The cartoon is not loaded, however one could assume due to attitudes about politicians, its likely about lying or mud slinging
Just consider the number of Chinese characters. They number in tens of thousands and to be functionally literate you need to know between 3 to 4 thousand of them. So just imagine how hard is to fit that sheer number of characters anywhere. The other thing considering physical typesetting, Chinese characters are far more complex in shape and are much harder to create.
A scribe they keep the records and notes and important books
I believe the answer is: Making a treaty
A treaty refers to a formal agreement that being made by two countries or more. Treaty could be made for both political, military, or economic reason. Treaties regarding trade agreement is made so both parties involved could obtain some sort of financial benefit with the help of the other party/
