Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

"My lord, your idea will definitely benefit scholars all over the world!"

After Ma Jun understood the usefulness of movable type printing, he said excitedly.

In this era, the reason why scholars are monopolized by aristocratic families and books are only owned by aristocratic families is because books on bamboo slips are hard to come by, how can ordinary people afford them?

With the emergence of paper and the "invention" of printing by Chen Yang, books are no longer expensive things, and will only become more and more common in the future.

This is really a great benefit for scholars all over the world.

Although Ma Jun is not a scholar, as a great inventor in the Three Kingdoms era, his ideological awareness is still very high, and he can immediately think of various benefits.

Chen Yang asked: "These things shouldn't be difficult, can you make them?"

Ma Jun nodded quickly and said: "Yes, yes, it's not difficult, but the difficulty is that there are no books for us to refer to."

Chen Yang said: "This is not a problem, I will provide the books, you just need to print them for me as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Ma Jun nodded hastily, he could imagine that his name would be immortalized with printed books in the future.

As long as later generations of scholars mention printing, they will not only mention Chen Yang, but also Ma Jun.

Therefore, Ma Jun was as excited as if he wanted to beat chicken blood, and immediately found those craftsmen to manufacture a batch of special printing tools in advance according to Chen Yang's requirements.

At this time, Cao Ang also sorted out the list.

"What happened just now? I seem to hear a lot of noise."

Cao Ang passed the list to Chen Yang while speaking, and said, "This is the list you want."

Chen Yang took it casually, and roughly shared his idea with Cao Ang.

Cao Ang said in surprise, "Master Chen, are you serious?"

Chen Yang said: "Don't I seem to be serious? When these children learn something, it will be the time when you, Xiao Cao, will inherit the position of Lao Cao. I will not take advantage of you by doing this."

"Also, most of the people who are officials these days are from aristocratic families. Even if they are not, they cannot be separated from the aristocratic families. It is said that poor families have no noble children. I will help you break this limitation."

Chen Yang added: "As long as the printing technique succeeds, the status of those aristocratic families will gradually decrease in a few years."

Cao Ang laughed cheerfully, put his arm on Chen Yang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is my good buddy. From now on, I will rely on you to help me govern the world. It is my luck to know you!"

As he spoke, he sighed for a while, and then said, "It's just that the printing techniques you mentioned really have such a big effect?"

Chen Yang nodded and said: "It's not very difficult to make this thing, and you will see the effect in a few days. But before the official printing of the book, I need a lot of books as a reference template. You should have a lot of those books at home. Right? Give me a set of the Analects of Confucius, the university, the doctrine of the mean, etc.”

Cao Ang patted his heart and said, "Leave the books to me, I guarantee it will be no problem."

With his assurance, Chen Yang can go to printing with peace of mind. Then he opened the list and looked at it for a while, and said: "Add Jia Xu's name, and then hand it over to Cao Lan for distribution."

Cao Ang scratched his head and asked, "Why? Jia Xu just came to Xudu. He has no foundation, so there's no need to monitor him, right?"

Chen Yang said with a smile: "You don't understand this. What I did was not monitoring, but a warning to him. Call Jia Xu here tomorrow, and you will know how to use this name."

Seeing that Chen Yang was full of confidence, Cao Ang added Jia Xu's name to the list.

After handing over the list to Cao Lan, Cao Ang immediately let them go to work.

"Cao Lan and the others are just the strength we need in the early stage. If we want to make the entire Xudu know everything, no matter how big or small, we still need to develop more downlines!" Chen Yang continued.

"Offline? What's the use of this?" Cao Ang couldn't keep up with Chen Yang's thinking.

Chen Yang said: "To put it simply, it is to buy those street people in Xudu City, servants and guards, etc., to become our people. You can also call them spies. They are the best eyes to use. .”

"For example, if we buy a servant or steward from Dong Cheng's family, he is a member of the Dong family. Wouldn't it be more convenient to help us monitor Dong Cheng? There is no need for Cao Lan and the others to take risks. "

Chen Yang continued to analyze: "As long as Cao Lan and the others pass the assessment, they will become the core part of us. They shouldn't do this kind of work of monitoring others, otherwise they will be overqualified."

Cao Ang immediately understood the key point, nodded and said: "By buying this kind of low-level people as eyes, we only need to pay money and don't need to go through training, but this is very expensive!"

Chen Yang waved his hand and asked Wang Yue to follow him. He left the factory and walked towards the nearby fields and hills.

While walking, Chen Yang said: "It will definitely cost money, but there is no need to worry about this step, it has to be developed step by step."

After finishing speaking, Chen Yang looked at the nearby hills, and he walked directly towards the highest hill.

Climbing to the top of the hill, Chen Yang looked down, and a field below the mountain came into view. In addition, there was a river nearby that separated a large field.

Xu Du is located in the Central Plains area, where most of the plains are the main area, and there are no high mountains. Ascending this hill, you can see all the scenery within a few miles.

It has been almost two months without rain, and the fields are very dry. Although there is a river near the farmland, the flow of the river has been reduced by half.

Many farmers wanted to divert water from the river to irrigate, but they had no choice but to watch the crops die in the fields.

"What are we here to see?" Cao Ang asked puzzled.

"I want to see how the farmers are doing now, look at the farmland below!"

Chen Yang pointed to those farmlands, and said helplessly: "If there is no rain for two months, that means there will be no harvest. Farmers will have to go hungry in spring. This is also the source of our food shortage."

Cao Ang immediately thought of something and asked, "Are you going to do any water conservancy projects?"

Chen Yang nodded solemnly and said, "That's right, I'm already planning to build a reservoir!"

"Reservoir?"

It was the first time Cao Ang heard this new term, but he could probably think of what it meant, and asked, "Are you trying to store water?"

Chen Yang nodded and said: "That's right, God likes to tease people the most. Once it doesn't rain, it can be dry for several months, and once it rains, it can cause floods. Why don't we collect the rainwater when it rains too much, and wait for it to dry when it is dry?" Let the rainwater out to irrigate the crops?"

Cao Ang thought for a while, and then asked, "That's the truth, but how should we collect rainwater?"

Chen Yang pointed to the river, pointed upwards, and continued: "You send someone to search along the upper reaches of the river. If I want to find a canyon, it must be on the edge of the river. If you find it, tell me , I still need to go to investigate in person to determine whether the land can store water."

Cao Ang didn't have much idea about this reservoir, so he asked, "How long will it take to build this?"

Chen Yang thought for a while, and said: "This project is not easy. With the current technology, it will take at least three to five years, or even longer. Now let me remind you, maybe you will think that this project is a waste of time and money. , I even thought my idea was crazy, but once built, the benefits are endless.”

"This reservoir, the work is in the present, and the benefit is in the future!"