"Master Hou, what are your orders for calling me?" Ma Teng followed a servant and hurried into the living room of the Qinghe Marquis Mansion.

Seven years have passed in a blink of an eye, and Ma Teng has grown from an eighteen or nineteen-year-old Wancheng gentleman to a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old young man, with neatly combed hair, a jade crown, a two-inch-long black beard on his chin, a jade belt in gorgeous clothes, and a long sword at his waist, looking steady and handsome, but a black birthmark on the corner of his eyebrows looks a little eye-catching.

"Sit and watch the tea!" Chen Xu nodded, and waited for the maid to serve fragrant tea and retreated, and then said: "In the past, your uncle Ma Boyuan's family was killed by Zhao Gao's family, and the corpse was thrown outside the Yanmen Gate. ”

Ma Teng was stunned for a long time before nodding with a slightly sad face: "Yes, Teng has been exploring Yanmen County for several months, and he still remembers a lot of the situation inside and outside Yanmen Pass, and his uncle and Zhao Gao have been in ancient times for several years, I don't know why Hou Ye asked about this matter today?" ”

Ma Teng didn't know that Zhao Gao had only been killed not long ago, but in view of this guy's squishy attributes, it was useless to say it, so Chen Xu didn't bother to mention it, but waved his hand and said with a smile: "Ben Hou has one thing to arrange for someone to go to Yanmen County, and I know that you have been there, so I specially want to leave this matter to you!" ”

Ma Teng suddenly stood up excitedly and gave up his hand: "Hou Ye rest assured, no matter what Teng will try his best to do, he will never disappoint Hou Ye, please Hou Ye command!" ”

"Well, this matter is simple, do you know that there is a Fenshui in Yanmen County?"

"You know, Fenshui is a tributary of the big river, and there are boats and boats in the northwest between Fenshui and the big river!" Ma Teng quickly replied.

"Hehe, it seems that you do know more about the Yanmen land, so it's good, Ben Hou heard that there is a kind of sediment near Guangwu County in the upper reaches of Fenshui, the texture is delicate after cleaning and precipitation, and it is extremely suitable for firing inkstones, you also know that today's inkstones are made of stone, time-consuming and laborious and insufficient production, a good inkstone needs a skilled craftsman to spend more than a month, but if it can be made and fired with clay like pottery porcelain, it will be much more convenient and fast, Ben Hou wants you to take some people to find this kind of sediment, If you can find and burn the inkstone, Benhou will not hesitate to reward! ”

"Don't worry, Master Hou, Teng will definitely fire the inkstone for Master Hou!" Ma Teng breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his face became extremely relaxed.

This job is really simple, it is completely to go to the mountains and rivers to play in general, mud and sand, should be in the place of the river, it is not difficult to find, as for the burning out of it depends on the ability of the craftsman, just find a few craftsmen who are good at pottery to go together.

"In this case, for now, you should hand over the Keju team to others as soon as possible, and later I will ask someone to send you a 100,000 yuan redemption ticket as a package and expenses, and at the same time, I will also arrange a few Hou Mansion guards for you to take care of your safety all the way, you go first!"

"Yes, Master Hou, Teng farewell!" Ma Teng said goodbye and left, and Chen Xu rode to the factory to find Li Gui, whose injuries had improved a lot.

"What Ben Hou said last time has been arranged, you will follow Ma Teng to Yanmen County tomorrow to find out the news, I will arrange a few teenagers to go with you, so that you can take care of it, and come back to tell Ben Hou as soon as you find out, but remember that everything cannot be revealed!"

"Hou Ye rest assured, Li Gui will definitely complete Hou Ye's orders!" Li Gui was dressed in a brand-new blue fine linen coat, his hair was combed cleanly, and although his face was a little pale, he looked very good, but his crooked nose and a pit on his face looked very hideous and terrifying.

The change in his face was bitten by Zhao Gao with a poisonous snake at that time, and after being poisoned, he was thrown under the cliff by Zhao Gao, Li Gui was lucky, and below the cliff was a very cold stream, and after being thrown down, he only broke a leg, and after drifting hundreds of zhang with the stream, he was frozen and woke up, and the sky was already bright.

Li Gui followed a group of Miao doctors and monks to stay in the southern mountains and forests for two years, and knew a lot about various medicinal materials to detoxify snake poison and insect venom, so he looked for some antidote herbs to detoxify, and he actually saved a life, and he did not dare to return to the camp, after escaping from the area of the Miao people, he hid everywhere, although the broken leg slowly recovered, but the part of the face that was bitten by the poisonous snake was purulent and ulcerated, but fortunately, he survived in the end.

A few months later, after Li Gui recovered from his injuries, he heard that a Miao doctor had cured the disease of Zuo Xiang Li Si with a miraculous potion, and was also summoned by the emperor to be named the imperial doctor, Li Gui traveled all the way back to Xianyang for several months, but when he returned, Li Si had already hung up.

