Chapter 243: Unexpected Joy
As he walked, Zhou Bian's head was still thinking about what those Mo family disciples had said just now. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Indeed, with the aging of Mozi, the Mo family also began his decline, just like this weakened royal family, gradually about to fade out of the eyes of the world. Obviously, the Mo family didn't want to give up, especially the newly appointed Juzi didn't want to give up, so they chose the Zhou royal family in Luoyang, wanting to use the Zhou royal family to regain the status of their own doctrine.
But their method was wrong, they chose a proud and even arrogant path, wanting to use their past reputation to condescendingly give alms to the royal family in order to achieve a higher status, so as soon as they entered Luoyang City, they began to promote their own family, and threatened to keep Luoyang without the help of the Mo family. If this is still in the decaying Zhou family, it may still be feasible, but at this time, although the Zhou royal family at this time, although it seems that the land is not more than a hundred miles on the surface, and the mouth is only 360,000, its strength is not what it used to be. The Mo family's mistake was that they didn't inquire about the current situation, so they killed Luoyang directly with their imagination, if they had come to inquire in advance, maybe they wouldn't have been so self-righteous.
Obviously, the Mo family is arrogant, otherwise, Zhou Bian may agree to the Mo family's children to go to the city to help, after all, there is no one in Luoyang who has experience in defending the city, but the Mo family's children have rich theoretical knowledge and can still help. But they missed it, but fortunately, that Xu weak still knows how to judge the situation, although this decision tonight is a bit late, but it is better than nothing, if you wait until the Han army retreats, then the Mo family will be swept away, the deadline is permanent, and the royal family will no longer have a place for the children of the Mo family.
But now that the Mo family disciple named Xu Weak has changed his mind and asked to see him, how should he arrange it? Zhou Bian pondered as he walked, forgetting that he had approached the lighted courtyard, until Fan Yu beside him reminded him.
Zhou Bian has been to this courtyard many times, and it was all for the legendary paper, but until the Korean army attacked the city, the paper that could write had not yet come out, and Shen Bufa and others were all drawn to the front line, repairing catapults during the day, so the work here has long been stopped, but there will be lights, so who is still here, is it still engaged in paper-making experiments, is there enough time at night?
With doubts, he motioned for Fan Yu to push open the door, and after confirming that it was safe, Zhou Bian walked in.
The courtyard was empty, and light came out of the hut in the middle, and the sound of cooing came from inside. I walked in gently, but I saw several men busy in the house shirtless, scooping up the slurry and sprinkling it evenly on the wooden board, and sure enough, they were still experimenting with making paper at night. And the sound of cooing came from a mouthful of boiling water in the inner room.
The three of them were so serious that anyone entered the house without noticing. Zhou Bian also endured his temperament and watched from the side for a while, until the three of them finished the work at hand, then they raised their bodies and beat their backs, and when they turned around, they immediately found the king.
The three people in a panic hurriedly knelt down, "The king forgives the sin, the little ones didn't come to greet them." ”
He had already seen that one of these three people was Shen Falawi, and Zhou Bian smiled and helped him up, "Shen Gongzi, you haven't been tired from your work during the day, why do you have to come here at night?" ”
"Isn't this the king's order not done, the king has said it so carefully, and the little ones can't make it, I'm really ashamed." Shen bowed and bowed his hand, but his shirtless appearance was really indecent, and to be honest, if he wanted to salute, he still looked good with long sleeves.
After speaking, Shen Bufa also realized that he was wrong, and after accusing him, he turned around and put on a robe, and the two of them hurriedly retreated and retreated to the inner room.
"During this time, I still mainly defend the city, and I still work here at night, can I have the spirit during the day?" Zhou Bian put away his smile.
"Don't worry, the king will take turns here at night and won't delay the day's affairs." Shen Bufa was also a little panicked.
"The paper-making business can be slowed down, otherwise what if you are tired? Well, how have you been doing during this time, paper, have you made it? I couldn't help but ask, Zhou Bian still asked.
"I'm really ashamed, my lord, I have made a lot of paper, but it can't meet the king's requirements." Shen Bufa lowered his head.
"It's okay, all the paper that was made later should be brought to the king to see."
"No!" Shen bowed down and retreated.
Soon, a ruler of Xu Jianfang's paper-like object was brought by Shen Bucan, "There are about twenty or so sheets here, all of which the king has never seen." Shen Bufa handed it over with respectful hands.
took it casually, well, the first one was toilet paper, and Zhou Bian threw it to Fan Yu beside him. The second one is still toilet paper.
