Great Qin Shi Empress

==·Followed·==

After the syrup in the pot becomes viscous, it can be poured into the mold, and it can be cut and stored after it cools and solidifies.

But whether it is in the process of making syrup, the sweet aroma that spreads out like the aroma of flowers and food, enveloping everyone, or the sweetness of a child's naughty probe when the sugarcane is squeezed The fragrance will make all the people present who have never smelled such a sweet, even sweet smell, or even eaten sugar, drool.

People's preference for sugar is rooted in genes, and no one can refuse——

Even those modern people who don't like sugar also absorb sugar from a variety of sweetened and unsweetened foods.

During the Warring States period, the amount of sugar was scarce, and many people had never eaten sugar in their entire lives.

So when their bodies smelled the smell of a large amount of sugar, their bodies responded immediately: some couldn't stop swallowing, some couldn't help touching their growling stomachs, and some His eyes were already glued to the syrup in the pot and the sugar that was cooling down next to him, and he couldn't move his eyes away at all...

There are various reactions.

There are even those who are bold enough to quietly stretch out their sinful little hands towards the sugar in the mould...

Lin Qian grabbed the Seventh Princess's hand: "This candy has just been poured into the mold, so be careful not to burn your hands."

The Seventh Princess looked at Lin Qian pitifully, she was so greedy that she was about to shed tears: "Mrs. Lin, this syrup smells so delicious, I really want to eat it. Please let me eat some Just a little bit, I..."

Halfway through the speech, the Seventh Princess instantly stood up straight and looked at the direction behind Lin Qian in disbelief: "Father, Father Emperor..."

Lin Qian looked back suspiciously, and sure enough, she saw Ying Zheng standing at the door.

And it's not just Ying Zheng, there are even Li Si, Feng Quji and several other important court officials standing behind him.

Lin Qian was a little dazed: "Your Majesty, you are..."

She didn't do anything, she just squeezed sugar, so many people came to watch?

Ying Zheng stopped other people from saluting, and then looked at Lin Qian helplessly: "You don't feel it yourself?"

Lin Qian: "???"

Ying Zheng raised his chin and motioned her to look at the syrup in the pot.

Li Si explained with a smile: "Your Majesty and I were discussing the government affairs, but suddenly there was a burst of sweet smell, which made everyone greedy. After that, the sweet smell spread to everyone without stopping for a moment." Nostrils drilled, making everyone completely unable to concentrate on doing things. So after the urgent matter was dealt with, His Majesty took me and followed the scent to find it."

Lin Qian was stunned, with a bit of annoyance on her face: "I would like to think that the kitchen is far away from everywhere, so I didn't look for other places to make candy. I didn't expect it to affect you."

She knew that the sweetness would be very strong when making the syrup, but she didn't expect to attract Ying Zheng and several court officials——

You know, these people can be called the people with the strongest determination in the whole Great Qin.

Ying Zheng waved his hand: "It's not a big deal."

Li Si smiled and looked at the other ministers, and the descendants said: "It's also because lunch is approaching and everyone is hungry, so they react so much to this sweet taste. Gu Fenghou don't have to blame yourself, This matter has nothing to do with you."

Lin Qian looked up at the sky, and then suddenly realized.

She took people to make syrup in the kitchen early in the morning, forgetting to have lunch.

Looking at the kitchen again, there are several iron pots boiling syrup.

Lin Qian hurriedly called the kitchen steward: "Is there any other spare pots in the kitchen? If not, quickly get an iron pot out."

The steward quickly replied: "Madam, don't worry, let's remember lunch."

Lin Qian looked at him suspiciously: "But haven't we already taken all the stoves in the kitchen?"

The steward smiled and said, "We have set up a few more stoves outside, so that everyone's lunch will not be delayed. But..." He glanced at the syrup in the pot, "Madam's side has a strong fragrance, and the smell of the food It’s all covered, and I don’t know if everyone wants to have lunch.”

Like him, maybe he has smelled too much syrup, even if he knows that his stomach is empty, he has no desire to eat at all.

Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, do you want to eat first?"

Ying Zheng waved his hand, not interested in lunch.

He stepped forward, first glanced at the clear sugar cane juice in the bucket, and then at the brown syrup that was cooling in the mold: "These are the syrups made from the juice squeezed from the sugar cane? Look It’s no different from caramel syrup, but the fragrance is extra strong.”

