This big box is full of paper! In fact, paper has already been invented, and Liu Xin has seen paper produced in many different places, but the quality is very poor, and it is hardly suitable for writing, let alone painting. However, the paper in this box is completely different, both in terms of flexibility and whiteness, these papers are many times better than the paper Liu Xin has seen before, and it is even very close to the rice paper of later generations.

Liu Xin was overjoyed, this was really an unexpected gain, and hurriedly said to Fu Zhu: "Gonghe, you immediately arrange for someone to check where these papers in Chen Jie's study are produced." In addition, arrange for some of these papers to be sent to the governor's office and given to the wife. ”

Frustrated, he promised and was about to go out, but Liu Xin stopped him again and said, "Gonghe, it's really overkill to let you do this kind of thing, I think you should hand over this errand to Zhang Yun to do." ”

He hesitated: "Lord, I don't think Zhang Yun is a gentleman. ”

Liu Xin smiled: "Of course I know that he is a villain." It is appropriate to leave this kind of thing to someone like Zhang Yun, if you are not at ease, you can let Fan Jinglai be responsible with him and supervise him by the way. Your focus is still on the expansion of Xiangyang City. ”

Fu Zhu said confidently: "Don't worry, my lord. I have already arranged for manpower to start surveying the land and drawing patterns, and now that the land outside the city is in the hands of the government, it will be much easier to carry out the expansion. ”

Liu Xin nodded with satisfaction and said, "You have to pay attention to the paper matter, you have to ask in person, and you just need to say how many people you need." In addition, the Chen family's house is not bad, and when the raid is over, you will arrange manpower to divide it into several parts. Dial one to Zhang Ji as his medical school. Let Kuai Liang build the orphanage here as well. ”

Frustrated and left, Liu Xin only felt a little irritable, he has always felt this way recently, and he didn't know if it was because he was too busy or because the weather was getting hotter.

Zhu has adapted to life in the state pastor's house, she cooks good vegetables, makes good needlework, and helps take care of children is also a good hand, and in half a day's effort, she can clean up a small courtyard in an orderly manner. Liu Xin's family did not use other maids except Qiao'er, and now with the Zhu family, Ma Yun has indeed helped Ma Yun a lot, and the box of paper sent by the frustrated person made Ma Yun very happy, for those who are used to writing on paper, using bamboo slips to write is a kind of torment. With these papers, and less of the shackles of housework, Ma Yun now has more time to write and draw.

Bian Yu was busy for a day, and finally returned to the mansion from outside the city, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw a beautiful young woman greet her, and timidly called: "Hello second lady!" Bian Yu couldn't help but think of the scene when she met Liu Xin outside the city today, and her heart was difficult to calm down, so she went back to her room after two sounds, and she didn't figure out who this woman was.

The Zhu family was confused, the second lady was approachable outside the city, why did she set up a shelf when she returned home?

As soon as the sky was bright, Liu Xin was in a hurry to rush out of the city, and said in frustration that the expansion of Xiangyang City was about to start today. As soon as he left the house, he met Guo Jia's mother, Lin.

Lin stopped Liu Xin and said, "My lord, the women have been here for a few days, they eat and drink for nothing every day, but they have nothing to do, my lord, you should arrange a job for me." ”

Liu Xin knew that this was a hard-working woman, and she respected her very much, and said, "Sister-in-law Guo, since you can't be idle, I have something suitable for you to do here." There are many homeless orphaned children outside the city, and I am going to set up an orphanage, and I would like to ask you to select some capable women from among the victims outside the city and help Kuai Taishou to take care of them. What do you think? ”

Lin Shi was moved and said: "The adults really love the people like children, and the women of the people must do their best to take care of them." ”

Liu Xin came to the outside of the city, although it is not yet time to build the city wall, but the work of delineating the specific area of the city, digging the moat, and firing the city bricks can already be carried out. Liu Xin didn't want to point fingers, because he was just a layman in this regard, so that with thousands of years of knowledge, he could put forward ideas and take the general direction, but he couldn't speak when it came to doing specific work.

Recently, at night, Liu Xin is always very excited, and Ma Yun is obviously a little overwhelmed and refuses to go crazy with him. Last night, he wanted to make love with Ma Yun, but he was rejected, he was not good at using force on his wife, so he didn't sleep well at night, and he got up very early today.

