Hearing Ji Heng's mouth, Hu Hai was overjoyed.

He knew that Ji Heng would not ignore himself.

And he really needs the title to be around, when Gongzi Gao and Gongzi planned in the past, he was still a little unimpressed.

Now, as he understands his identity and status more and more, the more he feels that the decision of Gongzi and Gao is correct, and he also regrets his rashness at the beginning.

The textbooks such as "Yushu" and "Arithmetic" compiled by Gongzi and others only won the title of "no change".

But the title of 'no more' is actually very high.

Although in Hu Hai's opinion, the role and influence of textbooks such as "Yushu" and "Arithmetic" are far more than just being awarded a low-level title like 'no more', but this is an order from his father, and he has no way to refute it.

Now.

He didn't ask for much of a knighthood.

At least on the top.

If he is punished as a prisoner in the future, he will still be able to restore his free body, and he will not be imprisoned and punished.

He now has an inexplicable sense of crisis.

Hu Hai looked at Ji Heng happily and asked, "What are you going to let me do?" The second brother did it, I'm afraid I can't do it, the amount is too big, I only have one person, and my requirements are not very high, so I will get a knighthood, if it can be higher, it will be better. ”

Hu Hai voiced his needs.

Ji Heng glanced at Hu Hai with a playful expression, and said helplessly: "What title will the imperial court award, how can I decide?" I think that the "Book of Words" compiled by Gongzi and others is enough to make a marquis, but did the imperial court make a marquis? ”

Hu Hai coughed lightly, showing a touch of embarrassment: "It's impossible to seal the marquis." ”

"Just try to help me think about it as much as you can."

Ji Heng nodded, thought for a while, and unintentionally caught a glimpse of the bamboo slip put down in front of Ying Sinian out of the corner of his eye, touched his chin, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "There really is one." ”

"What is it?" Hu Hai said happily.

Ji Heng asked, "Will it be weaving?" ”

"Weaving." Hu Hai stiffened with a smile on his face, shook his head very dryly, and said in a low voice: "That's a woman's thing, no matter how much I'm a man, this thing can't work." ”

"Don't learn."

"You can learn." Ji Heng said seriously.

Hu Hai continued to shake his head.

If he went to learn how to weave, wouldn't he become a laughing stock if it was spread out?

Where did he get this stimulation?

Hu Hai directly shook into a rattle, and his face was full of resistance.

Ji Heng said lightly: "The weaving I am talking about is not weaving like a woman, but it is similar to weaving. ”

"Papermaking?" Hu Haihu glanced at Ji Heng suspiciously, and was a little suspicious: "What is this?" ”

Ji Heng pondered for a moment, thinking about how to say it more carefully.

A moment later.

Ji Heng said: "Have you seen the cloth?" ”

Hu Hai's face darkened, and he said speechlessly: "How can I not see this, I am wearing it." ”

"Where's the sheepskin?"

"Of course, I've seen it." Hu Hai Road.

"Where's the bark?"

Hu Hai's face darkened.

He felt that Ji Heng had some misunderstanding about himself?

Even if he doesn't work hard and doesn't distinguish between grains, he won't know what bark is, right?

Hu Hai hummed: "I know." ”

"You can write on cloth, you can write on sheepskin, but did you know that you can write on tree bark?" Ji Heng said again.

Hu Hai frowned.

He really didn't know.

But after thinking about it in his mind, he nodded thoughtfully.

He said: "The bark should be able to write, after all, it seems to be quite white inside." ”

"What does this have to do with what you said about papermaking?"

"And weaving."

"You listen slowly." Ji Heng glanced at Hu Hai and continued: "You go and find some tree bark, hemp heads, rags, old fishing nets and other objects, find a place where the water is not turbulent, tie these things up and throw them in, and after these things are soaked and foamed white in the water, they can be fished out, cut with scissors, smashed with a wooden hammer, or ground with a stone. ”

"Eventually it will be refined."

"Then we use some bamboo weaving to net the pulp."

"When the pulp is dry, it's paper."

Hu Hai's eyes widened.

He listened with a confused expression.

Ultimately.

He still couldn't help but say, "What is that?" ”

"Paper!"

"Paper?"

Seeing this, Ji Heng shook his head, just verbally described, Hu Hai was difficult to think clearly, just said: "You first follow the method I said, although it may fail many times, but it should be able to succeed in the end." ”

"The whole process is actually like weaving."

