Rubik's Cube World

After listening to Ito Cheng's explanation, Ji Yanran couldn't help but fell silent, not knowing what she was thinking about.

Seeing this, Ito Cheng didn't bother, and continued to take Ji Yanran and Zou Yan to wander around the academy, keeping a close eye on the classrooms and the students who were studying in them.

It was not until more than a quarter of an hour later that the visit was over.

"The sentimental scene of Julu Academy is indeed sobering and thought-provoking." In the lounge of the dean of the academy, Zou Yan, who received the brewed tea from a maidservant, sighed.

"Hey, what is this? Could it be tea?" Then, Zou Yan, who noticed the abnormality of the tea in his hand, asked in surprise.

As the last thing Shennong found out after tasting all kinds of herbs, tea was recognized by people in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, but it was always thought to be a medicinal material, so no one thought of brewing it directly for drinking.

"Yes, it's tea." Itocheng confirmed with a smile.

"Then this is...medicine soup?" Zou Yan lowered his head and sniffed the aroma wafting from the sniffing cup, wondering.

"It's not a medicinal soup, it's just a drink made by the Marquis in his spare time." Itocheng said with a smile.Then he raised his arm as an invitation and said, "Please."

After speaking, he moved the teacup in front of him and took a sip of it.

Zou Yan and Ji Yanran saw Ito Cheng's demonstration, they did not hesitate, and took a sip of it imitating the example.

In an instant, a thick and mellow tea fragrance diffused in the mouths of the two of them, making Zou Yan and Ji Yanran enjoy expressions on their faces.

"I didn't expect that this tea could be used like this." After a while, Zou Yan let out a long breath and said with love in his eyes.

"Juluhou here. There are always some exquisite and novel toys." Ji Yanran looked at Ito Cheng with bright eyes, and smiled coquettishly.

Ito Cheng smiled slightly.He didn't speak, and drank the tea in the cup leisurely.

Seeing this, Zou Yan and Ji Yanran were also silent.Immersed in the wonderful taste of tea.

For a moment, the whole room became quiet.

"Da~"

"I don't know where Miss Ji plans to go next?" After a while, Ito Cheng, who gently put the teacup on the low table beside him, looked at Ji Yanran and asked.

"I wonder if Yanran will be lucky enough to visit the place where Mr. books and paper are made?" Ji Yanran asked softly.

"Since Ms. Ji wants to see it, there's nothing wrong with it." Itocheng said with a smile.

"I don't know if Juluhou would mind if the old man accompanied me?" Just as Ito Cheng got up and was about to leave, Zou Yan who was on the side said.

Originally, he didn't intend to stay with Juluhou and Ji Yanran and be the one who got in the way, but he couldn't stand that the place they were going now was the place he had wanted for a long time, so after some tangling.Zou Yan still had the cheek to make his request.

"What did you say, sir? It's an honor for me to have you with me, why would you mind? Just follow me, sir." Ito Chenggu said in surprise.

"That old man is shameless." Zou Yanqian said with a smile.

Afterwards, the three of them left Julu Academy under the see-off of Zhao Ni, the dean of Julu Academy, and Zhao Ya, the left disciple. They sat back in the carriage in front of the academy and moved towards Lady Ya's fief in the suburbs of Handan.

While the carriage was moving, it passed through the gate of Handan City and drove up to Woye, and then a piece of green seedlings came into Ji Yanran's eyes through the window of the carriage.

"Eh? Those don't seem to be millet seedlings?" Ji Yanran asked strangely.

Hearing what Ji Yanran said, Zou Yan, who was keeping his eyes closed, also opened his eyes and looked out the window.

"It's really not millet seedlings." Zou Yan confirmed.

"That's right. Those are indeed not millet seedlings." Ito Cheng smiled and nodded in affirmation.

In an instant, the eyes of Ji Yanran and Zou Yan all fell on Ito Cheng.

"Those are late-season vegetable seedlings, which I got from other places, not from Middle Earth." Ito Cheng explained.

"It's not something from Middle Earth?" Ji Yanran asked in astonishment.

"Yes." Ito Cheng replied softly.But that's it, he didn't say a word about the customs and knowledge of the world outside of Middle-earth, which made Ji Yanran, who was full of curiosity, feel uncomfortable like a cat scratching her heart.Ito Cheng couldn't help but rolled his eyes bitterly.

Cheng Ito pretended not to see it, and continued to say to himself, "These vegetable seedlings will mature in September to October. If the two of you are still in Handan by then, you may be able to taste another taste that is different from the current dishes. gone."

Zou Yan was taken aback when he heard this.He secretly pinched his fingers and calculated, and then exclaimed with disbelief on his face, "It only takes four months!?"

As soon as this remark came out, even Ji Yanran couldn't help showing shock, and looked at Ito Cheng with a face full of disbelief.

And Cheng Ito said as if he still didn't think it was enough, "It's a pity that the time for this Marquis to become Marquis is a little short, and he didn't catch up with the spring watch. Otherwise, I only need to plant new grains. Collecting one hundred and two stones of grain will immediately make Zhao a country rich in grain."

