Out of the General's Mansion, Tian Fan quietly rode on his horse, raised his eyes to the sky, and a sense of powerlessness hit him like a dark cloud. Powerlessness, is powerlessness! He suddenly realized that there were many things he was powerless to change. Liu Bei was able to obey him because what he did was beneficial to Liu Bei, but even so, Liu Bei still had a principle in his heart. Once this principle is touched, Tian Fan's words will not be adopted.

Tian Fan shook his head with a wry smile, thinking that he was so naïve at the beginning, and even thought that when he helped Liu Bei seize the world, he persuaded Liu Bei to change the current feudal system and turn the emperor into the kind of decoration of the British royal family. It is true that without the emperor, there would be no endless struggle of interests between eunuchs and relatives who were attached to the imperial power, and there would be no endless game between the prime minister and the imperial power, and the state could concentrate its efforts on doing some great things. He believes that Liu Bei can understand these truths, and many people can understand them, but after all, their thoughts are the thoughts of the ancients, and they can't accept them!

People's hearts are always the most conquerable city! Tian Fan is sure that he will capture a city in three or five days, which is very popular......

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a sense of loss in his heart, and suddenly, he wanted to drink very much, and he really wanted to get drunk once!

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's providence, he just made up his mind to get drunk once, and he happened to meet an acquaintance!

Sheikh has been busy lately! When Tian Tian Fan returned to the army a few days ago, he learned that he already had more than 100,000 catties of cotton there, and he calculated in his heart that this cotton was enough to make tens of thousands of sets of winter military uniforms. So, he explained the matter to Liu Bei, and suggested that Liu Bei should start immediately now, and first make a set for each of the cavalry soldiers and the soldiers of Ju County.

Liu Bei would naturally agree to this kind of thing, so Xie Qi began to get busy. Today, he has just handed over 20,000 catties of cotton to the Xiapi Heavy Battalion, and is preparing to transport it again on the return trip.

As soon as he saw Tian Fan, he hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and stepped forward to say hello.

When Tian Fan saw that it was him, after dismounting, he asked, "Yigong, why did you come to Xiapi?" ”

After Xie Qi explained, Tian Fan was a little happy, and he just wanted to find someone to drink!

He said: "Yigong, don't leave today, I'll invite you to drink!" ”

Xie Qi was a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a while, and said embarrassedly: "But, Mr. Tian, my delivery task is very urgent!" ”

Tian Fan laughed, grabbed him, and said, "I don't care, I just know that the earth will turn the same way if it leaves anyone!" I met by chance today, I didn't like to drink, I wanted to drink today, and I happened to meet you, who are you not with? ”

Xie Qi didn't know what "earth" was, but he could understand the general meaning. Seeing Tian Fan's insistence, he scratched his head, thought about it again, and nodded: "Okay!" Since Mr. Tian insists, then I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman! However, hehe, Mr. Tian, wait a minute, I'll arrange it a little! ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "You arrange it first, I'll go first!" I'm going to call the men in the craftsman's camp with me. By the way, it's in my manor, you should know, right? ”

Xie Qi smiled and said, "Okay! Odd must arrive on time! ”

After Xie Qi left, Tian Fan thought about it for a while, and said to Tang Xian and Tang Feng who followed behind him: "You two, Tang Xian, you go to Zai Cheng's house to have a look, and call him." I guess Tuntian shouldn't be busy right now, and he should be at home. Tang Feng, you go to the craftsman camp and inform Ma Jun, Pu Yuan, Zhao Shan, Zhang Sheng, Zhang Xiang, and Liu Zheng to go to my house to drink together! ”

After a slight pause, he looked at Shi A and said, "Shi A, you go to Li Liang and call him too!" Today, I'm going to get drunk with all my skilled craftsmen! ”

When Shi A heard this, he hurriedly shook his head like a rattle and said, "No! Boguang, you go back alone, how can we rest assured? ”

Old Man Tang didn't follow, a few days ago, he asked Tian Fan for a long vacation, saying that he was going to go on a long trip. The identity of the old man Tian was there, Tian Fan naturally had no reason not to allow it, and originally wanted to send a few people to accompany him, but the old man didn't let him, so Tian Fan had to give up. The people who followed Tian Fan out today, as long as Shi A, Tang Xian, and Tang Feng were the three of them, and Shi A said this.

