Chapter 5: Shock
Early in the morning of the second day, Gongsun Xun wrote a sincere resignation on the grounds of filial piety, and then called a guest with good equestrian skills from the business, and asked him to send him to the county Zhiyang Lecheng outside the Saiwai Province, where there would naturally be an elder in the county who was an official to transfer it to Zhao Taishou for him.
After all, although it is a little unwilling to resign as soon as you go home, it is always the arrangement of your own mother, and reason also tells Gongsun Xun that this arrangement is quite reasonable.
After seeing this person out of the city, Gongsun Xun immediately went to watch his wife's 'famous career', which is the first experiment of the so-called engraving printing...... Well, speaking of which, I have to praise Cai Yong's reputation and sigh at the desolation of this shabby place in western Liaoning. I heard that it was going to reprint the Seven Classics recorded by Cai Bojiao, and more than half of the people with heads and faces in Hulala City came to watch.
From the county monarch to the elders of the clan, one will not pull!
However, whether it was Gongsun Xun or Gongsun Yue, he frowned and looked at the so-called engraving printing, and he was speechless.
Because, in the mouth of Gongsun Auntie, the so-called 'engraving printing' that will change the style of the whole world, the more I look at it, the more I feel that it is no different from the 'hammering method' used in Luoyang to carve the Standing Stone Sutra. It's just tossing twice, carving the Yin text template onto a jujube board like a stone scripture, and finally expanding it to the paper book!
I can only say that it seems that this is much easier than transcribing, but you want to say that there is any particularly elaborate and novel technology...... It doesn't seem to be either, right?
And obviously, the front hammering and carving is very neat, after several old stonemasons have adapted to the wood a little, it only took most of the effort to carve out a piece of the Yin script board of the "Book of Songs", and they are still making engraving plates.
However, just when everyone thought that everything was going to be fine, the printing work that had begun in the evening came to a standstill, because it was discovered that there was a big problem with the ink...... There are too many dirty words, and there are many adjustments in the middle, and it is refueling, and adjusting the thickness, anyway, tossing and turning all day has not come up with a decent result.
So, when he did it again the next day, the number of onlookers who came to watch was suddenly reduced by more than half, and the county gentleman did not come this time, but just asked the county to do it for him, and the patriarch who was actually in charge of the clan, that is, Gongsun Xun's second grandfather, did not come again, only his grandson Gongsun Fan ran over to continue watching...... One more thing to say here, the eldest son of Gongsun Xun's grandfather died early, and the actual head of the eldest line is the second grandfather who served as the Taishou of Shanggu County, and Gongsun Fan is also the eldest grandson of the Gongsun family.
However, the onlookers of the eldest grandson did not bring any good luck, and the second day passed in a daze in the debugging ink.
This is still the case on the third day, and at this time, even Gongsun Yue will go to help his family with something, and the county Cheng is obviously leaving face for Gongsun and Auntie, but Gongsun Fan is watching seriously in front of him from beginning to end...... to make Gongsun Xun look at it differently.
However, on this day, Aunt Gongsun finally did not fall into her former prestige, and when it was tossed in the afternoon, the ink was finally debugged and not light, and the oiliness was just right. So after some rubbing, it really printed the first poem of the "Book of Songs" "Guan Ju", with the so-called punctuation hook, exactly one hundred and two words.
And it was just one hundred and two words on this big white paper, which instantly attracted all the amazement of a group of soil buns in the branch city!
The county gentleman wanted to walk the final product that he had worked hard for three days for his own county monarch, and he also told him that there was no need to notify him after the entire poetry was printed, and Gongsun Fan, who was the heir of the lineage, actually snatched away the defective products that had stained a lot of handwriting before, and he didn't know what the use of taking it back was?
Of course, Gongsun Xun just chattered these thoughts in his heart, and he didn't dare to show them on his face at all. Didn't you see your wife's arrogant look? As if how much she contributed......