Although sugar in the Warring States period was a luxury, there was not only one category.

In addition to sucrose that is not widely circulated, there is actually another sugar with a long history——

Maltose, also known as maltose in later generations.

The production method of maltose has been passed down for thousands of years, and it is no longer a secret.As long as there is wheat at home, when can't maltose be made?Although maltose is not allowed to be sold because it is produced from grain and the sugar yield is not high, is it illegal for people who have surplus food to make it themselves?

Sugar cane has not been able to be planted on a large scale, and it is actually somewhat related to the existence of caramel.

But just like Lin Qian had never thought of using sweet potatoes to make sugar, even if people at this time knew that wheat could be used to make sugar, most people would not do so, because using wheat as grain is much more practical than using it to squeeze sugar.

But if Ying Zheng wanted to eat, the kitchen would do the same.

Lin Qian nodded: "After all, so much syrup is boiled together, the taste will definitely be stronger."

As she spoke, she thought about it, and asked someone to fetch a cup and poured a glass of sugarcane juice for everyone to drink: "Taste the taste, everyone. After the brown sugar is made, I will ask someone to send a copy to each of you." .”

Li Si quickly shook his head: "No, no, we're just curious..."

Ying Zheng glanced at the syrup that had been poured into the mold, the syrup in the pot that had not yet been boiled into a viscous shape, and the washed sugar cane next to it, and said directly: "It seems that these sugar canes can extract a lot of water. When the sugar comes out, Madam will keep it for you."

Li Si and the others looked at each other before they stopped refusing.

They took a sip of sugarcane juice from their cups, and their eyes lit up immediately.

Ying Zheng took their reactions into his eyes, and after hesitating, he picked up his cup and took a sip.Unexpectedly, the taste was not as sweet and greasy as I imagined, but rather refreshing, so he drank the sugarcane juice in two or three gulps, and then handed it to the waiter who squeezed the juice next to him, and asked him to fill another glass for him.

Lin Qian laughed when she saw this: "If you like the taste of sugarcane juice, you can save some of it in the cellar or other cool and dry place for storage, and it can be stored for several months."

Ying Zheng nodded reservedly: "Then keep some."

Lin Qian smiled, and personally picked some of them to be moved to the warehouse.

Sun Taicang sent too much sugar cane to Lin Qian, it is not impossible to make all of them into brown sugar, but it seems not good if you want to give them as gifts.

Although brown sugar has high nutritional value, it is not easy to preserve. Even if it is stored in a jar, it will melt due to temperature changes.And once melted, it can become sticky and not very appetizing.

Of course, when there is no other choice, brown sugar is already a very good gift.

After all, sugar is really precious these days.

But that's not it, does Lin Qian know how to make white sugar and rock sugar?White sugar is as white as snow, and rock sugar is crystal clear. It is more suitable for gift giving than brown sugar, even if it only depends on its appearance. Moreover, the raw materials are also ready-made, just use brown sugar directly.

Therefore, after Lin Qian made all the sugar cane into brown sugar, he quickly took out most of the brown sugar and made a lot more according to the method of "making white sugar by pouring yellow mud and water" recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu, and the method of absorbing impurities with activated carbon to make white sugar. White sugar comes out.After the white sugar was ready, Lin Qian took out part of the white sugar and melted it according to the content recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu, and then hung out some polycrystalline rock sugar with cotton thread.

After all the sugar was ready, Lin Qian called the Seventh Princess and other servants of the maidservants to put white sugar and rock sugar in glass jars, and then sent them to the ministers who came to the kitchen with Ying Zheng to check .

Ever since Li Si drank sugarcane juice last time, he had been thinking about the sugar that Lin Qian promised to give him.

It's just that he was busy with official duties, so busy, he forgot about it.

Until the evening of this day, he had just returned home after finishing some official duties, when he heard from his wife that Marquis Gu Feng had sent someone to deliver a gift.

Almost instantly he recalled the smell of sugar cane.

Li Si quickly asked: "Where is the gift that Marquis Gu Feng ordered? Get it quickly and let me have a look."

Mrs. Li was a little puzzled: "What's wrong with this gift?"

"No, no, nothing wrong." Li Si laughed, "It's just that I've been thinking about this gift for a few days, and now I'm waiting. Naturally, I hope that I can taste this gift as soon as possible."

