Great Qin Shi Empress

==·Book·==

Lin Qian took a serious look at the drawings sent by the second host, and found that the most critical parts of this mine pumping machine are basically made of iron, while other parts...

She observed carefully, and found that although some materials could not be determined, they could basically be replaced by iron.

Iron had already appeared in the Qin Dynasty, and many archaeological discoveries even showed traces of large-scale iron smelting in the Qin Dynasty.

The reality is of course the same.

Otherwise, after the heavy snow disaster last year, the nomads at the frontier border invaded. Even if Lin Qian knew such good things as saddles and horseshoes, it would be impossible for the Qin Dynasty to equip the Daibei Army and Qin Army on the border.

But the smelting technology at this time was limited, because the furnace temperature was not high, so there were a lot of iron impurities smelted.

And more impurities will lead to a result——

The smelted iron is particularly brittle, much more brittle than today's bronzes.

So at this time, after the iron is smelted, it will basically only be made into agricultural tools used by the common people, rather than weapons used on the battlefield.Otherwise, if a soldier goes to the battlefield with a weapon made of iron, he just takes the weapon to fight against the enemy's bronze weapon, and then he is cut off all of a sudden.

And what cannot be replaced by iron, should be the bricks used to build some frames?

But the temperature of firing bricks is not high, so it can be fired in ceramic kiln.

So now there is only a difficulty: if Lin Qian wants to reproduce this kind of mine water pumping machine in the Qin Dynasty, he needs to come up with iron smelting technology that is hard enough to smelt iron.

But for Lin Qian, this is not a particularly big difficulty.

Because she happened to know that technology has been leading the world since it was invented, and it was not until the beginning of the industrial revolution that it was reversed by the rapid and large-scale emergence of new steelmaking methods in the past.

The method of frying steel was invented around the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, which is closer to the present era, so it should be easier to use.

The difficulty of the steel pouring method is not high, as long as the equipment problem is solved, there is no difficulty.

The only problem is that she only knows the principles of these two steelmaking methods but has never seen the real thing, and she doesn't know the other methods to realize the matching of these two smelting technologies——

Technology such as how kilns are made.

Lin Qian knew that the method of frying steel is to heat pig iron into liquid or semi-liquid, then add iron ore powder to it, and stir continuously like cooking, so that iron ore powder, oxygen in the air and carbon in pig iron react to remove Part of the carbon in pig iron, and then the technology to get steel;

It is also known that the pouring method is a method of smelting high-quality pig iron with high-quality iron ore, then pouring liquid pig iron directly on the wrought iron, and then repeatedly smelting under continuous high temperature conditions, and the carbon in the pig iron penetrates into the wrought iron. , to react with other metals in iron to remove impurities, and finally the two become steel at the same time.

But that's all. She didn't know the proportion of iron ore powder added in the steel frying method; she also didn't know how to achieve the "high temperature" condition of the steel pouring method. She only knew that a blast furnace was needed, but she didn't know the structure of the blast furnace. what kind.

But after Lin Qian calmed down, she was not in a hurry.

Because obviously, she still has a big killer in her hand——

Mohist giants and Mohist children!

Big deal, let the Mohist Juzi lead the Mohist disciples to study repeatedly: Anyway, they are professional in research, especially good at smelting metals and weapons.

After gaining confidence, Lin Qian was relieved from the state of bewilderment just after seeing the blueprint.

On the contrary, it is the second host who continues to be confused.

He finally couldn't hold back, and went directly to Lin Qian: "What is this thing called xx? Why didn't the plane trader translate it for me?"

Lin Qian opened the message and found that the second host directly copied "Bamboo" and sent it to herself.

She was a little dazed: "Why didn't Zhuzi translate for you?"

Host No. [-]: "How do I know?"

Lin Qian thought about his state when he was trading with Hua: "Could it be that the bamboo on your side is not called this thing?"

The second host always felt something was wrong: "Can I take a picture of the bamboo?"

Lin Qian didn't shirk it, because it wasn't very difficult——

Since the people began to make paper, the number of bamboo forests in Xianyang City has increased rapidly. Except for Xianyang Palace, bamboo can be seen almost everywhere outside.

Lin Qian quickly sent the picture of the bamboo to the second host, and then he got a long and annoyed sigh——

"Damn! We really don't have bamboo here!"

Lin Qian: "..."