In fact, this is because Gongsun Xun is a little ignorant and self-righteous.
It is important to know that many epoch-making technologies do not require too many thresholds, and it is likely that several existing technologies are properly integrated, or sometimes even integrated, but only to make standardized improvements suitable for promotion...... But they have changed the times.
Just like this engraving printing, in fact, the atmosphere of the Han Dynasty's standing stone monument was particularly popular, and the hammering technology was basically completely popularized...... However, in another time and space, even two hundred years after the appearance of Zuobo paper, which was tightly textured and easy to preserve, people suddenly discovered that it seemed that the two techniques could be combined to print books!
Is this technical?
No, but it's important, it's changing the world. And Gongsun Auntie's untechnical 'invention' has made this technology that facilitates the dissemination of knowledge more than 200 years ahead of schedule!
And Gongsun Xun didn't know that there were still a lot of similar things hidden in his stomach, but he couldn't take them out or didn't want to take them out due to various restrictions and thoughts.
Uh, as for what you said about movable type printing, is it one of the techniques that Gongsun Auntie maliciously hidden? No, not really...... Who made her not an engineering dog, right? The materials of ink and movable type are really not up to par, and it will cost her to make the ink of a carved plate, not to mention the ink and materials of movable type. And since she didn't have the ability to use movable type, she had to use engraving without technical obstacles!
All in all, after three days of tossing, regardless of the technical content of the problem, and no matter how long it takes for this method to improve, everyone finally understands...... Not to mention anything else, I am afraid that there will be more and more books in the world in the future, and with the means of Gongsun Aunt and Amway, I am afraid that there will be more and more bookstores that sell cheap books!
That's right, you read that right...... There is a bookstore these days!
There are bookstores in Chang'an and Luoyang, and some people have carved the most basic things such as the Analects and the Book of Songs on bamboo slips for sale very early...... But that price is not acceptable to ordinary people, and it is only in big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang that there are such bookstores.
In the history of the Han Dynasty, the famous Wang Chong couldn't afford to buy books because his family was poor, so he went to the bookstore in Luoyang every day to read books, and then he could memorize them after reading them, and I don't know what the bookstore owner thinks...... Of course, when he was in his hometown, he couldn't find a bookstore to rub books.
While Gongsun Xun was thinking about this 'engraving' that had begun to show results, Gongsun Fan went and returned, and brought an invitation from his grandfather, who is now the de facto patriarch of the clan...... said that he wanted to invite the eldest mother to his house for a while.
As for what to invite your own wife to talk about, not to mention that everyone knows it. As I said before, this dynasty tradition has no scriptures to inherit, and it is a second-rate family after all. And the Gongsun clan has been suffering at the top level of the second-rate family for too long, so in the eyes of the older generation, anything that helps spread the family's academic reputation is bigger than the sky!
However, this is not about Gongsun Xun's business, he watched his old lady continue to walk towards the largest courtyard in the clan with a proud attitude under the leadership of Gongsun Fan, then he turned around directly and walked towards a place at the west gate of Lingzhi City, which is the back of the compound of the Amway General Command, and the dormitory area that Gongsun Auntie said herself.
Why come here? Well, the day before, Aunt Li came to Gongsun Xun, saying that the new account office was clamoring to see him, and said that she wanted to offer him a strange strategy.
"Uncle Zi is still used to it?" Pushing the door into the other party's single dormitory, Gongsun Xun looked at Lou Gui, who was busy with something with his head down, with a smile.
"Thank you Wenqi for your attention." Lou Gui, who was writing something on the bedside table, didn't even raise his head, he was really a celebrity. "Where it comes, it is safe...... Besides, this place is much more interesting than at the foot of the Mountain, and in just three days, I have already seen many new things that I have never seen in my life. ”
"Really?"
