The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 135
"General, your word..." When Jiang Chuan raised his head, he happened to see Qi Xuan's puzzled expression.

He didn't react for a while, thinking that Qi Xuan felt that his handwriting was not good-looking, and he couldn't. The general had practiced with Pang Zhonghua for a long time when he was a child. Every time he left his name on the street for those who sell insurance and fitness cards, people would praise him The handwriting is beautiful, do you have such high eyesight, girl?
He leaned over to take a look, and realized that Qi Xuan's doubts came from the simplified characters he wrote.

Simplified characters are commonplace for him, but for a pure ancient like Qi Xuan, of course it is very strange.In the eyes of the ancients, these characters are simply incomplete and incomplete characters written by an illiterate person.

So Qi Xuan was surprised and puzzled, the general wrote more than a dozen drafts in one go, could it be that he is a semi-literate person?This is too unbelievable, right?How can he be semi-literate when he looks quite literate?
Facing Qi Xuan's puzzled eyes, Jiang Chuan turned his head and said with a light smile in a relaxed tone: "Don't you understand? These are called simplified characters, and I invented them."

"Ah? General, you invented it?" Qi Xuan obviously felt incredible. You are not Cangjie, and you can still invent characters?And these things don't look like words used by serious people.

Seeing Qi Xuan's questioning eyes, Jiang Chuan coughed slightly, and said in a very solemn tone: "Miss Qi, do you know why there are so few people in the world who can read and write?"

Without waiting for Qi Xuan to answer, Jiang Chuan himself continued: "In addition to economic and political reasons, a very important reason is that the fonts we have been using before are too cumbersome, complicated and difficult to write. You can't deny this, right? "

Before Qi Xuan could figure out why, she was led away by Jiang Chuan's words, and after a little thought, it seemed to make sense.

It's just that she has been used to it since she was a child, so she didn't think about it before.After Jiang Chuan said this, he began to think about this issue.

Of course, there are many reasons for the low literacy rate in ancient times. Although the cumbersome and complicated fonts are also one of the reasons, it is definitely the least important reason.

Of course, Jiang Chuan exaggerated mainly to fool Qi Xuan.Although a lady from an official family like Qi Xuan knows how to read and write, and is proficient in poetry, it is difficult to think about these social issues outside of her own structure, so she is easily led away by Jiang Chuan.

"So, these characters are not the result of this general's inability to write, but precisely because I want to improve the writing efficiency and allow more people to recognize and write. I have improved the original fonts, and I call them simplified characters. Then it is logical that the existing popular fonts are called traditional characters. So, do you understand?" Jiang Chuan talked eloquently, persuasively, and continued to fool the girl.

Of course, it is absolutely impossible for Mr. Jiang to admit the fact that he is not good at writing traditional Chinese characters. If he does that, he will really be labeled as illiterate.How could a talented student who was comparable to a student at Brewster University in his previous life be called illiterate?

"Simplified characters? Traditional characters? But how should I read these characters?" Although Qi Xuan felt that something was wrong, she didn't know how to refute it. She chewed on these two words and asked.

"This is a good question, which shows that you are a girl who is good at thinking. Of course, this general has also considered this question. Now we are talking about the word pinyin? Oh, I know you don't understand, this is a long story, and it is difficult to explain it in one sentence. All in all, Now you sort out this manuscript first, oh, by the way, you don’t know many simplified characters, well, then I will dictate, and you will transcribe.”

Jiang Chuan finally found out that he had fooled himself. After writing for a long time, the little secretary didn't recognize him. In the end, he had to dictate by himself and asked Qi Xuan to rewrite it in traditional characters.

If you want to popularize simplified Chinese characters, you have to promote pinyin, then you have to write your own textbooks, build a school, and then you have to go to class by yourself, teaching a group of people to read: "Ah, oh, goose, eh, black, fish..." Think about it They all thought the picture was too beautiful.

After all the calculations, it would be easier to learn traditional characters by yourself. After all, you only need to learn traditional characters by yourself, which is infinitely easier than asking all your subordinates to learn simplified characters.

Therefore, Jiang Chuan quickly gave up his plan to promote simplified characters. To do it, he had to wait until he had enough manpower and territory. It would be much easier to promote it with the power of the state.

After Qi Xuan finished transcribing, the sky was already high, and both of them were exhausted.

Jiang Chuan got up and stretched, only then did he feel that his stomach was already rumbling.

"General, I'll go get some food." Qi Xuan groaned with hunger, got up and said in a low voice, her face blushing slightly, afraid that Jiang Chuan might hear it.

"Okay," Jiang Chuan nodded.

When Qi Xuan went to get food, Jiang Chuan flipped through the manuscript she had just copied, and it was neatly written in small script, full of beauty.Moreover, the handwriting is not as graceful as that of ordinary girls, but instead has a sense of fortitude, which makes Jiang Chuan secretly amazed.

The ancients always liked to write from the right side, and they still wrote vertically, which made Jiang Chuan very uncomfortable.He still maintains the habit brought by his previous life, writing horizontally from the left, and can use punctuation marks to break sentences.

You must know that there were no punctuation marks in ancient times. For things written by the ancients, the place where the sentence should be broken will be left blank for you at most.Some people don't even leave a blank space. You have to figure out how to conclude the sentence yourself, so it is easy to cause misunderstandings in many cases.

Qi Xuan was very surprised when she saw Jiang Chuan use punctuation marks for the first time. Later, after Jiang Chuan taught her how to use punctuation marks, she quickly discovered the benefits of these humble symbols, making the meaning of the document easier Clear, easier to understand.

Therefore, she quickly learned the use of punctuation marks.The more you use it, the more you find the benefits of these small symbols, so now you are used to using punctuation marks.

Some of the documents sorted out for Liu Ji also used punctuation, which made Liu Ji very surprised at first glance. After questioning, he knew that it was Jiang Chuan's creation, so he naturally admired Jiang Chuan again.

Mr. Jiang has a thick skin and accepted it with a smile.No one came to expose him anyway.

Moreover, at Jiang Chuan's request, the format of Qi Xuan's manuscript was also written horizontally from left to right, which made Jiang Chuan feel very comfortable, and he no longer had to feel the awkward feeling of writing from right to left and top to bottom. .

The only thing that bothers him now is the traditional Chinese characters. He basically knows many traditional Chinese characters, and he can guess the ones he doesn’t know based on the context, but writing it is a big problem.

Although it is unrealistic to promote simplified characters at present, he can teach Qi Xuan first, so that he doesn't have to dictate and let Qi Xuan transcribe after writing like every time like today.

　The second one arrives.These chapters are transitional chapters, and some brothers may find them dull.But the plot requires, please be more patient.Soon the next wave of small high-level leaders will start.Thanks to Brother "Old K Luo" for the two rewards, and congratulations on being the number one fan of this book.At least one more tonight.

　　
　
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