Seeing a maid come in with a stack of paper books, Zhuge Xuan and Lu Su were both stunned!
Paper has been invented a long time ago, and paper books have been around since the Western Han Dynasty. However, due to the immature papermaking technology and high cost (the earliest paper was made of silk), it has never been popularized.
Paper books are only regarded as a kind of luxury collectibles, and they are treasures of aristocratic families.
How many books is Lu Bu holding to drink with them?
But this paper... is hard and white, not much like silk paper!
And this handwriting...why does it look like it was carved on it?
Lu Bu's favorite thing every time he showed off his new book was to see them look like they had never seen the world before, and this time was no exception.
Without waiting for them to ask, he said: "Don't think that I am trying to please others! In order to reduce the cost of book production, I have put a lot of effort into research!
Nowadays, this kind of paper book only costs a few tens of pennies each, and each book is equivalent to dozens of bamboo slips. It is also lightweight and is most suitable for children to read and learn! "
"How many... dozens of liters?" Zhuge Xuan and Lu Su's expressions became even more exaggerated!
Especially Zhuge Xuan, he opened the books one after another, "Chang Zhang", "The Classic of Filial Piety", "The Analects of Confucius", "The Three Character Classic"...
He carefully flipped through the pages, fearing that if he exerted more force, he would tear the paper as thin as a cicada's wings.
Then he stretched out his hand to touch the clear handwriting, his expression and movements were like playing with a rare treasure.
etc! What the hell is the Three Character Classic? I, Zhuge Xuan, am well-read, but I have never heard of this collection of scriptures?
When I opened it and looked at it, I saw the words "In the beginning, human nature is good; nature is similar, habits are far apart"...
"Excuse my ignorance, which saint was this "Three Character Classic" written by?" Zhuge Xuan asked.
"Ahem, I'm the one here. It's just for children's literacy enlightenment. The writing style is a bit crude, which made me laugh! Sir, you are welcome to give me more valuable opinions!" Lu Bu said with a shy face.
"Ah this..." Zhuge Xuan's expression became even more exciting.
He wanted to say that although the "Three Character Classic" was well written, the writing style was a bit vulgar.
But if it is for the enlightenment of children, it should be catchy, free of uncommon words, and easy to understand!
There are also stories such as Mencius’ mother moving three times and Kong Rong giving away pears. Was this really written by Lu Bu?
Lu Bu said: "This is just to facilitate children's literacy. In the future, I will also plan to write several introductory books on arithmetic, history, geography, chemistry, and physics..."
Zhuge Xuan and Lu Su's heads were buzzing!
What the hell is chemistry? physics? economics? Metallurgical engineering? What the hell is this?
If you ask all the questions, does it mean that you are too short-sighted?
"Hey, by the way, if you two have any works, you can bring them and print them into a book! I will take care of this!
If gentlemen are interested, I will take you to visit my printing office later? "
Both of them said hello, and Lu Su even said: "It would be a great experience to see how such a beautiful book was written!
Don't worry, Marquis Wen, even if we read it, we won't spread it! "
But Lu Bu laughed and said, "Zijing is worrying too much! Books are tools for teaching, teaching, and solving doubts!"
Although it has cost me a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to develop this kind of paper book, I hope to spread this method widely so that Han people all over the world can read and write, and understand books and reason!
If Zijing is interested, I would like to teach him all the techniques of papermaking and printing! "
"Marquis Wen's mind is as broad as a thousand-mile river, I admire him!" Regardless of whether what Lu Bu said was true or not, Lu Su really admired him.
While they were talking, the banquet was ready, and Lu Bu invited the two of them to the table.
When a plate of wine, vegetables and scrambled eggs was brought to Zhuge Xuan and Lu Su, these two native leopards who had never seen the world were shocked again: "This... what kind of dish is this?"
Lu Bu chuckled and said, "It's just scrambled eggs with leeks. Do you guys like it if you try it?"
Lu Su was not polite, picked up a chopstick and put it into his mouth. The eggs were tender and fragrant, and he was full of praise.
Leeks and eggs are nothing new, but the cooking method of stir-frying only became popular in the Song Dynasty.
There is no other reason - there is no iron pot and there is a lack of cooking oil.
The most commonly used cooking methods in the Han Dynasty were boiling, frying, roasting, steaming, and frying. The rich people used bronze utensils, while the poor had to use clay pots for cooking.
As a time traveler, how could Lu Bu endure a life without cooking?
Besides, bronzeware contains lead! If you and your wives are poisoned by lead, how can you be fools if you give birth to sons and daughters?
So after the iron factory produced a few furnaces of steel, Lu Bu couldn't wait to make a cast iron pot.
Even the drinking cups are made of gold and silver!
Although the iron pot cooking was delicious, Zhuge Xuan and Lu Su's thoughts were still on the exquisite and convenient paper books.
After eating, Lu Bu kept his promise and took the two of them to visit Cai Yong.
The two of them were a little surprised to see Cai Yong serving under Lu Bu. After all, Cai Yong was a great leader in the world.
When they saw that the pages of paper were actually copied from the water page by page, and the words on the leaves were printed page by page, the worldviews of Zhuge Xuan and Lu Su were almost overturned!
The old man Cai Yong also came up with something. He kept telling the two of them how talented Lu Bu was, how he knew astronomy and geography, and how he loved the people and cherished things. The two of them were stunned. Like a fool.
Lu Bu waved his hands modestly: "It's just some minor tricks.
Since the two gentlemen are interested in this kind of thing, how about staying here for a few more days and letting me show you other things for your entertainment? "
Zhuge Xuan asked, "I wonder if Marquis Wen has any other strange things?"
Lu Bu chuckled: "Iron making, brick burning, earthen kang... there are too many new things."
In the next few days, accompanied by Mi Fang, the two visited several workshops and were lucky enough to watch soldiers and horses drill.
Zhuge Xuan and Lu Su were both smart men and knew that Lu Bu was deliberately showing off his force to them.
But when I saw that Lu Bu's generals were all majestic, and the soldiers were full of energy and well-dressed, especially their movements were uniform, they all walked with a murderous look!
Although both of them are civil servants, it can be seen that such a team is definitely the best among the best!
No wonder Lu Bu is so confident! No wonder Lu Bu could defeat Ji Ling's 30,000 army with just a few thousand men!
In addition to the visits arranged by Lu Bu, the two of them also took the time to walk around Pengcheng for half a day.
The people here live and work in peace and contentment, without any fear like in troubled times, and they don't seem to be affected in any way by Lu Bu taking Tao Qian's position by force.
There are also storytellers on the streets and in wine shops, which are even more refreshing to the two of them.
There are also propaganda on the streets, is Lu Bu really the disciple of Yuanshi Tianzun, who was inspired by the gods to come down to earth to save the people?
