Qu Bin hugged his head and jumped up, and returned to the county government in embarrassment to reply to Cheng Yao. Of course, he had already put down his hands before entering the government, and not only rearranged his clothes, but also took care of his face by the water by the well not far away, adjusting his original embarrassed and frightened expression.

Only the evil slave dog will leave the traces of humiliation on his face, and run to the master's house to cry: "That guy beat me, and it depends on the master to beat the dog, and he clearly doesn't take you seriously!" "Although Qu Bin is not from a high background, he has read the books of sages after all, and the demeanor of a scholar must not be lost - especially in front of Shangguan.

When I entered the lobby, I saw that Cheng Yi was not writing this time, and was impatiently sorting out the official documents on the case. Qu Bin gave a big gift from afar: "Return to Cheng Sima." Although Cheng Yao didn't recognize his face very much, there was no problem in distinguishing his voice, so he didn't raise his head, and ordered: "The ink seal has worked hard." Calling the little ...... Pei Lang come in. ”

The corners of Qu Bin's mouth twitched slightly, but he still tried his best to keep his expression dignified and his tone calm, and replied: "That villain refused to come with his subordinates, and his words were too perverse, despised Sima, and said...... asked Sima to go and see him. ”

"Oh?" Cheng Yao raised his head, his eyebrows twisted, and the two broom eyebrows were almost connected again, "What did he say?" Don't hide anything, but be outspoken. ”

Qu Binxin said that it would be too embarrassing for me to be outspoken, and I tried my best to hide my words at the moment, just retelling Pei Gai's words roughly, first saying that your character is definitely not as good as him, and then your official character is not as good as him, and the third saying that the big guy is a colleague in the "gentleman's camp", and there is no distinction between superior and inferior, so-" insisted on refusing to come to see him. It was inconvenient for the lower officials to move roughly, so they had to return to Sima. ”

He thought that Cheng Yao would be furious when he heard this, but who thought that Cheng Yao would listen to it, but his eyebrows stretched and he smiled slightly: "Sure enough, it is not as expected." "What does Qu Binxin mean by this? You knew that Pei would refuse to come, and you still sent me to summon me? Do you know that you are not the only one who has been humiliated, I was also unlucky, and I was almost thrown out of the door!

Cheng Yao stretched out his hand and beckoned: "Ink seal, come closer." Qu Bin hurriedly approached in small steps, and then heard Cheng Yao ask: "In the past few days, General Zhi has said to everyone, the word 'lord' is not created by that villain, but it has a foundation - haven't you heard of Mo Feng?" ”

Qu Bin was stunned - I really haven't heard of this, I realized it later.

In fact, the first to spread this statement was not Zhi Qu Liu, but Jian Dao, the problem is too low, and it has always been despised by colleagues, and to put it bluntly, no one will take it seriously - I'm afraid it's not even a joke, it's not worth spreading at all. It wasn't until Zhi Quliu defended Pei Gai everywhere that the news gradually spread. In fact, before sending Qu Bin to summon Pei Gai, someone had already reported to Cheng Yao.

Cheng Yao said: "That villain is alone, and he said what we don't say, but he mocks us for not learning, and he is not as well-read as he is well-read." I think that he wanted to get the post of deputy governor, but was hindered by the hundred bureaucrats, so he used this to plot against us—then his heart, without asking...... "I knew that he was such a proud man—he was born there, and the stinky face of the great family was used to us in the past—and he was not only proud, but also resentful of us, and wanted to climb up on our shoulders." Therefore, he refused to come to see me voluntarily, and that was really not what you guessed, because he was not trustworthy, so he did not dare to run around—"He was close to the martial arts, and did not associate with the scribes, and wanted to do the same—so he sent Mofeng to try one or two. ”

Qu Bin was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in his heart that I relied on you to think too deeply...... You haven't seen Pei Gai much, at least you haven't talked to him, and you can study his psychology so thoroughly? "Sima Zhishen, the last official is out of reach."

After a pause, he asked, "Then what should I do?" It's better to mobilize the soldiers and horses and capture them, Sima Haosheng admonished him......"

Cheng Yao waved his hand: "That villain is new to the army, and he is not guilty, how can he be arrested without authorization?" "There are some things he didn't say - it seems that Shi Le was very sincere in recruiting Pei Gai, and this has not disappointed him, how can you be rude to him? Aren't you afraid of Shiler's fire? Besides, he has been so close to Zhi Qu Liu recently, if you want to be rude, you have to be willing to agree to it.

Qu Bin asked, "Then we can't do anything about him?" Now that Ming Gong has not yet been granted the position, he is really employed, and his current mentality, which is very unhelpful to unity, will definitely be detrimental to us in the future! I said in my heart, at least I have a tie with him, he may not dare to touch you, but he will definitely clean me up in the future!

Cheng Yao smiled: "Yellow-mouthed son, move as you like, how can you have any far-sightedness?" I have my own plan to deal with him - I don't have to worry about him anymore. ”

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At dusk that day, Zhi Quliu came to listen to the story again as usual. However, this time he brought two Hu soldiers, one holding wine and food, and the other holding a large stack of slips. Pei Gai pointed to the slips and asked what they meant. Zhi Quliu smiled and said, "This is what Cheng Ziyuan entrusted me to transfer to Mr. Pei." ”

This afternoon, Cheng Yao found Zhi Quliu, first complained that the official business was too cumbersome, there was a shortage of manpower around him, and he had not slept peacefully for several days, and then asked tentatively: "Ming Gong recruited Pei Lang, and he had great hopes, although he had not been assigned a job, but I heard that Pei Lang had recovered from his illness, anyway, he was idle, and he didn't know if he was willing to reach out and share one or two?" ”

Zhiqu said to Pei Gai in the evening, what Cheng Yao said is also very reasonable, you are idle anyway, the big guys are colleagues, and they are all working hard for the lord to achieve a great cause, and you should help him do some work. If you make any achievements, I will definitely speak well for you after the lord returns, you can rest assured, you will never be robbed of all the credit by Cheng Ziyuan.

