What people fear the most is death.

Since wisdom was opened, the fear of death has been with everyone.

Countless people have tried every means to avoid death and obtain eternal life.

However, death is inevitable and immortality is unattainable.

So people turned to the next best.

Physical death is inevitable, so seek spiritual eternal life.

Leaving a deed, leaving a name, and letting future generations remember it, becomes people's pursuit.

This can prove that you have been here and exist in this world.

In a sense, it can be regarded as achieving immortality, or even eternal life.

At that time, they were living in everyone's hearts.

But it is difficult to let everyone know themselves and remember themselves.

But it is not difficult to let your descendants remember themselves.

So, ancestor worship was born.

Sacrifice to ancestors is to remember them.

Why sacrifice and remember ancestors?

Because I will become an ancestor in the future.

If you don’t worship your ancestors, how can you let your descendants worship yourself?

If you are sacrificed by your descendants and remembered, that is another form of living.

However, there is no image, and it is passed down by word of mouth. Over time, the impression of ancestors becomes blurred.

In the early days, ordinary people didn’t even have names.

How to sacrifice this?

What to worship?

So, the totem was born.

Totem, it represents the ancestors.

Totem is this kind of hope for living.

Over time, totem becomes faith.

...

Now, this small seal carved four totems.

The most, most importantly, there is one that represents one's personal totem.

Personal totem!

How can this not make them excited?

With this totem, after your death, your descendants can clearly worship and remember yourself.

If you have endless descendants, you will be immortal!

Burn!

The clan members were instantly excited.

In their eyes, this small seal immediately became a rare treasure.

They cheered and thrilled, showing off their seals to their loved ones, to their tribesmen, to anyone they met.

But everyone has a seal.

If they failed to show off, they compared the pros and cons of the text engraved in seal script.

One said.

Your totem is not good-looking, only a few strokes.

Look, my totem, so many strokes...

How mysterious!

One said.

Your totem is not good, and you have too many strokes.

Who can remember such a complicated totem?

If you can't remember, what's the point of totem?

...

Ye Qing smiled with satisfaction.

Writing, isn’t this spreading?

At least, the four or five words on the seal will be remembered in no time.

Of course Ye Qing did not forget that he engraved the seal for accounting.

Then, he made another batch of account books.

Without paper, what is the account book made?

Animal skin?

board?

Not good.

The account book has many pages, not so many animal skins, and the wooden boards are too thick and hard, so it is not clear if the seal is stamped.

He was extravagant and made all the books with cloth.

Despite the heartache, it is acceptable to have a loom in it.

He was wondering, should he invent the paper?

Making paper is very simple, but it is not easy to create high-quality paper.

If it is just made of straw paper that is easy to rot and rough, what's the use?

At least, it must have the quality of low-level rice paper to be able to write.

Just like in history, paper was invented for a long time, but no one used it. It was not until Cai Lun improved it many times that it became popular.

Ye Qing understands the principles when making paper.

But it is useless to just understand the principles.

Papermaking requires a lot of experimentation.

Raw material processing and process flow all require repeated exploration.

With the current demand for manpower, material resources, and paper, it seems a bit out of place.

So, should we make paper?

After the account book was completed, Ye Qing also used two thin wooden boards to cover the account book.

The ledger is often used in the wild and has two wooden boards sandwiched, which is much more convenient.

How to use the account book?

It is obviously impossible to let the tribe members write and keep accounts.

Ye Qing made a table.

The form contains work content, working hours and other content.

It's very simple when using it.

The seals engraved on the tribe are used here.

Whoever attends will use his seal to stamp a seal in the corresponding grid.

No handwriting is required throughout the process.

It’s a bit troublesome when you settle the accounts, and you need to count the number of each seal.

Let the tribe members count, don’t think about it.

I can only work hard for myself.

Ye Qing carved the form into a carved sheet and printed the account book on it before sending it to the neighbors and team leaders.

The tribesmen who work in management are all selected flexible-minded tribesmen.

After Ye Qing taught them how to use the account book, they quickly learned how to use it.

Holding the account book, they looked over and over again like curious babies.
To be continued...