Chapter 53 Papermaking and Printing

The Qin Dynasty was divided into three dukes and nine kings.

Among them, the Shaofu, one of the nine kings, was in charge of the taxes of the mountains and seas and ponds and the official handicrafts for the royal family.

After Su Mo walked around the Xianyang Palace twice, he went directly to the Jiangzuo Shaofu.

The person who is now serving as Shaofu is also thunderous in history, and the so-called word "broken cauldron and sinking boat" is specially used to talk about Zhang Han, although he is on which side he is broken.

After Qin II killed all the people in the court who could fight, the only general in the entire Qin Dynasty was this Zhang Han, who had rebelled in Chen Sheng and Wu Guang and the princes rose up, only relying on the temporarily organized Lishan prisoners, he defeated the allied army of Qi and Chu, and later broke the commander of the Chu army, Xiang Liang, and killed him in Dingtao.

Finally, there is the well-known Battle of Julu, where Xiang Yu used tens of thousands of troops to break Zhang Han's hundreds of thousands of troops.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the government was already controlled by Zhao Gao at that time, and Hu Hai was too ruthless in killing heroes, like Bai Qi as a Qin general, attacking Yan and Ying in the south, killing horses and clothes in the north, attacking cities and conquering places, it was innumerable, and in the end he was killed. Meng Tian was a Qin general, chased the Xiongnu in the north, opened up a territory of thousands of miles in Yuzhong, and finally beheaded Yang Zhou.

Zhang Han was afraid that he would end up like this one day, so he surrendered to Xiang Yu, so it was actually fake to say that the cauldron was broken, and it was all because the other side surrendered first.

With such an awesome military talent as Zhang Han, I am afraid that he is not inferior to Wang Jian and Li Xin and others.

However, at this time, Zhang Han was just a little-known person, and he was also a courtier who was very good at figuring out his intentions.

He heard that Emperor Shi liked the book "Han Feizi" very much, so he got a copy to carry with him and put it at the head of the bed when he slept. He memorized it by force, memorized it backwards, and often quoted its words and phrases when talking to the First Emperor, which greatly satisfied the First Emperor.

Because of this, he rose to prominence in a country like Qin, which was "ashamed of literature and good at martial arts".

Finally, at the age of forty-five, Zhang Han was ranked as Jiuqing and held the important position of Shaofu.

When Su Mo saw Zhang Han, the other party was busy in the Shaofu.

When Zhang Han heard that Su Mo was coming, he immediately put down the work in his hand, ran over with a flattering face and asked, "It turned out to be Lord Xiangguo, I don't know if my lord will come to the mansion today, don't you know what is going on?" ”

Zhang Han is a very smart person, otherwise he would not have thought of reading Han Feizi to curry favor with the First Emperor, and this guy was the last to have the last laugh among the generals of the Qin Dynasty in history.

Even after the battle of the giant deer was thrown to Xiang Yu, he also got the title of King Yong when Xiang Yu was the king of the group, which can be said to be the pinnacle of life.

Now Su Mo is in the middle of the day in Daqin, not only was he named the CRRC Mansion Order by the First Emperor, but also served as the prime minister as an internal official, as long as such a person is not blind, he knows that he has to stammer.

At this time, Zhang Han quickly turned into a licking dog, looking at Su Mo with a flattering face.

Looking at this famous general in history, Su Mo said with a smile: "Zhang Shaofu, I came here to ask you to help me make something." ”

"I don't know what the adults want to do, but we will definitely be able to meet the needs of the adults."

Zhang Han tried his best to curry favor, and at the same time seemed very confident in his tone.

You must know that this will represent the highest skill of Great Qin, and if you can't even make something here, it will be even more impossible for others to do it.

Hearing this, Su Mo told Zhang Han how to make paper,

For future generations, papermaking is actually very simple, in the world of Luding Ji papermaking has a very mature technology, nothing more than two key points, one is the tools and instruments used in papermaking, and the other is the process of papermaking.

Because Su Mo had already understood the process of papermaking in advance, he knew that the materials for papermaking only needed to polish bamboo and wood into raw pulp, and then copy, dry, and process.

In the end, he also told Zhang Han about the tools and instruments used in papermaking, and explained in detail the specific use of each tool, which made Zhang Han a little surprised.

"I didn't expect that Lord Xiangguo also knows how to make craftsmen!"

After Zhang Han heard Su Mo's description of papermaking, he said with some excitement: "This paper is really so magical, it can replace bamboo slips for writing?" ”

"Not only that, the cost of this paper is also very low, not only than bamboo is easier to write, but also lightweight, the thickness of a piece of paper is thinner than silk, can be promoted a lot." Su Mo nodded with a smile.

After listening to Su Mo's explanation, Zhang Han couldn't wait to get up.

With a high degree of political sensitivity, he knows very well that if paper is made, it must be a merit that will be immortalized, and if paper can really be promoted in a large number of ways, everyone will use paper when reading and writing in the future, which will definitely improve the cultural spread of the Qin Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han couldn't even care about continuing to add Su Mo.

He wanted to make paper right now.

Just as Zhang Han was about to go to make paper, Su Mo pulled him again.

"In addition to making paper, I'd like to ask you to make something for me."

Su Mo thought about it, since he wanted to popularize compulsory education, it was not enough to have paper alone.

After all, it takes millions of textbooks to be produced in a short period of time, and the content in them needs to be written by specialized people.

Based on the literacy rate of the Qin Dynasty, there were no more than 100,000 people in the entire city of Xianyang, and even if all these people were requisitioned, it would take months to produce these textbooks.

And this kind of manual writing, not only the handwriting is different, but also prone to mistakes and omissions.

Like when we learned classical Chinese in later generations, there were a lot of fake words in it, and the fake words were actually mistakes written by the ancients, because they were not easy to modify, so they were wrong, but they didn't expect to poison our generation, which was just a cheat.

So Su Mo is going to get the printing technique out in advance.

Su Mo told Zhang Han the method of printing, in fact, this thing really has no technical content, the so-called printing technology is nothing more than a larger seal, engrave the words to be written in advance on it, and then dip it in ink to print it directly.

When Zhang Han heard that Su Mo took out another thing that was not weaker than papermaking, he was about to kneel for Su Mo.

This printing technique is indeed an artifact, which can greatly improve the speed of writing.

Thinking of this, Zhang Han looked at Su Mo with a look of special admiration, I heard that Lord Zhao was an immortal who came into the world, and also taught His Majesty the immortal method, originally thought that the rumors were mostly exaggerated, but now it seems that people who can come up with such a magic as papermaking and printing are not an exaggeration to say that they are immortals.

After Su Mo felt Zhang Han's awe-inspiring eyes, his heart was a little relieved.

It's no wonder that so many time-travelers like to beat the ancients with the knowledge of later generations after they arrived in ancient times, and let those historical celebrities be their little brother fans, which is really amazing.

However, Su Mo did not get carried away, and after telling Zhang Han several times to hurry up and get out the papermaking and printing techniques.

He returned to his official residence alone in the CRRC Prefecture.

Now that the paper and printing problems are out of the way, it's time to start figuring out what to write in the textbook.

This is very critical.