Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Outside Population

Li Si couldn't wait to take the white cloth from Qin An's hand.

The cloth was all written by Qin An, but it was a simplified character, and Li Si didn't know it, but it didn't prevent him from asking Qin An.

So the two began to ask and answer.

Qin An was also very helpless, he, a person who came to Zhaojia Village to teach, found that the people in Zhaojia Village were not illiterate, but that all they knew was Qin Seal, and the level at that time was comparable to those senior doctors and professors.

Fortunately, he is only teaching a group of children, they are like a blank sheet of paper, don't worry that he has learned Qin Seal, even if the other party has really learned Qin Seal, there is no problem, because he will only teach from scratch.

Qin An could only comfort himself in his heart.

After Qin An's detailed explanation, Li Si understood it.

The first step is to crush the limestone, water, iron ore and other materials together, and then mix them evenly.

The second step is to control the proportion of raw materials produced.

The third step is when all the raw materials produced have been crushed into powder and then mixed together.

Step 4...... Step 5......

Finally the cement is formed, just put it in a cement bag.

After understanding everything, Li Si planned to hand over the task to the people below to do, but he would first let the simplified characters written by Qin An become Qin Seal.

And just after he translated Qin An's simplified Chinese characters into Qin Seal, Ying Zheng and Zhang Han came to Zhaojia Village.

The black dragon guard outside the village saw the two of them start saluting in unison.

"See Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite. In the future, I will be called the head of the village, and Zhang Han will be the captain. ”

"No." The Black Dragon Guards responded in unison.

Then the two went to Qin An's residence.

Li Si learned that Yingzheng was coming, and excitedly took the cement making method given by Li Feng to ask for credit.

"I've seen the village chief."

"No need to be polite." Ying Zheng nodded, "Sir, do you have any new ideas?" ”

Li Si took the cement production method that had just been translated, and offered it with both hands: "This is the cement production method that Mr. just gave me, and Mr. said that this cement can be used to build bridges and pave roads, and can be used to build houses."

Moreover, he asked for the construction of a brick and tile workshop and a cement workshop in the village, so that the whole village could be replaced with a new house, which was similar to the one outside. ”

"The house outside?" Ying Zheng said excitedly, "Could it be the house of Mr. World?" ”

"Yes, village chief." Li Si said excitedly, "The magic of this cement is that the road built with it will not have potholes, unlike the current official road, once it rains, there will be potholes everywhere and muddy." ”

"It's amazing."

"That's what the gentleman said." Lees replied.

Whether it's really so magical, Li Si doesn't dare to guarantee it, anyway, it's all Qin An's words, if it's fake, let Qin An take the blame.

Ying Zheng bowed his head and said: "Since Mr. said it, then eight or nine are not far from ten." Let's go, go find the gentleman. ”

"No."

Immediately, the three of them came to Qin An's courtyard.

At this time, Qin An was picking up tree bark and other things, which stunned Yingzheng and the three of them.

"Sir, what is your use of picking up these bark leaves? When firewood? Ying Zheng asked.

"The village chief. There you are. Qin An put down the work he was doing and replied with a smile, "These things look like garbage and don't have any effect, but I can turn them into treasures." ”

"Turning waste into treasure? How can you turn it into treasure? Ying Zheng asked.

Qin An replied, "I'm going to use them to make paper." Bamboo slips are used in this village, but I don't know how to use them, and I waste a white cloth every time I use them, which is too extravagant.

So I'm going to experiment and see if I can make a blank slate. ”

"Then I wish Mr. to make a blank sheet of paper as soon as possible."

"There should be no problem, unless what is taught in the books is false." Qin An said.

Ying Zheng couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Could the content of the book be fake?" ”

"Hehe......" Qin An laughed, "Village Chief, this is impossible, do you know how many copies of this book have been printed?" ”

"Tens of thousands, right?" Ying Zheng asked tentatively.

Tens of thousands should be about the same, and if there are tens of thousands of scholars, it will be the blessing of the imperial court.

Qin An shook his head and said: "Tens of thousands of copies, the village chief really underestimates the families outside, and now the average best-selling book can print millions of copies."

And hundreds of millions of textbooks can be printed. Almost every student has a copy. ”

Hundreds of millions of copies!

The three of them were stunned.

"First, sir." Li Si opened his mouth and said: "You're not mistaken, the last one, do you need so much?" ”

"Lao Li, you don't understand, this is the content of the textbook, which will be reprinted every year and then handed over to the students.

And every year there are new students, so the sum of each year, not to mention hundreds of millions, there are more than a billion.

Coupled with foreign students, hundreds of millions of copies may need to be printed every year. Let me tell you, we now have a population of 1.6 billion in China, and more than 6 billion in the world. ”

There are 1.6 billion people in China and 6 billion people in the world.

The three of Yingzheng were stunned again, there are too many of them.

Ying Zheng looked at Li Si, and asked again in his eyes, how many people is there in Great Qin?

Li Si seemed to understand Yingzheng's eyes, and said: "It seems that the population of the Great Qin period was only more than 10 million. ”

Qin An said: "It was ancient times, backward in medical skills, backward in agriculture, backward in education, backward in everything, and it was already a lot to have so many people.

Now, no matter what, it's very advanced.

In the past, when a woman gave birth to a child, it was like going to a ghost gate, and if she could not give birth to a child, it was very likely that she would die twice.

However, in modern times, unless there are special circumstances, the child will be born safely, and the mother and child will be healthy. ”

"Is the medical skills of the outside world so advanced?" Ying Zheng asked.

He also often heard about giving birth to a child and two deaths, otherwise the population of Daqin would have increased by at least thirty percent.

"Of course, without cash, how can a person live to be 90 years old? Back then, instead of believing in the words of the Fang Shi, the First Emperor should believe in the doctor, at least when you are sick, the doctor will help you heal the disease and reduce your suffering.

Maybe you can live to be seventy or eighty years old, or even ninety years old. Qin An said.

"What the gentleman said is reasonable." Ying Zheng nodded.

After knowing that Xu Fu was a liar, he was completely dead set on immortality.

"Sir, speaking of Fang Shi, I think of Xu Fu, if the First Emperor knew that Xu Fu was a liar, but there was no way to prove that he was a liar.

I wonder if Mr. can get Xu Fu to say it himself and admit that he is a liar? ”

Qin An frowned slightly and said, "Comrade Village Chief, why would you raise such an unfounded question.

Not to mention that this was two thousand years ago, the most important thing is that the First Emperor would not doubt Xu Fu for the sake of immortality. ”