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For the next two weeks, Xianyang Palace became the busiest place in the entire Qin Empire.

Several side halls that were originally filled with clutter, inhabited by low-ranking palace maids, and left uncleaned for years were cleared out.

The floor was swept clean, the windows were boarded up, and guards stood at the door.

The First Emperor decreed that no one was allowed to enter these side halls without permission.

Luo Fei led the First Emperor, Fusu, Meng Tian, ​​and Li Si into the side hall.

The hall was empty, with only a few pillars supporting the roof. Luo Fei stopped, stretched out his hand, and with a thought, a mountain of supplies poured out of his ring.

Dozens of tons of grain seeds were packed in sacks, stacked layer upon layer, from the ground all the way to the roof beams, taking up half of the side hall.

Agricultural tools, implements, equipment, medicines, seasonings, cloth, and other supplies were piled up in boxes.

The First Emperor stood at the entrance of the palace, staring in astonishment as sacks, cardboard boxes, and wooden crates appeared out of thin air and piled up from the ground to the ceiling.

Fusu reached out and touched a bag of grain seeds. Although the burlap sack was rough, the seeds inside were plump and full, and he could clearly feel them even through the sack.

Meng Tian squatted down, opened a wooden box, inside was a brand new iron hoe, gleaming coldly in the sunlight. He lightly scratched the blade with his finger, making a small cut on his skin, and a bead of blood seeped out, but he didn't frown, instead, he smiled.

Li Si stood beside the desk, holding a copy of "A Comparison Table of Qin Dynasty Characters and Modern Chinese Characters." This was one of hundreds of copies made by the professors, printed on modern A4 paper, clean, smooth, and with neat edges.

His fingers turned the pages, from the first to the last, his brow furrowed slightly, his lips moving slightly as he silently recited the corresponding characters.

Subsequently, Li Si received the First Emperor's decree, took overall command, and prioritized the translation of books by civil officials.

He distributed the comparison tables and dictionaries to his civil officials, one for each of them, and asked them to translate word by word according to the tables.

Books such as "Tiangong Kaiwu", "Nongshu", and "Lunqi" were prioritized for translation. Books that recorded agricultural, engineering, medical, and military knowledge for thousands of years to come were also translated word by word.

The civil officials sat behind their desks, with a table comparing the original text of modern Chinese with Qin seal script spread out in front of them. They dipped their brushes in ink and wrote stroke by stroke on bamboo slips.

Some people write very quickly, their handwriting slightly messy but still neat; others write very slowly, checking each character against the table several times.

When their hands got tired, they shook them off and continued writing; when their eyes got blurry, they rubbed them and continued reading.

No one complained, because they knew that the information recorded in these books could multiply the grain production of the Qin Dynasty several times over and make the Qin army invincible.

The craftsmen were summoned to the workshop outside Xianyang Palace.

Hundreds of blacksmiths, carpenters, potters, weavers, and other craftsmen were recruited from various places and divided into several groups according to their trades. Each group received a translated technical manual.

The blueprints of the curved plow were enlarged and drawn on cowhide, then hung on the workshop wall. The craftsmen gathered around to look at them, and someone pointed to the plowshare on the blueprint and asked, "What is this?" Someone else replied, "This is for turning over soil; it's less strenuous than the straight plow we use now."

The blueprints for the waterwheel were also drawn up; it was a huge, vertical-wheel waterwheel, several generations more advanced than the tippler waterwheels existing in the Qin Dynasty. The craftsmen followed the blueprints, some sawing wood, some forging iron, and others assembling the wheels.

After the first curved plow was completed, the craftsmen took it to the field for trial plowing.

A cow pulls the plow, and a person holds it. The plowshare easily cuts through the soil, and the plowshare turns the soil to one side. The furrows are straight, the soil clods are fine, and the depth is very uniform.

Fusu stood on the edge of the field, watching, then squatted down, grabbed a handful of turned-up soil, and couldn't help but smile, praising, "What a good plow."

Meng Tian also squatted down and used his hands to dig through the plowed furrow. The bottom of the furrow was flat and there were no hard clods of soil.

He stood up, dusted off his knees, and said, "This plow saves us more than half the effort compared to the one we use now."

Fine salt was also produced.