The formula she gave was absolutely not adulterated at all, and the second host couldn't find the raw materials himself, but it had nothing to do with her.

The second host obviously understands this truth: "Then what should I do?"

Lin Qian: "Why don't you study how to use your local trees to improve papermaking? Or... I will sell you some bamboo joints or seeds that can be used for breeding? But let me tell you in advance, I can't guarantee that bamboo can be used in your plant. The world grows."

There are many breeding methods for bamboo, mainly including four categories: branching, burying branches, moving whips and sowing.

Branching, whipping and sowing need not be mentioned, but branch burying can be subdivided into four methods of raising seedlings: "burying poles, burying nodes, and side branches".

Bamboo itself is also a plant that is easy to survive. In theory, the second host will plant it strictly according to the seedling raising method after getting the seeds and bamboo nodes, and there will be no major problems.

but!

All the plants Hua sent to Lin Qian were in Lin Qian's memory, and they could grow on the land of China, so she had no psychological burden in trading; but the second host had never seen bamboo, so could the bamboo be Growing up in their world becomes an unknown.

The second host also understands this truth.

But he was reluctant to part with the high profits brought by Xuan paper and Chengxin paper: "What do you want me to exchange for bamboo?"

Lin Qian: "Just change the bamboo?"

This is a great thing for Lin Qian, because if the bamboo is directly exchanged, the business can continue for a long time, and she doesn't even need to think about finding other alternatives to paper.

If it is possible, Lin Qian does not want to break off the trading relationship with the second host.

On the contrary, the second host figured it out: "The other papermaking methods I bought don't need to use bamboo, and they can already meet the needs of many people. As for the two high-quality papers that need to use bamboo, I originally used them Great merchants traded with nobles."

"The nobles may not be willing to be controlled by others all the time, so they will probably think of various ways to get the formula from me."

"It's as if I get all kinds of recipes from them."

Lin Qian: "???"

Various recipes?

Is this number two host a bit of a tiger?She thought that this person just got the blueprint of Jenny's loom from the nobleman, but now it seems that it is far more than that?

There are definitely a lot of good things in his hands.

Lin Qian became more determined to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the second host.

The second host continued: "If I bought bamboo seeds from you and successfully planted the bamboo, those nobles who are as thoughtful as a sieve will definitely find that bamboo is special." , "But if I buy all my bamboo from you, even if the nobles get the recipe from me, they will not be able to make the same paper."

Lin Qian nodded: "I understand, monopoly."

She thought for a while, and asked the second host: "Can you find a way to smelt steel? If I can, I can exchange it with you for something better than paper. Your nobles will definitely like it. "

Speaking of which, Lin Qian has been buying cloth from the second host, but has never thought of selling cloth to him.

If she wanted to buy high-quality and cheap cotton cloth, of course she couldn't trade with the second host, after all, he could get as much as he wanted.But if he wanted to get expensive luxury fabrics, Lin Qian might not have the opportunity to trade.

Silk has been very popular with the nobles of other countries since ancient times, and the nobles who want to come to the world where the second host lives are no exception.

And even if there is no silk, isn't there still porcelain?

As long as you know how to increase the temperature of the kiln, the primitive porcelain that has appeared today may not be unable to evolve towards the improvement of celadon and white porcelain.

Lin Qian took a photo of Silk and sent it directly to the second host.

Host No. [-] was stunned when he saw the photo: "You also have cloth over there?"

Lin Qian: "... What you said, what do we wear without cloth? It's just that there is no cotton cloth, and there are still linen and silk. You should know that linen is spun from silk, and the output is very low. In our place No one else can wear it except nobles."

Host No. [-] fell in love with the silk as soon as she saw it, and immediately decided to find a way for her: "However, the technology of smelting steel is also in the hands of those nobles, and they are guarded more closely than textile machines."

Lin Qian had no objections at all, and the two reached a deal directly.

==·Jingwei·==

Lin Qian found Ying Zheng and told him about the transaction between himself and the second host.

Ying Zheng glanced at Lin Qian worriedly: "Be careful when you deal with this No. [-] host, he has too many eyes."

Lin Qian was stunned for a moment before realizing: "You mean that the second host deliberately revealed that he has a lot of good things in his hand, and wants to draw me into the relationship between him and me?"

Ying Zheng glanced at her: "You are not stupid."

