Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

The second is beating, which is to cut off the fibers by cutting and pounding, and make the fibers broom and become pulp.

The third is papermaking, that is, the pulp is soaked in water to make a slurry, and then the pulp is scooped out with a paper scoop, so that the pulp is interwoven into a thin sheet of wet paper on the scoop.

The fourth is drying, that is, to dry or dry the wet paper, and then peel it off to become paper, and you're done.

After listening to the introduction, Zhao Dan couldn't wait to pick up the brush, began to write ink on the paper, and wrote the eight characters of "Gong is in the present, benefit in the future".

After finishing writing in one breath, Zhao Dan took two steps back and looked at his first "calligraphy work" after time travel.

Well, there is room for improvement

Zhao Dan coughed, and withdrew his plan to give this calligraphy work to the two Zhao Guo masters in front of him, and smiled at them: "So, this paper is made by you two?"

The older of the two craftsmen, the one with gray temples said quickly, "Return to Your Majesty, this paper is made by gathering the wisdom of all people, and the two of you dare not be greedy for credit."

"Very good." Zhao Dan laughed: "In this case, then you will go back later and submit a list of meritorious persons. All meritorious persons will be awarded a rank of nobility and a reward of [-]. If you have meritorious leaders, you will be awarded a nobility." Two levels, [-] rewards, plus wine, food, and silk cloth!"

The two craftsmen were overjoyed when they heard the words, and immediately knelt down and paid respects: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

You must know that the status of craftsmen in this era is actually not high. Among the "scholars, peasants, businessmen and commerce", they are just a little higher than businessmen. When they are recruited to join the army, they also make some siege equipment such as trebuchets, or repair armor, bows and arrows. Yes, there are very few chances of being able to make meritorious service on the battlefield, and the possibility of obtaining a title is extremely low.

Now Zhao Dan's opening is full of titles and money, and even wine, food and cloth, which is a great thing that the craftsmen can't even imagine.

Zhao Dan helped the two craftsmen up with a smile, patted his shoulders and encouraged: "Work hard, I still have a lot of things to hand over to you in the future, as long as you can make them, then these credits and rewards will definitely not be worth it." Not much! By the way, remember that the most urgent task right now is to manufacture this kind of paper on a large scale, the more the better!"

After seeing off the two grateful craftsmen, Han Fei, who had been accompanying him all the time, couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Zhao Dan turned his head to look at Han Fei, and said with a smile, "Say."

Han Fei said: "Your Majesty seems to be too gracious to these craftsmen, and the rewards are too heavy."

"The reward is too heavy?" Zhao Dan couldn't help laughing when he heard it, took the paper in front of him in his hand, and motioned to Han Fei: "Han Shizhong, it seems that you still don't understand the importance of this papermaking technique ah."

Looking at the entire history of mankind, what is the most important thing?

It is knowledge!

The emergence of papermaking and the dissemination of paper have brought the possibility of popularizing this kind of knowledge.

Zhuangzi once said in the world: "Benefits are multi-faceted, and his books are five cars." So later generations used "learning to be rich and five cars" to describe a person's knowledge is very profound.

So here comes the question, how many words are there in the books of the five carriages in Xuefu Wuche?

This can actually be calculated.

Generally, bamboo slips are about 25.5 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 1.5 cm thick, which means that the volume of a bamboo slip is about 1912.5 cubic centimeters, and a volume of bamboo slips generally only has more than 30 characters, up to 49 characters.

In this era, the volume of the car is about 2 meters long, 1.5 meters wide, and about 0.4 meters deep, which means the volume is about 1200000 cubic centimeters.

Based on this calculation, 627.45 bamboo slips can be filled completely, and if there are 5 vehicles, that is less than 3200. Even if one bamboo slip has 50 characters, it is only less than 16 characters.

What is the concept of 16 words?According to the standards of future generations, the number of words in a book is more than 20.

