Holding an ordinary script, pretending to be a god in various worlds

"What is paper?"

Everyone looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. Nowadays, there are other writing materials besides bamboo slips, but they cannot be promoted for various reasons.

For example, silk is light and easy to write on, but it is too expensive. Various types of ox parchment are also too valuable and not as cost-effective as bamboo slips, which are also easy to obtain.

Ying Zheng thought about it for a while, and thought of the "Heavenly Book" that the Moon God Chang Xi had given him when he taught him the way to prolong his life.

So I asked tentatively.

"That's right," Jade Rabbit raised its front legs and slapped the ground fiercely. "The Heaven uses paper, and even Nüba is no exception."

"We appreciate the good intentions of the Jade Rabbit, but the things used by the gods must be extremely precious. How can I have them?"

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows and said to Jade Rabbit deliberately.

Sure enough, I saw that he couldn't hold back and was anxiously and proudly preparing to give the answer.

"The Jade Rabbit is so cute and adorable, why does the Human Emperor have to bully this little rabbit of mine?"

A female voice like ice hitting a jade plate came from the distance.

System: He let out a deep breath, Ling Xiao finally appeared.

The Moon Goddess came from far away and appeared before the Qin emperor, his ministers and the watching people.

She had her hair combed high on her side, and her steps were light and graceful. With every move she made, wisps of white mist lingered around her, as if she had fallen from the clouds.

Ling Xiao estimated that the effect of the dry ice would not last long, so he walked forward calmly on the surface, silently recited the space, instantly returned to the portable space, then aimed at the landing point ten meters ahead and appeared again.

The effect achieved is that the Moon Goddess takes a light step and it seems as if she has crossed a distance of twenty steps of a mortal.

"Your Majesty, am I dazzled?"

Meng Tian didn't care about losing his composure. He rubbed his eyes with his hands and spoke with a look of doubt and surprise.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the celestial Moon God took a step forward and appeared in the distance ahead. It was clearly more than ten feet away, but she was only three or two steps away!

"You are not mistaken." Ying Zheng's eyes flickered, and he actually answered the minister's question and added his own understanding:

"In ancient times, there was a method of shrinking the earth to an inch and a thousand miles within a few feet, used by those with great supernatural powers. This should be the magic that the Moon God is using at this time."

So that's what it is. The others suddenly realized what was going on and the commotion subsided a little.

The common people don't have enough knowledge to explain what Ling Xiao did.

Even if it happened in modern times, if she did this, it would take at least three episodes of Approaching Science to explain it clearly, and in the end it wouldn't be able to be explained.

The Moon Goddess is here!

Almost everyone instantly recognized that this was the all-powerful Moon God.

The miracle that appeared right under our noses is said to be a lie. Are you bullying us Qin people because we are stupid?

Like leaves blown by the wind, rows of people knelt down. They wanted to leave a good impression on the Moon Goddess, so they did not shout or scream even though their eyes were filled with tears.

They tacitly pushed the people who were dressed decently to the front and made them kneel, their eyes fixed on Ling Xiao with eagerness and expectation.

The Moon Goddess frowned slightly and landed in front of Ying Zheng and others.

The place where he stood disappeared, and in its place appeared a gray flat ground.

Ying Zheng looked calm and answered softly:

"You are joking. I have never bullied Jade Rabbit. I am just asking because I don't understand something."

Of course not. The paper used by the gods in heaven must be much better than the bamboo slips in the mortal world. It can even be used in the mortal world - this is what Ying Zheng cares about most.

"Yes, Chang Xi, I am the one who will give the paper to them, so that my carrot recipe can be promoted throughout the world. Hahahahaha, there will definitely be many people who will believe in me."

System Jade Rabbit said complacently with a silly and cute look on its face. Now even the eight-year-old Fusu had a complicated look in his eyes and decided to pay more attention to silly Jade Rabbit in the future.

"You," the Moon Goddess seemed to be amused by her pet. She leaned over and picked him up, then turned to Ying Zheng. Her eyes seemed to see through his inner thoughts:

"Paper is a treasure of literature that Wenquxingjun grabbed from the long river of time in advance after observing the development of literature in the future. Although it is a small piece of paper, it has increased the literary spirit of the world a hundredfold."

The Moon Goddess's words increased her literary power a hundredfold.

It accurately touched the hearts of Li Si and other civil officials, who could not imagine why that was the case.

Li Si couldn't wait to ask:

"Your Highness, Moon Goddess, what is paper? How can it have such a powerful effect? ​​Is there a divine power attached to it?"

Oh, these are one of China’s four great inventions, created by a eunuch during the Han Dynasty that succeeded the Qin Dynasty.

Of course Ling Xiao wouldn't say that.

"Paper has no magical power." He plucked a dry and yellow blade of grass from Fusu's head, and pointed at it and said:

"I once heard Wenquxingjun say that the reason why mortals are restricted from acquiring knowledge and learning literature is that knowledge is too expensive and they cannot afford to learn it."

"Bamboo slips are heavy and costly, but paper is made of cheap things like grass leaves, tree bark, and shredded linen, and is light and easy to carry."

"In this case, how can literature and virtue not flourish?"

Ying Zheng remembered the raw materials of paper that the Moon Goddess had mentioned casually, and was excited by the scene of the prosperity of literature and art after the paper appeared in the Moon Goddess's mouth.

He was an emperor of all ages, so naturally he had a long-term vision. The Qin State was awarded titles based on military merits, but Ying Zheng would never value military power over culture!

Now there was no alchemist to deceive him, and Ying Zheng had no prejudice against literati and scholars.

“Is this paper?”

When Ling Xiao saw Ying Zheng take out the precious heavenly book that he always kept in his arms, and thought of the contents inside, he almost laughed out loud, but fortunately he stopped himself.

"Yes, this is bound with paper."

Everyone looked at the small square booklet in the king's hand. It was ordinary, with neither precious light nor mystery.

Some of the close ministers knew that after the king received the book from the Moon Goddess, he studied it day and night, and his spirit and body improved a lot.

Ying Zheng's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes were deep, and he said as if he was sighing:

"This heavenly book contains a total of 163,200 characters."

The Moon Goddess smiled and nodded, "The Human Emperor has counted clearly, and it is indeed correct."

Their conversation sounded confusing at first, at least to Wang Ben. Seeing that everyone else had obviously thought of something, he nudged the person next to him and asked in a low voice:

“What’s wrong with so many words?”

"General Wang, don't you know that 160,000 words would take three large carts to carve on bamboo slips?" the person next to him couldn't help but say excitedly.

Wang·doesn't want to study·always skips classes·Ben:…………

Everyone present finally understood the great role of paper in literature. It was cheap and light. With paper, half of the world's population could read!

Li Si's mind worked quickly. The people of the conquered Han, Zhao and Wei countries did not have much desire to belong to Qin.

A big reason for this was that the Qin State could not spare so many officials, so it could only appoint former officials.

In addition, the local nobles who controlled the power and culture in the three places were attached to their homeland, so the common people could not escape the status of remnant people.

Now that we have paper, we can quickly train officials to replace them.

As for what happens next, a vicious look flashed across Li Si's eyes. Those officials who relied on the Qin State's lack of support would all have their property confiscated and their families exterminated!

Ying Zheng didn't expect that he would get two big surprises in a row when he came to harvest carrots.

With the carrot and jade rabbit recipes, the people of Qin were saved from starvation, and with paper, scholars all over the world were loyal to Qin.

Paper, Qin must get it!