because wheat is indeed a crop that spread from the West to the East, but now that wheat has become the staple food of almost the entire population of the Tang Dynasty, can the people not eat wheat because wheat is spread from the West? This is ridiculous! The meaning of Jingwen is obvious, that is, a qiē is to take practicality as the first element, and as for any nationality and artistry, it can also be discarded. Could it be that the use of quills can change the national character of China? So this is simply ridiculous, Jingwen just asked rhetorically, and Xiao Wei had nothing to say.

"Thank you, Lord Jingwen!" Maupassant said excitedly.

Maupassant was really excited, because Jingwen actually recognized their quill pen, and it was going to be promoted to the entire Tang Dynasty. This is enough to make them very excited, because the wealth and cultural advantages of the Central Plains are enough to make them feel inferior, and now Jingwen can actually take the initiative to recognize some of their Western things, which makes them really excited. Don't look at it as just a small quill pen, but for them, Jingwen recognizes their Western civilization and recognizes that they still have advantages in the West. This Maupassant, in fact, also subconsciously believes that the West is inferior to China, just like later generations of Chinese think that China as a whole is inferior to the West, full of inferiority. And now Jingwen "respects" them so much, which makes them feel very grateful.

In this case, it is funny that later generations often boast that foreign countries appreciate something in China, as if China has a long face. However, if it is truly a nation full of self-confidence, where does it need the approval of foreigners to feel face-saving? So in fact, this is just a Westerner's lack of self-confidence, just the opposite of the situation in China and the West in later generations, Westerners in this era must feel that the West is inferior to China in Datang. (To be continued......)