People in the Three Kingdoms, start to capture Jiangdong

It takes about a year to deliver the finished product to you. "

Ma Jun said respectfully.

"no problem.

I will give you time.

Just forge what I need. "

Sun Ce smiled slightly.

Seven thousand Tang knives.

Thirty thousand castrated Tang knives.

Now I need [-] Mo knives.

Tiangongyuan's production capacity is very tight.

Sun Ce can also understand.

It happened that Jiangdong had just been unified.

Sun Ce needs one or two years to stabilize his rule.

So he is not in a hurry.

"Thank you, my lord, for your understanding.

The subordinates must manufacture all the things you need within the specified time. "

Sun Ce was so tolerant that Ma Jun couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

A smile appeared on his face.

"Ah."

Sun Ce nodded:

"Please report on the recent work of the Tiangong Institute."

This is Sun Ce's second purpose for coming to Tiangong Institute today.

After all, Sun Ce spent a lot of money to support Tiangongyuan.

If it does not play enough value.

Isn't he at a loss?

Sun Ce respects scientists.

But absolutely no idlers!

"promise."

Ma Jun cupped his fists and accepted the order.

Open your mouth to state the work of Tiangong Institute in the past few months.

The first is some research on equipment.

Sun Ce gave Tiangongyuan some ideas.

For example, water trucks for watering farmland.

Tiangongyuan explored according to Sun Ce's ideas.

Finally, the waterwheel was successfully researched.

When Sun Ce was on an expedition to Wujun.

The people of Lujiang have already used waterwheels.

It is more convenient for them to farm.

In addition to the waterwheel, there are dozens of gadgets.

It's all about people's livelihood.

It can make the life of Lujiang people better.

Sun Ce didn't feel much about those things.

But he attaches great importance to the two projects studied by Ma Jun.

One is printing and improved papermaking.

The other is a steel warship and a steam engine.

Both of these things are significant.

First, printing and improved papermaking.

The paper of this era is Caihou paper invented by Caihou more than 100 years ago.

Very expensive.

And the books are all manuscripts, and the number is very small.

If a person has thousands of books at home.

That is a generation of Confucianism.

Paper is expensive and books are few.

This makes reading a luxury.

Only disciples of aristocratic families can afford it.

Common people have no money to study at all.

And that situation created a situation.

That is, the power of the aristocratic family is getting bigger and bigger.

Let the rulers have to compromise with them.

Some people may ask what is the relationship between expensive paper and few books and the growing power of aristocratic families?

The entanglement is also very simple.

There are two people.

A man has read a book.

One has never read a book.

It is good for those who have read the book to be officials.

Is it better to be an official without reading a book?

Must have read the book.

Those who have read books may not be good officials.

There may be corrupt officials, and there may be evil officials.

But those who have not read the book must not be a good official.

He will manage society into chaos.

There is no order.

So come to a conclusion.

If you want to be an official, you have to be a scholar.

And because of expensive paper and few books.

Common people can't afford to read books.

Only disciples of aristocratic families can afford it.

So civilians have no chance to be officials.

Those who are officials are all aristocratic families.

Even if you hate the ruler of the aristocratic family.

in order to maintain their rule.

It is also necessary to let the disciples of the aristocratic and powerful families serve as officials.

And after the disciples of the aristocratic families became officials.

More tribesmen will come to be officials.

to the end.

The power of the aristocratic family is growing.

The ruler's power is weakened.

So a perfect logic can be drawn:

Paper is expensive and books are scarce—only disciples of aristocratic families can afford to read—students can be officials—officials are all disciples of aristocratic families—and aristocratic families are getting stronger and stronger.

This is the causal relationship between expensive paper, few books, and the growing power of aristocratic families.

Sun Ce was the ruler.

Naturally, they don't want power to be controlled by aristocratic families.

He wants to take power into his own hands.

But because paper is expensive and books are few.

Common people cannot become scholars.

Because of incapacity to serve as an official,

Sun Ce could only appoint disciples of aristocratic families as officials.

Even if the disciples of the aristocratic and powerful families were against him.

He had no choice but to appoint them.

Otherwise his rule would be shaken by chaos.