Although he could go straight to the palace, Zhao Si still chose to accept the search and wait quietly.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Si asks to see you!"

When the First Emperor was groggy, Zhao Gao's voice sounded in his ears.

The First Emperor frowned slightly, he almost fell asleep just now, but when he heard that it was Zhao Si, the First Emperor rubbed his eyebrows, sat up from the recliner, waved his hand, and said, "Zhao Zhi enter!" ”

After that, he rubbed his slightly heavy eyebrows vigorously to relieve the fatigue of his brain, and the first emperor lay down again, too lazy to get up, and had no energy.

The chaise longue swayed again and again with the first emperor's chaise longue, and the first emperor's eyes narrowed slightly and waited for Zhao Si's arrival.

Zhao Si was in the palace under the guidance of Zhao Gao.

"Your Majesty, Zhao Si has arrived." Zhao Gao bowed and spoke.

Zhao Si also bowed and saluted, and the First Emperor who was lying on the recliner did not get up, but just waved his hand, and Zhao Gao retreated sensibly, leaving only Zhao Si standing in place.

The First Emperor didn't move, just lay on the recliner and shook slightly, didn't open his mouth for a long time, his eyes were closed, and Zhao Si couldn't sit or stand.

I was wondering if I had come to the wrong time and whether I had disturbed the First Emperor, the First Emperor's eyes slowly opened, and he didn't get up, but asked a little tiredly: "I am not on duty in Lang Zhongling today, what is the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty has something to do." Zhao Si immediately saluted again.

"Say it." The First Emperor propped up his head with one hand and barely got up slightly.

"The ministers are here for paper!" Zhao Si spoke.

"Paper?" The First Emperor raised an eyebrow.

"It's not silk, it's paper made of trees! The craftsmen of Lantian Daying have been slightly successful, which can be used for writing. With that, Zhao Si took out the remaining pile of hemp paper from his arms to wipe his buttocks and presented it forward.

The First Emperor took the hemp paper and rubbed it with his fingers, which was slightly rough, but it was not a big problem.

"This paper is made of hemp?" The First Emperor asked.

"Exactly, but the craftsman is a little anxious, and next time he should be able to make better paper." Zhao Si replied.

"How much does it cost? How is it compared to bamboo slips? The First Emperor asked, with some interest.

The bamboo slip is too flawed.

The cost is not cheap, and the production cycle is not short.

Qualified bamboo slips, is the need to divide the bamboo into a section, and to pick a good bamboo, after dividing the bamboo slips to flatten, flattened to dry for a few days, after drying to bake, after baking to drill, and then with a thread to wear up.

In this way, a qualified bamboo slip can be considered to be completed before it can be used for writing.

Even so, due to material limitations, the writing range of bamboo slips is extremely limited, and the number of words that can be written on a relatively conventional bamboo slip is usually only a few hundred words.

The second is that it is heavier, this thing is a real bamboo, the kind that can be stoned to death when you pick it up and smash people.

Generally speaking, tens of thousands of words of bamboo slips have to be dozens of catties.

The first emperor had to pay more than 100 catties for a day......

There is no way to make bamboo slips in batches, so you can only use manual work, chopping bamboo, cutting bamboo slices, baking, and then threading, which can be described as troublesome.

As for the use of cloth, the permeability is too strong, it is not convenient to write, the silk can be used specifically for writing, the alias of the silk is paper, easy to write, it is a silk fabric, but the price is expensive, generally except for the edict, or the ancestors of heaven and earth, the rest of the time will rarely use the silk.

On the other hand, looking at the paper handed over by Zhao Si, Zhao Si gently lifted a sheet, the texture is light and thin, and the area that can be used for writing is very large...... This is an advantage that can be seen at a glance.

"The cost is much lower than that of bamboo slips, and the better quality paper should use trees and bamboo, but it is better to make it in batches, and the poor quality can also be made with grass and hemp, although it is a little worse, but it is better than the low price. The manufacturing time is not much slower than that of bamboo slips, but the manufacturing volume is much, much more than that of bamboo slips. Zhao Si replied.

