People who can't afford to read shouldn't be reading in the first place.

Seeing this, Lin Xiangru immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly changed the topic, saying that "paper can replace mulberry and hemp, so that the hungry and cold people can wrap themselves."

King Zhao summoned his ministers to discuss, thinking that it was too expensive to wrap paper in the hungry and cold people, and it was not enough.

Lin Xiangru immediately stopped mentioning the matter of papermaking, and strengthened the guards in the house.

Sure enough, after that, people continued to inquire about the matter, and there were often saber dead soldiers around his mansion.

Without the full support of King Zhao, papermaking was a talisman for Zhu Xiang. Before others found Zhu Xiang, Lin Xiangru recommended Zhu Xiang in a high-profile manner on the grounds that Zhu Xiang was very good at farming.

A common man who can farm is more in line with everyone's psychological expectations. Lin Xiangru calculated everyone's contempt for the common people, and successfully hid Zhu Xiang in the wings of the Lin family, and the people who explored papermaking gradually dispersed.

King Zhao Huiwen attaches great importance to the yield of farmland and once praised the old farmers who can farm. Lin Xiangru hopes that with Zhu Xiang's farming skills, he will enter the sight of King Zhao today.

But Lin Xiangru never thought that Zhu Xiang's many methods to improve field yield that he had experimented in the past few years would not be able to obtain an identity for Zhu Xiang to become a "scholar".

Isn't food important?

Significant! Even mediocre people like King Zhao know that it is important!

But just because of Zhu Xiang's background, they all thought that rewarding Zhu Xiang with some wealth was enough to make Zhu Xiang willing to die for Zhao State.

The difference in identity is like a world of difference.

Lin Xiangru didn't like to scold King Zhao, so he caught Lian Po, an old horseman who refused to support him, and scolded Lian Po for being blind again.

Lian Po felt that he was quite wronged.

Although he did not publicly support Lin Xiangru to recommend Zhu Xiang, he patted his chest and said that as long as Zhu Xiang was sent to his army, he would immediately send a team of dead soldiers to help Zhu Xiang cut off a bunch of heads and come back as Zhu Xiang's credit. Chop off a few more heads, won't Zhu Xiang's merits be able to become an official steadily? It's Zhu Xiang himself who is not happy.

After Lian Po knew that Zhu Xiang didn't want to go to the battlefield, he ran to Zhu Xiang's house and scolded Zhu Xiang for being as cowardly as a mouse, and at the same time took away a pig that Zhu Xiang had just raised, which was really shameless.

Lin Zhen scolded Zhao Guoman, and Lin Xiangru pointed at Lian Po and scolded. The father and son behaved in the same way, and after the steamed salt-baked chicken was served, they shared a chicken and continued to curse at the chicken bones.

Lin Zhen can still eat half a chicken, and his stomach is really as bottomless as Zhu Xiang said.

Zhu Xiang didn't know that after Lin Zhen went home, he was scolding Lin Lao for his own affairs.

He hummed a little song, hugged Ying Xiaozheng and washed, and then wanted to sleep in the same bed with Ying Xiaozheng.

Ying Xiaozheng has just been abandoned, and he is young, so it is best to sleep with an adult now.

Xue originally wanted to sleep with Ying Xiaozheng, but first, Zhu Xiang couldn't put it down with the First Emperor cub, and second, because Xue had suffered too much, her sleep was very shallow, and there were strangers beside her, so I was afraid that she would not sleep well at night, so Zhu Xiang naturally would not let Xue suffer this.

Xue couldn't argue, sighed, made the bed for the two uncles and nephews, and left step by step.

Zhu Xiang helped Ying Xiaozheng change into pajamas, crossed Ying Xiaozheng's bald head with only two hairy hairs and said, "Your aunt doesn't believe that I can take you well." ”

Ying Xiaozheng was stunned by Zhu Xiang.

It was the first time since he was a child that he was so close to people.

Ying Xiaozheng knew that the way he got along with the people around him was very abnormal, and he didn't understand what normal elders should look like with children. Coming to a strange place and being adopted by strange relatives, Ying Xiaozheng tried his best to keep calm and not argue and resist, so as not to lose his place again.

After being thrown once, Ying Xiaozheng finally learned to be patient.

But, well, I was held by my uncle all the time, I was rubbed on my face by my uncle, I was rubbed by my uncle, I was praised by my uncle for being smart, my uncle tore my own flesh when I was eating, and when I was laughed at by someone who was not very friendly, my uncle would refute it for himself...... Are these things that he needs to endure when he comes to a strange place?

Something seems to be wrong.

Ying Xiaozheng hugged his hot head and thought dizzily.