Mrs. Li asked someone to fetch the gift, but she was curious: "It sounds like this gift is food?"

It can't be meat, can it?

But judging by Li Si's performance, it really didn't look like meat, after all, his family didn't lack meat.

Li Si shook his head mysteriously, and only acted expectantly, but did not explain.

Soon, the servants took out the cloth bag.

After receiving it, Li Si couldn't wait to open it: "...Huh? What is this?"

Li Si looked suspiciously at the two glass jars in the plain cloth bag, and there were two round wooden balls stuffed on top of the jars.He reached out and took out the wooden ball on one of the glass jars, and took out a pale yellow gem-like thing from it.

Mrs. Li looked at the thing in his hand in astonishment: "Is this a gem? Are you crazy?"

Qin Lu's punishment for corruption and bribery is quite heavy, and Li Si even accepted the gemstone from Marquis Gu Feng.

Li Si also felt strange: "I remember that the syrup didn't look like this..."

He frowned, but thinking of Lin Qian's reputation all along, he didn't think too much about it, but tried to take out another glass jar from the cloth bag.

The contents in the other bag were even more strange. Although they were also crystal clear, they were finely divided white transparent granules.

Li Si shook the glass jar suspiciously, and there was a "rustling" sound inside——

This is salt?or something else?

Li Si was puzzled, he hesitated, grabbed a handful of sugar and put it in his mouth.

Mrs. Li next to her couldn't stop her, she couldn't help screaming: "You don't even know what this is, why put it in your mouth?"

Li Si no longer cared about his wife.

As soon as the white sugar entered his mouth, wisps of sweetness spread out on the tip of his tongue, instantly attracting his attention.

Li Si couldn't help closing his eyes to savor the taste of the sugar, and he opened his eyes in surprise only after the sugar in his mouth melted.Without waiting for his wife to ask, he picked up the candy that he mistook for gems before, broke off a corner and put it in his mouth: "This is actually candy?!"

Mrs. Li was stunned: "Candy?"

She stepped forward, imitating Li Si's movements, and also broke off a corner and put it in her mouth.

After a while, Mrs. Li, a sweet lover, grabbed Li Si's hand excitedly: "Is this also something made by Gu Fenghou? Will the production method be disclosed like ceramic glass? When will it be sold in the market? What is the price? I'm going to buy some and come back to stock up..."

==·dictionary·==

Such a situation happened in the homes of many people, ranging from the elderly to children as excited as Mrs. Li, but unfortunately, their hopes were doomed to fail.

After all, the acreage of sugar cane and sugar beets is so small that it is impossible to squeeze sugar for sale this year.

If you want to eat candy, you have to wait until next year.

Those who tasted the taste of these sugars in advance couldn't help feeling annoyed: It's better to wait until next year when the brown sugar and white sugar officially start selling to taste the taste, at least you can buy it directly when you finish eating.

It's good now, I can't buy it even if I want to buy it after eating.

Ever since, the planting of sugar beet and sugarcane, which was not paid much attention to, has become particularly noticeable.

Many people wanted to go to Sun Taicang to buy sugar cane and plant them back immediately, but after knowing that sugar cane was not suitable for planting in Xianyang, a group of people gave up this plan.

Seeing this, Sun Taicang took the initiative to sell beets with them.

After all, according to Gu Fenghou, the sugar yield of sugar beet is higher than that of sugar cane. If it is because of sugar, there is not much difference between planting beet and sugarcane.

If someone is willing to grow beets, Sun Taicang can save one trouble——

It's not that there's anything wrong with beets, but because beets and potatoes have the same problem and can't be planted together in the same field.

In this case, it was imperative to give the beets to other races.

Sun Taicang approached many people and tried to persuade them to plant sugar beets, but no one refused, just...

People are more willing to grow food than sugar beets.

Only after the family's rations and taxes are guaranteed, they will plant sugar beets on the extra land.

So it has been promoted for a long time, and the beet seeds reserved by Sun Taicang for the common people have not been sent out yet.He was thinking about whether to find someone to reclaim more wasteland, and then let soldiers or prisoners plant sugar beets. Now that someone came to his door, Sun Taicang naturally didn't want to let any of them go.

