Early on the next morning, Gongsun Xun wrote a sincere resignation letter on the grounds of filial piety. Then he called a guest from the business who was good at equestrian skills and asked him to rush to Yangle City, a county outside the Great Wall.

An elder from the clan who is an official in the county will forward it to Governor Zhao on his behalf.

After all, although he was a bit unwilling to resign as soon as he returned home, it was still my mother's arrangement, and rationality told Gongsun Xun that this arrangement was quite reasonable.

After seeing this person out of the city, Gongsun Xun immediately went to watch his wife's 'famous business', which was the so-called first experiment in woodblock printing... Well, having said that, I have to praise Cai Yong's reputation.

He also lamented the desolation of this poor place in western Liaoning. I heard that the Seven Classics recorded by Cai Bojie were going to be reproduced, and more than half of the prominent people in Hulala City came to watch.

From the county king to the clan elders, no one is left behind!

However, both Gongsun Xun and Gongsun Yue frowned and looked at the so-called engraving and printing, but the more they looked at it, the more speechless they became.

Because the so-called "block printing" that Gongsun said would change the world's landscape seems to be no different from the "beating and rubbing method" used in Luoyang to carve stone scriptures. It just took two more troubles to give the inscription model to the like.

The stone scriptures are just like carved on a jujube wood board, and finally they are inscribed onto a paper book!

I can only say that doing this seems to be much more convenient than transcribing, but if you want to say that there are any particularly exquisite and novel techniques...it doesn't seem to be there, right?

And it is obvious that the tapping and carving in the front are very neat. After a few old stonemasons got used to the wood, it only took them most of the effort to carve out a wooden board with inscriptions on the "Book of Songs", and they are still doing it continuously.

Carvings are being made.

However, just when everyone thought everything was going to be fine, the printing work that started in the evening came to a standstill, because as soon as it started, it was discovered that there was a big problem with the ink... There were too many dirty words, and I had to adjust it many times.

I kept adding oil and adjusting the thickness. Anyway, I spent the whole day tossing and turning without getting a decent result.

As a result, when it was done again the next day, the number of people who came to watch was reduced by more than half. The county prince did not come this time, and he just asked the county magistrate to do it for him. The elder of the clan who was actually in charge was Gongsun Xun.

The second grandfather did not come again, only his grandson Gongsun Fan came over and continued to watch... One more thing here, the eldest son of Grandpa Gongsun Xun died young, and the actual person in charge of the lineage was this man who served as the prefect of Shanggu County.

He is the second grandfather, and Gongsun Fan is also the eldest grandson of the Gongsun family.

However, the presence of the eldest grandson did not bring any good luck, and the next day passed in a daze while debugging ink.

It was still the same on the third day. At this time, even Gongsun Yue went back to help his family with some work. The county magistrate obviously stayed outside to give face to Gongsun and his wife, but Gongsun Fan

From the beginning to the end, he followed and watched carefully... which made Gongsun Xun look at him differently.

But on this day, Aunt Gongsun finally did not lose her former reputation. By the afternoon, the ink was finally adjusted to be neither thick nor light, and the oiliness was just right. So after some rubbing, the ink was actually printed.

"Guan Ju", the first chapter of the Book of Songs, comes out, with the so-called punctuation mark, which is exactly 102 words.

And just this one hundred and two words on a piece of white paper instantly caused a group of bumpkins in Lingzhi City to marvel in amazement!

The county magistrate wanted to take away the final product that he had worked hard for for three days on behalf of his county prince. He also told him to inform him after the entire Book of Songs was printed. However, as the direct heir, Gongsun Fan actually took away the defective product that had many writings stained on it.

It was snatched away, and I don’t know what use it would be if I took it back?

Of course, Gongsun Xun just murmured these thoughts in his heart, and did not dare to show them on his face. Didn't you see the arrogant look on his mother's face? It seemed like she had made a great contribution...

In fact, this is because Gongsun Xun is a little ignorant and self-righteous.

It should be noted that many epoch-making technologies do not require too many thresholds. They may just be a proper integration of several existing technologies. Sometimes they are not even integrated, but are just standardized improvements suitable for promotion.

That's all...but they just changed the times.

