Chapter 68 Printing

All three college students turned their eyes to Sun Shao. Sun Shao was calm and only asked: "In order to promote his concept of governing the country, the teacher ran through the countries for 14 years and failed to become an official. He returned to write books and leave it for future generations. If he had also hid the famous mountain after sorting out the six scriptures at the beginning, except for a few disciples, how could it be the prosperity of Confucianism now? The teacher has no kind of teaching, and he has the style of private lectures. Why did he enter the room without entering the room?

Zhang Zhao and others are silent. They all understand the truth, but it is a little reluctant for them to pass on the knowledge they have worked hard to understand. To be honest, Sun Shao is not very interested in their so-called Confucianism. In other words, it is not the bad tone. One word can explain more than 100,000 words, which is the same as the so-called scholars who are full in later generations. This is a typical example of ancient and modern times. However, he is very interested in Liu Xi's not too long examination article. If it really makes sense, he will be famous for his army to fight against Funan in the future.

"Liu Gong, can you lend me a copy of this masterpiece?"

Liu Xi hesitated for a moment and nodded: "It's a great honor to get the general's green eyes."

"Let's put more Liu Gong." Sun Shao turned his hand to Zhang Xiu: "Please write a copy for me so that I can take it with me and listen to Mr. Zhongxiang's explanation at that time. Hey hey, it's a shame to humiliate the teacher again.

Zhang Zhaoyi curled his lips: "This article and the scriptures are generally persloppy, and it's normal that you can't understand them. There are many famous things in it, and no one explains them to you. It's really difficult to understand. Fortunately, with a great scholar like Yu Zhongxiang by your side, there is no such thing as difficult to understand as the Book of Changes. He turned his face and said to Liu Xi, "Brother Chengguo, since you have taken out this masterpiece, don't hide the name of the book."

Liu Xi proudly held his beard and glanced at Zhang Zhao and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang is really attentive for his disciples' studies."

Sun Shao was a little puzzled. Zhang Zhao explained, "Liu Jun's note has 27 explanations, specializing in explaining various famous things. There are not only current artifacts, but also many ancient things, which is good for you to understand his article."

As soon as Sun Shao heard it, he roughly understood that this was probably the current encyclopedia. This was a good thing. He quickly climbed up the pole and asked Liu Xi for a book. Liu Xi held it for a moment, then nodded and asked his disciple Xue Zong, who was beside him, to pick up the book. Sun Shao opened one of the soap bags and was immediately overjoyed. As he expected, this was a book explaining various nouns. He looked at it a few times and said with some regret, "Liu Gong's great work is to open the door for beginners, and his merits are infinite. It's just..."

He looked at Liu Xi hesitantly. Seeing that he had something to say, Liu Xi quickly smiled modestly and said, "The general has something to say directly to face."

"Liu Gong's book is perfect, but not perfect."

"What does the general mean?" Not only Liu Xi, but also Zhang Zhaoyu was a little surprised. They are good at Sun Shao's knowledge. His level of Zuo's spring and autumn is good, but there is still a long way from the depth. It is a little modest to say that the books carefully written by college students like Liu Xi are not beautiful enough.

"Liu Gong, most of the things you explained are visible. Some are common things like me, but some are things I have never seen. Moreover, as soon as Liu Gong's book is published, it will inevitably become a thing for scholars to hide. It has been passed down through the ages. What I am worried about is that after a hundred years, scholars only hear its name, but they don't know its things, just like the mountain and sea map lost. The Classic of Mountains and Seas has become a book of falsehood.

Liu Xi listened and nodded repeatedly. After these books explain famous things, such disputes will indeed arise, but they have never considered a solution. Sun Shao said, beckoning to Ding Feng to take out the southbound essay that he had just written, respectfully sent it to Zhang Zhao and others, and turned to a page of illustration: "Duke, this is some records of my casual graffiti in addition to the military. The text is shallow, and I dare not defile my eyes. It's just that I think that the method of using pictures and words may be beneficial to Liu Gong's work. Even after thousands of years, later generations can roughly know its shape, so that everyone's understanding is not very different, and there are many branches.