Lin Qian was speechless: "In your heart, how low is my IQ?"

At any rate, he also practiced in court for a few years, and listened to people playing tricks every day, so he couldn't even understand such a simple meaning.

Besides, didn't she also throw out such a good thing as silk?

Ying Zheng looked at the little Lin Qian with his chin raised on his hips and his expression so frightened that he was about to go to the sky above Lin Qian's head. He felt helpless and funny, and for some reason, he felt a little impulsive again, and reached out to touch him.

Lin Qian was startled, and looked up at him suspiciously: "What's on my head?"

Ying Zheng paused, and rubbed her hair, making it messy: "You're not stupid, but you don't have much heart."

Lin Qian: "..."

She glanced at Ying Zheng, then moved back hesitantly.

Ying Zheng's eyes darkened: "What kind of scourge is the widow, who has never touched you and wants to stay away from the widow?"

Lin Qian was stunned, and hesitantly said: "It's nothing."

【I just think this kind of action is too close, and the atmosphere is weird...】

Ying Zheng glanced at Lin Qian: "Don't think too much."

Lin Qian was speechless: "..."

[Funny, how could I think too much if you don't touch me? 】

Ying Zheng turned to look at her.

Lin Qian sat upright in an instant: "Your Majesty, let's talk about smelting steel."

Yingzheng took advantage of the situation and asked her, "The iron smelted by the method of frying steel or pouring steel that you mentioned will definitely be harder and more durable than the iron produced now? It won't be the same as the farm tools smelted now, knocked on the stone Will it break?"

Lin Qian had never seen the steel smelted by these two methods with his own eyes, so he couldn't guarantee it.

but……

"The iron weapons of the later generations have completely replaced the bronze weapons. At least this means that iron weapons are harder and more durable than bronze weapons?" Lin Qian looked at Ying Zheng, "Let's find a Mohist giant to experiment, and when the time comes, the weapons will be forged. Your Majesty, can you take a look?"

Ying Zheng nodded: "The widow immediately called the Mo family giant."

Lin Qian hurriedly waved her hand: "No need, I'll just go to Juzi directly, anyway, I don't have any serious problems recently."

After speaking, he got up to say goodbye and left directly.

Ying Zheng sat in his seat, until Lin Qian's back disappeared, and then continued to deal with official duties.

Lin Qian approached Juzi of the Mo family, and mentioned to him the principles of the two methods of smelting steel, the method of frying steel and the method of pouring steel.

Although the Mohists have not forgotten to do research over the years, they are still more familiar with metal smelting and weapon forging because they have been building weapons for Qin all the year round.

Almost as soon as he heard about the principle of the steel frying method, he already had some vague ideas in his mind.

It just so happened that Juzi didn't need to stare at the cement calcining all the time, so he called a Mohist disciple at random and told him where he was going, and then took Lin Qian directly to the smelting furnace where they used to make weapons.

Juzi skillfully lit a fire and started the furnace, and found iron ore and iron ore powder. When the temperature rose to a certain level, even Lin Qian, who was standing relatively far away, had already noticed that the temperature was burning his face. It was only then that the iron ore was put into a special groove for smelting.

Seeing that she couldn't help, Lin Qian simply ran over to help Juzi light the fire.

It was also at this time that she discovered that the fuel in the smelting furnace was still wood.

No wonder Juzi lit the fire so fast just now.

She glanced at Juzi, who was carefully observing the iron ore smelting situation, and after hesitating, she finally raised her mouth: "Juzi, can this stove only burn firewood?"

Juzi heard the voice and looked up at Lin Qian in a daze.

It took him a while to realize: "That's right, why did I forget that Shi Nirvana can be used as fuel!"

The burning temperature of Shi Nirvana is higher than that of firewood, so he should have thought of using Shi Nirvana as fuel at the first time.

Thinking in this way, he glanced at the iron ore that was slightly red but hadn't started to melt. He simply walked behind Lin Qian and looked into the furnace. There was a loud roar from outside: "Whoever is free, bring coal and light me up—"

Its voice was so loud that Lin Qian felt his ears ringing after hearing it in the room.

She smiled helplessly: "Aren't I here to show you the fire? It's enough to ask a few people to free up and bring the coal over. There is no need to find someone to come over to light the fire."

Juzi chuckled: "It's enough to ask you to help me when I'm too busy, how can I let you keep lighting the fire for me?"

