Chapter 60 Pen, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone

"What are they doing here? Why is it so wasteful? Ying Zheng looked at the villagers who were cutting paper in confusion.

"Your Majesty, this is to make all the new paper uniform size, and the extra paper will not be wasted, and this paper can also be used as a raw material, so these waste papers will be recycled and reused." Lees replied again.

"I see." Ying Zheng suddenly realized, "No wonder, I see that those new papers are really beautiful."

But how to use this new paper, by the way, the gentleman said that you need to use a pen, and this can be written on paper, and I saw that Fusu and the four of them all wrote on the paper. ”

"Your Majesty, next, the place where Weichen wants to take Your Majesty to visit is the pen workshop." Lees said.

"Okay." Ying Zheng responded.

Immediately, Li Si and Meng Tian took Ying Zheng to the pen-making workshop.

Along the way, Li Si and Meng Tian had already told them all about the process of making pens, so as not to know anything about Yingzheng and be a little embarrassed when the villagers heard it.

As soon as the papermaking workshop thought that the leftover paper was cut out and it was a waste, some jokes were made.

Although Li Si and the others also thought it was a waste for the first time, but they could lose face, Yingzheng couldn't do it, he was the first emperor.

Although Ying Zheng listened to Li Si and Meng Tian talk about the process, he still didn't understand the details in the middle.

Also, some of the professional terms, Ying Zheng is even more puzzled, every time a professional term appears, he has to ask what it means.

Fortunately, Li Si is smart enough and understands professional terms very thoroughly, so he explains them very well.

The four of them arrived at the pen-making workshop in a short time.

Ying Zheng saw that the snow-white brush heads of the same size were hung densely, and this scene made him feel unique.

"So many pen heads. Do you have to make a brush? Ying Zheng asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty." "What Mr. means is to make 1,000 brushes first, and according to the calculation of 500 students, each person will be equipped with two brushes, and as for paper, when necessary." ”

Ying Zheng turned his head and continued to walk forward, and saw that someone was washing wool, someone was picking wool, and someone was sorting and combing wool.

Finally, someone picks out a handful of wool of the same length and ties it up, so that it forms the tip of a brush.

Looking at the process of the villagers making brushes, coupled with the explanations of Li Si and Meng Tian before, Ying Zheng suddenly understood what the villagers were doing in every process.

"How many brushes can I make in a day?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, now that there is a shortage of manpower, coupled with unfamiliar techniques, it is already rare to be able to make a hundred pens a day." Lees replied.

A hundred a day? So much?

"This is already a lot, Qin An only needs a thousand brushes, and it can be completed in ten days." Ying Zheng said, "What should I do with the brushes produced in the future?" ”

"According to the gentleman's meaning, it was sold, or given to a nearby village, or handed over to the village chief to dispose of.

The gentleman said that the village was too poor, and although people from all over the village could not do business with the outside world, they could do business with each other from the other villages.

What is this called, trade, can drive the life of ten miles and eight villages. Over time, even if the people outside don't want to come in, we want to get out ourselves. ”

"Didn't Sir say that our production is too backward and it is difficult to do business?" Ying Zheng asked.

"The gentleman didn't say it." Lees replied.

"Why didn't I ask?" Ying Zheng asked, "It's not like you at all." ”

Li Si immediately said: "Your Majesty's forgiveness, it is really what Mr. said that shocked Wechen too much, and up to now, Wechen still has a lot of things that have not been digested, so I am afraid that once I ask, more new knowledge will enter my heart, and I am afraid that it will be more difficult to digest."

And a lot of the content, Weichen thinks it's a fantasy, it can't happen at all.

For example, how can people fly to the sky, but in Weichen's heart, he has been thinking about it.

And why can't Legalists educate others? ”

Ying Zheng bowed his head and said: "I understand your thoughts, and I know some of Qin An's words in my heart, especially I want to know what kind of world Qin An's world is."

What a surprise this Qin An will bring to me and the widow. ”

"Your Majesty is wise. This Qin An will make Great Qin truly immortal. Lees said.

"Great Qin is eternal." Zhang Han and Meng Tian said in unison.

Ying Zheng waved his hand and said: "For thousands of years, I don't want to think about it anymore, I want to let Daqin exist for as long as possible."

Don't talk about that, let's go, take me to see the other workshops, I don't believe there are only these three workshops. ”

"Your Majesty is wise. There really is. Li Si said, "Mr. said that in ancient times, that is, in the next two thousand years, scholars could not write without the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. ”

"Pen, ink, paper, inkstone? I already know the pen and paper, but what about the ink and inkstone? Ying Zheng asked.

"The ink workshop and the inkstone workshop are both next to it, please go this way."

Ying Zheng looked in the direction pointed by Li Si and found that there was a big tree not far away, and there was a house next to the big tree.

The house was built with surplus bricks, and since there was no cement, they used the most primitive method to glue the bricks together.

The bricks of the Great Wall are glued together by it, that is, glutinous rice juice, and mixed with some things can have the effect of cement.

Subsequently, Ying Zheng took the lead and watched the production of ink and inkstone one by one.

It was found that the things made by the villagers were very fine, as fine as the craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the palace.

This Qin An is really powerful, this group of villagers is not a real villager, they are all played by some small nobles and their family members, as well as Li Si. Meng Tian and Zhang Han's family and acceptance.

Among them, there are also many black dragon guards.

To make such a group of people make such a delicate thing, Qin An does have the ability.

"How to use this ink and inkstone, how to write on paper, I only saw dense words written on the paper, but I didn't know how to use it." Ying Zheng said.

Now that pen, ink, paper, and inkstone have appeared, then bamboo slips and carving knives will be thrown away.

Not to mention the trouble of carving every time, once the carving is wrong, the whole bamboo slip is useless, too wasteful.

It's so much more convenient to use paper now, and it can be reused.

Li Si said: "Your Majesty, your room has prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone for you, and after you go back, Weichen will help you sharpen the ink." ”

When Ying Zheng heard this, he knew that the key to this is this ink.

"Okay, let's go back, it is estimated that Qin An is already preparing dinner." Ying Zheng said with a smile.

The four of them immediately went home.

Ying Zheng walked in front, and Li Si was on the side. Meng Tian and Zhang Han followed behind, slowly walking back all the way.

Qin An had already begun to attack the leg of mutton at this time.