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Chapter 132 King Qin Yingzheng
After getting the formula hidden by Shanrou, Ying Zheng carefully compared it, then handed the formula of gunpowder to the Chief of Works, and solemnly stated that it was the most important secret.

Ying Zheng was very happy because Shanrou had reminded him of such an important thing as the formula of gunpowder, so he kept Shanrou.

As Ying Zheng gradually gained control of the Qin Empire, his relationship with Shan Rou was no longer hidden from others and gradually became public.

Because Shanrou usually dressed in men's clothes, even Lu Buwei might not know that Shanrou was a woman, so rumors often circulated in Xianyang City that King Ying Zheng of Qin was fond of men.

Seeing that the Meng brothers had begun to control the army and Wang Jian had become a famous general of the Qin Dynasty, many people seriously speculated that King Ying Zheng of Qin was fond of men.

Some weirdos even came up with a slogan: to invade Wei and occupy Daliang, capture Wei's Longyang Jun alive, and present him to the great Qin King Ying Zheng.

Of course, Ying Zheng also heard such rumors and slogans, but he just laughed them off and didn't take them to heart.

Shanrou had made a great contribution today, and Ying Zheng was very happy. He then indulged himself in her affections. When the passion reached its peak, Ying Zheng suddenly proposed, "Shanrou, give me a son!"

"Your Majesty! I..."

"From now on, when no one is around, continue to call me husband! This is your exclusive name!"

"Hubby! I don't want to have a baby right now! Because even if the child is born, it will be a bastard, and its status will be very embarrassing!"

"Hey! Your consideration makes sense! Although we in the Great Qin don't pay much attention to the so-called distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, your identity is indeed rather embarrassing!"

"Actually, this is pretty good! I'm much better off than those princesses now. After all, I get to see you every day!"

Because of the Lao Ai incident, Ying Zheng found that the relationship between him and Zhao Ji had become very bad, and Ying Zheng had no intention of easing it.

Because although Zhao Ji was born in a humble family, she had a strong personality, so no matter what Ying Zheng did, it would be meaningless.

Ever since he took three concubines at once, Ying Zheng's reputation suddenly changed from being a homosexual to being a lustful man of both sexes.

Many people who want to flatter the Qin King would rack their brains to find beautiful women and handsome men, hoping to be favored by the Qin King Ying Zheng by offering their beauties.

He did not care about the outside world's speculation about his personal morality, because Ying Zheng knew that the more he stopped them from discussing, the more outrageous things they would spread. Before he could control public opinion, Ying Zheng was prepared to wait and see.

Ying Zheng, who came from later generations, certainly knew the importance of public opinion. In fact, arranging Li Si to compile mythological history was also a kind of public opinion.

Ying Zheng also instructed the Chief of Works, led by Qin Mo, to start experimenting with making paper. Once the paper was made, they would be able to truly control public opinion.

Although Ying Zheng was not very familiar with papermaking, he knew the general idea, which was to use wood blocks, steam them to make pulp, and finally filter out impurities and dry them to make paper.

In fact, Ying Zheng knew that due to the lack of a bleaching agent, the color of the paper produced by the Supervisor of Crafts would be terrible. Although Ying Zheng looked down on it, the Ink Master of Crafts regarded it as a treasure.

Especially when they saw the writing on paper with a brush, they shouted excitedly. Seeing the useless look of these old-fashioned people, Ying Zheng shook his head helplessly.

"Real paper should be snow-white and clean. You still need to continue your research!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! I think this is quite good now! We should increase mass production as soon as possible and make this kind of paper widely available!"

"Well! What Ai Qing said makes sense! Just do as you wish!" Ying Zheng looked at the leader Qin Mo who was in charge of the Qin military operations, and suddenly thought of the great elder Yuan Zong.

If the great elder Yuanzong had not been killed, it would have been appropriate to arrange him in the position of Chief of Works. When thinking of Yuanzong, we have to mention Zhang Liang.

When the Qin army brought Zhang Ping to Xianyang, he was arranged to stay in a guesthouse with better conditions because of his poor health. However, Zhang Liang was thrown into prison. Ying Zheng did not sentence Zhang Liang, but only ordered his subordinates to detain him.

Ying Zheng really appreciated Zhang Liang's talent. He was also considered the bravest warrior against Qin. If he could subdue Zhang Liang, Ying Zheng would definitely be very happy.

However, things went against his wishes. Zhang Liang used conspiracy and trickery to kill the great elder Yuanzong, which made Ying Zheng a little conflicted.

Zhang Liang had been imprisoned in the Xianyang Prison for a long time and had no news from the outside world. This made Zhang Liang, who always claimed to know everything about the world, very uncomfortable.

After a period of adaptation, Zhang Liang was no longer as cynical as he was at the beginning and began to look at the abnormalities around the prison.

The reason why it was unusual was that he found that the prisoners in the prison were reading books desperately, so Zhang Liang was curious and started to find out.

"Brother, why do I notice that you are all reading bamboo slips? Do you all understand them?"

"Tsk, so you don't know anything! The King of Qin has issued an order to popularize official script throughout the country!"

"And we prisoners were required to learn the official script. Here are the Analects of Confucius and the Hundred Family Names written in official script."

"Anyone who can learn these two books will be pardoned by the King of Qin!"

"Ah? Official script? Hundred Family Surnames? What are these things?" Zhang Liang looked puzzled, like a bumpkin who had never seen the world.

The prisoner ignored Zhang Liang's doubts and handed the bamboo slips to the puzzled Zhang Liang. "Here! This is the Hundred Family Surnames!"

Although it was his first time seeing official script, Zhang Liang was still able to identify the bamboo slips in his hand. When he saw the words on them, "Ying Qian Sun Li Zhou Wu Zheng Wang."

Zhang Liang's eyes widened more and more, the shock in his heart was fully revealed on his face. He swallowed unconsciously and looked at the prisoner beside him.

"Brother, can you understand these?"

"Hehe, I can understand it roughly by guessing!" The prisoner's face turned red.

Zhang Liang could certainly understand the prisoner's words, even though he himself couldn't understand them. He then smiled silently and said, "Brother, if you don't mind, let me teach you!"

"Ah? You, you can understand!"

"Haha, of course! Although I'm Korean and have never seen your official script, I can still understand it!"

"Ah? That's great! Finally, someone is here to teach me! There are often literate guards who come to teach us, but there's not enough food to go around when there are so many people!"

"Sir, can you really read? Can you teach us too?" The other prisoners nearby heard the conversation between Zhang Liang and others, and looked at Zhang Liang with surprise.

Zhang Liang had never seen such eager eyes to learn. Although they all wanted to be pardoned, it was still shocking.

"Of course! As long as you're willing to learn, I'll teach you!"

"As long as you're willing to learn, any of you could be pardoned and released from prison in a year at most!"

(End of this chapter)