Chapter 2: Treasure refining is a technical job

Li Hao is now poor and white, and only two things are still worth a little money.

The seal of the Tan Kingdom in his arms, a seal of the dead country, at most the jade is worth two dollars, it is not a treasure. The sword of King Tan under the bed, although it is a fine product, is not a treasure.

"Alas, the treasure can't be taken at home, and you have to find a way to ask for it!"

"Childe!"

"Huh? What's wrong, Uncle Zhong? Li Hao came back to his senses and saw Fan Zhong walking out of the east ear room.

"I saw that Childe has been standing here for a long time, Childe has just recovered from a serious illness, it is not appropriate to stand for a long time, and he needs to rest more." Fan Zhong stepped forward to persuade.

Li Hao waved his hand and smiled: "It's okay, come out and breathe in the fresh air and bask in the sun." ”

"Childe reminded me, it's a good day today, and the old slave just dried those few rolls of bamboo slips."

Li Hao had a flash of inspiration when he heard this, and his eyes couldn't help but brighten, and he woke up the person in his dream with a word.

"Uncle Zhong, don't be busy drying bamboo slips, there is something I want you to do."

Fan Zhong reminded him that in this era, most books are bamboo slips, and writing needs to rely on a carving knife. Silk books are precious, there are no important things, and nobles are not commonly used. If you get that thing out in advance, it's definitely a proper treasure.

Go back to the main room and take out the bronze sword from under the bed. This sword is cold and cold, even if it is not as good as Wu Wangfucha and other famous swords, it is rare to be able to use it as the sword of King Tan.

"Uncle Zhong, this sword is worth a little money, you take it to the city and ask. If someone makes a bid, sell it as long as it is not less than ten gold. ”

Fan Zhong was shocked when he saw it, and hurriedly said: "Childe, this is the sword of King Tan, a relic left to you by the old master." Not only is it meaningful, but it also shows identity. Now that it is sold, I am afraid that there will be an incident. ”

Li Hao shook his head and smiled: "The country of Tan has been dead for a hundred years, who will remember me, a slave who died in the country, even if I tell others, I'm afraid no one will take it seriously." Moreover, the Yue State is now too busy to take care of itself, and it has just been calculated by the Qi State and lost half of the Wu land, and it will not be able to break through the blockade of the Chu State in a short time. ”

Here's a very exciting little story.

At that time, Tian Chang, the general of Qi State, was ready to usurp the throne and seize power, and at the same time he was worried about the secretaries of Qi, so he decided to use troops to attack Lu State and distract the attention of the secretaries of Qi.

Lu is the mother country of Confucius, and Confucius can't sit idly by, so he sent Zigong to save Lu.

Zigong found Tian Chang and said: "General, the king of Lu is incompetent, the soldiers are few and the generals are few, the city is low and the river is narrow, you can succeed in fighting Lu without much effort." ”

Tian Chang was a little stunned when he heard this, thinking to himself, what the hell are you doing here? Your Zigong is a disciple of Confucius, don't you have a point to force the count? Lao Tzu's soldiers and horses have all driven to the border of Lu State, and you still need to say this.

Zigong said again: "Wu is strong, the national strength is strong, Wu Wangfu is a Ming monarch, there are many soldiers, you will definitely not be able to defeat Wu State." So, you should go and fight Wu Guo. ”

Tian Chang was stunned: "Are you here to tease me?" ”

Zigong shook his head and said: "Lu Guo is easy to fight, but it can't be fought." If it is difficult for Wu to fight, it must be fought. ”

"General, internal worries choose the strong, and the external good is against the weak. Now your intentions are known to the whole world, and if you come to fight the Lu country, you can defeat it in a moment and a half. However, what else can you gain by laying down the country of Lu except for a broken wall? This will make your enemies more jealous of you and more defensive of you, and will only bring them together to destroy you. ”

Tian Chang was shocked when he heard this, and began to face Zigong.

"Ask sir, what benefits can I get from beating Wu Guo? Not only will it be difficult to win, but it will also lose troops and greatly reduce its strength, let alone have any merits. ”

Zigong said with a smile: "Wu is the overlord, if you fight Wu Guo, the monarch will definitely be afraid of failure, so let you defend the land with all your might." In this way, you can ask the king for resources as much as you want. With the help of one country, you will fight stronger and stronger. When you're strong enough, you can take your place. ”

Tian Chang suddenly became enlightened, and immediately decided to abandon the Lu State and attack the Wu State. However, after thinking about it, he had been preparing for the attack on Lu for a long time. Now, if you say two words, I will attack Wu Guo, and there must be an excuse or reason for this attack on Wu Guo.