Just like this engraving printing, in fact, the custom of erecting stone tablets was very popular in the Han Dynasty, and the tapping technology was basically completely popular. The reason why it was not used for printing books was just a piece of good paper... However, in another time and space,

Here, even two hundred years after the emergence of Zuobo paper, which was made of compact material and easy to preserve, people suddenly discovered that it seemed that the two technologies could be combined to print books!

Is there any technical content to this?

No, but it is very important and has changed the world. And this "invention" with no technical content by Aunt Gongsun made this technology that facilitates the spread of knowledge available more than two hundred years ahead of schedule!

What's more, Gongsun Xun didn't know that his old lady still had many similar things hidden in her belly, but she just couldn't take them out or didn't want to take them out due to various restrictions and thoughts.

Well, as for whether movable type printing is one of the technologies that Mrs. Gongsun maliciously hides? No, it's really not... who makes her not an engineering geek, right? The ink and movable type materials are really not up to standard, so she needs to make an engraving

The ink is killing her, let alone the ink and materials for movable type. And since she doesn’t have the ability to use movable type, she has no choice but to use engravings that have no technical obstacles!

All in all, after these three days of tossing, regardless of the technical content or how long it takes for this method to mature, everyone finally understands it... If nothing else, what will happen in the world in the future?

There will probably be more and more books, and with Gongsun and Amway’s methods, there will probably be more and more bookstores selling cheap books!

Yes, you read that right...there are bookstores these days!

There are bookstores in Chang'an and Luoyang. For a long time, people have carved the most basic "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Book of Songs" on bamboo slips for sale... But the price is not acceptable to ordinary people, and it is also in Chang'an and Luoyang.

Only big cities have bookstores like this.

In the history of the Han Dynasty, the famous Wang Chong went to a bookstore in Luoyang every day to read books because his family was too poor, and he could memorize them after reading them once. I don’t know what the bookstore owner thought... Of course, he was in his hometown.

When I was in Kuaiji, I couldn't find a bookstore to buy books.

While Gongsun Xun was thinking wildly while looking at the 'engraving' that was initially showing results, Gongsun Fan came back again and brought an invitation from his grandfather, who is now the de facto leader of the clan... He said that he wanted to invite his aunt.

Go to his home and talk about it.

As for why I invited my wife to talk about it, everyone knows it. As I said before, this dynasty has a tradition of not inheriting classics, and it is a second-rate family after all. And the Gongsun family has been suffering for too long at the top level of a second-rate family.

, then in the eyes of the older generation, anything that helps spread the family’s academic reputation is huge!

However, this had nothing to do with Gongsun Xun. After watching his wife, led by Gongsun Fan, continue to walk towards the largest courtyard in the clan in a arrogant manner, he turned around and headed towards a courtyard at the west gate of Lingzhi City.

Walking to the place, there is the back of the Amway headquarters compound, which is the dormitory area that Aunt Gongsun said personally.

Why are you here? Well, the day before, Aunt Li San came to see Gongsun Xun, saying that the new accountant wanted to see him and offered him a clever plan.

"Brother Zibo, are you still used to it?" Gongsun Xun opened the door and entered the other party's single dormitory. Gongsun Xun looked at Lou Gui who was busy doing something with his head down and half-smiling.

"Thanks to Wen Qi for taking care of me." Lou Gui, who was writing something at his desk on the bedside table, didn't even raise his head. He really looked like a celebrity. "I'll settle down when I'm here... Besides, this place is much more interesting than at the foot of Fengshi Mountain.

It has only been three days, and I have already seen many new things that I have never seen in my life."

"Yeah?"

"This is natural." As he said this, Lou Gui turned around and showed off the Arabic vertical pose he had just completed. "Good thing... it's much more expressive than words."

"Indeed." Gongsun Xun did not refute. "What else?"

"And..." Lou Gui put down the white paper and quill pen in his hand, turned around and supported the high back of the chair he was sitting on. "It has only been three days, and I feel that my previous actions are like child's play!"

"What actions?" Gongsun Xun casually sat on the edge of the other party's bed.

"Of course it's about recruiting desperadoes..." Lou Gui shook his head repeatedly. "I thought I was smart and saw through the world earlier than anyone else, so I wanted to make preparations. However, I didn't realize until I arrived in Liaoxi that those actions were simply childish.