The third sheet, which can no longer be called paper, has not been held in the hand, and it has fallen apart like a defeat.
The fourth sheet did not fall apart, but the rough surface was panicked when the toilet paper was in a panic.
Fifth, is this paper? It's half a finger thick.
One by one, they were turned over, and one by one were thrown into Fan Yu's hands, and the face of Shen Bufa standing opposite was also difficult to see, although he knew that he couldn't do it, but in the hands of the king, there was no piece of paper that exceeded three eyes, and Shen Bufa suddenly felt that he had lost face.
Finally turned to the fourteenth, the king's eyes stayed on it, and then turned over and looked at it several times, and finally held it in his hand alone, instead of throwing it to Fan Yu, after roughly turning over the remaining several pieces of paper in his hand, he stuffed the rest of the paper to Fan Yu, leaving the one in his hand alone.
"What's wrong with this piece of paper?" I saw the king lift it up.
Shen Bufa took a closer look at the dim oil light, and replied honestly, "King, this piece of paper is too yellow to meet the King's requirements." ”
Zhou Bian turned it over and over a few times, and then said with a smile, "This piece of paper, yellow is a little yellow, but its surface is smooth and delicate, and the thickness of the paper is moderate, it should be almost close, go find some water to try." ”
Hearing the king's voice, Shen Bufa was also a little excited, and ran away quickly, and ran back quickly.
Zhou Bian dipped his hand in a little water and dripped it on the grass-yellow paper, only to see that all the water droplets did not seep in, but still some of them stayed on the surface of the paper, and it took a while before all of them seeped in.
Isn't this the best paper? One pull, the softness and hardness are moderate, one pull, the tenacity continues, Zhou Bian folded a few times casually, but it did not break.
"That's fine, why didn't you report it? Haven't you tried? ”
"Back to the king, I tried it, but this paper is too yellow, not as white as the king said, and I saw the king so busy these times, so I haven't reported it." Shen Bufa was also excited, "I didn't think it was okay to be so yellow." ”
"What does it matter if you have a yellow dot, you just need to be able to write. Go, find some ink. ”
In fact, there is already ink in this era, and legend has it that the ink of Mozi is named because Mozi has been tortured with ink, and the ink punishment is to seal the ink in the cut skin, which is somewhat similar to a tattoo, but it can be imagined that this kind of ink punishment is far worse than the beauty of the tattoo.
Soon I brought the ink, and I tried it out to write. The excited Zhou Bian immediately grew his mouth, and he couldn't close it anymore, which gave the royal family another way to make money, and it was almost a million profits. So after asking Shen Bufa to write down the raw materials and processes for making this piece of paper, Zhou Bian repeatedly instructed him to pay attention to secrecy, and then tried several times to try to determine the production process, so that after waiting for Han Jun to retreat, production could begin.
It's really a good harvest tonight, I had already forgotten about it, but I didn't think about it, but I inadvertently asked them to test it, which was really unexpected. After praising Shen Buggy for a few words, in excitement, Zhou Bian promised to promote him to a first-class title, and then Zhou Bian returned to the palace to rest satisfied, leaving the more excited Shen Bugow in the house.
Indeed, this is a great progress in science and technology, and he has advanced one of these four major inventions by hundreds of years, and it will also have a great impact on the development of the royal family, which is a great source of wealth. However, you can't be as ostentatious as an iron spear and soju, you have to think of a way, or let Bai Gui find someone to transport it to Linzi and sell it again, stay away from the royal family, and find some strangers to sell it, so that people will no longer be suspicious of the Zhou royal family.
Lying on the bed, Zhou Bian still couldn't help but be excited, and thought about it for a long time, until he figured out all these questions, and then fell asleep, and it was already late at night.
However, this sweet dream was good to sleep well, and was woken up by Concubine Liu, and it turned out that the Han army had come to attack the city again.
After getting up and dressing neatly, the sky was not yet bright, and after a hurried breakfast in the carriage, I arrived at Dingding Gate, and the speed was still quite fast.
At this time, Dingdingmen had entered a noisy city, and the soldiers, archers, and people guarding the city were all rushing towards their positions, busy and orderly.
Surrounded by the generals, Zhou Bian climbed the Dingdingmen Tower, and at this time he could clearly see that under the blue sky in the distance, the familiar black clouds were slowly moving, and the Han army rested for a day, and today is here again.