The salt that people in the Qin Dynasty usually ate was coarse salt, which was yellowish-gray in color, bitter in taste, and mixed with mud and impurities. Long-term consumption of it could also have a negative impact on health.

Following the purification methods recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu" (The Exploitation of the Works of Nature), the craftsmen dissolved, filtered, evaporated, and crystallized the crude salt, ultimately obtaining a snow-white and delicate salt. A bite of it revealed only a pure salty taste, neither bitter nor astringent.

The First Emperor took a bite, pinched a little salt with his fingers, put it on the tip of his tongue, and squinted his eyes.

He handed the salt jar to Fusu and Meng Tian, ​​and the two of them each took a bite.

None of the three spoke, but their expressions said it all.

The papermaking workshop was located in a row of bungalows east of Xianyang Palace.

Following the records in "Tiangong Kaiwu" (The Exploitation of the Works of Nature), the craftsmen used tree bark, hemp fibers, and other materials as raw materials, and went through processes such as soaking, steaming, pulping, papermaking, pressing, and drying to create the first sheet of paper.

Although the paper is still quite rough and yellowed, with tiny fibrous bumps on the surface, it is already usable for writing.

Li Si took a brush, dipped it in ink, and wrote a line of small seal script on the paper.

The ink did not bleed, the paper was not damaged, and the writing was clear.

He held the paper up to the sunlight; the paper fibers shimmered like a net, the ink embedded in the mesh, glossy black. His hands trembled slightly, not because the paper was bad, but because he was too excited.

Bamboo slips were too cumbersome; a single slip could only hold a few words, and a large quantity was extremely heavy, making them inconvenient to transport and store. Paper, on the other hand, was lightweight, inexpensive, and easy to write on. With paper, the Qin Dynasty's civil administration would undoubtedly reach a new level.

The movable type used in printing was made by firing clay, with each small square engraved with characters in reverse.

The process involves typesetting, inking, and covering with paper. Then, a light brush is applied to the back of the paper, and once peeled off, the characters are clearly imprinted on the paper. The printed characters are even neater than handwritten ones.

The craftsmen immediately printed the first batch of books that had just been translated.

The agricultural officials received planting methods for various seeds, with everything clearly written down, from the timing, depth, and spacing of sowing to precautions for fertilization, watering, and pest control.

They planted the first batch of seasonal seeds in the experimental field outside Xianyang Palace.

These were crops that the people of the Qin Dynasty had never seen before. The agricultural officials followed the methods in the manual to plow the land, make ridges, sow the seeds, and cover them with soil.

Although they didn't know what the crops would look like when they grew, they trusted the yields listed in the manual.

The military generals were captivated by the various translated military treatises. These included works such as "The Art of War by Sun Tzu," "The Art of War by Wu Zi," "The Art of War by Sima," "The Three Strategies," "The Six Secret Teachings," and "Questions and Answers between Emperor Taizong of Tang and Li Weigong." These military treatises were either not yet written in the Qin Dynasty or had already been lost.

The military officers were overjoyed to receive the translated version.

Meng Tian sat in his tent, reading by lamplight. When he came across a particularly interesting passage, he couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

He copied the phrase "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated" from "The Art of War" onto bamboo slips, hung it in his tent, and read it every morning.

Some famous generals from the late Qin Dynasty were also given important positions.

One of them was Zhang Han, who in later history led the army of convicts to defeat the uprising army of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. Later, he was defeated by Xiang Yu in the Battle of Julu and eventually surrendered to Xiang Yu.

But in this time and space, none of this has happened yet.

The First Emperor put Zhang Han in charge of training the new army, teaching them new tactics, formations, and weapons according to later military textbooks.

Li Si was so busy every day that he barely had time to rest.

In the morning, he would review the manuscripts translated by the civil officials; at noon, he would go to the workshops to check on the progress of the craftsmen; in the afternoon, he would go to the experimental fields to watch the agricultural officials sow seeds; and in the evening, he would return to the palace to report the day's progress to the First Emperor.

His carriage traveled back and forth on the palace roads of Xianyang Palace.

His hands and face were thinner, and there were dark circles under his eyes, but he was in good spirits, and his eyes were shining.

He dared not slacken in the slightest, for he knew that the First Emperor was watching him, the Grand Preceptor was watching him, and the future of the Qin Dynasty was also watching him.