Chapter 47 Printing [Two-in-One]

"Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness the Princess requests an audience."

Yangzi? Is there something wrong with the immortal?

"pass."

The chessboard was quickly put away, and when Yang Zi walked in and bowed, he saw his father and brother sitting together drinking tea.

Even though she had something urgent to do, she couldn't help but feel happy about it. It was great that her eldest brother no longer opposed their father.

Ying Zheng asked, "What's the matter?"

Princess Yangzi quickly gathered her thoughts and presented the album in her arms.

When they saw these scrolls of paintings, the palace servants around them subconsciously rushed forward, and even Fusu stood up to block Ying Zheng.

This scene has a strong sense of déjà vu.

The last person who came before the First Emperor holding the scroll pulled out a dagger from it, causing His Majesty, who was still the King of Qin, to perform the famous scenes of "King of Qin circling the pillar" and "King carrying the sword".

Startled by their violent reaction, Yang Zi reacted quickly and spread out the scroll to show that it was safe.

After checking, the palace maid found no sharp weapons and rolled it up to present it to His Majesty, but was stopped by Fusu at the steps below: "I'll do it."

Fusu took the scroll from him, checked it again before presenting it to the First Emperor.

"Father, this is the design of the commercial building selected by the immortal."

Ying Zheng took a quick glance at it. It was crudely decorated and made of simple materials. It lacked the grandeur of Qin and the sophistication of Zheng and Wei. Even ordinary nobles would look down on it and think it was beneath their status.

"How can something used by an immortal be so crudely designed?"

He would not say that the style that the immortal liked was bad, he would only blame the clerk who designed the drawings for submitting such drawings.

Princess Yangzi quietly defended herself, "The Immortal said we should keep the cost as low as possible and reduce the difficulty of construction."

Otherwise, even if the craftsmen had a hundred courages, they would not dare to submit such a design.

Fusu listened from the side and after a moment's thought asked, "Could it be that the immortal wants to open a 'department store' like this throughout the entire Qin Dynasty?"

Only when things are to be produced in large quantities will the cost and difficulty be considered. For example, the wonders that his father likes are all one-of-a-kind, and he doesn't care how much resources are spent.

"The immortal said that when Daqin develops in the future, this will be the place where the common people go to do their shopping. All the necessities of life can be bought in the department store." When Princess Yangzi said these words, her face showed uncontrollable longing and amazement, and also revealed her blind trust in the immortal.

All the people in Guizhou had spare money to purchase. How powerful must the Qin Dynasty be at that time.

Ying Zheng also heard the hidden meaning behind these words and scanned the surrounding area with sharp eyes. "This matter must not be leaked."

If people knew the immortal's goal, they would probably use it to make excessive demands.

"I remember that Jiang Lu likes magnificent palaces, so I'll let him take charge of the construction of the department store, and Yang Zi will be in charge of supervision."

"Yes." Princess Yangzi agreed.

"Your son is taking orders on behalf of Jianglu." Fusu saluted.

Ying Zheng nodded, but he did not stop Fusu from trying to strengthen his prestige among his brothers.

As the eldest son, his status is not only due to the blessing of etiquette and his father's appreciation, but also due to the habits cultivated since childhood.

…

The brick and tile factory on the outskirts of the city was built with the help of the porcelain kiln. It is really inconspicuous among all the factories. Even the site was cleared out of a part of the existing earthen kiln.

Its strongest presence is when it provides refractory bricks for the blast furnaces of ironworks.

But they were all managers of the same level. During the gathering, the managers of the ironworks and paper mills walked with a breeze and looked energetic. Although their presence could not be said to be absent, they also walked close to the wall.

Who can bear this world of difference?

But they came from brick kilns and the skill they learned was brick making. They didn't know anything else and could only focus on this.

There are two directions: either strive for excellence, present it to His Majesty, and increase your value; or make it cheap and practical, and promote it nationwide.

The former requires excellent skills, and those master craftsmen are all working in the workshops, so it is not the turn of their small factory. So they can only find another way to reduce costs and increase output.

Fortunately, with the help of the gods, they finally figured it out after half a year of hard work. However, the first few batches of finished products were easily weathered and fell into pieces, and the optimal ratio has not yet been adjusted.