The head of Luoyang City was quickly arranged, and the sergeants and civilians were in place. And the black cloud opened up two miles from the city wall with the rising sun, and then stopped.
And at this time, there was also a familiar and unfamiliar face on the tower of Dingding Gate, that was Su Rui.
At this time, Su Rui was dressed in a drape, but it was a set of Han Jun generals found by the royal family, and the front and back armor pieces were very different from the royal family's armor, and they were particularly conspicuous on the city tower.
The young master and Bai Guiningyue and Zhao Biao were also there, they were interested in seeing how the king won Su Rui's sincerity, you must know that yesterday afternoon, the king boasted about Haikou in front of all the ministers.
But seeing that the king turned his head to Su Rui with a smile, he said, "General Su really wants to surrender to my Zhou room?" ”
This smile was that the young master and the others on the side couldn't help but feel a little furious when they saw it, but Su Rui was calm and calm, and arched his hand and said, "The royal family is thriving now, although the king is young, he is so wise, it is the object of our pursuit, if Su Rui can be accommodated by the king, it is really Su Rui's luck." ”
"That's fine. Shout, all to the king. This last sentence was said to Pang Xing behind him.
As soon as he surrendered his hand, Pang Xing immediately turned around and waved his hand, and suddenly a shout sounded from the city tower, and it turned out to be the voice of more than a hundred soldiers at the same time, and it was, "Su Rui has descended to my royal family!" ”
The sudden and loud shout suddenly startled the generals in the row on the city tower, and especially Su Rui, who was greatly taken aback, but could only smile bitterly.
I didn't think that this was not over, after shouting twice on the city tower, the city walls on both sides immediately followed suit, at first it was a little chaotic, and I hadn't found a rhythm yet, but soon the city walls on both sides were connected with the shouts on the city tower.
So, Su Rui has descended to my royal family, and these seven words resounded in this land and spread far away. This is thousands of people shouting in unison, not to mention the Korean army two miles away, even if it is a little farther away, you will hear it.
It turns out that this is the king's strategy, I want to force the Han army outside the city to think that Su Rui has surrendered, if it is preconceived, then Su Rui can only be considered to have really surrendered, and if Su Rui's back road is broken, Su Rui will not really surrender to my royal family, the young master and others suddenly realized. But then when he thought about it, his flexible head immediately reacted, this alone was not enough to force Su Rui to surrender sincerely, if Su Rui had made an agreement with the general of the Han army in advance that he would pretend to surrender to the Han army, wouldn't this have no effect?
So the generals looked at the king suspiciously, and some people couldn't help but remind them, but when they saw the smile on the king's face, they couldn't open their mouths, hey, it's better to propose to the king in private after going down, the king's face is also important.
In fact, Zhou Bian really didn't want to force Su Rui to surrender sincerely, what others could think of, Zhou Bian basically thought of it.
Hearing this neat call, Su Rui was startled at first, and even had a little impulse to jump up to stop it, but before he could raise his arm, he put it down again, and looked at the young man who looked at him with a bitter face.
"The king killed Su Rui, shouting so loudly, aren't you afraid that the Han army on the other side will hear it?"
But I heard the king laugh and said, "This king just wants them to hear, isn't General Su Rui already serving my royal family, and if that's the case, why are you afraid that the Han army will hear it?" How did this king kill General Su? ”
"I'm just worried that the strategy of sneaking up on the South Korean army will not be implemented, and they have already been shouted, and the South Korean army will definitely take precautions."
"This king has decided not to attack the Korean army, after all, my royal family has too few troops, and they are all new soldiers, relying on the city wall is okay, if you go out of the city to fight, I am afraid that it is still a little worse."
"Since the king has decided, then Su Rui won't say more, it's just that Su Rui is miserable this time, Su Rui's family is still in Yiyang, and the king shouts out like this, I'm afraid that it will be unfavorable to my family."
"Then take it, since General Su has voted for my royal family, why don't you bring your family over?" Zhou Bian looked puzzled, and after speaking, he waved his hand and motioned to Pang Xing to let the soldiers stop, this shout was too loud, and the city tower could hardly hear the other party.
Su Rui couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I just didn't expect it to be so soon, today the king shouted in the city, I'm afraid that in a few days, Han Hou's people will arrive in Yiyang, and the king will hurt me Su." ”
All the generals on the side can see it clearly, Su Rui is not pretending to be in a hurry, and Su Rui's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping can also make people feel the anxiety in his heart at this time, is this what the king said? Maybe you can really see something.