The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

On the one hand, some soldiers and horses in Yuzhang County trained here. On the other hand, after Liu Zheng chose this place as the head school of the military school, it was a place that strangers could not approach.

So Liu Zheng brought people close to here, and he could only get close after going through very cumbersome procedures.

After going up the mountain, I saw Gu Yong, the new teaching director.

Because of the reform of the military school carried out by Liu Zheng, and the frequent battles under Liu Zheng's men, the former professors basically seldom stay here permanently, and only when they are free, they will take turns to teach.

In addition to the three-year study, generally in the next two years, they will go out with the army, so basically when they study in the school in the first year, they don't need those generals under Liu Zheng, but when they need those generals, they all It's the second and third year students.

They directly allocate the number of people, go directly to the major military camps for internships, and then stay in their respective military camps directly after graduation, and are promoted to become new village chiefs or even Qu chiefs.

This kind of general training mode can attract many factions, and at the same time, it can further condense combat power.

Of course, there are also disadvantages, which will reduce the ruling ability of the generals of these military camps, and even once there are super powerful military camps, there may even be the possibility of confronting the central government.

Therefore, in order to prevent these things from happening, Liu Zheng established Jinyiwei. The duty of Jinyiwei is to monitor each military camp and ensure that each military camp is loyal to Liu Zheng.

Although Liu Zheng trusts the generals he chose and believes that they will not betray him, he must be defensive. Sima Yi, who is as trusted by Cao Cao, can take over the Cao family, let alone someone else.

Of course, Liu Zheng still needs to be prepared.

Because there are no professors under Liu Zheng's generals, most of the teachers in the military academy are the generals of the second batch of teams.

For example, Zhou Chao, Zhou Cang, Wenpin, Tai Shici and others would come here occasionally.

Of course, due to Liu Zheng's reforms, the students in the first year did not spend most of their time studying war, so the professors did not need generals, but only some literate people to instill some theoretical knowledge into these students.

As for Liu Zheng's subordinates, Gu Yong is probably the most accomplished person at present. Although Zhang Zhao came later, Zhang Zhao has not yet come to this military academy. Only Gu Yong, who joined Liu Zheng a year ago, became the Appointed the acting principal of the Military Academy.

"My lord, welcome to the Military Academy."

When Liu Zheng led his people to appear here, Gu Yong took the initiative to say hello.

"Yuan Tan Gu Yong's words, thank you for your hard work."

Liu Zheng glanced at Gu Yong. Gu Yong was the first of the four major families in Jiangdong to join Liu Zheng, so he won Liu Zheng's trust. Otherwise, Liu Zheng would not have given the position of acting principal of the military school to him. Gu Yong.

Behind Gu Yong, there are several visiting professors from military schools, and there are also some new students. These people are all carefully selected talents from various states and counties.

The selection of military commanders is actually very simple. The most basic thing is to fight. You can win or lose in a simple fight, and then you can choose someone who is good enough. Of course, it is not the winner, but the best. If one of the basic things such as riding is strong, you can also make an exception for admission.

But the number of people is basically between 80 and 120, unless Liu Zheng personally recommends them, or the children of senior officials under Liu Zheng directly push them to the military school.

Zhuge Jin was personally selected by Liu Zheng himself, so there is no problem at all in joining the military school. Among these freshmen, some are the heirs of relatives and friends selected by generals from all over the country, and Liu Zheng recruits them one by one.

Of course, most of the people recommended by those people are selected. They are too stupid and useless, and they are embarrassed to recommend them. After all, if they have the lowest score in the annual competition, they will be at the bottom every time. If you don't, you can't hold it on your face.

For example, Liu Zheng looked at a young man named Shangguan Yunmo who was recommended by Xu Huang.

Although he was only 15 years old, he was a good seed Xu Huang found in Jingzhou. He was originally a person in Tianshui County. Because he fled, he came to Jingzhou. Xu Huang found out when he was begging on the street and thought he was his adopted son.

Xu Huang felt that this person was dissatisfied with his talent, so he directly exercised his right to recommend and sent Shangguan Yunmo to study in a military academy.