Tian Changyi said, Zigong waved his hand and said: "You can't find an excuse to attack Wu Guo, this is easy to do, I let Wu Guo beat you." ”

"Sir, why did you let Wu Guo attack me?"

Zigong chuckled and said, "I'll just go for a trip." ”

Zigong arrived at Wu and said to Wu Guofu: "I know that King Wu has great ambitions, and Wu's defeat of Yue is not the ultimate goal, your ultimate goal is to dominate the Central Plains." Now, here's your chance. ”

As soon as King Wu heard that the opportunity had come, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Sir, teach me." ”

Zigong said: "The State of Qi is attacking the State of Lu, if the State of Qi takes the State of Lu and integrates resources and troops, the strength will definitely increase, and it will definitely become your biggest rival in dominating the Central Plains." ”

"What should I do?"

"The country of Lu is weak, if the country of Qi fights the country of Lu, it can be won in a moment or three. You should him before he is about to fight and ruin his plans. ”

King Wu pondered for a while and said, "But there is no reason for me to attack the Qi Kingdom?" ”

Zigong shook his head and smiled: "The Lu country is weak, the Qi country is strong, and the Qi country attacks the Lu country, but it is to bully the weak." Now that the state of Qi is on the border of the state of Chen and the country of Lu, you are attacking the state of Qi at this time, but you are presiding over justice and helping the weak. Not only will you gain fame, but you will also be able to destroy future enemies. ”

King Wu still hesitated: "Although the Yue Kingdom was defeated by me, Gou Jian's old man stayed at home every day to eat his kidneys, and he always wanted to give me a moment in secret." What if I go to fight Qi and the goods steal my house? ”

"This is easy to do, Wu is the victorious country, you use the attack on Qi as a reason, let Goujian, the king of Yue, lead three thousand elite soldiers to charge for you. In this way, not only can you consume the strength of the Yue Kingdom, but also achieve your goal of defeating the Qi Kingdom. ”

When the husband heard it, your boast is a bit outrageous, how could Gou Jian agree, he is not a fool.

Zigong explained: "The Yue country is a defeated country, if it is disobedient, it means that there are two hearts. With this as a reason, you can justifiably kill him, and the province is worried every day that he is making up for his waist at home, and he wants to secretly mess with you. ”

The husband's eyes lit up, which is a good idea.

"Is it okay to play like this? Can you really let Gou Jian lead the troops to charge for me? ”

Zigong smiled: "No problem, I'll go for a trip." ”

Zigong arrived in the Yue country, and the king of Yue, Goujian, was greeted hundreds of miles away, because he knew that he was not good.

"What advice does the gentleman have when he comes to my country?"

Zigong said directly: "You're going to be finished, come and see you one last time." ”

Gou Jian was stunned when he heard it, what is the matter, and when we meet, I will say that I am finished.

"Why does the gentleman say that?"

Zigong said: "You want to take revenge on King Wu for being found out by King Wu." ”

Gou Jian hurriedly denied it: "Sir, you must not slander me, my wife and I have become slaves of King Wu, how dare you retaliate against him by herding horses and raising horses for him." ”

"Don't tell lies in front of real people. In short, you don't have the heart of revenge, let others misunderstand that you have the idea of revenge, do you say you are wronged? You want to take revenge and be seen in advance, do you say you're stupid? Whether you have the idea of revenge or not, you're going to be finished. ”

Gou Jian's cold sweat suddenly came down.

"Sir, you have to help me."

Zigong smiled: "Actually, this is the case, King Wu is ready to attack the Qi Kingdom, but he is not worried about you crossing the country, so I will come." You might as well paralyze him and personally lead 3,000 elite soldiers to help him take the lead. In this way, he has no worries, and you don't have to worry about your life, how good. ”

When Gou Jian heard this, his face turned green.

"Okay, I'll personally lead the troops to take the lead, that's not faster death. Three thousand elite soldiers charged into battle, and what a loss my country had. ”

"It's said that it's 3,000 elite soldiers, but it's really 3,000 elite soldiers. You get some old, weak, sick and disabled people to be sent over as 3,000 elite soldiers, Wu Wangfu has a look, yo, the 3,000 elite soldiers of Yue Guo are all this thing, so will he still be afraid of you Yue Guo? ”

Gou Jian heard it a little interesting, but still shook his head and said: "Then what should I do if I die on the battlefield, don't do it." ”

Zigong smiled: "Look at your guts, can I really let you go?" ”

"Can you really promise not to let me go?"

