Do you know the destiny of heaven?

So, what is Destiny?

The First Emperor smiled and had to say that this year was really a watershed.

On the other side, Zhao Si had already seen the bronze engraving sent by the disciples of the Mo family.

"It's a pity that movable type still needs to consider the issue of ink, which I didn't expect......" Zhao Si sighed as he stroked the copper engraving in front of him.

Zhao Si knew the difference between movable type and engraving, but he really didn't know that the difference was also in the ink demand.

"In this way, it is very unlikely that traditional ink can be applied to movable type, I am afraid that the ink will have to be improved, and movable type also has certain requirements for manufacturing, right? Seems to be lead type? I guess it's alloy...... It feels choked enough, but I can try to make some movable type with lead when I go back, and what is lead called in this era? ”

"But now the engraving is enough, a batch of copper engraving, as long as the printing content does not change, can be used for ten years, or even hundreds of years...... It must be no problem to print books in batches, and the cost of knowledge will become more cheap, but newspapers and documents and the like, I'm afraid it's out of play until the movable type is made......" Zhao Si held the copper engraving in his hand.

It is worth mentioning that although it is often said that the Qin Dynasty was the Bronze Age, in fact, the color of the bronze that has just been produced is not cyan, but as bright as gold.

The content of the copper engraving plate is Qin law, Zhao Si ink printing.

Because the craftsmanship is not very mature, the first batch of printing is not very good, and there is a bit of ink stained.

After repeating it for a long time, Zhao Si finally mastered a certain amount of experience, and more than 60 copper engraving plates were all printed, and dozens of pages of separately paved paper on the case table were on the paper.

Very good, as long as there is some proficiency, generally speaking, it will not be printed, and the speed is also very fast, Zhao Si is a little proficient, and it didn't take long to print a whole Qin law.

When his ink dried slightly, Zhao Si did not hesitate, folded them one by one, and walked straight towards the First Emperor.

"Your Majesty!"

The familiar cold air rushed to his face, and Zhao Si, who was sweating profusely because of the printing, exhaled comfortably.

"A Qin law, all of them are properly printed!"

A thick pile of hemp paper, the handwriting is neat and neatly arranged.

The First Emperor took a wad of hemp paper, and his eyes were slightly admired.

"A Qin law, half a cart of bamboo slips!"

Qin Law has too much content and is too complicated.

And the bamboo slips are precious, the second is inconvenient to write, and the third is also needed to be carved and preserved, how difficult is it?

Because of the above reasons, Qin Lu's desire to popularize the place is a great difficulty in the world.

Now, the cost has come down, and Qin Lu's printing speed has risen...... When the scale of papermaking production increases, the cost will further decrease, to put it mildly, with the current national strength of Daqin, it is possible to achieve a Qin law for every household.

There are only a few households in Daqin, and the total number of registered households is about 6 million.

The cost is not low, but now it has reached the range that Great Qin can afford.

The birth of papermaking and printing is of trans-epochal significance.

"Zhao Lisi enters!"

The First Emperor held a pile of Qin Lu and looked a little fond of it.

Popularizing the Qin law to every household, this is what Great Qin is doing, and it is a very distant thing for Great Qin.

From the Shang Dynasty to the current domination of the world, the efforts of several generations of kings, the time span of a hundred years, the consumption of many manpower and material resources, and the number of people killed before the old Qin people in Guanzhong could first understand the Qin law.

And now, with Great Qin dominating the world, how long will it take for the people of the world to understand the Qin Law like the Qin people?

Daqin also crossed the river by feeling the stones, and applied the experience of governing Guanzhong to the local area, but the time and cost required for the expansion of the territory and the increase in population also increased several times or even more than ten times.

It took hundreds of years in Guanzhong, is it possible that the world will use it for thousands of years?

And now, nothing else......

With the current cost and cost of papermaking, Daqinyuan's plan is difficult to shorten.

However, a small goal can be set, such as 6 million households, and each household has a Qin law!

With papermaking and printing, how much time can it take?

Isn't it just printing six million Qin laws?

It's a big deal to conscript, three or five years, ten years, it's always no problem, right?

"Good!"

Zhao Si left, and the First Emperor looked at the printing in his hand, and Qin Lu still couldn't stop admiring.

How long did it take Zhao Si to go out, and a Qin law jumped on the paper, and in the past, this was the amount of work that would take at least a few days to copy.

The most important thing is that you have to be a reader, and the calligraphy must be better, if the calligraphy is as bad as Zhao Si, even if you copy it, you can't use it.

And now?

Printing?

As long as there is an engraving, you don't need to be literate to print.

Even the craftsmen who make the engraving can make it even if they are illiterate.

You must know that many of the craftsmen who chiseled tombstones did not know how to read at all. The same goes for making engravings.

The engraving plate should be cast in copper, and the cost is indeed not low, but this set of engraving can be used for too long, ten years? Century? As long as it is properly maintained, it will not be used for hundreds of years.