! When the world is in chaos, will it be enough just to have brave men? Do you have food and fodder? Do you have soldiers and armor? Do you have a good place to live?"

"It sounds like our Gongsun clan is going to rebel..." Gongsun Xun immediately laughed. "Does our Gongsun clan have soldiers and armors? Could it be that Amway has also started a business of soldiers and armors? How come I didn't know about it?"

"I'm not saying that you want to rebel," Lou Gui sighed. "I didn't say that your family has a war business, but I also asked, your Gongsun family is in the neighboring county, and they hold important positions in many places in this county.

He is in charge of the troops and horses... So if you, Gongsun Wenqi, want to rebel, I am afraid it will be more convenient than anyone else!"

Gongsun Xun couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "You came to me just to come up with a clever strategy for rebellion?"

"Don't think I'm joking," Lou Gui said sternly. "I've been studying accounting in your accounting office these past two days. I've seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears that your family has a horse business, a grain business, and

For the cloth and silk business, there are warehouses, shops, caravans, and lower-line tribes in several surrounding counties. Even Xianbei, Wuhuan, Goguryeo, and Sanhan outside the Great Wall all have transportation with your family... So, if one day war really breaks out.

, your family might as well send troops from this Lingzhi city to defraud Lulongsai!"

At this point, Lou Gui suddenly fell silent, and the two of them stared at each other.

"Then what?" Gongsun Xun finally asked, pretending not to understand. "Why did you say it stopped halfway?"

"Oh," Lou Gui said impatiently. "Why should Wenqi pretend to be stupid? Once Lulongsai is obtained, not only can he obtain a large amount of weapons and armor, but he can also directly cut off the traffic between Hebei and the outside of the Great Wall, and then calmly enter the five counties outside the Great Wall.

By the time……"

"At that time, we should appease those outside the Great Wall, gather our troops, and watch the chaos in the world and the war in Hebei. When a good opportunity comes, we can directly lead our troops southward, pacify Hebei, and then follow the example of Emperor Wu and seize the Yellow River to gain a glimpse of the world... Is this what you want to say?" Gongsun

Xun asked speechlessly. "Lou Zibo, Lou Zibo, can't you change this problem of having a good eye and a low hand? Are you still curious? My mother actually said that you have higher intelligence than me? Am I just a pig with a brain like yours?"

Is your intelligence higher than mine?"

"How could I be too ambitious and too short-handed?!" Lou Gui blushed and said, "Isn't this okay?"

Gongsun Xun sneered: "I only want to ask you one thing. Do you know how far it is from Lulongsai to Zhiyang Lecheng, Liaoxi County?"

Lou Gui looked confused.

"Five hundred miles!" Gongsun Xun said with a smile. "On the way there are only small towns such as Liucheng and Guanzicheng to rely on. In other words, the core areas of the five counties outside the Great Wall are also five hundred miles away from Lulongsai! If you bring dry food, more than ten

A cavalry with three horses per person, if you don't skimp on horse power, may be able to arrive in a day and night; if you are a caravan driving an ox cart, bring enough water and food, and do not encounter any bandits, and travel day and night, changing the animals on the road, that ten days

It's enough time to go back and forth; but you have to gather an army and cross these five hundred miles of wilderness to capture the five counties outside the Great Wall... Lou Zibo, tell me, how long do you think it will take for the army to go these five hundred miles?

, how much food is needed? How depressed will morale be along the way? What if there is an elite brigade waiting for work when we get there?"

Lou Gui's face turned red.

"Of course, if the operation in the five counties outside the Great Wall is deep, it is not impossible to take it down by relying on power and political strategy." Gongsun Xun continued to smile. "But even if it is taken down, it will be impossible to get out once it is in. It is nothing more than a refuge."

This is where the disaster lies. Because after putting the focus on the five counties outside the Great Wall, Lulong Fortress basically cannot be saved..."

"Is it because of these five hundred miles?" Lou Gui asked.

"Just because of these five hundred miles." Gongsun Xun sighed. "Isn't five hundred miles far enough? Lulongsai is the throat in Hebei, and it is a checkpoint five hundred miles outside the fortress... As long as the focus is moved outside the fortress

, then Lulongsai will definitely be taken over by the forces in Hebei as soon as possible."

"I did have some empty talk." Lou Gui was embarrassed.
To be continued...