Early on the next morning, Gongsun Xun wrote a sincere resignation letter on the grounds of filial piety. Then he called a guest from the business who was good at equestrian skills and asked him to rush to Yangle City, a county outside the Great Wall.
An elder from the clan who is an official in the county will forward it to Governor Zhao on his behalf.
After all, although he was a bit unwilling to resign as soon as he returned home, it was still my mother's arrangement, and rationality told Gongsun Xun that this arrangement was quite reasonable.
After seeing this person out of the city, Gongsun Xun immediately went to watch his wife's 'famous business', which was the so-called first experiment in woodblock printing... Well, having said that, I have to praise Cai Yong's reputation.
He also lamented the desolation of this poor place in western Liaoning. I heard that the Seven Classics recorded by Cai Bojie were going to be reproduced, and more than half of the prominent people in Hulala City came to watch.
From the county king to the clan elders, no one is left behind!
However, both Gongsun Xun and Gongsun Yue frowned and looked at the so-called engraving and printing, but the more they looked at it, the more speechless they became.
Because the so-called "block printing" that Gongsun said would change the world's landscape seems to be no different from the "beating and rubbing method" used in Luoyang to carve stone scriptures. It just took two more troubles to give the inscription model to the like.
The stone scriptures are just like carved on a jujube wood board, and finally they are inscribed onto a paper book!
I can only say that doing this seems to be much more convenient than transcribing, but if you want to say that there are any particularly exquisite and novel techniques...it doesn't seem to be there, right?
And it is obvious that the tapping and carving in the front are very neat. After a few old stonemasons got used to the wood, it only took them most of the effort to carve out a wooden board with inscriptions on the "Book of Songs", and they are still doing it continuously.
Carvings are being made.
However, just when everyone thought everything was going to be fine, the printing work that started in the evening came to a standstill, because as soon as it started, it was discovered that there was a big problem with the ink... There were too many dirty words, and I had to adjust it many times.
I kept adding oil and adjusting the thickness. Anyway, I spent the whole day tossing and turning without getting a decent result.
As a result, when it was done again the next day, the number of people who came to watch was reduced by more than half. The county prince did not come this time, and he just asked the county magistrate to do it for him. The elder of the clan who was actually in charge was Gongsun Xun.
The second grandfather did not come again, only his grandson Gongsun Fan came over and continued to watch... One more thing here, the eldest son of Grandpa Gongsun Xun died young, and the actual person in charge of the lineage was this man who served as the prefect of Shanggu County.
He is the second grandfather, and Gongsun Fan is also the eldest grandson of the Gongsun family.
However, the presence of the eldest grandson did not bring any good luck, and the next day passed in a daze while debugging ink.
It was still the same on the third day. At this time, even Gongsun Yue went back to help his family with some work. The county magistrate obviously stayed outside to give face to Gongsun and his wife, but Gongsun Fan
From the beginning to the end, he followed and watched carefully... which made Gongsun Xun look at him differently.
But on this day, Aunt Gongsun finally did not lose her former reputation. By the afternoon, the ink was finally adjusted to be neither thick nor light, and the oiliness was just right. So after some rubbing, the ink was actually printed.
"Guan Ju", the first chapter of the Book of Songs, comes out, with the so-called punctuation mark, which is exactly 102 words.
And just this one hundred and two words on a piece of white paper instantly caused a group of bumpkins in Lingzhi City to marvel in amazement!
The county magistrate wanted to take away the final product that he had worked hard for for three days on behalf of his county prince. He also told him to inform him after the entire Book of Songs was printed. However, as the direct heir, Gongsun Fan actually took away the defective product that had many writings stained on it.
It was snatched away, and I don’t know what use it would be if I took it back?
Of course, Gongsun Xun just murmured these thoughts in his heart, and did not dare to show them on his face. Didn't you see the arrogant look on his mother's face? It seemed like she had made a great contribution...
In fact, this is because Gongsun Xun is a little ignorant and self-righteous.
