Wuzhong County, Xianghe Mansion.

Hearing that Gao Chu, a close general under Xiang Zhuang, was assassinated outside Wuzhong County, Xiang felt that the situation was serious, and immediately sent people to find his uncle Sun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other clan Lou elders to come to discuss the matter.

"Ling Yin, this is a big trouble. ，。 As soon as Wu Qi sat down, he said loudly, "Xiang Zhuang is worried that he can't find an excuse to cross the river, and now that Gao Chu has been assassinated, he has an excuse to lead the army across the river." After saying this, Wu Qi said again, "Look at it, Xiang Zhuang will definitely have to cross the east, and he will definitely have to fight with Xiang Tuo." ，。

"I don't think so. ，。 Qu Yi said-for-tat, "More than half a month ago, you also said that Xiang Zhuang would cross the river in a big way and slaughter Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan by iron-blooded means, but what was the result?" As a result, Xiang Zhuang did not rush across the river! So now, Xiang Zhuang will also not rush across the river because of Gao Chu's assassination, not to mention that Gao Chu is fine at all now. ，。

Wu Qi frowned and said: "That's not because Xiang Zhuang doesn't want to cross the river, but because of insufficient preparation."

Qu Yi said abruptly: "If I'm not mistaken, you didn't seem to say that more than half a month ago, right?" ，。

"You". Wu Qi stretched out his finger and pointed at Qu Yi, and said unhappily, "Nose Yi, why do you always disagree with me?" ，。

"No, I don't want to go against you. ，。 Qu Yi waved his hand, and his eyes turned to his uncle and grandson Guan who were sitting in front of him and Xiang He on the main seat, and said solemnly, "I just want to say that Xiang Zhuang is not as we were initially worried, just a brave and ruthless horseman, and it has been proved that Xiang Zhuang is brave and strategic, can bend and stretch, and is enough to take on the heavy task of reviving Dachu."

After that, Qu Yi knelt down from the seat again, and said to Xiang He: "Ling Yin, no matter which aspect you look at, General Xiang Zhuang is more than ten times better than Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan, so let's not hesitate any longer, hurry up and cross the river to welcome General Xiang Zhuang to come to Wuzhong to preside over the overall situation of Chu State."

Xiang He was silent, but turned his gaze to his uncle and grandson.

In fact, from the very beginning, Xiang He never thought of inheriting the throne, although a few of the dozen or so old Chu clans who supported Xiang He did have the idea of supporting him to inherit the throne, such as Wu Qi, but from the beginning, this sign was decisively suppressed by Xiang He, and there was a reason why Xiang He had an ambiguous attitude.

Although Xiang He does not have an army in his hands, but the power of more than a dozen old Chu clans behind him is not trivial, once Xiang He expresses his attitude to support Xiang Tuo or Xiang Guan early, the fragile balance between Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan will be broken immediately, and in this way, a civil war will immediately break out in Jiangdong, which Xiang he never wants to see.

Today's Great Chu State is already very weak in terms of national strength and military strength, and it can no longer kill each other.

So, after he returned to Jiangdong. did not immediately express his attitude, and even deliberately released the rumor, saying that he himself also intended to compete for the throne of Chu, so that no one dared to act rashly between Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan.

Of course, the reason why Xiang He did not immediately express his support for Xiang Tuo or Xiang Guan is that Xiang believes that Xiang Tuo or Xiang Guan are not enough to take on the heavy task of reviving Great Chu, and Xiang He wants to see if Xiang Zhuang, who has fought thousands of miles and broken the general trend of the Han King sweeping the world, can take on this important task?

Therefore, since Xiang Zhuang's army approached Jiangdong, Xiang has been watching from the sidelines.

