Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 187 Paper!Emperor Shi Huang's surprise!

"only!"

Dun weakly bowed to accept the order, but felt a little slander in his heart.

This kid Zhao Si is too favored by the king, how can the first emperor of Daxun Tianxia still think about the other party's personal problems?

He was a lone minister, and he insulted the First Emperor when he was expropriated. Because of this, Dunwei was a little envious of Zhao Si's treatment.

It is impossible for him and the first emperor to be so close.

After Dunwei left, only the first emperor was left kneeling in the military camp alone.

"Young...you are good to be young."

……

On the other side, Zhao Si was in the big tent.

The sky was already dark now, Zhao Si had already planned to sleep here.

"Again?"

Looking at the two delicate maidservants in front of him again, Zhao Si was somewhat stunned.

After the Intellectual Wind was dismissed, is this going to test yourself with the Pure Wind?

Hu Hai's attitude of wanting to have a relationship with him is very obvious, but it is obvious that Zhao Si does not intend to have too much intersection with Hu Hai. Although Hu Hai grasped the pain points of the cadres, Zhao Si still chose to overcome them.

"What? This time it was sent by His Majesty?"

Then I'm welcome!

Zhao Si was overjoyed when he got an accurate reply.

There must be no reason to refuse what Shi Huang sent.

"Your Majesty misunderstood me..." Looking at the two delicate maids in front of him, Zhao Si sighed.

"But I work hard for state affairs every day, and I deserve these."

I can't care that much now.

The lights went out, and Zhao Si stepped forward, another night of clouds and clouds...

The rest of the journey is still as boring as ever.

After walking for two days in a row, I didn’t encounter anything worthy of attention. There is no way, after all, I haven’t left the customs. Guanzhong is the headquarters of Qin State. Come.

On the frame...Zhao Si boredly responded to Hu Hai's accost, with sweat dripping from his forehead.

Summer has come to an end, but the sun is still hot.

It was noon now, and the hot air was steaming, making Zhao Si feel hot and sleepy, and his spirit was listless.

Naturally, the first emperor's car will not be troubled by the hot weather. There is ice cream inside, the space is small, and it is chilly. There is a proper car air conditioner. After all, no one can suffer from the emperor.

Zhao Si wanted to go in to use the air conditioner, but because of the direction of travel, the sun was directly facing him, without any cover.

It's a pity that Zhao Si is the driver, so he has to drive, so he can't go in and turn on the air conditioner.

"Driving tired is not advisable..." Zhao Si sighed, he was really hot enough, and he really fell asleep, but as the main driver, Zhao Si couldn't sleep.

Just trying to find a way to reject Hu Hai's solicitation, unexpectedly a cavalry pawn happened to deliver the news here.

"Zhao Shilang, your letter!"

Zhao Si was stunned for a moment, he had no relatives or friends, who would write letters to himself?

Until you see the things in the rider's hand.

Not bamboo slips.

It's paper!

Zhao Si was shocked.

The cavalry pawn handed over the letter and package to Zhao Si.

Zhao Si opened it a little, and felt relieved.

Great!
Finally, there is a justifiable reason to go in and use the air conditioner!

"Your Majesty! I have something to report!" Zhao Si impatiently called out to His Majesty the First Emperor.

"What's the matter?" From within the drive, came the slightly sleepy voice of the First Emperor.

Emperor Shihuang now has the habit of taking a nap, and Zhao Si knew that Emperor Shihuang was sleeping as soon as he heard it.

"Happy news! Could Your Majesty allow me to go in and talk about it in detail?" Zhao Si was ready to go in and turn on the air conditioner with his package in his arms.

Within the driving distance, the half-lying Emperor Shi Huang's face was full of sleepiness when he heard the sound, but he got up helplessly after hearing the sound, and slightly adjusted his clothes and his posture.

"Come in..." Shihuang sighed.

Before the three words were finished, Zhao Si had already poked his butt and poked his head in.

As soon as my head was poked in, the coolness hit my face.

Within the driving distance, the three ice mirrors are continuously emitting cool air, one mile and the other outside, it can be said to be two worlds.

Zhao Si shivered, and then he chose a position closer to Bingjian and sat down on his knees.

Shi Huang half-closed his eyes and looked at Zhao Si's package, and rubbed his eyebrows.

He slept soundly, so this kid disturbed his dream for no reason.

"Finally, what is the happy event?" Shi Huang asked angrily.

"Paper! Paper is made!"

Zhao Si opened the package. Inside, there were thick stacks of white paper, linen paper, and papyrus. Because they had not been cut, the area was relatively large.

After all, Zhao Si handed over the letters of Mohist disciples, that is, the summary of the cost and performance test reports of the three types of paper, to the First Emperor.

First Emperor glanced at the thick stack of papers, then took the letter and read it word by word.

The first feeling of entering the goal is the details!
Maybe it's because of changing the writing medium?In short, there are densely packed words on a big white paper.

Compared with the previous briefings, the behavior of the Mohist disciples and the number of words are no different. The first emperor had some bad premonitions for no reason.

People have a strong desire for expression. To be honest, the concise and powerful writing of our ancestors has a lot to do with the preciousness of the writing medium.

