Confirming that Ma Jin and the others really left, Fang Xiuniang ordered her subordinates to close the door, but she was not at ease, so she added two thick latches and arranged a servant to be on duty day and night. When he returned upstairs, he said worriedly: "Girl, do you want to say a word to Xu Langjun?" ”

Su Tang categorically refused and said, "Don't trouble him, I have my own opinions on this matter." You are not allowed to go to Xu You without permission, do you hear? ”

"Okay!" Fang Xiuniang knew that Su Tang had just had a dispute with Xu You, and she couldn't pull her face to ask for help, but if she was really in danger, she had to be cheeky and go to Xu You for help. Today's Qiantang seems to be becoming more and more unstable, and it is easy for ordinary households to live in peace, but Su Tangsheng's beauty and restlessness will always provoke right and wrong inexplicably, and it is better to find someone to rely on than to be alone.

She is Su Tang's nurse, she grew up feeding her since she was a child, for Su Tang, she can do anything, including her life!

Xu You didn't know what happened in Su Zhai, he took Shan Zong to the suburbs of the gold shop early in the morning, and asked about Fang Si Nian's progress on the way, Shan Zong has been staying in the courtyard of Sijin and Fang Si Nian for the past two days, talking about the progress is very excited, saying that it may only take a year, Fang Si Nian can officially step into the threshold of the nine products. Although Xu You is optimistic about Fang Sinian, he is not as optimistic as the Mountain Sect, it is difficult to enter the martial arts, and it is even more difficult to climb, and laying a good foundation is more important than anything else. Within three years, Fang Sinian was able to enter the ninth grade, which was already a fluke, and within ten years, he became a little grandmaster, which is enough to be proud of.

Coincidentally, the ox cart had just entered the gate of the gold fang, just in time for Yan Shujian to buy refractory bricks and come back. Xu You stepped forward to check it, the quality of the bricks was okay, and it could not be compared with later generations, but it also fully met the needs of building a fire wall. At the moment, he did not rest, and took all the parts to work together, and before it got dark, braved the drizzle to build the basic framework of the three layers inside and outside the fire wall. After the sky cleared, it took two more days to build the soil and plaster the mud, and after drying, the fire wall was basically ready to be put into use.

After testing, Xu You expanded the specifications of the movable papermaker several times, and further improved the papermaking process, calendering, slurrying, powder filling, waxing, and sizing. For example, starch glue was used in papermaking at that time, and the advantage of starch glue was that it had good ink receptivity, but after being stored for too long and curling repeatedly, it would cause the paper surface to crack and bulge in large areas, so that the ink on the paper would fall off, and there was no way to store it for a long time. Just imagine, the words that have been written, the books that have been copied, and the pictures that have been drawn have turned into a mess of stains after a period of time.

Therefore, Xu You uses vegetable glue, mainly the solid produced after distillation with pine resin, also known as rosin gum, after paper surface treatment, it can completely overcome this shortcoming, and through the method of sizing in the paper, the capillary pores between the fibers are greatly reduced, so that the paper is more compact and smooth, and has the conditions for making large paper.

After five days of research and development, hundreds of failures, and finally produced a nine-foot-long, four-foot-wide Youhe paper before the Qiantang Lake Yaji was held, which was calculated according to the Chu State of about one foot equal to 26 centimeters, close to the six-foot fully open rice paper specifications in later generations.

Fang Kang's eyes lit up, kneeling on the paper, rubbing the paper with both hands and refusing to leave. He has been making paper for many years, and has never only copied large and small papers according to the customization of the Ministry of Industry, how could he have thought that one day, he would be able to make such a vast amount of paper?

Yan Shujian could hardly help himself, took Xu You's hand, and kept saying, "Lang Jun is really a god!" What a man of God! ”

The Aoshido and the others didn't understand the meaning of the appearance of this large piece of paper, but they looked curious and gathered around, and they were amazed. Xu You didn't have time to enjoy the cheers of everyone's worship, so he immediately asked Fang Kang to hurry up and make more than 20 tickets, load them on an ox cart, and return to the county seat with Shanzong.

As soon as he entered the house, He Wei handed over Gu Yun's letter, opened it and took a look, it briefly described the farewell, focusing on the various precautions of Yaji. It was also at this time that Xu You knew that the Qiantang Lake Yaji, Yangzhou Dazhongzheng Zhang Zihua was also going to come, called to have fun with the scholars, it was actually a triennial inspection of the people, Gu Yun asked Xu You to prepare well, so as to shine in the Yaji, once into the eyes of Zhongzheng, it will be of great benefit to fame and future.

"Zhang Zihua ......"

Xu You looked at He Wei, who was no stranger to the name. At the beginning, the White Snake was popular in Sanwu, and the seven-word poem "After the Rain in Qiantang Lake" came out, which was well known to everyone, and Yangzhou Dazhongzheng once gave a very positive evaluation, which indirectly helped Xu You.

It's just that he doesn't know much about Zhang Zihua, so he asked He Wei to further introduce the origin of this person. He Wei deserves to be a jack of all trades, and said: "Yangzhou Dazhongzheng was previously held by Yang Kun of the Hongnong Yang family, and later Yang Kun had an affair with the Yang clan who stayed in Wei, and was convicted and imprisoned, and now he is still awaiting trial in Huangsha Prison in Jinling, and the position of Dazhongzheng is vacant. ”

"So the wolves are around?"

