The next morning.

After Yang Zhao got up, he felt a little sore in his waist, and he wanted to have a good rest, but the craftsman Zhen Yan was looking for had already come, so he could only go and take a look, and arrange work for the craftsman by the way.

The craftsmen are not in the Zhen compound, they are gathered in the workshop under the Zhen family.

This workshop is very large-scale, and it is made of all kinds of Zhen's goods, Yang Zhao looked at it casually for a while, and came to an open space, where more than ten craftsmen were already waiting.

"What is Brother Yang going to do?" Zhen Yan asked.

Yang Zhao only thought about the romance last night, and he hadn't sorted out the papermaking process yet.

He didn't know exactly how to do it, but he still had an impression of the general process, and asked: "These craftsmen, do you know how to make Caihou paper?" ”

Zhen Yan nodded and said, "I understand, yesterday Brother Yang said that he wanted to make paper, and I was looking for someone from this direction." ”

Since there is a basis for papermaking, it can be much more convenient.

He tried to recall it, and briefly told the craftsmen about the general process of papermaking.

Including soaking, chopping and steaming, soaking and beating, swinging into the curtain and so on.

He also told them about the tools needed in the papermaking process, and instructed them to manufacture them on site.

The craftsmen know how to make paper, but Yang Zhao's papermaking method is not the same as what they understand, but it is still easy to understand, and more than a dozen craftsmen hurried to work.

Zhen Yan didn't know how to make paper at all, and he didn't know what the difference between Yang Zhao's paper and Cai Hou's paper was, and said: "I hope Brother Yang's method can make paper that can be written." ”

"Absolutely."

Yang Zhao is quite confident.

Even if it doesn't work, it's because these craftsmen are not capable enough.

He added: "Is there a lot of books in Brother Zhen's house?" ”

"Naturally, it's a lot."

Zhen Yan said with some pride.

One of the criteria for measuring the family is to see if there is a poetry and book heirloom, and whether there are many books in the family.

As a family, Zhen has a lot of books and a complete range of books.

"What's the use of Brother Yang wanting to collect books?" Zhen Yan asked again.

"I want to sell books."

Yang Zhao said another sentence that Zhen Yan didn't quite understand.

He continued: "Please Brother Zhen find a craftsman who knows how to carve characters. ”

Zhen Yan was very puzzled, but he still found a craftsman, and there were all kinds of craftsmen in their workshop.

"You take a piece of wood and help me carve a word, and I will carve the word Yang, the same as the engraved ribbon, and engrave it in reverse." Yang Zhao commanded.

When the craftsman heard it, he understood, found a piece of wood, and then used pen and ink to write a Yang character on it.

Seeing his technique, as well as his proficiency in writing reverse characters, he should have specialized in this work.

"Brother Zhen's subordinates have all kinds of talents."

Yang Zhao admired.

Zhen Yan smiled and said: "The Zhen family has a big business, and everyone must have it in order to maintain the normal operation of the family, but what is Brother Yang's intention to do this?" ”

Yang Zhao pretended to be mysterious and said, "We'll know later." ”

The speed of the craftsmen was very fast, and the wooden blocks engraved with the word Yang were completed.

Yang Zhao took out a piece of silk silk, and then dipped the wooden block with the ink he had just written, and printed it on the silk.

A positive Yang character appeared on the silk.

"Brother Yang wants a seal?"

Zhen Yan still didn't think about it in the direction of printing.

Yang Zhao explained: "Definitely! If we made all the words into prints like this, and then arranged and combined them according to the needs of the content of the book, and easily printed the characters, wouldn't it be much faster than copying them by hand? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhen Yan was stunned.

Then he was stunned.

He never thought that copying books could be copied like this.

This method looks wonderful, but he thought about it seriously, shook his head and said: "If it is printed on bamboo slips, these characters are very inconvenient to print, it is better to copy them by hand, if it is printed on silk, how much waste cloth is this?" In the world, people who do not know how many people are clothed, and a large number of people use silk to make books, which will only make more people have no clothes to wear. ”

Yang Zhao smiled: "Brother Zhen thinks like this, is he ignoring my paper?" ”

Zhen Yan came back to his senses and said in surprise: "Printed on paper, is it feasible?" ”

"Feasible!"

Yang Zhao said: "My paper is prepared for printing books, if this kind of book, or paper, is it popular?" ”

It can definitely be popular.

As a member of the family, Zhen Yan is very aware of the importance of books.

These books, which are much more convenient than bamboo slips and can be printed in large quantities, will definitely be sought after by many readers, and will be rushed to buy by major families and poor families.

Yang Zhao continued: "These printed books can be sold like salt, and the market must be huge. ”

Zhen Yan hesitated: "The paper will definitely succeed?" ”

Yang Zhao affirmed: "It will be, but it takes a long time to make paper, wait a few more days, and you can see the effect, Brother Zhen, please rest assured, I have never lied to you, right?" ”

Zhen Yan sounded reasonable, laughed, didn't dwell on these anymore, just wait for the final result.

They looked at the workshop briefly, and then went back to the city.

As soon as Yang Zhao arrived in his small courtyard, he saw Zhou Cang come in with a piece of information.

"My lord, I just got the news that Yuan Shao won Jizhou and wants to promote Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as the emperor."

Zhou Cang said.

Yang Zhao took the information and looked at it for a while, only to see that Yuan Shao killed Han Fu and officially ruled Jizhou, in fact, Zhongshan is also within the scope of Jizhou, and he must be cautious in cooperating with the Zhen family under Yuan Shao's nose in the future.

Zhou Cang said: "If Liu Yu ascends the throne, won't there be two emperors in the world, no, three emperors?" ”

There is also an emperor, who is in the Zhen compound.

Yang Zhao was not much surprised by this matter, shook his head and said: "Liu Yu will not ascend the throne, now he should have a conflict with my senior brother Gongsun Zhan, right?" ”

"The lord guessed right!"

Zhou Cang admired.

Although their intelligence organization had not yet been formed, Yang Zhao had arranged for some people to go to various states and counties before Yang Feng returned, so as to help him find out the news.

Yang Zhao said: "Next, Senior Brother Gongsun defeats Liu Yu, Yuan Shao will fight with Senior Brother Gongsun, but what is the situation on Yuan Shu's side?" ”

Zhou Cang said: "Yuan Shu and Liu Biao in Jingzhou are on the same footing, and Sun Jian was killed by Liu Biao's subordinate Huang Zu, and his Sun Ce actually took refuge in Sun Jian's enemy Yuan Shu and fought with Yangzhou Mu Liu Xuan. ”

Hearing this, Yang Zhao nodded slightly.

Some of the trajectories were still under his grasp.

The Jiangdong Tiger is gone, and the little overlord Sun Ce has stepped onto the stage of history.

However, he has no time to meddle in the affairs of the south for the time being, the goal in the early stage is still the four northern states, and now even Qingzhou has not been taken, and it is still far from planning the south.

Yang Zhao said: "Yuan Shao may point the finger at us before he fights with Senior Brother Gongsun. ”

He was thinking in his heart that even if he got Beihai justifiably, it would be difficult to avoid a battle with the Yuan family.

Because Yuan Shao's next plan may be to seize Qingzhou.

The first person to occupy the four northern states was Yuan Shao, and Yang Zhao was thinking that he had to make this preparation in advance.