Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

"Your Majesty, Mr. Mo, please see your Majesty."

In a side hall of the Mo Mansion, Mr. Mo hurried over and bowed to Ying Zheng in front of him.

Ying Zheng, who was sipping tea in the side hall, saw Lord Mo arriving. He immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Shengping Lord, there is no need to be polite. This time I am on patrol incognito. When I am out, Lord Shengping can just call me "Mr. Zhao". ."

"yes!"

Mr. Mo responded.

After saying that, he looked at Gai Nie and Zhao Gao on the side, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Gai, Chamberlain Zhao, you two are polite."

"I (slave) have met Lord Shengping."

Gai Nie and Zhao Gao returned the salute to Lord Mo at the same time.

After everyone has finished their greetings.

Ying Zheng then continued with a smile: "Sheng Pingjun really gave me a big surprise this time!"

Mo Jun was slightly confused: "What is Mr. Zhao referring to?"

"Although I had heard before that Hanzhong County was prospering under the governance of Lord Shengping. But it wasn't until I saw it with my own eyes this time that I realized that Lord Shengping's talents far exceeded my expectations!"

Ying Zheng then sighed: "I really didn't expect that a mere group of merchants could play such an amazing role in the hands of Lord Shengping. If one day, all the common people in our Daqin territory can live the lives of the people in Hanzhong today, then Even if I die, I will have no regrets."

Mo Jun cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Zhao, don't worry, there will be a day."

Ying Zheng laughed and said: "Hahahaha...Then I will lend you Shengpingjun's good words."

After laughing.

Ying Zheng calmed down his expression slightly, and then said: "Master Shengping, do you think the method currently implemented in Hanzhong County will have the same effect if it is extended to the whole country?"

Hearing this, Lord Mo was silent for a while, then he shook his head and said, "It's difficult. Merchants are like a group of fierce horses that can never be tamed. If you want to drive them, you can only use reins and whips."

"But now there are so many powerful horses in the Qin Kingdom, but there are very few strong reins and whips."

"Hanzhong is a small area, so I can 'enclose the land and raise horses'. But if we rush to promote it nationwide, then these fierce horses will easily escape the reins."

"If we want to use merchants to drive the development of Qin, we can only do it slowly."

After Ying Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

His expression looked a bit regretful and a bit unwilling.

In fact, he didn't understand what Mr. Mo said. If it weren't for this, Ying Zheng would not have firmly rejected the idea of ​​'employing merchants' even after paying more than 200,000 yuan in business taxes every month in Hanzhong County.

But after coming to Hanzhong this time, Ying Zheng's belief couldn't help but be shaken.

no way.

It is true that after the commercial market was opened in Hanzhong, the development speed was too fast.

Ying Zheng had passed by Hanzhong several times before, and when he passed by it those few times, the first feeling that Hanzhong gave Ying Zheng was 'poverty'.

Looking around in Hanzhong at that time, it was not easy to find even a few families with enough food to eat.

However, it has only been a year since Mr. Mo came to Hanzhong, and the changes in the entire Hanzhong can not be described as "earth-shaking".

So even though he knew the result, Ying Zheng couldn't help but ask this question with a glimmer of hope.

But after receiving Mo Jun's answer, Ying Zheng finally gave up.

in history.

It remains to be discussed whether Ying Zheng is dim in his old age.

But there is no doubt that the word "foolish" cannot be associated with the young Ying Zheng.

"It seems that Qin still has a long way to go in the future!"

Ying Zheng sighed.

And just when Ying Zheng finished speaking, Mo Jun suddenly changed the topic and said: "But... although the Qin State today cannot pass on the merchant road, it can pass on the other road. , maybe there can be new developments.”

"Oh? What way?"

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up and he looked at Mo Jundao.

Mo Jun did not respond immediately, but slightly raised his head and glanced at Ge Nie and Zhao Gao behind Ying Zheng.

Or.

What he mainly looked at was Zhao Gao.

See this.

Ying Zheng also understood immediately and ordered: "Minister Zhao, please step aside first! I want to talk to Lord Shengping alone."

"yes!"

Zhao Gao's eyes flashed for a moment, then he responded respectfully, bowed his head and exited the room.

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After Zhao Gao left, Mo Jun reached out and took out a book from his arms and handed it to Ying Zheng.

"What is this?"

Ying Zheng took it with some curiosity and found that it was a material he had never seen before.

It feels very light in the hand, and looks a bit like pieces of white cloth sewn together, but it feels harder and more flexible than white cloth.

And when he opened the book and saw the neat large-scale fonts written on it, Ying Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then his pupils shrank instantly.

"Mo Qing, could this be..."

"Your Majesty, you will know once you try."

Before Ying Zheng could finish speaking, Mo Jun had already handed over a brush in advance.

