Chapter Forty-Eight: Breakthrough! Papermaking!
Zhaocheng, because the city is the country, so it can also be called the Principality of Zhao, with Zhaocheng as the center, countless fertile fields are the land of the Principality of Zhao, the most critical point is that the Principality of Zhao is tax-free, as long as it pays tribute to the Son of Heaven.
The area of Zhaocheng in the Luoguo period is not very large, at least it is not big compared to Luoyang, after Luoling rebuilt Zhaocheng, the area of Zhaocheng is also not very large, and it is still far inferior to Chang'an, the main reason is that there is no majestic and gorgeous palace in Zhaocheng, and there are thousands of palaces.
Among the palaces of Zhaoseong, the largest palace is the shrine of the ancestors of the Nakkoku dynasty, and the Djongmyo of Nakkoku has one of the biggest differences from the royal family and the princes and kings who are qualified to build the Donmyo Temple.
That is, the temple is not only dedicated to their direct ancestors, but also the temple god of Luoguo contains all the descendants of the lineage, such as Luoyan who entered the Chu State, not only in the sacrifice of the Xiang family, but also in the sacrifice of the Luo family.
Another place in the inner city that covers a large area is the Guarding Room, and finally the residence where the Luo clan lives and the place where the rotating warriors live.
The outer city of Zhaocheng is very large, and the east side is the main residential area of the city's residents, and more than half of the princes of the entire Zhaocheng live here.
To the south is the Temple of the Princes and other cultural and diplomatic occasions, and usually large-scale sacrifices are held in the southern city, not in the inner city, after all, there are too many people, and it is not appropriate to enter the narrow inner city.
There are many fewer residential areas here, mainly people who are close to Luo's and those who have come to Zhaocheng for refuge, and some of Xiang's people live here.
The residential area in the north is also not large, more like a school building, Luo's School Palace is built here, the area is huge, after all, not only to teach them to read, but also to teach them to dance guns and sticks, as well as the ability to ride and shoot, said to be a school palace, more like a training ground, and even a blacksmith shop, etc., are all available, and the arsenal that can produce armor is established here.
And all the various studies of Rockwell are here, and the same is true of papermaking, and it occupies a huge open space.
From the first chance to get paper, Rockwell became curious about this new material that could be used for writing, believing it to be a very valuable object.
But research is a very expensive thing, and it was only after the world gradually became peaceful and the family's financial resources began to recover that Rock's began to study papermaking.
This kind of boring research lasted for decades, at first there was no clue, and even the glue could not be removed, and then some not very good paper was obtained, but the cost was high, and there was no value in promotion, as Rockwell became richer and richer, and several testing grounds were opened up at the same time, papermaking was finally completely broken.
And it is an all-round breakthrough from materials, processes and processes!
[How great this is, a white paper, civilization will flourish because of it, wisdom will be opened because of it, this is your family history, eternal monument, thousands of years later, the deeds of princes and generals will be hidden in the vast history, but the great achievements of papermaking will last forever, you have obtained 4000 luck points, you have obtained a Xuanjie prop, which will be refreshed for you in the next update of the system. 】
Even Ji Zhao, who was asleep, was awakened for a short time, but he didn't expect that papermaking was invented, among the four major inventions in the previous life, the other three and papermaking did not belong to the same level, papermaking is a real thing that can enhance the heritage of civilization.
There is no doubt that there will be no explosion of civilization without high-quality and inexpensive paper.
"The world is getting faster and faster, is the world looking for a new anchor again?"
Ji Zhao felt the world that was slightly rioting due to the appearance of papermaking, and had some speculations in his heart, and then fell into a deep sleep again.
As long as the ancestral blessing is still there, even if there is no artifact, Ji Zhao still believes that his descendants can cope with everything, and family inheritance should not be a problem.
The master in charge of making paper rushed into the inner city with an excited face, and after inspection, he walked into the palace and went to report the news to Luoling. ”
Luo Ling's face, which had always been ancient and waveless, was also slightly moved, and immediately said, "Let's go, take me to have a look." ”
A large number of people came with Luo Ling, Luo Ling looked at the snow-white object in front of him, and gently placed his hand on the piece of paper that was not extremely smooth, as thin as cicada wings, and he gently lifted the paper, as light as nothing!
The sanity forcibly suppressed the excited expression, and Luo Ling said softly: "Bring pen and ink!" ”
"Bring pen and ink!"
"Bring pen and ink!"
The master craftsman shouted loudly, and in just a dozen breaths, the pen and ink arrived in Luo Ling's hands, Luo Ling dipped it in thick ink, and then took the pen to write on the paper, and everyone looked at it with burning eyes.
The handwriting is not blurred!
