In December, in the cold winter years, the sky was full of wind and snow, and the city of Luoyang had become a white patch.

Miyagi.

"Father Shang, how is the battle situation in Xiliang?" The Son of Heaven stood on the corridor wearing a tiger jacket, his eyes shining as the snow drifted down.

"Back to Your Majesty, in November, the Xiliang rebels have begun to besiege Chencang, in Chencang, Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo led troops to defend the city, Dong Zhuo thought that he wanted to attack and defeat the Liangzhou rebels head-on, but Huangfu Song insisted on holding on, Huangfu Song was the main general, and now the imperial army could not hold out!"

Zhang Rang bowed and stood on the back of the Son of Heaven and said.

"Who do you think?"

"Slaves and maids don't dare to talk about military affairs!" Zhang Rang will always be humble and well-behaved in front of the Son of Heaven.

"It's okay, I let you say it, you just say, if you can't even believe you, who else can you believe?" The Son of Heaven said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, the slave maid thinks that General Huangfu is not a cowardly person!" Zhang said.

"Haven't you always been at odds with Huangfu Song?" The Son of Heaven said with a smile.

"It's a matter of the Han Dynasty, how can a slave or maid be a one-person fault and ignore the safety of the country!"

Zhang Rangyi said righteously.

"Haha!"

The Son of Heaven laughed: "Father Shang is indeed my loyal minister!" ”

"Your Majesty......"

"Since this matter has been handed over to Huangfu Song to fight, then let him call the shots, win the battle, he has merit, he loses, I cut off his head!" The Son of Heaven said coldly: "As for Dong Zhuo, this general's favorite general, you can take advantage of it!" ”

"Your Majesty, please make it clear!"

"Huangfu Song won the battle, and ordered Dong Zhuo to hand over the military power and go to lead the state pastor, it just so happens that the state needs a state pastor!"

The Son of Heaven faintly arrived: "If Huangfu Song loses, then let Dong Zhuo take over his military power!" ”

These two, one is the pillar of the family's gate valve, and the other is the general's He Jin's favorite general, let them fight ghosts, for the Son of Heaven, it is a good thing.

"Slave gets it!"

Zhang Rang trembled, and nodded hurriedly: "The slave will be arranged!" ”

"Don't worry, we can't let them be prepared!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Rang's face became serious.

"By the way, is there any news from the printing superintendent?" The eyes of the Son of Heaven burst out with a touch of essence, lifelike and shining.

"Listening to Zhao Xin, Mu Jing has been squatting in the workshop recently, and he is making good progress!"

Zhang Rang said: "But if you want to have results, it will take time!" ”

"If I still have time, I can afford to wait, but I may not have much time, you still have to urge the Mulong Diagram, I hope that in my lifetime, I can see this craft born!"

"No!"

"I'm looking forward to it!"

The corners of the Son of Heaven's mouth raised a slight smile, and said, "I look forward to him Mu Long Tu turning this Shilin upside down!" ”

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Printing Superintendent.

Paper workshop.

"Order, how is this paper?" Zuo Yong, the supervisor of the workshop, took a new piece of paper, was a little excited, and handed it to Mu Jing.

"No way!"

Mu Jing rubbed the paper, shook his head, and said, "It's not up to standard, it's still too rough!" ”

"Order, this paper is much better than the usual ones!"

"How is it compared to Zuo Bo paper?"

Mu Jing asked.

Today, the best paper should be Zuo Bo paper, Zuo Bo paper is made of paper by a man named Zuo Bo in Donglai, Qingzhou, who is famous for his calligraphy and papermaking technology.

"It should be a little bit close!" Zuo Yong said.

He was the younger brother of Zuo Bo, and he was also a papermaking expert, who had been serving the imperial court, and this time he was recruited to become the supervisor of the papermaking workshop under the command of the Printing Superintendent.

"That's not going to work!

Mu Jing said: "Our paper must be the best paper in the world!" ”

In the early days of papermaking, the raw materials were basically rags and bark, and the paper made was very rough because of the imperfection of the process, and it was difficult for some literati to get into the elegant hall, so it has not become the mainstream.

Later, Cai Lun reformed the papermaking technique, he used bark, hemp and cloth, fish nets and other raw materials, through frustration, pounding, copying, drying and other processes to make paper, this kind of paper, raw materials are easy to find, and very cheap, the quality has also improved a lot.