Ying Zheng's breath stagnated slightly, then he took the brush, turned the book to the next few blank pages, carefully dipped a little ink, and wrote the word "Win" on it.

When he saw the word "Ying" clearly appearing on the book, not only Ying Zheng, but also Gai Nie's eyes changed slightly.

"This is a 'blank paper', and it is my recent creation."

Seeing that Ying Zheng's face was flushed with excitement and he looked like he was about to stop breathing, Mo Jun also gave a timely explanation.

"Mo Qing, how much does this... cost? What is the output?"

Ying Zheng pressed one hand firmly against the book on the table. Although his tone was as calm as possible, anyone could tell that he was suppressing his excitement at this moment.

Facing Ying Zheng's inquiry, Mo Jun said truly calmly: "Although high-quality paper is not easy to make, compared to bamboo slips and animal skin scrolls, the cost can be at least a hundred times cheaper, and the output can also be increased a hundred times."

Wow~

The next second.

Ying Zheng stood up suddenly, his eyes extremely excited.

"Okay, okay... Mo Qing is really a man of heaven, and he can even create such a 'sacred object of literature and art'. As soon as this object comes out, I can already predict the future of literati and hundreds of schools of thought in the world. , it’s the grand occasion of gathering in Qin.”

What does Qin lack most?

food?

money?

Um! That's right!

Qin is indeed short of these things.

But that was all in the past.

For the current Qin State, one of the most lacking things is...

Literati.

For hundreds of years, the Qin State has always had no shortage of generals.

Because the Qin State was once located in a barbaric wilderness. In such a harsh living environment, only those with strong military power could survive, and literati had no room for development at all.

Therefore, in the first few hundred years of the Qin State, the number of civil servants in the country was very few.

It was not until recent years, as the Qin State gradually became stronger and stronger, that literati from other countries were willing to submit their services, but even so, it could not change the fact that these literati were still from other countries.

And why are the number of literati in Qin so few?

To know.

In the past, the environment of Qin State was poor, but now with Mo Jun's development over the past few years, the current living environment of Qin State is one of the best among the seven countries.

But even so, the number of literati in Qin was still difficult to increase.

First, due to the monopoly of knowledge, in the current era, most knowledge and learning are controlled by the aristocratic class and cannot be circulated to the common people at all.

The second reason is that the dissemination of knowledge is indeed difficult.

The simplest example.

The carriers currently used to record text are mainly ‘bamboo slips’ and ‘animal skins’.

And these two things are expensive in themselves.

Like bamboo slips.

A good roll of bamboo slips needs to go through several steps such as finishing, drying, weaving... etc. before it can be produced.

To sell it, just a roll of blank bamboo slips would cost almost a dozen bucks.

The animal skin scrolls were more expensive than the bamboo slips.

If the text is recorded, the price will increase several times to more than ten times on this basis.

Such a price is simply unaffordable to ordinary people.

And if you really want to learn knowledge through bamboo slips, just one or two bamboo slips are not enough, because even if one bamboo slip is full, it can only record a hundred words at most.

A complete set of knowledge often starts with more than a dozen scrolls of bamboo slips.

Not only that.

The weight of the bamboo slips is also a problem.

The ancients had a saying that "five carts of knowledge make one rich". The five carts of books may seem like a lot, but if they are all bamboo slips, they actually don't record much knowledge at all.

Therefore, all these reasons combined make it simply unrealistic to spread knowledge and knowledge on a large scale in this era.

And if it cannot even do the most basic communication, it is naturally impossible to cultivate many literary talents.

But now, with the invention of 'paper', all communication problems can be easily solved.

Although it was the first time I saw a ‘blank paper’.

But Ying Zheng and Gai Nie have already seen the various benefits of this new type of text carrier.

Light, convenient, cheap, clear...

Such a divine thing.

Ying Zheng previously called it a "holy object of literature and art", which is not an exaggeration at all.

Ying Zheng caressed the book in his hand fondly. He really didn't expect that when he came to Hanzhong County this time, he originally just had nothing to do and went out for a tour.

But in the end, I got one surprise after another here.

Especially this kind of ‘blank paper’.

Ying Zheng could even predict that once the effect of this kind of paper was publicized in the future, I am afraid that all the scholars and scholars in the world would be affected by the news.

When everyone gathers in Qin, even if Ying Zheng can only conquer a small part of them, it will be enough to make Qin's national power instantly stronger.

As a king, as soon as Ying Zheng realized the purpose of the 'blank paper', countless plans had already appeared in his mind.

But finally.

Ying Zheng still looked at Mo Lord and asked, "What is Mo Qing's plan for creating such a divine object?"

Mo Jun cupped his hands and replied: "I do have a rough idea."

Ying Zheng said in surprise: "What do you think?"

Lord Mo said slowly: "I...want to reopen Jixia Academy."

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