Chapter Ninety-Five: The First Emperor was finally numb
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The First Emperor's whole person seemed to be about to freeze, his eyes stared at Guo Huaiyi, and he turned into a lightning strike.
Li Si stared at Guo Huaiyi dumbfounded, thinking that something was wrong with his ears.
Feng Quji also looked at Guo Huaiyi dumbfounded, the boss with his mouth open, and he didn't know how to close it.
Meng Yi closed his mouth, but the sound of swallowing saliva was clearly audible in the entire hall.
For a long time, the First Emperor swallowed his saliva without getting rid of it: "Ten million, do you know what the concept is, ah, my General Guo, don't be scared!" ”
"Ten million sheets of paper a day, just like that?"
"I don't believe it, this can't be done, do you know that the Hu family is responsible for the output of silk books, and there are more than 20,000 in a month!"
"I have to pay sixty gold to the Hu family every month, and fill 10,000 silk books into the treasury!"
"I thought it was too expensive, so I ordered someone to investigate the whole process of the Hu family's production of silk books, and learned that the Hu family only earned twelve taels of hard work from the imperial court."
"You know how many silk books are sold outside, and it's hard to find a hundred dollars!"
"Do you know why I use this heavy and troublesome bamboo slip, this thing is cheap and easy to make!"
"General Guo, do you know what you're talking about?"
The First Emperor was really panicked this time, and he didn't know what to say.
I still can't turn my head.
I can't believe it, and I can't believe it.
This paper is cheap and easy to carry.
He even accepted it a long time ago, as long as it was half cheaper than a silk book, and a piece of paper was not too much, twenty yuan.
He's okay with that.
It is allowed to vigorously manufacture paper, and replace bamboo slips and silk books with paper.
But now.
Don't say twenty dollars for a piece of paper.
The logger earns according to his labor, a long tree two feet high and two feet thick is one penny, and the insufficient one is reduced by two, and the surplus is increased by the amount.
Three dollars can buy a bucket of corn.
Three people can cut wood, enough for a woodcutter to feed a family.
And now, he was told, a piece of wood is 90,000 pieces of paper!
Ninety thousand pieces of paper for one dollar.
Compared with silk books, this is like the difference between heaven and earth!
"Yes, General Guo still don't lie about it for the sake of meritorious service, even if it is said that the monthly output is 100,000, the old man believes it."
"But you, it's not that the old man doesn't believe it, it's impossible!"
Li Si also stared at Guo Huaiyi very angrily, thinking that this was Guo Huaiyi's behavior in order to take credit.
This kind of thing often happens in the army, and this Guo Huaiyi is from the army, so it is normal to have such a problem.
"General Guo, don't exaggerate, you have to be honest!" Feng Quji also persuaded him, but he didn't expect Guo Huaiyi to be such a person.
"That's right, General Guo, you can honestly explain, even if you do something wrong, for the sake of you, it is for my Daqin, I will ask Your Majesty to intercede for you." Meng Yi couldn't help but be comforted, thinking that this was Guo Huaiyi's lie in order to get rid of his crimes.
As for 10 million per day, that's simply not possible.
Guo Huaiyi looked at the First Emperor and Li Si and the others, and his heart suddenly became happy, he didn't know if he could produce 10 million, but this was said by Yingcheng himself, and he believed that Yingcheng could do it.
Guo Huaiyi immediately argued his words in detail: "Your Majesty, do you know how long the paper used in the Da Lu Mansion today took long? ”
"It only took five and a half hours to start at the beginning of yesterday and to correct today!"
"This is still the reason why the prisoners inside are not skilled, if they are proficient, they can be more than three times faster."
"The Great Law Decree requires that the prisoners inside, in shifts and in double positions, do not stop working at twelve o'clock!"
"If you follow this rate, after you are proficient, the daily output of a small workshop will be six times that of the paper used in the Da Lu Mansion!"