But still can not change the habit of using cloth and bamboo slips, on the one hand, it takes time to change habits, on the other hand, the process of paper is insufficient, and the cost is relatively expensive.

Mujing now uses bamboo to make paper.

The fiber of bamboo is hard, brittle and easy to break, and the technical treatment is relatively difficult, but if this process is overcome, the quality of the paper made from bamboo will be higher and higher, which represents the pinnacle of papermaking.

"Lord Order, we've done our best!"

"It's not enough to do your best, do your best!"

Mu Jing took a deep breath, walked up, and looked at the original pulp in the vat: "It's not good to beat the pulp, the paper from such a paddle is uneven, which is too damaging to the quality of the paper!" ”

There are four steps in papermaking.

The first is the separation of raw materials, that is, the raw materials are degummed in the lye by soaking or cooking, and dispersed into fibrous forms.

The second is pulping, which is to cut off the fibers by cutting and pounding, and make the fibers broom, and become pulp.

The third is copying, that is, the pulp is soaked into slurry, and then the pulp is scooped with a paper grager, so that the pulp is interwoven into a thin sheet of wet paper on the paper grager.

Fourth, it is drying, that is, the wet paper is dried or dried, and when it is removed, it becomes paper.

Problems at any one step will affect the quality of the paper.

"Give you three days to re-pulp!"

Mu Jing said a little harshly: "I don't care what the process is, I only care about the result!" ”

"No!"

The official level crushed people to death, and Zuo Yong could only grit his teeth and nod.

After leaving the papermaking workshop, Mu Jing entered the printing workshop, which was even more chaotic, after all, papermaking has a foundation, and it is relatively easy to overcome technically, but your movable type printing is too lacking in foundation.

Mu Jing has been busy for more than ten days, and he can still only make a prototype.

The development of printing is actually a history.

First of all, the engraving printing technology that appeared in the Tang Dynasty, this printing technology is backward, the printing plate is not easy to preserve, and the misprinted words are difficult to change, which are all problems, but even this printing technology has supported the cultural inheritance of the entire Tang Dynasty.

It was only in the Song Dynasty that movable type printing appeared.

Now Mu Jing has been out of movable type printing for a thousand years in advance, which is already cheating in itself, and the most important thing is that Mu Jing is only at the level of half a bucket of water in this regard, which is even more difficult.

"Meet the Orderer!"

The supervisor of the printing workshop was a Confucian man in his fifties, he was a little old, with gray hair on his temples, named Zhai Kuang, who claimed to be the heir of the Mohist craft, but the history is untraceable, and one thing is undeniable, he was a famous craftsman above the imperial court.

"Supervisor Zhai, how is the printing plate today?"

"It's still too brittle!" Zhai Kuang arched his hand and said: "It will be broken when carving!" ”

He witnessed the birth of this craft, and his admiration for Mujing was already his own heart.

"Can't you use the fired ceramics?"

"I'm afraid not!"

"Change!"

Mu Jing paced back and forth, and after half a sound, he said, "Try it with cement!" “

He couldn't remember what kind of material was the best for the printing plate, and in the printing workshop, he had tried to use more than a dozen materials to engrave the printing plate, but the effect was not good.

"Mastic?"

Zhai said: "This can be tried, the cement is burned hard, and I don't know what the effect is!" ”

"In addition, don't give up on wood plates, continue to try, try to find the right wood, you can use wood to make different plates, try in many ways, be careful to confirm!"

"Yes!" Zhai Guo nodded.

Mu Jing stayed in the printing workshop for a full afternoon, and he continued to try with those dozens of craftsmen, personally went into battle, and also pulled out the hearts of many low-level craftsmen.

In the evening, Mu Jing returned to the Hou Mansion of Xi'e Township.

Huo Yu greeted him: "Shizi, there is a guest visiting!" ”

"Guest?"

Mu Jing's expression moved slightly, but he was a little surprised, his Xi'e Township Marquis Mansion had already been classified into the eunuch henchmen, and few people in this Luoyang City were willing to visit, so it was very cold these days.

Now that there are visitors, he wants to see who it is.

He stepped in and went straight into the lobby, where a young man in white knelt down and had been waiting for a long time.

"Brother Zhicai?" When Mu Jing saw it, his expression was stunned, and his face was a little surprised.