Firmly left on the paper!
Everybody knew it, everybody understood what that meant, and by this time, no one was cheering, because it was just too great a feat, and everybody knew that it was going to change the world.
Luo Ling slowly put down the pen, and the four big characters of "Zhu Xia Luo's Clan" were written in the black ink on the white paper, and Luo Ling looked up at the sky slightly, as if above the nine heavens that I don't know how high, King Su was looking here.
Luo Ling raised his hand high, and then crossed, everyone around him crossed his hands when he saw this, and then lowered his head, Luo Ling said in a loud voice: "King Su is with us!" ”
After releasing some agitated feelings, Luo Ling turned to look at everyone, and said loudly: "This year's tribute to the princes of the summer, just use these papers, this is the most precious gift from the Luo family to the Han Dynasty, let the whole world sing the name of the Luo family, and let everyone know the 'Luo paper', just like thousands of years ago." ”
"Yes!"
Everyone bowed down, and the etiquette was ancient and sacred, as if the feeling of ancient barbarism that had always been wrapped around Luo's body.
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Luo Ling left here, and Luo Jiu, who was in charge of the family business, asked the master craftsman, "The quality of this paper should be better, and the cost can be lower, right?" ”
The master craftsman immediately said: "That's natural, the process is not particularly mature now, and the main advantage of some materials is that they are cheap."
If you use other materials, the paper will be different, and I think I can add a lot of craftsmanship to the paper, so I need to discuss it with those in my family who study ink. ”
Luo Jiu was very satisfied when he heard this: "Since the quality of this paper can be better, don't relax, keep experimenting with new materials, and improve its process."
After that, I will report to the head of the family, and set aside a large area of land in and around Zhaocheng to set up a paper workshop, and when it is presented to the Son of Heaven as a tribute, the family's merchant group will soon begin to sell these precious treasures in the world, and the profits that these papers can bring will be huge, and it will be a great supplement to the family's source of income. ”
The commercial value of this kind of thing is obvious, especially in today's world, Emperor Liu Heng is obviously to create a prosperous Wenhua, just like the hymns of the past years and the beautiful Chu words of the Chu State, to carry forward the Han Fu, Luo Jing is one of the best.
Moreover, Taixue has just been established, and it is when the commentary of scriptures is popular, compared with paper, bamboo slips and paper, in terms of simplicity, are not at the same level at all, and Luo's can also take out some books from the storage room by himself, such as some historical books in the Bang and Zhou periods, which will definitely cause everyone to compete for transcription, opening the threshold for the sales of paper.
Rock's is not the kind of family that is ashamed of talking about profits, on the contrary, Rock's attaches great importance to the development of commerce, and even elevates the importance of commerce to the country second only to agriculture.
If the country is a big river, agriculture is the river and the foundation of everything, and commerce is the driving force that makes the big river flow.
However, although Luo's makes money, it is not like many profiteers, after all, it is not difficult for Luo's to make money.
Especially selling paper, making money is still secondary, the key is to increase Luo's fame in this way, which is what Luo's cares about the most, layer by layer to brush his own gold body.
As for whether the emperor will be jealous, it is not in Luo's consideration, the big deal is to hide in Zhaocheng and wait for his dynasty to fall.
If the emperor has nothing to do, then he has to see if Luo's thousand-year-old prestige and the old power of the warriors and relatives and friends can shake the imperial power.
Under Luo Ling's orders, Luo Clan soon began to prepare a batch of better quality paper, which was intended to be carried by the mission to Chang'an as a tribute to the Son of Heaven.
After all, the tribute to the Son of Heaven is still a little special, which also shows Luo's respect for the Son of Heaven.
As the date drew closer and closer, both the internal and external vassal kings and the meritorious princes and county guards in the world began to prepare tributes to the Emperor of the Son of Heaven, especially those sinners exiled in Lingnan, who worked hard to express themselves, hoping that the emperor could see their reforms and return to the Central Plains.
Even if you can't return to Chang'an, you hope to be able to leave the wild land of Lingnan.
Under these circumstances, the mission of hundreds of people in Zhaocheng embarked on the road to Chang'an with papers.
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In the 11th century AD, the world has had countless major events, the rise and fall of the dynasty, the birth and demise of princes and generals, one of the greatest monarchs in ancient China, Emperor Wen of Han is trying his best to display his outstanding talents, but all of them are far inferior to the birth of paper, this treasure that opened the world civilization, appeared in the land of Zhuxia, this is something worthy of pride and pride of all Chinese people, I am especially proud, because it was my ancestors who created it. - "My Papermaking Ancestors"
Ask for a monthly pass, I swear in April that I will pay off at least ten chapters of arrears!
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