Liu Xi and Zhang Zhao looked at each other and saw a surprise in each other's eyes. Yes, with the picture, it is clear at a glance, and the effect is better than using more words to explain. Even after decades or hundreds of years, even if this thing is gone, it can still retain its specific image, so that it will not be far away because of the text.

"However, in this way, it will be more troublesome to copy a book." Zhang Zhao said with some embarrassment, "Even if the text is a little clumsy, it can always be recognized and does not affect the meaning, but if the picture is not drawn well, I'm afraid it will also be misremonious."

"Zhang Gong's words are reasonable." Liu Xi and Yu Fan also echoed together. Sun Shao was silent for a moment, and he suddenly found that he had forgotten one of the easiest and most important things. Why is education difficult these days? It's because books are rare. Not only are these scholars unwilling to show them to others, but even if you show them to you, you can only copy them once. It's better if the article is short, and it's troublesome to copy tens of thousands of words. It can copy people to death, which greatly limits the spread of academics, but you have a way to solve it, printing.

"Liu Gong, if you can, I hope you can send someone to follow me. In addition to studying the masterpiece, I may be able to match some pictures for this book. In addition, half a year later, I will give you a thousand or even 10,000 copies of the same book."

Liu Xi looked at Sun Shao with suspicion. He was not afraid that Sun Shao would blacken his book. He just felt that it was a little ridiculous for Sun Shao to return 1,000 and 10,000 copies to him, but he was still more interested in the fact that Sun Shao could give him illustrations. He discussed with Zhang Zhao. Of course, Zhang Zhao would not object, so Liu Xi turned to Xue Zong and said, "Jingwen, you have reached the age of standing, and your knowledge is almost done. Just follow the general."

Xue Zong was very surprised, but very happy. He has been working for a long time, but he has never had a good opportunity. Now it is simply a great desire to follow Sun Shao. He quickly bowed: "Dare not to obey."

The guests were happy. Zhang Zhao was in a good mood and ordered Zhang Xiu to arrange a banquet. On the one hand, he celebrated Xue Zong's official career, and on the other hand, he served Sun Shaoxing. After he was full of wine and food, Zhang Zhao called Sun Shao to the study and asked while drinking sobering soup, "How are you going to attack Qingxu Shuishi?"

Sun Shao hesitated for a moment, and he discussed this matter with Yu Fan and others on the way. Sun Quan's order to him was exactly in line with Yu Fan's estimation at the beginning. He asked him to stay in Qian Tangkou, enter Guangling County after a short break, and cooperated with Sun Shao to attack Huaiyin, attracting Qingxu Shuishi to return to Xuzhou. His idea was to separate from Sun Shao and go back to the Huai River to avoid being restrained by Sun Shao. But this idea needs to find an opportunity to tell Sun Quan after Jianye that he can't talk to Zhang Zhao now.

When Zhang Zhao saw that he didn't say anything, he thought he hadn't thought about it yet, so he said to himself, "If you plan to make a move, I suggest you attack Qingzhou. There is Lianggang near Fuqi County, Donglai County, Qingzhou. If you take it, you can directly attack Beihai County. You can also bypass Chengshan and attack. In the area of the State of Qi, these places are full of household registration and many tenants, which can directly shake the foundation of Cao Qian, and at the same time, it is convenient to replenish the weight of grain and grass. He paused and said, "If you think it's too lonely to go deep, you can also occupy Yuzhou Island (now Lianyungang), and you can also advance and retreat freely, but it's a little more difficult to supplement. Xuzhou has been deserted for a long time after the war."

Sun Shao nodded and agreed with Zhang Zhao's opinion. After a while, he said, "Xuzhou is not dangerous to defend. If you want to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, do you have any good suggestions?"

"A foothold in Xuzhou?" Zhang Zhao didn't understand Sun Shao's meaning for a moment.

Sun Shao smiled and said, "I think the supreme transfer of me to the north to participate in the war this time. I don't think it's a temporary intention. Although there is no news, Yu Zhongxiang guesses that Liu Shijun should be tight in Hanzhong, so he hopes that Jiangdong will attack Jianghuai to attract the attention of Cao's army and relieve the pressure on Hanzhong. There is no problem for me to deal with the Qingxu Shuishi, but the place of the four battles in Xuzhou is too close to Luoyang and Yecheng. Now I get it, and Cao Qian's horse will come tomorrow. It won't help if I get it and lose it again. Since I want to fight, I hope to stand firm for a long time, so that I can threaten Cao's left wing and let him be attacked on three sides.