And Li Gui remembered that he had said something after Zhao Gao had bitten him with a snake, and he concluded that Li Si's death must have something to do with Zhao Gao, so he disguised himself as a beggar and squatted near the palace and Zhao's mansion until that night Zhao Gao followed Hu Hai out of the palace and collided with Chen Yong and others.

After listening to Li Gui's story a few days ago, Chen Xu could only look up to the sky and sigh.

Li Si's death is really a pit he dug himself, no wonder others, Zhao Gao even dared to kill the emperor, there was nothing he couldn't do.

"The weapon disc is ready for you, someone will pick you up tomorrow, and ...... Your face is too hideous, go find a mask to cover it! Chen Xu gave an order and left.

Investigating the matter of Yanmen Pass must be cautious, before getting conclusive evidence, Chen Xu does not want people to know that he is involved, and according to the manuscripts of Yanmen Pass, this matter is very blocked, originally according to the current law of the Great Qin, ordinary civilians are not allowed to go far away, and the letters to and from Yanmen County are all transmitted through the post guards, and the local officials are easy to control, so it is difficult to pass on the news, in addition to the businessmen, However, this time Chen Xu asked Chen Ping to inquire about some businessmen who came and went to Yanmen County, either they didn't hear about it, or they shook their heads and didn't answer, even if they knew, they must have some scruples, after all, an arm can't twist a thigh, and everyone in the world knows that no one in the Wang family can compete with anyone except the emperor, not to mention that Wang Li is still in the northwest and controls tens of thousands of troops.

The next day, Ma Teng took two craftsmen and three helpers to meet Li Gui and Chen Yong and other five teenagers at the wharf outside the east gate of Xianyang City.

The lively Xianyang slowly returned to its usual state, Keju Square and the streets and alleys are still lively, in some of the foot houses where businessmen often communicate, and even hung out the signboard of a certain chamber of commerce, these new chambers of commerce have not only become a gathering place for businessmen from all walks of life, but also become a topic of conversation among the people of Xianyang.

With the advent of late autumn, the weather is getting colder and colder day by day, and in this season when the grass and trees are withering, the hundreds of disciples gathered in Xianyang City are as lively and excited as if they have been beaten with chicken blood.

Because under the planning and promotion of the Marquis of Qinghe, a building that makes people all over the world excited and excited is already in full swing.

Daqin Metropolis Daily has used two consecutive special issues to introduce in detail the plans of the Qinghe Hou, a Daqin National Library with a collection of millions of books, a Daqin Jingshi University covering an area of 300 acres, and a royal auditorium for hundreds of disciples to talk about the scriptures and righteousness of various factions and the strategies for governing the country.

In addition to these, what made the disciples of the hundred schools most excited was that they heard that the Marquis of Qinghe planned to leave a statue of three zhang high for each of the sages on the steps leading to the library.

As soon as this news came out, the whole Xianyang was like a fryer.

Almost all of the disciples of the hundred schools turned into bullfights, panting and starting a group mockery mode, wanting to offer the ancestors of their sects to the highest steps of the library, and accept the worship of all the people and scholars in the world.

However, this seems to be just an idea, because I heard that there is no money for such a huge project.

Hundreds of disciples in the folk bustling attack each other's ancestors, everywhere to give speeches to publicize the great achievements of their sect ancestors, and some such as Taoism, Confucianism, soldiers, legalists, farmers, Yin and Yang, doctors and other leaders of the big sects are everywhere to ask to meet the Qinghe Marquis, want to arrange the position of their sect ancestors in advance.

Even Xu Fu, who has been quietly studying medical skills, and An Yuliang, the deputy dean of the Faculty of Arts, who has never quarreled with the world, couldn't help it, and came to see Chen Xu with gifts before and after.

At present, Daqin is said to be a disciple of a hundred schools, but in fact, it is far more than this number, just the Faculty of Literature now collects and compiles the hundred classics and the sayings of the sages, and there are nearly two hundred books that can be compiled into a separate volume, if all these classics are printed into a volume, it must be a masterpiece of the emperor that reaches thousands of copies, and it is a prosperous collection left by the sages of the Chinese dynasties.

These books have already been published one after another, and the first ones published are those big schools, such as Confucianism, Legalism, Yin and Yang, soldiers, doctors, etc., the classics of these big schools are widely circulated and have great influence, and there are many disciples, and the finishing is relatively complete and relatively fast, and the publishing house should also take into account the practical application, involving poetry, law, medicine, farming, breeding, mathematics, weather, etc. There are also some small sects with only two or three disciples, and the inheritance is about to be cut off, and they are still poor and can't afford to buy books and periodicals, so naturally they can't publish them.

These Chen Xu are not in the mood to care about it at the moment, his purpose is to appease these Fangshi who jumped up and down on Xianyang in the past, and now a few years have passed, the effect is very obvious, if you don't have money to publish, you can only make up money, if you have enough, you can naturally publish, it doesn't matter if you don't make it up, you can still publish it for free when the publishing house is free, you just need to wait patiently for time.