Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

This page-turning book also has a thick cover with two words printed on it - poetry!

Most of the content in it is the poems written by Chen Yang, and then let the craftsmen carve the characters, and finally print them out as a test product.

This is how the first paper book in history was born.

Opening the cover of the poems, the first one is Li Bai's "Bodhisattva Man", and Cao Ang read: "Pinglin, momo, smoke like weaving, and the cold mountain area is sad and green..."

After reading a word, Cao Ang looked at the overall structure, paper quality and ink stains of the book, and he couldn't find any flaws.

"Is this a success?" Cao Ang asked again, looking at Chen Yang with some excitement.

"Of course it was a success. If all future books are made like this and can be mass-produced, do you think books will still be so precious?"

Chen Yang said with a smile: "Since books are not expensive anymore, more and more people can afford them. All scholars don't have to go to private education from those aristocratic families. It's impossible to leave a bad reputation forever. You should prepare to live forever!"

Cao Ang couldn't help flipping through the book again, carefully checked several pages, and double-checked that the paper quality and ink stains on it were all right. Paper books are light and light, which is far more convenient than bamboo books.

The content recorded in bamboo slips of the same weight is far less than that recorded in a paper book.

At this moment, Cao Ang figured out the advantages of various printing techniques and paper books, which can completely change the status quo of scholars in the entire era.

Once this kind of book is promoted, Cao Ang can imagine the reaction of those who mock him.

"Okay, great!"

Cao Ang laughed, and then said, "Master Chen, can you give me this first book as a souvenir?"

"Isn't it just a book, let's see how excited you are?"

Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "Take it!"

Cao Ang smiled and turned the page again. What he saw on the second page was a poem, which was also written by Li Bai.

"Xia Ke Xing, Zhao Keman and Hu Ying, Wu Hook is frosty and snowy..."

Cao Ang also read this poem again, he suddenly felt a sense of excitement, then thought of something, and asked quickly: "You wrote all the poems in this book by yourself?"

Chen Yang blushed, but he still admitted it shamelessly, and said, "Of course."

"It's so well written!" After Cao Ang finished speaking, he wanted to read the poems again.

Chen Yang didn't bother to pay any attention to him anymore, and ordered people to send those bamboo slips to the printing factory, and then ordered the craftsmen to carve out the characters as soon as possible, so that all the books had to be printed in the shortest possible time.

Worried about the shortage of manpower, Chen Yang recruited a large number of workers some time ago.

"Ma Jun, come here, I have something to discuss with you."

Chen Yang called Ma Jun aside, he had to start researching on the cement production project, and roughly shared some of his ideas with Ma Jun.

Chen Yang didn't have a deep understanding of cement, he only knew some general formulas, and he didn't know how to make it, so he just briefly explained what he knew.

Whether it can be done depends on Ma Jun's level of invention.

Ma Jun carefully recorded what Chen Yang said, and after confirming again and again that he was right, he excitedly did research.

"Shopkeeper Chen, that Eunuch Zhang is out of the palace, and he came to our restaurant to sell wine!"

As soon as Ma Jun left, Cao Ang came over and said.

"Leaving the palace so soon? Let us wait a few days less."

Chen Yang said: "Find a few people, go and arrest that Eunuch Zhang first."

Cao Ang asked worriedly, "Is it really okay for us to do this?"

Chen Yang laughed and said, "Believe it or not, even if I killed Eunuch Zhang, Liu Xie wouldn't dare to say that we were right?"

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Eunuch Zhang is in a good mood today, because he can go out of the palace again, and he is helping Liu Xie buy wine, which is a good job.

After buying all the wine and loading it into the car, Eunuch Zhang was not in a hurry to go back to the palace, so he wandered around the market in Xudu.

As eunuchs, their remaining hobbies are only money and power. He doesn't have much power when he is with Liu Xie, but he has saved a lot of money, especially today he can deduct a little money.

With money, Eunuch Zhang naturally wanted to go shopping everywhere, and he only came out once after a lot of difficulty, and he had to buy enough before going back.

However, before Eunuch Zhang had time to spend the money in his hand, he found that he was being followed.

There are two tall men not far behind him, and they have followed for several streets.

No matter how Eunuch Zhang left, they were still there, which made him feel scared, and he lost his mind for shopping, and was about to find the guard who came out with him.

But as soon as he moved, the two men came forward and stopped him one after the other.

"You, what are you going to do?"

Eunuch Zhang said anxiously: "I can tell you, I am someone close to His Majesty, if you dare to mess around, His Majesty will definitely not spare you!"

Those two people didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. Among them, the person standing behind Eunuch Zhang raised his hand and slapped him, knocking him out. He picked it up and walked towards a corner of Xudu.

When Eunuch Zhang woke up in a daze, he found himself in a small room with his mouth blocked and his hands and feet bound. He struggled for a while to no avail, as if he saw despair in front of him.

"Squeak!"

Just when Eunuch Zhang was in despair, the door was suddenly pushed open.

woo woo woo...

Eunuch Zhang was in a hurry, he immediately made a sound, but when he saw who the two people who came in were, he was stunned.

Because it was Chen Yang and Cao Ang who appeared in front of him.

Chen Yang took off the cloth strip from his mouth and said with a smile, "Eunuch Zhang, we meet again!"

"It's you!"

Eunuch Zhang was taken aback for a moment, and then said loudly: "What do you want to do? I am someone close to His Majesty. I came out to buy wine at His Majesty's order. If I cannot go back after the time limit, you are all dead!"

Chen Yang sat aside and said with a smile: "You don't have to threaten me, even if I kill you now, His Majesty will not dare to do anything to me."

Eunuch Zhang shook slightly. He looked at Chen Yang and Cao Ang, feeling more and more frightened.

As Chen Yang said, even if he was killed, Liu Xie would not dare to do anything to them, at most he would scold them, he knew Liu Xie's character too well.

"Shopkeeper Chen, and Eldest Young Master, what do you want from me?" Eunuch Zhang didn't dare to threaten, but thought of other ways to survive.

"I have nothing else to do. I just want to cooperate with you, Eunuch Zhang. I was afraid that you would not agree, so I had to use some means to invite you back." Chen Yang said lightly.

"Yes, of course I do."

Eunuch Zhang nodded again and again, "I don't know how you two plan to cooperate? I'm willing to do whatever you ask me to do."

"is it?"

Chen Yang shook his head and smiled: "I don't really believe what you say, Eunuch Zhang, but I'm not an arrogant and unreasonable person. I'll give you two choices, first..."

Seeing Eunuch Zhang's nervous expression, Chen Yang said in a low voice, "It's death!"

The word "death" immediately shocked Eunuch Zhang, and he asked, "What about number two?"

"I knew that Eunuch Zhang is a smart man, and he would choose second!"

Chen Yang took out a small medicine bottle from his body, and said, "Eat what's inside, that's your second choice today!"

After all, he put the bottle beside Eunuch Zhang, and asked Wang Yue to untie his hands and feet.