Outside Lunu City, Li Yunze, who was wearing hemp clothes, used the tools in his hands to dig up the soil ridges.
The water from the Hutuo River diverted by digging ditches suddenly surged in and poured into the fields.
This is high-quality farmland near the river. On a good day, the yield can even reach as much as two stones.
The sun is shining in the sky, and crops are growing vigorously.
At this moment, sufficient water resources are what crops need most.
"Many ditches have been dug in the middle school." Li Yunze, who was barefoot, returned to the field and told Zhao Yan and others around him, "This is a good thing, but we must also patrol along the river embankment. We must not cause the embankment to be damaged due to the construction of ditches." Something happened."
Everyone agreed in unison.
People in the modern world rarely feel the horror of floods. That is because rivers in the modern world have basically been managed and docile.
Not only are there numerous reservoirs up and down the river to regulate flow, but there are also solid embankments along the river.
Floods, which once caused countless disasters, have almost been completely tamed.
But here in Dahan, there are not so many facilities, so floods are still a terrible thing.
The Hutuo River is relatively good and not so violent, but during the heavy rain season in summer, it is already harmful. Therefore, while digging ditches, we must not relax the repair and maintenance of the river embankments.
The civil and military officials of the Zhongshan Kingdom were very happy and thought that the king was a good king.
After all, a king who can personally work in the fields and pay attention to farming must be a good king.
The ancient leaders of Guizhou really didn't have high requirements for the king and the emperor, so just don't cheat them.
If you can do something clear for the people while not cheating the people, then you will be a wise emperor for the ages.
It's a pity that the lower limit of the people's desire is so low, but there are still stupid kings running rampant, and there are only a few wise kings.
If you are lucky enough to encounter it, of course you should cherish it.
The sound of horse hooves was heard, and a caravan with dozens of carts came up the official road not far away.
Everyone took one look and stopped paying attention. After all, Lu Nu was located on an important traffic road, and there were too many caravans going north, south, east, and west.
Li Yunze, who was washing his feet, took a few more glances, "There are a lot of students coming to Lunucheng recently."
Among the caravans, there were some people dressed as scribes mixed in.
In the Han Dynasty, most of the places outside the towns and villages were deep in the mountains and old forests.
Not only are tigers, leopards, and venomous snakes overrun, but there are also many thieves and bandits.
If you travel far alone, you are likely to disappear as you go.
Therefore, when traveling far away, they either travel in groups or with large groups such as caravans.
"It comes from the great reputation of King Muta."
Zhao Yan patted it without any trace, causing everyone to agree in unison.
Just say something casually and someone will praise you. If the city government doesn't have enough, you may gradually get lost.
It's a pity that Li Yunze has experienced too many things like this, so he just smiled and didn't say much.
There are indeed more and more students from various sects coming to Zhongshan Kingdom recently.
As for the reason, it was naturally a blank slate.
After the emergence of white paper, it quickly became popular among intellectuals for its beautiful shape and convenient use.
Compared with bamboo slips that weigh hundreds of kilograms, a stack of white paper can record a book.
Each sect has a headache for the inheritance of its own sect. The most important thing is to record, preserve and spread it in the form of writing.
In the past, it was too troublesome to use bamboo slips, and I couldn't carry bamboo slips weighing hundreds or even thousands of kilograms around, which hindered the development and inheritance of my family's school.
The emergence of white paper perfectly solved this problem.
But the problem is, there is too little white paper!
There are even fewer pieces of white paper circulating today than silk.
There were too many people who wanted it, but the quantity was in short supply. Many people thought of simply looking for it where the blank paper appeared.
It is precisely because of this that many factions who received the news arranged their personnel to come to Zhongshan Kingdom.
"Stop talking about this."
Taking the reins handed over by the guard, Li Yunze got on his horse and said, "Zhao Yan, we have arranged for the students from various sects in Lunu City to gather at the palace tomorrow. I have something to say to them, go back to the palace."
"Here~~~"
The next day, many students from various schools who came to look for blank papers gathered at the Zhongshan King's Palace in Lunu City.
Here, they met King Zhongshan, who is said to have invented white paper.
"Meet the king~~~"
After everyone greeted them, Li Yunze waved his hand, and a waiter immediately distributed the thick white paper to everyone.
The students' faces were filled with joy. They did not hesitate to travel across mountains and rivers to come to Lunu, just for this.
"Everyone."
Li Yunze's voice was warm, "This thing is called paper, and it was made by me in my spare time. I know that you came to Zhongshan Kingdom for this thing, so I will give it to you."
Everyone was overjoyed. They didn't expect that something they thought was difficult could be done so easily.
The King of Zhongshan is definitely a wise king.
When everyone was waiting to say thank you again, Li Yunze changed the subject and said, "But..."
"But this thing is not easy to make and it costs a lot of money."
The students didn't know the craftsmanship, so naturally Li Yunze did whatever he said.
Some smart people already understood what Li Yunze meant and immediately expressed their willingness to offer money and silk.