"It's nature." As he spoke, Lou Gui also turned around and showed off the Arabic vertical pose he had just completed. "Good stuff...... It's much more neat than putting it into words. ”
"Indeed." Gongsun Xun didn't refute it. "What else?"
"And ......" Lou Gui put down the white paper and goose feather pen in his hand, turned around and propped up the high back of the chair he was sitting on. It's only been three days, and I feel like I've been doing it before! ”
"What are the acts?" Gongsun Xun sat casually on the edge of the other party's bed.
"Of course it's to take care of the outlaws......" Lou Gui shook his head repeatedly. I thought I was smart, and I saw through the world before anyone else, so I wanted to prepare early. However, when I arrived in Liaoxi, I realized that those acts were child's play! When the world is in chaos, is it just a brave man? Is there grain? Can you have armor? Can you have a good place to live? ”
"It's as if our Gongsun clan is going to ......rebel," Gongsun Xun immediately laughed. Do our Gongsun clan have armor? Could it be that the Amway is also in the armor business, how did I not know? ”
"I'm not saying you're going to rebel," Lou Gui lamented. "I didn't say that your family has a first-class business, but I also asked, the people of your Gongsun family hold important positions in many places in neighboring counties and counties, and they are in charge of first-class soldiers and horses...... So if your grandson Wenqi wants to rebel, I'm afraid it's more convenient than anyone else! ”
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but roll his eyes: "You are looking for me to offer a rebellion?" ”
"Don't think I'm joking." Lou Gui is colorful. "In the past two days, I have been studying bookkeeping in your family's accounting room, and what I have seen and heard with my own eyes is that your family has a horse business, a grain business, a cloth business, and a storehouse, a business, a caravan, and a down-line tribe in several surrounding counties...... Therefore, if there is a real war one day, your family might as well send troops from this Lingzhi City to defraud Lu Longsai! ”
"And then?" Gongsun Xun was puzzled. "Anyway, it's stopped halfway."
"Oops." Lou Gui was impatient. "Why should Wen Qi pretend to be stupid? Once Lulongsai is obtained, not only can you get a large number of ordnance and armor, but also can directly cut off the traffic between Hebei and Saiwai, and calmly enter the five counties outside the Saiwai. When the time comes......"
"When the time comes, appease the outside of the Saiwai, gather troops, sit and watch the chaos in the world, the war in Hebei, and wait for the opportunity, directly lead the troops south, level Hebei, and then follow the example of Emperor Guangwu according to the Yellow River and peep into the world...... Do you want to say this? Gongsun Xun asked a little speechlessly. Lou Zibo, Lou Zibo, can't you change this problem of being a good man and a low master? Still curious? My mother actually said that you are more intelligent than me? Am I a pig's brain, and your intelligence is higher than mine? ”
"Where am I looking down again?!" Lou Gui said with a red face. "Isn't that okay?"
Gongsun Xun sneered: "I only want to ask you one thing, do you know how far it is from Lu Longsai to Zhiyang Lecheng, Liaoxi County?" ”
Lou Gui looked dazed.
"Five hundred miles!" Gongsun Xun laughed. "In the middle, there are only small cities such as Liucheng and Guanzicheng to rely on, in other words, the core area of the five counties outside the Saiwai is also five hundred miles away from Lulongsai! If you bring dry rations, a dozen cavalrymen and three horses, and don't skimp on horsepower, you may be able to reach it in one day and one night; If you drive a caravan of ox-carts, and bring enough food and water, and do not meet robbers, and travel day and night, in exchange for livestock, you will be able to travel in that week's work; But you have to gather a large army and pass through these five hundred miles of wilderness to take the five counties outside the Saiwai...... Lou Zibo, tell me, how long do you think the army will have to travel in these five hundred miles, and how much grain will it need? How demoralizing will you get along the way? When you get there, what if there is a brigade of elites waiting for work? ”
Lou Gui's face was red and his ears were red.
