It was dark, and outside the porch of Professor Taixue's dormitory, Cai Yong and Cai Langzhong were hiding in the shadows with a panicked expression. To tell the truth, he wanted to rush directly into the porch several times and escape back into the house, but he always felt that there seemed to be someone outside his door around the corner, so he never dared to move, for fear that someone would find this embarrassing image and be embarrassed.

And for a long time, seeing that the figures at the lights under the corridor were gradually thinning out, and there was no movement for a long time, Cai Yong finally mustered up the courage, so he held his hair with both hands and rushed over.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he rushed through the corridor to the door of his room, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, a voice sounded in his ears that made him almost die of shame.

"Cai Langzhong." Gongsun Xun, who was standing in front of Cai Yong's door, looked at the other party's appearance in a little surprise, and Gongsun Yue, who was holding a big box next to him, was also dumbfounded. "This ...... Why? Did you meet a robber? Are there robbers in Taixue? ”

"No, no." Cai Yong's face was flushed, and he quickly explained. "I went out to discuss music with Professor Zhang just now, but it was too dark on the way back, and I accidentally picked up the scarf by a branch, and the bun was also scattered......

"I see." Gongsun Xun suddenly realized. "I don't know where you lost your scarf, if it's close, our brother will accompany you to find it?"

"No, no." Cai Yong shook his head again and again. "I have a towel in my room, just wrap it in my room...... Are you looking for me? ”

"Don't hide it from Cai Langzhong," Gongsun Xun took Gongsun Yue and bowed slightly. "Xun and the others have something important to ask for, so they've been waiting here for a long time!"

Cai Yong glanced at the two of them with a little sadness and anger when he heard this, and did not answer, but rushed into the house with a sullen head.

Brother Gongsun was slightly stunned, then glanced at each other, but also cheekily followed.

In this way, Cai Yong entered the room, lit the lamp and fetched water, cleaned his hands and coiled his hair, and then selected a scarf, and then put it on slowly...... However, no matter how much Cai Langzhong tossed, Gongsun Xun and Gongsun Yue were like paste, firmly glued to the futon in the room, as if they wanted to be accompanied to the end.

The wild boy from the border county is really uneducated! Cai Yong scolded secretly in his heart, but finally sat down helplessly with him: "You say you have something to ask for?" ”

"Exactly." Gongsun Xun led Gongsun Yue to bend over and salute formally. "I hope Cai Langzhong will help."

"Well said, well said." Cai Yong smiled hard on his face, but he had already made up his mind in his heart that he would never be an 'honest man' again this time, otherwise he would let himself wipe his ass next time he went to the toilet!

"Uh......" After receiving the promise, Gongsun Xun muttered for a moment. I didn't know where to open for a while, I don't know if Cai Langzhong knows my family background? ”

"I only know that you are from the Gongsun clan in Liaoxi." Cai Yong, who had barely calmed down his mentality, said slightly. "But Liaoxi is located at the junction of Hebei and Saiwai, thousands of miles away, and I, a native of the Central Plains, really don't know much...... If you have to say something, you know that your family is very rich, and I heard that the family has a huge fortune, which is similar to Xuzhou Mi's, Jizhou Zhen's, and Jingzhou Ma's. ”

Gongsun Xun bowed slightly: "Cai Lang's words are not bad, my mother is very good at money, and for more than ten years, my family's Amway has also been slightly famous between green and secluded. And speaking of this, I have to ask Cai Langzhong, you are rich in five cars, do you know why my Amway can be spread to several counties around the Bohai Sea in a few years? And in the next few years, the business is not bad, and there is no shortage of money, but there is still no way to make an inch? ”

"Oh?"

"Now my family's business, to the south can not pass Langya, to the west can not pass through Daijun, and to the southeast Hebei hinterland is difficult to move an inch, if it is not for the Jizhou merchants and our Amway have a large number of horses, cloth, grain business, willing to let go of a seam, otherwise ......it is difficult to even open a branch in Yecheng."

"Oops......" Cai Yong couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. Haven't you already asked yourself questions? There are local businesses everywhere, so where can you afford to mix them up again? It's Yecheng, isn't it also possible to settle down with the approval of the local clan? ”

"Cai Langzhong really knows insight!"