This Shangguan Yunmo has indeed shown his talent in the military school. He was originally a student of Sun Ce's first class, but he was able to compete with Sun Ce abruptly. In the strategic battle of the two armies against each other, Shangguan Yunmo was somewhat ahead of Sun Ce.

Among the students of Sun Ce's current class, Sun Ce is number one in martial arts, while Shangguan Yunmo is number one in strategy.

The two of them have one civil and one martial arts, and they have already selected two positions of Qu Zhang in advance. As soon as they graduate, they can go directly to the barracks to actually take charge of the army.

"It's not hard work, this is what you should do, my lord, the school grounds are ready, and you can go directly to give lectures to these new students."

Gu Yong said something to Liu Zheng, and then made a way in the middle, and these students had already started to go to the school field.

Liu Zheng didn't rest here either, the purpose of his coming here was to lecture, so he accepted Gu Yong's invitation and walked directly to the school grounds.

After the academies of the two phases had stood up on the grounds, Liu Zheng took a glance and began to speak slowly to the people present.

"Students, good afternoon everyone, I'm sorry for delaying your meal time."

"Haha."

Liu Zheng's humorous opening immediately aroused everyone's laughter. It seemed that Liu Zheng was approachable. Everyone was not afraid of Liu Zheng, but more like getting along with friends in harmony.

Chapter 638 Papermaking

"First of all, I don't need to introduce myself more. Presumably, everyone standing here should know who I am. If you don't know, ask the classmate next to you."

"You are able to stand here, it shows that you are all people with lofty ideals, people who are determined to help the world, and I am the one who leads you, the one who straightens the chaos, and the one you are loyal to."

"No matter what kind of people you will become in the future, maybe you will be the marshal who guards one side, maybe the general who commands thousands of troops, maybe the chief Qu who is in charge of thousands of people, or even the commander of a hundred-man squadron, but you must Remember, the strength of the team."

"The team is like a person, it should continue to improve and grow, and it is a living body. The basic conditions for the team's progress are continuous learning, reflection and communication, the ability to withstand and self-criticism, and the culture that constantly finds out its own shortcomings in the team. This is the performance of the team's maturity and confidence. A team that can learn and reflect shows a deep understanding and persistence of the big goal, and also shows the tenacity of the process of achieving the goal, especially the ability to deal with difficulties and setbacks encountered in the process and fighting spirit.”

"In such a team, the speed of communication is fast and the cost is low; there is more trust and less complaints; there is a high degree of unity in what the team members think, say, hear and do. I hope you will keep these words in your heart , keep in mind that the strength of an individual can never be compared with that of a team."

"And now, each of your colleges will be a team, your teammates who will support and help each other in the future."

Liu Zheng stood in front of the stage, looked at the few students below, and tried his best to say something that he wanted to express to these students.

"Students, speaking of the team, do you know what my Liu Zheng's favorite animal is?"

Liu Zheng paused for a moment, looked around, and saw that no one responded to him, only after whispering in private, Liu Zheng took the initiative to speak again.

"I like wolves! Wolves are fierce and cunning beasts, especially wolves. Tigers are a bit afraid of seeing them. It is precisely because wolves have the power of a team. I, Liu Zheng, want to turn you into a pack of wolves. A group of howling wolves! In the eyes of our wolves, any opponent who screams is a piece of meat in our mouth! We are the wolf army, eating the enemy's meat and chewing his bones. Wolves travel thousands of miles If you eat meat, the dog will eat shit."

"I hope you guys like to eat meat, not a bunch of people who just want to eat shit."

Liu Zheng's narration is approachable and approachable. It not only encourages these new students, arouses their passionate thoughts, but also guides their dreams, gives them a goal, tells them their dreams, and at the same time gives them confidence, telling them, They are the pillars of the country!

After the speech was over, Liu Zheng could clearly see that all the young students aged [-] or [-] looked at Liu Zheng with admiration in their eyes.

This shows that Liu Zheng's brainwashing is not bad. At least these young people have regarded Liu Zheng as their idol. They are all Liu Zheng's little fans. , must swear to the death to complete the task assigned by Liu Zheng.

With the opening of the new batch of students in the Military Academy, the work is completed.

Newcomers Lu Qiling, Zhuge Jin and others have successfully integrated into this big family, and Liu Zheng is not in a hurry to leave here.