"Of course, if you are deep in the five counties outside the Saiwai, it is not impossible to take it down by power and strategy." Gongsun Xun continued to laugh. "But even if you take it down, you can't get out if you go in, it's nothing more than a place to avoid trouble. Because after putting the focus on the five counties outside the Seychelles, this Lulongsai basically can't be saved......"
"Just because of these five hundred miles?" Lou Gui asked.
"Just because of these five hundred miles." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Isn't five hundred miles far enough? Lu Longsai is the throat in Hebei, and it is a checkpoint of 500 miles outside the fortress...... As long as the center of gravity is shifted to the outside of the fortress, then this Lulongsai will inevitably be taken by the forces of Hebei for the first time. ”
"I'm really talking a little bit of empty talk." Lou Gyu was embarrassed.
"You call it paper." Gongsun Xun shook his head again and again. "Mistaken people, mistaken things, and what we just said has not mentioned the other dangers on the five-hundred-mile road...... For example, the attacks of Xianbei and Wuhuan. ”
Lou Gui wanted to speak and stopped.
"I know what you're trying to say." Gongsun Xun was speechless and corrected. "Do you think my family has a deep connection with those aliens? Let me tell you bluntly, first of all, this Wuhuan is attached to the Han Dynasty, not only my family, anyone can go to their tribe to do business, my family has business with them, nothing can be explained! As for Xianbei and Goguryeo, in fact, they are all small tribes that live on the border, and the poor are starving to death, so they will form an up-and-down line with our business, as for their real high-level leaders, how can they have anything to do with our business? There is also Sanhan, that broken place is a barren land under the rule of the Han and Goguryeo, that is, the ginseng thing has a little trade value after it is valuable, what is the use of having dealings with them? So you, you're really incurable! ”
Lou Gui didn't dare to speak anymore.
"With this kung fu, let's practice more of the art of settling accounts!" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh. "Even if it's really chaotic, it will take seven or eight years, and my Amway doesn't raise idlers...... If you continue like this, you will have to go to the Xuansu semicolon to collect ginseng. It's a cool place, and two winters are guaranteed to calm your mind. ”
After that, Gongsun Xun held his head high with his hands behind his back, just like the expression of his old lady when he went to the patriarch's side, the so-called superior, and left here proudly.
Nothing was said all night.
On the second day, the fifth day when Gongsun Xun returned home, Aunt Li sent news that Lou Gui was really a lot more honest.
But on the third day, the sixth day when Gongsun Xun returned home, in the morning, a fast horse suddenly galloped into Lingzhi City...... It was the guest in the house who had been sent to Yangle to deliver the letter before!
In other words, this person not only failed to send a letter, but brought back an earth-shattering news to Gongsun Xun, Gongsun Shi, Lingzhicheng, and even the entire Youzhou:
The convoy of Zhao Bao's mother, that is, the convoy of Zhao Zhong and Zhao Chang's aunt who leaned towards the government and the opposition, encountered Xianbei people on the way out of Lulongsai to Yangle City, and the entire convoy was captured!
"Are you kidding?!" After listening to it, Gongsun Xun's first reaction was disbelief. "In the four hundred years of the dynasty, I have never heard of this kind of thing before the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty after the Han Dynasty! Two thousand Shi family members were captured by the enemy in their own territory?! ”
"Shaojun, how can a little one joke about this kind of thing?" The guest replied quickly. "I heard the news when I walked to Guanzi City, and after asking about the situation, I hurried back, and as soon as I passed Lulongsai, there was already martial law there, and then the messengers came out...... I'm familiar with the road, hurry up, I'm afraid that in a few quarters of an hour, the news of the official family will also arrive. ”
"Still not right." Gongsun Xun frowned. "This Liaoxi Taishou's mother went to the county to govern, Lu Longsai should send an elite escort, and the old lady before also ...... herself"
"The enemy has ten thousand horsemen." The guest interjected suddenly.