He Wei laughed and said, "The wolves are around...... Although Shichiro is a joke, it can be used to describe the situation at that time. Yangzhou, the foundation of the country, a state of Zhongzheng, the first character, is the first gateway to the official, the turbidity has been divided since then, the clear is up, the turbidity is down, the life and the future are all in the hands of the Zhongzheng official, so the gate valve broke the head, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a group of wolves. ”

"Yizhou Zhongzheng must be a local, Yangzhou surname, only Lu Zhu Zhang, Kong He Yu Wei, this Zhang Zihua, presumably Zhang's people? What is the reputation? ”

"Yes, he is the sister-in-law of Taifu Zhanghe. After Zhang He's death, the official became the secretary and supervisor, and he was a noble person of the third grade. The people of the time talked about Zhang Zihua, saying that he was talented and beautiful, erudite and good at writing, and had a good relationship with Situ Yu in private. ”

"That's it, Dazhong is being selected by Situ, and Zhang Zihua can win, which must be the result of Yu Guo's strong recommendation."

"Zhang Zihua is a local family, in line with the requirements for the selection of Dazhongzheng, coupled with the help of Zhang, responsible for the beauty of Yangzhou Jiupin officials, although it is unexpected, but it is also reasonable."

Xu You was silent, Gu Yun's letter highly respected Zhang Zihua, saying that he was the most just, virtuous and knowledgeable, loving and merciful, and not easily judging others by his ranks.

"Let it be!" Xu You put down the letter and said with a smile: "Feiqing is too impatient, I am now dressed in white, what if I participate in the evaluation, it is better to decide on a lower product!" ”

"Only the fixed product can be selected by the officials, Zhang Zihua is really willing to give Qilang a fixed product, which shows that the lord has no intention of suppressing Qilang for a long time, which is a good thing!" He Wei thought more long-term and said: "Even in order to test the Lord's mind, Qilang has to do his best, so that Zhang Zihua has to give you a taste on the spot." ”

Xu You stood up, instructed the autumn equinox to pack up the letterhead, and said: "Don't forget, Meng Xingchun asked me to humiliate Lu Xu in public, so public, it's impossible not to let Zhang Zihua pay attention!" ”

The next day, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and the ox carts on the shore of Qiantang Lake gradually increased, with curtains and curtains, hanging silk tassels, white copper as decorations, and clear oil as lacquer, all of which revealed the unique luxury of the scholars, and even the servant boys who followed the ox carts were all brightly dressed and radiant. Not to mention the people of Qiantang who came to see the excitement, from the white-haired old man, to the yellow-mouthed child, from the trembling old woman, to the youthful girl, the audience is like a wall, and the water around the lake is impassable.

Xu You took Zuo Yi to stroll through the bustling crowd, endured all kinds of pungent incense in the air, and chuckled: "The noble takes the car, the cheap walks, you and I have no scholarly status, so we have to walk in the car!" ”

Jingyuan is not far from Qiantang Lake, he was too lazy to hire an ox cart, and he came over after hanging out with Zuo Yan, but he had the style of Wei and Jin celebrities who did whatever they wanted.

Zuo Yan also smiled, when he followed Xu You for a long time, his mentality and knowledge were many times higher than before, where would he care about the so-called nobility in the eyes of others? It's also strange to say, Xu You rarely tells him any big truths, but unconsciously, what he thinks and thinks has exceeded the scope of most people's understanding, for example, at this moment, those noble sons of the scholar clan are standing or lying, greeting each other, and their demeanor is almost impeccable.

"Walking is also good at walking, looking at the regulations of these people's ox carts, half of them exceed the rules, and Dazhong is really going to be held accountable...... Ha! Zuo Yan gloated.

"How can Dazhongzheng account for such a trivial matter?" A man happened to pass by the two of them, stopped when he heard the words, and reprimanded: "Zhongzheng people take free and easy nature as the first priority, and there are no regulations or regulations for such a vulgar thing as an ox cart?" But according to your preference, you can do it as you like. ”

Zuo Yan knew that Xu You was going to take the opportunity to make a name for himself today, so he didn't want to do much, so he said apologetically: "What Lang Jun said is that it's no wonder that you are rude!" ”

The man glanced at him, his posture was mighty, not like a scholar but like a martial artist, no longer speaking, but kindly warned Xu You, "There are many people here, restrain your subordinates, don't talk too much." ”

Xu You said yes with a smile, and arched his hand: "Didn't ask for advice? ”

The man shook his head and said impatiently: "It's really a vulgar thing! If you meet in one word, you will meet indefinitely, what is the use of asking your name and surname? After saying that, he threw his sleeves away, leaving Xu You and Zuo Yan looking at each other, and suddenly laughed at the same time, helping each other hand in hand, and almost laughed out of tears.

"That's Lonely Mountain?"

The two separated the crowd and walked to the river embankment, Xu You asked, pointing to the mountain peak looming in the middle of the lake. Gu Yun said that the location of Yaji was on the lonely mountain, although he had been in Qiantang for a long time, he rarely went out, let alone visited Qiantang Lake, and he was not even sure whether the mountain in the lake was a lonely mountain.

Zuo Yan nodded and said: "I specially inquired about it yesterday, there is a lonely mountain, it is said that there are three pavilions on the mountain, ten thousand plum blossoms, and the bamboo sea is even more stretching up and down, encountering snowy days, beautiful as a fairyland." There was regret in his words, "Some time ago, it snowed heavily, and the mountains were white, but unfortunately it has rained continuously in the past few days, and the snow has almost melted, so I don't have a chance to see it." ”

"The snow scene is good with the snow scene, and there is also the wonder of the sunny time, the beauty of this mountain, the beauty of this mountain itself, not in the snow!"

"Lang Jun wonderful!"

Hearing the sound of high-fives behind him, the corners of Xu You's lips twitched, this is not good when there are many people, and anything you say will be inadvertently heard. Forget it when you hear it, people in this era still love to talk; Forget about picking up, I don't like to pick up beautiful women, I only like to pick up men.

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