Zhang Zhao twisted his beard and didn't say anything. He understands what Sun Shao said, but the situation in Xuzhou is very bad. Although he is from Xuzhou, it has been nearly 30 years since he left his hometown. His Zhang family has no influence in Xuzhou and can't help Sun Shao.

"Well, I really can't make any good suggestions." Zhang Zhao sighed regretfully and was a little ashamed that he couldn't help Sun Shao: "Xuzhou has not been in touch for many years, and I don't know how they are now. Even if it is there, I'm afraid that the strength will be greatly damaged. Today's Xuzhou has not been Xuzhou for a long time. Thirty years of war have turned the rich land into a thousand miles of wilderness. It's not easy to gain a foothold in Xuzhou.

Seeing that Sun Shao was a little disappointed, he advised: "In those years, the Supreme thought about taking Xuzhou, but later he was dissuaded by Lv Meng. Lv Meng's opinion was also easy to take and difficult to keep, and nothing was useless. I don't think the Supreme will force you. If you can attract Cao Qian's attention from Hanzhong, you will complete the task.

Sun Shao nodded and said nothing more. Zhang Zhao can only give him some advice from the overall situation. As for how to fight, Zhang Zhao is not good at it, and it is useless to ask.

After saying goodbye to Zhang Zhao, Sun Shao took Xue Zong back to the barracks. He sent someone to find Cheng Jun and gave him a task to ask him to cooperate with Ge Heng to build a printing workshop in Zhu Ya. Now what he has to do is to prepare in the early stage, prepare paper, prepare ink suitable for printing, engraving molds, and recruit workers. These skills are not available. It's too difficult. I believe that with his general plan, the rest of the details can be solved by Ge Heng. Cheng Jun smiled and nodded repeatedly. Although he was not proficient in technology, he was a businessman. He found business opportunities from it. As soon as this printing workshop came out, it must be a lot of money. He disapproved of Sun Shaochun's idea of spreading culture:

"General, Jun thinks that a rule should be made now. In the future, after these books are printed, should I give Liu Chengguo some books as a reward, or give him part of the money according to the quantity? If he is asked to provide the manuscript without any compensation, I'm afraid it won't last long. Although these scholars look tall and regard money like dung, if they see us get rich because of it, they will definitely have opinions. Without the source of the manuscript, this printing workshop will not last long. Now it is not worth investing so much money. Isn't it too turbulent to just open a printing workshop for this book? Is it expensive?

Sun Shao was surprised. This boy is really a business talent. He can actually come up with a way to attract the source of books for the author now. His thinking is very keen. Although he regards scholars as too hypocritical, this is human normal.

"Give them money, I'm afraid it will hurt their face. Let's do this. After the book is printed, send them some exquisite sample books, and they will give them to others. In addition, they will give them some money. It can't be called remuneration, but Runbi." Sun Shao patted Cheng Jun on the shoulder and squeezed his eyes: "You should think about the specific amount. You should satisfy them, but you can't let us suffer losses. In addition, Mr. Zhang can't let him be so idle. If he has any manuscript, he can think about it and don't make a big joke.

Cheng Jun smiled and said, "General, don't worry."

At the beginning of March, Sun Shao, who had finished dressing up, headed north. When he passed by Houguan Shipyard, he met Gan Yu. Gan Wei told him that Sun Quan arranged Yu Ying to be in charge of the Houguan shipyard, but he was transferred from the shipyard and belonged to Sun Shao's Zhendan sailor. Although Gan Yu didn't say anything dissatisfied, his expression revealed his indignation at Sun Quanren's departure. When Gan Ning was alive, Sun Quan took good care of his father and son. When Gan Yu was an official under Sun Quan's account, he showed off his power. Otherwise, he would not dare to find Sun Shao's trouble. Unexpectedly, as soon as Gan Ning died, Sun Quan found an excuse to demote him to the shipyard as a craftsman. If Sun Shao hadn't asked him an amnesty, he would not have been in his life. There will be a chance.