Catching Xiang He's inquiring gaze, Uncle Sun Guan stroked his long hair under his collar and said, "Ling Yin, let's wait a little longer, let's see how General Xiang Zhuang will deal with Gao Chu's assassination first, and then it's not too late to make a decision." ，。

Xiang He nodded silently, if Xiang Zhuang can deal with this matter calmly and rationally, it means that he is indeed a person who can achieve great things, if Xiang Zhuang is enthusiastic and angry, he will cross the river with a large army, then it means that Xiang Zhuang is just a martial artist who lacks political and metallurgical minds, at best, he is another king, not enough to make great things!

Suddenly, Qu Yihu said again: "You say, who sent this Tianyan?" ，。

"Who knows? ，。 Wu Qi spread his hands and said, "Maybe it was sent by Xiang Guan, maybe it was sent by Zhou Yin and Yingbu, maybe it was sent by Liu Bang, Han Xin, and Peng Yue, or it could be Xiang Tuo's bitter trick, but one thing is certain, this Tianyan is definitely not our person." ，。

"There's another possibility. ，。 Uncle Sun Guan said lightly: "The person was sent by Xiang Zhuang." ，。 ..., "Hey, sent by Xiang Zhuang?" ，。 Qu Yi said awe-inspiringly, "Uncle and grandson, what do you mean to say ,.........."

Uncle Sun Guan smiled faintly and did not answer, but Qu Yi fell into deep thought, if Tianyan was really sent by Xiang Zhuang, it was undoubtedly to create an excuse to cross the river, then the next Xiang Zhuang army was afraid that it would be a big way to cross the river, once Xiang Zhuang's army crossed the river, then the scuffle with Xiang Tuo and Xiang Guan was unavoidable.

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The eastern suburbs of Liyang County, papermaking workshop.

After more than half a month of mō and attempts, the paper was finally made by the public car and the father and daughter.

The whole papermaking process is basically the same as the villain book that Xiang Zhuang read when he was a child, that is, first the raw materials such as bamboo, reeds, and wheat grass are completely mashed to form a mud surface, and then put them into the sink to stir well, and finally put a fine bamboo curtain into the sink dàng polyester, and when the pulp becomes a thin layer attached to the bamboo curtain, the bamboo curtain is taken out and rotated, so that the "paper" covered on the bamboo curtain is ". Cover it flat on a wooden board, press a weight on top of the paper to squeeze out the moisture in the paper, and then bake and dry the paper, and the paper is finished.

Xiang Zhuang named the freshly baked paper "public paper,......

But to be honest, the quality of the first batch of public paper is indeed not very good, the face is dark yellow, and the * surface is also rough, and Xiang Zhuang is panicked when it is used to wipe his buttocks.

However, the father and daughter quickly improved the process, adding a bleaching procedure before pulping, which is actually to boil the raw materials and limestone together until they are boiled, and then improve the wooden board that squeezes the paper, and when the second batch of paper comes out, not only the face is gone, but the paper surface has become much smoother.

Xiang Zhuang was overjoyed, and immediately took a piece of dried white paper, and wrote on the paper with a brush dipped in ink and "Gong Lose Paper,." Three big characters in italics, and then looked left and right, quite proud, but Bai Lixian and Gongyi Wennu, who were standing beside Xiang Zhuang, were dumbfounded, because they had never seen such a font.

Xiang Zhuang, who was in a moving mood, forgot about this stubble.

In fact, the Chinese characters of this era have just evolved to the stage of transition to the official book, as for the italics, it will be a few decades later, until the official book matures before it appears, and the italics in history were not first used by the book maker Wang Zhong until the early Han Dynasty, as for this world, it must be mentioned.

Because the next Xiang Zhuang must also engage in movable type printing, in the engraving and typesetting of movable type printing, the advantages of italics relative to small seals and official books are obvious, and the transition between Chinese characters from official books to italics is not blunt, for example, Baili Xian, just a little stunned, and immediately recognized that Xiang Zhuang wrote "public paper,." These three words.

"General, you wrote these three words, but why did you lose the paper? ，。 Bai Lixian asked tentatively.

