xymnovel Chapter 63 Mountain Bandit Robbery
Chapter 63 Mountain Bandit Robbery
Chapter 65 Mountain Bandit Robbery
"What?! The first batch of improved Cai Lun paper is finished?!"
"You've tried it? The handwriting is much better than before!!"
"Teach me how to do it!"
Another day.
As if it were about to rain, layers of dense clouds covered the sky, making it somewhat gloomy even though it was already early morning.
Even the sparrows on the eaves dared not go out; they just huddled in the corner, heads down, peering outwards.
It was in this kind of environment.
Lu Ping got up early and headed towards the drill ground. He planned to get to know his men before the big battle started.
However... before he even stepped outside, he saw Old Zhao, a craftsman from Changshan County, hurriedly carrying several sheets of Cai Lun paper and bursting into the Lü family courtyard with a joyful expression.
Upon hearing Old Zhao's explanation, he was stunned. He took the paper from Old Zhao's hand and examined it carefully.
"This is quite resilient! It also feels much smoother to the touch!" He pulled hard and found that after adding bamboo and removing the outer layer of bark, it couldn't be torn even with force.
"This is much better than that rough Cai Lun paper, which would tear if you applied too much pressure!"
As he said this, a hint of joy appeared on Lü Ping's face. After arriving in the Han Dynasty, he had grown tired of using wooden sticks and clods of earth to relieve himself!
"It's so bad it could be used as toilet paper!"
The craftsman Zhao, standing to his side, couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement upon hearing this.
Toilet paper?!
This precious Cai Lun paper, and the new employer who can barely pay wages, actually wants to use it as toilet paper?!
What a damn waste!
"I wonder how it will be to write on!" After testing its toughness, Lü Ping became curious about the writing properties of Cai Lun paper.
After all... if this Cai Lun paper could be sold...
The primary audience was the scions of aristocratic families who were accustomed to reading classics, as well as the sons of powerful and wealthy families who wanted to feign refinement and squeeze into the aristocratic class.
talking.
Lu Ping subconsciously turned his head and walked into the room, wanting to take out a set of writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
But... before he could enter the house.
With a dark expression, Lü Bu, who had to get up early to go to Cai Yong's house to brush up on his basics, carried a set of writing brush and ink, and under his arm was a guqin that he had just shamelessly borrowed money from Shen Pei and Shen Zhengnan to buy yesterday.
Behind them followed closely a slightly sleepy raccoon dog.
Due to the urgency of the situation, Lü Bu barely had time to say goodbye to his father before hurriedly leaving the house and heading towards the Cai family's residence.
He noticed the pen and ink in his eldest son's hand.
Lu Ping instinctively reached for it, but seeing Lu Bu's hurried expression, he remembered Lu Bu telling him about the hardships of studying yesterday.
Fearing that it would delay his eldest son's studies, he quickly stopped what he was doing, smiled and let Lu Bu walk toward the Cai family with a dark face.
Since we're going to try writing on it, Ping might as well go straight to Zheng Nan and show him the uses of Cai Lun paper. That way, we can get the Shen family from Wei County on board and have them endorse us!
"Let him know that what I said is not entirely untrue!"
Then, after watching Lü Bu leave, Lü Ping seemed to remember something. He turned his head slightly and looked at the craftsman Zhao Lao in front of him.
"Old Zhao, you should go back first."
"Let's see if we can try different proportions and make a few more batches to verify them one by one! As for the wages, I'll settle them with you as soon as the payment for the goods arrives!"
He only gave a few words of advice to the old man Zhao in front of him before hurriedly taking the few sheets of Cai Lun paper, along with his copper seal and yellow ribbon, and headed outside.
The father and son of the Lü family were busy making paper to earn money, while the other was forced to learn music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Each had their own busy affairs.
Just as the two were busy with their own things.
Several blood-stained figures hurriedly entered from outside the city, riding straight towards the government office in Jiuyuan City without slowing down.
I just arrived at the government office.
The middle-aged scholar, whose waistband was stained with blood and who looked disheveled, dismounted and, accompanied by several officials, headed straight for the house where Wang Yun was.
"Uncle Fang!"
"I don't know what's wrong with the bandits in the Ula Mountains."
"It seems that they have learned of the upcoming war in the north, and the county soldiers from various towns have all gathered in Jiuyuan City, leaving the city completely empty."
"A full four or five hundred people have come down the mountain! They've been looting outside the mountains, killing and wounding many villagers! They're heading west, towards the county towns deep within our prefecture!"
"Yan had some business to attend to today, so he led a few officers and soldiers out. However, he spotted them on the way and was chased all the way, nearly losing his life at the foot of Mount Wula!"
"Judging by their posture, if we ignore this, I'm afraid... I'm afraid those Ula mountain bandits will destroy several cities and cause widespread suffering!"
"We urge Lord Fang to immediately dispatch troops to stop those bandits from the Ula Mountains!"
And inside the house.
With a major war imminent.
In less than half a month, a group of county soldiers gathered in Jiuyuan will be dispatched to Yunzhong County.
Tian Yan, the general who defeated the Xianbei, wrote to Wang Yun repeatedly, instructing him to send more troops, transport more provisions, and take good care of the provisions and weapons when Wang Yun was stationed in Bingzhou.
Wang Yun was already so busy that he wished he could be divided into eight people.
He then listened to the words of the middle-aged clerk in front of him.
Wang Yun, whose brain was so busy that it was almost shut down, was stunned for a moment. He barely had time to analyze the authenticity of the information. Then, he suddenly stood up and slammed his hand on the table, causing a large number of documents to tremble slightly.
He was furious.
"Yun had known for a long time that there was a group of bandits in the Ula Mountains, but he thought they were just villagers who had fled there because they couldn't make a living, so he didn't pay much attention to them."
"I never imagined these bandits would be so rampant!!"
talking.
Wang Yun paced back and forth several times before finally making up his mind. He gave the orders in a series of sentences.
"Zhao Yan!"
"Go quickly to the training ground and find Zheng Nan and Zi Zhi! Tell them to come here; I need to speak with them!"
Yes.
The middle-aged scholar who had rushed back from outside the city was Zhao Yan, the head of the Zhao family, one of the three powerful clans in the city.
Hearing the words of Wang Yun, the governor of the capital.
The middle-aged scholar, who had always been very close to Wang Zhi, merely glanced at him briefly before nodding emphatically and hurrying away.
In the training ground.
The soldiers gathered together and, organized by hamlet, began their drills under the leadership of five hamlet leaders, including Cheng Lian.
On one side of the drill ground.
Lu Ping and Shen Pei, whom he had forcibly dragged over, were standing in front of a table covered with Cai Lun paper that he had improved.
Accompanied by the sounds of soldiers drilling.
Lü Ping lowered his head to grind the ink.
Shen Pei frowned slightly, holding the writing brush, still looking suspicious.
"Zizhi".
"You're saying this is your improved version of Cai Lun paper?"
"Looks like... it doesn't seem any different from ordinary paper!"
"Won't it bleed ink?"
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