The general manager of the brick and tile factory and several managers came to the outside of the brick kiln. Success or failure depends on what they do today.

"Open the furnace!"

The steward's voice rose high.

With a rumbling sound, the furnace filled with bricks was opened, and a large area of ​​red appeared before the eyes.

Nowadays, houses are built with blue bricks, which are strong and durable and can be passed down for several generations. Blue brick and tiled houses are a symbol of a wealthy life.

But at the same time, blue bricks are difficult to fire, time-consuming, and costly, and they are really expensive.

This batch of red bricks marked the beginning of their transformation of the construction market!

The ambitious manager of the brick factory waved his hand, and thousands of craftsmen who had been prepared immediately swarmed in, each taking their positions and quickly transporting the freshly baked bricks.

The bricks were just put out to cool when the emperor's decree arrived.

"Ask the ironworks and cement factory to assist us?" The brick and tile factory manager was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out. He repeatedly confirmed, "You're not saying it's against us, are you? Ask them to assist us, not us assisting them?"

Did the sun rise from the west today?

The eunuch who came to deliver the decree shook off the claws on his sleeves, brushed off the dust, and repeated for the fifth time: "General Manager, please accept the decree."

The laws of the Qin Dynasty were strict, and the orders of His Majesty had to be carried out 100%. Especially when under the emperor's feet, the eunuchs dared not be cunning or evasive, and had to be 100% sure that the other party had received the order before they could leave.

That's why he had to take the trouble to repeat it over and over again.

Hearing the sound of the other party grinding his teeth, the brick factory manager finally realized that his chance to sing as a liberated serf had come!

"I promise to complete His Majesty's instructions."

Thank you, immortal! From today on, he will burn three sticks of incense every day!

Although the brick and tile factory only produces materials, Your Majesty will definitely exclude the master craftsmen from the craftsmanship department when actually building a house.

But after this incident, who would dare to look down on him when he went out? Their brick and tile factory was also a place entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty!

After sending off the eunuch who had delivered the decree, the chief steward turned around and burst into laughter, shouting with high morale: "Come on, start the furnace immediately and make five, six, seven, or eight more furnaces!"

…

Two teams departed from the Xianyang Palace to deliver the imperial decree. One team issued orders to various factories to build department stores, while the other team went to Nanyuan to make arrangements, where the winter wheat planting test fields would be conducted this winter.

The immortal said that since it was hard to tell whether there were any wheat seeds that could survive the winter, then they should try each one. If one could grow one, it would be equivalent to having twice as much food.

Nanyuan is quite large. Apart from the mountains, forests, streams, and palace buildings, the area that can be used for farming is at least several hundred acres, which is enough for winter grain experiments.

The old farmers who were mobilized huddled together and discussed the reasons in a low voice.

Now that the busy farming season is over and they have already completed this year's corvee labor, why do they still need to be conscripted?

Is Your Majesty going to build something again?

But I only dare to think about such words in my heart, and it would be a sin to even say them out loud.

"We are not conscripting you here to perform labor service." The Qin official who was temporarily in charge of this matter in Nanyuan did not want to explain much. The style of his Great Qin was to do what you were told to do and don't ask why.

But thinking that this matter was made possible by the blessing of the immortal, and fearing that they would make a noise and disturb the immortal, he reluctantly explained these two sentences.

"The immortals have blessed Daqin with seeds that can grow in winter. Once the farming tools are distributed, you can farm well here."

"Tsk tsk tsk, this guy really can't speak."

A man with a scruffy beard in the crowd was complaining in a low voice to the people next to him.

Standing next to him was a strong man with bulging muscles in his arms. It was obvious that he was fed with good meat and vegetables.

Hearing the man's laughter, he became anxious and angry, lowering his voice and yelling, "Boss, please calm down."

This is not Pei County, not their hometown where people always give them face no matter what they say.

If you ask him, he shouldn't have run away to travel. Now look what he has done. He is drafted here and is unfamiliar with the place and doesn't even know what will happen tomorrow.

The man he called the boss was not panicked at all. He stood there lazily, but his eyes were surprisingly bright. Deep ambition surged in his eyes, making those brown pupils shine with an exceptional brilliance.

"The eldest son has arrived!"

The eldest son! Your Majesty's eldest son!