"Yes!"

"How can you guarantee it?"

"I'm not done with one trip."

Zigong returned to Wu and saw his husband and said: "King, I will handle the matter for you, and Goujian, the king of Yue, promised to personally lead 3,000 elite soldiers to charge for you." ”

King Wu was naturally overjoyed and said: "Mr. is really not a celebrity, such an impossible thing can be done." ”

"Zigong is ashamed, although the matter has been completed, there is still some inconsiderateness."

When the husband heard this, he wondered, "What are you worried about?" ”

"Gou Jian personally led the troops to take the lead, what if the other party colludes with the Qi State and in turn fights the Qi State?"

King Wu was suddenly shocked and hurriedly asked, "How is this good?" ”

Zigong said: "This matter is not difficult. Gou Jian is here, and three thousand elite soldiers listen to him. Gou Jian is not here, and the three thousand elite soldiers will listen to you. ”

King Wu instantly understood, and immediately sent a message to Gou Jian: "I know that you are loyal, the battlefield is dangerous, and you have no eyes for swords and guns, you can eat your waist at home, just send three thousand elite soldiers over." ”

As a result, after the arrival of the 3,000 elite soldiers of the Yue Kingdom, King Wu saw it and immediately felt that the Yue Kingdom was no longer a threat.

On the way back, Zigong suddenly found that there was a Jin Kingdom next to him, probably because he didn't feel like it was enjoyable, so he twisted his ass and ran to the Jin Kingdom again.

When he arrived at the place, he said, "King Jin, you have something to do." ”

When King Jin heard this, he waved his hand directly and said, "You can pull it down, don't fool me." I know you've been to several places, but it doesn't have anything to do with my Jin Kingdom. ”

Zigong said: "It has nothing to do with you? If there is a war between several great powers, you will be by your side, and whoever wins will carry you. ”

King Jin also became serious when he heard this.

Sure enough, after Zigong left, all the trajectories of things were developing according to his plan.

The state of Wu and the state of Yue attacked the state of Qi, and the state of Qi was defeated.

King Qi told Tian Changdao: "General, you must keep Sheji, as long as the Qi country is not broken, I will give you what you want." ”

Then, Tian Chang asked for this today, tomorrow for that, and after getting all the resources in his hands, he kicked the King of Qi off the throne and became the King of Qi himself, which is the famous Tian Dynasty Qi.

After Wu Wangfu defeated the Qi State, which was also the overlord, he was complacent, and then turned his head to see that there was a Jin State next to him, and the soldiers all pulled him out, so he simply picked him up and beat him up.

Because of Zigong's reminder, the Jin State had been prepared for a long time, but the Wu State was defeated.

Once defeated, there was no way back, Gou Jian had already taken 3,000 elite soldiers to seize his capital and copy his back road. The soldiers of Wu fought two fierce battles in a row, and they had no fighting spirit at all, and Wu Wangfu was sent to pawn.

Zigong went out for a trip, and the five countries changed. Cunlu, chaotic Qi, strong Jin, destroy Wu, and dominate Yue.

And the reason why this little story is told is because after the Yue Kingdom destroyed the Wu State, it continued to go north to destroy the Tan State. The Yue State dominated the East, and was once even stronger than the Qi State.

Li Hao dared to sell swords, first, he was short of money; Second, the time has passed for 100 years; The third is that the country of Yue is now at the end of the road.

After the death of Goujian, the king of Yue, the prince of Yue fought for power, went their own way, and the national strength weakened rapidly. A few years ago, King Wujiang of Yue wanted to even Chu Vaqi, but was rejected by Chu. This thing is unwilling to be lonely and wants to connect Qi and Chu, Qi Guo agreed, but he yin the other party. Not only did he not send troops to attack the Chu State, but he also told the Chu State about it, and the result can be imagined.

Originally, the annexation of Wu State did not have time to digest it. Now that they have lost the war, the state of Chu directly snatched part of the land of Wu from the state of Yue, including Dongyang and Donghai City, the old land of the state of Tan. And the State of Qi was not idle, and snatched part of the old land of the State of Tan from the hands of the Yue State.