"Well, don't think too much. What's the point of saving qualifications in the shipyard? In terms of seniority, in which year can you be promoted?" Ding Feng and Chen Hai comforted him and said, "Follow the general to fight. With military achievements, you can rise quickly."

"What's the use of military merit." Gan Yu was very depressed: "The greater the military achievements are, the more they are hated. It's better for scholars to come at ease. I want to read some books, but I don't want people to look down on me so much.

Chen Hai and Ding Feng looked at each other and felt very surprised. Gan Yu is not a good child who likes to study. He is a person who has a headache when he picks up a book. Why do he think of reading now? However, since Gan Yu wants to read, they can't stop it. After all, it is a fact that martial arts in the world are not as good as scholars. They took Gan Yu to find Sun Shao. When they talked about Gan Yu's situation, Sun Shao also felt a little strange, but he did not object to Gan Yu's choice.

"Read well, read more books, you can increase your horizons. Adn't Lv Meng and Jiang Qin change from fighting to heavy generals after studying? Sun Shao smiled and said to Chen Hai and Ding Feng, "You too. If you want to be promising in the future, you should also read some books while you are young. Think about it carefully, which of the current generals in Jiangdong doesn't study? You can't cut the governor with a sword alone.

Chen Hai and Ding Feng thought about it and also felt that it made sense. Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lv Meng and Jiang Qin were not both literary and military. It was really not enough to have force alone. No wonder Sun Shao's relatives and guards from the Guan family's swords and shields learned as soon as they were free. Although Zhao Xiu is only a captain now, he has mastered 2,000 horses in his hands, and he is actually a captain.

"Xue Wenjing is a high apprentice of Liu Gong. He is very knowledgeable. You should ask him for advice when you have time." Seeing that Chen Hai and others were moved, Sun Shao took advantage of the hot iron and recommended Xue Zong to them. At the same time, he asked other guards to study. Although Xue Zong was a little reluctant, he was not too stubborn when he first came to Sun Shao's account, so he should have taken on this job and spent an hour every day telling some scriptures to these rough blanks who were used to knives. He knew that these people had a poor foundation and they couldn't understand it because they talked too deeply, so he deliberately said it in a little bit, focusing on the truth, not sticking to words, and interspersed with some stories, which were vivid and interesting and popular. Over time, others were also attracted to listen to the lecture. They trained during the day and listened to the lecture at night, which became a scene in Sun Shao's army. Sun Shao was very satisfied. He set up a study in the army, with Xue Zong as the sacrificial wine, and the salary was 800 stones.

In mid-April, Sun Shao arrived at Qiantangkou. Several families of Huiji had long received orders from Chunyu, the governor of Huiji. They knew that Sun Shao would be stationed in Qiantangkou and would bring them a lot of money. One by one, they went to the dock to greet them enthusiastically. In the smiling crowd, a good-looking old man has been staring at Sun Shao silently. Sun Shao didn't care at first, but he felt that this person was quite different from the Huiji family in front of him who were reserved but could not hide their snobbery. He was a little out of the air indifference, and his eyes were full of life. But when Wei Xiu introduced him later, he knew that he had met a master again.

Wei Du, courtesy name Boyang, is the son of Wei Lang and the brother of Wei Xiu. He is good at health and has been idle at home for decades. He has repeatedly refused to conquer, and never interfere in the affairs of the family. He let go of his brother Wei Xiu.

When Sun Shao began to hear his name, he didn't care too much. He didn't know anything about Wei Du, but when he heard his words, he had some impressions. When he heard that he liked health care, he vaguely guessed a person, a great man in the history of Taoism.

"Do you have a lot of experience in alchemy?"

Wei Xiu, who was afraid that Wei Boyang's arrogance would anger Sun Shao, heard it, and hurriedly nodded and smiled, "Exactly, my brother was immersed in silver elixir all his life and had a relationship with Ge Xuan. He used to see him several times a year, but he had never seen Ge Xuan come to the door in the past two years. Later, he heard that Ge Xianweng was alchemy in the general's mansion. He was very curious, so he came with me. General Ying, I want to ask about Ge Xianweng's recent situation.

Sun Shao nodded repeatedly and said to Wei Boyang with a smile, "Can Wei Jun's agreement be completed? Can you have a look at it?