"But the cloth is simpler, just weaving the threads together."

"Paper, on the other hand, is much more elaborate."

"It's wood pulp that is woven, or some wood chips, and the wood pulp is naturally laid into a flat layer."

"Dry it and you're done."

"Can this really be done?" Hu Hai looked suspicious.

He felt that Ji Heng himself was a little uncertain.

"It should work."

"What do you mean it should be okay?" Hu Hai looked displeased.

Ji Heng said with a smile: "The master leads the door, and the cultivation depends on the individual. ”

"I can only provide you with a solution, as for whether it will succeed or not, it depends on your level of care."

Hu Hai looked at Ji Heng.

He always felt that Ji Heng was fooling himself.

He asked, "What is the use of this paper you are talking about?" ”

Ji Heng pointed forward with his hand and said, "Do you see that bamboo slip?" ”

"See."

"How much does a bamboo slip cost?"

"The cost of a bamboo slip is about three to half a tael." Hu Hai Road.

Ji Heng said: "What about the bark, hemp, rags, and old fishing nets? ”

"Should. It's not worth much. Hu Hai said uncertainly.

Ji Heng said: "A book is composed of more than 100 bamboo slips, and the text on it is almost four or five thousand characters, and if it is written on a suitable sheepskin, it may only take two or three sheepskins to be enough. ”

"And this paper is the one that replaces the sheepskin."

"You can interpret it as replacing the taller sheepskin with tree bark."

"It's just that the bark is too smooth, and the ink falls on it, and it can easily get out of shape, so the bark needs to be crushed again and rewoven into a rougher but relatively flat layer."

"Then you can write directly in ink."

Hear the words.

Hu Hai was thoughtful.

He said in a condensed voice: "Can this paper really achieve the effect of sheepskin cloth? ”

Ji Heng nodded, and he began: "But don't expect too much, even if you only use more conventional ones such as tree bark, hemp heads, rags, old fishing nets, etc., but once the quantity goes up, the manpower required will be a lot of manpower, and the transportation is also a lot of expenses, and the price of paper may not be lower than bamboo slips at the beginning." ”

"But as long as there is continuous improvement, the cost of paper will continue to decrease."

"One day, we may be able to achieve low prices."

"When the time comes."

"It is not known whether it will replace bamboo slips."

"When it really comes, such as the "Book of Languages" that Ying Sinian is studying, it may only be two or three pages to be able to transcribe it all, and the local junior school or the regular school built by the imperial court will also benefit greatly."

"There will also be a huge increase in the number of literate people in the world."

"It's a blessing in the world."

Hu Hai nodded.

He hadn't thought that far.

He only knew that if he really got it, he would definitely be praised by his father.

You can also be rewarded with a knighthood for it.

"How?" Hu Hai said with great interest.

Ji Heng shook his head and chuckled: "I have already said what I should have said before, I haven't tried it myself, everything has to be explored by yourself, if you let me get everything, then your title, most of them will not be able to get down, but I can ask Ying Sinian to help you help." ”

"Again."

"Failure is the mother of success."

"It's okay to fail a few more times and gain experience."

"As for how to make fine wood pulp, how to make a delicate 'bamboo net', you need to figure it out yourself."

"I can't help."

Hu Hai's face couldn't help but darken.

But he didn't say anything, and Ji Heng was right.

If Ji Heng got everything, wouldn't it be too easy for him to get this title? And how to approve it for the emperor?

What's more, the second brother and others were like this at the beginning, Ji Heng just said it briefly, mentioned a few words, and the rest were all made by the second brother himself, and they did it for a year or two, and they even went to the Word Survey Office many times, and asked the tutorial Miao, Wang Cizhong and other official books.

At that time, he still felt that the second brother and others were making a big fuss.

Think about it now.

It's just that I'm too self-righteous.

The second brother and the others are older than themselves, how can they not know more than themselves?

Now it's just feng shui turning into him.

He pondered for a moment, took a note in his mind, and nodded vigorously.

"Okay, I'll do it."

Then.

Ji Heng waved his hand at Ying Sinian, who had been staring at this side, and asked Ying Sinian to bring breakfast.

He was hungry.

Hearing Ji Heng call Si Nian like this, the corners of Hu Hai's mouth twitched slightly, and he said in a low voice: "Do you know who he is?" He is the eldest son of my eldest brother, and if nothing else, he may even be the future"

Ji Heng looked over and said calmly: "So what? ”

"What does it have to do with me?"