It is best for him to develop some relationship with these colleges and stay here for a while.

It is also good to practice with them every day, in and out of class.

Of course, there is another important thing for Liu Zheng to stay here.

That is the brewing of printing and papermaking.

Papermaking is not difficult to talk about, because paper has been around for hundreds of years. Liu Zheng doesn't need to fiddle with papermaking by himself. Paper has already existed, and he sent someone to collect it a few days ago. up.

And some relevant information about papermaking has been mastered.

At the earliest time, in the Western Han Dynasty, fiber paper appeared, but the paper at that time was rough in texture, difficult to manufacture, and expensive, so the quantity was very rare and not popular.

Moreover, the paper at that time was very rough, with many fiber bundles entrained on it, the surface was not smooth, and it was not suitable for writing, so it could only be used for packaging.

However, with the gradual improvement of papermaking technology, during the Yuanxing period of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man named Cai Lun improved the papermaking technique. The finished paper is much easier to use than the early paper, and it is already somewhat similar to modern paper.

And Liu Zheng's search for talents who can make paper is actually just a matter of his words. He knows that Cai Lun has improved the paper-making technique. He went to Cai Lun's hometown to recruit people, and found a lot of people who can make paper.

Cai Lun is from Leiyang County, and Leiyang now belongs to Guiyang County.

Yichun County, where Liu Zheng is located, is not far from Guiyang County. It only takes a little effort to find a dozen workers who are good at making paper.

Liu Zheng recruited them to the Military Academy to make paper.

Of course, the most important thing is that Liu Zheng watched them make it, and then wondered what could be improved in their papermaking process.

Papermaking is actually not difficult, that is, there are four steps. The first is the separation of raw materials. The method is to use retting or steaming to degumming the raw materials in lye and disperse them into fibers.

The second step is beating, which is to cut off the fibers by cutting and pounding, and make the fibers broom, and become pulp.

The third is papermaking, that is, the pulp is infiltrated into a slurry, and then the pulp is scooped with a paper scoop, so that the pulp is interwoven into a thin sheet of wet paper on the scoop;

The last is drying, that is, drying or drying the wet paper, and peeling it off becomes paper.

These four steps are the basic process of papermaking. Even the improved papermaking technology of later generations basically evolved from these four steps.

The subsequent high-quality paper is basically in these four processes, changing different raw materials and adding some other materials can make the paper more beautiful.

Half a month later, the dozen or so workers Liu Zheng found from Leiyang County had produced the first batch of paper.

It's just that the paper they made did not satisfy Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng holds these man-made papers. Although they have met his most basic requirements, they are still rough and not suitable for writing with a brush, especially if they want to make a book. There is still a gap.

Chapter 639 Typography

"Everyone, although the paper you made is pretty good, I'm still not particularly satisfied. It would be even better if the surface of the paper could be made smoother and less rough."

Liu Zheng shared his opinion with the dozen or so workers. The workers glanced at each other, and one of the leaders, a middle-aged man, took the initiative to communicate with Liu Zheng.

"My lord, our Cai's papermaking method can only produce this kind of paper. After all, it is a papermaking technique that has been passed down for more than 100 years. We will not easily change the things passed down by our ancestors."

This middle-aged man is called Cai Kang, who is a descendant of Cai Lun. After Cai Lun improved the papermaking technique decades ago, he passed on the papermaking method to his own tribe. Among them, Cai Kang is the one who inherited Cai Lun's papermaking technique.

It is precisely because Cai Lun has greatly improved paper that people like Cai Kang seldom change Cai Lun’s papermaking steps, because they do not want to make progress and can only stick to it.

This kind of thing is normal, just like the many companies that Liu Zheng encountered in later generations. These companies have a particularly powerful business, which is the company's pillar industry, but the company does not think about making progress, does not know how to innovate, and does not do other things. business, stick to your own profitable business.

And also against other competitors.

However, in the end, the company went bankrupt because their technology was backward, and it was not the same competitors that defeated them, but other technological innovation companies.

The same is true for Cai Kang and the others. Keeping the papermaking technology handed down by Cai Lun cannot continue to innovate, it can only be a kind of inheritance.