"In the super workshop, Da Law Ling has planned a full fifty independent small papermaking workshops, which do not interfere with each other and make paper day and night."
Guo Huaiyi's words made the First Emperor feel like a crit, but he couldn't help but ponder, and then asked with a frown: "The prisoner used for papermaking is not a craftsman?" ”
Guo Huaiyi quickly replied: "All of them are prisoners of Afang Palace, Your Majesty, it's not that the last general intends to hide it, but the papermaking technique is really, it's too simple, so simple that the last general just read it once and learned it!" ”
"If the last general dictates it once, whether it is His Majesty or the three ministers, they can also learn it, and they only need a few attempts to make paper."
The First Emperor frowned and said: "This thing comes from the Sincerity Garden of Fusu Mansion, or Yingcheng has already made out the paper, you and Pang Cheng followed Yingcheng to the study of the Sincerity Garden, and then made up your mind to follow Yingcheng to mess around together." ”
"In order to prevent leaks, I set fire to the study."
"Then you decided to coerce Yang Duanhe and Chu Xiao and mobilized 200,000 people to build a super workshop."
"Yang Duanhe's soldiers and horses and the soldiers of the West Battalion are only responsible for the outer wall, and the workshops inside are all guarded by the black armor guards, and no one is allowed to approach to prevent leakage."
Guo Huaiyi finally smiled with a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "Your Majesty is wise, it is Xiang Likui who is responsible for building the papermaking workshop, and Xiang Likui eats, lives and sleeps with the two Black Armor Guard brothers throughout the whole process. ”
"Whether it's General Yang or Chu Xiao, they don't know what the super workshop is used for, so they don't approach it."
"All the people who came into contact with the papermaking process were all detained, and there was no possibility of leakage."
The First Emperor gradually sat down, seemed to accept this fact, and asked with a frown:
"If the output of paper is really so high, and it is manufactured day and night, it is foreseeable that the paper will be flooded, why keep it secret, I am afraid that this paper will not even be as good as the toilet chip in the future!"
Guo Huaiyi was also stunned, and smiled awkwardly, although there was a guess, but how did he know that Yingcheng would rather kill by mistake than let go of the secrecy, the specific reason is unknown.
It was Li Si, who turned sideways slightly to face the First Emperor, and said with a smile with a cold light in his eyes:
"Your Majesty, perhaps, the old minister understands a little, interesting, heh, doesn't Your Majesty think that the appearance of paper is very interesting?"
Feng Quji and Meng Yi looked sideways at Li Si, slightly puzzled.
The First Emperor frowned and asked, "What's the explanation?" ”
Li Si smiled, and instead praised: "The old minister has to praise, the Great Law Order is indeed scheming and far-sighted!" ”
The First Emperor glared at him and reprimanded angrily: "Don't sell it, say!" ”
Li Si smiled and said confidently: "Your Majesty, the old minister recommends himself, and hands over the paper matter to the old minister to operate, of course, the old minister can also help the Great Law Order, and make the world's self-proclaimed and virtuous people!" ”
"Ruochen's guess is right, when the super workshop is really completed, it will be the time when all the bamboo books and silk books in the world will be discontinued."
"If Your Majesty loses silk books, bamboo books, and paper, what will happen to Your Majesty?"
Before Li Si's words fell, the First Emperor slapped his thigh in surprise and stared at Li Si in shock.
Until this time, Fang Jue had always thought back to the previous actions of this eldest grandson, and he had such a shocking plan!
"For every person who reads and writes, registering silk books is a must-have, if I Xianyang City paper piles up, a penny can buy a hundred, then Handan, Xinzheng, Linzi, Yingdu and other former six countries of the land of a hundred dollars a piece of paper."
Li Si said with a cruel smile: "These people, how should they choose!" ”
"The future is terrifying, the old minister thinks about it, and he can't help but feel creepy."
"Your Majesty, the old minister has a delusion, I'm afraid that the game of chess is bigger than we imagined!"