Chapter 154 Sir, are you sure that this thing can be mass-produced?
There is a saying in Chang'an Junfu that there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames.
The businessman Lu Buwei.
From business to politics, and from politics to business.
When it comes to governing a country, Lu Buwei dare not claim to be the best.
Let’s talk about business.
"I wonder if Zhang Kaidi and Zhang Ping are still alive. The boy Zhang Liang is not very interesting."
The main house of Chang'an Jun Mansion.
Lu Gou Jian listened to Ying Chengjiao's words.
"I will obey all orders from my Lord."
"Thank you for your hard work, Duke Lu."
"Gou Jian's life has been given to Your Majesty in Handan since that year. It is Gou Jian's good fortune to share Your Majesty's worries. But Gou Jian is not in Your Majesty's residence in Chang'an, Your Majesty is safe..."
"With Qingmei and Dingxiang here, the three of us will join forces, plus the Pijiamen and Qinnu. Even if it is Duke Lu, it will not be easy to hurt my life under these circumstances."
"If there is someone who can move as invisible as Jing Ke, and whose martial arts are not inferior to mine..."
Halfway through his words, Lu Gou Jian started laughing first.
In this world, it is extremely difficult to reach the top of one of the two types of martial arts, Qinggong or Wushu.
Where in the world can you find such a genius who wants to have both?
Although Qinggong is nominally a type of martial arts, the two are not considered the same thing in the eyes of the people in the martial arts world, and it does not necessarily mean that people with high martial arts skills are good at Qinggong.
The difference is roughly like the difference between a leopard and a lion.
Leopards run faster than lions, but in a fight, three leopards cannot beat one lion.
Jing Ke was a world-famous assassin with superb skills in concealment.
Zhao Gao was able to fight against Gai Nie, and his martial arts skills were among the best in the world.
Even Zhao Gao could only discover Jing Ke at the last moment when his life was threatened.
But in a head-on battle, Jing Ke was badly beaten by Gai Nie.
"Take care, Your Majesty."
At night, a carriage carrying the moonlight left the Chang'an Palace, left the Xianyang City, and drove towards the Han area.
The swordsman Gai Nie left the Chang'an Jun Mansion and shined beside the First Emperor.
After Gai Nie, two more guests with code names from Chang'an Jun Mansion entered this world.
The sweeping monk Lu Goujian and the businessman Lu Buwei.
The carriage was so large that it required three horses to pull it.
The wheel hubs are all made of hard solid wood on the outside and fine iron on the inside.
There were two soft couches for sleeping, a desk, and two cushions in the carriage, so there was still plenty of space.
"How long will this journey take? I feel uneasy without the Lord's side."
"Brother Lu, rest assured. In a month or more, or three months at most, the land of Han can be changed."
Before leaving, Lu Buwei learned about it from Ying Chengjiao.
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of the reform in Korea, only the minimum number of staff capable of carrying out the reform was retained in various parts of the country, and the rest were all transferred to Korea.
Ying Chengjiao attaches great importance to this battle for Han land.
The first shot of reform must be fired!
Lu Buwei had lived in the Chang'an Palace for nearly ten years, and Ying Chengjiao had never hidden anything from him. He knew very well what Ying Chengjiao's words meant and how much power he possessed.
With such a huge advantage, if Lu Buwei still cannot win the business war quickly, he should just go back to fishing as soon as possible.
“It takes so long.”
Lu Gou Jian sighed softly. He thought it would only take a dozen days.
Lu Buwei smiled bitterly.
"Brother Lu, this is not a duel between two people. The winner will be decided in an instant."
"I know. Anyway, hurry up. "
"promise."
As the two chatted, the carriage got closer and closer to Han.
But Zhang Liang didn't know it at this time.
Now in Han, neither he nor Ying Chengjiao is in a situation where the timing is right.
With the advantage of location and people, he is temporarily tied with Ying Chengjiao.
But once the carriage enters Han territory, he will lose the geographical advantage.
In the same land of Korea, flying birds are much faster than galloping horses.
A secret room in Zhang's house in Xinzheng.
The house had a door but no windows, and four bright candles were lit inside.
"Can't this thing be copied?"
With the power of the Zhang family, Zhang Liang summoned all the skilled craftsmen he could find, and put the paper covered with words for everyone to touch and look at.
The skilled craftsmen touched the paper, examined it carefully , and spoke of the generous reward from the Zhang family.
"This thing has a woody scent, so its material must contain wood."
"And water."
"You should crush the wood and mix it with water."
"Why not grass? Grass is softer and closer to this."
"How can this yellow-white color be grass?"
"Is the grass in this world only green? How do you know there are no yellow or white colors?"
"That's right. If you think so, flowers are fine too."
“…”
Everyone was talking about it, but no one responded to the question of whether Zhang Liang could imitate it.
This was not the modern era, with all kinds of sophisticated machines that could break down the materials and make identical ones in minutes.
These skilled craftsmen are worthy of the title as they are able to distinguish the approximate material of paper by relying on experience, the naked eye and nose.
"Gentlemen, please wait. I just want to know if this thing can be imitated."
An old man with a white beard, who seemed to have a very high prestige among the crowd, stroked his beard and said hesitantly:
"Sir, are you sure this thing can be mass-produced?"
"Sure."
Zhang Liang saw with his own eyes the stack of papers on Han Fei's desk .
"So, the material of this thing should be common wood, flowers, grass, etc., rather than some rare and precious herbs. Let's give it a try, and I advise you not to have too high hopes."