After speaking, he went to look at the door again, and saw someone pushing a cart of coal, so he turned his head to look at Lin Qian: "Should Gu Fenghou wait outside first, or go back to work first? Although I think this way It sounds very reliable, but as you said, the ratio of iron ore to iron ore powder still needs many experiments. You are also suffering here, why not leave first, and I will tell you the results? "

At this moment, two people came over with coals, and they were startled when they saw that she was lighting the fire, and ran over to take the firewood from her.

Lin Qian got up helplessly: "Then I'll go first. If Juzi comes up with the results of the experiment, remember to send someone to tell me."

Juzi laughed heartily: "Don't worry, I will definitely tell you as soon as possible!"

Lin Qian smiled, said goodbye and left.

While Lin Qian was waiting for the results of the Mohist giant's experiment with the method of frying steel, Xiao He of Sishui County was also busy with his own future.

He himself is not lacking in knowledge, talent, and ability. He just studied Confucian classics since he was a child, and he doesn't like the Legalists who were popular in the Qin Dynasty. Xiao He was recommended to go to Xianyang as an official, but Xiao He did not agree, but continued to be the chief official in Pei County.

Although the chief official is only a humble official, he does not lack the salary he should have every month. He is also a loner who feeds the whole family by himself, and lives a very carefree life.

But after being implicated innocently and deprived of his position as chief official, Xiao He has suddenly become sad recently.

Like him, there is also Cao Shen who was also implicated.

The two had official positions before, and every time they went out to drink with Liu Ji and others, they basically paid the bill; but now that their positions have been deprived and their monthly salary is gone, the two of them go out to drink with Liu Ji and others, Instead, they have to pay the bill.

Xiao He has the lofty spirit of a scholar, he doesn't mind spending money to invite friends to drink and eat meat, but he doesn't want to be helped by others.

So during this period of time, I swept away my previous salty fish attitude and started to work hard for my future.

Xiao He also knew that if he stayed in Pei County, he probably had no hope of becoming an official, so during this period of time, he was thinking about going to Xianyang to see if he could get an official position.

Although he himself didn't like the Legalists, he was familiar with the laws of the past dynasties, and it was easy to get a small official position.

Before Xiao He's official position was taken away, Liu Ji and others found the bastard who implicated him so far and secretly covered him with a sack and beat him up. do what.

Now that Xiao He proposed to try his luck in Xianyang, Liu Ji and others would naturally not stop him.

Not only did he not stop him, Liu Ji even offered to propose: "It is a long way from Pei County to Xianyang, and I don't know how many dangers I will encounter along the way. Why don't I accompany you to Xianyang? I heard that there are some road repairs and urban planning going on there. , in the past, I would never find work, and I would never starve to death!"

Xia Houying, the coachman, took the initiative to say, "You can't go all the way to Xianyang, can you? You might as well take my car."

The butcher Fan Kui looked at this, then at that, and said ruthlessly, "I have a lot of strength. Not only can I provide protection for you guys on the road, maybe I can even kill a few rabbits for meat."

Seeing the loyalty of all the brothers, Xiao He and Cao couldn't help but look at each other, and their hearts were very moved.

The group went home and bid farewell to their parents, went to the county government to get a certificate for traveling, and then headed towards Xianyang together.

Passing by the county town of Sishui County on the way, a group of people were about to enter the city for supplies, but unexpectedly saw a group of women running past their carriage on horseback.

Liu Ji didn't like restraint by nature, so he didn't enter the carriage at the beginning, but sat on the front shaft of the carriage with Xia Houying.Hearing the sound of the horse team running past, he looked out curiously and found that it was a pair of women, so he couldn't move his eyes any longer.

Just looking at it, he always felt that one of the figures was very familiar. He hurriedly opened the curtain to call Xiao He: "Look at that person, is it my unmarried wife?"

Xiao He glared at him: "Isn't Widow Cao staying well in Pei County?"

When Liu Ji went to say goodbye, the widow Cao was still crying and calling him a heartless person.

Liu Ji snorted: "What widow Cao? I'm talking about Mr. Lu's beautiful daughter. I seem to see her among the little ladies who rode past just now."

Xiao He paused, and opened the curtain to look.

But the group of women who passed by on horses had already entered the city, Xiao He only saw a horse's buttocks, and did not see Lu Zhi's figure at all.

