Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

Early the next morning.

Gai Nie then left Mo Jun's house.

Whereabouts... unknown.

at the same time.

As "Journey to the West" gradually flowed into the seven countries through the sale of countless merchants, an invisible storm quickly swept through hundreds of schools of thought.

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Qi State, Songhai.

Little Sage Village.

Fu Nian rode a fast horse, and after traveling day and night, he finally got back as soon as possible.

As Mr. Mo's friends, Fu Nian and the Six-fingered Black Man got "Journey to the West" and the 'paper' about a day earlier than anyone else.

And both of them also got a little bit of 'inside' information from Mr. Mo.

After returning to Xiaoshengxian Village.

Fu Nian took the package and went straight to the back mountain, where he found his uncle and the current head of Xiaoshengxian Manor, Xunzi.

"Uncle Master."

"It's Fu Nian! You're back, what's the gain from this trip..."

Xunzi in the small courtyard behind the mountain was studying the chess records. After hearing Fu Nian's voice, he did not raise his head.

But just this raising of his head made Xunzi stunned for an instant. He didn't even notice that the chess piece he had just picked up fell from his fingertips.

"You...who are you?"

"Uncle Master, please stop joking." Fu Nian said helplessly.

His uncle is good at everything, but sometimes he has a bit of an old naughty mentality. What time is it now? Is it time to joke?

Xunzi: "·······"

Am I kidding?

Seeing that Fu Nian had already changed so much in less than a year after leaving home, Xunzi, who was "old and frail", was really in trouble.

"Uncle Master, please take a look at this first."

Seeing Xunzi in a daze, Fu Nian had no choice but to get straight to the point. He took out a volume of "Journey to the West" and a stack of white paper from his package and handed them to Xunzi.

Xunzi first took the white paper and glanced at it, and it was this glance that instantly made Xunzi realize that something was wrong.

And when Xunzi took "Journey to the West" again and opened it and took a look, Xunzi's eyes suddenly changed.

"This thing...where did you get it?"

"The student traveled to Hanzhong on this trip and worked as a teacher in Lord Shengping's residence for a period of time. It was Lord Shengping who invented this thing." Fu Nian said respectfully.

"Shenghei-kun!"

Xunzi's deep eyes narrowed slightly. Although Xunzi is old now and has not been out of the mountains for a long time, it is naturally impossible for him to have never heard of the name 'Sheng Pingjun'.

It's just that before, most of Mo Jun's fame that spread to Qi was related to his achievements in food, but now that Mo Jun suddenly created a sacred object of literature and art such as 'white paper', Xunzi was indeed a little surprised.

"How much does this cost?"

"Before the student left, this thing had not been sold to the public. However, the student had heard Mr. Shengping mention before that this mythical novel called "Journey to the West" only cost about 150 yuan a copy. And you can buy five of these 'blank papers' for a big buck."

"How can this thing be so cheap?"

Xunzi's squinted eyes suddenly opened and he looked at Fu Nian in surprise.

As the head of the contemporary Little Sage Village, Xunzi has used bamboo slips countless times in his life. Because of this, he can clearly judge the advantages of this kind of 'white paper' compared to 'bamboo slips' without even using it.

Good things are more expensive, that's a given.

Xunzi originally thought that the price of this kind of 'blank paper' would be very high, so he was only slightly surprised, but not too shocked.

However, when Fu Nian reported the price of this "blank paper", Xunzi couldn't sit still at all.

"Yes, and this is only the price for external sales. The cost of this 'blank paper', based on my understanding of Lord Shengping during this period, may be much lower than we imagined."

Fu Nian spoke in a low voice.

At this time, even Xunzi realized the seriousness of the matter. The low cost meant that it could be produced in large quantities, and the more things were produced, it meant that it could be spread to a wider range.

"Also, Uncle Master, could you please take a look at the differences between these two books?"

With that said, Fu Nian took out a new copy of "Journey to the West" from the package and handed it to Xunzi. Xunzi spread out both volumes in front of him and looked at them carefully.

It turned out that the two books were completely identical, and every word was exactly the same.

Xunzi's deep eyes suddenly shrank.

"this······"

"According to Lord Shengping, this technology seems to be called 'printing'. I once saw with my own eyes that Lord Shengping's printing factory in Hanzhong printed 100,000 books in just half a month."

When he said this, even Fu Nian himself felt a little unbelievable.

One hundred thousand copies.

What is this concept?

To put it bluntly, the entire world, including the seven kingdoms and hundreds of schools of thought, probably has less than 100,000 books in total.

After the shock, Fu Nian felt a deep fear and horror. After all, in this era, the idea that knowledge is difficult to spread and even more difficult to popularize has been imprinted on almost everyone's mind.

Even Fu Nian himself has always thought so in the past.

This is not just a monopoly of the aristocracy.

What's more important is that the hard conditions are not up to standard.

At first Fu Nian thought it was scary enough that Mr. Mo had invented a cheap and convenient writing medium like 'blank paper'.

However, when Mr. Mo showed Fu Nian the efficiency of [printing], Fu Nian deeply felt what it meant to be 'terrible'.

This can no longer be regarded as changing the literary environment of the current era.

Precisely.

It should be 'destroy'.

When they first saw Mr. Mo demonstrate the effect of the combination of [Printing] and [White Paper], Fu Nian and Six-fingered Black Man who were present at the time had already vaguely seen Mr. Mo in an overbearing and unreasonable manner. The picture of completely destroying the entire world and the existing literary environment.

This will be a turmoil that affects the entire world and all schools of thought.

But at the same time.

This is also an opportunity.

If someone can seize this opportunity, the entire sect may be able to prosper in an instant.

It was precisely because of seeing such a scene that Six Finger Black Man and Fu Nian were running on [Qin Ping Avenue] regardless of their image.

As the two representatives of Mohism and Confucianism today, they must seize the day given to them by Lord Mo to seize the opportunity in the coming turmoil.

at this point.

Fu Nian could see it, and Xunzi could naturally see it too.

So Xunzi thought for a moment and then slowly said: "What does he want?"

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