Because Chen Xu gently picked it up and looked at it a few times, a piece of paper that was no more than half a foot long and wide was already torn, so he took this paper and said to a middle-aged man in the store: "Uncle forgive your sins, you broke your paper!" ”

The middle-aged man glanced at it and waved his hand and said, "Xiao Langjun is mistaken, this is not paper, it is just a cushion made of straw pulp, don't care!" ”

Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, flipped through it over and over again, looked at this paper-like thing carefully, and then asked how to make this thing.

"Mix some soft grass with wheat grass and soak it for a few days, and then use a stone mortar to make a straw pulp, and spread it on the stone slab to dry, mainly to facilitate the filling of gaps when making bamboo and woodware, so that it looks fine and has no other use!" The middle-aged man explained briefly.

"Can you send me some?" Chen Xu asked.

"Xiao Langjun wants to take it!" The middle-aged man also waved his hand kindly, so Chen Xu rolled up a few pieces of rough straw paper.

Paper, the legend is the invention of Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but in fact it is not, the invention of paper is very early, it should be traced back to the early Western Han Dynasty, and it is almost the era of the alternation of the Qin and Han dynasties.

As for the four major inventions of papermaking in China that have been handed down in later generations, the ancestor of the Eastern Han Dynasty eunuch Cai Lun only improved the papermaking method at that time, not the invention of papermaking, and his improvement is to make paper this kind of thing have the practical value of writing words, which is relatively strong and flat and not easy to break, in fact, until the Three Kingdoms period, most of the written records are still bamboo and wood slips, and the paper has not been widely promoted, and the slips have been used until the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty before they were completely abolished, the main reason is that paper production is very troublesome, And it is not resistant to preservation, there are ancient waterproof measures are not good, the paper is easy to mold and damp and even wet by rain, and the bamboo and wood made of bamboo is not afraid of these natural factors, especially the text engraved on the slip, even if it falls into the water for countless years, the information will not be lost, which is why later generations can understand the culture of the Qin and Han dynasties through the unearthed bamboo and wood tablets, if a large number of so-called Cai Hou paper is used at that time, it is estimated that most of the historical materials of Chinese civilization can only be verified to the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Chen Xu has not had anything to write recently, and he is not used to carving with a seal knife on bamboo slips, so he has always been distressed and at the same time constantly thinking about how to get some paper that can write.

At the moment, these paper-like things also provide him with some inspiration, which he can take back and study.

Several people walked around the streets and alleys for an hour, and as it was close to noon, the sun was scorching, and they all felt tired and hungry.

"Do you have any money?" Chen Xu was penniless at this time.

"I brought ten bucks!" One of the soldiers said as he pulled out the pocket at his waist.

"I have seven...... Well, eight bucks! ”

"Three money!"

"I have five dollars!"

The four soldiers dug out their pockets, and they only scraped together more than twenty dollars.

More than 20 yuan, a few people eat something indiscriminately and drink some water, but if you want to eat something good, it is definitely not good

"No matter, let's find a foot shop to eat something indiscriminately, otherwise I won't be able to walk if I can't get Shen Shi!" A few soldiers shouted and surrounded Chen Xu, found a foot shop nearby, and asked the shopkeeper to get some rice porridge and warm water, and then fill the belly first.

Chen Xu is now not only the Lidian of Qinghe Town, but also deeply trusted by Jiangbei Pavilion, and in the past two days, he has cured hundreds of people who have suffered from summer illness with herbal medicine, so several soldiers can be said to have great respect for him, in any era, capable people will be respected, this is a normal worship psychology.

"When I entered the city just now, I saw farmers in the fields outside the city who were handling a strange thing, Brother Zhang didn't know what kind of ancient monster it was, I had never seen it before!" While eating and drinking, there were also a few diners sitting on the floor, gathering together to drink water and chat.

"I heard that it is called a threshing machine, which can easily and quickly get the wheat grains off the ears of wheat, but I just arrived yesterday and haven't inquired about it yet!"

"It's very strange, don't you have to cut the ears of wheat back to dry first, this thresher can directly remove the wheat grains, and when it cools down, we will go out of the city to see it!"

"Ran~"

"It's better for the two Langjun to be careful, I heard that there has been a plague in the people who built Qin Chu Dao in the past few days, and many people have died, so don't go far!" The shopkeeper interjected next to him as a reminder.

"The weather is so hot, the summer is rainy and humid, I feel headache and chest tightness when I walk, those people work hard under the scorching sun and rain all day long, how can I not get sick, alas, if I didn't use the money to resist the conscription, I'm afraid that at this time it will be the same as them, maybe the corpse has been thrown into the wilderness, Daqin is now heavy in the conscription, and the laws are strict, far less than when the countries were divided!"

"Shhh, Brother Xue is cautious, be careful that the wall has ears!" A person nervously turned his head to look around, and found that Chen Xu and the others were all immersed in food, and they didn't seem to notice their conversation.

Chen Xu actually heard it clearly, but he didn't care, although Great Qin unified the six countries, in fact, the people did not agree with the rule of the Qin Dynasty, mainly because the harsh laws and heavy forced labor that made everyone dissatisfied.

In fact, in Chen Xu's view, when Qin Shi Huang was in power, although the conscription was heavy, but the life of the common people was actually passable, at least the production and life were relatively stable, much better than the previous few years of continuous wars, the real strict disregard for life and death was after Hu Hai came to power, overhauled the national Chi Road, Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, the Great Wall and the Afang Palace, on these four kinds of national conscription of millions of people, the production activities of the peasants were basically destroyed, which provoked the national civil uprising, plus the legacy of the six kings and nobles to add fuel to the fire, In an instant, it became a spark and a prairie fire, and Great Qin soon collapsed.

A big bowl of soup and soup is under the water, Chen Xu also feels much more comfortable, and this meal is really cheap, only two yuan per person.

"Lord Lidian, let's go to the south of the city for a while, it's more prosperous, and I heard that there are often games and wrestles, so you can have a while!" A soldier said.

"Exactly, I may be able to win some money and have a good meal at night!" The other, taller soldier chimed in.

Wrestling is wrestling, Chen Xu has long known that when he was in Xiaohe Village, some children would play and compete on the river beach when they had nothing to do, which was no different from more than 2,000 years of later generations.

At this time in the Qin Dynasty, there were few public entertainment activities, and the rich and noble people could raise some singers and dancers to sing and dance to watch, and they could also throw pots and archery competitions, but for ordinary people, wrestling competitions were one of the few performances they could watch, of course, occasionally fierce people with tigers and leopards performed in wooden cages, but ordinary people looked down on them.

The few diners who were talking about next to him heard a few soldiers call Chen Xu Lord Lidian, their faces were a little pale, and they left in a hurry to check out.