Ying Zheng's expression remained unchanged, but his gaze was deep and unfathomable. He spoke as if sighing:
"This celestial book contains a total of 163,200 characters."
The Moon Goddess nodded with a smile, "The Human Emperor's count was accurate; it was indeed not wrong."
Their conversation initially seemed puzzling, at least to Wang Ben. Seeing that the others had clearly figured something out, he nudged the person next to him and whispered:
So what if there are so many words?
"General Wang, don't you know that 160,000 characters would take three large carts to carve on bamboo slips?" someone nearby exclaimed excitedly.
Wang doesn't want to study and always skips classes. Ben:…………
Those present finally understood the enormous role of paper in literature and art. It was cheap and convenient, and with paper, everyone in the world could read!
Li Si was quick-witted; the people of the conquered states of Han, Zhao, and Wei had little sense of belonging to Qin.
A major reason for this was that the Qin state could not spare enough officials, so it had to employ the old officials.
In addition, the local powerful clans who controlled the power and culture in the three regions were still attached to their homeland, which is why the common people could not shake off their status as remnants of the fallen dynasty.
Now that we have paper, we can quickly train officials to replace them.
As for what happens next, a ruthless glint flashed in Li Si's eyes. Those officials who relied on the lack of talent in Qin would all have their families confiscated and their clans exterminated!
Ying Zheng never expected that coming to harvest carrots would bring him two big surprises in a row.
With recipes for carrots and jade rabbits, the people of Qin were spared from starvation; with paper, scholars from all over the world turned their hearts to Qin.
Qin must obtain this paper!
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