"I know it's a fart!" Cai Yong suddenly changed his face. "I don't believe you kid doesn't understand this! What Amway number of your family can lay out several counties, and what does it rely on? Don't you know? ”

Gongsun Xun was not angry when he heard this, but smiled slightly: "Don't hide it from Cai Langzhong, of course I know the situation of my family." At the beginning, it was because our Gongsun clan in Liaoxi lived in Lingzhi, and Lingzhi and Lulongsai were one and the same, firmly holding the only traffic artery between Hebei and several counties outside the Saiwai. If you want to communicate with Hebei, you can only go from here...... In my mother's words, you can make money by sitting on the ground! As a result, Amway has accumulated a lot of capital, contacts, and business routes in the past few years. This is the so-called first stage of the rise of my Amway. ”

"Let me think about it." Cai Yong sneered when he heard this. "In this second paragraph, don't you look at the counties outside the Saiwai, such as Liaodong, Liaoxi, Liaodong vassal states, Lelang, and Xuansu, because they live outside the Saiwai, the merchants, tribes, and wealthy families are all scattered sand? Your mother used the Gongsun clan as the backing and the Amway as a tool to control and integrate the trade routes in these places, and then live in the key node of Lingzhi, unified scheduling, and docking with Hebei? ”

"Cai Lang Center is really transparent." Gongsun Xun nodded again and again.

"I'm curious, though." Cai Yong suddenly gasped again. "You just said that your Amway has 'all over the Bohai Rim'. Then this third stage, I think it should be to open up the shipping trade on the Bohai Sea, and directly connect Liaodong with Qingzhou. Qingzhou and Liaodong have had sea routes since ancient times, and I know this, but Beihai, Donglai, Le'an, and Bohai are all big counties with many wealthy families, and there are countless families...... How did this Amway get in? ”

"Don't hide it." Gongsun Xun lowered his head and smiled. "In fact, these places have branches of the Gongsun clan. Although the five suits have long been out and the family has been separated, but the number of seventy or eighty years has always been in the same vein, and the words can still be said. Besides, this Amway is not the only one owned by my mother, the clan and its branches in various places, and even the wealthy families in various places, have dividends every year......"

"This is because I underestimated your Gongsun clan." Cai Yong gasped again when he heard this. "I don't want to spread out to this extent, 'there are all around the Bohai Sea', and the family of the Lingzhi branch in western Liaoxi is still 2,000 stones...... It's intimidating enough! ”

"If you don't have a scripture heirloom, you're just a second-rate after all." Gongsun Xun smiled and said with a smile. "This is the public opinion of the people of the world."

Cai Yong was silent when he heard this.

"I want to think about the past." After a slight pause, Gongsun Xun continued. "After my mother found that the business of Amway was stagnant, she knew that the region was really difficult to do, so she put out the spirit of opening the business all the way to Luoyang, and turned to do some things to support orphans and widows and sponsor students, but during the period, she encountered another incident, which made her haunted and unforgettable!"

Cai Yong blushed slightly...... I also know that sharing worries for my mother is also a filial son.

"When my mother was helping students in the local area, she naturally found that the book book was really a big problem for young children from poor families...... It is expensive, heavy, and cumbersome, and it is far inferior to paper in terms of transcription and use. ”

"It's nature." This topic is Cai Yong's specialty, and he knows the doorway better than anyone else. "If you really look at the word enlightenment, the book is not as good as paper, cheap and light...... However, it is only when writing and practicing that the paper is excellent, and when it comes to recording books, it is still necessary to use cloth and books, which is also a matter of no choice. ”

"What Cai Lang said is very true." Gongsun Xun nodded in agreement. "The kind of paper that is used in the world today is too brittle, even if the court and the government generally use this kind of paper as a wanted picture, it has to be pasted in the pavilion for people to take care of it, so that it can barely be preserved for a few months, and my mother will not think that she used that kind of paper to make books. However, my mother's inadvertently took over two paper-making workshops, which made her think about the future of paper......"

"Tell me about it." Cai Yong is really curious.

"Ah Yue, take the things out." Gongsun Xun turned around and ordered.

And at this time, Cai Yong suddenly reacted, he unknowingly chatted with this Gongsun Xun for a long time, and even ignored the most hateful kid next to him.

But I didn't have time to think about it, but I saw that Gongsun Yue opened a wooden box next to his hand and took out a piece of paper that looked soft and collapsed, but at a glance it was a piece of paper.

"This is a kind of soft paper in our western Liaoning," Gongsun Xun took it and handed it to Cai Yong opposite.

Cai Yong took it and touched it with his hand, and immediately frowned: "The quality is comparable to ordinary brittle paper, but it is too soft, the ink will melt when it is touched, and you can't write!" ”

"Exactly." Gongsun Xun nodded calmly. "In fact, the jute soft paper produced in this paper workshop has always been supplied to its owner to replace the toilet chips!"

Cai Yong's face froze, and then he directly threw the jute soft paper to the ground.

Gongsun Xun stretched out his hand and pinched it, puzzled: "Cai Langzhong, why is this, this paper is clean?" ”

"Ahem!" Cai Yong blushed and forcibly explained. "You don't know, I heard you say that someone actually uses paper instead of toilet chips, and I think it's too luxurious, and I feel disgusted with it......"

