[69 Book Bar - www.] Soldiers, the comparison is just how many people they kill. I said: "There are more than twenty people. Have you killed people too?"
Zhang Longyou shook his head and said: "General Chu, I told you that when I joined the Lord's Southern Expedition, all I wanted to do was go to the southern provinces to find cinnabar, so I joined the supply camp. I didn't even dare to kill chickens when I was a child.
, Master also told me that our Shangqing Alchemy Cauldron Sect is pure and inaction, and what we seek is to ascend by taking elixirs. At that time, I thought too simply, thinking that I was just following a large group of people and refining my own elixirs.
.But, hey, there was a fire and explosion in the alchemy furnace in Gaojiu City. If you hadn't begged for mercy, I would have been almost killed by Master Deyang there. I finally returned to the imperial capital, but you still want me to make these murderous weapons. Chu
General, is there really any just and righteous reason for killing people, is it necessary to kill them? The world is in harmony with each other. You don’t care what I think, and I don’t care what you think. Isn’t it peaceful?"
I sighed and said: "There are some things that we can't worry about. All we have to do is obey orders. Root out rebellion and quell wars, and the world will naturally be at peace. By then, you can practice your elixir with peace of mind.
The medicine is ready. Haha, if you are ready to refine it, give me two pills. I don’t want to ascend and live longer, but that’s what I want.”
Zhang Longyou was not amused by my joke. He raised his head and looked at the sky. The sun was rising, and the sky was bright red, like blood flowing from a huge wound.
After sending Zhang Longyou to Wenhou's house, he said goodbye to me. Wenhou went to the court to discuss matters and never came back. After I reported to the people he left behind, I said goodbye to Zhang Longyou and went back. Wenhou asked him to live in our house.
Once I stayed temporarily in Wenhou Mansion
When I was about to reach the door of the side room, I turned around and looked. Through the shadow of the trees, I saw the plaque in the main hall of Wenhou Mansion. On it were the four powerful characters "Wen Yizi Tao", separated by
Even though it's so far away, it's still very clear.
When I got back to school, it was already dawn. I had an emergency mission last night and had a half-day rest today. As soon as I put the horse in the stable, I heard Yuan Kezhen calling me. He slept at home yesterday and never went out with the class, so I didn’t know
It was about the holiday this morning. I asked him to go home for now and go directly to the Ministry of Works tomorrow to find Xue Wenyi. After he left, I suddenly remembered that the book "Victory Strategy" was still in my arms. The first thing now
This is a copy of this book.
There are several copy bookstores in the imperial capital, but the charges are quite high and I can't afford them. Fortunately, I am literate and can copy by myself. All I have to do is go to the copy bookstore and buy some polished blank parchments.
Although Wuyun City is the imperial capital, there are not many people who study. There is only one bookstore in the west of the city. I went to the "Rongbaozhai" in the west of the city that sells pens, inks and sheepskin. As soon as I entered the door, I heard someone inside: "
Is it so expensive? Can it be cheaper?"
That was Wu Wanling's voice. I was a little surprised. When I walked in, I saw Wu Wanling standing in front of the counter looking at a stack of parchment. I said: "General Wu, are you there too?"
When Wu Wanling looked at me, he felt a little embarrassed for some reason, and said in a nonchalant manner: "General Chu, are you here to buy parchment too?"
I said, "Yes, I want to copy a book. What do you want to copy?"
Wu Wanling looked around and said, "Just take a look. General Chu, you take your pick. I have to leave first."
He bowed to me and walked out. The clerk in the store called out: "General, do you still want to buy it?" But Wu Wanling had already left as if running away.
Probably because parchment is too expensive. Wu Wanling's rank is much lower than mine, and his treatment is much worse than mine. I remember that time when he took me to Baixiang Tower for tea, it took him a long time to find the money. Maybe,
He wanted to write something, but he couldn't afford the parchment, so he thought it would be embarrassing to be seen by me. I looked at the parchment he just looked at and said, "What did he pick just now?"