Gongsun Xun was stunned for a moment, and then immediately figured out what was going on...... This is the Han Dynasty's combat readiness activities in the front line from Daijun to Yunzhong have been exposed, and the Xianbei people want to strike first, but they can't counterattack, so they will raise a large army to enter the cities outside the Kou Han!
This is the beginning of a series of big battles!
And if you think about it like this, that old lady Zhao and her daughter-in-law and granddaughter are really unlucky and fall into the hands of the enemy!
Thinking of several encounters with that family and the upcoming series of wars, Gongsun Xun was complicated for a while, and he really didn't know what to say.
However, there was no time to think about it, and in the afternoon, with the arrival of the military messenger, there was a complete commotion in the Lingzhi City...... As Gongsun Xun said before, not to mention the invasion of nearly 10,000 horsemen in Xianbei, the scale is unprecedented, just saying that the mother of a county magistrate is held by the enemy country, it is really something that has never been heard of in the four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty! Don't think about it, the central government will shake across the board, and the entire territory of Youzhou will definitely be supported by the elite under the dispatch of Liu Yu, and as for the cities to which this county belongs in western Liaoning, it is needless to say!
This year is the county as the country!
The county guard is like the monarch, and the monarch's mother has this kind of thing, to put it mildly, you officials and soldiers of Liaoxi County, and even the local big families should be humiliated to death!
In fact, the county magistrate of Lingzhi County immediately issued an order after the shock, and rushed to Lulongsai with all the military horses, soldiers, children of large households, grain, and strong men in the county!
The county official on Gongsun Xun didn't have time to resign, plus he reverted to Gongsun, and he was a disciple of Guangluxun of the current dynasty, and he was still a young hero who broke the camp in his thirties...... Therefore, he was naturally appointed as the leader of this army to support.
Although Aunt Gongsun was reluctant to give up, she could only let her son go, and she couldn't even complain...... Didn't you see that Gongsun Yue had just arrived home and followed along? Even the patriarch of Gongsun Fan was thrown out by his grandfather! Now in this situation, it seems that we can only hope that Han Dang, a 'historical general', can protect his son again.
Pack up and stop, the next day to set off directly, there is nothing to say, to say a bad word, although the soldiers are strong, the grain is complete, but the people are panicked, and they don't know what to do is the portrayal of everyone's mood...... No one has ever encountered such a thing, and they don't even know if this battle should be fought!
But just when Gongsun Xunman said goodbye to his mother, and his mind was blank and he was ready to leave from the West Gate with hundreds of 'elites' such as Han Dang, Gongsun Yue, and Gongsun Fan, he encountered another disgusting annoyance.
"Gongsun Shaojun, Gongsun Wenqi!" Lou Gui, who was so low-eyed that he didn't even know basic geographical knowledge, was being dragged by two business guys, but he was still holding on to the door frame of the Amway Headquarters, and he was trying to shout loudly into the street. "Listen to me, listen to me! I have a plan! I've got a trick! ”
Gongsun Xun was already upset, and at this time, his eyelids jumped with anger: "Bring him to me, and then have a knife with him!" Even if he doesn't die in this battle, I will also throw him to Lelang County to collect ginseng for twenty years with me! ”
"Zhao Baozi is mighty, a native of Dongwu City, Ganling. From the brother loyalty, for the middle of the regular service, the bud is deeply ashamed that his clan has a eunuch name, not with the loyal communication. Chushizhou County, filial piety and honesty, and then moved to Guangling Order. After three years of affairs, politics and religion were clear, the county was in its form, and it was moved to western Liao. Resistant and majestic, the name vibrates the border customs. Sent an envoy to welcome his mother and wife, and went to the county, passing through Liucheng, worth more than 10,000 people into the Saikou banknote, and the budding mother and his wife and daughter were robbed and carried to attack the county. —Book of the Later Han Dynasty, vol. 81. Solo Ranks
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