Chapter 112: Paper and Printing

Bai Qi was stunned. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Was the steam engine the masterpiece of Qin II?

It's not that Bai Qi doesn't believe in the abilities of the two.

It's another thing to invent a steam engine entirely!

Qin Ge said humbly: "I'm just providing a small idea, in fact, it's the Shangguan Wan'er sisters who are really responsible for the design improvement." However, I believe that the Mohists will use the steam engine as a starting point to explore a new path of development, which may not be able to surpass the past and rebuild its glory. ”

It's a little hard to see through Qin II.

The young Emperor of Great Qin seemed to have untold secrets.

"The creativity provided by Qin County Order is not only a steam engine. Shangguan Wan'er continued to say to a few people after introducing the steam engine: "In fact, in addition to the chairs, it also provides ideas for papermaking and printing, and this courtyard is specially used for papermaking, so let's show you something new now." ”

Between words.

Shangguan Wan'er clapped her hands.

The two Mo disciples respectfully came over with a stack of things.

Shangguan Wan'er explained: "This is the paper produced by the Mo family, and we decided to name it after Qin, and it will be called Qin paper in the future." It is mainly made of wood pulp, and its characteristic is that it is very cheap and convenient, even ordinary people can afford it!"

Diao Chan picked up a pen and wrote a few words, and immediately his eyes lit up and said, "This thing is so convenient!"

Now people's writing, generally recorded in the wood, bamboo, animal skin, silk silk, books in the form of bamboo slips, wooden slips, so books are very expensive, which is an unattainable luxury for ordinary people, so the folk almost have no books.

Qin paper appeared in the sky.

Everything will be changed!

Paper is cheap, easy to write, easy to carry, and if production can be expanded, it will eventually replace the traditional wood chips and bamboo chips, so as to enter thousands of households, and completely change the way people record information.

Even if Diao Chan doesn't have far-reaching political vision, she knows what this Qin paper means.

It is the gospel of the world's poor people, and the dawn of all readers!

Diao Chan was dumbfounded and said, "But how did you come up with this?"

In fact, papermaking appeared in the Han Dynasty and was improved by Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and officially appeared on the historical stage.

At first, Qin Ge just wanted to find the Guan Wan'er sisters and ask the Mo craftsmen to customize a batch of furniture for themselves, after all, it was not customary to kneel all day long.

He thought again.

This furniture is all about collecting a pile of wood anyway.

So why not just try to invent papermaking by the way?

Therefore, he will talk about the general process of papermaking, pounding, copying, and baking, as for how to get the specific details, he does not understand at all.

This pair of sisters is really powerful.

The paper was produced so quickly.

Qin Ge faced Diao Chan's gaze, he cheekily cleared his throat and said: "Actually, it's nothing, I just found cheap materials such as tree bark, hemp heads, fishing nets, etc., if they are mashed and re-solidified, they may be able to be made into thin sheets that record words, so I thought of the invention of paper, and now seeing such an effect, it is really a bit unexpected for me." ”

Diao Chan's face was full of astonishment: "It's that simple?"

Qin Ge shrugged: "It's as simple as that!"

Diao Chan patted his head with a depressed face: "Why can't I think of it!"

Qin II was able to get the concept of a steam engine from boiling water, and he could find a method of making paper from the broken bark of a tree, these things are actually very simple to think about in retrospect, why has no one ever discovered it?

Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said to Diao Chan, who looked annoyed: "You should learn from Qin County's order and observe life well!"

Bai Qi held the white paper and was silent, his eyes flickered, and he felt that the paper in his hand seemed to weigh a thousand catties.

It is not difficult for him to imagine that this kind of paper made of wood pulp will definitely replace bamboo, wood and jade in the future, and will become the mainstream of written records, and the names of Daqin and Qin II will be passed down through the ages, and will become the pride of a nation from then on.

This invention is deceptively simple, but it is of epoch-making significance.

It meant that the reading and collection was no longer the exclusive preserve of the aristocracy.

This will inevitably make the Chinese culture of 100 schools of thought achieve great development and inheritance!

The three of them visited the process of papermaking, and they saw that there were many raw materials piled up in the yard, and ordinary paper could be used for poplar, which is more common in the north, because the fiber paper quality of aspen is very good, and the aspen wood is very less variegated, and the paper produced looks whiter.

Qin Ge's gaze swept over the piles of wood.

He was suddenly stunned, there were not only ordinary poplar wood on the scene, but also more than a dozen other kinds of wood at the same time, most of these woods were hundreds of years or thousands of years old, and craftsmen were carrying this kind of wood in, as if they were all ready to be used to make paper.

Diao Chan also found out: "Sister Wan'er, is this wood also used to make paper?"

Although thousand-year-old wood can be seen everywhere in this era, its cost will be higher than that of ordinary wood. The paper made of these wood containing spiritual energy may not be better than the paper made of ordinary poplars, so not to mention Diao Chan, even Qin Ge does not understand this method at all.

Bai Qi looked at the tall logs with a silent face.

Shangguan Wan'er's cold and mature face showed a smile: "Senior sister and I are going to make some more special attempts, we have successfully produced paper for ordinary people, but we can also produce paper for monks." ”

Qin Ge was slightly stunned: "You mean ......"

