Not only did everyone install the blankets on the horseback properly according to Guo Bin's instructions, but the various equipment necessary for this battle was carefully inspected and maintained. Because the number of escorts who followed Guo Bin south this time was only 50, and Guo Bin was a person who was the hope of hundreds of thousands of people in Yingchuan County, and his status was precious, so before they went south, under the strong insistence of Xi Zhicai and others, this group of guards was also equipped with a new type of weapon that had been newly developed but had not yet been put into mass production for the first time. It is precisely because of this that everyone can rest assured that Guo Bin only ran so far with so few people.

Because everyone was equipped with simple "stirrups" made of blankets, even after running for most of the morning, they did not feel tired. Of course, in order to save horsepower, this is a light and jogging all the way, until they reach the city of Champ, then let go of the speed of the horse and gallop all the way.

The wine, soap and other items of Fulong Villa are sold all over the world, but as for Yang Zhai clothing, Yang Zhai stationery and other things, they have not yet been sold here. Because the climate here is hot, it will not be cold in winter, and there is not much market for heavy woolen products.

In addition, this Linyi country is too far away from the Central Plains, and the production capacity of Yangzhai County is also very limited, and the supply of the huge Central Plains market is already extremely difficult, so where is there still the spare strength to occupy such a small market thousands of miles away?

But even so, the merchants have already explored a series of information about Linyi country, including its customs and population. There is a mandatory rule among the troops, and before each trip, personnel must be organized to study the thickened version of the "Kyushu Yutu". This encyclopedic book, which was submitted by business travelers from all over the country and combined with the intelligence verification of the official intelligence department, was finally published and gradually expanded in scale, and has become a textbook for the people of Yingchuan and even the military to understand the customs of various places.

Sima Hui once praised this matter, saying: "Yu tasted the "Tao Te Ching", and 'do not go out of the house, know the world; Don't peep, see the way of heaven. It is far away, and its knowledge is small. It is to know if the saint does not do it, does not see it, and does not do it, when he can't help but wonder, this is not the one who is born to know? The so-called 'saint hears silently and sees invisible', and he doubts it. However, since I traveled with the hidden sun, my way has changed greatly. Today's "Kyushu Map" has been completed, don't the people of Yingchuan know the world without leaving home? ”

With the rapid increase in the literacy rate of the common people in Yingchuan County, especially in Yangzhai County, encyclopedic books such as the "Kyushu Yutu" have also become popular. Because movable type printing has not yet appeared, the cost of printing books is frighteningly high, so many students, even literate soldiers and ordinary people, have gone to the county library next to Yangzhai County School to borrow books to copy.

It's not that Guo Bin doesn't want to take out movable type printing, but for him, a guy who has no shame and plagiarizes other people's technologies, inventions, and even literary works without blushing, he will not be condemned by his conscience to take out movable type printing, not to mention that he has already found a good reason for himself: for the Chinese nation to stand on top of the world!

However, things are often not as simple as you think, you know it's one thing, and when it comes to getting started, there will always be all kinds of difficulties.

In the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty and Emperor Yuanxing, that is, in 105 AD, Cai Lun improved the papermaking technique, so that the original process was simple, with more unloosened fiber bundles, the surface was not smooth, and it was not suitable for writing.

It's just that the speed of technology spread in this era is too slow, even if the imperial court has decreed to promote this new style of writing materials, Caihou paper is not until the third to fourth centuries AD, Fang basically replaced silk and Jane and became the only writing material in China. Therefore, if there is no snow-white, cheap, strong and easy to use paper, even if you bring the printing press of later generations, you will not be able to use it!

At this time, paper is undoubtedly still quite a valuable consumable, where do many students from poor families have the money to buy this? Moreover, even the official documents of the government are mostly based on cheap bamboo slips, and the popularization of paper has a long way to go. Now Guo Bin founded Yangzhai Stationery in Yangzhai County, so it can lead the fashion for a while, and the most important reason is also the large-scale production and promotion of Caihou paper. Because only on snow-white paper, the handwriting written in pencil can be clearly seen, and the hard-pen calligraphy that appears as a novelty in Shilin today is borrowed from the east wind of white paper.

The other is the issue of ink. Traditional Chinese inks are water-based, which can be used for writing, but if it is used for printing, the handwriting will be unclear due to lack of viscosity. Moreover, whether it is wooden movable type or clay movable type, it is very easy to be damaged, and if it is made of metal, this water-based ink is not suitable.

Therefore, although Guo Bin wanted to use movable type printing to print the bound more and more huge "Kyushu Yutu" into a book, distribute and sell it, the technical difficulty was too great. It is more than 100 books collected in the Yangzhai County Library and Yangzhai County School, which are still carried out in the form of engraving printing.