When he came to the outside of the city, he was surprised to find that Liu Xin was already there, because he also got up early in the morning! So he asked, "My lord, why are you here so early?" ”

Liu Xin yawned and said, "I can't sleep." ”

Frustrated, he said: "The lord doesn't have to bow down to everything, I will do my best." ”

Liu Xin said secretly, do you think I am willing to do this, but I can't say that kind of thing clearly, so I had to divert the topic and ask: "Gonghe, how did you check those papers?" ”

He replied embarrassedly: "Back to the lord, my subordinates have already found out some eyebrows, the Chen family has a paper mill, and these papers are produced there." But the mechanic who would produce the paper has disappeared, and his subordinates are looking around. ”

Liu Xin thought for a moment and said: "Chen Jie is not a good reader, he shouldn't think of building a paper mill, there is a problem with the origin of this paper mill, you start from this aspect, check it carefully, there should be a discovery." ”

Frustrated and said, "Yes, my subordinates will order someone to investigate." My lord, the auspicious time has arrived, so please preside over the groundbreaking ceremony. ”

Liu Xin was a little sleepy, waved his hand and said, "It's better for Mr. to come, I'll just take a look here." ”

More than 20,000 Yellow Turban captives, more than 10,000 migrant workers recruited from the refugees, and a team of nearly 40,000 or 30,000 people worked this land with sweat and rain, and the scene was very spectacular.

Liu Xin was busy building his new Xiangyang here, but the pot exploded in the imperial court. Dong Zhuo succeeded Lu Zhi to conquer Zhang Jiao, and suffered several defeats in succession, and now the two sides are holding each other. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun also failed many times in Yingchuan to suppress Bocai. Later, Huangfu Song saw that Bocai camped according to the grass, so he designed a fire attack, broke the Yellow Turban, and was chasing and killing, but Sun Xia led the Yellow Turban that retreated from Nanyang to throw Bocai, and took advantage of the chaos to blow a blow, and the general army was defeated, and the two sides became a stalemate.

There was endless debate in the court, and many officials had already recommended Liu Xin to lead the army to conquer the Yellow Turbans. Although Emperor Liu Hong is greedy for money and lustful, he is not stupid, he doesn't want Liu Xin to sit big, so he resolutely refuses to allow it. In fact, before this, Zhang He and Xu Huang had sent letters asking to send troops to Yingchuan, but Liu Xin thought about it again and again and decided to stay put. Liu Xin was not worried about the emperor's suspicion, he considered that most of his subordinates were recruits, and it was a fluke that he was able to win last time, if he rashly sent troops, it would be enough to win, in case of loss, he was afraid that even Nanyang and Nanxiang would be difficult to protect, and it would be irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers. What he is thinking about now is to consolidate his own territory and have the opportunity to take Jiangxia, Guiyang and other five counties in order to unify Jingzhou, and the most important thing at present is to bury his head in construction.

In fact, the city of Xiangyang is not peaceful. The Chen family originally ranked first for a long time, but in the past 20 years, due to the withering of talents, there is no one in the Chen family in Xiangyang and the surrounding counties to hold positions in the government, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the Chen family is still the richest man in Xiangyang in terms of wealth alone, and many real estate and real estate in Xiangyang and the surrounding areas are the Chen family's industry. The current Chen family, Chen Jie's father and son were beheaded on the street, their family property was confiscated, the real estate was sealed, the land was confiscated, the rest of the family was exiled, and those who were sold as slaves were sold as slaves, and they have since withdrawn from the historical stage of Jingzhou.

Cai and Kuai are also old and famous families, and they were not too implicated in this incident, the important reason is that they are both supporters of Liu Xin. The only thing that has an impact is that these two women who married into the Chen family, but they have all been sent back now, and people at this time are still very tolerant of women remarrying, as long as they are willing, they can remarry at any time, and the impact is not too big.

As for the situation of the Wang family, it is somewhat different, and the Wang family has only emerged in the past 20 years. In recent years, the Eastern Han Dynasty has changed the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce in the past, and commerce has been greatly developed. Although the Wang family is ranked among the four major families in Xiangyang, they do not have much foundation, and they rely on the other three families almost without any choice. This time, Liu Xin wantonly seized the Chen family's property, and many shops of the Wang family were implicated and temporarily closed down. However, Wang Zhen, the head of the Wang family, has not yet taken this loss into account, and he can also take this opportunity to buy these shops.

The four major families are related to each other by marriage, and the Wang family naturally has a woman who married into the Chen family, and three months ago, one of Wang Zhen's nieces married Chen Jie's youngest son. He didn't expect Liu Xin to let her go home like he did with Kuai and Cai, after all, there were people in important positions under Liu Xin. Wang Zhen only hoped to be able to buy this niece home, but he waited left and right, and the women of the Chen family were almost sold out, and he didn't wait for his niece.

Among the charges of Chen Jie publicly announced by Liu Xin, there is the article of rebellion, and the rebellion is to punish the nine clans. Wang Zhen is finally a little worried now, why did Liu Xin let go of the women of the Cai and Kuai families, leaving his niece alone? Is it to seize this clue to prove the relationship between the Wang family and the Chen family? Will his butcher's knife be on his head soon?