In this way, Gou Shen left in the morning and returned in the evening, until a few days later, the bark and bamboo that had been soaked in clear water were soaked in lime water, steamed in a cauldron for a day and a night, washed in the river water, and then crushed into a stone mill.

After carefully chopping the milled with a knife, after being pressed, they were put in a stone jar and rammed with a pestle, and these things that had been pounded for more than ten days were scooped up by the bamboo curtain and flattened and pressed, and they became a thin and uneven cloth-like thing.

Gou Shen frowned when he saw that this finished product was not what he wanted.

Looking at the yellow, rough, and pimple thing in his hand, and a little wet, Gou Shen let out a long breath and let Yang Yicai rest first, and he walked in the garden by himself, pondering.

In fact, Gou Shen is making paper.

As one of the four great inventions of ancient China, paper was actually invented during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, but it was not as good as Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and of course it would not be as popular as the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Gou Shen had seen an anecdote in his previous life about Prince Rou and paper.

The prince is now the grandfather of Liu Xun, the son of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ju's nose is very large, and his nostrils are black holes, Liu Ju's father, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, doesn't like to see Liu Ju's Chaotian nose, and Jiang Chong, the embroidered clothes at that time, gave Liu Ju an idea, teaching him to go to see Emperor Wu again, "when holding paper to cover his nose", that is, to cover his big nostrils with paper, so that Emperor Wu is not annoying, the so-called out of sight and out of mind.

But unexpectedly, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious when he saw Liu covering his face with paper. Later, Liu Ju felt that Jiang Chong's idea for him seemed to be good. In fact, it is harboring evil intentions.

The witch curse in the later period of Emperor Wu made Liu Ju finally commit suicide at Hangu Pass. In fact, it has a lot to do with Jiang Chong.

This shows that Emperor Wu already has paper in Huaxia.

However, at this time, the method of making paper was not widely known, and Gou Shen paid attention to collecting information in this regard since he came to the Western Han Dynasty, and there was no benefit.

Gou Shen had seen Liu Xun take the same admonition as jute paper, but unfortunately those jute papers looked cold compared with the paper used to package traditional Chinese medicine in later generations, and the origin was even more unknown.

In his later life, he had seen the ancient method of making paper in books, and after a long time of planning, he wanted to make the paper, if it succeeded. It is definitely a very sensational thing at the moment, not only to win honor for himself, but also to sell for money, if the finished paper is dedicated to Liu Xun, it can make a lot of political capital.

Moreover, Yang Yun has good conditions for doing business, whether it is relationship or capital, he can further cooperate with him in the future, and make a lot of things that are not available today to sell and turn into money.

But. Why didn't this paper succeed?

What went wrong?

Is it my memory that is wrong, or is the paper-making method recorded in the book wrong? Or is it incomplete?

With the attitude that where there is a will, there is a way, and with the idea that we must succeed, I meditated for several days.

This paragraph of Gou Shen couldn't wait for the edict of the Son of Heaven on how to deal with himself, so he simply treated this matter with a normal heart, and his mind was on papermaking.

Early this morning, the weather was not very good, although the sun came out, but the fog was foggy, the visibility was not very high, Gou Shen sat in the car and rushed to the Baqiao Manor, and the car went relatively slowly.

When he arrived at the Baqiao, Gou Shen heard the horseman's "hoo-" sound, and the car stopped, Gou Shen opened the curtain and looked, and was shocked, only to see that in the hazy fog, there was a person in white standing faintly in the middle of the Baqiao, if you don't distinguish carefully, it is really a little difficult to see.

Who is this man in white if he is not Wei Yan?

The groom said loudly: "Old man, you go to the bridge, let's go our own way, and don't delay each other, otherwise, if you don't talk about me, you will inevitably be bumped into by passers-by." ”

But Wei Yan didn't move in the fog shadows, and the groom was a little angry, and shook the long whip in his hand, making a crisp "crackling" sound.

Gou Shen looked at it, he had nowhere to escape on the bridge, and he muttered in his heart that this white-clothed and white-haired Wei Yan was really haunted, maybe he had been following him since he saw him save people that day.

Since there was no way to hide, Gou Shen simply got out of the car, jumped down and smiled at Wei Yan in the fog and shadow, and said loudly: "It's really a place in life where we don't meet, Uncle Wei invited, Gou Shen is polite." ”

Gou Shen said and bowed to Wei Yan in the middle of the bridge, Wei Yan looked at Gou Shen expressionlessly, Gou Shen smiled lightly and said: "I don't know that the fragrant mist is wet, the sunshine must be fine and beady, although the weather is warm now, but the fog is wet and cold, the so-called invitation is better than a chance encounter, if Wei seniors don't dislike it, they will go to the front with Gou Shen to drink a glass of water and wine to warm up their bodies, how about it?" ”

Wei Yan was still standing in the middle of the bridge, like a tree that had been growing there, and he didn't speak, he took a step forward to Wei Yan, but it was just a step, and then he stood again, looking at Wei Yan carefully.

Although they have seen a few times, they have always been a quick glance in the past, and Gou Shen has never carefully watched Wei Yan's appearance.