Zhang Liang clasped his fists towards this group of skilled craftsmen.
"Then I'll trouble you all. Regardless of whether the task is successful or not, the Zhang family will give you one gold coin. If you can imitate this item, the Zhang family will give you one hundred gold coins each!"
Wow~
Everyone's expression changed and they were all in an uproar.
A man stood up suddenly, his eyes shining brightly.
What is the concept of a hundred gold?
Even in the richest land of Qi, a hundred gold coins were enough for a person to live comfortably until death.
These people are all craftsmen, and their lifetime income combined is less than a hundred gold coins.
"Is what you said true, sir?"
There are more than fifty people present here, and if each person gets a hundred gold, that would be five thousand gold.
Even with the Zhang family's financial resources, it would be a huge loss if they took out five thousand gold in one go.
Hundreds of eyes were staring at Zhang Liang, most of them showing suspicion and disbelief.
"Bring the contract!"
The Zhang family servant who had been waiting by his side was waiting for Zhang Liang to say this. He immediately lowered his head and held up the two bamboo slips in his hands.
Zhang Liang spread out the two bamboo slips on the table, pointed at the identical handwriting on the two bamboo slips and said:
"I can sign a contract with you gentlemen, one for each of you and one for me. Although five thousand gold is a lot, it is still far less than the reputation of the Zhang family. Can you rest assured?"
Everyone was about to agree.
The old man with white beard narrowed his eyes and waved his hand to stop the crowd.
"The older we get, the less courageous we become. Since the Zhang family is willing to give us five thousand gold coins, I think they will not be stingy with a few bamboo slips. Could you please write a few dozen more contracts for us to have one for each of us?"
After the old man said this, Zhang Liang understood.
There were only two contracts on the table, and the old man was worried that he would destroy the evidence.
The old man had a great reputation among the crowd. Even if they did not understand the old man's concerns, no one said anything. They all followed the old man's lead and stared at Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang nodded seriously.
"I'm not very thoughtful, please wait a moment."
He turned to face the servants.
"Bring sixty bamboo slips."
The old man stroked his beard and nodded, extremely satisfied.
"Young Master is righteous!"
"We will do our best!"
"The Zhang family will never deceive us!"
“…”
Everyone was excited.
With a reward of 100 gold coins from Zhang Liang, a group of people began to study the method of making paper.
Xinzheng, Shangdang, Yiyang, Wusui, Yewang, Nanyang...
For several days in a row, these Han cities were crowded with tired and dusty people coming from all over the world.
The rice shops, noodle shops, wine shops, etc. on both sides of the street all had the word "Lu" written on the front, and soon they accounted for as much as 30% of the shops on the market.
The two words "Lu" suddenly rose up like a gust of wind silently, and swept across the entire Han land in an instant.
Because Han was close to the Qin State, it was not granted to any meritorious official by the First Emperor.
At this moment, Han was still managed by officials temporarily transferred by Qin. These officials were not native officials of Qin, but basically all from Han.
They did not report what happened in Han to their superiors, to Xianyang, or to the First Emperor.
This is Xianyang’s actual control over the rest of the world.
In the eyes of later generations, the Qin Dynasty was a sophisticated machine. When the First Emperor gave an order, everyone in the world would obey it.
But in fact this is not the case. Except for the area within Hangu Pass, all parts of the Qin Dynasty were only under the jurisdiction of the First Emperor in name, and they basically obeyed the government orders in public but violated them in private.
This is a scene unique to the Warring States Period.
The famous general of Yan State, Le Yi, won consecutive victories and captured 72 cities of Qi State, leaving only Ju and Jimo cities in Qi State, thus expanding the territory of Yan State countless times.
Later, Tian Dan restored his country. Relying on the city of Jimo, he fought back and recovered all the territory. The State of Qi was successfully restored.
These seventy-two cities nominally belonged to the State of Yan, but in reality the people's hearts were still on the side of the State of Qi.
It is exactly the same as the present-day Han and Qin States.
Historically, the Qin Dynasty always lacked control over the world, and in fact it never truly unified the world.
All the regions were afraid of the First Emperor and did not dare to raise troops, and in name only they belonged to the Qin State.
The fight in Han and the gambling fight between Ying Chengjiao and Zhang Liang unfolded in such a high-profile manner yet unknown to outsiders.
As the ministers were assigned to the border areas to suppress the world, the great event of the unification of writing was unfolded.
There was a small dispute in Handi.
Before the dispute comes to an end, no one knows what it means...
Two days later.
Xianyang Palace, Xianyang Hall.
The morning meeting is held
The First Emperor sat high on the throne, but there was an extra seat on one side of him, and sitting on the seat was the Queen Mother Zhao.
All the ministers were sitting upright in the main hall. Ying Fusu, who had been absent from court meetings for a long time, finally attended the meeting again and sat in the first row.
Ying Chengjiao sat beside Ying Fusu bored and yawned.
Although he didn't go to the tower these days, the two sisters at home were really annoying.
Even though she was unable to get up after being fucked by him the first night, she still flirted with him the next day.
Ying Chengjiao had to admit that men were born losers in this regard.
The First Emperor wore the Tongtian Crown and looked at his eldest son Ying Fusu. He was so satisfied no matter how he looked at him.
He tapped the throne cheerfully and said:
"I want Fusu to go to Shangjun..."
I've only said half of what I said.
"I don't agree."
Zhao Ji, wearing a phoenix crown, turned her head and said to the First Emperor.
Ying Chengjiao stopped yawning and narrowed his eyes slightly.