Tian Fan shook his head and said, "You still think I am the powerless scholar?" Double Moon Sword, Bee Needle, Sleeve Crossbow, and Treasure Clothes in Hand, I have it in the world! Besides, I learned swordsmanship from you and Feng Xian for a few days, and I didn't learn it in vain. Okay, you can go, you can't let me go by myself, right? ”

Shi A was helpless, and after a few words of advice, he beat the horse and left.

Tian Fan got on his horse and hurried slowly to the manor. Actually, it's still early now, and there is still a period of time before "getting off work", but because of Liu Bei and Chen Qun's trouble, he is not in the mood to do things, so let's go home early!

At the gate of the city, he met Cao Yong, Li Tao, and Yang Lin. The three of them were in a hurry, as if they were in a hurry.

As soon as they saw Tian Fan, they didn't get off the horse, they just nodded and hugged their fists in salute, but they didn't say a word.

Tian Fan also nodded in courtesy, and also did not speak. After Tian Fan withdrew from Shadow and Night, the two organizations were completely controlled by Cao Yong, and Li Tao was promoted to Shadow as the leader by him. Cao Yong is a smart man, although from the bottom of his heart, he really wants to talk to Tian Fan, but Liu Bei's intention to take back the command of these two institutions from Tian Fan is obvious, so he did not take the initiative to talk to Tian Fan to avoid unnecessary trouble in the future.

After Tian Fan left the city, he immediately noticed that someone was following him. After turning his head and looking at it a few times, he was sure that those people were the people who were following Cao Yong. Those people didn't mean to dodge, obviously they just wanted Tian Fan to know their existence. So, along the way, they escorted Tian Fan twenty steps away and rushed to the Tian family manor. Tian Fan was very emotional, Cao Yong and the three of them did not forget their roots!

When he returned home, he handed over the dark clouds and snow to his subordinates and asked them to take good care of them, not long after Tian Fan entered the house, he was stopped by Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong before he arrived at his parents.

In the past few days, Tian Fan has been busy reuniting with his relatives, or he is busy rewarding meritorious personnel, and he has no time to have a good chat with these two young men. Don't talk about them, even Huang Yueying was ignored by Tian Fan. The girl watched Tian Fan go home all day long, but every time she couldn't get early, after eating, she talked to a few women, and it was time to sleep, so that she didn't say a few complete words to Tian Fan.

Huang Yueying now lives with Xiao Qiao, and they both live in the embroidery building in the back garden of the Tian family's compound. Speaking of which, she's pretty boring. The women of the Tian family have something to do, when Huang Yueying first came, she was a guest, and Mi Zhen and the others tried to spend time with her, but now, she is familiar with her, and she is no longer so polite. can play with her every day, in fact, it is only Joe. However, Da Qiao's temperament was relatively quiet, and if he gave her a lyre, he threw her into a prison cell for three years, and she was not in a hurry. And although Xiao Qiao has a lively temperament, he accompanied Huang Yueying to play crazy at home all day a few days ago, but recently he didn't know that the string was wrong, and he was clamoring to do business with Mi Zhenxue. So, now Huang Yueying can only hold her cheeks every day, sitting there quietly and listening to Da Qiao play the piano......

As for Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, they are quite comfortable. Learn some of the knowledge given by the teacher every day, and then you can go wild. Before Tian Fan set out on the expedition, he gave them a white tiger order, allowing them to take a look at the various workshops of the Tian family. The two of them didn't care much at first, but after visiting the first one, they couldn't help it anymore, and in more than two months, they visited all the workshops of Tian Fan's family.

The reason why they came to Tian Fan today was because they saw a magical workshop and couldn't help but ask Tian Fan for some things! They also knew that Tian Fan was busy, but they couldn't help it! The feeling of having something in my heart is really unpleasant!

