What was in this big box was actually paper! In fact, paper had been invented a long time ago. Liu Xin had seen paper produced in many different places, but the quality was very poor and almost unsuitable for writing. As for painting, it was even worse.
No need to think about it. However, the paper in this box is completely different. In terms of flexibility and whiteness, these papers are many times better than the paper Liu Xin has seen before, and are even very close to the rice paper of later generations.
Liu Xin was overjoyed. This was an unexpected gain. She quickly said to Jushou: "Gong Yu, please immediately arrange for someone to check where the papers in Chen Jie's study were produced. In addition, arrange for someone to send some of these papers to
State Shepherd's Office, give it to Madam."
Jushou agreed and was about to go out when Liu Xin stopped him again and said: "Gongyu, you are really overqualified for such a thing as searching the house. I think you will leave this job to Zhang Yun."
Jushou hesitated and said: "My lord, I think Zhang Yun is not a gentleman."
Liu Xin smiled and said: "Of course I know he is a villain. It is appropriate to leave things like house confiscation to people like Zhang Yun. If you are worried, you can ask Fan Jinglai to take responsibility with him and supervise him by the way. Your focus
It should still be placed on the expansion of Xiangyang City."
Jushu said confidently: "Don't worry, my lord. I have already arranged manpower to explore the land and draw plans. Now that all the land outside the city is in the hands of the government, it will be much easier to expand."
Liu Xin nodded with satisfaction and said: "We must hurry up on the paper matter. You have to personally take care of it. Just tell me how many manpower is needed. In addition, the Chen family's house is not bad. When the inspection is completed, you can arrange manpower. When the place is divided into several
Part of it. Allocate a place to Zhang Ji as his medical school, and let Kuai Liang build an orphanage here."
Jushu accepted the order and left. Liu Xin only felt a little restless. She had been feeling this way recently. She didn't know whether it was because she was too busy or because the weather was getting hotter.
Mrs. Zhu has adapted to life in the Prefectural Mufu. She is good at cooking, making good needlework, and is also good at helping take care of children. In half a day, she can tidy up a small courtyard. In addition to Liu Xin's family,
Qiao'er didn't use other maids. Now that she had Zhu, she really helped Ma Yun a lot, and the box of paper sent by Jushu made Ma Yun even more happy. For those who are used to writing with paper,
Writing on bamboo slips is a kind of torture. With these papers and less burdens from housework, Ma Yun now has more time to write and draw.
After a busy day, Bian Yu finally returned to the mansion from outside the city. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a beautiful young woman coming out and timidly called out: "Hello, second lady!" Bian Yu couldn't help but think of meeting Liu Xin outside the city today.
Seeing this scene, I couldn't calm down in my heart. After hesitating twice, I went back to my room without figuring out who this woman was.
Mrs. Zhu was confused. The second lady was quite approachable outside the city, so why did she put on airs when she got home?
At dawn, Liu Xin hurried out of the city. Jushou said that the expansion of Xiangyang City would start today. As soon as he left the house, he met Guo Jia's mother, Lin.
Lin stopped Liu Xin and said, "Sir, I have been here for a few days as a civilian woman. She eats and drinks for free every day, but has nothing to do. You should arrange a job for me, my lord."
Liu Xin knew that she was a hard-working woman and respected her very much. She said, "Sister-in-law Guo, since you can't stay idle, I have something suitable for you to do here. There are many homeless and orphaned children outside the city. I
We are going to set up an orphanage, and I would like to ask you to select some capable women from the victims outside the city to help Prefect Kuai take care of them. What do you think?"
Mrs. Lin was moved and said: "Sir, you really love the people like your own children, and the women of the people will do their best to take good care of them."
Liu Xin came outside the city. Although it was not yet time to build the city wall, the work of delineating the specific area of the city, digging the moat, and firing city bricks could already be carried out. Liu Xin did not want to point fingers, because in
He is just a layman in this area. He can use his thousands of years of experience to make assumptions, and the direction of Canada is fine, but when it comes to doing specific work, he can't speak.
Lately at night, Liu Xin is always very excited. Ma Yun can't bear it anymore and refuses to go crazy with him. Last night, he wanted to have sex with Ma Yun, but was rejected. Is he right to use force on his wife?
, so I didn’t sleep well at night and got up very early today.
When Jushou arrived outside the city, he found that Liu Xin was already there. He was surprised because he had also gotten up early! So he asked: "My lord, why are you here so early?"
Liu Xin yawned and said, "I can't sleep."
Jushou said movedly: "My lord, you don't have to do everything personally. We will do our best."
Liu Xin secretly thought, do you think I am willing to do this, but I can't say that kind of thing clearly, so I had to change the topic and asked: "Gong Yu, how is the investigation of those papers?"
Jushou replied sheepishly: "Back to my lord, my subordinates have found out some clues. The Chen family has a paper mill, and these papers are produced there. But the technician who can produce these papers has disappeared. I will send some decent people."