It should be noted that many epoch-making technologies do not require too many thresholds. They may just be a proper integration of several existing technologies. Sometimes they are not even integrated, but are just standardized improvements suitable for promotion.
That's all...but they just changed the times.
Just like this engraving printing, in fact, the custom of erecting stone tablets was very popular in the Han Dynasty, and the tapping technology was basically completely popular. The reason why it was not used for printing books was just a piece of good paper... However, in another time and space,
Here, even two hundred years after the emergence of Zuobo paper, which was made of compact material and easy to preserve, people suddenly discovered that it seemed that the two technologies could be combined to print books!
Is there any technical content to this?
No, but it is very important and has changed the world. And this "invention" with no technical content by Aunt Gongsun made this technology that facilitates the spread of knowledge available more than two hundred years ahead of schedule!
What's more, Gongsun Xun didn't know that his old lady still had many similar things hidden in her belly, but she just couldn't take them out or didn't want to take them out due to various restrictions and thoughts.
Well, as for whether movable type printing is one of the technologies that Mrs. Gongsun maliciously hides? No, it's really not... who makes her not an engineering geek, right? The ink and movable type materials are really not up to standard, so she needs to make an engraving
The ink is killing her, let alone the ink and materials for movable type. And since she doesn’t have the ability to use movable type, she has no choice but to use engravings that have no technical obstacles!
All in all, after these three days of tossing, regardless of the technical content or how long it takes for this method to mature, everyone finally understands it... If nothing else, what will happen in the world in the future?
There will probably be more and more books, and with Gongsun and Amway’s methods, there will probably be more and more bookstores selling cheap books!
Yes, you read that right...there are bookstores these days!
There are bookstores in Chang'an and Luoyang. For a long time, people have carved the most basic "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Songs" on bamboo slips for sale... But the price is not acceptable to ordinary people, and it is also in Chang'an and Luoyang.
Only big cities have bookstores like this.
In the history of the Han Dynasty, the famous Wang Chong went to a bookstore in Luoyang every day to read books because his family was too poor, and he could memorize them after reading them once. I don’t know what the bookstore owner thought... Of course, he was in his hometown.
When I was in Kuaiji, I couldn't find a bookstore to buy books.
While Gongsun Xun was thinking wildly while looking at the 'engraving' that was initially showing results, Gongsun Fan came back again and brought an invitation from his grandfather, who is now the de facto leader of the clan... He said that he wanted to invite his aunt.
Go to his home and talk about it.
As for why I invited my wife to talk about it, everyone knows it. As I said before, this dynasty has a tradition of not inheriting classics, and it is a second-rate family after all. And the Gongsun family has been suffering for too long at the top level of a second-rate family.
, then in the eyes of the older generation, anything that helps spread the family’s academic reputation is huge!
However, this had nothing to do with Gongsun Xun. After watching his wife, led by Gongsun Fan, continue to walk towards the largest courtyard in the clan in a arrogant manner, he turned around and headed towards a courtyard at the west gate of Lingzhi City.
Walking to the place, there is the back of the Amway headquarters compound, which is the dormitory area that Aunt Gongsun said personally.
Why are you here? Well, the day before, Aunt Li San came to see Gongsun Xun, saying that the new accountant wanted to see him and offered him a clever plan.
"Brother Zibo, are you still used to it?" Gongsun Xun opened the door and entered the other party's single dormitory. Gongsun Xun looked at Lou Gui who was busy doing something with his head down and half-smiling.
"Thanks to Wen Qi for taking care of me." Lou Gui, who was writing something at his desk on the bedside table, didn't even raise his head. He really looked like a celebrity. "I'll settle down when I'm here... Besides, this place is much more interesting than at the foot of Fengshi Mountain.
It has only been three days, and I have already seen many new things that I have never seen in my life."
"Yeah?"
"This is natural." As he said this, Lou Gui turned around and showed off the Arabic vertical pose he had just completed. "Good thing... it's much more expressive than words."
"Indeed." Gongsun Xun did not refute. "What else?"