The clerk was very attentive and took out a lot of parchment and said: "General, please take a look."
In order to write on sheepskin, those sheepskins have to be tanned and then polished carefully, so that there is no smell of sheep mutton, and every piece of sheepskin is white and smooth. It also needs to be cut into regular sizes, so the price is not low. The one Wu Wanling just picked is the best.
The price of the parchment paper made me a little stunned. I flipped through a few sheets and said, "Can it be cheaper? Are silk books cheaper?"
The clerk said: "The general doesn't know something. Originally, silk books were cheaper than parchment. However, the Emperor's Tianshou Festival is coming soon, and the palace has almost sold out all the silk. These days, the price of silk is more expensive than parchment."
I flipped through it and sighed: "These are too expensive. No wonder no one can afford to buy them. You should buy me some mid-range ones, as long as they are sturdy, not too high-end ones."
The clerk took out another box of mid-range parchment paper. These were much worse than the high-end ones just now. The high-end ones were white and soft, without any flaws. The mid-range ones were yellow and dark, but they were also sheepskin and very tough.
.Looking at the parchment, I suddenly remembered Yamadawu’s cocoon paper. The cocoon paper is almost comparable to the best parchment paper. In fact, it is easy to get the cocoon paper.
If you make cocoon paper, the price will probably be cheaper than parchment paper. But the emperor does not produce cocoons. If you are in Fudun City, you can try it. I picked a few pieces and estimated that I can copy the "Victory Strategy".
I took out the money and bought it. The boy was about to put everything he had picked in, when I suddenly said: "Give me what the general picked just now, too. I'll buy it."
Those pieces of high-quality parchment made me feel very distressed, but thinking about their affairs, Wu Wanling and I had a huge falling out. Until now, we have never been able to return to the time when we shared joys and sorrows in Gaojiu City.
In that state, I felt a little unsatisfied with him. Buying two pieces of parchment as a gift to him can probably be regarded as my accompanying him.
I brought a box of parchment back to my residence. It was almost noon. After eating at the military academy, I took the box of fine parchment to Wu Wanling's residence. I knocked on the door and heard him say from inside: "
Who is it?"
I said: "General Wu, it's me."
The tables and chairs inside creaked, and I heard Wu Wanling say: "General Chu." Probably he was in a hurry to open the door and dragged the chair aside. As soon as the door opened, I took the box of parchment and said: "
General Wu, I have taken the liberty of buying some more parchment and asked you if you want it."
He blushed. I saw a batch of wooden slips on his desk, and the ink and ink on the side were piled up in a mess. He was probably writing something. The wooden slips were too heavy. Each slip usually contains ten words, which is an article of 10,000 to 20,000 words.
It was written on wooden slips and weighed dozens of kilograms. It was troublesome to string them together. Wu Wanling probably had no other choice, so he settled for the next best thing. He took the parchment in my hand, pushed it back to me and said, "Chu
General, this is so embarrassing."
I put the parchment in his hand and said, "Why are you so polite? What are you writing?" I was afraid that he would shirk it again, so I walked to his desk and looked at it. Wu Wanling came over and said, "I'm writing something randomly, General Chu.
What a joke."
On the first wooden slip, it was written in round font "Nine Advances in the Military System". This topic interested me very much. I read a few articles and was even more surprised. What Wu Wanling said was actually the same as what he had said before in Gaojiucheng Zhongyuanke
Xiang told me that he was against the Imperial Army.
Yuan Kexiang and I just talked about it in outline, but Wu Wanling talked about the nine unreasonable aspects of the current military system in detail. The more I read, the more interested I became, and I shouted: "
General Wu, you are writing this!"
Wu Wanling was a little embarrassed and said: "General Chu, don't laugh at me for talking about military affairs because of my humble position. I was just writing casually."