"Do you think this king is greedy for money?" Li Yunze, with a displeased look on his face, waved his sleeves dissatisfiedly, "I am a studious person and have admired the knowledge of various schools for a long time. As long as you are willing to transfer your own school to Take the book, copy it and send it to me. The white paper is
Give me as much as you want! "
In an era of low productivity, cultural knowledge is monopolized.
As carriers of cultural knowledge, books are tightly collected and rarely seen.
In other words, Li Yunze is the king and the leader of a country.
If it were anyone else, the students would have been furious.
'Want to secretly learn from my family's knowledge? dream! '
It can be seen from this that the reason why hundreds of schools of thought cannot compete with Confucianism, which is educated without distinction, is an important reason.
It’s not that their knowledge cannot be used, the problem is that they must be worthy of using it.
Although Li Yunze was not the emperor, he was still the head of a country, even though the country only had eight counties.
In Chang'an City, the world is now dominated by Huang Lao's art and Legalism. Not even Confucianism can compete with them, let alone other schools of thought.
Now that Li Yunze had this idea, everyone naturally flocked to him and had no reason to refuse.
Not only did he not refuse, he also wanted to bring out the essence of his own school so that the king could reuse it.
This is probably an operation similar to 'learn martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family'.
Li Yunze has a collecting habit.
In every world, he collects something of great contemporary significance.
In this era when various schools of thought are still blooming with brilliance, Li Yunze wants to collect their cultural works, especially those that have been lost long ago and have not even been passed down to future generations.
Among the entire Han Dynasty, the largest collection of books was in the imperial palace in Chang'an City.
After all, when he first entered Xianyang, all the generals were competing for beauties of gold and silk, but Xiao He was the only one collecting books and albums.
When they were entrusted to the Zhongshan Kingdom, a batch of them were given to Weiyang Palace, but unfortunately compared to the scale of the whole world, they were so few that they were not worth mentioning.
As for other things, I’m not interested in it for the time being.
If nothing else, it's like the jade seal in the emperor's hand. This thing must be the one in Zulong's hand to have collection significance. In the hands of other emperors, Li Yunze doesn't care.
He only wants the original.
For the various schools of thought whose competition has reached a cruel level, it would be a good idea to win over the Kingdom of Zhongshan if they cannot win over Chang'an City.
Students from various schools took action quickly, writing letters to their respective schools, or simply rushing back to report the matter.
Various schools of thought also responded quickly. They used horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts to drag countless bamboo slips and arduously headed to Lunu.
Schools also need to survive.
The prerequisite for survival is that someone has to use you.
Only when it is reused can more people choose to join in and it can be passed on.
Otherwise, it will be lost to everyone.
In order to inherit the school and fight for the Zhongshan Kingdom, each family has spent a lot of money.
Fortunately, Lunu is not a remote and remote place. It is located in the north like all other schools, and it is also an important transportation route.
Therefore, it is not that difficult to travel between various families, and it is even much closer than going to Chang'an.
When Tingwei Zhang Ou came to Lunu, what he saw was a dense convoy of vehicles on the official road.
Not only were there a large number of caravans, but there were also people from hundreds of schools of thought.
The horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts filled with bamboo slips were so densely packed that it was almost impossible to see them all.
But on the left and right sides of the endless stream of official roads, there are two completely different scenery.
One is a fenced-in pasture with rich pasture, and a large number of cattle, sheep and horses are leisurely eating fodder.
On the other side, there is an idyllic scene with ears hanging low and about to be harvested.
Closer to Lunu City, there is a large smoky blacksmith shop, and the red fire is extremely conspicuous even from a distance.
Zhang Ou, whose face was full of astonishment, turned to look at the entourage he admired very much and asked, "Zhang Tang, what do you think?"
Zhang Ou had been coming over for a long time.
But before he set off, a rebellion broke out in Chang'an City.
Piyang Hou Shenping continued to plot rebellion, and Zhang Ou, as a court lieutenant, naturally could not avoid such a major case.
Moreover, such cases of rebellion by noble princes were extremely involved, and the trial had to be conducted with great caution, which naturally took a lot of time.
While hearing the case, Zhang Ou unexpectedly found a talent, Zhang Tang, who was an official in Chang'an.
After seeing Zhang Tang's ability, and after a little inquiring, he heard about his filial piety and the interrogation of mice. He suddenly felt that he was a talent and immediately recruited him.
This time when I came to Zhongshan Kingdom, I also brought him over.
Zhang Tang carefully checked his surroundings.
"The crops are plentiful and the people have enough to eat."
"There are many cattle and sheep, and the people live and work in peace and contentment."
“Business travelers are constantly coming and going, and commerce is developed.”
"The blacksmith shops are connected, the furnaces are full of fire, and the supplies are abundant."
“There are countless students coming and going, and culture is flourishing.”
Zhang Tang saluted Zhang Ou, "Ting Wei is here, I think the king should have the appearance of a wise king!"
(End of chapter)
