A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 352 Benefit Public Family Reform
The emergence of papermaking awakened Zijue who was sleeping in the cave space. After learning that papermaking was invented, Zijue also attached great importance to it.This is an important treasure that can promote the development of civilization.

The emergence of paper gave words a better carrier, made the spread of knowledge more convenient, and also gave wings to the development of civilization.

[The invention of papermaking was successful!Your family has played an important role in this. The emergence of paper has made the spread of knowledge more convenient, civilization has prospered, and the fruits of wisdom will spread all over the earth.The emergence of papermaking promoted the development of human civilization. Even thousands of years later, this great achievement is still remembered.You have gained five thousand points of luck, and you have obtained an earth-level prop, the Eye of Spring. 】

[Eye of Spring Water: An earth-level prop. This is the essence of a spring. After use, a spring can be created on the earth. The spring will gush out sweet spring water. Drinking it for a long time will make you light and healthy, and make the land fertile. , the spring water will not dry up. The amount of water gush out from the spring eye every day ranges from 5000 to 30000 cubic meters. Please note that once the spring eye is used, it cannot be retracted or moved. 】

The Eye of Spring Water, this treasure can be said to be completely prepared for the Western Region, and can be used to open up the Western Region.

Even with a minimum daily output of [-] cubic meters of spring water, this amount of water can already form a medium-sized lake or a river.

You can even create an oasis in the desert.

After Wang Ke left, Wang Que, who was in charge of the royal caravan, asked Cai Yun: "How much does this paper cost? Can the quality of the paper be improved?"

Cai Yun immediately said: "It should be possible. The production process is not perfect yet and there is still room for improvement. The raw materials required for paper making are not expensive and are mostly wood, bark and the like. I have some other ideas."

"Then do it and remember to keep improving the technology and make better paper!"

"I will report to Your Majesty to allocate a large area of ​​land outside Luoyang City to build a papermaking workshop. After suitable paper is produced, I will recommend to Your Majesty how to promote it. At that time, the caravan will sell these papers to the world. Your Majesty will reward you again!"

"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Cai Yun said respectfully.

Regarding the future and commercial value of paper, Wang Ke is very clear that the most important function of paper is to record text.The production of bamboo slips was very cumbersome. In order to have enough bamboo slips, Daqian planted large bamboo forests all over the world.

Then, when the bamboo is almost grown, it is cut, dried, and greened. Finally, after trimming and polishing, the bamboo slips are strung together with hemp ropes. In this way, a roll of bamboo slips that can be used for writing is completed.

Such a scroll of bamboo slips can only write a few hundred words. In many cases, a volume of classics requires a dozen or more volumes of bamboo slips.Just like in Daqian now, a large number of bamboo slips are used every day. The sum of these bamboo slips is not enough for a bamboo forest.

And compared with paper, bamboo slips are not at the same level at all.Because the Academy can copy books, it can be used to promote paper.As long as paper is used, bamboo slips will basically not be used again.

The royal family has always scorned the idea of ​​being ashamed to talk about profit. Since the Zijue era, it has attached great importance to business development and understood the importance of profit.They know very well that agriculture is the foundation and business is the nutrition of big trees. Without nutrition, big trees can never grow.

With Wang Ke's support, Cai Yun continued to improve the papermaking process, reduce the production cost of paper, and improve the quality of paper.

At the same time, Wang Zhe also ordered Cai Yun to make a batch of high-quality paper without any expense, and present it to the emperor at the court meeting a month later.

Cai Yun was overjoyed and immediately said he would do his best.One month passed quickly. After one month, Cai Yun spared no effort in producing a batch of high-quality paper.These papers can be said to be completely different from the previous ones that were yellow and had uneven surfaces.

Soon the great court meeting began. Cai Yun came out and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, God bless the great officials to bring prosperity to the world. With the help of God, I created a sacred object and presented it to the emperor's palace."

All the ministers in the main hall looked at Cai Yun. Although it was rare for him to offer auspiciousness, it had happened a few times. Now that he was boasting so much, they wanted to see what he could offer.

"allow!"

Cai Yun immediately asked someone to bring a box up, and then opened the box, and a piece of paper as white as jade appeared in front of everyone. The paper was as white as flawless and even reflected light slightly.When the surrounding ministers saw this thing, they also talked about it, but no one knew it.

"Your Majesty, this paper is for writing. A single piece of paper can write hundreds of words. It is extremely light." The ministers in the hall were all smart people. They immediately reacted when they heard this, and all of them looked at each other with burning eyes. Look at the paper in front of you.

As long as the cost of paper is not too expensive and the output can keep up, then only this thin piece of paper will be able to record the text on a scroll of bamboo slips, which is too important to them.

After a simple demonstration, everyone became excited and praised the emperor's sage for sending treasures from heaven to prosper the great cadres.

After the next court, all the ministers in the court asked Cai Yun to buy paper.Paper would long be a source of royal wealth.

It would cost a lot of money for Wang Ke to divide the public clan. The land and food could be financed by the Taifu, but farming tools, cattle and sheep, etc. all needed to be provided by the royal family. At the same time, when Wang Ke divided the public clan, he also needed every household to pay for it. They were all given armor and weapons.

These princes are the basis of the royal family. Once the royal family recruits them, they will enlist in the army with weapons and armor.This amount of money is not a small amount.Wang Ke almost emptied the royal family's family fortune.

Fortunately, now that we have papermaking technology, we can quickly harvest a sum of money from those noble families, local powerful people, and officials. Otherwise, it will take a long time for the royal family to recover its financial resources.

As long as the [-] clans successfully establish a foothold, the Daqian royal family can recruit [-] troops at any time. Of course, the strength of this army is not as strong as the Yulin Guards, but it is still elite.

Historically, the military system that appeared from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the mid-Tang Dynasty was very similar to the current feudal clans in Daqian.Only when you have constant income can you have perseverance. This is a truth that has been proven during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In the feudal dynasty, the most effective army was the army composed of small landowners, free people, etc.These people are also the ones with the most pioneering will.But when the military system collapsed in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, the Tang cavalry that swept the world also disappeared.

Wang Ke's reform of the public clan, as long as it succeeds, will quickly improve Dagan's military strength.

(End of this chapter)