Chapter 143 The merits of culture and education are beyond compare
Chapter 143 The merits of culture and education are beyond compare
Author: Mr. Xiong Er
Chapter 143 The merits of culture and education are beyond compare
Big project!
Another big project!
After listening to the conversation between Jiang Hua and Carp King, Feng Qingyang knew that this was another big and amazing project!
Following Jiang Hua's order, the cabinet members began to work. As a cabinet member, you can often get some information at the first time. Therefore, now, every cabinet member must sign a covenant before entering the cabinet.
.But even so, going to the cabinet has become the first choice of many young talents.
Following the cabinet's action, a new issue of Yancheng Official News was released as scheduled three days later.
Today's Yancheng Official News has set a publication date and will publish it every three days. Slowly, every day of publication will attract a lot of people's attention. In the future, as the literacy rate in Yancheng increases, the frequency of publication will increase.
There may be some improvement, and it is foreseeable that it will increase once a day.
Originally, the cabinet members thought after discussion that sea-related projects would be the top and most iconic news in the next issue of the newspaper. However, they never expected that they would learn about it again the next day.
Big news!
On the second day, Jiang Hua went directly to a paper factory.
Previously, Yancheng's official newspapers used silk cloth instead of paper, and the silk cloth was still of high quality.
The printing method is not the movable type printing as imagined, but plate printing.
The printing process at that time was as follows: the cabinet members personally determined the content of the Yancheng official newspaper, and after deliberation, produced a first draft to show to Jiang Hua and to Jun Chengyu.
After Jiang Hua and Jun Chengyu have completed the review and feel that there is no problem, they can prepare for large-scale printing.
When printing on a large scale, the Taoists would cast spells directly, and sometimes use earth magic to transform the slates. They were all high-quality slates, with no unevenness or pockmarks at all, and were very smooth to the touch.
Using the smooth stone slab that has been transformed by Taoism as raw material, the earth-moving Taoist method is used again, and the earth-moving aura is used to change the surface of the stone slab, making it appear one after another with inscriptions.
After obtaining the inscription tablet, he directly poured special ink on it, and then took the ink-stained inscription tablet and printed it on the silk cloth that had been prepared. Every time he printed it, a Yancheng official newspaper appeared.
With the Tao method, making slates has become very easy and the cost is not high. Any magician can complete it quickly. As a result, movable type printing has not been spread yet, and plate printing has become more popular.
But things like silk cloth are money in this day and age!
In most places, silk cloth is equivalent to money and can be spent directly as money.
Occasionally printing on silk cloth is fine, but printing on silk cloth all the time is a waste of money. Although Yancheng is not short of this money, and the publicity effect far outweighs the cost, such a high cost obviously cannot enter the homes of ordinary people.
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As for the more expensive Taoist version of the Yancheng official newspaper, the output is smaller and the price is ridiculously high. Most people can just look at the silk version of the official newspaper. There is no need to force the legal version of the official newspaper.
However, the official version of the magic weapon version also has significant advantages. The silk version can only be read, while the magic weapon version can be read automatically after inputting magic power, with sound and projection!
After walking, Jiang Hua came to this paper mill.
Looking at this paper mill, Jiang Hua remembered the ins and outs of the paper mill.
Jiang Hua has wanted to make paper for a long time, but unfortunately, although Jiang Hua was a science student and a researcher in his previous life, he was not good at making paper and had no knowledge in this area.
His knowledge of papermaking was limited to the fact that he could use fishing nets, rags, and bamboo as raw materials to make paper.
But Jiang Hua didn't know how to use these raw materials to obtain paper. He only remembered that ancient people could also make paper, which showed that papermaking itself was not so complicated that it could not be made.
However, the power of Yancheng at that time was still weak, and it could only allow a few interested warlocks to study together with dozens of alchemists.
Later, when Young Master Yangsheng became the Grand Sima, he and Yancheng maintained a tacit understanding, and Yancheng had enough time to develop.
What's more, there were Taoists from all over the world at that time, and there were more Taoists all at once. Therefore, Jiang Hua sent another Taoist priest to take charge of the matter.
Now, four months later, we finally have some tangible results.
"Doctor Qiuyang has seen the grand ceremony of wine!"