According to the current rules of etiquette and law, he will also be the future master of the Qin Dynasty.

Before the person arrived, the crowd suddenly lowered their heads and all bowed in greeting.

The man called the boss wanted to look up and take a peek, but the burly man next to him boldly reached out and patted him on the head, almost knocking him to the ground. Fortunately, he did not stand out in the crowd.

The strong man withdrew his hand guiltily, thinking: It is better to lie on the ground than to hold my head up. I can get away with it by saying that I have never seen the world and am too respectful.

The burly leader glared at him fiercely and was about to raise his hand to rub his head when the eldest son and others had already walked up to him.

A clear and gentle voice was heard: "No need to be polite, everyone."

"I've gathered you all together to complete the immortal's test."

The burly leader: What the hell? Just now it was a blessing from the immortals, and now it's a test?

Fusu looked around and saw that they didn't show any inappropriate expressions, so he continued, "The immortal has given us high-quality seeds that yield 500 kilograms per mu. As long as we can pick out the winter grain seeds mixed in, we will have completed the test."

He waved his hand, and a row of servants holding trays came forward behind him. The plump and round wheat grains on the trays were clearly visible to everyone.

The burly leader used his strong body to grab a good position. At this time, the grain seeds were placed right in front of him, so close that he could almost reach out and grab them.

He was not a hardworking man, and he just did whatever he could to keep the land at home. But he was also someone who had worked in the fields to dig for food, and this was the first time he had seen such plump and large wheat grains.

With such good seeds, what good wheat can be grown!

There was an unconcealable desire in the man's eyes.

I want it, I want it so much!

The eldest son's voice sounded at the right moment: "The overwinter wheat seeds are mixed in with them, making it really hard to tell them apart."

The man took a few more glances. Apart from the fact that some of the wheat were exceptionally good, he really couldn't tell any difference between them.

If you can't tell, then you can only plant some and see. The wheat that can grow food is the one that can survive the winter, and the wheat that can't will freeze to death.

He covered his chest with his hands. What good wheat seeds! It's a pity that most of them will be frozen to death in the winter snow.

"Agricultural officer, take them down." Fusu ordered.

He came here in person just to show his importance, not to really give orders here.

The men and strong men followed the main group to collect farm tools.

The farm tools here are really good. They are all made of iron. Even the iron plows are polished to a shine. The cows' hooves are so strong that they can easily plow ten acres of land.

He was driving a cow, walking in the field with a hissing sound, turning his head to look left and right. There were no fields to the edge of the field, and it was all flat and fertile farmland.

"This emperor has it so easy! I can't even afford a few bites of meat, yet he can get so many people to work for him for free with just one word."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the inspecting agricultural officer coming over, so he quickly shut up, lowered his head, and drove the oxen to continue plowing the fields.

After working from sunrise to sunset for five days, the experimental field was finally cultivated.

The doctor who came from a farming family was also here. The farmer who dared to think and act developed a control group method. He planned to set aside a few acres to directly sow untreated wheat seeds, and the rest would be planted after being processed according to the traditional methods of drying, selecting, soaking, and promoting seedlings.

See how much immortal energy remains in the seeds after they have left the blessings of the immortals.

On the day the seeds were distributed, the strong leader noticed that several people in the crowd were making eye contact with each other.

He realized this was a good opportunity.

Whether you will get promoted and make a fortune, or live in chaos, depends on this move.

So he went over and joined them.

If you can't beat them, just join them first. What he is best at is making friends.

…

The turbulent situation in the South Garden did not affect the Hall of Longevity at all. The place was still lush with vegetation and had a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere.

Wei Shengxue has been busy all this time, and only now has time to relax and learn about the results of the system's retreat.

Before she could even open her mouth, the system started beeping.

The core of the issue is that she shouldn't absorb merit directly, as this would cause serious consequences.

[You were lucky this time. You didn't burst directly, and your foundation wasn't damaged.]

The system covered the twitching code and continued, "This time it was my oversight, but next time you encounter this situation, just let those merits dissipate."

It was so difficult to say this, the system's electronic heart was about to stop beating, this was a merit!

But in order to prevent the host from being reckless next time, I still have to remind him.

Wei Shengxue responded with "hmm" and "ah" without saying a word. She was so well-behaved that the system didn't have the heart to nag her anymore.

