Until the time of crossing the river, Xiang Tuo had not yet come back from the huge shock. General Meng Shuo's 300-armored iron cavalry were not mentioned. Although it was unparalleled, the number was limited after all, and it was difficult to become a decisive combat force on the battlefield. However, the next 20,000 cavalry's cavalry, riding and shooting performance really surprised Xiang Tuo.

To be honest, Xiang Tuo has seen cavalry before. In the past, Xiang Yu also had a huge cavalry under his command.[]

However, Xiang Yu's cavalry is completely incomparable to Xiang Zhuang's cavalry. Xiang Yu's cavalry cannot fight in close combat, and he must stop first when shooting archery. However, Xiang Zhuang's cavalry can not only participate in close combat, but not only can directly chop and stab at the horse, but can also pull the bow and shoot arrows in the galloping. This is what Xiang Tuo really surprised!

Because of this, the cavalry truly became a daunting combat force.

The dozen generals who followed Xiang Tuo across the river were obviously greatly shocked. They were gathered behind Xiang Tuo to discuss the cavalry in Xiang Zhuang, some of which were highly praised and naturally some of which were despised.

"Awesome, really amazing. The General has such a cavalry, which is enough to wipe out the world!"

"It's a fool! Xiangzhuang's cavalry is powerful, but Huaisi and Jiangdong rivers are crisscrossed with mountains and tombs. How powerful can his cavalry exert? It's not as fast as our infantry and naval forces cross mountains and ridges, cross rivers and rivers! Not to mention anything else, at least in Jiangdong, we are definitely not afraid of Xiangzhuang's cavalry."

"Jiangdong? Why did General's cavalry fight in Jiangdong?"

"That's right, we need to know that we are also the Chu army, so how can the Chu army fight against the Chu army?"

The general who belittled Xiang Zhuang immediately aroused everyone's criticism. Obviously, after Xiang Tuo expressed his attitude and Xiang Zhuang showed his strength, the mentality of these generals had undergone subtle changes. Although some people still couldn't make a turn, most of the generals had accepted Xiang Zhuang's status.

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Early in the morning that day, Shusun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other clan elders gathered at Xiang's palace again.

Xiang took his hands on the mat and walked back and forth a few steps, then suddenly turned back to look at Shusun Guan and others and said, "Until today, the Xiangzhuang army has not crossed the Wujiang River. What do you think about this?"

Qu Yi clapped his hands and said, "Ling Yin, I have said a long time ago that General Xiangzhuang is wise and wise, and is definitely not a simple-minded and bloodthirsty warrior. Even if his confidant Gao Chu was assassinated outside Wuzhong City, the general still did not lead the army across the river in rage. Isn't this enough to explain the problem?"

Wu Qi, who was sitting opposite, frowned, but rarely refuted it. It was true that Wu Qi hated Xiang Zhuang, but he had to admit that Xiang Zhuang was much more mature than Xiang Yu in politics. If it were Xiang Yu, if his confidant general was assassinated, he would have set up a large army to kill Jiangdong long ago, so he would not care whether Jiangdong was Chu or not.

Xiang's eyes turned to the silent Shusun Guan again.

Shusun Guan stroked the long beard under his chin. Just as he was about to speak, a small official from his disciple came in to report to Xiang: "Ling Yin, General Xiang Tuo is here to visit the mansion."

"Xiang Tuo?" Xiang he was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said again, "Please invite him in."

"Here!" The clerk under the sect took the order and left. Qu Yi stood up and asked, "Ling Yin, Lao I, please avoid it first?"

"No need." Xiang waved his hand and said thoughtfully, "As soon as Xiang Tuo came back from Jiangbei, he hurriedly rushed straight to my Lingyin's mansion. He must have been entrusted by Xiang Zhuang and sent a message to us."

Uncle Sun Guan nodded slightly, and Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other clan elders sat back on the table.

In less than a moment, Xiang Tuo, dressed in military uniform, entered the hall with high ambition under the guidance of his subordinate officials.

"Xiang Tuo, see the imperial court!" As soon as she entered the hall, Xiang Tuo worshiped Xiang He on the main seat. Xiang He quickly stood up and returned the gift, and more than a dozen clan elders of the aristocratic clans present also stood up to take the gift.

Seeing the etiquette, Xiang Tuo turned around and waved his hand, saying, "Come on!"

Dozens of family members from Ling Yin’s mansion had already carried more than a dozen large wooden boxes into the hall.

Xiang He, Shusun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other aristocratic clans were stunned when they saw this. What is this? Could it be the gift Xiang Zhuang gave them?

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, Xiang Tuo stepped forward and opened one of the wooden boxes. There was no gold and silver as imagined, nor was it a rare treasure, but a square piece of things that looked like bricks. However, what puzzled Xiang, Shusun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and others was that the words were actually written on the blue surface of these bricks.

"Shangshu?!" Qu Yi's eyes were sharp, and he immediately found that the words "brickshu" in the box were written on the words "shangshu". However, the way of writing these two words was a bit unfamiliar, looking square and straight, very rigid and obscure, not as pictographic as seal script or as round as official script, but it can be recognized by barely.