And——"If the lord returns, he will be happy to know that Mr. Pei will also take care of his future affairs." I will try my best to persuade the lord to fulfill his promise and serve as the deputy governor of Mr. Pei's 'gentleman's camp'. ”

While talking, he entered Pei Gai's bedroom, familiar with the door, and he was not polite to the master. Pei should ask Hu Bing to pile up all those slips in the corner of the house for the time being, and picked up a piece of wood on it to take a look, and couldn't help frowning slightly-what is this? I don't understand!

Looking up at Zhi Qu Liu, Zhi Qu Liu explained: "According to Cheng Ziyuan, these are the accounts of the 'Craftsman Battalion' in the past six months, please ask Mr. Pei to assist in auditing, because it is urgent, and it will take three days for the time being." He looked at Pei Gai's expression, and couldn't help frowning and asked, "Why, Mr. Pei won't either?" But it doesn't matter, everyone has their own strengths, and they must have their weaknesses, this kind of settling accounts is not done by high-ranking officials, they are all subordinates - I will help you go back, and change some military orders and articles to draft. ”

Pei Gai shook his head lightly, and threw the piece of wood back casually—"No need. I'm just wondering, why do the army still use such heavy bamboo slips and wooden slips instead of paper? "In the memory of the old Pei Cai, the use of paper should have been very common in these years.

Papermaking has existed in ancient times, and the so-called "Caihou paper" made by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty is just a major technical improvement. In the past, the paper was too brittle, thin and coarse, so it was difficult to make a large size, and the lower grade could only be used to wrap food, even if it was the upper grade, it was just a few words written as a "sticky note"; Since the advent of "Caihou paper", paper began to be manufactured on a large scale, and gradually replaced the simple bamboo and silk as the carrier of writing.

Therefore, as late as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the use of paper was already very extensive. As for the Jin Dynasty, although due to doubts about whether paper could be preserved for a long time, important official documents and archives of the imperial court were still made of wood, but the daily writing of scholars was basically replaced with paper - the reason why calligraphy flourished in the Wei, Jin and Southern Dynasties also came from this. In the later period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, when Huan Xuan usurped the throne, he explicitly ordered that all government documents would be paper, and the like would completely withdraw from the historical stage.

That's why Pei should be strange, there are not so many rules in the army, and these are not important official documents, why don't you use paper, but use simple papers? It's not a hassle.

Zhi Quliu said with a smile: "Pei Lang doesn't know, in the area of Yingchuan and Xiangcheng, there are few paper mills, and the paper is dependent on the import of other counties and even other states. Although he doesn't know much about writing, and he usually doesn't know how to write, after all, he often comes into contact with military orders and official documents, and he still has this understanding.

When Pei Gai heard this, he couldn't help but sigh softly: "The soldiers are in trouble, the people are displaced, and all industries are withering, who is to blame?" Originally, I just felt it, but when I said it casually, who would have thought that Zhi Quliu would immediately pick up the stubble: "It's all because the Sima family doesn't cultivate morality, and the vassals compete with each other." And when Luoyang is conquered and the world is completely changed, it will naturally be easy to get paper. Pei Gai glanced at him, and said in his heart, "Do you really think so?" I don't think you are much better than those goods of the Sima family, if the world can usher in a peaceful and prosperous era in your hands, it is really God's eyes!

Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition has already been finished, and even Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition is nearing the end. After all, the historical facts and the romance are too far apart, for the more than a dozen northern attacks on Cao Wei of Shu Han, the records in the history books are very brief, although the romance says a lot, but it can't be purely according to the romance. The two arrays are round at every turn, the general is single-handed, and the six branches are from the army, so they definitely don't believe it. Therefore, Pei Gai temporarily gave up the battle of the last two soldiers to destroy Shu, jumped back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and began to explain in detail several of the most important battles one by one - Jieqiao, Guandu, Chibi, Hanzhong, Weishui, Yiling...... He had studied these battles more thoroughly in his previous life, maybe even if Chen Shou was underground, he didn't know it clearly.

Sure enough, when he talked about this, Zhi Quliu listened to it with his eyebrows flying, and he was so addicted that he even drank more than ten glasses of wine than usual. waited until the moon rose to the heavens and sent away Zhi Qu Liu, and then Pei Cai returned to check those slips. What kind of "craftsman camp" does he say in his heart, the craftsman is the craftsman, and the instrument is the instrument, and it cannot be generalized, and the name is unreasonable. I couldn't help but think of a sentence in Pei Yi's "Theory of Chongyou": "The craftsman is not a tool, and the maker must be a craftsman, but you can't make a tool with a non-instrument, and it is said that the craftsman is not a ......."

No, no, now is not the time to endorse, you have to think about how to pass this hurdle. Obviously, Cheng Yao pretended to be tired, and it was definitely not a good intention to come to this job by supporting Qu Liu-he wanted to see his own jokes!