The old land of Tanguo is the hot land, and now it is in Tancheng County and Lianyungang.

Since then, the northern part of the country has been cut by the two countries, and the northern Yucheng and Tancheng of Lianyungang belong to the Qi State, and since then the Qi State has completely surrounded the land of the Yue State, Rizhao City. The southern part of Lianyungang (Dongyang City) and the eastern part of Huai'an City belonged to the Chu State, and the northern part of the Yue State was divided.

Over the years, the country of Yue has been in a slump, and Li Hao is not worried at all.

"Uncle Zhong, although this sword is precious, it is equivalent to chicken ribs to me, it is better to exchange it for some gold. I need money now, sell the sword as soon as possible, we still have something to do. ”

Fan Zhong sighed, and then reluctantly took the long sword.

The ancients greatly admired the sword, especially in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness East Classic" once said: There is a country of gentlemen, and its people are dressed with swords.

In ancient times, the sword on the body was not necessarily a gentleman, but not wearing a sword could not show a gentleman's bearing. The sword of this period was not only a weapon, but also a symbol of status, and also a costume for men to show their appearance and demeanor. Therefore, regardless of the literati and samurai, the nobles and scholars, almost everyone has a sword.

Zhan Lu, one of the top ten famous swords, is now the sword of a strategist Zhang Yi. This is also the reason why Fan Zhong is reluctant to let Li Hao sell this sword, he doesn't want Li Hao to lose the dignity of the noble character and the Tan royal family.

The style of swords is so prevalent, and King Tan's sword is a fine product in terms of practicality and appearance, and Li Hao is not worried about not being able to sell it at all.

Sure enough, before noon, Fan Zhong came back.

"Childe, the sword was sold for twenty gold, and it was bought by the Tianshi clan." As he spoke, Fan Zhong opened his shirt and took out a bag from his arms, for fear that others would worry about him.

Li Hao said in his heart: "Lao Tzu finally doesn't have to starve." ”

The main currency of Qi is the knife coin, and the gold is mostly circulated among the scholars, usually minted into gold cakes or gold beans for circulation, and the purchasing power of these twenty gold is still very strong.

Anyway, with the money, the rice soup was finally boiled into porridge, and Li Hao finally filled his stomach.

"Uncle Zhong, let's go, my son will take you shopping."

The wealth of the world is five in Qi, and the country of Qi relies on convenient geography, boiling salt near the sea, and the trade is very developed. Guan Zhong's mercantilism can be said to have laid a solid economic foundation for the Qi State. Qi was also the first country in history to fight a trade war, and the trade war also won the rich Sishang vassal state of Lu. Therefore, the business environment of Qi is good, and the shops in the market are very prosperous.

For a whole afternoon, Li Hao wandered among the shops, and Fan Zhong took his men to deliver goods to his home.

There are many things, including various medicinal herbs, spices, pine wood, animal skins, stream stones, cauldrons, hemp rattan, gold powder, bamboo, pine gum, fish gelatin, forage, bamboo curtains, and so on.

Li Hao returned home, looked at the things in the yard, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. Don't look at the many things, in fact, it didn't cost a lot of money, and it added up to less than two gold. More than a dozen medicinal herbs, a few animal skins and spices cost one gold.

"What's the use of Childe buying so many miscellaneous items? Although we now have little money, we still need to be frugal and keep our family. Fan Zhong couldn't stand it after all, and frowned and admonished.

"Uncle Zhong, don't underestimate these things, whether you can turn over in the future depends on my son's ability to turn decay into magic. Now everything is ready, come, roll up your sleeves and work hard, let's move. ”

"Uncle Zhong, you go to the well to draw some water, fill those cauldrons, and soak those coarse linen in them."

The nobles wore silk and satin, and the commoners still wore coarse linen, and coarse linen was very cheap in the streets.

"Uncle Zhong, come, let's help the handle, let's build a bamboo shed here."

The shed does not live in people, and it does not need to be of too good quality, as long as a frame is built. Then use a straw mat to seal the bamboo shed around it, and a simple confined space comes out.

"Finished digging holes in pine? Stand it up and light a fire next to it. That's right, make a fire with straw, roast it, and drain the rosin. ”

Rosin affects the quality of pine smoke, so try to drain the rosin in the pine wood as much as possible, so that the quality of the pine smoke burned will be high.

