"Minister, see the king."

In a side hall of the Mo Mansion, Mo Jun hurried over and bowed to Ying Zheng in front of him.

Ying Zheng, who was drinking tea in the side hall, saw Mo Jun coming, and immediately stretched out his hand and said: "Shengpingjun doesn't have to be polite, this time I am on patrol in Weifu, and when I go out, Shengpingjun can call me "Mr. Zhao". ”

"Yes!"

Mo Jun replied.

After speaking, he looked at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao on the side, and arched his hand: "Mr. Gai, Zhao Neishi, the two of you are polite." ”

"I've seen Shengpingjun under (the minion)."

Gai Nie and Zhao Gao returned a salute to Mo Jun at the same time.

After each of them finished saluting.

Ying Zheng smiled and continued: "Sheng Pingjun really gave me a big surprise this time! ”

Mo Jun was slightly puzzled: "What does Mr. Zhao mean?" ”

"Although I have heard before that Hanzhong County is thriving under the governance of Shengping Jun. But it wasn't until I saw it with my own eyes this time that I discovered that the talent of Shengping Jun was still much beyond my expectations! ”

Ying Zheng then sighed: "I really didn't expect that a group of businessmen could play such an amazing role in the hands of Sheng Pingjun. If one day, all the ordinary people in my Great Qin can live the life of the people in Hanzhong today, then even if I die, I will have no regrets. ”

Mo Jun arched his hand and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Zhao, there will be a day." ”

Ying Zheng laughed and said, "Hahaha······ Then I will borrow the auspicious words of Shengping Jun. ”

After laughing.

Ying Zheng slightly restrained his expression, and said: "Sheng Pingjun thinks that if the law implemented in Hanzhong County is extended to the whole country, can it have the same effect?" ”

Hearing this, Mo Jun was slightly silent for a while, and then shook his head and said, "It's difficult." The merchants are like a herd of fiery horses that can never be tamed, and the only way to drive them is to use reins and whips. ”

"But now there are a lot of fierce horses in the territory of Qin, but there are very few strong reins and whips."

"The area of Hanzhong is very small, so you can 'enclose horses in the lower area'. But if it is rashly promoted throughout the country, then this group of fierce horses will easily get out of the way. ”

"If you want to use businessmen to drive the development of the Qin State, the only way is to slowly figure it out."

After listening to this, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh.

The expression looked a little regretful and a little unwilling.

In fact, what Mo Jun said, he didn't understand, if it weren't for this, Ying Zheng would not have paid more than 200,000 commercial taxes every month in Hanzhong County before, and still firmly rejected the idea of 'reusing businessmen'.

But after coming to Hanzhong this time, Yingzheng's belief couldn't help but waver.

No way.

In fact, after Hanzhong opened up the commercial market, the speed of development was too fast.

Ying Zheng had also passed by Hanzhong a few times before, and when he passed by a few times, the first feeling that Hanzhong brought to Ying Zheng was 'poverty'.

At that time, in Hanzhong, it was not easy to find a few people who could eat well.

However, now that Mo Jun has only been in Hanzhong for a short year, the changes in the entire Hanzhong can not be overstated even if they are described by the words 'earth-shaking'.

So even on the premise of knowing the result, Ying Zheng couldn't help but ask this with a glimmer of hope.

But after getting Mo Jun's answer, Ying Zheng was completely dead.

Historically.

Whether Ying Zheng was faint or not in his old age remains to be discussed.

But there is no doubt that Yingzheng when he was young definitely did not match the word 'mediocre'.

"It seems that the future road of the Qin State still has a long way to go!"

Ying Zheng sighed.

And just as Ying Zheng finished speaking, he heard Mo Jun suddenly change his words and said, "But······ Although today's Qin State cannot be passed on the road of Shangjia, on another road, there may be new development. ”

"Oh? What way? ”

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and looked at Mo Jundao.

Mo Jun did not respond immediately, but looked up slightly at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao behind Ying Zheng.

Or rather.

He mainly looked at Zhao Gao.

See here.

Ying Zheng also immediately understood, and ordered: "Zhao Neishi, you step back first!" I would like to talk to Sheng Pingjun alone. ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Gao's eyes flashed for a moment, then he responded respectfully, and withdrew from the room with his head down.

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After Zhao Gao left, Mo Jun reached out and took out a book from his arms and handed it to Ying Zheng.

"What is this?"

Ying Zheng took it with a little curiosity and found that this was a material that he had never seen before.

It is light in the hand, and it looks like pieces of white cloth are sewn together, but it feels harder and more resilient than white cloth.

And when he opened the book and saw the neat and tidy fonts written on it, Ying Zheng was stunned at first, and then his pupils shrank instantly.

"Mo Qing, this is ······"

"The king will know if he tries it."

Before Ying Zheng finished speaking, Mo Jun had already handed over a brush in advance.

Ying Zheng's breath stagnated slightly, then he took the brush, flipped the book to the back few blank pages, carefully dipped a little ink, and wrote the word 'Ying' on it.