"Cai Langzhong, what are these words?" Gongsun Yue, who had not spoken all the time, couldn't help but refute. "You've been in Luozhong for a long time, don't you know what real luxury is? In order to show off their wealth, some powerful families specially put the best cloth and silk scarves in the toilet, which is called extravagance! You yourself said, how many poor people in the world can't be covered by hunger, can things like silk scarves be used for toileting, why don't you get tired of it? ”

Cai Yong's face was flushed, and he couldn't speak.

"Okay, Ah Yue." Gongsun Xun hurriedly stopped his brother's confrontation, and explained to Cai Yong again. Cai Langzhong didn't know that this kind of soft paper was just made of discarded hemp, broken fishing nets, and tree bark, but it couldn't be written, so it was just right for toileting...... Well, you're old and you're often at your desk, so I'll have someone bring you some and try them later. ”

"Thank you." For some reason, Cai Yong is still a little embarrassed when he is old. "Go on."

"Whoa." Gongsun Xun nodded yes, and then asked Gongsun Yue to bring a piece of paper. "Look at this ...... again"

"This piece of paper is as white as snow." Cai Yong quickly tasted it after taking it. "But it's just as white as snow, and its texture is no different from ordinary brittle paper, I'm afraid it's still not good at preservation, it's a pity!"

"Cai Langzhong's eyes are like torches." Gongsun Xun nodded again and again. "Exactly...... Look at this third piece of paper! ”

Cai Yong took it and touched it, still frowning and silent: "Although this paper is also white, it is still soft...... What's the use? I'm afraid it can only be used for toileting, right? ”

"Cai Langzhong, think about it again."

Cai Yong touched the white soft paper, looked at the other two in front of him, but suddenly his heart moved: "Could this paper be made by your mother after she got the two paper-making workshops?" ”

"Exactly!" Gongsun Xun waved his palm like a knife and cut directly to the floor, as if he was extremely excited. "Cai Langzhong probably doesn't know, in fact, since Cai Hou started papermaking, the papermaking technology in the world has not changed much in the past hundred years, it is nothing more than frustration, pounding, frying, baking, these four processes...... The rest of the things are made by the craftsmen themselves, whether they are soft, hard, white, clean, tight, or ......."

"I see what you mean." Cai Yong suddenly realized. "You mean, this papermaking is basically the same, and it is very mature, so it is actually very easy to learn from the strengths of others. In other words, if you can gather the craftsmanship from all over the world, then it is a matter of course to create lightweight, white, and compact paper...... Is it possible to replace books and silks? ”

"Exactly."

"Then why did your family only make this kind of white soft paper for toilets for many years?" Cai Yong was puzzled.

Gongsun Xun sneered when he heard this: "Cai Langzhong, didn't we just say it?" A family without a scripture heirloom is only second-rate after all. And a family that can raise a paper workshop and have a unique craft, which one is not a first-class family? You must know that the paper made of this is still used for writing after all! ”

Cai Yong was stunned: "No wonder you just said that Lingtang was worried about this...... I think it's those people who have a paper workshop, and they deceive her as a woman, a businessman, and a county around her, so they are proud of their fame and don't bother to pay attention to her? Moreover, your mother can't do without Liaoxi, and your family only has some means in the Bohai Rim counties after all, so I'm afraid it's even more difficult to move out of this circle? ”

"These scholars are raising paper workshops, but they are just for the sake of vassal elegance." Gongsun Xun raised his head and sneered. "And their homes are extravagant, and no matter how heavy the books are, there are servants who drive and carry them for them; No matter how difficult it is to burn, there are also knife and pen officials to do it for them. If it weren't for my mother, where would anyone have thought of using this to benefit the world?! But all of these people don't know how to lift ......."

"My aunt offered a reward of one million dollars for new paper, which was known to everyone in the Bohai Sea back then." Gongsun Yue also interjected again. "However, in the past few years, I have only obtained this kind of white paper craft, and I still asked for it from a scholar family in Zhuo County, near Liaoxi, and there is no progress beyond that......

"This time I really know what you are asking for." Cai Yong sighed as he twisted his beard slightly. "A woman in Lingtang actually has a heart for culture and education, how can I sit idly by? Besides, I don't have any other hobbies, except calligraphy, music, and dictionaries...... What specific message do you have? Say it to me, I ask for this paper-making process for you in the name of writing the stone scriptures! ”

"Cai Yong is self-sufficient, and he is also the method of Mingsi (Li Si) and (Shi Jia), so he has to write without a pen. If you want to do something, you must first sharpen your tools. With Zhang Yi pen, Zuo Bo paper, and Chenlu, all ancient methods, and these three, and the hands of the ministers, and then you can do your best. Thousands of officials. —"Three Auxiliary Decisions". Zhao Qi

Gongsun Xun and Gongsun Yue glanced at each other, and laughed together, and the latter immediately took out several kinds of papers from the box and laid them out one by one!

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