In the morning mist, Wei Yan's face was cold and detached, his white hair was meticulously combed, and his white eyebrows were so long that several of them covered his eyes, and his eyes were exceptionally clear, black and white, as if he could see people's hearts at once.

Gou Shen knows that people with this kind of eyes are full of qi and blood, well-rested, very sound in physical function, and indomitable and assertive when they get to work.

At this time, there were a few hurried horses' hooves on the other side of the bridge, and they were galloping towards this side, and Gou Shen smiled: "Oh, it turns out that Gou Shen misunderstood, Master Wei got up early to see the flowers in the fog here, and listened to the flowing water of the bridge." ”

"Okay, so I won't disturb Yaxing, let's leave it at that."

Gou Shen said, didn't look back, turned his face to Wei Yan, and fell back straight and straight.

Gou Shen only said in his heart, Wei Yan has probably been planning for himself for a while today, so whether he wants to or not, he wants to coerce himself as if he is playing.

But Gou Shen definitely didn't want to be arrested, in fact, he was defeated by him, and he wanted to save himself in the barren temple of Yingchuan County, but he indirectly broke Wei Yan's plan to kidnap Zhang Ke in Cuihua Mountain, and it seemed that he was trying to save Zhang Ke, a weak woman, but in fact, what he was thinking in his heart, Wei Yan was absolutely insightful and clear.

Gou Shen was ready, if Wei Yan really did it to himself today, he would jump off the bridge by himself, so that under the cover of the fog, he might be able to escape from the water, and there should be more opportunities.

Gou Shen was on full alert, and at this moment, the galloping horses finally got on the bridge, and the sound of horses' hooves came behind Wei Yan.

At this moment, the fog was too heavy, and suddenly I could only see these horseback riders wearing black brocade clothes and carrying weapons, and one of the first riders suddenly saw Wei Yan in the middle of the bridge and the white mist almost indistinguishable from the white one, and shouted loudly, as soon as he pulled the reins, the horse's body swept past the side of Wei Yan's body.

The big man who was riding a horse at the head had bearded eyes and beards, and he looked very powerful, he originally glared at Wei Yan, who was silent, but his eyes swept to Gou Shen, who had already taken the opportunity to fall on the side of the bridge, and said loudly: "May I ask if the person in front of him is the Golden Horse Gate to be edicted Gou Shen?" ”

Gou Shen was stunned for a moment, and saw that there were six people on horseback, all of whom looked extraordinary, so he opened his mouth and replied: "So-and-so." ”

As soon as the big man who asked this question heard this, he jumped off his horse, stood up straight, and said to Gou Shenzuo: "To be invited, it is Li Yuncong, the family commander of Princess Jingwu in Gaoling County, who was ordered by the princess to come to greet the edict, please come with us." ”

As he spoke, Li Yuncong took out a seal from his arms, and when he looked at it, it turned out to be a wooden seal, so Li Yuncong's rank was at least four hundred stones.

"Family order? This person is a military attache in Princess Jingwu's fiefdom? ”

A few days ago, Gou Shen pondered the method of making paper, and only learned in boredom that Princess Jingwu's territory is in Gaoling County, which is separated from Yang Yun's garden.

The treatment of the princesses of the Han Dynasty is comparable to that of the princes, they have their own territories, and they can build mansions and set up various management subordinates such as mansions on the territory, and these officials are loyal to the princess on the one hand, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty on the other hand, and the courtiers of the vassal states are no different.

When the fog was clear in the morning, why did Liu Min send someone to receive him? The time is so good, so it means that Liu Min has also figured out that he is haunting here in Bahe in the past few days, otherwise how can it be so coincidental?

Gou Shenxin said that he was still a celebrity today, Wei Yan was looking for himself, and Liu Min was also looking for himself, but at this time, Li Yuncong came just in time, and he happened to go to Princess Jingwu with Li Yuncong, thus getting rid of Wei Yan's entanglement.

It's better to go with Li Yuncong than to be held hostage by Wei Yan, Li Yuncong just freed himself, if he was late for a while, he would have to dive and escape.

Wei Yan's reaction at this time was very reassuring to Gou Shen, he heard Li Yuncong and Gou Shen talking, and he didn't know what to think, lowered his head and slowly walked to the side from the middle of the bridge, and then disappeared into the white mist.

Wei Yan came silently, went without a trace, and left without saying a word, which made Gou Shen cry out in his heart for luck and horror, it can be seen that Wei Yan didn't want to use force with Li Yuncong and others, and he escaped another catastrophe today.

Since Wei Yan left, but he didn't know if he was hiding to the side to snoop, Gou Shen smiled at Li Yuncong and bowed his hand to the rest of the guards: "Since it is the princess who has an order, please lead the way." ”

"Please!"

Li Yuncong got on the horse, Gou Shen got into the car, and he saw that Li Yuncong came with six people, these six people and six horses will be divided into two each in the front and back, left and right, and Gou Shen's carriage will be firmly guarded by the guard, which makes Gou Shen feel relieved and depressed at the same time: Is this a guard, or is it a surveillance for fear of escaping?

However, it seems that Wei Yan will definitely not harass himself again today, otherwise he would not have left quietly just now. (To be continued......)