"Oh?"

The First Emperor was interested, and he took up a pen and wrote on hemp paper.

However, he found that the writing effect was not very ideal, the ink was still relatively easy to smudge, and the slightest carelessness would come out of the paper, and the first emperor frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, this is the matter of the former minister to Lantian to explain to the craftsman, and now that the minister has left Lantian, this credit cannot be shared by the military craftsman, so it is inevitable that he is in a hurry." Seeing this, Zhao Si hurriedly replied.

"The minister has taken twenty gold as a reward, so that they can calm down and make a good living, and they are military craftsmen, in addition to making paper, it is inevitable that sundries will be added, and the minister is here for this matter." Zhao Si said.

The First Emperor nodded and pondered for a moment.

"You have left the Lantian camp, and they are military craftsmen...... In this case, transfer those few warsmiths out of Lantian and place them in Langzhongling, and hand them over to you to be responsible. The First Emperor nodded and spoke.

"How long does it take for the finished product to come out? The result? The First Emperor put away a wad of hemp paper and asked.

"It is estimated that in three or five months, papermaking will not save time. If nothing else, we will be able to make paper that is easy to write this time. Zhao Si said.

The First Emperor nodded, he didn't question Zhao Si's answer, after all, the hemp paper sent this time barely had the ability to write, it was nothing more than writing bigger, writing was a little more careful, no matter how troublesome it was, it would be more troublesome than writing on bamboo slips?

It is made of hemp, and the cost is low, even if the writing is poor, it can be rewritten with a new one, so as not to feel distressed.

Bamboo slips are expensive, and the use of bamboo slips without two dollars in the pocket are cautious, if there is a mistake, the typo will be cut off with a knife, and re-written, which is also the origin of the knife and pen.

Of course, there is another problem with bamboo slips, some bamboo slips are not very good production technology, so the ink is easy to be damaged, so in order to preserve it for a long time, there is also the habit of re-carving it according to the handwriting after writing.

Secondly, the bamboo slips can be cut off with a knife and a thin layer to replace the font, so when it comes to official documents, bamboo slips basically need to be carved with a knife to prevent someone from maliciously changing the official handwriting later.

The First Emperor nodded slightly, if Zhao Si could make cheap and easy-to-use paper, it would really be a great achievement.

At the very least, I don't have to worry about reading more than 100 catties a day, and at least in the future, the backup of transportation documents in various places no longer needs to be measured by vehicles.

Bamboo slips are bulky, expensive, the production cycle is long, and the writing is inconvenient, objectively speaking, the emergence of paper has also led to the rapid increase of books and literature and the spread of science and culture

However, for the time being, the significance of paper is limited to replacing bamboo slips, which is convenient for transportation, writing, and dissemination......

It's got to be a thing that really means a lot to the printing press.

Unlock the papermaking process, unlock the printing technology, and the combination of the two can unlock new achievements, mass production of knowledge, and big price reductions.

At the same time, it is also a major prerequisite for unlocking the achievement of breaking the monopoly of knowledge.

Zhao Si didn't hide it......

"Not only that, Your Majesty, the minister also has a law, which can be written in batches." Zhao Si said that he came to the first emperor.

"Your Majesty, please see, the engraving is on the plate, like a seal, Your Majesty can have a seal?"

The First Emperor nodded, took out a bronze seal, and then covered it on straw paper.

"That's right, if you make a big seal, of course, not with gold, silver, copper and jade, the cost is too expensive, you can burn pottery, Your Majesty, please see, assuming that this scroll of bamboo slips is the big pottery seal I said, the words on it are the content of the seal carving."

"Just dip it in ink and put it on the paper......"

At first, it sounded whimsical, but when he saw Zhao Si's action completed, the First Emperor instantly realized something.

Simple!