And those nobles really didn't take the fact that beets need to be planted in rotation——

Although they don't have land, they have indeed saved a lot of land over the years. After growing enough food for everyone, there is indeed a lot of vacant land.In the past, it was used to grow food to save money, but now it is no problem to grow beets that can be squeezed out of sugar.

but……

Some people also have doubts: "Didn't you say that it takes two years to grow beets to produce seeds? And after the seeds are formed, they cannot be used to extract sugar?"

Sun Taicang did not hide these people: "That's right, so if you don't want to save your own seeds, but only want to use beets to extract sugar, you can come to me every year to buy seeds."

After asking about the price of the seeds and finding out that they were not expensive, someone started planting sugar beets.

Lin Qian didn't know that her gift was so popular. After giving it away, she put all the leftover sugar into a small jar and stored it in a cool and dry place.

After that, I take out a part of the sugar every day to make desserts or make milk tea, and I live happily ever after.

Ying Zheng didn't like brown sugar or white sugar much, but he especially liked drinking sugarcane juice, drinking two or three cups almost every day.Lin Qian was worried that he would gain weight because of this, but later found out that he was exercising every day, and the sugar in the little sugarcane juice was not enough for him to consume, so he was relieved.

On the other hand, Lin Qian himself, because he often drinks milk tea and desserts and doesn't like sports, he quickly gained weight.

After Lin Qian discovered this fact: "..."

No way, let's start exercising.

She was in poor health in her previous life, but she didn't have the trouble of gaining weight, and naturally she didn't know too many ways to lose weight. Thinking that Ying Zheng was exercising every day, she simply studied with him.

Ying Zheng didn't understand what she was doing at first, but when he did, he said, "..."

He was a little helpless: "Other people can't do anything to gain weight, but you still despise it."

Lin Qian looked at him: "You look better when you're thinner, and you're healthier."

Because people around don't have much pursuit of body shape, being fat will make people envious, but being too thin will attract others' attention, so Lin Qian has never deliberately pursued a slender body, and her weight has always been at a healthy level.

But it's not, have you gained weight recently?

Lin Qian explained to Ying Zheng a lot of bad effects on the body after becoming fat, and also talked about the health effects of being too thin.

Ying Zheng didn't really understand what Lin Qian said was too advanced knowledge, but he understood what she meant, being too fat or too thin was bad for health, but it was helpless to see her practicing blindly by herself, and Because it is inevitable that there will be physical contact when instructing some movements, he simply went into battle and instructed Lin Qian in some movements, making her movements more standardized and less likely to be injured.

Because they would touch each other's skin from time to time, Lin Qian inevitably felt a little uncomfortable.

But in the eyes of other people, it is not the same thing.

After each exercise, Lin Qian could always see other people looking at him and Ying Zheng with excitement: "..."

Can't figure out what they are thinking.

Time is like running water, passing by in a flash.

After getting up in the morning, Lin Qian was exercising some riding and archery with Ying Zhenglian, but he didn't want a servant to come over suddenly: "Your Majesty, Marquis Gu Feng, Prime Minister Li and Wang Bianzhuan went to the palace together to ask for an audience, saying that the "Dictionary" has been compiled. .”

Ying Zheng paused, and subconsciously looked at Lin Qian.

……

Soon after they washed, they came to the main hall together. Li Si and Wang Wan were sitting in the hall with a thick book in their hands. When they saw them coming, they asked for their luggage immediately.

Ying Zheng waved his hand: "Don't bother, just present the "Dictionary" first."

Li Si and Wang Wan were also unambiguous, and immediately handed over the books in their hands to the servant.

After Ying Zheng took it, he glanced at it and found that the catalog pages of the two books had already been named. One was called "Dictionary" and the other was called "Zi Hai". There is a very noticeable difference—

"Dictionary" is not only only half the thickness of "Zihai", but even only half the area of ​​"Zihai", which seems to be only the size of two palms of an adult's palm.

After thinking about it for a while, Ying Zheng understood where the difference between the two lies.

After opening the two books, it is no surprise that the paper used in "Dictionary" is much rougher, and the characters inside are also smaller; on the other hand, the font of "Zihai" is larger, and the paper is quite smooth to the touch, as if The quality is exceptional.