Look around."
Liu Xin thought for a moment and said: "Chen Jie is not a good scholar. He probably wouldn't think of building a paper mill. There is something wrong with the origin of this paper mill. You should start from this aspect and check it carefully. You should find something.
.”
Jushou cupped his hands and said, "Yes, I will order someone to investigate right now. Lord, the auspicious time has come, so I would like to ask you to preside over the groundbreaking ceremony."
Liu Xin felt a little sleepy, waved her hand and said, "Sir, I'd better come, I'll just take a look here."
The Xiangyang City expansion project, which had been planned for many days, finally officially started. More than 20,000 Yellow Turban prisoners and more than 10,000 migrant workers recruited from refugees, a team of nearly 40,000 to 30,000 people, worked hard on this land sweating like rain.
The scene is very spectacular.
Liu Xin was busy building his new Xiangyang here, but there was an explosion in the court. Dong Zhuo succeeded Lu Zhi in conquering Zhangjiao and suffered several defeats. Now the two sides are in a stalemate in Guangzong. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are in Yingchuan
The campaign to suppress Bocai failed many times. Later, Huangfu Song saw that Bocai had formed a camp based on grass, so he planned a fire attack to defeat the Yellow Turbans. During the pursuit, Sun Xia unexpectedly led the Yellow Turbans who had retreated from Nanyang to attack Bocai.
With a random attack, the counter-general's army was defeated, and the two sides reached a stalemate again.
There were endless debates in the court, and many officials had recommended Liu Xin to lead the army to conquer the Yellow Turbans. Although Emperor Liu Hong was greedy for money and lust, he was not stupid. He did not want Liu Xin to become powerful, so he refused. In fact, before this, Zhang He
, Xu Huang once wrote a letter requesting to send troops to Yingchuan, but Liu Xin thought over and over again and decided to hold back. Liu Xin was not worried about the emperor's suspicion, he was considering that most of his men were new soldiers, and his victory last time was a fluke.
, if he sends troops rashly, victory will be nothing more than victory. If he loses, he may not even be able to protect Nanyang and Nanxiang counties, and it is also irresponsible for the lives of the soldiers. What he is considering now is to consolidate his own power.
If there is a chance to capture Jiangxia, Guiyang and other five counties in order to unify Jingzhou, the most important thing at the moment is to bury their heads in construction.
The city of Xiangyang is actually not peaceful either. The Chen family used to be ranked first for a long time, but in the past twenty years, due to the withering of talents, no one from the Chen family holds positions in the government in Xiangyang and surrounding counties. They are just too thin.
A camel is bigger than a horse. In terms of wealth alone, the Chen family is still the richest man in Xiangyang. Many real estates and real estate in Xiangyang and surrounding areas belong to the Chen family. Now the Chen family, Chen Jie and his son were beheaded in the street, their property was confiscated, and their properties were sealed.
, the land was confiscated, and other members of the family were exiled and sold into slavery. From then on, they withdrew from the historical stage of Jingzhou.
Cai and Kuai are both well-established and famous families. They were not too implicated in this incident. The important reason is that they are both supporters of Liu Xin. The only thing that has an impact is the marriage of these two families.
Several women who entered the Chen family have now been sent back. People at this time were still very tolerant of women remarrying. As long as they wanted, they could remarry at any time, and the impact would not be too big.
As for the Wang family, the situation is a little different. The Wang family has only emerged in the past twenty years. In the past few years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing business has been changed, and commerce has developed greatly. The Wang family is mainly engaged in business, and they have benefited from it.
It was only because of the policies at this time that the Wang family was able to rise rapidly. Although the Wang family ranked among the four major families in Xiangyang, they did not have much foundation and almost relied on the other three major families without any choice. Take the Wang family's shops as an example, most of them were convenient.
They rented properties from the Chen, Cai, and Kuai families. This time Liu Xin seized the property of the Chen family, and many shops of the Wang family were implicated and temporarily closed down. However, Wang Zhen, the head of the Wang family, did not pay attention to this loss.
, and he can also take this opportunity to buy these shops.
The four major families are all related by marriage to each other. Naturally, some women from the Wang family have married into the Chen family. Three months ago, one of Wang Zhen's nieces married Chen Jie's youngest son. He did not expect Liu Xin to treat Kuai and Cai the same way.
Both families let her go home. After all, both the Kuai and Cai families had people who held important positions under Liu Xin. Wang Zhen only hoped to buy this niece back home, but as a result, the women of the Chen family were almost mad as they waited.
It was sold out and he didn't wait for his niece.
Among Chen Jie's crimes publicly announced by Liu Xin, there was one of rebellion, and rebellion was to punish the nine tribes. Wang Zhen was finally a little worried now. Why did Liu Xin let go of the women from the Cai and Kuai families?
Keeping his niece? Is it to seize this clue to prove the relationship between the Wang family and the Chen family? Will his butcher knife soon hit his head?