"What? You threw away the ashes you burned yesterday? Where's the throw? Hurry up and get it back, that's good stuff. ”

The grass ash of straw can be made of alkaline water, and people who have wrapped zongzi at home know that the zongzi made of alkaline water is called alkaline water zongzi, which looks yellow and bright, soft and glutinous and sweet, and has a kind of fresh fragrance of grass and trees, which is much better than ordinary zongzi.

And alkaline water also has a function, that is, to separate vegetable gum. Only by separating the vegetable gum in the plant and there is no stickiness, the plant fiber can be dispersed, and then steamed and beaten to form a fiber pulp.

"Oh, Childe, how did you destroy all these hides? If you sew a robe, you won't be frozen in winter. ”

Li Hao didn't explain much, he bought three animal skins this time, including rabbit skins, sheep skins and wolf skins, and now after these three animal skins were soaked in water and softened, they were made to lack a piece in the east and a piece in the west, and collected a lot of fine wool to remove the fluff.

"Uncle Zhong, the rosin should be cleaned, you go and split the pine wood into pieces and move it to the bamboo shed, I will use it later."

Fan Zhong saw that Li Hao didn't listen to persuasion, shook his head and went to split wood.

For more than ten days, the pine wood in the bamboo shed never went out, and Li Hao collected enough pine smoke. The wolf hair is used as the bone, the rabbit hair is the meat, and the wool is the skin, and a lot of wool pieces are also collected.

The coarse linen has been soaked for more than ten days, and the soluble impurities in it have long been dissolved. Li Hao took it out of the kettle and rinsed it again, re-added the alkaline water and began to steam.

In Fan Zhong's opinion, his son-in-law's behavior has become more and more eccentric since he recovered from his illness last time. In addition to being busy with some incomprehensible things during the day, he is not idle at night, and often holds a broken stone to polish. If he couldn't communicate normally, he would have thought that his son-in-law had lost his mind.

"Alas, old master, what can I do with the old slave? Childe has been crazy lately, and the good herbs and spices have been pounded into powder, and they have all been ruined. Isn't it good to sew a robe with such a good animal skin? can also protect yourself from the cold, but the result is also ruined. The old slave was soft-spoken, and he couldn't persuade the son. If you want to have a spirit in heaven, give him a dream. ”

"Hey, Uncle Zhong, why are you stunned? When the fire is small, bring some firewood. ”

Vegetable gum is separated with alkaline water, and this coarse linen gradually forms a yellowish fibrous slurry under steaming. Rinse off the dissolved matter in the slurry back and forth, and Li Hao spread it evenly to the sun.

The purpose of shining the slurry with sunlight is to make the slurry white, and he has no bleaching powder, so he can only use stupid methods. However, Li Hao does not pursue perfection, he only needs the color of the slurry to be lighter and the color to be consistent.

In the following days, Li Hao's energy was all focused on Songyan.

He first used the fine silk he bought to filter the pine smoke to obtain a fine and uniform smoke, and then grinded many medicinal materials and spices into powder, mixed with egg white, fish skin glue and other materials to make a tobacco mud ball. Then let Fan Zhong beat it with a stone hammer, and after five days and no less than 10,000 times, he finally got the ink group that he had been thinking about. It's just that Fan Zhong, who is bitter and loyal, has a big arm every day.

Li Hao had already prepared the mold, and the mold was very simple, without carving or anything, just using wooden boards to put together a rectangular groove six centimeters long and three centimeters wide. Cut off a part of the ink mass and put it into the mold, plug it with a wooden stopper and squeeze it vigorously, and a rectangular ink ingot is formed. After all of them were done, Li Hao got a total of four ink ingots, and there were still some leftovers.

The dark and clear ink ingots exude a faint fragrance, which is the so-called ink fragrance. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that the scholarly door is the first. The reason why books are fragrant is all the work of ink.

The reason why ancient ink is precious is entirely because of the elegance and preciousness of its ingredients. The reason why modern ink is poor is because most of the industrial fumes used are heavy oil after oil refining, or mine fumes. Unlike ancient ink, there are natural things such as herbs and spices that are good for the human body.

Fan Zhong's arm hurt badly, and he looked at the ink ingot in front of him at this moment, how unpleasant it was. With the best spices and herbs, you ended up making such a thing? It's so ugly to be black. Childe's brain is broken, and he is still so excited.

Li Hao has not been idle these days, and all the physical work has been handed over to Fan Zhong, but he has not pulled down the delicate work of making brushes.