However, even this engraving printing technique made Sima Hui, Wang Yun, Cai Yong, Lu Zhi and others who received the printed version of "Kyushu Yutu" loved. They were amazed, even astonished. This kind of innovation, which abandons the time-consuming, laborious, inefficient and error-prone method of book promotion, can greatly increase the speed of cultural dissemination. How can these Taoist masters, whose mission is to spread the "learning of the saints", not rejoice in this?

For businessmen who travel all over the world, "Kyushu Yutu" is a very valuable asset. Nowadays, most of the Haoqiang in Yingchuan County have hired scribes, transcribed them, and handed them over to the caravans organized by the men to study in various places, and even more, they will also use it as a compulsory subject for the upbringing of the children of the clan. For example, there is still a tradition of study tours in the middle of the world, which is not only an opportunity to broaden your horizons and knowledge, and experience the customs of various places, but also one of the means to visit famous teachers and expand your network. In history, Liu Bei traveled to study, worshiped Lu Zhi as his teacher, and got acquainted with Gongsun Zhan, a fierce man, as a senior brother, and received great help on the road in the future.

At this time, most of the so-called celebrities and celebrities were not only powerful and powerful, but also had a lot of property and wealth, and they also had many official backgrounds and relationships. For example, the current Sima Hui is backed by Guo Bin, a rising star in the political arena; Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan and others, who are famous in history, are inextricably linked with the high-level of Jingzhou. Therefore, visiting Baume & Mercier, or even just listening to Baume & Mercier's lectures, can gain a great advantage in interpersonal communication between scholars, not to mention the other students you meet on the way. Since they are all students who are studying tours, who hasn't used each other's day on a different day?

Therefore, the vast majority of famous families and local wealthy families attach great importance to the study tour of the children of the clan. And a wealthy family like the Runan Yuan family, which has a very deep background, great influence, and relationships all over the government and the opposition, has even greater pomp. For example, Yuan Shu directly lived in the talented Beijing Division, and most of the travelers he made friends with were students or powerful people in Beijing, so his connections in the officialdom were naturally incomparable to those of the poor family.

It is precisely because the study tour has such an important significance for the development of the children in the clan, and the future of the children in the clan is related to the future development and survival of the whole family.

It is precisely because the "Kyushu Yutu" also has such a huge influence among the scholars that in order to gain fame, the merchants will often write it themselves or even hire literate people to write it for themselves, write down the affairs of the merchants, and then turn to the department in Yangzhai County that is responsible for the review and finalization of the "Kyushu Yutu". This department is located near the newly built Yangzhai County School in Xicheng District, Yangzhai County, and together with the Yangzhai County School and the Yangzhai County Library, it has formed the structure of the cultural center in the entire Yangzhai County.

Today, not far from Yangzhai County School, Fulong Villa has built a three-storey concrete building with sole proprietorship, which is specially used to supply various research laboratories for the research and development of various emerging technology products. I have to say that the young and promising Ma Jun is a good example, and the research and development and production of sewing machines have not only brought him great fame, but also brought him rolling financial resources. Today, the research laboratory led by Ma Jun has been officially listed and put into work, and its continuous research and development of various practical new products has become a source of funds to support the operation of the laboratory.

And Ma Jun himself has also jumped from a penniless and even starved to death to a young entrepreneur and inventor who is now well-known in Yangzhai County and even the entire Yingchuan County. This seemingly incomprehensible diamond king has also become the most ideal son-in-law in the hearts of many girls in the boudoir.

Of course, although the research room headed by Ma Jun has nominally separated from Sima Hui's research room, it does not mean that Ma Jun is really separated. This laboratory has a deep official background in Yingchuan County, and it also has inextricable technical and theoretical cooperation with Sima Hui's laboratory.

Ma Jun's background in Fulong Villa aside, regardless of his fanatical personality cult of Guo Bin and Guo Bin's guiding force for the research direction of this laboratory, the reason why Ma Jun became independent of Sima Hui's research laboratory is more Guo Bin's arrangement. This is not only to promote the people's enthusiasm for new technology research, so that they can see that relying on invention and creation, relying on science and technology can also be used to start a family and make a fortune; It is also to weaken the perverted obsession of the people for learning and excellence. Increasing the channels for people at the bottom of the society to live a good life is an important means to win the hearts and minds of the people, gain support, and maintain social stability. From ancient times to the present, the most important task of both the examination system and the imperial examination system has deepened the mobility between the upper and lower classes of society, at least nominally.

Only when the people at the bottom have the hope of survival and even progress will they be more supportive of those in power, and the whole society will be more energetic in this regard.