"No, if you can't innovate, you are waiting for death. Your technology will be eliminated sooner or later. The paper I need is smoother and more convenient for writing, not the current one."

Liu Zheng immediately denied Cai Kang's words.

When Liu Zheng said this, Cai Kang also frowned, suddenly remembered something, and continued to say something to Liu Zheng.

"My lord, you want smoother paper. I know something. It is said that there is a man named Zuo Bo in Donglai County. The Zuo Bo paper he made is a favorite of many scholars. It is very convenient for writing."

What Cai Kang said immediately attracted Liu Zheng's interest, and he immediately asked.

"Is what you said true?"

"Yes, a few years ago, I got a piece of Zuobo paper, which is indeed smoother, but Zuobo paper is more difficult to make and more expensive, which is not conducive to mass production."

"No matter what, you tell me where Uncle Zuo is first, and I'll send someone to find him."

Cai Kang's words made Liu Zheng very interested. After Liu Zheng's questioning, Cai Kang also told Liu Zheng what he knew about Uncle Zuo.

Uncle Zuo is not a humble name, but his surname is Zuo, his name is Bo, and he is from Donglai County. Donglai County is also a big place for papermaking. Part of the paper used in the Han Dynasty came from Donglai.

Liu Zheng also knows this, because Liu Zheng's merchant ships have a sub-site in Donglai, and the things produced in Donglai are paper, and the Zuobo paper obtained by Cai Kang is likely to have passed through Liu Zheng's merchant ships came here.

After getting the news of this person named Zuo Bo, Liu Zheng immediately sent a letter to Yuan Zhou, ordering Yuan Zhou to find this person in Donglai County and invite him to the Military Academy.

After knowing the name of Uncle Zuo and knowing that the location is in Dongnai County, it is not difficult to find such a person.

Yuan Zhou immediately sent people to Donglai to look for a person named Zuo Bo, and he was found in just a few days, but it took more than half of the time to go back and forth from Donglai to Yichun. months.

At the end of October, Liu Zheng stayed in the Military Academy for a full month before he finally met Zuo Bo, a paper craftsman invited by Yuan Zhou from Donglai.

When Zuo Bo was arrested by Yuan Zhou and others, he didn't know why Liu Zheng was looking for him, and he was still a little worried.

It wasn't until Liu Zheng found him that he wanted to ask him to make paper, and expressed his meaning, Zuo Bo was relieved, and began to show Liu Zheng his papermaking technology in front of Liu Zheng.

Zuo Bo's papermaking technology, after a lot of practice, is not much different from the four steps Liu Zheng knows. The only difference is that Zuo Bo added some other raw materials when making paper.

It makes the original rough paper smoother and smoother, which is good for writing.

Greatly increases the aesthetics of the original paper.

Although there are still some differences from the paper made in modern times, it is already the best choice.Liu Zheng needed exactly this kind of paper.

"Wonderful, this piece of paper has indeed met my requirements."

The difference between Zuobo paper and Cai's paper is that the raw materials used in Zuobo paper include mulberry bark, while the raw materials in Cai's paper are mostly linen.

So there is a certain difference between the two, but as far as Liu Zheng knows, papermaking in later generations was mostly made of bamboo, because bamboo has more fibers, which is more conducive to making paper.

There are few bamboos in the north, but there are plenty of them in the south. After Liu Zheng learned about the papermaking methods of Zuo Bo and Cai Kang, he began to lead the workers to use different materials to make different papers.

After trying many other woods and plants, finally, bamboo was selected as the raw material. The paper produced in this way is smooth and white, and has good durability. When writing on it with an ink pen, the ink color can be bright and the strokes are light. It is the best for making books. raw material.

And the most important point is that bamboo is cheap enough to manufacture, the cost is low enough, and it can be mass-produced to achieve popularization.

After finalizing the papermaking, Liu Zheng began to toss about the printing technique he was going to do.

Compared with the difficulty of making paper, printing is easy for Liu Zheng.

The easiest way is to directly find craftsmen who can carve, let them carve out an original engraving plate, and let Liu Zheng print directly on the engraving plate with an ink plate.

It's just that this kind of brush is not convenient enough. One time of engraving can only print the same thing.