But he didn't think Liu Ji was lying.

After thinking for a while, he said to Liu Ji: "The people who can raise horses these days are either rich people or officials. The Duke Lu's family is indeed rich, but when the young lady of the Lu family ran away from home, she didn't bring anything except some clothes and money. If you are not mistaken, then the young lady of the Lu family should have registered in the county and become an official."

"Her status is probably higher than Duke Lu's now. It is impossible for Duke Lu to force her to marry you again."

Xiao He looked at Liu Ji solemnly: "Remember in the future, you have nothing to do with the young lady of the Lu family!"

Liu Ji's eyes widened: "She actually went to the county to become an official?"

Thinking that he was still alone now, he immediately shook his head frantically, "I can't bear such a little lady, don't worry, I just think I'm having a dream, and I won't talk nonsense in the future."

The other brothers feel a little pity for him, but thinking of the gap between the two, they can only feel pity for him.

Liu Ji glared at the others unhappily: "Why does a man have no wife? It's not that I don't want women. Why do you all have such mournful expressions of dead parents? After I become famous, I'm afraid I won't be able to marry Bi Lu A better wife for my little lady?"

The others immediately quacked with joy, and all started teasing Liu Ji for thinking too much.

However, Xiao He glanced at Liu Ji, and thought to himself: The young lady of the Lu family is not something in the pool at first glance. Although Liu Ji is not an ordinary person, but if he wants to marry such a woman in the future, it may not be so. good luck.

But it can't be helped, the two of them are now more like two distinct rivers, and they can't blend together at all.

He turned his head: "Stop arguing, I'm going to the city soon, think about what to buy later!"

Everyone was silent for a moment, obediently waiting for the soldiers to check their identities.

== Overlord ==

The Xiang family is having a hard time now.

Not to mention that the family property was confiscated, but also because the Xiang family was a great nobleman of the Chu state, and at the beginning they tried to set up another king of Chu to compete with the Qin state. Under the supervision of officials.

And because they were dismissed as slaves, if the members of the Xiang family didn't want to go hungry, they could only farm the fields by themselves, doing farm work that they didn't even bother to do in the past.

But even under such circumstances, Xiang Liang, the current head of the family, still provides Xiang Yu with the best qualifications a superior life within his ability.

Xiang Yu only needs to read when other children are in the field;

Xiang Yu only needs to practice his sword while other children are working;

When other children are hungry, Xiang Yu only needs to read books and practice swords!

But Xiang Yu was not happy at all!

Because when the other children started playing in small groups after finishing their work, Xiang Yu, the future overlord of Chu, Xiaodou Dinger, who is only seven years old now, can only be locked up at home to study and practice sword, study and practice sword, or study and practice sword !

Because in history, the state of Chu did not fall until Xiang Yu was nine years old.

This led to the fact that Xiang Yu had a good life in his childhood without pressure, so he could say, "As long as you can write your own name in reading, you only need to fight against one person to learn swordsmanship." .

But in this life, the state of Chu died a few years ago, because the family property was confiscated, and the conditions of the Xiang family were far worse than in history, so Xiang Yu, who is now superior in aptitude, is almost regarded by the entire Xiang family as the only hope, whether it is reading and practicing swords or the art of war The strategies are all taught by Xiang Liang, the current head of the Xiang family, and he will never be allowed to miss the slightest.

His famous words, there is no chance of exporting at all.

But for Xiang Yu, who is only seven years old now and has been well protected, the "expectations" of Xiang Liang and even the entire Xiang family are just the shackles that imprison him.

Xiang Yu was full of anger every day, racking his brains to get away from his uncle Xiang Liang's "devil claws".

Today, he finally got his chance.

When the potatoes in Xiang's field were about to be harvested, the leaves suddenly withered and turned yellow, as if they had suffered from a disease. Others could only come to Xiang Liang for advice.

But Xiang Liang didn't know anything about farming, so he could only bite the bullet and go to the county sheriff's office to find someone to find out what was going on.

At this time, Xiang Liang took it for granted that it was impossible to take Xiang Yu out together.

He left a person to supervise Xiang Yu's study, but...

Not long after Xiang Liang left, the man was distracted by the ghostly Xiang Yu with a stomachache, and then he smashed the window open with brute force and ran away.

After all, when Xiang Yu grows up, he can carry a tripod.