The engraving is equivalent to infrastructure construction, and the future return of this investment is a big drop.

And the first emperor has always liked infrastructure construction.

Beyond the driver......

Zhao Si and Li Si walked side by side.

"Why did Your Majesty summon you?" Li Si looked at Zhao Si's smile full of doubts.

"Li Xiang, go away, it's a good thing!"

Is it because of the internal organization proposed by Zhao Si? Li Si thought to himself.

Since the last time he figured it out, Lees had changed his mind.

However, he had already rejected the kindness of the First Emperor, and Li Si was not as thick-skinned as Zhao Si, so he could forget what had happened.

After all, he is not Zhao Si, and he has to take care of the thoughts of the First Emperor and his attitude towards himself, so he has been thinking about how he should mellow his opposition attitude to support the wise decision of the First Emperor in the past few days.

It is true that this kind of internal organization is a knife on the neck of the ministers, but His Majesty has personally asked me about my attitude, this knife cannot be put on my head in short, and in the future, the implementation of the relocation order and the implementation of various policies, it is not a good thing for Li Si to have an extra knife that is not restricted by the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries.

Zhao Si has been kept in the dark so far, and Li Si let go of the perspective of the three princes and nine qing, and asked me to come.

I am the one who wields the knife, and it is a good thing to have more knives, but this knife must not slaughter me first.

The two of them joined the wheel, Li Si and Zhao Si bowed upright, but Li Si had not gone straight back, and Zhao Si was already kneeling next to Bingjian.

"Look..."The First Emperor pushed Qin Lu in front of Li Si.

Li Si hadn't seen paper yet, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw it at first sight.

Then he looked at Zhao Si: "This is the paper you are talking about?" ”

"Yes, too!" Zhao Si nodded.

"But I remember that your handwriting wasn't so beautiful." Li Si said seriously.

……

After teasing, Li Si watched carefully, and then the first emperor handed over a letter sent by Xianyang, and had a general idea of the cost and manufacturing cycle, and immediately realized what papermaking and printing meant.

From a certain point of view, Li Si and the First Emperor have the same idea.

The First Emperor wanted to achieve a great cause that no one had surpassed before, so why didn't Li Si want to compare himself with the sages?

If it weren't for the temptation of sanctification, how could Li Si change his thinking and take over the heavy responsibility of moving the noble order.

Papermaking and printing are also very important for the realization of Li Si's life ideals.

"Suspend driving and convene a court meeting!"

Printing, papermaking!

This matter is also very important.

Although Qin focused on farming and warfare, it was normal for such a court meeting to be held when it came to such a literary affair that would benefit the future.

"Later, you will print Qin Law in front of hundreds of officials, in public, and make preparations!"

In addition to Wuzhi, there are also culture and education, bamboo slips are expensive, the construction period is long, the book transcription is inconvenient, and the circulation is slow.

The value of papermaking and printing to the low-level scholars is no less than the value of immortal grain to Qianshou.

After all...... Only the real aristocracy does not care whether scientific and technological progress is progressing or not, and whether the development of the times is not developing.

Because regardless of whether there is papermaking and printing, they have a collection of thousands of books, and no matter how troublesome it is to copy and engrave seals, they also have special people to copy books for them.

Regardless of whether there is immortal grain and immortal seeds, they are not short of food and drink, and even in this era when wheat is commonly eaten without husking, they have been able to use grinding flour to sift and eat white flour artificially.

In this era, there are already buns, and Zhao Si has seen them. And noodles.

The gap between the nobles and the Qiantou is an era apart.

Not to mention, the great nobles could also write with silk...... Wang Li gave Zhao Si a silk to let Zhao Si copy the book of calculations vividly, just Zhao Si's calculations and copied silk, its value is enough for more than a dozen hectares of land.

Aristocrats, don't care......

However, the people care, and the low-level scholars care!

From another point of view, the people are ignorant and illiterate, even if three kinds of immortal grains are born, the image of Daqin is reversed slowly, because they are illiterate, rarely go far away, and they will not praise them with flowers.

The beneficiary group of the birth of paper printing technology is the entire underclass.

It is a group with a certain knowledge and culture, and they are the fastest to reverse the image of public opinion in Daqin.

Readers......

"With such a sharp weapon, Your Majesty's Wenzhi, the Three Emperors and the Five Emperors cannot be compared......" Li Si had a smile on his face.

Of course, Li Si cares more about popularizing Qin law and Qin law.

"Bunji?"

The First Emperor scoffed.

However, Li Si is indeed right, these two things can directly bring the Mandate of Heaven bonus to the First Emperor.

After all, it is important to take people with short hands and eat people with short mouths.

The low-level scholars have benefited, at least when they scold, they are not so arrogant.

It's a pity that this is on the way to the Great Survey, and there is no palace even nearby.

However, the scenery here is good, and there is nothing wrong with holding a court meeting in a place near the water and mountains.

(In the future, the update will be uniformly timed at 12 o'clock.) Let's continue to save the manuscript. ）

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