Three Kingdoms: Becoming Stronger from the Thief Who Cut the Beard

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Behind him was Xi Zhicai, who was wearing a green shirt and a wool coat.

After the two entered, the gate of the courtyard was quickly closed.

Chen Peng came to one of the houses, where several workers were busy.

When they saw Chen Peng, the workers put down their work to salute Chen Peng.

"Caomin sees His Royal Highness King Yan!"

Chen Peng waved his hand.

"How is the finished product"

Looking at Chen Peng in the house, he asked.

There are two huge pools in this small house.

In addition, there is a large pot that is being boiled, and the hot water door is filled with what looks like cotton wool.

The workers fished out the things...like cotton wool from the cauldron, and put them into the sink after cooling.

The rest of the workers used something like a sieve to remove the flocs in the water to form a thin sheet and pile it up.

Hearing Chen Peng's question, one of the foreman hurriedly handed the dried paper to Chen Peng respectfully.

"Report to His Royal Highness King Yan, after our repeated experiments to change the method, this is the first batch of papers that have been successful, please take a look at His Royal Highness Yan!"

The foreman knelt on the ground and said.

Chen Peng reached out and held up the yellowed rice paper.

That's right, what he was holding at this time was nothing but rice paper made of bamboo.

When Xi Zhicai saw the prepared rice paper, a surprised light appeared in his eyes.

Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty has already invented Cai Hou paper.

It's just that the process of this kind of paper is extremely complicated, and it is not easy to save, and the cost is thought to be expensive.

Therefore, although more than one hundred years have passed, the main communication records are still bamboo slips.

There are only some secrets that are kept secret, using the more expensive cloth of silk.

Although bamboo slips are convenient to record, they are too bulky, and a whole carload of bamboo slips is often required for a roll of books.

The ancients Yun Xue Fu Wu Cha, said... Bamboo slips in an ox cart.

And these... precious books recorded with bamboo slips are in the hands of the nobles of the world.

And after these gentry experienced hundreds of years, bamboo slips formed gentry clans.

The dynasties are replaced and the people in power are constantly changing, but these clans and clans are immortal for thousands of years because they monopolize knowledge! The founders of the dynasties can conquer the world by force.

But it is impossible to govern the world by force. To govern the world requires talents, and only those with knowledge are called talents.

The gentry who monopolized book knowledge became the only channel for the rulers of the dynasty to acquire talents.

These noble clans control official positions, and gradually they will form a clan that is difficult for even the emperor to shake.

For example, the Yuan clan and the Xun clan in the Han Dynasty, such super nobles, such as the Guanlong nobles in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

But to break the monopoly of the gentry, what is needed is not force.

Force cannot solve any problems, it will only bring chaos to the world.

What is needed to break the monopoly of the gentry is knowledge! The third big thing Chen Peng has to do is... From now on, he wants to break the monopoly of the gentry.

Let yourself, let your descendants no longer become puppets of the gentry.

"Very well, everyone, each rewarded [-] yuan to carefully record the process of making bamboo paper in detail. After the spring, this king will build a paper mill. You are the first batch of workers to enter the factory, except... You have a monthly salary. Besides, there will be official positions!"

Chen Peng waved his hand.

"Thank you His Royal Highness King Yan for the reward, thank you His Royal Highness King Yan for his great kindness!"

All the workers in the house knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chen Peng.

Holding the bamboo paper in his hand, Chen Peng was excited except......the paper making room, and then came to the room next to him.

Xi Zhicai followed in the footsteps of Chen Peng.

There are some carving workers who are busy in this house.

These workers have only one job, and that is carving.

As for what to engrave, of course, it is engraving fonts, engraving fonts on a wooden stick as small as the size of chopsticks.

different fonts.

It contains all the current men of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Carve them one by one, and then neatly stack them together.

"My lord, what's the use of these things?"