Adjusting the wool, fixing the shape of the pen, mixing and arranging the rolled refill, wrapping the skin, Bang Gu nib, sharpening the pen barrel, gluing the nib, and setting the bristles, the whole process is very complicated. In order to improve the quality of his brushes, he did not pursue speed. In the past few days, only five small regular brushes have been made, and one has been made in the middle regular brush.

took out the necessary carving knife of the scholars of this era from his arms, and Li Hao carved it on the ink ingot. An hour later, all four spindles were completed.

At first, Fan Zhong couldn't see what Li Hao was depicting, after all, the ink ingots were black and difficult to identify. However, when Li Hao finished drawing along the nicks with the prepared gold powder, the four ink ingots instantly became different.

I saw that each ink ingot was carved with simple lines, which were four gentlemen, namely plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum, and there were two lines of small characters on each ink ingot.

One is: there is a diligent path in the book mountain, and there is no end to the hard work of learning the sea.

The second is: see the virtuous and think together, see the unvirtuous and introspect.

The third is: who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of the sweat.

The four are: erudition, interrogation, prudence, discernment, and practice.

Gold characters on a black background, four ingots of ink and four sentences, from the four aspects of persuasion, self-reflection, determination, words and deeds, interpret the integrity and virtue of the literati. And plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum and other meanings of noble people, virtuous people, humble gentlemen, and hermits outside the world respectively. In an instant, the elegance jumped out.

Fan Zhong's eyes widened at this moment, the originally inconspicuous black charcoal block had undergone such a magical change through the hands of Gongzi. Even if he can't read, he can still feel the noble and elegant atmosphere. Although I don't know the usefulness of ink ingots, I am sure that they are extremely valuable.

"Childe is really a god and a man, this thing has passed through the hands of Childe, it really turns decay into magic, and worthless waste has turned into a treasure."

Li Hao put away the brush, shook his head and smiled: "Uncle Zhong is wrong, using words and paintings to decorate this thing is just icing on the cake." The preciousness of this thing lies not in its appearance, but in itself. ”

Because he didn't know the use of ink ingots, Fan Zhong was puzzled, but he didn't refute it. Li Hao is now very mysterious in his heart, and everything he does is incomprehensible.

"The old slave never knew that Childe's painting skills were so extraordinary. With a few simple strokes, the objects painted are vivid and breathtaking. ”

Li Hao grinned, he didn't object to this, how to say that he was also a top student of the China Academy of Art, and his calligraphy and painting were unique. He majored in Chinese painting, elective sculpture and weaving and dyeing, and is a master's degree from a double first-class university.

For those who paint, nothing is more familiar than ink and paint, followed by paper and pen. Otherwise, how could he be so clear about the production method of pen, ink, paper and inkstone. As for the inkstone, there is no need to carve and decorate it too much, choose a suitable size of the stream stone, and polish the inkstone, which is more simple and atmospheric.

Pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are the treasures prepared by Li Hao. It's just that ink ingots, brushes, inkstones, and are easy to make, but the most critical paper has the most complex process, and it takes one to two months just to dry the pulp.

During this period, Li Hao asked Fan Zhong to find a carpenter, built a pulp pool with wooden boards in the west ear room, and customized a batch of bamboo curtains, which were 30 centimeters by 80 centimeters and 50 centimeters by 2 meters, to prepare for the next paper-fishing process.

After three months, Li Hao finally made the paper after the processes of pulping, paper scooping, squeezing, and drying paper.

In the following six months, Li Hao squandered all the materials and obtained a total of 500 sheets of paper of two sizes; Twenty spindles of ink, four spindles of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum for a set, a total of five sets; 20 small regular brushes, 10 medium regular brushes; inkstone five sides; In his free time, he also made a few pairs of paperweights with good sandalwood and carved tripartite seals, which were Li Haoyin, Tanzi's and Tanzi Appreciation.

This little thing is not worth a lot of money in the future life. However, Li Hao spent almost six gold in order to get these objects. You must know that the purchasing power of the current gold is enough for an ordinary family to live for half a year, and the investment is not small.

After repairing for half a month and letting Fan Zhong buy a carriage, Li Hao finally started his journey, and the first stop was Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

Once this goes, what the future holds, it is still unknown. Maybe like a goshawk soaring in the clouds; Maybe like a dragon swimming in the sea; Or the killing and robbery of the Hades drum watch, accompanied by black and white impermanence.