Today, Xiang Zhuang has given Bailixian too many surprises, and now the stack of public paper in front of Bailixian will not be mentioned, as a reader, Bailixian knows very well what this thin stack of white paper means! What shocked Bai Lixian even more was that the font written by Dingzhuang was much easier to write than the seal style!

"Hmm. ，。 Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said nonsense, "I think that a scholar should be upright and upright, and the writing should also be square and straight, I heard that Shang Jun's grave is planted with a tall and straight tree, called Kai Tree, so I want to call this Kai Ziliang, what do you think?" ，。

"Italics?". Bai Lixian couldn't help but be slightly moved when he heard this.

"That's right, it's called italics. ，。 Xiang Zhuang said again, "Ziliang, I want to trouble you with one thing."

Bai Lixian hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "If there is anything, the general will just give orders." ，。

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said solemnly: "Ziliang, I want to ask you to write a comparison table and convert the words that often appear in various books into italics, is there a problem?" ，。

Bai Lixian said without thinking: "There is no problem. ，。

Although Bai Lixian said that it was the first time he saw the so-called italics, it was really not a difficult thing.

In this world, there are many things that you can't think of before they appear, but once they appear, once you pierce this layer of window paper, everyone will immediately know what is going on, just like the role of stirrups for cavalry, and the effect of italics for readers is similar.

Xiang Zhuang said happily: "Then there is Lao Ziliang for you." ，。 ..., Bai Lixian said again: "I don't know when the general will ask for this comparison table?" ，。

"Of course, the sooner the better. ，。 Xiang Zhuang said, "If it's possible, I'll want it tomorrow." ，。

"Okay, Mingya must get it done before noon." After thinking about it for a while, Baili Xian agreed with his mouth that there are hundreds of thousands of words used in various books, but there are only a few thousand words that are commonly used.

At this moment, Jin Xiang suddenly hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General, Jiang Zuo is in a hurry, General Gao Chu was assassinated in Wuzhong, fortunately, there is no big problem." ，。

Xiang Zhuang's face changed greatly when he heard this, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Still. Jin Xiang paused, and said, "Sister Qin Yu was seriously injured. ，。

"Huh?". Xiang Zhuang suddenly became nervous again when he heard this, Gao Chu was quite concerned about Qin Yu, if Qin Yu had three long and two short, Gao Chu this kid would not be able to turn Jiangdong upside down?

At that moment, Xiang Zhuang asked, "Is Qin Ji alive or dead now?" And Gao Chu, this kid didn't come nonsense, right? ，。

Jin Xiang shook his head and said, "General Gao Chu didn't come nonsense, but Sister Qin Yu is not out of danger yet. ，。

Bai Lixian changed slightly: "General, did you send a large army across the river to respond?" ，。 Bai Lixian knows very well that Gao Chu is not only Xiang Zhuang's confidant and favorite general, but also the big man among the Chu generals, in a sense, Gao Chu's status in the Chu army is even above Huan Chu, Ji Bu and other Chu army generals, so Bai Lixian will have this proposal.

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PS Yesterday I accompanied my mother to do a comprehensive check-up.,So I didn't change it yesterday.,I didn't even have time to send a notice.,I'm sorry to everyone today.,Because of yesterday's break.,The swordsman broke his promise again.,Originally, the swordsman said.,This book is for continuous updates.,Alas.。

Also, I suddenly found that my mother was really old, when the doctor was talking to her, she either couldn't hear clearly, or she was slow to respond, my mother was really old, and suddenly there was a very bitter feeling, however, fortunately, my mother's body was quite good, but the stone was more than one centimeter, and the location was not good, it was likely to require surgery, and it was not until after the CT structure examination to be determined, and I am currently waiting in line for the examination So, the update in recent days is estimated to be normal, if there is a situation that is broken again without notice, I hope you can understand (to be continued...).