"I...I just wanted to come and have a look, why am I tired...Okay, okay, Marquis Wen, let go, I won't come..."
Cai Wenji had to succumb to Lu Bu's power.
However, when they came to the courtyard, Cai Wenji still took off a piece of paper from the board and handed it to Lu Bu and asked: "Marquis Wen, let's see, how can this paper be improved?"
Lu Bu put the paper in his hand, looked at it and said, "Next time, soak the bark and other objects in lime water for a few more days.
In addition, add more plant ash, maybe it can be whiter. "
Cai Wenji wrote them down one by one.
She now admires Lu Bu more and more.
How could there be such an all-rounder in this world who is both civilized and military, and also knows everything from astronomy to geography?
"Also, you can try making paper entirely from cotton. The paper should be good for wiping your butt!"
"Ah?" Cai Wenji thought she heard wrongly.
Paper that is so hard to make is used to wipe your butt?
"Hey, in the future, paper will become cheaper and cheaper. Not only can it print a large number of books, it can also be used to wipe hands and buttocks, to package food, and to do many things. Come on, let's go see your dad."
Arriving at Cai Yong's house, Cai Yong was reading a newly printed book.
Seeing Lu Bu coming, he hurriedly greeted him and handed the book to Lu Bu: "Marquis Wen, look at it quickly. This is a newly printed volume of historical records. This volume can print more than ten volumes! The entire historical records only need to be printed in about ten volumes. sufficient!
I want to take away the books I have hidden... No! I want to publish all the wonderful books in the world into volumes! "
Cai Yong's excitement was beyond words.
A historical record contains 130 chapters and more than 500,000 words. It was carved on bamboo slips and needed to be loaded on a cart.
This time he followed Lu Bu from Chang'an to Xuzhou, and loaded ten thousand volumes of books into more than a dozen carts.
Moreover, the production of bamboo slips is also quite troublesome. Each word needs to be carved on the bamboo slips one stroke at a time with a knife, and then rolled up with leather ropes.
Lu Bu's improved paper and invention of movable type printing not only greatly reduced the cost of book production, but also made the books lighter and easier to preserve.
This is simply an invention that spans the ages!
Lu Bu flipped through it casually and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Cai. There is still room for improvement in this printing technique. If we change it again, the handwriting will be smaller, and the book will be..."
Cai Yong said hurriedly: "No, no, no, this is good enough!"
Lu Bu felt extremely contemptuous in his heart: Look at you, you look like you have never seen the world! I haven’t had time to do the mimeograph yet!
Cai Wenji asked: "But I don't know how Marquis Wen can improve printing? Marquis Wen doesn't have time to tell me, I will do it!"
Lu Bu glared and said, "No! You have to stay healthy for me! My method is very bad for pregnant women!"
"Tell me, can't I just let others do it?" Cai Wenji became more and more curious.
After much hard work, Lu Bu finally couldn't bear it any longer and suggested a way to change the clay characters into smaller and more malleable lead characters.
After saying that, I didn’t forget to tell you again: “Lead is not a good thing, especially pregnant women. They should stay away from this stuff, otherwise they will easily give birth to a fool! Did you hear that?
Mr. Cai, please put aside the printer first. I want you to help me write a few stories! "
"Story? What story to write?" Cai Yong looked confused.
Lu Bu said: "First write a story about Jizi's migration eastward."
Cai Yong was even more confused: "Isn't the story of Jizi's move eastward to establish North Korea recorded in "Historical Records" and "Shangshu"? Why do we need to write it again?"
Lu Bu said: "Those two books are too simple and incomplete! I know the complete history of this period. Only by writing it down can it be passed down to the world and let future generations know it!"
"Oh!" Cai Yong nodded: "Then please let Marquis Wen talk about it!"
Lu Bu looked at Cai Wenji and looked at him with a look of admiration, smiled, took Cai Wenji's little hand and said:
"In the troubled times of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, Jizi failed to practice his ways, failed to realize his ambitions, and went against the fate of the Yin Dynasty. He took more than 5,000 people by boat from the North Sea to North Korea.
A few days later, I landed on an island. Because I saw beautiful mountains, clear waters, and green grass stretching to the sky, it was a beautiful scene, so I called that place North Korea.
From then on, more than 5,000 people led by Jizi settled there.
At that time, the people living in North Korea were uncivilized barbarians. When Jizi arrived there, he taught the local indigenous people to build houses, cultivate farmland, raise silkworms and weave cloth, burn pottery and weave bamboo, civilizing the barbarians and allowing them to live a good life.
Unexpectedly, these barbarians learned Jizi's skills, but they had no intention of repaying their gratitude. Later, they rebelled and killed Jizi's descendants, and did not admit that they learned the skills from our Central Plains. We also need to apply for the World Heritage List for all these technologies..."
Cai Wenji couldn't help but ask: "What is the explanation for this application?"
"Ahem...the purpose of applying for World Heritage is to make the world think that these technologies were invented and created by themselves. Anyway, they have forgotten the basics!"
Cai Wenji nodded and said: "These barbarians are really hateful! Are they the ancestors of the current Three Hans?"
Lu Bu slapped his thigh and said, "That's it! It's really hateful! So I want you to write this history in vernacular, and then find a few storytellers to spread the word about it, so that the world will know their ugly face of being ungrateful and revengeful!"
Mr. Cai, please rework it and make these people as hateful as possible!
Just write it in vernacular, the more understandable the better! "
Cai Yong nodded.
However, Cai Wenji listened with great interest and asked: "So there will be stories like this in the future! Does Marquis Wen know anything else?"
Lu Bu chuckled and said, "Of course there is, you know about Xu Fu's eastward journey, right?
Xu Fu was ordered by Qin Shihuang to take three thousand boys and girls and many craftsmen to sea to find the elixir that could make people immortal.
The medicine was not found, and Xu Fu did not dare to come back. Later, he settled on a small island in the East.
Similar to what happened to Jizi, there were only a group of short, ugly savages on the island at that time.
Xu Fu taught them knowledge and improved people's livelihood, but in the end, these savages also repaid kindness with hatred..."
"Are these savages the current Japanese?" Cai Wenji asked.
"Exactly!" Lu Bu said.
"I didn't expect these barbarians to be so ignorant! It's really hateful!" Cai Wenji had obviously completely believed Lu Bu's lies.
Lu Bu was very satisfied with the result and continued to say: "Yidi are just like beasts, fearing power but not being virtuous!
This is true for the Sanhan people, the Japanese, and the Xiongnu, Xianbei, etc.!
In the past, when the Han Dynasty was strong and powerful, these barbarians were obedient and submitted to the Han Dynasty.
When the Han Dynasty declines, they will show their fangs and show their wolf nature!
The reason why I asked my husband to write down such a story is to let the world know their true colors and not be fooled by their temporary pitiful appearance! "
"It turns out that Marquis Wen also wants to educate the people! I know it, so I will write it to Marquis Wen!"