Turning the pages of the book, Yingzheng discovered without any surprise that the "Dictionary" was compiled according to Lin Qian's request. It almost only contained words, pinyin, meanings and some words and phrases, and the content was simple and clear; for the latter, Li Si and others almost It extends from the meaning of a word to related phrases and allusions, and even the origin and historical evolution of the characters are recorded on it.

After Ying Zheng read it, he handed it over to Lin Qian.

After Lin Qian got it, she opened the "Dictionary" with a clear goal and read it first.

Li Si and Wang Wan looked at each other, feeling a little nervous.

Ying Zheng looked amused, and took the initiative to distract the two of them: "What are the prices of these two books? It doesn't matter how high the price of "Zi Hai" is, but the price of "Dictionary" can't be too high, otherwise the book Then the meaning of turning it out is gone.”

Li Si and Wang Wan came back to their senses in an instant, and after they looked at each other, Wang Wan took the initiative to say: "The paper and font size used in "Zihai" are the best solutions after discussion by the officials and the people, and everything is perfect. So the cost remains high, and even if tens of thousands of copies are sold in the future, the cost will be around [-] yuan, so we decided to price a copy of "Zi Hai" between [-] and [-] yuan."

Ying Zheng frowned, but didn't speak, but signaled Wang Wan to continue.

Wang Wan paused, and then said again: "The main function of "Dictionary" is for people to look up the pronunciation and meaning of words, and you mentioned before that you hope that more people can afford "Dictionary", so we are here When producing the "Dictionary", no matter whether it is paper or text typesetting, there is no excellence, so the cost is not high."

"If [-] copies of "Dictionary" can be sold, the cost price of a dictionary is about [-] yuan. If [-] copies are sold, the cost will be reduced again, about [-] yuan."

"Due to the special function of the "Dictionary" reference book, there may still be people who will buy it dozens or hundreds of years later," Wang Wan looked up at Ying Zheng, "so we finally decided to calculate the cost based on the sales price of [-], and the final price It's somewhere between eleven and twenty."

All other books are sold for ten dollars, which is the price set when many books with tens of thousands of words will be divided into several volumes.

Dictionaries cannot be divided into volumes, so the price must increase.

In fact, according to Li Si, Wang Wan and others, they wanted to directly price the dictionary at [-] yuan, just like the price of "Zi Hai", and they actually thought that [-] yuan would be enough.

But for the purpose of prudence, the two did not directly give an exact price in the end, but gave a range.

Ying Zheng nodded, indicating that he understood.

then……

He unceremoniously re-priced the two books: "The price of "Zihai" is [-] yuan, and the price of "Dictionary" is [-] yuan."

Lin Qian, who was turning the pages of the book, suddenly raised her head and looked at Ying Zheng with a surprised expression.

Li Si was even more surprised, and his words were a little incoherent: "Your Majesty, two thousand dollars...is it too high?"

The cost price is only [-] yuan, but the price is...

Ying Zheng looked at Li Si and Wang Wan, "Are you sure that this book of "Zi Hai" can sell tens of thousands of copies?"

Lin Qian instantly understood that once the price of "Sea of ​​Words" was raised to hundreds of dollars, there would not be too many people who could spend enough money to buy it.

Even though there are many rich people in Xianyang City, these people may not buy a copy of "Zi Hai" back home.

After all, besides "Zihai", there is also a cheaper "Dictionary". Once "Zihai" sells less than [-] copies, they will lose money selling this book at the current price.

And you will lose a lot of money.

After all, the cost is there and cannot be ignored.

Li Si also quickly realized the point——

His Majesty doesn't care whether the book can sell [-] copies, but has seen the loss of money that may be caused if the book is too expensive to sell so many books.

He and Wang Wan looked at each other, but found that neither of them could guarantee the sales of the book.

Lin Qian couldn't help but said, "Then, wouldn't it be enough to set the price at [-] yuan? I think this book can still be sold for thousands of copies."

Ying Zheng twitched the corner of his mouth, and his tone was quite calm and calm: "You don't have to worry, there is no difference between a thousand dollars or two thousand dollars to those nobles and businessmen."

Lin Qian: "..."

Understood, big butcher!

She also wanted to talk about doing a market research before, first let the bookstores that have opened all over the country do a market research, and pay a deposit in advance to see how many people will want to buy these two books. Listen to what Ying Zheng said.

Come on, it's not necessary at all!

