The carriage drove on a flat road, and the road was leveled so that the people in the carriage could sit comfortably, even if they were flipping through a book, without being affected by the bumps.

At this time, Chang Xuan and Huan Yi were both looking at the books in their hands, with similar expressions, both frowning and straining their faces.

Zao Song watched with a smile on the side and didn't speak.

After a while, Chang Xuan put down the "Analects" in his hand, sighed and said: "No wonder several people who have seen the book rubbed by the engraving method have a low evaluation, let alone they brought it back. ”

As he spoke, he recalled some dirty and ghostly places on the lines of the book, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Zao Song said with some curiosity: "Why, Chang Xuan doesn't have a carved rubbing book over there?" This is not right, don't you know, in this secluded land at the moment, the book made by this law is almost flooded! I'm afraid it's not rare in Jizhou, right? In the end, he looked at Huan Yi.

The latter also put down the book in his hand, nodded, and first sighed: "This engraving method, are the first to rub the word, and then unify the rubbing, no more than the time of copying, the seven emotions and six desires of people are integrated into it, the pen has God, the strokes are connected, in fact, it contains charm, it is not only the content of an article can enlighten wisdom, words can also convey beliefs, in contrast, this has been rubbed in advance is in the fall." ”

He put down the book in his hand and said: "However, compared to some of the books circulating in Jizhou, this book is much better, some engraving books in Jizhou, almost every page has ink clusters, infecting a large area, and it is not clear at all, so it seems that this engraving method is still improving." ”

"Haha," Zao Song laughed when he heard this, he shook his head and said: "Although the engraving method of that generation county is constantly improving, it is becoming clearer and clearer, for example, the two books you read were just printed half a month ago, but the engraving method in other places is becoming more and more chaotic and bad, why do you say?" ”

Chang Xuan was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what it meant, but Huan Yi had already understood, he glanced at the book and asked, "There are already imitations?" ”

Hearing this, Chang Xuan also understood.

Sure enough, Zao Song nodded and said: "That's right, you said that Chen's paper mill is well defended, and others have no prescription, so it is not allowed to imitate, but this engraving is different, there is actually nothing unexpected in it, the rubbing plate has been seen, it is nothing more than a change in the flow of seals, and it is not too simple to imitate." ”

Huan Yi frowned and said: "Things are not so simple, I heard that when this rubbing, the ink and paper required, as well as how to mix, the strength required to press the engraving, the duration, and even the materials and tools required for engraving and engraving, are all exquisite, and it is not so easy to rubbing." ”

"So," Zao Song spread his hands helplessly, "You see, the books in Jizhou, the more they are printed, the more dirty they become, in my opinion, Chen Fujun's initiative will be destroyed sooner or later in the hands of these people who rub it privately, and it will not last long, so you don't have to pay too much attention to this engraving method." ”

"Having said that, I always feel that there is still danger in this," Huan Yi frowned, recalling the scene in Jizhou, "Those books in Jizhou are made of hemp paper and poor paper, and when rubbing, I am afraid that they have not been carefully proofread, and they are not seen to be stained with ink rubbing, but in the end, a lot of manpower is saved, and therefore printing a book, it doesn't take much money, at most it is more invested when engraving, so the price of this book is not expensive, so that many poor people are competing to buy, but the problem is that there are many mistakes and omissions on the book, Once it spreads, let these poor children believe it, wouldn't it be misleading? ”

Zao Song looked free and easy, and said with an undisguised smile: "This is not something you and I can consider, let's let Da Sima, let King Jiangdu, and let the court have a headache." ”

While a few people were talking, there was a sudden noise outside, and the carriage they were riding in stopped because of this.

"What's going on?" Zao Song lifted the curtain and looked outside, but saw that on the road ahead, there was a group of people gathered, and there were several carriages and horses, not to mention one or twenty people, gathered together, quarrelling, several of them were even more emotional, speaking loudly, and their faces were red, as if they had exhausted all their strength.

"What are you doing here?"

After a few questions fell, a servant came to answer, and then heard a person say: "It seems that people from several local clans said that they were going to gather and go to the county to complain, but they were stopped by the county lieutenant with their lives, and the two sides were theorizing." ”

"This is going to be sued by the next level!" After listening to this, Zao Song's eyes lit up, revealing excitement, "Didn't you say that Daijun is well governed, I didn't expect this kind of thing, it's still an exaggeration in comparison, let's go, let's take a look, maybe we can give an idea, maybe we can change the situation of these people." ”

Huan Yi narrowed his eyes, smiled and nodded, but he knew very well in his heart that Zao Song's proposal was not out of good intentions, but because he wanted to see Chen Zhi make a fool of himself, because the governance effect of Dai County, once it was spread, others would have to compare it with other counties and counties in Youzhou for the first time, and the ugly one was Wang Jun, and Wang Jun's subordinates couldn't raise their heads.

In addition, the current situation of Daijun, looking at the scene of great governance, if the inside and outside are the same, it means that in the past half a year, the power under Chen Zhi must have expanded and strengthened!

"In contrast, that Wang Da Sima recently heard that he was trying his best to win over Duan Xianbei in order to improve his combat power, and at the same time he was also recovering the prestige turmoil caused by the failure of the Quartet's siege of Thorn City, and I heard that Pingzhou had made several waves, and even Goguryeo had a change, and it was necessary for that Da Sima to send troops to suppress it, so it is really difficult to say how much strength he has recovered after more than half a year of recuperation, not to mention the changes in the grassland, how much appeal Wang Jun still has to the Xianbei tribes, it's really hard to say."

Thinking so, Huan Yi had already followed Zao Song to the edge of the crowd, watching and listening to him.

The group of people glanced at the three of them, and then stopped paying attention, still arguing with the county lieutenant, the voice became louder and louder, and the scene gradually got out of control.

And the county lieutenant was not a bad reprimand, but a good persuasion, and he even called the honorific title in his mouth.

After listening for a while, Huan Yi and the others understood the reason for the matter, and were about to talk in a low voice, but they didn't expect Zao Song to speak first-

"Squires, your request seems to me to be very reasonable, Daijun Yamen, you should respond, so let's go to Daixian with you, and find Chen Fujun and let him make a judgment."