System: Forget it, my host is so sensible. This time it did this because of its negligence.

【Please pay attention next time. 】

Wei Shengxue: "Yeah, I will definitely not do it again."

——Please do this kind of quick upgrade with no side effects more often!

The main point is to pretend to obey but actually disobey.

"By the way, Tong'er, you haven't told me in detail about the results this time. How is it? You spent so much time on this, it can't be that you only made an external display, right?"

Of course not.

The system excitedly pulled out a panel and pointed at a newly appeared interface, "Look, this is the task search function I just edited."

Mission...search?

ah?

What kind of system is this? It doesn’t even have the function of publishing tasks. I have to look for another one.

Although he had anticipated the poor condition of his own system, Wei Shengxue still found it too unexpected.

"No, isn't it because my cultivation level is too low and I haven't started exploring the world of immortal cultivation that you didn't issue any missions?"

Weishengxue: Break the defense!

System: Guilty.jpg

It shoved the warning email about the world's deviation deeper into its storage and replaced it with a gentle and steady voice pack. "Host, I have no other choice."

Weishengxue: Just keep acting.

The system pretended not to notice her question and continued: [You've seen the map of the Xiuxian Realm I showed you before. Among the three thousand small realms in the Xiuxian Realm, some are always a little barren.]

Wei Shengxue: "...a little bit?"

She looked around and found that not only were there magic weapons, but even the illuminating spirit beads were made by her herself.

The system coughed twice: [Okay, it's a lot poorer. But it's not because you refuse to leave.]

It had really wanted to take her away! It had even written a note to its best friend. Once she nodded, it would borrow energy from her best friend to open the passage.

Wei Shengxue rolled her eyes and said coldly, "Then take me away now, right now!"

no!

The system was jumping around in her sea of ​​consciousness, and the constantly flashing and changing lights on its body showed its excitement.

I used to leave and leave, but now there are merits here! There are also those who want to open the Yun Dynasty and exchange for spiritual veins...dog rich!

This kind of fat sheep was the first one it encountered in its system career, so how could it bear to leave?

【Host~】

Wei Shengxue snorted and ignored it.

[Host, I was wrong. I don't want to be so useless. These are all limitations set by the main system. I also want to be as powerful as the big bosses in the system world, but I can't do it.]

Wei Shengxue rubbed the goose bumps on her body and shivered with nausea.

"Speak normally!"

The system switched the voice pack back to the default voice: [Huh? Host, you don't like it? My previous hosts all loved this voice pack. As long as I changed it and said a few words, they wouldn't hold it against me.]

Wei Shengxue: "...Who would like such a disgusting tone?"

Just give me some pause.

Seeing that she wasn't really angry, the system stopped playing tricks and pulled out the page again.

Due to system restrictions, the original task release function cannot be activated. During this period of seclusion, this system has built a new task release module based on merit and the fate of the Qin Empire. However, due to the last-minute rush, there are some minor functional flaws.

The system transformed into a hand in the sea of ​​consciousness, with the thumb and index finger stretched as wide as possible, and a little "one".

"It's a few hundred million, right?" Wei Shengxue sighed. "Just tell me what the problem is."

[The system's scanning range and information collection capabilities do not cover the entire Daqin.]

【The present Daqin.】

As for the Qin Dynasty, whose territory expanded in the future, it would be even more difficult to scan.

"I remembered that I seemed to have heard this prompt a few days ago." But I was busy at the time and the system was still beeping, so I just let Tongmei take over.

[I have set it to the special task in the task module. ]

With a beep, the page switched, and a purple page representing a special mission unfolded, with the same message hanging on it alone:

[Special mission: According to the map, go to the fulcrum to place the system clone, 0/3.

Mission Rewards: Daqin Global Map x1, Daqin Global Information x1, Daqin Real-time Climate Monitoring x1...]

The long list of task rewards that follow seem to be very cost-effective.

But Wei Shengxue wasn't fooled at all. "These are your basic functions, right? Can this be considered a reward?!"

System: Why not?

But it didn't dare say this, otherwise it would be locked up in a dark room by its angry host.

[When the mission is over, I won't take any commission from your mission rewards, and I'll give you half of mine.]

