The strongest boss in the sky

Chapter 197 The Beginning of a New Era

After Mo Chen screened those beauties away, Emerald Tiger excitedly opened the wooden box on the short case.

The wooden box is made of high-quality mahogany, and the overall shape is boxy, without too many decorative patterns, and its length is about a foot or so.When the wooden box was opened, it revealed the treasure inside which made the Emerald Tiger excited.

I saw that there was a layer of obvious unevenness inside, and even a little yellow paper.

Mo Chen looked at the paper in the wooden box with a look of disappointment in his eyes.

According to ancient records, it takes about a hundred days to make high-quality bamboo paper.It has only been less than a month now, and although it is somewhat disappointing to be able to produce this kind of yellow paper, it is also expected.

Seeing Mo Chen's disappointed eyes, Emerald Tiger showed a mysterious smile on his face, and said, "Look, general, this is the first batch of paper we made according to the method taught by the general. Although its quality is not good, it is better than paper." The traditional Fang Xu has been much stronger."

The Emerald Tiger said, and took out the yellow paper that looked like straw paper.

I saw that under the yellow straw paper, there was a piece of paper that was slightly uneven, but the embryonic form of rice paper could be clearly seen.The Emerald Tiger kept moving, and took out four completely different papers from it in the blink of an eye.

By the last one, it can be said to be quite mature paper.Although it is still slightly yellowish, it has generally affected the use.Its surface is as smooth as a fine brocade, and it is almost impossible to find the unevenness with the naked eye. Only when you touch it carefully can you feel a little bit of graininess.

Surprised expression appeared on Mo Chen's face, he picked it up from the short case, felt the toughness of the paper, and felt even more astonished.

It only took more than half a month, and Emerald Tiger was able to make such perfect paper!
Although it is completely incomparable with modern paper, this is the ancient pre-Qin era.Being able to produce such a paper in this era is quite perfect.

Mo Chen's face was full of surprise, and he asked: "Paper of this quality can already be introduced into the market. However, how much does it cost?"

The Emerald Tiger said excitedly: "In order to hurry up the work, although I used some precious strange stones, the cost is still less than one hundred and one of the bamboo slips, and the effect is far superior to the bamboo slips."

Bamboo slips are already the most important writing tool in this era, as for Jinjuan, it is a luxury that only princes can afford.But even so, the manufacturing process of bamboo slips is quite cumbersome, much more troublesome than paper.The most important thing is that the cost of bamboo slips is quite high, and it is not easy to store and carry.Even a scroll of bamboo slips with only a few hundred words weighs about several catties.

Therefore, the ancients have the allusions of learning the rich and five carts, and the key reason is that the bamboo slips are too cumbersome.Moreover, it is not an easy task to carve seals on the bamboo slips.

And all these difficulties will no longer exist in front of paper.The paper of the same weight can hold a hundred times more words than the bamboo slips of the same weight, and it is more convenient to carry.Moreover, compared with bamboo slips, the cost of paper is much cheaper, and it can be widely used.

As a shrewd businessman, Emerald Tiger has fully seen the value of paper as early as the successful manufacture of it.It was precisely because he understood that he was so excited that he couldn't control himself.

This so-called paper can definitely leave a big mark in history!
Emerald Tiger stroked the paper intoxicatedly, as if stroking a peerless beauty, with a completely unconcealable joy and intoxication on his face.

Mo Chen looked at the intoxicated expression of Jade Tiger, and didn't care about his rudeness, he laughed and said: "Tiger, you have helped the general a lot."

No one in this world knows the value and function of paper better than Mo Chen.

He can fully foresee what kind of frantic pursuit paper will cause when it appears in the markets of various countries, and what considerable profits it will bring.Mo Chen is more aware that the true value of paper does not lie in how much wealth it can bring to oneself in a short period of time, but in its profound impact on the world.

It will break the monopoly of the nobles on knowledge and greatly promote the spread of knowledge.And once paper is combined with movable type printing, the impact on the world will be subversive.

However, with his current strength, the printing technique is okay to use secretly, but it cannot be used on the table.At least until he has not fully gained power in South Korea, printing is not suitable for exposure.

Mo Chen pondered for a moment, then ordered solemnly: "Tiger, the manufacturing process of paper must be very careful, and there must be no mistakes. Now that you have produced perfect paper, let's expand the production scale secretly. , don’t let it flow into the market for now.”

The Emerald Tiger smiled, nodded and said: "The tiger understands, and will act cautiously. As early as the beginning of the successful production of paper, I have ordered it to expand production secretly. However, it will take at least three months to put it into the markets of various countries. Preparation time."

Mo Chen nodded slightly, with a gentle smile on his face.

Although three months is not short, it is not too long.

During this period, I just made some corresponding arrangements to save unnecessary troubles in the future.After all, paper has too much to do with it, and anyone with a little knowledge can see its great value.After the paper is listed, Xinzheng City is going to be bustling.

Mo Chen pondered for a moment, then ordered: "Since the paper has been made, the printing technique should also be prepared. In addition, the secret workshop I asked you to build, how is the preparation now?"

The Emerald Tiger patted his chest, and his round belly was rippling. He smiled and said, "I'm a tiger, so don't worry about it, General. The workshop has already started preparations, and all the materials that the General needs have been collected. up.

In half a month at most, the workshop will be fully ready.It's just that those things that the general needs, I'm afraid it will take some time to fully produce them. "

Mo Chen nodded, but said nothing.

For this fantasy world, Mo Chen can't say how much power gunpowder will produce in the future.As for the small things like stirrups, although they look inconspicuous, they have a huge role in military affairs.

The improvement of the combat effectiveness of the cavalry by the stirrup can be said to be an epoch-making product.It's just that this thing is too easy to be imitated, there is no secret at all.Once the stirrup is exposed to the eyes of the world, I am afraid it will not be long before it will spread all over the world.

Although gunpowder has great power, once people know it well, it is easy to find a way to deal with it.

Therefore, if the stirrups and gunpowder want to exert their greatest power, the only way is to temporarily hide them deeply and wait for the moment when they can exert their greatest power!
Perhaps, this time will not be too long.

If I remember correctly, at most next year or the next year, Daqin will launch a huge war against South Korea.In the original history, South Korea almost perished after this war, and lost nearly half of its small territory again.

As for now!

Mo Chen closed his eyes slightly, with a faint smile on his face, thinking about how to give Qin a great gift in this war.

Just as Mo Chen was meditating, a guard's voice came from outside the hall: "To the general, there is someone outside the door who claims to be a Mohist giant, saying that he has something important to ask to see the general."

Mohist giant!

Mo Chen came back to his senses with a look of surprise on his face.

What is the reason why the Mohist giant begged to see him?
Speaking of which, the Mo family is in this world, but it is a powerful force.

Not to mention the various messes of the Mohists, it is a perverted mechanism beast that can be explained by the fantasy version of Transformers.It is their so-called flying wooden bird. If it can be mass-produced, it will really be a fantasy version of the air force!

It might be a good opportunity for the Mohist giant to visit.

Thinking about the air force brigade equipped with gunpowder bombs, it really makes people excited.

(End of this chapter)