"Brother Longtu!"

The person who came was Xi Long, Xi Zhicai, he stood up, looked at Mu Jing, and bowed his hand: "Please forgive me for taking the liberty of visiting!" ”

"Hahaha!"

Mu Jing laughed: "My Hou Mansion has always been deserted, and I am not willing to step into it, Brother Zhicai rushed into this gate, it is already my honor to Mu Longtu, but there is nothing presumptuous to say!" ”

"Zhongheng, the guests are here, hurry up and serve the food!"

Mu Jing commanded Huo Yu, and then he did it, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Zhicai, I am not satisfied with you, now in Luoyang, there is no scholar who is willing to associate with my Mu Jing, you can still treat me like this, I am quite grateful in my heart!" ”

He's now famous, and he's in disrepute.

"I can understand Brother Longtu's choice, but I can't let go of it!" Xi Zhicai said calmly: "The eunuch slave misguided the country, today's world has already been full of hidden dangers, if you can't get rid of internal troubles, how to appease foreign enemies!" ”

"Brother Zhicai thinks so, it's okay!"

Mu Jing smiled and said, "It's just that Brother Zhicai thinks that this big man is just a eunuch?" ”

"I'm not ignorant of things, the troubles of the world, how can they be just eunuchs!" Xi Zhicai said with a wry smile: "It's just that today's court has no way to start, and if it can move, there are only eunuchs!" ”

He is a smart man who can understand the court, but he is not willing to face this kind of ending.

"Understood!"

The pastor nodded and said: "If I am forced to come to this point, I will also go to the side of the scholar as the choice of the comrade and brother, and make a name for myself in the world, instead of taking refuge in the ten permanent servants who have declared a bad statement!" ”

"Actually, I came today to ask for something!" Xi Zhicai was silent for a while, but still said it.

"Brother Zhicai doesn't have to be polite, please say, if you can help, I will do my best!"

Mu Jing was not polite and agreed directly.

He is not qualified to recruit drama talents now, after all, he is young and untrustworthy, and he has no prestige, how can he let talents join him, as the so-called talented people are arrogant, and the arrogance in their hearts is to surrender to the master they recognize.

However, he can make the relationship between the two a little better, and it is not without a chance in the future.

"I have a few classmates who have been arrested by the skush!" Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice.

The students of their Yingchuan Academy have no roots in the capital, and they were arrested by the Ten Standing Attendants, and they can only wait to collect the corpses, and the people who can stand up for them are basically willing to make a voice after seeing the corpses.

He could ask for it, and in desperation, he had to try Mujing's way.

"What is the reason?" Mu Jing asked.

"Talking about government politics!"

"This paragraph is a dispensable crime, it seems that they commented on the merits and demerits of the ten permanent servants, and it was a little more intense, which caused the anger of these eunuchs, so if they were arrested, they would receive some torture!" Mu Jing thought for a while: "I can try to communicate with Jian Shuo, but there are only a few sides between me and him, Jian Shuo holds military power, and he is a little rough and rampant, how sure I can convince him, I can't tell!" ”

"No matter what the result is, if Brother Longtu can come to the rescue today, I will definitely remember it!"

When Xi Long heard this, he hurriedly stood up, bowed his hand, and said sincerely.

"Brother Zhicai is polite!"

Mu Jing hurriedly helped him up.

After nightfall, Xi Zhicai left.

Zhang Ning has always been elusive in this mansion, and she soon appeared in the front hall: "Mu Longtu, you promised to be so happy, are you calculating something?" ”

"Are you eavesdropping?"

"I listen openly!" Zhang Ning pursed his lips and signaled her disdain: "Tell me, why do you want to promise him!" ”

"I'm helpful!"

"You can lie to others, lie to me, save it!" Zhang Ning sneered: "This is obviously to deal with the ten permanent servants, you couldn't avoid it in the past, how could you send it to the door, you must have a plan!" ”

"Huh!"

Mu Jing smiled, and then explained the reason, and said: "Now I am in the honeymoon period with the Ten Standing Servants, the Son of Heaven thinks that I am still valuable, and the Ten Standing Servants will not treat me well, and for me, it is just a deal with the Ten Standing Servants, if I can get the favor of Xi Zhicai, this business will definitely be profitable!" ”