Chapter 13 There is no harm without contrast
As the nephew of the enlightened king of the dynasty, it is rare for Du Wenshan to walk around the tribe outside of the mountain.
He was born a rich and noble life, his grandfather is the enlightened eleventh, he has been favored since he was a child, his father is the secretary of Shu State, although he has no chance to be a monarch, but he also asked for his life to come to this small Xiangyuan and become a carefree slave owner.
He is a gentleman who only knows pleasure, but this does not mean that he is simple-minded and weak-limbed; On the contrary, he is ruthless and sinister, often showing people with a smiling face, but secretly stabbing others with knives, and is a living smiling tiger.
He was followed by three retinues, and a dozen or so handcuffed slaves, who followed him like the walking dead. He was tired of using these slaves, and he was going to go to the market to change two of them, so as not to have familiar faces in front of him every day.
"Huh? What's wrong with this market today, so congested? ”
Du Wenshan looked at the market from afar, his brows were slightly furrowed, although there were many people here on weekdays, it would not be crowded to such a situation. But what's going on now? Not only is the doorway blocked, but even outside the fence there are many people vying to watch, no wonder there are fewer pedestrians in the tribe.
As soon as the words fell, a strong man said: "Wenshanjun, Wenshan is willing to go and find out!" ”
Du Wen didn't look back, and said coldly: "Go." ”
The corners of Pi Wengshan's mouth twitched, but he had to respond: "Promise ......"
Hum! If it weren't for my father asking me to have more fellowship with you, how would my son be your retinue?
Pi Weng Mountain is the only son of the Qiang patriarch Pi Bang, and he is extremely powerful, and now he is temporarily attached to Du Wen Mountain. They naturally knew about the Enlightened King's recruitment of warriors, but because there was no bribe messenger at that time, the best opportunity was lost, and Pi Zheng could only hope for the Enlightened King's nephew Du Wenshan.
But Du Wenshan didn't seem to have the intention of helping him, and accepted Pi Weng Shan as a dog envoy, but he didn't mention the recommendation at all, which gradually made Pi Weng's father and son dissatisfied. The relationship between the two still seems to be harmonious, if it weren't for the fact that Pi Strike could endure it, the two sides would have been on the same footing.
For Du Wenshan, the father and son are just pawns that can be discarded, and there is no need to cater to them. It's just a patriarch, how can he compare with his own royal family?
Pi Wengshan was sulking, and ran towards the market angrily, and after a while, he came back with an unhappy face, and said: "Wenshanjun, I heard that the son of God is here......
"Oh? Son of the gods of the Di tribe...... No wonder there are so many onlookers. Du Wenshan was not surprised.
Pi Wengshan shook his head again and again: "It's not like that, it's just ...... Alas! Let's go watch it! ”
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In order to catch the attention of all the tribesmen, the Thai armor has made great efforts. A huge rock at the entrance of the market caught his eye, and he carried the stone into the market, which naturally attracted 100% attention.
When he threw the boulder on the stall of the uncle who sold bamboo slips, the uncle was not good; And when he knew that this son was the world-famous son of God, he immediately became respectful.
As for the reason for this rock, one is naturally to attract attention, and the other is ......
"Good!"
"This ginkgo is wonderful!"
"I still think that donkey is a little better-looking."
"! That's a horse! ”
But listening to the shocking applause, the whole market is quite lively. And before this voice sounded, Thaika had just finished his second painting.
That's right, it's painting. Although Taijia's handwriting is average, he is a good hand at painting, whether it is ink painting, watercolor painting or drawing, he is handy.
And the function of this stone is to use it as a table for him, and naturally, there are two people who help him hold down the paper.
On the other side, the uncle who sold bamboo slips was still working hard to write his big seal and small characters.
The first painting painted by Taijia is "Horse Stepping on Feiyan", I believe that this thing needs no introduction, as long as the individual knows more or less about this. As soon as this painting came out, it won a round of applause; And the speed of Taijia painting is extremely fast, and the uncle on the side has not been able to copy the first volume of bamboo slips.
I forgot to mention that the Thai League invited the uncle to play with him, just to highlight the practicality of the paper. There is no harm in this comparison, the bamboo slips can only be written, and they are very small, which tests the calligrapher's calligraphy skills.
In contrast, paper can not only write, but also draw. The most fatal point is that the difference between the weight and space occupied by a roll of bamboo slips and a roll of paper is too terrifying! The ancients said that learning to be rich in five cars, if the five cars of books stacked with bamboo slips are actually quite few.
The second painting, Taijia, painted an ordinary landscape ink painting, which is the scenery here, in one go. When everyone held their breath, Taijia inscribed another line of poems in the upper right corner, and successfully completed the whole painting. At this time, the merchant's first roll of bamboo slips had just dried.
"Seconds! There is such a handy thing for writing! ”
"Hey, you're saying this as if you could write!"
“…… Hmph, although I can't write, but as long as I can write, I can't be happy to meet this baby? ”
"Stop talking, listen to what the Son of God has to say!"
Everyone was noisy, and as soon as Taijia stretched out his hand, it was instantly quiet.
"Damn, why are there so many people?"
Just now, Taijia was only busy painting, how did he know that there were suddenly so many more people unconsciously? From a distance, there must be five or six hundred people!
Fortunately, his psychological quality is still excellent, so he quickly calmed down and said: "Fellow tribesmen, in the lower Shenzi Taijia, come from afar, if you collide with your business, please forgive me!" ”
As soon as these words came out, there was another commotion.
