"What do you want to say?" Chen Xu asked a little strangely, because since he met Yu Wuya, this guy is a foodie and chatter, and he belongs to the kind of person who is very jumpy, and he can't keep his mouth and hands idle.

"Engong, I know that little lady just now?"

"What's so strange do you know, she is the daughter of the county commander Jiangbei Ting, maybe you saw him when you passed by the county seat!" Chen Xu shook his head indifferently and said.

"No, no, it's not!" Yu Wuya shook his head again and again, and told him about the last time he was at the Wancheng Immortal Tea Party.

Chen Xu was stunned for a long time, "You mean that she exchanged this jade pendant on my body for the last tube of tea?" ”

"Exactly!" Yu Wuya nodded again and again.

I'm going, no wonder!

Chen Xu instantly remembered that Jiang Beiting had mentioned the jade pendant several times, intentionally or unintentionally, and it turned out to be her baby daughter's.

Nima dropped a gourd scoop, and Chen Xu had a headache.

This jade pendant is worth a lot of money, and it is also made by a famous craftsman in Xianyang, and it hangs on Jiang Chuyue's body every day, Jiangbei Pavilion is naturally very familiar with it, but it is inexplicably running on his body, it is not strange, maybe he suspects that he stole it himself, or maybe it is with her daughter......

The more Chen Xu thought about it, the more he felt that the whole person was not good.

In a blink of an eye, two days passed quickly.

Although it had just rained heavily, the ground quickly became dry again after two days of exposure to the sun.

Because the mountain bandits have been exterminated, there is no longer a risk that the tax grain will be hijacked, so the town once again organized oxen, horses, mules and carts to start transporting tax grain to the county seat.

And You Jiao, who was seriously injured last time, survived with a big life, and the injuries of several injured villagers also recovered well, even Zhao Zhe, who was cut off the balls, also recovered a lot, and was able to eat while lying on the bed, but he was very emotional after knowing that his balls were gone, yelling and biting, and Xu Fu, who was in charge of taking care of it, almost bit off a finger.

Zhao Zhe's mood Chen Xu can understand, and after going to see it once, he no longer cares.

This guy is actually better killed, and it may be more acceptable to Zhao Gao, but cutting off the balls is estimated to be regarded as a great shame, and the sequelae of this evil breath will be very long.

Chen Xu came out of the blacksmith shop with a paper knife and rode straight to the paper mill.

This paper cutter is based on the paper cutter of later generations, the style is like a guillotine, the next piece of wood is painted with a ruler line, the sharpened bronze knife is more than a foot long, riveted on the edge of the board with a copper nail, as long as the dry and flattened paper is stacked together, put on the top to face the ruler line, and then cut down, the edge of the paper can be cut neatly.

After Chen Xu came to the paper mill, he put the paper cutter on a table, and then asked Niu Dashi to take out all the paper pressed under the slate, and let the two young helpers divide it into a stack of ten, put it under the paper cutter after a little neatness, and press down the guillotine.

With a thud, the edges of a stack of raw-edged paper instantly became neat as the strips of paper rolled down.

"Wow, Brother Xu, this thing is easy to use!" Niu Dashi's eyes widened, and his face was full of surprise.

Chen Xu quickly cut the stack of paper in his hand neatly on all sides, and then roughly compared it, and found that the size of the paper was between 16 and 32 carats, which could fully meet the requirements of writing.

"If you do it, just follow the size you just cut, align the ruler on the board, and don't cut it skewed!" After Chen Xu finished instructing, he walked to the side with this stack of paper, picked up a brush, dipped some ink made of ash at the bottom of the pot with charcoal powder and a small amount of tung oil and water, spread out a piece of paper and tried to write it, and found that it would be acceptable.

Because the water absorption of the paper is not good, he came to try it yesterday, and the simple ink mixed with the ash and water at the bottom of the pot will be opened, and it will soon become a black mass that cannot be seen clearly, and although the improved ink is not black enough, at least the handwriting is still condensed and can be accurately identified.

The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground. Raise your head to look at the bright moon and bow your head to think of your hometown.

Chen Xu finished writing a classic poem by Li Dada in one go, and then couldn't help but twitch a few times.

It was so ugly that it couldn't be seen at all, so he sighed and crumpled it and threw it on the ground.

Since it can be written, it means that this papermaking activity has been a complete success, and it is not necessary to continue to be embarrassed, and the ink made of tung oil is very viscous, and the writing is very jerky, and the brush used is too poor, and the most important thing is that the brush is too ugly.

Chen Xu calculated the thickness, and planned to divide it into a stack of twenty sheets, and prepared to bind it into a book, but looking at the hemp gray paper, he always felt that there was something shortcoming, and after thinking about it, he found that there was no cover, and it looked too monotonous.

"Dashi, you go and call the carpenter, and ask him to bring a plank of the smoothest plank, and the tools too!" Chen Xu commanded, Niu Dashi hurriedly went straight to the carpenter's house in the village, and after a while, he brought the carpenter over, and the two of them were still holding wooden planks and axes in their hands, and they were carrying rattan baskets containing various carpentry tools.

"Lord Lidian, what's the matter with calling the second baby?" The carpenter asked breathlessly.

Chen Xu couldn't help but twitch a few more times, a half-pulled old man turned out to be Liu Erwa, he didn't know how to complain!

"Carpenter Liu, hurry up here and help me make a printing engraving!"

"My lord, what is the engraving?" The old carpenter was confused, but he also knew that there were all kinds of strange ideas in the head of the little Lidian in front of him, such as the Quyuan plough that he was ordered to make a few days ago, and now it has been successfully tested, plowing the land is simply an artifact, and it can turn over more than an acre of land with a horse drawn in an hour, and according to the design of Xiao Lidian, they also made a soil rake, which can smooth the soil after ploughing, and at the same time clean up all the weed roots mixed in the soil, these days they are stepping up the production of plough rakes, At present, two of each have been made, and Lord Lidian means that at least a hundred sets will be made to meet the needs of the whole town after the autumn harvest this year.

"Engraving is to engrave some words or drawings on a wooden board and then print them on paper?" Chen Xu explained.

"My lord, what is paper?" The carpenter asked again.

Chen Xu felt that he couldn't explain it clearly, if he finished talking about the paper, he would ask what the printing was, his brows furrowed and he was ready to repeat the old trick, but Niu Dashi next to him couldn't help it, and scolded: "Ask so much about what to do, is it possible that Lord Lidian said that you understand, and you can do whatever you do!" ”

"Yes, yes, the old man is talking!" Liu Erwa hurriedly apologized.

Chen Xu drove Niu Dashi away, then took out a piece of cut paper and said, "You first saw a wooden board of such a size!" ”

"It's easy!" The carpenter put the plank he had brought with him on a stone, picked up the handsaw, and quickly sawed out a rectangular plank.