Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 699 Courage

  After the verdict, the young man withdrew from the crowd of onlookers. After thinking for a while, he turned and walked in another direction.

  Someone in the crowd saw him, and hurriedly shouted: "Xu Maoxue, the restaurant is over there, where are you going?"

  Xu Maoxue glanced back and said, "I'm not going to the restaurant, I'm going to Taixue."

  The man laughed loudly and asked: "How old are you, do you still want to go to Taixue to study?"

  "Huangkou children have great ambitions. I am in my prime, why can't I have it?" What the young people thought before was to go with the flow and watch the world change after lying down.

  He is arrogant and feels that the world is hopeless, so he makes a little money casually and watches the people in this world struggle.

   What Zhao Hanzhang, Gou Xi is an idiot in his eyes.

  Gou Xi has a good reputation, has military power, and is valued by the emperor. As long as he continues to be cautious in his words and deeds, return power to the emperor, or co-rule with the emperor, it is only a matter of time before the world surrenders;

  Looking at the world, the only person who can compare with him in military ability is Beigong Junyi. In terms of power, he should be number one in the world.

   As long as he doesn't make mistakes, he can be the second Cao Mengde by the emperor's side for two years. Maybe the world will be unified by him.

   But he got carried away with complacency, and suddenly became arrogant, and the good situation was smashed to pieces by him.

   Zhao Hanzhang is also stupid.

She is a woman and has her own advantages. As long as she is willing to give up Fu Tinghan, or marry the emperor, or marry Gou Xi, the two forces are twisted into one, and now most of the world can be in her hands, and she can point directly to the north. Can't regain lost ground?

  So he has always looked down on these two people from the bottom of his heart, but now, the young man feels his face is hot.

  The words Zhao Hanzhang and Chen Pei said hit him hard in the face.

  She didn't take the path he thought was right, not necessarily because she didn't know the path, but because she had the courage to choose a more difficult path.

  Even Chen Pei, a child with a yellow mouth, has the courage to risk his life to follow her. He has lived for ten years, so what is he afraid of?

  Xu Maoxue walked faster and faster, and soon arrived at the gate of Taixue.

  He looked up at the plaque of Taixue, picked up his robe and walked forward.

  The gate of Taixue is wide open, no one is guarding, and anyone can come in and out at will.

   Walking into the courtyard, you can hear the sound of reading books from all directions.

  Xu Maoxue paused for a moment, then walked towards the offices of the doctors in his memory.

   There was no one in the office room, but there was a table with a lot of papers on it, and there were bookshelves on both sides, and there were a lot of books on the shelves.

  This is different from the office room in his memory, he was a little surprised.

  Going forward to read those books, I found that there are all kinds of classics and history, and there are even many miscellaneous books.

  Looking at the papers on the case again, he couldn't help but reach out and pick up one to read.

  He is very familiar with this kind of paper. Now all the paper in Luoyang city is this kind of paper. It is called Zhao paper, also called Yuzhou paper.

  At present, most of the paper used is transported from Yuzhou. The paper mill belongs to Zhao Hanzhang. I heard that this new paper was made by her and Fu Tinghan together.

  Since she captured Luoyang, paper mills have also been built in workshops outside the city, but papermaking requires a process. At present, the paper mills in Luoyang can only provide the paper needed by Yamen, Taixue and other schools.

  Most of the paper circulating in the market still has to be shipped from Yuzhou, so although the price of paper is cheaper than before, it is still expensive.

  Xu Maoxue is a little short of money, and he saves every piece of paper. He didn't expect the gentleman in Taixue to be so arrogant, and there are so many papers on every table.

  He put down the paper with some envy, stood at the door, looked back and forth, and then chose a direction to walk.

   Sure enough, after walking for a while, he saw people and students in class.

  It was a group of older students, each of whom was fourteen or fifteen years old. They were not sitting in the classroom, but in the open room, and a young gentleman in Confucian shirts sat facing them.

   Xu Maoxue knew him, Zhao Cheng, Zhao Hanzhang's uncle.

   This is also the place where Zhao Hanzhang has been criticized by scholars. She has used the Zhao family in several important positions, so that people feel that her current achievements are mostly due to the Zhao family, rather than her own ability.

  Especially in such an important place as Taixue, she actually handed over Taixue to Zhao Cheng for management without going through the imperial court.

   It's just... Envious and jealous, but I can't help but question it.

  Zhao Cheng had a gentle voice, and the lecture was as if he was telling a story. He only turned his head to look at it after the lecture.

  Seeing Xu Maoxue, Zhao Cheng said to the students: "You read it by yourself, and ask me if you have any doubts."

  The students bowed down and picked up their textbooks to read.

  Zhao Cheng walked down, "Is Maoxue looking for me?"

  Xu Maoxue said: "Revisit the old place, and stop by to meet Supervisor Zhao."

  Zhao Cheng looked pale, "I'm not a supervisor, you can either call me by my name, or call me sir."

  Xu Maoxue looked disgusted, "Being my husband, you are so shameless."

  Zhao Cheng glanced at him indifferently, turned around and left.

Seeing this, Xu Maoxue hurriedly followed him, chasing after him and said: "Of course, you are a few years older than me, you can't be called sir, but you can be called elder brother, brother Zitu, I wonder if you still lack a master in your Taixue... "

  During dinner in the evening, Zhao Cheng came to visit, and Zhao Hanzhang hurriedly asked someone to refill the bowls and chopsticks, "But there is something wrong with Taixue?"

  Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "Shall I ask for an official for one person?"

"Who?"

"Xu Maoxue from Yongzhou," Zhao Cheng said, "he lives in Luoyang. Before the war in Luoyang, he fled Luoyang with the refugees, and was driven back by you all. Doctorate, teach disciples."

  Zhao Hanzhang responded immediately, "Okay, I will ask Fan Ying to issue a letter of appointment tomorrow."

Zhao Cheng nodded, and brought out the accumulated problems of Taixue by the way, "There are a lot of new students enrolled this year, and the books that have been submitted have not yet been issued. This will delay teaching too much. Please remind the bookstore First, stick to the book seal on our side."

   Zhao Hanzhang responded immediately.

   The speed was so fast that Zhao Cheng couldn't help but look up at her, "When can I give it? Is it possible at the end of the month?"

  Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and said: "Before the 15th of next month, not only printing, but also binding is required, which requires effort."

The bookstore in Luoyang is newly opened. The king of Donghai left and took away a lot of engraving blocks, and the engraving blocks of Yuzhou Bookstore can only give Luoyang the engraving blocks of a few books. Some of the engravings found here.

  But the engraving blocks that were not taken away by the imperial court are basically not commonly used, and the current printing value is very low. In the end, the commonly used books still have to be carved by themselves.

For this reason, Zhao Hanzhang is urging the Ministry of Industry to make movable type. It takes too long to carve a book, and among the artisans gathered so far, there are not many good craftsmen, and the engraving blocks are often broken. Sometimes not many of them are broken after one plate Yes, they also took it to print.

  So that the books used by students in schools and Taixue now occasionally have ink blobs, which are crossed out and revised characters.

   What a headache.

  (end of this chapter)