"Alright, sleep." Zhu Xiang smiled, "My pillow is made of wheat husk and bran, sleep for one night, and if you are not used to it, I will make you a new pillow tomorrow." ”

"Wheat husk? Bran? Ying Xiaozheng curiously poked the pillow with his finger and poked a small nest on the pillow, "Shouldn't the pillow be wood or stone?" ”

Zhu Xiang touched the back of Ying Xiaozheng's round head and said, "Uncle doesn't like pillows that are too hard, because pillows that are too hard can't sleep like this." ”

Zhu Xiang stretched out his hand, lay down with a "pop", and smashed his head on the pillow with a "bang".

Ying Xiaozheng's eyes, which must be round whenever he is surprised, are round again.

Zhu Xiang smiled: "Try it? ”

Ying Xiaozheng climbed down from Zhu Xiang's lap with his hands and feet, sat down in front of the pillow next to Zhu Xiang, and then lay down with a "snap".

His round little head smashed into a pillow made of wheat husks and chaff, and the back of his little head sank into the pillow, and his nose was full of the smell of sun-dried wheat husks and chaff.

Zhu Xiang asked, "Isn't it comfortable?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng's wide-eyed eyes narrowed: "Hmm! ”

Zhu Xiang got up: "Do it again!" ”

"Smack" to lie down.

Ying Xiaozheng also got up.

"Smack" to lie down.

The two uncles and nephews got up and fell down to play for a while, when a dry cough sounded at the door.

Ying Xiaozheng reflexively crawled into Zhu Xiang's arms, Zhu Xiang protected the little nephew in his arms, and looked at the door embarrassedly: "Xue, you haven't slept yet?" ”

Xue frowned: "Hurry up and sleep." ”

"Oh." Zhu Xiang slid neatly into the quilt.

The snow blew out the candle flame next to the bed, and before turning to leave, he didn't forget to say, "Don't stay up late, go to bed quickly." ”

Zhu Xiang grabbed the corner of the quilt: "Okay, well, sleep immediately!" ”

Snow then left.

Ying Xiaozheng cautiously crawled out of the quilt, and a small head with a frightened expression emerged.

I don't know why, he actually thinks his aunt is a little scary!

Zhu Xiang helped Ying Xiaozheng cover the quilt: "Are you sleepy?" If you are sleepy, you will sleep, and if you are not sleepy, your uncle will chat with you. Let's keep quiet, your aunt won't hear you. ”

Ying Xiaozheng remembered the argument at the dinner table, approached Zhu Xiang and whispered, "Uncle, can I really return to the Qin State?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Definitely can." ”

Ying Xiaozheng let out a small "um" and continued to ask: "Is it correct for me to call myself Gongzizheng now?" I don't want to make jokes anymore. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Spring and Autumn ...... Before the establishment of the Seven Kingdoms, the grandsons of the princes were called Gongsun; After the establishment of the Seven Kingdoms, no matter whether the princes were sons or grandchildren, they were all called 'Gongzi'. By now, all the descendants of the feudal monarch can call themselves 'Gongzi', and you are naturally also Gongzizheng. ”

Ying Xiaozheng let out a small "um" again, and asked again: "Uncle said that the Qin royal family is 'Qin Huan', not 'Zhao Ying', so why do many people call me Zhao Zheng in private?" I know it's belittling me, but I don't know what it means. ”

Ying Xiaozheng thought for a while, and then said: "Outsiders call me like this, it must be an insult to the Qin royal family. But if the people of the Qin State also call me that, can't they scold themselves? ”

Zhu Xiang didn't realize the meaning of Ying Xiaozheng's "The people of the Qin State also call me like this", thinking that it was the Qin people who served him next to Ying Xiaozheng who said so.

He hugged Ying Xiaozheng into his arms and rubbed hard: "Ouch my Zheng'er, you can think so much at such a young age, you are really too smart!" You must be the smartest kid in the world! ”

A bubble of doubt appeared on Ying Xiaozheng's head.

How am I being praised again? Is it because I'm asking? Why is it that asking questions is exaggerated?

Although he didn't understand, Ying Xiaozheng was very happy in his heart.

How can you be unhappy when you are praised by others? So he gently raised his little head, so that Zhu Xiang could rub his face more easily.

After Zhu Xiang rubbed enough, he explained the confusion for Ying Xiaozheng: "They call you Zhao Zheng, not by your name, but by your background in Zhao State, your hostage in Zhao State, and your grandmother as a Zhao State person, they are indeed scolding you." If you return to Qin and someone insults you in the name of Zhao Zheng, you will answer that your father is also a hostage in Zhao State, is he also Zhao Yiren...... Should it be called Zhao Zichu now? ”

"Well, your father is not prestigious enough, and his strength is not good. You still say hello like this, your great-grandfather, the current king of Qin, was also a hostage in Yan Kingdom, and asked the other party if he dared to insult your great-father? Debate is about playing to your strengths and avoiding weaknesses, your place of origin and your birth mother are indeed your weaknesses, so you have to avoid your weaknesses and use the other party's negligence to lash out at the other party, understand? ”

Ying Xiaozheng nodded frequently: "Understood!" ”

Zhu Xiang smiled: "You won't be able to remember it once." Go to sleep first, I see you can't even open your eyes. Later, if anyone says something that makes you feel uncomfortable, you will come and tell your uncle, and your uncle will teach you how to scold you back. Of course, if you are a peer, you will scold it yourself, if you are an elder, your uncle will help you scold! ”

Ying Xiaozheng nodded more frequently: "Okay!" ”

Uncle, uncle help me scold back? Will my uncle always support me, and will he always accompany me when I return to Qin?