"And..." Lou Gui put down the white paper and quill pen in his hand, turned around and supported the high back of the chair he was sitting on. "It has only been three days, and I feel that my previous actions are like child's play!"
"What actions?" Gongsun Xun casually sat on the edge of the other party's bed.
"Of course it's about recruiting desperadoes..." Lou Gui shook his head repeatedly. "I thought I was smart and saw through the world earlier than anyone else, so I wanted to make preparations. However, I didn't realize until I arrived in Liaoxi that those actions were simply childish.
! When the world is in chaos, will it be enough just to have brave men? Do you have food and fodder? Do you have soldiers and armor? Do you have a good place to live?"
"It sounds like our Gongsun clan is going to rebel..." Gongsun Xun immediately laughed. "Does our Gongsun clan have soldiers and armors? Could it be that Amway has also started a business of soldiers and armors? How come I didn't know about it?"
"I'm not saying that you want to rebel," Lou Gui sighed. "I didn't say that your family has a war business, but I also asked, your Gongsun family is in the neighboring county, and they hold important positions in many places in this county.
He is in charge of the troops and horses... So if you, Gongsun Wenqi, want to rebel, I am afraid it will be more convenient than anyone else!"
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "You came to me just to come up with a clever strategy for rebellion?"
"Don't think I'm joking," Lou Gui said sternly. "I've been studying accounting in your accounting office these past two days. I've seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears that your family has a horse business, a grain business, and
For the cloth and silk business, there are warehouses, shops, caravans, and lower-line tribes in several surrounding counties. Even Xianbei, Wuhuan, Goguryeo, and Sanhan outside the Great Wall all have transportation with your family... So, if one day war really breaks out.
, your family might as well send troops from this Lingzhi city to defraud Lulongsai!"
At this point, Lou Gui suddenly fell silent, and the two of them stared at each other.
"Then what?" Gongsun Xun finally asked, pretending not to understand. "Why did you say it stopped halfway?"
"Oh," Lou Gui said impatiently. "Why should Wenqi pretend to be stupid? Once Lulongsai is obtained, not only can he obtain a large amount of weapons and armor, but he can also directly cut off the traffic between Hebei and the outside of the Great Wall, and then calmly enter the five counties outside the Great Wall.
By the time……"
"At that time, we should appease those outside the Great Wall, gather our troops, and watch the chaos in the world and the war in Hebei. When a good opportunity comes, we can directly lead our troops southward, pacify Hebei, and then follow the example of Emperor Wu and seize the Yellow River to gain a glimpse of the world... Is this what you want to say?" Gongsun
Xun asked speechlessly. "Lou Zibo, Lou Zibo, can't you change this problem of having a good eye and a low hand? Are you still curious? My mother actually said that you have higher intelligence than me? Am I just a pig with a brain like yours?"
Is your intelligence higher than mine?"
"How could I be too ambitious and too short-handed?!" Lou Gui blushed and said, "Isn't this okay?"
Gongsun Xun sneered: "I only want to ask you one thing. Do you know how far it is from Lulongsai to Zhiyang Lecheng, Liaoxi County?"
Lou Gui looked confused.
"Five hundred miles!" Gongsun Xun said with a smile. "On the way there are only small towns such as Liucheng and Guanzicheng to rely on. In other words, the core areas of the five counties outside the Great Wall are also five hundred miles away from Lulongsai! If you bring dry food, more than ten
A cavalry with three horses per person, if you don't skimp on horse power, may be able to arrive in a day and night; if you are a caravan driving an ox cart, bring enough water and food, and do not encounter any bandits, and travel day and night, changing the animals on the road, that ten days
It's enough time to go back and forth; but you have to gather an army and cross these five hundred miles of wilderness to capture the five counties outside the Great Wall... Lou Zibo, tell me, how long do you think it will take for the army to go these five hundred miles?
, how much food is needed? How depressed will morale be along the way? What if there is an elite brigade waiting for work when we get there?"
Lou Gui's face turned red.