Jiang Hua nodded slightly, and the specific information about Dr. Qiu Yang immediately came to mind.
Dr. Qiuyang, his position is Doctor of the Academy, his Taoist name is Qiuyang, he comes from the Liu family of the 173rd family, he is 256 years old this year, he is an older Taoist priest, and his qualifications are not as high as those of the Taoist group.
Not inferior, but better in being practical and reliable.
As I get older, I don’t have so many thoughts, and I don’t like to fantasize as much as the young Taoist priests. Maybe it’s because I was beaten too much, so I am very meticulous when executing orders.
"Thank you for your hard work, Dr. Qiuyang."
"No matter how hard it is, I'm not actually the hardest worker. The hardest worker is Yu Jiaoxi."
Jiang Yu is a member of the same clan as Jiang Hua. However, he has been in the fifth server for a long time, but he can still be regarded as a member of the public clan.
As a member of the public family, it is good not to bully others. How can you be bullied by others? Therefore, Dr. Qiuyang has no idea of taking credit for Jiang Yu's achievements.
"Before I arrived, Master Yu had already produced the original version of paper."
Jiang Hua nodded slightly to express understanding.
"Indeed, paper had already been produced at that time, but the cost was higher and the quality was poor. The storage time was far less than that of bamboo slips, and it would rot after a short time."
Not to mention this kind of original paper, even if it is a textbook from later generations, if you read it repeatedly, from the first year of high school to the third year of high school, you can make a new book that was originally thin become thicker, and there will be obvious swelling.
From a new book to an old book, the book itself becomes obviously thicker.
And if the original paper made by Jiang Yu at that time was turned into a book, it would probably be completely rotten after being turned over a hundred and eighty times.
"After I arrived, Yu Jiaoxi had no reservations about me. I just understood Taoism better and optimized the papermaking process from the perspective of magic."
Having said this, Dr. Qiuyang took Jiang Hua and others to visit the current papermaking process.
"In the past, the first step was to cut off the bamboo and soak it in a pond for more than a hundred days, while washing off the green skin of the bamboo."
"Now this step is directly replaced by Taoism. The water in this pool is prepared with turbid water. The bamboo can be soaked in it in just one day."
"In the past, the second step is..."
"Finally, use the Tao method to dry directly."
"For convenience and to improve efficiency, I directly built a drying room. A large number of Dao patterns were used around the entire house. It requires the full maintenance of several alchemists every day to ensure the operation of the drying room, but the efficiency has also been greatly improved.
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"Now, after using the Tao method, it only takes two days from bamboo to final product."
"It is precisely because the time for each test is greatly shortened compared with the past that I was able to conduct thousands of tests using different raw materials in just four months. It is with the data of these thousands of tests that we can
today’s papermaking process.”
"To be honest, I didn't deliberately invent anything. I just used Tao method to simulate the entire papermaking process, shorten the papermaking time, and increase the frequency of papermaking experiments."
"Then, I led my colleagues to conduct experiments again and again. These experiments themselves are actually very boring, but these boring and inconspicuous experimental processes contain many secrets. After understanding these secrets, it will be much easier to make paper.
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Looking at Dr. Qiu Yang, who looked humble and didn't think he had any merit, Jiang Hua was satisfied from the bottom of his heart.
Although Dr. Qiuyang always says that he has actually done nothing and has not done any innovative work, in fact, his thinking mode is already ahead of many stubborn conservative Taoists. If possible, Jiang Hua plans to
The future will put more burdens on him.
How could such a talented person not have many years to live because he could not break through in cultivation?
Such talents should quickly find an opportunity to become a Taoist priest, live for thousands of years, and be the project leader for themselves!
After walking, they reached the end point. Jiang Hua personally picked up a piece of paper he had just made and rubbed it with his two fingers for a while. It felt okay.
"You all should come and take a look."
Following Jiang Hua's greeting, Feng Yi came over and picked up a few pieces of paper from the scene. While observing them himself, he also handed them to other colleagues.
"Dr. Qiuyang, can I ask you a few questions?" Feng Yi asked directly after a moment.
Looking at the meticulous Feng Yi, Dr. Qiuyang remembered many legends about Feng Yi: Well, most of these legends related to Feng Yi are not good things.
