“It’s all your fault, you scared the young master away.”
“Cut it out, why don’t you say you scared him away? Don’t forget you’re the Grand Master of the Great Qin. Don’t you have things to attend to?”
“You’re no different, you’re almost always by the young master’s side every day. Shameless.”
“Haha, little sister, we both have the same idea, we’re both in the same boat. You call me shameless, what about you?”
Yan Fei looked at Yue Shen with disdain.
“Cut it out!”
Yue Shen ignored Yan Fei and turned to find Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen ran out, wiping the sweat off his forehead. This was scary.
He really didn’t know what was going on. Whether it was Yan Fei, Yue Shen, Xiao Meng, or Xiao Yi, they all seemed to like being around him.
He knew he was the Holy Son.
He was very attractive.
But wasn’t this a bit too attractive?
Sigh, I’m enduring a level of handsomeness that’s not befitting of my age!
Troublesome! Truly troublesome.
Zhao Chen went to the room next door, but he didn’t bother Xiao Meng and Xiao Yi, who were still cultivating.
He began to think about what he should do next.
Maybe he should start cultivating too.
After all, he was three years old.
Forget it, I’ll start cultivating after the paper-making and printing techniques are complete!
The next day!
Zhao Chen was still fast asleep.
Suddenly, Yue Shen pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing Zhao Chen sleeping on his back in a sprawling pose, she smiled slightly, gently pinching his nose.
“Ah, I can’t breathe, sister let go!” Zhao Chen immediately opened his eyes.
“You lazy bum, get up quickly, Commander Dun Ruo is here. He said everything is ready and wants you to go over.”
“Ah, everything’s ready? Let’s go then!”
Zhao Chen immediately jumped up and walked out.
But Yue Shen grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up.
“Young master, wait a minute, you haven’t put on your clothes yet, how can this be? ”
“Ah!”
With no choice, he put on his clothes with Yue Shen’s help. He looked like a graceful young gentleman, except he was a little too young, and was still being held in Yue Shen’s arms.
“Greetings, Young Master! Young Master, everything…”
“Alright, let’s go, we’re starting the production today.”
“Yes!”
The group soon arrived at the Imperial Workshop.
“Dun Ruo, distribute these bamboo slips, and then have people start working according to the manufacturing methods on the bamboo slips.”
Dun Ruo took the bamboo slips and distributed them to the artisans.
The bamboo slips contained the detailed steps for paper-making that Zhao Chen had written the day before.
These workers were originally skilled in making bamboo slips. Although paper-making was complex for them, they were all skilled artisans. Coupled with the detailed instructions Zhao Chen gave them, they were able to work quickly.
Zhao Chen was very satisfied.
However, Yue Shen and Dun Ruo were puzzled.
What were these things? They were quite common, even unwanted.
Otherwise, Dun Ruo wouldn’t have been able to find everything in half a day.
“Dun Ruo, send someone to watch over them. Nothing here can be leaked.
Also, don’t rush, just follow my instructions, and I’m sure you will succeed. Come with me, we have other things to do.”
“This subordinate understands!”
After giving his instructions, they left the workshop.
“Dun Ruo, find some people who make Qin brushes, give them this bamboo slip, then go to Yan Fei’s place and get what I’ve prepared.”
“No need, my sister brought it here for you.”
Just as Dun Ruo was about to give instructions, he was interrupted by a voice from outside.
Yan Fei followed by several people, each carrying a cloth bag containing the animal fur Zhao Chen had asked for yesterday.
Dun Ruo took the bamboo slip and led people to find artisans.
Zhao Chen started to wander around the Imperial Workshop, wanting to see what they did every day.
This was his first time here in three years.
“Young Master, it’s all arranged.”
“En, Dun Ruo, go find some master carvers, then find some carpenters.”
“Yes!”
Yue Shen and Yan Fei looked confused. What was all this for?
“Young Master, what exactly are you planning to do?”
“Hehe, Yan Fei, you have to watch closely! You might find that your Yin Yang House teachings are the first to be known by ordinary people!”
Zhao Chen reminded them.
“Huh?”
Yue Shen and Yan Fei were even more confused.
How did this relate to the Yin Yang House’s teachings?
Unfathomable.
Soon, Dun Ruo arrived with thirteen people.
“Young Master, these five are the best master carvers, and these eight are the best carpenters.”
“Greetings, Young Master!” X13
“No need for ceremony!”
“Make wooden strips according to the drawings on the bamboo slip.”
The leading carpenter looked at the drawings on the bamboo slip. It was very simple.
“I dare ask, Young Master, how many of these wooden strips do we need?”
“The more, the better, of course.”
“Yes!”
After giving the instructions, Zhao Chen turned to the five carvers.
“When these people finish making the wooden strips, you will carve characters on them. One character on each strip, carve all the characters in our Great Qin. Understand?”
“We understand!”
“Alright, Dun Ruo, take them away. Also, send someone to organize all the characters of the Great Qin and bring them here!”
“Yes!”
After making all the arrangements, Zhao Chen left the Imperial Workshop.
He would just wait three days.
Unknown to Zhao Chen, everything he did was known to Ying Zheng.
“What in the world is this little rascal trying to do? He even had Dun Ruo keep a close watch on those artisans. Forget it, let him do whatever he wants, we’ll see what happens in three days.”
He shook his head and stopped paying attention.
Ying Zheng continued to handle government affairs.
…………
Three days passed in a flash.
Zhao Chen and the three appeared at the Imperial Workshop.
“Greetings, Young Master!”
“No need for ceremony! Are the finished products ready?”
“Young Master, is it that snow-white and thin paper?”
“Yes, did it succeed?”
“It has succeeded. At first, the paper was yellowish, but then they rechecked step by step according to the instructions you wrote, and finally succeeded in making the paper you mentioned on the bamboo slip.”
“Haha, good, good! It’s a success! I’ll go and have a look first, you go and invite Father and Master.”
“Yes!”
Dun Ruo left.
Zhao Chen happily entered the workshop.
“Greetings, Young Master!”
“No need for ceremony, where’s the paper?”
“Young Master, please look.”
The foreman presented the paper.
Looking at this familiar white paper, Zhao Chen nodded in satisfaction.
Although it was still different from the paper in his previous life, it was already quite difficult to produce such white paper in this era.
“Good, very good! Now you need to produce this kind of paper on a large scale.
Also, the process can be further improved, strive to produce the best paper. Whoever achieves this, I will have Father grant him a title of nobility.
“Thank you, Young Master.”
“Sister, look, this is paper.”
“Young Master, is this for writing?”
They also used silk for transmitting messages. Unfortunately, silk was expensive and difficult to popularize.
But when they saw this paper, they immediately understood its usefulness.
They thought to themselves, bamboo slips will probably lose their purpose soon.
This thin paper will definitely become the mainstream.
Those princes, nobles, and scholars will definitely be overjoyed.
“Indeed, will this paper replace bamboo slips?”
“Young Master, we need to test it first. If...”
“Yue Shen, don’t worry, I’m quite confident about this.”
Zhao Chen took out a brush, spread out the paper, and began to write.