Wei Shengxue agreed immediately.

As for what the reward was, sorry, she was so excited to hear that she could go to the world of immortal cultivation and didn't hear a word I said.

Anyway, she won't lose anything.

[Ding! Mission 1: Give the Qin Emperor Ying Zheng the book "Postpartum Care for Sows." Mission deadline: three days.]

The flat, smooth electronic sound suddenly rang out, making her feel a little uncomfortable.

After hearing the content of the task clearly, Wei Shengxue suddenly realized: It seems that this is the case.

"Don't call it a mission module, call it a memorandum."

"Someone come."

The maidservant outside pushed the door open and came in, bowing and saying, "Please give me your orders, Immortal."

Wei Shengxue: "Where's Yang Zi?"

"Today is the anniversary of the death of Her Royal Highness's biological mother. Her Royal Highness is returning to the palace to pay respects and is requesting two days' leave."

Wei Shengxue was surprised, "Why didn't she tell me? Let her rest for a few more days, there's no need to rush back."

She was bred by the breeding center with the best genetic combination selected from the gene bank. No one ever told her what father and mother are, but she also knew that the relationship between parents and children is deep, and if they die, they will definitely be very sad.

Wei Shengxue returned to the desk, drew a few meditation talismans and asked someone to send them to Princess Yangzi.

She pulled out another radio note and racked her brains to come up with a few words of comfort: "I hope you won't be too sad. Take good care of yourself... Your mother has become a star in the sky, watching over you every night. She is with you, not far away."

The following sentences are obviously used to coax children. Every year, there are people on Star Internet saying that they were deceived by this kind of white lies for a long time when they were young, so let’s use it now.

Wei Shengxue thought that these were overly obvious words of comfort, but she had no idea of ​​her identity in the eyes of the people of Daqin.

Princess Yangzi, who received the talisman, took these words seriously.

The immortals said that her mother had gone to heaven, so she must have become an immortal!

The tears dried up halfway through falling.

I can't suppress the smile on my lips!

"Go back and tell the immortal that I will be in the Palace of Eternal Life this afternoon!"

She had to go back early to be influenced by the fairy spirit. If she was influenced by enough fairy spirit, she might be taken to heaven by her mother in her dream to meet her!

Wei Shengxue was unaware of these little episodes. What was worrying her now was the thick book and the many words she had to write.

"How could the students forget this book when copying it?" She slapped her head in frustration.

[Ding! Mission 2: Teach printing, mission time limit: three days.]

Weishengxue: Ah?

System: Huh?

"Didn't I teach them printing?"

【Didn't the host teach them the art of printing? 】

Wei Shengxue: ...

system:……

Good guy, what a good guy!

Two confused people got together.

"Tong'er, it's time to show your strength!"

【Come on, today I will show you the power of this system! 】

Half an hour later, three piles of wooden boards as tall as a person were piled up in Wei Shengxue's yard. On the table next to it, a palace servant was urgently cutting paper, and on the other table, a palace servant was grinding ink with his hands as fast as an engine.

Wei Shengxue took a piece of wood, and the system that had been prepared long ago immediately projected positive reverse characters on it. Spiritual power surged and rolled across the wood like water, sawdust fell off, and a carved board was completed.

The palace maid who had been waiting on the side came up immediately to take it away. There was an ink brush already prepared on the long table.

Cutting paper, grinding ink, projecting, carving, brushing ink, laying paper, and drying, this series of processes are coordinated in perfect harmony, like a small assembly line.

Time passed little by little, and the shadow slowly lengthened...

Wei Shengxue stopped, and the last carved block was brushed with ink and printed on white paper.

The palace servants ignored their sore bodies from a day's work and quickly sorted and bound the books, then respectfully handed them to the immortal.

Wei Shengxue flipped through the pages casually, a satisfied smile on his face: "Not bad."

"Everyone in the courtyard will receive a reward today. Yang Zi, please remember this."

Princess Yangzi picked up her pen and wrote it down in the book she carried with her.

“This is printing, one of the four great inventions that have influenced the progress of human civilization.”

Wei Shengxue said this, and pulled out a piece of white paper and wrote:

——"Postpartum Care of Sows".

This book, which was inevitably mentioned when future generations reviewed the great inventions of mankind, appeared.