Some say Feng Yi is shameless and only takes benefits without doing anything!
Some people say that Feng Yi is not good. Although he comes from a 173 family, he doesn't do anything for everyone. Ever since he became a cabinet member, he feels superior to others. Even if you invite him to dinner, he won't even take notice!
Others say that Feng Yi is a thick-faced person with a dark heart, a guy who can do whatever he wants, and the city is very deep.
In short, when facing Jiang Hua, the master, Dr. Qiu Yang was not nervous at all, and felt that Jiang Hua's smile was very contagious. But at this moment, looking at Feng Yi with a straight face, he was suddenly shocked.
There are quite a few Taoists who were caught by Feng Yi and sent away!
Dr. Qiuyang coughed, and after making sure that he had not committed corruption or done anything shameful, he nodded: "No problem, just ask."
"Dr. Qiuyang, what is the cost of this kind of paper?"
"It depends on how you define the cost itself."
"In the past, almost every Taoist and Chinese people were good at cutting bamboo, burning bamboo, making bamboo slips, and finally left a bamboo book."
"At that time, almost every Taoist and Chinese person with academic experience had made many bamboo books by hand."
The bamboo slips made in the market are too expensive, so you might as well go to the bamboo forest to find bamboo, cut bamboo, burn bamboo, make bamboo slips, and write bamboo books when you have nothing to do.
"If the time and energy spent by people in the past are also included in the cost..."
When he said this, Dr. Qiuyang began to think and became less nervous.
"For example, an alchemist might only be able to make bamboo slips recording a thousand words in one day in the past. But now, if he goes to work in the academy or goes to a certain township to help the township cultivate land, he can only make bamboo slips that record a thousand words in one day.
He can earn at least several hundred dollars. If he goes to draw talismans today, then maybe he can earn at least several thousand dollars that day."
"Such a thread-bound book has a total of fifty pages. If you purely record text and use woodblock printing on each page, you can leave at least 300 words or a picture. Just such a thread-bound book can
It contains three copies of the Tao Te Ching written by Li Sheng."
Many people do not have a clear understanding of the number of words in the Tao Te Ching.
They always feel that the Tao Te Ching only has 5,000 words in total, which is too few words!
However, in the era of bamboo slips and bamboo writing, it was not necessarily possible to write the 5,000-word Tao Te Ching on ten volumes of bamboo slips.
Ten volumes of bamboo slips can already fill a desk.
Huang Huang's Five Thousand Words, in the era of bamboo slips, was already a truly tome-level work!
"Just one book like this can record the contents of three Tao Te Chings!"
"Many yellow-level Taoist methods were only a bamboo slip in the past. In this book, one yellow-level Taoist method can be recorded on one page, with pictures, text and explanations attached next to it."
"With the advancement of our engraving technology and the improvement of paper quality, there may be 500 words, 800 words or even thousands of words in one page of the book in the future!"
"And once it is produced on a large scale, the price of such a book, from the cost of paper plus the cost of ink plus engraving plus everything else, a book will only cost a few dozen dollars." At this point,
Dr. Qiuyang's face was filled with happiness.
He felt that he had created an unprecedented new era!
"In the past, books were priceless. An old bamboo slip could easily sell for thousands of dollars as long as you were willing to sell it."
"A bamboo slip used for enlightenment can be sold for at least a thousand yuan."
"And such a book contains at least ten or even thirty or fifty bamboo slips, but the cost is only thirty or fifty yuan. In the future, the cost may be further reduced, to ten or twenty yuan."
"Once books are spread on a large scale, it may be possible that every child can have a book of his own, instead of like now, where many classes only have one set of bamboo slips. Children often only have one set of bamboo slips.
Take the bamboo and write and draw on the ground."
"Oh, by the way, luckily someone invented the blackboard and chalk, otherwise, it would have been even more difficult..."
"Soon, every child in the academy will have his or her own book!"
"It won't be long before every household in Yancheng will have their own books!"
"This is all thanks to the Lord!"
"If it wasn't the Lord, where would the paper be today?"
"Just for this piece of paper, my master's cultural and educational achievements are rarely matched or even surpassed by no one!"
"This is actually an inspiration for Taoism to enter life. On behalf of those people in the world who want to study but cannot, I would like to thank you, Lord!"