Don't think that any invention in later generations is tried and tested in ancient times, not to mention that new things have a process of acceptance, and they are inseparable from the original culture, morality, etiquette, etc., for example, you say that there are no gods in the sky, then don't you question the identity of the emperor and the son of heaven, do you want to rebel?

There are some things that must not be nonsense, they will really die, otherwise Giordano Bruno himself would have been lit with a sky lantern before he was burned to death by the European Inquisition.

Zhu Yan finally figured out what toilet paper is, in fact, there is no need for Zhao Rui to explain, this kind of paper that looks a little yellow and a little soft, it is naturally impossible to write, it is good to be used as a toilet chip, but there are concerns for a while, in fact, even if this kind of toilet paper is cheap and good, it is not something that ordinary people can afford, and in the end there are still rich people who use it.

This is already a KitKat, so Zhu Yan has to be cautious, even if he can accept it, he doesn't dare to agree easily.

Zhao Rui sent Zhu Yan back to Nanzhu Island and visited the papermaking workshop with Zhao Rui, and Zhu Yan had a more specific understanding of Zhao's Paper.

Not only is Zhu Yan visiting the shopkeepers of the Wufeng Islands these days, but the other three are also discussing cooperation matters with some shopkeepers these days, and have finalized many purchase intentions.

Buddhism and Taoism prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism forbade believers to eat dog meat, Taoism is also called "to dogs as the ground disgust, do not eat it", under the influence of Buddhism and Taoism, the Tang people do not consciously do not eat or eat less dog meat.

But dog meat has been in the Chinese diet for a long, long time.

As early as the pre-Qin period, the Chinese divided domestic dogs into three categories: "One is to guard the dog, to guard the imperial field; The second is called the field dog, which is used for field hunting; The three are called food dogs, which are used as kitchen shyness.

However, at that time, dog meat was very precious, and only the nobles could afford to enjoy it, and the "Book of Rites" said, "The princes do not kill cattle for no reason, the doctors do not kill sheep for no reason, the scholars do not kill dogs and pigs for no reason, and the common people do not eat treasures for no reason." "Dog meat is a delicacy that only nobles above the rank of scholar are entitled to enjoy. At that time, the Son of Heaven also used dog meat as a serious sacrifice, which can be seen from the structure of the Chinese character "sacrifice", and the side of the character "dog" means to sacrifice dogs.

By the Qin and Han dynasties, dog eating was popular, and dog meat expanded from the recipes of the aristocracy to the tables of the common people. Liu Bang's horse boy Fan Xu, before his career, was a butcher in the market, slaughtering dogs for a living, "when people eat dogs, they are also the same as sheep and pigs, so they specialize in slaughtering and selling." Legend has it that Liu Bang was particularly fond of the dog meat cooked by Fan Xu, so he left a famous dish called "Pei Gong Dog Meat".

According to the accounts of the Han Dynasty, "the middle one slaughtered sheep and dogs, drummed and played sheng; The taste of dog meat is higher than that of pork, and the middle class can only afford to eat dog meat, and the poor can only eat pork and chicken.

However, after the Sui and Tang dynasties, dog meat has been withdrawn from the main food list of the Han people, and pork and mutton are the most common meats on the table of Central Plains families.

Dog meat is not allowed to be served at formal banquets, and if guests are served with dog meat, it will be considered impolite and impolite. The saying that "dog meat is not on the table" has been popular since the Song Dynasty. The banquet here refers to the main seat, a formal banquet for receiving guests, not a private table. Private tables can be left untouched, while formal banquets require etiquette.

There is no ban on eating dog meat in the Wufeng Islands, and in the cold winter months, a pot of hot dog meat hot pot is definitely the most delicious enjoyment in the world.

Zhang Heng went out, and he didn't know where he got half a dog meat, let the cook cut it into thin slices, and put it in the hot pot for a while, the tempting aroma immediately made people's appetite move, even the most gentle Gu Liang couldn't help but taste it, and was amazed!

"Looking at Zhang Lang's expression, there should be something to gain today!"

Every morning, the four of them go out separately, and return to the wharf in the evening, but sometimes they return very late, but there is no night curfew in the Wufeng Islands, even in the middle of the night, you can often see a small cart selling food on the roadside, and there are often groups of craftsmen who work late on the street, which has become a very peculiar landscape in the Wufeng Islands.

"Huh! Why didn't you see Lu Lang today? Zhang Heng looked at the other two people at the table with some pride.

"Lu Lang seems to have only gone out in the afternoon, and I heard that he went to a farmer's house and was going to learn the cultivation technique of crystal tablets?" Gu Liang said.

Zhu Yan "sighed" and ate a piece of vermicelli, and said with a hot grin: "Today, I went to a stationery store and picked up some good things, how about you take a look?" As he spoke, he opened a cloth bag, which contained several small wooden boxes of paint, and when he opened the wooden box, there were neatly stacked wooden strips in the wooden box.

"What is this?"

"Pencil!" Zhu Yan picked up a few wooden sticks and handed them to the other two and said, "What have you noticed, pen and ink are rarely used in the shops of the Wufeng Islands, and they are all using this kind of pencil?" ”

Gu Liang took a pencil like a wooden strip and glanced at it, the wood was very ordinary, and there was a black dot-like thing in the center. After Zhu Yan's reminder, Gu Liang recalled the scene in the shop and found that someone was indeed writing and painting with such a wooden root, but no one would care at that time.

It's not the same as Zhu Yan, after this period of understanding of the Wufeng Islands, he has seen many strange and ingenious things, and he has long had immunity, just a wooden stick that can write.

"What? Can this replace a brush? ”

Zhu Yan didn't think so, didn't he have such an attitude at the beginning?

"This pencil is easy to write, of course, the font written out can not be compared with the brush, but it is convenient to carry, can be used at any time, and this pencil has different specifications, divided into extremely fine, fine, ordinary, coarse, extremely coarse five specifications, can leave different traces of handwriting on the paper, you can study it first?"

The four major scholars in the southeast usually cooperate together to go to sea to do business, but it does not mean that they have a very tacit understanding with each other, but they know in their hearts that going to sea together will benefit both sides and divide will be harmful, and no one wants to break this delicate balance.

In particular, the four companies have different businesses in Datang, and they have been operating for hundreds of years, and it is almost impossible to break the monopoly position between them, so if they see any business opportunities in the Wufeng Islands, they will also take the initiative to avoid them, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and frictions.

But the situation is a little different now, Gu Liangming knows that Zhu Yan has finalized the cooperation with Zhao's Paper, and wants to put aside Gu's paper to buy printed books from the Wufeng Islands, but he can't do anything.

The paper provided by Zhao's Paper not only exceeds Gu's in quantity, but also much higher than Gu's in terms of price and quality, which is tantamount to fighting against Gu's, but what can Gu's do?

It is obviously impossible to reduce the price, not to mention whether you can be such a master, can you guarantee that other businessmen will not buy Zhao's paper?

In front of interests and the family, the Gu family has no way to retreat!