“Thank you very much, Your Honour.”
Qin Shi Huang nodded and continued walking towards the front without stopping.
Zhao Gao smiled at this time and said.
“It’s a blessing for him to meet His Majesty.”
Qin Shi Huang, however, shook his head and said.
“It is my good fortune to have met him.”
Neither of them suspected that the other would swallow the money privately, being able to make the decision to voluntarily teach people for free, they wouldn’t do such a thing.
The two men proceeded to walk on the streets, and within a short time, they once again came across a place where a crowd had gathered, only this time the ones who had gathered together were all adults.
This time no need to go up and ask, two people know what happened, because the side posted a notice out, also in there is a steward in the loud yell, the
“Recruiting, recruiting ah, as long as it is Da Qin household registration, no matter male or female, hands and feet complete on it.”
“Labour five hours a day, every six days rest one day, the wages are extremely fair, with the Qin government out of the paperwork as a guarantee!”
Hearing this, the Qin Shi Huang at the side slightly frowned, this condition was much harsher than the one that Long Er had shown him at the beginning.
There was no telling how the people would react.
With the shouts quite a few of the people gathered, seemingly discussing something.
Soon one of the people stood up and said.
“I’m from a nearby village, and I can come out to work as a labourer with little land at home, but your rules are a bit bad.”
Hearing this the steward hurriedly said.
“Our rules are all in accordance with the official documents, what’s wrong with that? The wages are also very fair.”
The people then said.
“You say that you work five hours a day, but I don’t want to rest for that long, so how will the wages be calculated if I work beyond the five hours?”
“Also, I don’t need to take a day off six days, just one day in half a month.”
When farming at home, there was nothing to say about rest.
The steward froze for a moment, as if he hadn’t encountered such a situation before.
Only after a while did he say that
“This, the wages are calculated separately that is, and I can also give you a little more.”
That people replied at once.
The vast majority of the people were bound to live their entire lives facing the ground.
He even thought in his heart that it was better to have fewer readers in the world.
Otherwise, how can the people afford it?
But he never thought that it would unfold in this form, and only now did he fully understand Zhao Lang’s idea, not to cultivate countless readers, but to turn being able to read into a discipline that was the most basic ability for everyone.
With the ability to read, and then with that increasingly cheap paper books now, then there will be countless talents rising from it.
It’s like sowing seeds into a fertile field, and what will eventually grow depends on the power contained in the seeds themselves.
The results may not be seen for ten years, but the longer the time, the greater the power that will erupt!
This was the other party’s plan.
Even Emperor Qin Shi Huang was shocked by such a long-term plan for a moment.
“Nobleman?”
The young man on the side shouted at this time, the
“Are you all right?”
Qin Shi Huang returned to his senses at this time, and looked at the other party with a complicated expression, the other party being the best example.
After learning to read himself, he would then pass that knowledge on to others.
This was already a seed that had already sprouted!
“It’s nothing, you’ve done a great job, old me has nothing but some silver money to fund you.”
After saying that, he waved his hand, and Zhao Gao at the side took out a bag of money.
The young man hesitated for a moment, and eventually excused himself, saying.
“This nobleman, I teach the children, but not for the money, but the teachings of the academy.”
Qin Shi Huang smiled and said.
“This money is not just for you either, it would be good for you to buy some books and then some clothes for the children.”
The young man then took the money and returned to.
“Many thanks, nobleman.”
That people replied, at once.
“That’s good! I’ll go with you!”
Soon there were quite a few people who followed the stewards and drew up the paperwork.
Seeing this scene, Emperor Qin Shi Huang directly fell silent, then he revealed a bitter smile and whispered.
“This is slightly different from what Wave Child thought.”
Those measures of Zhao Lang’s were all about protecting the people and not letting them work for too long.
But the current situation was that the people wanted to take the initiative to lengthen their hours.
Zhao Gao, who was on the side, concurred.
“Your Highness the Crown Prince has been raised since he was a child, so he may not be so clear about what the people want.”
The people of Great Qin weren’t afraid of suffering, they weren’t afraid of being tired, they were afraid of having a bad day.
As long as they had a running start, their tenacity was rare in the world.
Qin Shi Huang shook his head slightly, he didn’t agree with Zhao Gao’s words that
“If Wanderer really doesn’t understand the people, then it would be impossible to pacify the chaos of the Six Kingdoms with the power of the people.”
“It’s just that he understands these merchants and powerful people better.”
“In any case, things have come to this point, let’s see for the time being what the scene will be like five years from now.”
Every time Zhao Lang talked to him about plans, he used five years as a deadline to see the results and make adjustments.
After saying that, Qin Shi Huang led his men towards the outside of the city, preparing to return to the camp.
It was only in the evening that Emperor Qin Shi Huang returned inside the camp where the parade was located, and only when he came back, an attendant came over and reported.
“Your Majesty, the craftsmen from the Craftsmanship Supervisor have come to report that a new ink lamp has been made ready for ascension.”
Qin Shi Huang’s eyes lit up quickly and said.
“Lead the way.”
Then all the way to the back of the camp, we saw more than a dozen craftsmen gathered around an ink lamp that was much larger than normal ink lamps, seeing Qin Shi Huang come over, the leading craftsman came over and reported that.
“Your Majesty the new ink lamp has been prepared, this time we have prepared a live chicken.”
Emperor Qin Shi Huang nodded and said.
“Light the fire.”
Without hesitation, the craftsman turned and walked to the ink lamp and lit the fire.
Without hesitation, the craftsman turned and walked to the ink lamp and lit the fire.
Under the nervous gaze of the crowd, in the evening sunlight, the ink lamp suddenly shook as the flame burned.
It then began to slowly rise, eventually stopping a dozen or so metres in the air, secured by a rope!
At this time a gust of wind blew by, the ink lamp suddenly shook, and the artisan at the head of the group hastened to say.
“Pull the ink lamp down.”
Soon the lamp was back on the ground, and the craftsmen took out the live chicken inside and brought it to Qin Shi Huang.
“It’s done?”
Qin Shi Huang said at this time with a bit of incredulity.
What the craftsman said at this time, the
“Your Majesty, this papier-mâché ink lamp is still not solid enough, and it is prone to catch fire.”
“I’m afraid we still need to find new materials.”
Qin Shi Huang nodded at this time, but his face was more than a little excited, the
“Good, pass on the order to head directly towards the land of Baiyue first thing tomorrow morning!”
Although this ink lamp still wasn’t big enough to fly high, and the only thing it could carry was a live chicken, this was the first time it had taken a live animal into the sky.
But as long as this continues, one day, this ink lamp will be able to take people to the sky!
He even thought about what kind of expression the other party would have if he were to hitch a ride on the Flying Ink Lamp one day and appear in front of Lang Er.
At this time inside the Xianyang Palace, Zhao Lang sneezed and
“Which bast*rd is thinking of me again?”
Touching his nose, Zhao Lang asked the slave next to him, the
“Has the letter to Han Xin been sent out?”
Nu smiled and returned that
“Master, it was sent out long ago.”
Zhao Lang nodded, this time, letting Han Xin to watch over Liu Bang, there shouldn’t be any problems before.