It's just a small window, but it can't cause any obstacles to Xiang Yu.

After Xiang Yu ran away, he was also severely detained, and subconsciously wanted to play in a place where there were many children.

But after wandering around the street for several times, Xiang Yu didn't see any children on the street.

He was at a loss: Could it be that other children were locked up by their uncle to study and practice sword at home?But didn't uncle say that other people can't learn these skills if they want to learn them, so let him learn to cherish them?

Xiang Yu wandered in the street in a daze, and as he walked, he came to the gate of the academy for some reason.

It was also a coincidence that as soon as he arrived at the gate of the academy, he heard the chirping voices of a bunch of children inside, and he was immediately attracted to it, and ran inside.

The soldier guarding the gate of the academy saw him as a child and thought Xiang Yu was a late student, so he didn't stop him.

Then, Xiang Yu ran into the school where he had classes, and saw a group of little children gathered together, and many of them were around his age, and there were a few older brothers and sisters among them.

Xiang Yu's eyes lit up——

No wonder I couldn't find any children outside before, so they were all hidden here!

He ran in quickly.

Xiang Yu is straightforward and generous with a bit of dignity, and he quickly gained a group of friends. When others knew that he had read a lot of books, they immediately admired him.

Xiang Yu was taken aback by such gazes, but he didn't find anything wrong.

Then, he was forced to stay and took a pinyin class.

Xiang Yu: "..."

Xiang Yu was shocked: so many of you children gathered together, are you not playing, but reading?

He wanted to run away almost immediately, but the adoring gaze of the child next to him was like a nail, directly pushing him to the spot, making it impossible for him to leave here.

But as he learned and learned, Xiang Yu found some fun——

If in the future when I study and practice swords, I can also be watched by the friends around me with admiration, and after a period of study, I can still play with my friends for a quarter of an hour after class, it seems... It’s not impossible!

And when Xiang Yu was having so much fun in the academy, the Xiang family would be turned upside down because of his disappearance.

In view of Xiang Yu's previous mischievous nature, the Xiang family who were in charge of watching him read and practice swords thought that he was secretly hiding somewhere to play truant, so they didn't think about making any noise at all, but thought about finding him at home. .

Who knows, after searching for a long time, he almost turned over the entire Xiang family, but he couldn't find anyone.

Only then did he realize that something was wrong, and quickly told the others about Xiang Yu's disappearance.

A group of people knew Xiang Yu's importance to the current Xiang family, and they all put down their staff and went out to find someone, but after searching for half an hour, even Xiang Liang, who asked someone to go to the field to check the cause of the potato disease, came back. Xiang Yu hasn't been found yet!

This time, things couldn't be covered at all.

Xiang Liang almost exploded with anger, even if he had no choice but to go to the newspaper officer.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the gate of the official office, Xiang Liang saw the sheriff who had previously seen that his nose was not his nose and his eyes were not eyes, looking tenderly at his useless nephew.

He walked forward in two or three steps, and was about to speak, when the sheriff raised his head and gave him a look: "I said, what's the matter with your Xiang family? You didn't listen to the government's reminder to raise potatoes, and you didn't care when you saw the large potato production. All the fields are full of potatoes, and the result is good, this year it will be directly affected by disease! If your family has no food, it depends on how you live in the next year!"

"It doesn't matter if the potatoes are not good, and my own children don't take good care of them! Such a big cub, you let him run out of the house alone?" I went to the academy to study with a group of children, but the gangsters didn't find the opportunity, so what's the use of you coming now?"

Xiang Liang is so big, no one has ever dared to point at his nose and scold him!

But he wanted to refute, but he couldn't find a word.

Because, the sheriff was just talking about the matter, and it was true that the Xiang family didn't do a good job.

But being pointed at his nose and scolded like this, Xiang Liang was still very annoyed.

The most exasperating thing was that his nephew Xiang Yu looked at the sheriff with admiration, as if it was a great thing for the sheriff to scold him.

Xiang Liang looked down at Xiang Yu: "I kindly asked you to study and practice sword at home, but if you don't let you go to work in the field, you don't appreciate it and sneak out, right? From now on, just like everyone else, help me in the field!"

The county guard stopped him: "Where does such an older child go? I think he likes to study in the academy. You might as well send him to the academy to learn pinyin, and don't stick to your aristocratic style." Now, all the books on the market are written in official script, most of you don’t know them, right?”