In other words, if there is a reader who reads a book to the shelf, then his reading volume has surpassed the ancient Huishi

These 16 characters would take five carts to be filled with bamboo slips, but if the books of later generations were used, it would be just a book of ordinary thickness.

This is the huge gap between paper and bamboo slips, not to mention other advantages of paper such as easy writing and portability.

With paper, the dissemination of knowledge can be greatly accelerated, which is of great significance to the development of the entire society.

In addition, the reason why these scholars are so arrogant now, and one or two don't dump the monarchs, isn't it because the knowledge of this era is in the hands of the scholars and the aristocracy?

To put it bluntly, there are many official positions, but there are few scholars who have the knowledge and ability to be qualified for these official positions, so the monarchs have to condescend one by one, and put on a posture of respectful corporals.

If a large number of people can be cultivated on a large scale like later generations, and officials are selected through competition from among these people, will these scholars still be so dragged?

At that time, the seller's market will turn into a buyer's market, and it will be the scholars who are crying and clamoring to hug the king's thigh.

The more Zhao Dan thought about it, the happier he became. He smiled at Han Fei, who was still disapproving, and said, "Let's wait and see, Waiter Han. Soon, this paper will play a huge role."

As he spoke, Zhao Dan thought of another thing.

Now that there is paper, printing, a good partner of papermaking, should also appear, right?

Chapter 527 Opening Ceremony (First Change)

On the sixth day of June in [-] BC, it was sunny.

Outside Handan City, in the central area between Miyagi City and Guocheng City, a brand-new building covering a very large area stands here. This is the Huaxia Academy that was once interrupted by the war after several years.

Today is the moment when the Huaxia Academy is officially unveiled and announced to the world.

The sun just appeared on the horizon, and there was a huge crowd of people outside Huaxia Academy. Tens of thousands of Handan people surrounded the academy and the roads outside it. sell.

At the time of the third pole that day, I don't know who shouted: "The king is here!" The people who were already extremely crowded immediately turned their heads and looked towards the south.

At the forefront are a thousand armored cavalry, majestic horses, and tall knights wearing armor that shines in the sun, looking as majestic and mighty as an iron tower, attracting cheers from countless people Voice.

On both sides of these armored cavalry, tens of thousands of Zhao Guo infantrymen held large shields and formed a shield wall, blocking both sides of the entire road.

The flags were like clouds and the canopy was clearly visible. Dressed in red royal clothes and wearing a golden crown, Zhao Dan and Queen Han Wan drove side by side, appearing in the sight of the people of Zhao State.

Sitting on the carriage, Zhao Dan kept waving his arms towards the Zhao people on both sides, with a gentle smile on his face.

Almost at the moment when Zhao Dan appeared, the atmosphere of the whole ceremony audience reached its climax.

The people of Zhao State waved their arms in great excitement and shouted at Wang Jia at the top of their lungs. Countless faces turned red because of the incomparable excitement, and even the shield wall formed by the soldiers became a little crumbling.

This kind of situation made Lian Po and Pang Nuan, the two giants of Zhao's military who were riding on horses and accompanying Zhao Dan's car, couldn't help sweating.

You must know that the military is responsible for the security measures this time. If someone breaks through the shield wall and disturbs Wang Jia, then the platoon of Lian Po and Pang Nuan will definitely be indispensable.

Fortunately, it turns out that Lian Po and Pang Nuan were too worried.

After passing through the road for about two or three miles, a magnificent gate appeared in front of Zhao Dan.

The gate was three feet high and four feet wide, and it was completely built according to the standard of a city gate. There were also tall walls on both sides of the gate that spread to both sides, just like a city wall.

On the top of this gate hangs a huge plaque with four big characters "Huaxia Academy" written on it.

This is the main entrance of Huaxia Academy.

Zhao Dan's king drove slowly into the main gate.

After entering the Jixian Gate, the cheers heard by the people immediately weakened a lot, and Zhao Dan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and smiled at the queen.

To be honest, being surrounded by such deafening cheers is actually quite a stressful thing.