Zhuge Liang said eagerly: "Brother Boguang, that ...... in Lu County"

Tian Fan knew what he was going to say as soon as he heard it, and hurriedly said, "Go back to the house and say!" Well, you go to my courtyard first, and I'll go to my parents! ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong nodded, and hurriedly walked towards Tian Fan's small courtyard.

Tian Fan went to find his parents, but he didn't have anything to do, he just went home and routinely went to say goodbye, which is needless to say.

When he rushed to his small courtyard, he saw that in the main hall of the small courtyard, Xiao Qiao, Huang Yueying and Mi Zhen were chatting with Zhuge Liang.

As soon as they saw him enter the house, everyone hurriedly got up to greet him. Tian Fan waved his hand and said, "It's all your own people, you don't have to be formal!" Sit down. ”

After a slight pause, he looked at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, only to see them looking at him with blazing eyes, somewhat excited.

Tian Fan smiled slightly and said, "Two virtuous brothers, you didn't tell anyone about the things in that workshop in Lu County, right?" ”

The two shook their heads, and Zhuge Liang said with a little excitement: "Brother Boguang, the master in the workshop has repeatedly emphasized that he must not tell others, of course we didn't say it." After a slight pause, he continued: "Even the three teachers, we didn't tell them!" ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "That's good!" Hehe, that workshop...... It took me two years and countless hard work, and I don't want anyone to know until I made it! But...... The three teachers are not outsiders, and now we can tell them! ”

When Huang Yueying heard him say this, she couldn't help but be very curious, and asked, "Brother Tian Fan, what kind of workshop is that?" ”

Tian Fan smiled slightly and motioned for Zhuge Liang to explain.

Zhuge Liang bowed slightly, and said: "Sister Yueying, that workshop is a paper-making workshop, and in addition, there is also a part of the research on printing...... Belch...... Printing is to engrave the words on the lead block, apply the ink, cover the paper, and print one page at a time, hundreds of words. ”

Huang Yueying still didn't understand a little, but after explaining for a long time, she finally understood.

Tian Fan said: "In terms of papermaking, I started construction two years ago, although the process is very tortuous, but now I finally have some achievements. What we need to do in the future is to find a way to reduce costs. However, the printing technology ......" Tian Fan frowned and shook his head, and said: "I thought it was very simple, but I didn't want to really operate it, it was so complicated!" ”

Pang Tong was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and he said in a trembling voice: "Brother Boguang, do you know the great significance of these two technologies? ”

Tian Fan smiled slightly and said, "How can you not know this? With these two things, it will be much easier for people to read and write if they want to read and write in the future, and they will not have to hold heavy bamboo slips all day long. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Brother Boguang, you ...... You're really ......" thought for a while, but he didn't come up with a suitable word to describe it.

The ancients used the best silkworm cocoons to draw silk and weave silk, and the remaining evil cocoons and sick cocoons were made of silk cotton by bleaching method. After the bleaching is completed, there will be some residues left on the mat. When the number of bleaching is too much, the residue on the mat will accumulate into a layer of fiber flakes, which can be peeled off after drying and can be used for writing, which is the prototype of paper.

From the writing of the word "paper", we can also see a clue, "paper" is next to the word "silk", which shows that the original paper is made of silk, and this is indeed the case. This kind of paper has a pitiful small output, and there is no possibility of promotion at all.

After Cai Lun improved papermaking, he used bark, hemp, rags, old fishing nets and other raw materials to make paper, although the output was much more and the cost was much lower, but it was still not enough to supply. Therefore, until the Tang Dynasty, many people's books at home were still made of bamboo slips and wooden slips. For these two technologies, Tian Fan also knows a little about them, and his understanding is very general. Therefore, under the investment of a lot of money and the prompting of some key points, the craftsmen of the workshop did not understand the papermaking until today, and the printing technology, although it was also successful, the paper that could be printed was either black and black, or some words were printed, and some were not printed, in short, the future is bright, but the process is too tortuous!

Since he was free today, Tian Fan explained in detail to several people the key points of papermaking and printing, as well as its application prospects, etc., and their eyes were full of brilliance.