In the course of human civilization, there is something called "cultural influence".

It can be said that whether a nation, a country, or even a civilization can not be annihilated by the torrent of time in the long river of history often depends on whether the cultural inheritance of the nation, country, and civilization is strong.

Fortunately, the cultural inheritance of Chinese civilization is quite strong. Among the seven ancient civilizations that people generally believe, only the Chinese civilization and the Indian civilization have survived. Although there were also foreign tribes who conquered the Chinese civilization by force, the final result was that these foreign races were gradually assimilated by the Chinese civilization, and in this regard, even the Indian civilization that survived together was much inferior. The cultural inheritance of Chinese civilization also has its own uniqueness, even if it is what later generations called "admiring the foreign and flattering the foreign...... If you are not insisting on your own cultural heritage, how can such critical words come out?

So what do these have to do with Lu Ren at the current point? It's a little troublesome to talk about, so it's a lot of wordiness.

First of all, in the cultural inheritance and the cultural influence it produces, the carrier of culture is a very important thing. The popularity of this thing is often related to whether the cultural inheritance can be popularized to all levels of society, so that the cultural inheritance of a civilization is gradually engraved into everyone's bones, rather than becoming the patent of those nobles and priests.

The Chinese civilization is excellent at this point. In fact, the earliest oracle bone inscriptions, gold inscriptions and other scripts were strictly speaking the patents of the nobility and priestly classes, while tortoise shells and bronze vessels were relatively expensive, not something that the middle and lower classes of society could afford. However, with the use of relatively cheap carriers such as bamboo slips and wooden slips, combined with the character of the Chinese people who like to teach things to others...... A bit of an unceremonious joke here, it's like to show off and pretend to be 13. Anyway, under the combination of various conditions, cultural inheritance has gradually spread to the middle and lower classes of society at a very early stage.

Especially in the Spring and Autumn period, it benefited from relatively cheap and convenient cultural carriers. A large number of thinkers have been created, and these thinkers have also caused a hundred schools of thought, and many people who originally belonged to the middle and lower classes of society have become aristocratic through cultural learning.

However, due to the rise of the scholar class and the Legalists, the social class was divided into four levels: "scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen", and at this time, reading and learning basically became the patent of the "scholars" class. But there is one thing, that is, even if the noble class wants to monopolize and monopolize cultural knowledge, in fact, it is impossible to do it. Therefore, in the next period of time, what the scholar class can monopolize is only the "official career", that is, the way and way to become an official. The spread and popularization of culture has penetrated into all levels of society.

So now turn the topic back to Lu Ren. In fact, Lu Ren didn't realize it. In other words, he did not fully realize that he had made the printed products, which was actually equivalent to taking over the baton of further expanding the spread and popularization of culture. It may be a bit far away for this kind of thing at present, but it is undeniable that Lu Ren originally just wanted to make a small profit and advertise for the printing industry by the way, and the cultural influence that this set of "Easy Sword Immortal Record" can actually cause is great.

Some people may scold here, it's just a set of novels, where does it come from any cultural influence? At this time, you might as well do such an experiment, that is, to pull a person with little education on the street and ask him if he understands the Four Books and Five Classics, the Book of Poetry, the Book of Rites, etc., I believe that this person will most likely shake his head to show that he does not know; But if you ask him if he knows the Three Kingdoms Water Margin and the White Snake in the West Chamber...... I'm afraid that nine out of nine, this person will nod immediately. There's even a good chance they'll discuss it with you.

In fact, to put it bluntly, cultural influence must first have its popularity. When the popular cultural influence enables the middle and lower classes of the society to produce enough accumulation of cultural heritage, those relatively high-end and esoteric can be firmly established and developed on this basis. And Lu Ren made this set of pirated books. Undoubtedly, it has the effect of laying the cultural foundation of popularity. If you print the Four Books and Five Classics as soon as you come up, I am afraid that except for those of the noble class or people with aspirations, the general public will not be interested in buying them at all, and then the cultural influence that can be produced will naturally be much worse.

On the other hand. Lu Ren also made a good start, and made a good start for the development of the cultural industry in the future. There is one more thing to mention here, that is, printing has appeared after the production and improvement of paper in the Jin Dynasty. However, the real large-scale cheapening and popularization of cultural knowledge was only achieved in the Northern Song Dynasty, because the engraving printing in the Northern Song Dynasty had been formed on a large scale, and movable type printing also appeared on this basis.

Before the Northern Song Dynasty, even in the prosperous and powerful Tang Dynasty, scholars had to read and copy a book quickly, and the popularization of cultural knowledge had not really been achieved. For example, among the so-called eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, there were only two in the Tang Dynasty and six in the Song Dynasty! Is this no one in the Tang Dynasty? No, this is clearly a manifestation that the cultural transmission and accumulation of heritage in the Tang Dynasty were not as popular as those in the Song Dynasty.