"How much did you say!?" Zou Yan exclaimed.Because of being too shocked, even the respectful title of Ito Cheng was ignored.

But when you think about it, in the Warring States period, when three shi per mu is considered a good year, the figure of [-] shi is really astonishing, and it is completely changing the data of the world's grain industry.

"One hundred and twenty stones. If we use intensive cultivation, there may be more." Itocheng said quietly.

Zou Yan and Ji Yanran were shocked and silent, they looked at each other subconsciously, and said a word in their hearts at the same time: If everything said is true, then this Juluhou is the new saint!

While the three of them were talking, the carriage drove into the passage opened between the fields, and finally stopped in front of a large building.

"Stop those who come." At this moment, a stern voice came in from outside the carriage.

"It's me." Ito Cheng leaned out and said to the soldiers guarding the housing area.

"I've seen you." The two soldiers who saw Ito Cheng's face immediately knelt down on one knee and bowed their heads in salute.

"Get up." Ito Cheng said.

Immediately, the two stood up from the ground, walked quickly to the railing in the middle of the road, and moved it away together.The coachman didn't hesitate when he saw this, he drove the carriage again, drove into the housing area, and finally stopped in an open space.

"You two, here we are." Ito Cheng turned his head and said to the two people who were full of thoughts.

Zou Yan and Ji Yanran nodded slightly, got up and followed Ito Cheng out of the carriage, walked across the road paved with bluestone slabs, and walked into a factory building that was buzzing.

"This is where paper is made." Ito Cheng took the mask from the worker next to him, and passed it to Ji Yanran and Zou Yan and said.Then he raised his hand and put the mask left in his hand on his face.

"Why?" Looking at the mask in her hand, Ji Yanran asked in confusion.

"There will be a serious odor during the papermaking process. Not only the smell is pungent, but also toxins. If you inhale it for a long time, it will cause discomfort to the body. Therefore, for safety, everyone needs to wear this mask during work for protection." Ito Cheng explained.

Ji Yanran nodded suddenly, put the mask on her face imitatively, and then followed Ito Cheng to visit the paper factory, carefully watching every step in the paper manufacturing process.

After the visit was over, the three of them left the paper factory, and then went back to the printing factory that Zou Yan and Ji Yanran were most concerned about.

"So that's how books are made." Ji Yanran sighed after seeing the book's birth process.

"It's really ingenious!" Zou Yan stood beside the printing machine, looking at one sheet after another, which changed from blank to white paper covered with handwriting, and the type plate that was taken out by workers from time to time.

"Juluhou, the old man has an unfeeling request, I don't know if I should say it." Then Zou Yan looked away, looked at Ito Cheng with a shy face and said.

"Sir, please tell me." Ito Cheng, who had vaguely guessed what Zou Yan was asking for, said with a smile.

"I would like to ask Juluhou to publish the old man's "Five Virtues Always" into a book. I wonder if Juluhou can agree." Zou Yan said nervously, watching Itocheng's face.

"Of course, the old man is willing to pay for the cost of the work." Immediately afterwards, Zou Yan quickly added.

"That's not necessary." Ito Cheng said with a smile, "As long as Mr. Yan can agree to one condition, Ben Hou will not only promise to help Mr. print the book, but also be willing to use his business knowledge to help Mr. promote it."

"What conditions!?" Zou Yan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked.

"The whole book is printed in official script, without adding any other languages ​​in the middle." Itocheng said in a low voice.

"This..." Zou Yan couldn't help hesitating when he heard the words.

At the moment when the official script cannot be promoted, the risk of publishing the whole book in the official script is too great. Perhaps the effect of publishing the book may not be as effective as traveling around the countries and giving speeches to the kings and ministers of various countries, so Zou Yan has no hesitation.

Ito Cheng didn't urge him, but quietly waited for Zou Yan's decision.

"Okay, just follow what Juluhou said." After a while, Zou Yan nodded and agreed with a fixed look.

"In this case, Mr. Yan, please prepare the manuscript of the book as soon as possible, so that it can be printed by the workers of the printing factory." Itocheng said with a smile.

Afterwards, Zou Yan, who was devoting all his attention to the manuscript, didn't even bother to visit. After taking a rough look at the cement plant and the brewery, and observing the overseas vegetable seedlings that Ito Naruto mentioned at close range, he hurried to the car. After returning to the post house in the city, he locked himself in the house and began to sort out the manuscript.

"What is Miss Ji thinking about?" In the courtyard of the courtyard where Ji Yanran lived in the post house, Ito Cheng asked softly looking at Ji Yanran in a daze.

"Yanran was thinking, if only the whole world could enjoy the convenience of those things made by Juluhou." Ji Yanran turned her head, took a deep look at Ito Cheng, and said softly.

"The world...I didn't expect Miss Ji to be a person who worries about the country, the people and the world." Itocheng said with a chuckle.

This time, Ji Yanran did not answer.

"The world is too far away. Isn't there a saying in "Mencius": If you are poor, you will be good at yourself; (To be continued..)