After all, the price of "Dictionary" is completely cost price. Not to mention, it is very likely to lose money in the early stage, but Ying Zheng has no objection; make some money--

Lin Qian suspected that Ying Zheng wanted to make money from the buyers of "Zihai" to subsidize "Dictionary".

But she was just guessing, without evidence.

As members of the big family that was slaughtered, Li Si and Wang Wan looked at Ying Zheng helplessly, but didn't say anything.

Because as Ying Zheng said, unless there is a tenfold difference between one thousand and ten thousand, or ten and one thousand, a book selling for one thousand is still two thousand. There is almost no difference for people.

Two thousand yuan is two thousand yuan, anyway, they can afford it.

Seeing that the two of them had no objection, Ying Zheng looked at Lin Qian: "How, is there anything that needs to be improved in these two books?"

Lin Qian quickly shook his head: "Prime Minister Li and Wang Bianzhuan compiled the two books very well. "Dictionary" is simple, clear, and easy to understand, and "Zihai" is rich and detailed. There is no need for improvement..."

She stopped talking suddenly and remembered something.

Li Si and Wang Wan looked up instantly, with a little panic in their eyes.

Lin Qian noticed their eyes and was a little dumbfounded: "It's not the content of the two books that is wrong, but the covers of the two books. I think it needs to be improved."

Li Si breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked: "What's wrong with this cover?"

Lin Qian explained: "Whether it is "Dictionary" or "Zihai", it may be frequently read by its owner, so the cover should not only play a role in identification, but also play a certain role in protection. Ordinary paper is still too soft after all. , flipping too many times is likely to fluff the edges, and the whole book will become a mess."

"So I suggest that you can use some hard paper or cardboard made of some wood chips as the cover."

"Of course, for better publicity..."

Lin Qian glanced at Ying Zheng subconsciously, "The text on the cover can actually be written by a well-known celebrity, so that there will be a gimmick when it starts selling, which can reduce a lot of publicity work."

It was just a few words with a pen, and Ying Zheng had no objections at all.

As a result, in the bookstores opened by the imperial courts, after a few years, two brand new books were finally put on the shelves again.

==·College entrance exam·==

When I first heard that the book store had put two new books on the shelves, except for those with little money in their families, few people went to the book store to inquire about the situation——

Everyone basically bought all the books they wanted to buy, and it is impossible for ordinary people to spend too much money to buy books for collection at home.

If you want to read other books, just go directly to the book shop.

The bookstore said at the beginning that if anyone needs it, they can borrow a book and go to the second floor of the bookstore to read it, as long as they are careful not to dirty or damage the bookstore.

So after the new news on the book shop spread, not many people went to the book shop to inquire about the news.

"I heard that His Majesty personally ordered the former Prime Minister and the current Prime Minister Li to be responsible for compiling these two books, which are specially used for ordinary people to read and write."

"Reading and literacy for the people?"

"Yes, yes, it seems to be called a dictionary or something. It is said that as long as people who have learned pinyin and some common characters in the academy before, can learn all the characters in the world after getting the dictionary, and when they are studying, they will be able to learn all the characters in the world. When it comes to characters you don’t know, you can look them up through those two books, I heard it’s very convenient.”

"Is it really that good? Will the price be very expensive? My family registered with the government two years ago, cultivated a few acres of wasteland to grow cotton, and saved some money, but if the book is too expensive..."

"I don't know about that, I'm going to see it."

"do not know?"

"That's right, isn't my child planning to send him to the palace to learn the law of Qin recently? I was thinking of buying a book for him, but the prices mentioned by others are completely different, and some say it can be bought for ten dollars. , and some said that it cost two thousand dollars to buy it, which sounds unreliable. I remember that your child can also go to the school to sign up, right? Don't you buy him a copy?"

"I think so too, but..."

"Hey, don't think too much, even if we really can't afford it, we can still go and see the excitement, right?"

"Yes, then let's go together..."

……

In the beginning, such conversations only happened in some inconspicuous corners, and did not attract much attention from others.

But soon, everyone heard another surprising news——

The inscriptions on the covers of those two books were actually written by His Majesty the current Emperor!

Since the unification of the world, the name of Qin Wang Yingzheng has spread to every corner of the country. He can be said to be the most famous person in the Qin Dynasty. Coupled with the filter of imperial power on his body, most people respect and respect him. Afraid.