All in all, Lu Ren didn't realize that his whole thing would have such a good cultural influence, after all, Lu Ren's original intention was just to make a little money and advertise a little first, and at the same time let the people in the printing workshop practice their hands first, and then they would print those serious things.

Of course, Lu Ren must not be able to understand these things now, not to mention that there is a Sun Shangxiang staring at him with an almost pitiful gaze in front of him. Smiled helplessly, Lu Ren entered the room and took out a set of "Easy Immortal Sword Record" and handed it to Sun Shangxiang, but unexpectedly Sun Shangxiang said with some dissatisfaction: "There should be more, right?" Would it be okay to give a few more sets? ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded: "What do you want so much for?" ”

Sun Shangxiang said: "My second brother and I want to watch it!" So at least two sets are required. ”

Saying that, Sun Shangxiang pointed to the tattered book before: "Lu Servant shoots, you don't know, I couldn't buy this set of books at that time, and it really took some effort to get a set from others." It's just that my mother didn't allow me and my second brother to read this kind of book, and even Old Man Zhang (referring to Zhang Zhao) advised my second brother like this, saying that it was ......"

Lu Ren hurriedly waved his hand, and said in his heart, I may know better than you what this kind of thing is going on. This thing, Nima is like a modern society where parents don't allow children to read extracurricular books while they are studying. Although it is a bit nonsense, the general truth is about the same, but in this era, people like Wu Guomu and Zhang Zhao most likely have to talk about topics such as ethics and morality, and those things will give people a headache when they listen to them.

looked at Sun Shangxiang again and continued: "At that time, my mother ordered someone to burn the set of books I had received with great difficulty, and now this book is secretly hidden by my personal maid. So Lu Servant, you have to give me a few more sets, in case my mother finds out and burns them, I also have a spare, right? ”

“……”

Lu Ren was speechless for a long time, and finally simply stuffed all the sets of books left on hand to Sun Shangxiang. Sun Shangxiang carefully put it away, but only at this moment did he slap his head and say, "Oops! patronized and shot at the land servant to ask for a book, but the business was so serious that he forgot about it. Lu Servant, Brother Zhong, he invited you to come over for a drink. ”

Lu Ren's eyebrows raised, and he said in his heart: "Zhou Yu invited me to drink?" Hongmen feast? Probably not. With the current situation, moving me is not good for Zhou Yu and Sun Quan, so Zhou Yu should want to get something from me, right? ”

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There are few words to gossip, only to say that Lu Ren followed Sun Shangxiang to Zhou Yu's house, Zhou Yu was waiting in front of the mansion early, and then when he sat down, Xiao Qiao's "fried bacon with pear artemisia" had been prepared and sent to the banquet, Zhou Yu and Sun Shangxiang each tasted a bite, Zhou Yu smiled and praised: "The aquatic plants in Poyang Lake are so refreshing and delicious, Yu has lived in Poyang for many years and didn't know it, it's really ashamed!" ”

Lu Ren said with a smile: "The governor is in an important position, and he has to take care of every opportunity, how can I be like I am an idle person, and I go to seek food to satisfy my appetite when I have nothing to do all day long?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Yu suddenly understood why Lu Servant was unwilling to become an official...... However, Lu Servant Shooting, Yu invited Mr. to come here, but there was something I wanted to ask Lu Servant to be tired, and I hope that Lu Servant Shooting will never refuse. ”

After a few words, Lu Ren roughly guessed Zhou Yu's thoughts, but he still continued to pretend to be stupid: "Brother Gongjin has been entrusted, and I don't dare to disobey him, but I don't know what Brother Gongjin has to do?" ”

Zhou Yu said: "Not long ago, Cao Gong raised troops to attack Jingzhou, although he did not succeed, after Jingzhou was broken, Cao Gong's next step must be Jiangdong. Although Yu has the military information brought back by the detailed work, it is still not very detailed, and I don't know how strong Cao's army is. Lu Fushu has an old relationship with Liu Yuzhou, and Liu Yuzhou is the only person who has fought with Cao Jun at the moment, so he must know how well Cao Jun's combat strength is. Therefore, Yu wanted to ask Lu Servant to shoot back to Jingzhou, and Dai Yu would listen to the reality of Cao Jun. ”

Lu Ren had the bottom in his heart, but he was not stupid enough to agree immediately, but said with an embarrassed face: "What about this......"

Zhou Yu immediately explained to Lu Ren. In fact, to put it simply, Zhou Yu asked Lu Ren to be an intelligence officer. And here in Zhou Yu at this point, I'm afraid there is really no more suitable person than Lu Ren.

However, in terms of the actual effect of finding out the news, because Sun Quan and Liu Biao have been feuding for many years, it is not convenient for Sun Quan to go over, and it is even more nonsense to want to deal with Liu Bei. Because Lu Ren has a good relationship with Liu Bei and Liu Qi, things will naturally be much more convenient.

After Zhou Yu finished explaining here, Lu Ren agreed "very reluctantly...... After all, Lu Ren also has his own plans. (To be continued.) )