The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 187

Sun Quan walked back and forth, thinking as he walked, Cao Cao must have no other troops in Huainan, otherwise it would be impossible not to even come to rescue Hefei.There are not many troops in Shouchun now, and Jiang Qin has already occupied half of Shouchun. As long as he leads his troops there, Shouchun will definitely be taken by him.

The Cao army in Huaibei was blocked by Cheng Pu's navy and could not cross the river. Hefei left [-] soldiers to guard the city, and there was another [-] navy on the Chaohu side. There should be no problem for at least a month.

Therefore, Sun Quan finally did not resist the temptation to take Shouchun, and decided to personally lead [-] troops to flank Liu Fu with Jiang Qin and occupy Shouchun in one fell swoop.

As soon as Sun Quan sent troops, Cao Jun's spies who were ambushing outside Hefei quickly reported the news to Jiang Ji. Jiang Ji immediately ordered the troops to turn around and return to ambush outside Hefei.

It turned out that the army led by Jiang Ji was no longer the thousand tiger and leopard cavalry, but Xia Houyuan sent cavalry to order the local guard troops gathered from the surrounding states and counties and Lujiang County. There were about 3000 people.Jiang Ji only brought more than a thousand people to confuse Sun Quan, and the rest lay in ambush near Hefei, waiting for an opportunity.

Xia Houyuan led the tigers and leopards to lie in ambush at the necessary place between Hefei and Shouchun, waiting for Sun Quan's arrival.

However, since Zhang Wu sent Pang Tong, Gan Ning and others to attack Chaisang, Xu Shu and Ding Feng and others harassed Cao Cao and retreated, in addition to accompanying his wife Ma Shi in the mansion, he inspected and guided various secret workshops.Zhang Wu attaches great importance to these workshops, because every achievement of these workshops is epoch-making.

The paper mill was the first to produce results. After continuous testing and improvement, it finally produced relatively sophisticated paper that is clear and comfortable to write on, and the color is relatively white.

Papermaking first appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, but the paper that came out earlier at that time was rough in quality, small in quantity, high in cost, and not popularized.

100 years ago, during the Eastern Han Dynasty and the first year of Emperor Yuanxing, the eunuch Cai Lun summed up the experience of his predecessors and improved papermaking.Using bark, broken fishnets, rags, hemp heads, etc. as raw materials, paper that can be written was produced.This kind of paper is called "Caihou paper", because the raw materials are easy to find, the cost is cheap, and the quality has improved, so it is gradually spread and used.

However, the quality of this "Caihou paper" is still a bit rough, with obvious fiber traces, yellowish color, brittle texture, and many small holes or small protrusions on the paper, which is not easy to preserve.

The paper produced by Zhang Wu's paper mill is made of bamboo, and the bleaching process is added. The quality of the paper produced is better than that of Caihou paper, and it is smoother.The most important thing is that the newly created paper can meet the quality requirements of engraving printing.

Modern papermaking mainly uses some chemicals for bleaching, but the bleaching method adopted by Zhang Wu is to first put the felled bamboo into a pond, soak it for more than [-] days, and use natural microorganisms to decompose and wash off the green skin of the bamboo.In the process of making paper, it is bleached with ashes from burning plants and trees.

Once quality paper is produced, woodblock printing is much simpler. It is nothing more than finding a few skilled craftsmen to carve characters on wooden boards.In fact, this is the same as the counterweight catapult. It does not require much technological innovation, but it lacks an idea, which can be achieved according to the technical level at that time.

The principle of woodblock printing is actually the same as that of seal, except that the number of characters in the seal is less.Block printing materials generally use fine and solid wood, such as jujube wood and pear wood.Then saw the wood into wooden boards, write the characters to be printed on thin paper, and paste them on the wooden boards, and then according to the strokes of each character, use a knife to carve them into positive characters one by one, so that the characters of each character The strokes stand out on the board.After the board is carved, the book can be printed.

Engraving is the most troublesome process, because if there is a little bit of engraving wrong, the whole board will be useless.But as long as a piece of wood is carved, it can be reused for a long time.As for movable type printing, the current technical level is limited and there is no suitable material.

What impact can papermaking plus printing have?The biggest impact is to reduce the cost of books, which is conducive to popularizing knowledge and breaking the monopoly of knowledge by aristocratic families, which is an important factor for the demise of noble families.

In history, with the dissemination of books, knowledge is no longer monopolized in the hands of some gentry families, and some common people, poor families and even ordinary people can master knowledge.The implementation of the imperial examination system finally made the clan system disappear politically and legally.Although the gentry still existed, the Han people were gradually able to enter the court as officials and participate in politics through the imperial examination.

Zhang Wu arranged for craftsmen to cut the paper according to the size of modern books, and then arranged for craftsmen in the engraving workshop to carve blocks according to the size of the cut paper. He wanted to print a book first, and this book would serve as a means of enhancing his prestige. A big killer for buying scholars.

Zhang Wu chose "Great Learning" from the Four Books and Five Classics as the first book to be printed, because "Great Learning" has only 1753 characters.He is looking forward to what kind of shock this book printed with white paper and ink will bring to contemporary scholars.

Just when Zhang Wu was happy that the first book was about to be printed, Huang Zhong and others brought Cao Ren from Jiangxia to Xiangyang. Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun went back to find Liu Bei, and Huang Zhong brought Cao Ren to Zhang Wu.

Cao Ren's mood at this moment is simply indescribable, why, why is this!Not a year after leaving Xiangyang, he came back again, and he still came here as a prisoner.

"General Cao, don't come here without any harm!" Zhang Wu said with a smile, it is really destined, and this Cao Zixiao became his bargaining chip to ask Cao Cao for treasures, I really didn't mean it!
Cao Ren stood there without saying a word, he really had nothing to say, neither could he scold Zhang Wu severely, nor could he say "It's up to you whether to kill or kill", so he just didn't say anything.

"Why, General Cao didn't say hello when he saw his old friend? Are you unconvinced? How about we fight again?" Zhang Wu joked. He knew that Cao Ren was very depressed at the moment, but that's what you asked for , come to trouble me again and again, when I am so easy to bully?
"Cao is not as skilled as others, so he has nothing to say. Why would General Zhang humiliate Cao? Does General Zhang dare to guarantee that he will never lose a battle in his life?"

"Hahahaha, Cao Zixiao, when you fight, there are victories and defeats. Even Sun Wu, the soldier saint, has also lost battles. Who dares to say that he will never lose a battle in his life? It's just that since ancient times, evil can never prevail, and Lao Tzu once said However, there is way to overcome no way, and virtue to overcome no virtue. Cao Cao is perverted, cruel and without virtue, and invades Jingzhou without reason. Of course, he will lose the battle. You will not end well sooner or later with Cao Cao!" Of course, it is very cool to accuse the defeated with righteous dignity.

"Zhang Wu, don't be complacent. My prime minister is following the emperor's edict to attack you and other traitors. Even if there is a slight setback, sooner or later you will be defeated one by one. How are you compared to Yuan Shu? How are you compared to Yuan Shao?"

"Okay, okay, I don't want to talk nonsense with you, a defeated general, I know you won't surrender either, so just stay here and be honest, and when your master sends someone, I'll send you You can sell it for a good price. Someone, take Cao Ren down and imprison him."

"Yes, Governor!"

"Zhang Wu, you, you..." Cao Ren almost went mad with anger, what does it mean to sell at a good price, what do you think I am?
Before Cao Ren could say anything more, the soldiers took Cao Ren down and put him in custody in another courtyard.

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