But at the same time, the common people are unavoidably curious about him, and can't help but want to chase all his news.

Soon, countless people who were curious about these two books appeared in bookstores all over the country. Among these people were not only ordinary people, but also many people who had never heard of these two books before and had no interest in them. High-ranking officials and nobles and wealthy merchants.

The clerks in the book shop were so busy that they almost couldn't understand the words on the two books.

But this is not the apex of traffic.

After all, people at this time came to see what happened just for the gimmick of Ying Zheng's own inscription, and there were still a small number of people who really wanted to buy two books.

However, when some of them read a certain book out of curiosity——

Basically, after buying the cheaper "Dictionary" home, as soon as I opened it, I was instantly attracted by the "Guide to Using the Dictionary" written on the title page of the book. After I actually used it...

The benefits of "Dictionary" were discovered immediately.

The high-ranking officials and nobles and those wealthy businessmen are fine. Even if they don’t have a dictionary, they still have other channels to learn characters and books, but they don’t have a deep understanding of the usefulness of the "Dictionary".Even if it is good enough for its benefits, it is more worried about the future of itself and the family.

But ordinary people, especially those girls who have difficulty finding teachers to teach them, are excited——

As long as they have the "dictionary", they can learn all the characters through self-study, and then enter the academy to learn Qin law!

In addition, a book as thick as a dictionary only sells for ten dollars, but people with children in their families will use the money to buy a "Dictionary" from bookstores and take it home; At the age of entering the academy, they will also tighten their belts to squeeze out or simply borrow some money from relatives and friends to buy it back home.

As for "Sea of ​​Words", it never attracted the attention of the rich at first.

Even if someone buys this book, it is because the words on the cover are inscribed by His Majesty himself, and no one cares about the content inside.Everyone just regards it as a "dictionary" with better quality, and doesn't think this book is worth the price.

It wasn't until someone discovered that "Zi Hai" was not only better in quality than "Dictionary", but also had several times more content than "Dictionary", these people focused on this book.

And this release, people who know the goods can't let go.

Because "Zihai" not only includes all the content of "Dictionary", but also expands a lot of related knowledge, this book can top several books.

Even if you don't use it to look up text, it's okay to just read it as a storybook!

Moreover, although a book worth two thousand yuan is expensive, when I bought it from the book shop, I saw the envious eyes of those people...

Tsk, worth it!

It didn't take long for these two books to be sold out.

Fortunately, the Mohists who were in charge of this matter had already made preparations and printed a batch of books in advance. After the books were out of stock, they were quickly sent to all parts of the country through cement roads.

"Dictionary" is selling well, and the school is naturally on the agenda.

After all, Ying Zheng's idea from the beginning was that after the "Dictionary" was compiled, he would start thinking about opening a school.

After a few years of peace in the world, Ying Zheng saw the shortcomings of the combination of Qin Law and the military system very clearly——

When wars are needed, the combination of the strict Qin law and the military system is like an invincible sword that can sweep away all external obstacles; but when the world is at peace, the military system is in name only, and the strict Qin law But as usual, sweeping everything on this land, this sharp sword composed of Qin Law and the military system began to decay, and became a drag on the Great Qin.

In the past few years, the world has been peaceful, and hundreds of thousands of people have become prisoners for various reasons all over the country.

Originally, these prisoners could clear their charges by joining the army, but now that there is no battle to fight, this large group of prisoners has become a hidden danger to the stability of the Qin Dynasty, and the number is still increasing continuously.

Of course, the most urgent task is to improve the law of Qin.

But in addition to the revision of the Qin Law, the Qin Dynasty urgently needed a talent selection system that could replace the military system.

Lin Qian's opinion on this is: "Open the imperial examination."

Yes, although Lin Qian knew the benefits of the college entrance examination, he did not think that the current environment is suitable for direct implementation.

After hearing the specific process and content of the imperial examination system, Ying Zheng was quite disapproving of it: "Although it sounds fairer, and it is indeed better than the current recommendation system, but you mentioned that in the content of the imperial examination, except for the Except for the "policy theory" and math test questions that will be available after the scholar is more useful, the other test questions don't seem to be very useful."

and……

Ying Zheng frowned, "If the scope of the exam only involves four books and five