Wei Boyang's originally calm face changed, and his two dark eyebrows trembled, and then turned his unhappy eyes to Yu Fan. His writing of "Zhou Yi Shen Tong Deed" is a very secret thing. There are very few people who know it, but occasionally mentioned Yu Fan, Yi Xue. In his opinion, Yu Fan must have told Sun Shao, otherwise Sun Shao would not have known this book.

Yu turned his eyes and said, "Don't look at me. I'm not the kind of talkative person."

Wei Boyang was a little strange. He arched his hand to Sun Shao: "My work has not been completed and has never been shown. How does the general know?"

Sun Shao pretended to smile mysteriously: "The sky can't be leaked."

Wei Boyang choked and was a little embarrassed, so he had to change the topic: "I heard that Ge Xiao first did alchemy in the general's house. After several years, he dared to ask when he could leave the house? I have something to ask him about Danfa.

"He has been very busy recently." Sun Shao asked someone to bring a signal gunpowder arrow and give it to Wei Boyang: "This is one of Ge Xianweng's achievements in the past two years. It is a sharp weapon used in my army. If Wei Jun is interested, he might as well take it to study it. As for you want to see Ge Xianweng, it's not easy. He is now in Zhuya, and..." He smiled and said, "I can't see him if I'm not a close person in my house."

Wei Boyang curled his lips, looked at the gunpowder arrow in his hand, sighed with regret, and then arched his hand and retreated aside. He was no longer interested in talking to Sun Shao. Obviously, he was not interested in Sun Shao's solicitation. Wei Xiu looked at it and couldn't help but be a little anxious. He begged Wei Boyang to pick up Sun Shao this time. He hoped that Wei Boyang would enter Sun Shao's shogunate through his friendship with Ge Xuan, so that the Wei family could have a spoonful of oil in Sun Shao's pot. Unexpectedly, Wei Boyang ignored Sun Shao, which was a little self-defeating. Don't be able to please Sun Shao in the end, but make Sun Shao angry. Then the Wei family will lose a lot. Sun Shao is now the hegemon of the East China Sea and the South China Sea. The business is all controlled by him. It's enough for the Wei family to pay a little.

He was about to explain, but Sun Shao waved his hand and interrupted him. He smiled and said to Wei Boyang, "If Wei Jun really misses Ge Xianweng, you might as well send a letter to Zhu Ya. I'm just worried that with Wei Jun's current elixir, it is no longer possible to discuss with Ge Xianweng. After saying that, he arched his hand politely, walked slowly in the crowd of everyone, and threw a more arrogant back to Wei Boyang.

Wei Boyang looked at the gunpowder arrow in his hand, and then looked at Sun Shao's figure surrounded by everyone. He felt that Sun Shao's exciting method was a little too clumsy. He knows Ge Xuan's ability. Danshu is not better than him. Can he make rapid progress after staying in his house for two years?

"Boyang, be careful when trying this gunpowder arrow." Yu took a few steps and folded back. He pointed to the gunpowder arrow and smiled maliciously, "This gunpowder arrow looks simple, but there is a lot of mystery in it, which is quite simple and easy."

Wei Boyang picked the corners of his mouth, twisted his fingers, and put the gunpowder arrow on his nose and smelled it. He said disdainfully, "Isn't it saltpetre and sulfur? What's the mystery?"

Yu Fan did not refute and arched his hand: "I'll give you two years. If you can make this gunpowder arrow in batches, Zhendan sailor can give this business to your Wei family to do it. The price is opened by your Wei family to make you rich."

Wei Xiu, who had been listening with his ears up next to him, suddenly lit up. He knew that Yu Fan was Sun Shao's consoner. Last time Sun Shao gave him face and gave him great benefits to Huiji's families. This time, as soon as Yu Fan opened his mouth, it was a great opportunity. How could he not seize it. He immediately answered, "Brother Zhong Xiang, have you done it?"

Yu turned his lips and sneered: "Don't worry, I did it. I'm just reminding you to be careful. Don't make money and burn your ancestral house.

Wei Xiu was immediately annoyed: "Yu Zhongxiang, are you cursing my Wei family?"

(to be continued)