Xiang Liang stared, and after a while he managed to utter a word: "What's the matter, Qianqing?"

The county guard ignored him: "When the official script is accepted by more and more people, you old stubborn people may only be blind. Now you don't want to let your children learn the official script, but you only want to keep people at home. , if it continues like this, even if this child is well-educated, what future will he have?"

Xiang Liang was very annoyed: "This is my Xiang family's business, why should the county guard take care of it?"

The sheriff had good intentions at first, but he was disgusted by him time and time again for being nosy, so he didn't bother to say anything more, and left directly after saying goodbye to Xiang Yu.

On the other hand, Xiang Yu couldn't help tugging at his uncle's sleeve: "Uncle, my nephew wants to study in the palace."

Xiang Liang: "???"

He looked at Xiang Yu in disbelief: "Don't you like reading and practicing swords?"

Is this still his nephew who seems to die every time he reads a book?

Could it be that someone dropped the bag?

Or did you suddenly get enlightened after encountering something?

Xiang Yu confidently raised his chest: "The children in the academy are very happy just learning some pinyin every day. My nephew wants them to know what is the knowledge that real aristocratic families need to learn!"

Xiang Liang: "..."

So, what was he messing around with before?Wouldn't it be good to send this poor kid to the academy earlier? !

Xiao He and Liu Ji and his party finally entered Xianyang at the end of July.

Thinking about their own future, they all felt a little excited. They either sang loudly or yelled indiscriminately in the carriage, causing the birds to fly away and the wild beasts to run away.

Seeing this, Liu Ji and others became more and more excited, and their voices became louder and louder.

According to the local people I met when I was asking for directions, when they turned around the mountain bend in front, they would immediately encounter a fork in the road.As long as you drive the carriage and set foot on the westernmost road, you can go straight along that road. If you are fast, you can reach Xianyang in a few hours.

Just thinking like this, their carriage encountered a big detour.

Thinking that he was going to Xianyang soon, Fan Kui, who couldn't sit still the most, jumped out of the carriage and ran forward roaring all the way, and disappeared after a while.

Seeing this, Liu Ji, Xiao He and others burst out laughing.

Liu Ji felt that he was tired after sitting in the carriage for so long, so he jumped off the carriage immediately, wanting to chase Fan Kuai.

But he didn't want to, as soon as he got off the carriage, he saw Fan Kui running back with a dazed expression on his face.

Seeing them, Fan Kui opened his mouth, but was speechless for a while.

Liu Ji and the others were taken aback, thinking that something had happened to Fan Kui in front, they all jumped out of the carriage to meet him.

Xiao He observed more carefully, and found at a glance that there was no fear or panic in Fan Kui's eyes, so he guessed that he was not in danger ahead, and his heart had calmed down.

He asked directly: "But what did you see in front of you that you have never seen before?"

Fan Kui regained his senses, but he didn't know what to say.

After thinking about it, he grabbed Xiao He and Liu Ji's hands and ran to the other side of the mountain bend.

Xiao He's health was not as good as his, and he was out of breath for a while. He was about to tell Fan Kui to stop and rest for a while, when he found that he had stopped, and pointed to the front and said to them: "Look over there—"

Xiao He raised his head upon hearing the sound, and was immediately attracted by a wide blue-gray road in front of him: "That's..."

what?

Liu Ji was amazed: "Xianyang is different from our Pei County. I didn't expect that even the roads are different!"

Xiao He was puzzled at first, but he couldn't help turning his head and staring at him when he heard the words: "You are really..."

Liu Ji looked at him: "What's wrong?"

Xiao He sighed: "Have you forgotten? The reason you said before that you would come to Xianyang with us."

Liu Ji thought about it carefully before he remembered that he went out with him on the grounds that "Xianyang is doing some urban planning and road construction" before.He cheered up: "I just said it casually, wherever..."

After a pause, Liu Ji looked at the long and wide blue-gray road, and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "You mean, this is the road that Xianyang is building?"

Xiao He nodded: "It should be."

At this time, other people followed, and they also saw the cement road that seemed to have no end.

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, stepped forward hesitantly, and stepped on the blue-gray road.

"Huh? It feels like a stone!"

"I feel harder than rock!"

"Not necessarily, it still depends on what kind of stone it is. But there must be no stone in general.