A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 351 Papermaking

The news that the royal family divided the public clans into kingdoms spread throughout the court, but there was no disturbance in the court.

In other words, even if some people want to do something, they dare not take any action under the suppression of the royal family.

After Wang Ke's edict was issued, a large amount of money was allocated in the Taifu and then rewarded to these noble families. At the same time, the children of the noble families in Luoyang, Jinling, Huai'an, Gusu and other places began to disperse to all parts of the world.

The original population of the public clan was close to one million. Except for about 20 people, the rest were distributed to various parts of the country.As for the land vacated after these princes left, it was taken back to the royal family, part of which was distributed to the remaining princes, and part to the common people.

Ordinary people in Daqian have about thirty to fifty acres of farmland per household. If they want more land, they need to open up wasteland.

Daqian encourages land reclamation. The land reclaimed is tax-free for the first three years, half tax for the next two years, and normal taxes will be charged in the third year.

It’s just that most of the wasteland near cities has been reclaimed. If you want to reclaim wasteland, you can only go to the countryside.

The population of one million princes was divided into various places, creating a class of [-] small landlords.At the same time, there were many sons of the public family who wanted to make contributions and asked Wang Ke to go to the four feudal states.

For these sons of the public clan who had the courage to pioneer, Wang Ke rewarded them, gave them weapons and armor, and distributed the prisoners who were assigned to the land as slaves.

Going to Lingnan is very risky, but the rewards are also high.The sons of their royal family went to Lingnan, and they were the most trusted people by the princes and kings.

After enfeoffing a large number of princes' children, the royal family's expenses were instantly reduced. With more money, the royal family could do more things.

The population of the Daqian royal family has always been consciously controlled. As direct descendants, if the royal family has too many people, it will consume more luck. Now the royal family still implements the policy of automatically becoming a duke after five generations, but it will no longer change its surname. .

With more money in his hands, Wang Ke began to provide greater support to the research of public losers and Mohists.

Over the years, with the continuous investment of money and materials, new things will appear every once in a while, or some equipment will be improved.

For this reason, when Wang Luo was building Luoyang City, he specially set aside a piece of land and gave it to the craftsmen to supervise.

That is to say, various workshops were established on this land, and Daqian's various weapons and equipment were manufactured from here.

There are also all kinds of research supported by the royal family here.Just like improved crossbows, improved trebuchets are all here.

For a long time, the royal family felt that using bamboo slips to record text was too bulky and inconvenient as a book, and it was also inconvenient to write.A classic with tens of thousands of words would require more than ten or even twenty volumes of bamboo slips to record it, which is very inconvenient.

Instead of using bamboo slips, use cloth to record text. Although it is much lighter, the price of cloth is too high and it is also not suitable.

Therefore, the royal family was eager to find an item that was easy to write, easy to store, and low-cost to record text.

But research is very expensive, and at the same time, this kind of research is also very boring. Usually a research lasts for several years or decades.

And often, these studies fail in the end.But even if it failed, the royal family did not stop research, but started again.If you fail again and again, you will always gain something.These accumulations eventually led to technological breakthroughs.

"It's done! It's done!" A high-pitched shout rang out, immediately attracting the attention of many people.I saw a man with a strange smell rushing in holding something that looked like a white cloth.

"The work of a great master has become my success! This is paper!"

After hearing the shout, the master craftsman Zuo Gongshu Tui walked out. When he saw the paper in the man's hand, he was overjoyed.

"Cai Yun, have you succeeded?" Dajiangzuo said excitedly.

He knew the meaning of paper very well and understood how much the royal family of Daqian valued paper.After confirming that the paper can be used for writing, he quickly took people with him to Qianyuan Palace.

After Wang Ke learned that the master craftsman had arrived, he immediately thought that the master craftsman had made something new. He was very happy and immediately summoned everyone to come forward.

Soon, Master Craftsman brought a few people to the main hall. Wang Ke asked with a smile: "Master Craftsman, did you make anything good?"

"Your Majesty, paper, paper has been made!" Gong Shuzu said happily.

"What? The paper has been made successfully? Submit it quickly!" Wang Ke said excitedly.

Two waiters quickly stepped forward to take the paper and then brought it to Wang Ke.

Wang Ke gently opened the paper. The roll of paper in front of him was about a foot square and yellow in color. In addition, there were some unevenness on the surface of the paper. There seemed to be some small plant meridians remaining on it, which was not very pretty.

However, the paper was very thin, ten times lighter than cloth, and more convenient than bamboo slips. Wang Ke suppressed his excitement and said softly: "Bring the pen and ink!"

The two waiters quickly ran to get the pen and ink, and then began to grind the ink quickly. In just a moment, the pen and ink were ready.

Wang Ke picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, then took a deep breath and slowly started writing under the eyes of everyone.

A black handwriting appeared on the paper. The ink was not smeared and was still very clear. Wang Ke breathed a long sigh of relief, and then wrote a line of text on the paper in one breath.

Everyone watched as the brush scratched the paper, leaving a line of text. On the light yellow paper were written the four characters "Daqian Ten Thousand Years".

After seeing that there were no problems with the four words, Wang Ke slowly put down the brush, looked up at the sky, and murmured: "Ancestor, the paper has been made!"

Wang Ke solemnly said to several people: "You have done a great job in making paper. I granted Cai Yun the title of Marquis of Longting with a settlement of [-] households. For his hard work, he was promoted to the first level and granted [-] households with a settlement. Others. People are rewarded according to the law!"

"I thank you, Your Majesty. Your Majesty will serve you well for thousands of years!" When everyone heard the reward, they were excited and thanked them loudly.

Wang Ke continued: "Cai Yun, the Marquis of Longting, continued to improve papermaking and was responsible for promoting papermaking!"

The seventh century AD (beginning with the founding of the country by Zijue) was destined to be an extraordinary era. The prosperity of the dynasty and the development of civilization left a bright light here. At the same time, a treasure that opened up the development of world civilization appeared in Zhuxia In this land - papermaking!
The invention of papermaking is one of China's great contributions to world civilization and has an indelible impact on the development of human civilization.This is something that all Chinese people are proud of. ——"The Development of Human Civilization·Paper".

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