Looking at the history for thousands of years, we can actually find that from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, basically the length of literary creation gradually increased with the renewal and improvement of the writing medium.

From the first few hundred characters, to thousands of characters, to tens of thousands of characters, to 10,000+ characters or even hundreds of thousands of characters in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Even in the Internet age, millions of words have become the norm.

Who wouldn't want to express themselves perfectly if it wasn't so troublesome?
But for the first emperor, this may not be a good thing.

Skipping most of the content and descriptions that are not nutritious, Shi Huang focused on the cost and production speed of paper, as well as the production cycle.

"The cost of white paper is still a bit high...but fortunately, it can be mass-produced."

"Hemp paper can be bound into volumes to meet the daily needs of book making."

"There is not much inconvenience in writing on straw paper, but it is not easy to preserve, and the writing effect is slightly worse."

The first emperor secretly calculated what kind of production efficiency could be achieved if the Daqin General Zuo Shaofu put all its efforts into production.

In addition to three pieces of paper, Mohist disciples also sent engraving blocks.

This group of guys showed a wave of manual skills. The engraving is made of copper, and the content of the engraving is Qin Law.

Because of the extremely complicated Qin law and the huge number of legal provisions, there are 67 copper-cast and engraved plates sent.

The main reason is to allow Zhao Si to directly test the effect of woodblock printing on the three types of paper.

Of course, the 67 copper-cast engraving plates were not included in the package, or else the weight alone would be enough for one person to carry.

Shi Huang pondered for a long time.

paper!Engraving!
have it all!Zhao Si is full of confidence in what he promised to himself, and now it is time to verify it.

The First Emperor lightly rubbed the three kinds of paper in his hand, the white paper being the most, and the straw paper, rubbing it to get rid of the dregs.

Take out one piece of each of the three types of paper.

"Study ink!"

Upon hearing the words, Zhao Si knew that the first emperor wanted to try the writing effect of the paper by himself, and he might be lucky enough to see the first emperor perform his talents, so he immediately began to study ink in a hurry.

The First Emperor raised his pen and meditated, and in a short while, Zhao Si had already finished the ink.

However, the first emperor did not write the brush for a long time. After a long time, the first emperor seemed to have thought of something, and handed the brush to Zhao Si instead.

"The minister is coming?"

Zhao Si was stunned for a moment and somewhat resisted. It wasn't that he didn't want to be a civil servant, but that he didn't have the foundation.

Besides, Zhao Si doesn't need to be a copycat to surprise everyone.

But looking at the irresistible eyes of the first emperor, Zhao Si still took the brush.

"What to write?" Zhao Si asked humbly.

"You can write whatever you want..." The corners of Emperor Shihuang's lips curled up slightly.

If I remember correctly, when Zhao Si was criticized for his poor calligraphy, did Zhao Si say that the problem was on the bamboo slips?
Ok……

In the end, Zhao Si did not choose to be a copywriter, but wrote a few sentences from "Five Beetles" on three pieces of paper.

The handwriting is still the same as a dog crawling...

The characters on the hemp paper on the white paper can be barely distinguished, but the characters on the straw paper are no longer recognizable as characters, they are just ink blobs.

"Emmmm..." Zhao Si put down the brush in embarrassment.

"Didn't you say that you can write your characters well after the paper is made?" Shi Huang glanced at the smile on his face and couldn't hold it back.

"The pens and inks that I use are of ordinary quality, how precious are the pens and inks used by Your Majesty? I am a man in the countryside, wild boars can't eat fine chaff..." Zhao Si sneered.

It can be seen that Zhao Si's pen is not stable and his force is uneven, which caused this situation.

There is no big problem with paper, but Zhao Si has a big problem.

The first emperor pushed aside the three sheets written by Zhao Si, then spread out a blank sheet of paper, and wrote them.

The eight big characters jumped out on the paper.

Ordered by the sky, you will live forever!
The handwriting is sharp and powerful, but the structure is solid and steady.

"it is good!"

The First Emperor looked at the three big characters on the white paper and expressed his sincere admiration.

very good!Much better than bamboo slips!
"Go and print a batch of engravings!"

paper!The paper like silk was really made out.

If there is no problem with the engraving, then some of the previous problems will be solved.

"only!"

Zhao Si took the order, and immediately took a stack of hemp paper to use woodblock printing.

After Zhao Si left, there was only Shi Huangdi left behind.

The large characters of Zhao Si Gou Climbing are displayed on the case table, and the first emperor folded three pieces of paper together and placed them on the side of the case table.

After that, he looked at his masterpiece with fixed eyes.

Ordered by the sky...does it mean longevity?

The first emperor laughed for no reason, and in a blink of an eye, he was already 49 years old.

It's autumn, but it's about to pass the birthday and enter the fiftieth mark.

The fiftieth birthday of the First Emperor...is not far away.

Even when such an important date was approaching, Emperor Shihuang was still patrolling the world and inspecting places.

"Forty is not confused, but fifty knows destiny..."

The First Emperor shook his head...

Do you know destiny at fifty?

(End of this chapter)