Although they have only known each other for a day, Ying Xiaozheng doesn't know why, but he actually feels a little at ease.

He was like a nestling hiding under the wings of a big bird, making a nest in Zhu Xiang's arms and falling asleep against Zhu Xiang.

Zhu Xiang was very surprised when he saw Ying Xiaozheng fall asleep quickly.

How can an ordinary child fall asleep so quickly when he has just been abandoned by his biological mother and must be in a panic?

Even if he is very good to the First Emperor Cub, and the child can instinctively feel the kindness of others to him, but is it too stupid for him to trust himself so quickly?

Could it be that the current Zheng'er is a stupid white sweet ancestral dragon cub who is well treated by others, and he immediately throws himself into full trust?

Zhu Xiang muttered in his heart, violent and stubborn? Ms. Chunhua, you're really talking nonsense.

He closed his eyes, hugged his well-behaved ancestral dragon cub, and fell asleep.

……

In the fifty-third year of King Zhou (262 B.C.), Korea, which was located at the intersection of the four kingdoms of Qin, Wei, Zhao and Chu, was beaten again.

Shangdang County is a highland surrounded by Taihang Mountain, Wangwu Mountain and Taiyue Mountain, the terrain is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. This battle has lasted for more than a year, and the soldiers of the Qin army are tired and very difficult. The Qin general Wang Di temporarily ordered the Qin army to be stationed in Yewang to recuperate.

In order to boost morale, the prince Chu, who had just worn the crown, invited himself to the Yewang Lao Army.

Gongzi Chu's father, An Guojun, had just been made the crown prince the year before last. As the adopted son of An Guojun's favorite Mrs. Huayang, if An Guojun can succeed to the throne smoothly, his son Chu will definitely be made the crown prince in the future. Therefore, Gongzi Chu invited himself to come to the labor army, and the morale of the Qin army was greatly shaken.

This is the son of Zi Chu, who is now very beautiful, is the proton alien of the Qin State who just fled back from Zhao State a few years ago.

Although it has entered the golden autumn now, the weather is not too cold, and the strong men in the army are still naked and sweating when they train. Gongzi Chu put on his coat early.

A fur coat is a garment made of fur. The fur worn by Gongzi Zichu was a white robe made of lambskin, and the robe was covered with a robe made of black brocade, which made his face more and more snow-white.

Gongzi Zichu sat in front of the brazier, reading bamboo slips while coughing a few times from time to time.

Years of embarrassment in his proton career have not left him in very good health. Mrs. Huayang felt sorry for him, and wanted him to raise him in the Qin State for a while. Finally returned to the Qin State, and the son Chu naturally wanted to seize the opportunity to show his talent in front of his grandfather, so he persuaded his adoptive mother to come to Yewang Laojun.

Both Yewang and Shangdang were adjacent to the Zhao State. Standing on a high mountain cliff, he could see the banner on the border of Zhao.

That's where he had a lot of bad experiences.

The curtain of the tent was lifted from the outside, and a strong man in a sword and cloth hurriedly entered the tent, knelt down and said, "Master father, there is news from Handan that Zhu Xianggong has indeed brought the young master home. ”

Gongzi Zichu put down the bamboo slip, pointed to the cushion next to him, and after letting the servant sit down, he said slowly: "I went to ask Zhu Xiang for forgiveness for the sake of the child, she can barely be regarded as a loving mother." Zhu Xiang was soft-hearted and took her in, I'm afraid the snow has been making trouble for a long time, right? ”

The servant looked a little embarrassed: "Master father, Lu Buwei's henchmen found out that Mrs. Huayang and Mrs. Xia were both in charge of the main father, Mrs. Zhang Luoxin, and the master mother only abandoned the young master in front of Zhu Xianggong's door, and she herself fled Handan with Lu Buwei's henchmen a few days earlier. Before escaping, the main mother was not very good to the young master, and the young master was about to lose weight. ”

"And, besides, ......" the servant's expression changed for a moment, and he whispered, "The master mother seems to have an affair with the henchman left by Lü Buwei, and the people around him say that the master mother is the bride of the rich merchant." ”

Gongzi Chu raised his head suddenly, looking stunned.