"Of course, if the operation in the five counties outside the Great Wall is deep, it is not impossible to take it down by relying on power and political strategy." Gongsun Xun continued to smile. "But even if it is taken down, it will be impossible to get out once it is in. It is nothing more than a refuge."
This is where the disaster lies. Because after putting the focus on the five counties outside the Great Wall, Lulong Fortress basically cannot be saved..."
"Is it because of these five hundred miles?" Lou Gui asked.
"Just because of these five hundred miles." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Isn't five hundred miles far enough? Lulongsai is the throat in Hebei, and it is a checkpoint five hundred miles outside the fortress... As long as the focus is moved outside the fortress
, then Lulongsai will definitely be taken over by the forces in Hebei as soon as possible."
"I did have some empty talk." Lou Gui was embarrassed.
"You are talking about talking on paper." Gongsun Xun shook his head repeatedly. "It is misleading people and causing trouble, and what we just said has not mentioned other dangers on the five hundred miles road...such as the attacks of Xianbei and Wuhuan."
Lou Gui was about to speak but stopped.
"I know what you want to say." Gongsun Xun corrected him speechlessly. "Do you think my business has a deep connection with those foreign races? Let me tell you straightforwardly. First of all, this Wuhuan is attached to the Han Dynasty, not only
It’s my family. Anyone can do business with their tribe. My family’s business with them means nothing! As for Xianbei and Goguryeo, they are actually small tribes that live on the border and are so poor that they will starve to death.
The company has formed an upstream and downstream line. As for their real senior management, how could they have any dealings with our company? There is also Sanhan, that poor place is a barren land that the Han Dynasty and Goguryeo are too lazy to include under their rule, which means that ginseng is worth a lot of money.
We have gained some trade value in the future, so what’s the use of having contacts with them? So you, you are really hopelessly high-minded and short-handed!"
Lou Gui no longer dared to speak.
"If you have the skills, you should practice your accounting skills more!" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh. "Even if the situation really changes, it will take seven or eight years. My Amway account doesn't have anyone to spare...
If you continue like this, I'll have to ask you to go to Xuantu Branch to collect ginseng. It's a cool place and I'm sure you'll feel at ease in two winters."
After saying this, Gongsun Xun stood up from the bed in the other party's dormitory, held his hands behind his back and held his head high, just like his mother's expression when she went to the clan leader, with a so-called superior look on her face and left the place arrogantly.
A night of silence.
On the second day, which was also the fifth day after Gongsun Xun returned home, Li Sanyi sent news that Lou Gui was indeed a lot more honest.
But on the third day, which was also the sixth day after Gongsun Xun returned home, in the morning, a fast horse suddenly galloped into Lingzhi City... It turned out to be the guest at home who had been sent to Yangle to deliver the message!
In other words, not only did this person fail to deliver the letter, but he brought earth-shattering news to Gongsun Xun, the Gongsun family, Lingzhi City, and even the entire Youzhou:
The convoy of the mother of Zhao Bao, the governor of western Liaoning, was also the convoy of the powerful Zhao Changshi aunt. On the way out of Lulongsai to Yangle City, they encountered the Xianbei people and the entire convoy was captured!
"Are you kidding?!" Gongsun Xun's first reaction after hearing this was disbelief. "In the four hundred years of our country, the former Han Dynasty and the later Han Dynasty have never heard of such a thing! Two thousand Shi family members were captured by the enemy in our own territory.
Captured?!"
"Young Master, why would you joke about something like this?" the guest quickly replied. "I heard the news when I walked to Guanzi City. After asking about the situation, I hurried back. As soon as I passed Lulongsai, there was
The whole place was under martial law, and then the messengers came out in all directions... I am familiar with the road, so I have to hurry up. I am afraid that in a few quarters of an hour, the official news will arrive."
"It's still not right." Gongsun Xun said with a frown. "When the mother of the governor of Liaoxi goes to the county to govern, Lu Longsai should send out elite escorts. The old lady also said it personally..."
"The enemy has thousands of horses." The guest suddenly interrupted.