Shangguan Wan'er said: "We are working on a more advanced spirit paper, which requires strong spiritual power, so that it can become a carrier of talismans, Taoist techniques, formations, and inheritance exercises. ”

Several people's faces changed to varying degrees.

Shangguan Wan'er had already made it very clear that they were not satisfied with providing a kind of blank paper that could be used by ordinary people, but hoped to make a kind of spirit paper that could make talismans and formations for monks.

Nowadays, when Taoist monks make talismans, they all choose high-quality animal skins, silk, and jade, which are not only inconvenient to obtain, but also very expensive, if the Mo family can produce a kind of spirit paper, thus replacing the carrier of these spells, then it will have an unparalleled influence.

Talisman making will be much easier.

The arrangement of the formation is also easier.

There are better ways to pass on various secret techniques.

This undoubtedly greatly promotes the comprehensive strength of the hundreds of schools!

If Daqin has mastered the spirit paper technology, then it can also form advantages in all aspects, from commercial to military!

Qin Ge provided Shangguan Wan'er with a steam engine idea, and they developed a magic modified steam engine for Qin Ge, Qin Ge just provided them with a simple idea for making paper, and now they are trying to invent spirit paper based on ordinary paper, which brought too many surprises to Qin Ge by the senior sisters.

"Let's take a look at the printing room!"

Shangguan Wan'er took the three of them out of the courtyard of papermaking, and then pushed the door and walked into the courtyard next door.

This yard is specially used for printing, and printing is a strange concept for Diao Chan and Bai Qi, and when they enter the printing room, they immediately find that more than a dozen craftsmen are busy with something.

Mohist craftsmen write neat handwriting on the hardwood, and then use a small carving knife to remove the wood little by little, leaving only the model of the characters, and finally put the characters together flexibly, so as to form a printing template.

The next scene.

Diao Chan's eyes widened.

Finally, brush a layer of ink on the template, like a stamped version of the Qin paper cover, when you pick it up again, the whole paper is densely packed with words, every handwriting is very neat, it is perfect!

Diao Chan stammered: "This ......"

"As you can see, the craftsman first engraved the characters, and then made the printing template, the size and order of these characters can be adjusted freely, so the written layout is very flexible, we can now print a copy of the Analects in ten minutes, and in the future, if the power of the steam engine replaces human printing, this efficiency may be higher. Shangguan Wan'er was obviously very satisfied with the results of the Mo family, "What you see is the Great Qin movable type printing technique! The Great Qin printing technique and the Qin paper complement each other, and it will definitely change the Chinese world in the future!"

Bai Qi's cognition has been completely subverted.

Is this still the Mo family he is familiar with?

Is this still the world he knows?

Diao Chan twisted his neck with difficulty and looked at Qin Ge and said, "This ...... Isn't it your ......?"

That's right, it's Qin Ge's ghost again, since he even invented papermaking, why not invent printing together? This technology actually doesn't have too high technical content for the Mo family!

Qin Ge was still very humble and cheeky and said: "This is actually the inspiration obtained from the use of seals, when we use seals, we can dip the abrasive to cover the words and patterns, so on this basis, a little modification has become Daqin's movable type printing." ”

Convinced!

Diao Chan found himself with nothing to say.

She will also have to observe life well in the future, maybe the inspiration she accidentally inspires will also be able to become famous for eternity!

Bai Qi was also completely impressed by Qin II, if he only thought that Qin II had unknown mysterious methods before, now in Bai Qi's opinion, even if Qin II did not have those means, he could become a great person with this wisdom alone.

The Mo family was able to meet Qin II.

It's time to bring the dead back to life.

A few people finally came to the Intermediate Research Institute of the Workshop, which was full of various mechanism drawings and formation formations, and at first glance it was a place for Mojia craftsmen to learn and study theories.

Huang Yueying has been waiting here for a long time.

The main materials for the shrinkage have been gathered.

As for the secondary materials, they are all more common formation materials, although the Longxi market is too small and barren, and may not be able to afford these materials, but with the backing of the Mojia sect with a history of several hundred years, I dare not say how many precious materials there are, at least ordinary formation materials can be found.

Qin Ge's current financial situation is not very generous, but he doesn't want to make some people in Xuanji Valley feel guilty about this little thing, so he can pay as much as he wants, buy all these materials according to the market price, and now wait for Huang Yueying to arrange the formation.

Today, Huang Yueying is in a very low mood.

In order to cure her, the old giant tries to find the legendary fountain of immortality.

Qin Ge and Diao Chan didn't find any trace of the old giant in Kongtong, he had been killed by the monster nine times out of ten.

Huang Yueying knew that she had killed her master, but although she was in a very low mood, Huang Yueying did not give up on herself as usual, she thought that she should be brave enough to withstand the pressure and turn this guilt into motivation for work.

She was blind all her life.

The master is a bright light in her life.

Because of this, we must inherit the ideals of the master.

And the master's biggest dream is to revitalize the Mo family!

Huang Yueying vowed to lead the Mo family back to glory and subversion, otherwise how could she be worthy of the heavy kindness of the master?!

Although the master may be gone forever, Huang Yueying's life has not fallen into darkness, and more and more light has appeared around her, whether it is for Sister Wan'er or Brother Qin, she must cheer herself up immediately.

Huang Yueying feels that she has found the meaning of life

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