Warring States Period: I have unlimited gift packages

Next, Zhao Yan didn't let Xunzi see it right away, which was more able to open up the peace of the world.

Because, Zhao Wangdan will come to Handan Palace later, and watch the appearance of such things with everyone, Xunzi can only wait for a while.

Before Zhao Wangdan arrived, Zhao Yan first showed Xunzi a few "small" things.

To say "small" is relative.

In fact, everything has amazed the well-informed Xunzi.

The first thing, the car.

The so-called columbladder is a tool for sowing seeds with animal power.

One person pulls the cart with an ox in front, and the other person sows seeds with a cart in the back, and can sow one hectare of land in a day.

How much is one hectare? 100 acres!

Not only is the speed of the columb's sowing ten times higher than the current manual sowing. Moreover, because the seeds are more evenly dispersed than by hand, there is no need to compete for water and fertilizer, and the yield can be increased by at least 10%.

How awesome is this invention?

The Celestial Empire invented the cocoon chariot in the Han Dynasty. However, it was not until the seventeenth century that the West, inspired by the concept of the columb, realized that it was better to sow seeds with machines, and not with human labor.

However, because they only communicated with the Celestial Empire people in the southern port area, and had never seen the actual object of the chariot, they thought about it and failed to invent a useful sowing tool.

It wasn't until the nineteenth century that the West saw the actual thing of the cocoon car, and it used its principle to realize machine seeding!

Let's put it this way, the technology of the car is not complicated, it seems to be a layer of window paper.

However, if no one pierces it, it may be used for 2,000 years, and you can't think of it! It is to tell you that there are sowing tools in the world, and without that flash of inspiration, you can't figure out how to make it for 200 years!

And once this layer of window paper is pierced, the efficiency is directly ten times improved!

Can Xunzi not be amazed?

The second little thing, too, is a new type of silk weaving machine.

This is not what Zhao Yan opened from the gift bag, but was invented by Ma Jun, a genius craftsman he got by opening the gift bag.

In this era, the silk loom had one hundred and twenty feet.

Ma Jun directly improved the weaving machine and changed it to twelve. Not only does it make the weaving machine more delicate and simpler, but the production efficiency is also ten times higher than the original.

Isn't the basic guarantee of people's livelihood to be fed and clothed?

The combination of the three is the combination of the curved plow, the cocoon car, and the new weaving machine, and the people's lives can be improved immediately.

These three things are worthy of the six words "Open the peace of the world"!

It must be noted that Xunzi is an absolutely underestimated figure in later generations.

Indeed, he is one of the Confucian ranks.

At the same time, he also taught two outstanding representatives of Legalism and Han Fei, so it can be regarded as a combination of Confucianism and law.

And that's not all.

Xunzi is very good at studying the Taoist "Huang Lao" and can be called a generation of grandmasters. Many Confucians even believe that, strictly speaking, Xunzi is a Taoist rather than a Confucian.

Don't worry, it's still not over.

Xunzi, in addition to the two disciples of Han Fei and Li Si, there is also a slightly less famous disciple - Zhang Cang, the prime minister of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the author of "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic", and the formulator of "Zhuan Calendar". (Don't think the time is wrong, Zhang Cang is still healthy, and he is a famous old birthday star.) ）

Therefore, Xunzi is still a big scientist.

In short, Xunzi's learning, in this era, has reached the top in most aspects, and he is an absolutely right generation of grandmasters.

It is precisely because of this that Xun Ziwai understands what the invention of the curved plow, the cocoon, and the new weaving machine means.

For Zhao Yan and Handan College, I am more and more impressed!

However, what Xunzi didn't expect was that the third "little thing" that Zhao Yan showed him was even more amazing.

Paper!

One of the four great inventions, papermaking!

This is what Zhao Yan opened in the monthly gift package three months ago.

What does the advent of paper mean in this era?

An example is obvious.

The idiom of "learning rich five cars" was born in the Warring States Period - "Zhuangzi Tianxia" once said: "Hui Shi is multi-faceted, and his book is five cars." "

So the question is, how many words are there in the book of these five carriages?

A bamboo slip is 25 cm long, 5 cm wide, and about 1.5 cm thick, which means that the volume of a bamboo slip is about 2 cubic decimeters. The number of bamboo slips in a volume is about 30 to 50 characters.

In this era, the volume of the car was almost 1200 cubic decimeters.

According to this calculation, a car can fit 600 bamboo slips, about 30,000 characters. What about five cars? 150,000 words!

That is to say, in this era, as long as you have read 150,000 words, you can be called a rich student and a university scholar.

There is no way, bamboo slips, as a carrier of words, are so indifferent.

However, what about the 160,000 words that are written on paper?

It is no exaggeration to say that the advent of paper means that knowledge is disseminated ten times faster than before. It means that the cost of knowledge dissemination is ten times and a hundred times lower than before. It means that the number of people who read books is tenfold and hundredfold more than before.

From Xunzi's vision, it can be seen that in this era, which school has mastered paper can completely crush other schools.

He can also see that whoever masters the paper can cultivate talents that far exceed the number of all contemporary readers.

Regardless of himself and the sons of Jixia, whether they come to Handan School Palace or not. This Handan School Palace will become the first school palace in the world!

In that case, what else do you have to hesitate about?

"Prince Qi ......"

Xunzi finally made up his mind and was ready to take over the position of sacrificial wine in the Handan School Palace.

But just as he was about to speak—

"The king has arrived!"

A shout came from afar, blocking Xunzi's words.

That's right!

Xunzi then remembered: Prince Yan of Zhao Guo just said that the so-called "cocoon car", "new silk loom" and "paper" are all gadgets, and even "curved plow" is nothing. Later, when the king comes up, everyone will take a look at it together, which can better "open up the peace of the world".

What is this thing?

Xunzi realized that he would see the greatest miracle of our time!_

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