Gongsun Xun was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately figured out what was going on... This was when the Han's war preparations from Daijun to Yunzhong were exposed. The Xianbei people wanted to strike first, but were unable to fight back, so they launched a large army to invade.
The cities outside the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty! And Yangle City was the first to bear the brunt!
This is just the beginning of a series of wars!
And if you think about it this way, Mrs. Zhao, her daughter-in-law, and granddaughter may be really unlucky and fall into the hands of the enemy!
Thinking about the several encounters with that family, and then thinking about the upcoming series of battles, Gongsun Xun had mixed emotions for a while, and he really didn't know what to say.
But there was no time to think too much. In the afternoon, with the arrival of the military messenger, there was a complete commotion in Lingzhi City... As Gongsun Xun said before, not to mention the Xianbei invasion of nearly ten thousand horses, which was unprecedented in scale, just talking about one county.
The fact that the chief's mother was captured by an enemy country is something that has never been heard of in the 400 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty! Without even thinking about it, Luoyang will be shaken across the board, and the entire territory of Youzhou will definitely send out elite troops under the control of the governor Liu Yu.
Support, and as for the cities under this county in Liaoxi, it goes without saying!
You must know that these days the country is based on the county!
The governor of a county is like a king. If something like this happened to the king's mother, to put it bluntly, you officials, sergeants, and even the local powerful people in Liaoxi County should all die for humiliating the officials!
In fact, the county king of Lingzhi County immediately issued an order after the shock, and sent all the troops, soldiers, children of wealthy families, grain and strong men in the county to Lulongsai!
Gongsun Xun had not had time to resign as a county official. In addition, his surname was Gongsun, he was a disciple of Guang Luxun at that time, and he was a young hero who broke through the camp with thirty horses... so he was naturally appointed to this army.
Leader, go to support.
Although Aunt Gongsun was extremely reluctant to leave, she could only let her son go without even complaining... Didn't you see that Gongsun Yue had just arrived home and followed him? Even Gongsun Fan, the eldest son of the clan,
They were all thrown out by his grandfather! In this situation, it seems that all he can do is count on Han Dang, a 'famous historical general', to protect his son again.
After packing up, we set off directly on the second day. There was no such thing as a heroic journey. To put it bluntly, although the troops and horses were strong and the food and supplies were ready, people were panicked and at a loss. This is how everyone felt... There was really no one.
Having encountered this kind of thing, I don’t even know whether I should fight this battle or not!
But just when Gongsun Xun said goodbye to his mother and took Han Dang, Gongsun Yue, Gongsun Fan and hundreds of other elites with him with a blank mind and prepared to leave from Ximen, he happened to encounter another extremely disgusting and annoying thing.
"Gongsun Shaojun, Gongsun Wenqi!" Lou Gui, Lou Zibo, who was too ambitious and low-minded to even know basic geographical knowledge, was being dragged back by two store clerks at the moment, but he still wanted the Amway boss.
He stood on the door frame of the courtyard and shouted loudly into the street. "Listen to me, listen to me! I have a plan! I have a wonderful plan!"
Gongsun Xun was already upset, but now his eyelids were twitching with anger from this guy, so he immediately became furious: "Bring him over to me, and use a knife with him again! Even if he doesn't die in this battle, I won't
I want to throw him to Lelang County along the way and be my ginseng customer for twenty years!"
"Zhao Bao, whose courtesy name is Weihao, was born in Dongwucheng, Ganling. He was loyal to his brother and served as a constant servant to the emperor. Bao was deeply ashamed that his family had an eunuch named Shao and did not communicate with Zhong. He first served in the prefecture and county, promoted filial piety and integrity, and then moved to Guangling.
After three years of service, the government and religion were clear, and the county showed its status. He was moved to the west of Liaoning Province. He resisted the rule of law and became famous among the border customs. He sent an envoy to welcome his mother and wife, and he came to the county. The road passed through Liucheng, and more than 10,000 people from Xianbei entered the country.
The bandits, Bao's mother, wife and daughter were robbed as hostages and carried to attack the county." - "Book of the Later Han" Volume 81. Biography of Du Xingxing
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