"Listen, how ...... the son of the god of men speaks. What that, that, that, good! ”
"It's not like a kid at all!"
"There's no shelf at all, it's really rare!"
Taijia waited for a quiet voice, and said again: "This time I came here to promote this product called 'paper'. As you all know, there are only two kinds of things that can be used as writing utensils today, one is bamboo slips, and the other is silk silk. Bamboo slips are heavy and silk silk is expensive, so I have created such affordable, convenient and light writing utensils. ”
After hearing this, someone hurriedly said, "Dare to ask the son of God, this thing was taught to you by God?" ”
Why do you want to go to the gods?
Taijia thought for a moment, thinking that all the tribesmen believed in the immortals, and if he said that this was taught to him by the immortals, he would definitely make these guys awe-inspired, so he nodded and said, "Exactly!" A few months ago, I was shown in a dream that God knew about the difficulties here, and gave me the art of papermaking, and sent me to solve my problems! ”
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar, and some devout believers hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, God, for saving my life!" ”
"Thank God for saving my life!"
The devout believers knelt down and kowtowed, even if some were not religious, and they involuntarily knelt down when they heard Taijia's words. Even the uncle who had been arguing with Taijia just now hurriedly knelt down, hoping that the gods would forgive him for his ignorance just now.
Damn, how did it work like a cult pyramid scheme?
This makes the Thai a lot of fun, but if it weren't, it might be much more difficult to sell on paper.
"What do the gods teach in their dreams?"
However, thousands of people knelt down like the wind blowing on the grassland in the field, and bowed their heads reverently, but there were a few stout trees, standing firm in the field.
The man was dressed in a blue robe, with high cheekbones, thin eyes, and a not very good-looking face. There was a smile on his face, and the words seemed to come out of his mouth, but he didn't feel blasphemous.
And behind him was a dark-skinned strong man, who looked like an orangutan, one arm was as thick as the entire torso of the Taijia, and the strength was outrageous, and the eyes that looked at the Taijia were not friendly.
Taijia only said that he was a bodyguard and ignored it, seeing that the main man was well-dressed, standing out from the crowd, and there was a majesty that drove people thousands of miles away, knowing that this person's identity was not ordinary, but he only gave his hand lightly, because he didn't need to kneel to anyone.
The voice...... Is it Wenshan-kun? ”
"Get out of the way! Let him remember you, and he can't wait to die! ”
"Hey, I don't know who has the higher status of Wenshanjun and the son of God......"
The crowd was noisy for a moment, and Taijia saw that the civilians within a few feet of the man had consciously moved out of the way, not daring to approach at all.
"In the lower Di people Taijia, dare to ask?"
"He is worthy of being the son of God, he talks extraordinarily, and his face is fearless!" His smile did not decrease, and he also arched his hand: "I am the slave owner here, the fief Wenshan, and Duwenshan is also!" ”
Taijia muttered secretly: "Wenshan is in the upper reaches of the Min River, the mountains are high and the rivers are far away, and there are very few households, how can there be a fief there?" But he said: "It turned out to be Wenshanjun, disrespectful!" ”
"It doesn't matter, you are the Son of God, we all know it, and you deserve it for it!" Du Wenshan leaned over with a light smile and walked around the huge rock behind Taijia, but was attracted by the two paintings painted by Taijia.
Everyone held their breath, and Du Wenshan didn't even dare to say anything here, or even look at him.
"You painting thing...... Is that the paper in your mouth? Du Wenshan asked, after all, he was also very curious about this novelty.
Taijia smiled: "Exactly, this thing can be written and drawn, and the price is cheap; The most important thing is that the production is scarce now, there are only fifty sheets here, and the scarcity is expensive, and it is used to write letters with more face! ”
"Rare things are expensive...... This is very reasonable! He looked at the bamboo slip stall on the other side, looked at a scroll of bamboo slips that had just been written, and asked, "What does this mean?" ”
Taijia said: "In order to make it easier for everyone to understand the convenience of paper, I will compete with this uncle below; In the time when the uncle's bamboo slips had just been dried, he completed two paintings and a small poem. ”
"What an intuitive method...... Du Wenshan walked around the two paintings a few more times, and suddenly said: "How much paper do you have left, I bought it all!" ”
Taijia was secretly happy in his heart, he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, so he hurriedly took out the remaining paper from the wooden tube and said: "Wenshanjun, there are still forty-eight pieces of paper left, you can see ......"
"It's all gone, and these two paintings...... I like it, take it with you! …… How many are there? ”
At this time, the value of fifty pieces of silk silk is about five jars of salt, Taijia didn't expect this person to be so easy to speak, since he said that it was cheaper than silk, he naturally didn't dare to ask for more, so he said: "Two paintings should be given to Wenshan Jun, forty-eight pieces of paper only need three jars of salt." ”
"It's a very reasonable price!" Du Wenshan smiled slightly, "I'll give you five jars of salt, how about it?" ”
Thai Jia is secretly shocked, aren't these guys all deducted? How can you still be so generous? If I think about it, I must have asked for it, or should I ask clearly......
"I don't know what Wenshanjun can entrust to me?"
The kid's head is quite clever......
"I don't mean to ask you to do anything, on the contrary, I will do you a favor," Du Wenshan said with a smile, "These two jars ......of salt are all my dowry, and after a while, I will write to the king and recommend you as a warrior of the country!" ”
As soon as these words came out, a face that was already black became even darker.