"Since you're here, you have to follow my rules."

"You are like this, Fusu is like this, and the First Emperor is like this, how can he be an exception?"

"Rules."

"It is the fundamental strategy for governing the country."

Hu Hai frowned.

He glanced at Ji Heng suspiciously, whispered this sentence a few times, and figured out something.

He said slowly, "You're right. ”

"The most important thing in governing the world is to make people abide by the rules, and to be a king, you must also be an example and abide by the rules."

"If you take the lead in not complying, how can you let others obey?"

"Rules and regulations."

"It must be guarded, but it must also be broken."

"The degree of this is probably difficult to grasp."

Hu Hai shook his head.

He didn't say much about winning Sinian.

Since Ji Heng asked Ying Sinian to do this, he naturally had Ji Heng's reason.

But.

He sometimes really admires Ji Heng.

really doesn't bend over the powerful at all.

He looked around and saw that Ying Sinian had not yet come out, so he still wanted to ask again.

Hu Hai said in a low voice: "By the way, I really feel that Zhao Gao is a little wrong recently, I haven't noticed it before, but recently, Zhao Gao seems to be more and more concerned about His Majesty's physical condition, and he has to ask me every once in a while, and let me serve Your Majesty." ”

"As a son of man, I should serve Your Majesty."

"But why is Zhao Gao so persistent?"

"I don't feel right."

"Especially when you told me before, Zhao Gao is a thief and will not give up so easily, I feel that he doesn't seem to have the heart to die."

Ji Heng glanced at Hu Hai and felt quite emotional in his heart.

Hu Hai has grown a lot.

He turned around, walked towards the house, and said indifferently: "You don't need to tell me about the things in the palace, I don't care, I don't want to know, I am only responsible for living my own life." ”

"Nothing else matters."

Hear the words.

Hu Hai rolled his eyes.

He also felt like he was overwhelmed.

After all, Zhao Gao used to be a close minister and favorite minister of his father, and now that his father is ill, it seems understandable that Zhao Gao cares, but he has secretly made up his mind in his heart to draw a line with Zhao Gao.

He was worried that he would one day drag Zhao Gao down.

He even regretted it a little.

didn't listen to Ji Heng's words at the beginning, and directly ignored Zhao Gao.

Otherwise, there is no need to be so frightened.

That's why.

He was desperate for a knighthood now.

With the title by his side, he has the confidence to continue to be stable in the palace.

At least it's a lot more reassuring.

Soon.

Ying Sinian came over with a wooden plate.

Each of the three sat on his own.

Nothing to say for a while.

Hu Hai also directly rubbed a meal.

And it was made by Ying Sinian, and Hu Hai ate it with a lot of flavor.

Wait until breakfast is over.

Hu Hai left directly.

He was going to try it as Ji Heng said.

Try to get some rag fishing nets first, and then turn them upside down first.

Ying Sinian brushed the dishes and chopsticks.

He returned to the courtyard, closed the door that Hu Hai had not closed, and then looked at Ji Heng curiously and asked, "Master, that paper is really so magical?" ”

Ji Heng nodded and chuckled, "Yes." ”

"And it's more amazing than you think."

"It's just that it takes a long time for something like paper to be popularized."

"If you want to reduce the cost, it will take at least several generations of efforts, or rely on administrative means to recruit a large number of craftsmen to concentrate on improvement, and this is not something that can be done in a short time."

"But at least there are seedlings."

"Once the paper-making technology is completely mature, it will be a great blow to the old nobles and scholars, but before the paper technology is completely mature, these things are beneficial to the nobles and scholars to a certain extent."

"The reason is also very simple."

"Because only these people have books in their hands."

"Technology has always been a double-edged sword, but some things will not disappear with the forcible prevention of others, so for technology, as a court, what is needed is not blocking, but sparse, and more importantly, it is necessary to have enough understanding of this technology."

"There are even times when the power of the administration can be passed."

"Let a seemingly high-end technology be close to the ordinary step by step, and this is actually a very important idea in Shang Ying's reform."

"Everyone has a knight is equal to everyone has no knight."

"The role of the imperial court is sometimes to speed up the process of chaos in the middle."

"Let some things that may be monopolized by a small number of people directly become things that everyone in the world can benefit, so that the benefits of a small number of people will become the benefits of the country."

Ying Sinian nodded thoughtfully.

Three watches tomorrow

(End of chapter)