It's so easy!

Yes, printing one book is nothing, but what if you print a hundred copies and a thousand copies?

If you engrave Qin Law on it, as long as there is enough paper, you only need to print it so lightly......

How much can be printed?

A thousand copies? 10,000 copies?

Daqin has been doing legal popularization work.

The First Emperor was not obsessed with compulsory education, and the Legalists did not support the popularization of education.

However, both the Legalists and the First Emperor attached great importance to the popularization of Qin law.

The people can not read, but they must know the Qin law!

So, with paper that is cheap enough, is it possible that every household has a copy of Qin Law?

Is there a possibility that the huge team of officials in Daqin who is as high as tens of thousands can easily read a large number of Legalist books.

Daqin can print whatever he wants, and he can engrave whatever he wants!

Papermaking alone was just one more tool for the First Emperor that could replace bamboo slips, a writing instrument that was lighter and cheaper than bamboo slips.

But when it comes to printing, the meaning is different.

"Your Majesty...... At present, most of the books in the world are lonely, and I don't know how many poor scholars, and there is only one volume of family study left...... Some even lost all their learning, and it was difficult to recognize all the words. In order to be able to learn, most of them will become protégés of the nobility...... Or become a ranger, or learn from a hundred schools, and then become an official, or an official ......"

"The great nobles provide for the disciples to learn knowledge, and select the poor scholars who think they are excellent to cultivate, and in return for learning knowledge, the scholars of the Han family will ......" Before Zhao Si finished speaking, he was interrupted by the First Emperor.

In fact, Zhao Si said it very implicitly, because he didn't know what the First Emperor thought about universal education.

Of course, Zhao Sicai did not have the whimsy to play national literacy in this era and popularize education to the people.

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, small landlords had to be able to support a scholar, Qin Dynasty? Why?

The Hanmen clan mentioned by Zhao Si is a genuine nobleman, but they are just in the middle of the family, and Baili Xi is one of the representatives.

Poor family, you also have to have a door at home, right?

This group of poor scholars, because of their low status and the middle of the family, have only three ways to go, first, to become a noble disciple, second, to learn a hundred arts, and third, to become a ranger.

True...... Most of the books in this era are solitary, and there must be no solitary collection of books included in the Qin Palace.

But!

The collection of books in the Qin Palace is huge!

In the past, the scholars of the poor family were limited by the middle of the family road and the family tradition was lost, so they could only become disciples of the hundred families first, or become guests of the great nobles, in order to continue to study and rise.

In other words, when the Qin State used them, most of them had already been labeled as a force.

So, is there a possibility that Daqin can try to kick out the middlemen and make the difference by relying on the rich collection of books, printing technology and papermaking technology?

In fact, the Qin State has been doing this kind of thing all along.

For example, the Qin State's official training system, Qin is based on the military merit system, and when the battlefield meritorious service reaches a certain level, when the war is armistice, he can be promoted to the head of the township pavilion, or he can be promoted to a small official, and the county government will conduct the training of officials.

The grassroots officials of the Qin State were born cleanly, and there were no too many mixed power labels and complex and vigorous needs, which was also the core of the Qin State's ability to destroy the Six Kingdoms.

The seven countries have all changed the law, and only Qin can implement it to the end, and the excellent training and selection mechanism of grassroots officials is the reason.

The demands of this group of clean-born officials are very simple, rising, the political demands are relatively simple, and there are not too many complicated human relations behind them.

And the grassroots officials of the Six Kingdoms are either the disciples of which family or the disciples of which family...... You must know that the grassroots officials are the executors of the implementation of the reform!

How can the grassroots officials who are labeled as various factions and great nobles maintain reform and change the law?

Pity...... It seems that the First Emperor was not very interested in what he said?

It shouldn't be...... Zhao Si frowned slightly.

(No, tomorrow I will take a little leave to accompany my wife to the hospital, and I will see if I will be able to do it later.) ）

(End of chapter)