Xiang Tuo smiled slightly and said, "Why might you go forward and take a look?"

Qu Yi couldn't help but complained to Xiang He, Shusun and others, and then strode to the open wooden box, and then took out a "brick." As everyone was looking at the expectant eyes, Qu Yi touched the brick, and then suddenly was stunned, as if he had discovered something strange.

Then, Qu Yi lifted a thin layer from the brick.

Under the thin blue layer that was lifted, there was a white brick surface, and there were square small characters written on it. Qu Yi looked at it and instinctively read it: "Yu Shu, the best in Yao Dian? In the past, Emperor Yao was smart and thoughtful, and lived in the world. He was inferior to the throne, so he wrote "Yao Dian". He said Ruoji Emperor Yao, and said Fang Xun... This is this?!"

Qu Yi is also very knowledgeable. When he was studying in his early years, he read the real version of Shangshu in Lu. Therefore, after reading it, he found that it was really the content of Shangshu. What shocked Qu Yi even more was that this was not a brick at all, but a book simplified book made of unknown materials!

"Shangshu? Is this Shangshu?!" Shusun Guan's shock was no less than Qu Yi. The old man was excited and rushed to Qu Yi with his agility and agility that was absolutely inconsistent with his age. He immediately picked up a blue book. He opened the door and saw that he had only read a few lines of small regular characters, and he was already full of tears.

Xiang He and the other dozen other aristocratic elders were also moved when they heard this.

Xiang Tuo smiled, remembering that when he saw these books and books, he showed that although he was not as unbearable as these old guys, he was not inferior. When he turned around, someone had already opened up more than a dozen large wooden boxes. Shusun, Qu Yi, Xiang and others looked around and saw that the dozen boxes contained the same books.

"The Analects of Confucius?!"

"grandson?!"

"Wu Zi?!"

"Mo Zi?!"

"Forty-two articles of Wei Liaozi!"

Seeing the Shujian, Shusun, Qu Yi and other aristocratic clans filled with more than a dozen boxes, they screamed in disrespect.

They had to be excited that many of these books were isolated books. Although they had read them from friends when they were young when they were studying in the world, they were confiscated by Qin Shihuang later. Although they wrote a part of them based on their memoirs, their memory was limited, and the ones they recorded were only broken books, not as complete as the real ones.

Now, these are really in front of them, how can they not be excited?

Xiang Tuo pointed to more than a dozen boxes of books and said aloud: "Ling Yin, all the clan elders, this batch of thread-bound books is a gift given to you by the general. These batches of books are all collections of the forbidden palaces of the Great Qin Empire, and are also the book notes that Qin Shihuang copied from various countries in Guandong. Such as "Shangshu", which have been lost in the world, are they rare books."

"Search-bound books?" Shusun Guan opened a thread-bound books and asked, "General Xiang Tuo, what material do these books are borrowed from? They are as soft and light as silk, but they seem to be not silk? And the handwriting on them is too neat, right? Even if you copy them alone, you can't do this, right?"

Xiang Tuo waved his hand and said, "Mr. Shusun, this is not made of silk, but made of paper. As for the words on the pages, they were not copied by someone, but printed on a printed plate."

"Paper? Printing plate?" Shusun Guan was confused when he heard this.

"You will understand in the future." Xiang Tuo knew that this matter was not clear. In fact, he still didn't understand very well what paper and printing were going on. He changed the topic now, "In short, these books are gifts given to all the major clans by the General. Moreover, the General hopes that all the clan elders can urge the children of the clan to study and read them diligently."

"This is nature, this is nature." Qu Yi, Shusun and others nodded repeatedly. Even if Xiang Tuo didn't say it, they would definitely urge the children of the clan to study and read it diligently after they got the book.

Xiang Tuo paused and said in shock: "The General also asked the General to give a sentence to the imperial court and the elders of the clan. The General said that if the Great Chu wants to revive, relying solely on martial arts is definitely not enough, and it also requires civil governance! If possible, the General will evaluate scholars in Jiangdong. Those with excellent grades will be awarded titles and have the opportunity to become officials."

Before he finished speaking, the entire hall was already in a dead silence. Except for Xiang who was still slowly flirting with Sun Tzu's Art of War in his hand, the other dozen clan elders such as Sun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi had all stopped their movements. Compared to the collections of these books, Xiang Zhuang asked Xiang Tuo to bring them to them with the words Xiang Zhuang was obviously more shocking.

The scholars in Jiangdong will be assessed, and those with excellent grades will be awarded titles and will have the opportunity to become an official!

What is this situation? This is Xiang Zhuang showing kindness to the ancient Chu clans, and even proclaiming them that as long as they support Xiang Zhuang to take office, Xiang Zhuang will spare no effort to push the children of the aristocratic race to the position of county chiefs and county officials! Obviously, these aristocratic race elders instinctively equate scholars with the children of the aristocratic race.

"Ling Yin!" Shusun Guan put down the Shangshu in his hand, turned to look at Xiang him, and said in a deep voice, "It's time."

Xiang nodded silently, pondered for a moment and said, "I will cross the river overnight tonight. Remember, don't make any public statements, especially not let Xiang Guan's people know the news." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!