When I saw the word 'Ying' clearly appear on the book, not only Yingzheng, but even Gai Nie's gaze on the side changed slightly.

This is a "blank paper", which is a new creation of the minister. ”

Seeing that Ying Zheng's face was already red with excitement, and he had an expression that he was about to stop breathing, Mo Jun also gave an explanation in a timely manner.

"Mo Qing, this thing ······ How much does it cost? What is the yield? ”

Ying Zheng pressed the book on the table with one hand, although his tone was still as calm as possible, anyone could see that he was forcibly suppressing his excitement at the moment.

In the face of Ying Zheng's inquiry, Mo Jun said really calmly: "Although high-quality paper is not easy to make, compared with bamboo slips and animal skin rolls, the cost can be at least 100 times cheaper, and the output can also be increased by 100 times." ”

Crash~

The next second.

I saw Ying Zheng stand up suddenly, and his eyes were extremely excited.

"Good, good······ Mo Qing is really a celestial being, and even such a 'Wendao holy relic' can be created, as soon as this thing comes out, the widow can already predict the future of the heavenly people, the hundreds of schools, and the grand occasion of the Qin State. ”

What is the Qin State lacking most?

Grain?

Money?

Well! That's right!

These things are indeed lacking in the Qin State.

But that's all in the past.

For the current Qin State, one of the things that is most lacking is······

Literati.

For hundreds of years, there has been no shortage of military generals in the Qin State.

Because the former Qin State was located in a wilderness, in that harsh living environment, only people with strong military force could survive, and the literati had no soil for development at all.

Therefore, in the first few hundred years of the Qin State, the number of civil servants in the country was very scarce.

It was not until recent years, with the gradual strengthening of the Qin State, that literati from other countries were willing to serve, but even so, it could not change the fact that these literati were still born in other countries.

And why was the number of literati so scarce in the Qin State?

To know.

In the past, the environment of the Qin State was poor, but now with the development of Mojun for several years, the living environment of the current Qin State is one of the best in the Seven Kingdoms.

But even so, it was still difficult to increase the number of literati in the Qin State.

First, because of the monopoly of knowledge, in the current era, most knowledge and learning are in the hands of the aristocracy, and they cannot be circulated in the hands of the common people at all.

The second reason is that the transmission of knowledge is indeed very difficult.

The simplest example.

At present, the carriers used to record words are mainly 'bamboo slips' and 'animal skins'.

And these two things are expensive on their own.

It's like a bamboo slip.

A good roll of bamboo slips needs to be finished, air-dried, and compiled····· and so on, before it can be made.

To sell it, a roll of blank bamboo slips alone costs almost a dozen dollars.

Whereas animal skin rolls are more expensive than bamboo slips.

If the text is recorded, the price will still increase several times to more than ten times on this basis.

At such a price, ordinary people simply can't afford it.

And if you really want to learn knowledge through bamboo slips, just one or two rolls of bamboo slips are not enough, because even if a roll of bamboo slips is full, it can record at most a hundred words.

A complete set of knowledge often has to start with more than a dozen bamboo slips.

And that's not all.

The weight of the bamboo slips is also a big problem.

The ancients had a saying that 'learn to be rich and five cars', and the books of the five cars seem to be a lot, but if they are loaded with bamboo slips, they can't actually record much knowledge at all.

Therefore, all these reasons add up to the fact that in the current era, it is simply unrealistic to want to spread knowledge and knowledge on a large scale.

And if you can't even do the most basic communication, it is naturally impossible to cultivate many literati.

But now, with the invention of 'paper', all the problems of communication can be solved.

Although it is the first time I have seen 'blank paper'.

But Ying Zheng and Gai Nie have already seen the benefits of this new type of text carrier.

Lightweight, convenient, inexpensive, and clear······

Such a fetish.

Ying Zheng called it "Wendao Holy Relic" before, which is not an exaggeration.

Ying Zheng couldn't put it down and stroked the book in his hand, he really didn't expect that when he came to Hanzhong County this time, he was just idle and had nothing to do, so he came out for a tour.

But as a result, one surprise after another was harvested here.

Especially this 'blank slate'.

Ying Zheng can even predict that once the effect of this kind of paper is publicized in the future, I am afraid that the literati and scholars in the world and the hundreds of schools of thought will be moved.

When everyone gathers in the Qin State, even if Yingzheng can only subdue a small part of it, it will be enough to make the national strength of the Qin State instantly stronger.

As a king, Ying Zheng had already had countless schemes in his mind as soon as he noticed the use of the 'blank paper'.

But in the end.

Ying Zheng still looked at Mo Jun and asked, "What is Mo Qing's plan to create such a divine object?" ”

Mo Jun arched his hand and replied, "The minister does have a rough idea. ”

Ying Zheng was surprised: "What do you think? ”

Mo Jun said slowly: "Minister······ I want to reopen the Jixia School Palace. ”

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(End of chapter)