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Hearing this, Minister of Rites still couldn't believe it.

But looking at Ying Zigao's confident eyes, he thought of this wise emperor, time and time again, turning seemingly impossible things into reality.

It's not good to say anything this time.He had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

After sending away the Minister of Rites, Ying Zigao immediately called the eunuch with him and ordered: "Go and call the craftsman in the palace who is good at carving!"

With an order, the two craftsmen immediately came to Ying Zigao.

After the craftsmen paid their respects, Ying Zigao said straight to the point: "I called you here today. I have an important task for you to do."

When they heard that Ying Zigao personally arranged things for them, the two craftsmen suddenly became secretly excited.

They all know that the emperor values ​​craftsmen.

As long as you do well the things arranged by the emperor, you will definitely be rewarded with a military title.

This time, I finally got such an opportunity.

Immediately asked eagerly: "Your Majesty, what is it?"

Ying Zigao said seriously: "It is to engrave the glyphs on the article on the hardwood board one by one according to the required format!"

The craftsmen suddenly felt tense, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, can you do this little thing!"

"Why can't you do it well?"

Ying Zigao hurriedly asked, "Aren't you the best woodcarving craftsmen?"

The craftsmen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the little ones can't read!"

Hearing this, Ying Zigao suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "So that's the case. But it's nothing. You just need to carve it out stroke by stroke according to the shape of the characters!"

The craftsmen were still a little worried and said: "Your Majesty, you guys still don't know what to do. After all, you guys don't know a word. If you make a mistake in engraving this character and affect your majesty's important affairs, you guys can just use it." There is no forgiveness!"

Hearing this, Ying Zigao couldn't help but secretly sighed.

The laws of the Qin Dynasty were very strict.

The punishment for those who make mistakes is quite severe.

It is reasonable for the craftsmen to be so worried.

After thinking about it carefully, Ying Zigao said seriously: "As long as you do it with your heart, I won't blame you for the occasional mistakes!"

Hearing this, the craftsmen were relieved.

"You do it with your heart. As long as you do it well, I will naturally reward you for your merits, and I will not hesitate to reward you!"

Ying Zigao then said loudly: "Let's go and do it well!"

Only then did the craftsmen feel relieved, and asked earnestly, "Your Majesty, what article are they engraving?"

"Engrave this edict first!" Ying Zigao took out a copy of the edict and said to the craftsmen: "During the engraving process, if you encounter problems or need anything, you can come to me directly!"

The craftsmen hurriedly took over the edict from the hand of the eunuch.

Only then hastily retreated.

Immediately, Ying Zigao selected a few eunuchs who could read and write, and were proficient in writing and ink, and sent them to the engraving craftsmen as type inspectors.

Soon, the engraving craftsmen carved all the characters on the jujube board.

Ying Zigao immediately came to the engraving workshop.watch.The characters on the jujube wood board are clear and regular, and the neatly arranged small seal characters are very satisfactory.

He couldn't help but nodded and said, "Good job!"

Seeing that Ying Zigao was very satisfied, the woodcarver felt relieved and asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, the word has been engraved, so what should we do next?"

"The next thing, I will leave it to you now!"

Ying Zi said loudly: "Go and prepare 500 sheets of high-quality raw-edged paper, and then prepare fifty catties of ink and ten catties of rapeseed oil!"

With an order, the craftsmen immediately prepared the ink and paper.

Ying Zigao immediately instructed the engraving craftsmen to prepare the ink with rapeseed oil and ink,

Then let them spread the ink evenly on the engraving.

Then spread the raw edge paper lightly on it, and press it firmly and evenly.

Picking up the rough-edged paper, the neatly arranged, clearly written articles have been printed on the paper to perfection.

"So quickly, an article has already been printed on paper!"

The accompanying eunuch, who could read and write, couldn't help being startled, his eyes widened, and he couldn't help exclaiming: "This is too amazing!"

"From now on, if you want to copy books, you don't need to spend a lot of money to ask scribes to copy them word by word!"

Another eunuch accompanying him also said excitedly: "Don't worry about it, you often copy wrong words!"

"Just give me 500 points for this edict!" Ying Zigao said secretly proudly.

As soon as the order was given, the craftsmen immediately got busy.

Immediately afterwards, Ying Zigao asked the two woodcarving craftsmen kindly: "This time the job was done well, and I am very satisfied. Do you have any thoughts or questions during the carving process?"

Hearing this, the craftsmen couldn't help but frowned slightly, wanting to say something but dared not say it.

"Just say what you have to say! Don't have any scruples!" Looking at the craftsmen who hesitated to speak, Ying Zigao hurriedly smiled.

Seeing that Ying Zigao was in a good mood, the leading woodcarver boldly said: "Your Majesty, there is no major problem when carving characters. It's just that the shape of the small seal script is really not easy to carve."

Hearing this, Ying Zigao couldn't help being interested, and hurriedly asked, "Talk about it."

The craftsman hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there are twists and turns in the small seal script. If you are not careful, you will make a mistake, and it will take a lot of work!"

Hearing this, Ying Zigao's heart skipped a beat.

It seems that it is time to invent regular script!
For so many years, he, a person who traveled from modern times, had to write the small seal characters in the song every day, and he had already had enough.

Immediately, he asked seriously: "Then how do you change the shape of this font if you want to make it easier to carve?"

"As long as there are not so many turns!"

headed by craftsmen.Seeing that Ying Zigao's attitude was very kind and he didn't have much scruples, he said loudly, "Your Majesty, it's best to change all the strokes to be straightforward!"

"I understand." Ying Zigao nodded, picked up a brush, and wrote four big characters in regular script on the rough edge of the paper: "Guotai Minan!"

The artisans and eunuchs couldn't help but be amazed when they saw the new font, which was organized horizontally and vertically!
Ying Zigao immediately asked earnestly, "Look, would it be more convenient to carve such characters?"

"Your Majesty, if such a glyph is carved, the efficiency will definitely be improved a lot!"

The leading woodcarver hurriedly said: "And it's not easy to make mistakes!"

Ying Zigao immediately said seriously: "Okay, I will write this edict again in this new font, and you can follow the lettering and see how it works!"