Back to the Three Kingdoms and become a python

Manatees are also called dugongs, which are the prototype of the legendary mermaid. Manatees, like whales, are viviparous animals in the sea. Many modern manatees have been hunted and killed because the living environment of manatees is easy to contact with humans.

They mainly live in shallow seas, and can even live in rivers. Generally, they are only plants in the sea. They are timid and fearful, and they are also one of the prey of sharks. This is a bit like dolphins, but dolphins are much more fertile than manatees. Manatees can only give birth to one calf at a time.

"This sea beast is manatee, and it is not a threat. They will not attack people. In addition, manatee meat is extremely delicious, not inferior to farm cattle."

"So, how about sending sergeants to hunt some?"

Lin Bei thought for a while. There should be a lot of manatees in this era, so he nodded. It’s okay to kill a few, as long as it doesn’t overinundate. A group of thousands of manatees, killing dozens of manatees every year will not cause extinction.

In addition, Lin Bei told Bian Ji that if there is biogas liquid in the biogas tank to be used for retting, then the biogas liquid should also be transported to the vicinity of the small island by boat, and the biogas liquid should be thrown away. Fertilizers make the seaweed grow faster, so that the living environment of the manatees will become better and grow faster, just like in captivity.

After this matter was decided, Lin Bei ordered Cui Lan to do other things. Cui Lan's task is quite heavy and busy. Now the waterway from Jiaozhi to Nichinan has opened, but the waterway from Wanghai City to the south But it still needs to be explored. There are the Gulf of Thailand, the Sea of ​​Burma and the Sea of ​​Bengal for future generations. Cui Lan needs to go there himself, at least to explore the sea area to the Bengal Sea, so that Lin Bei can get combustible ice in the future. .

"Cui Lan, you will definitely meet some barbarians when you go there. If these barbarians are friendly, that's fine. If they have a bad attitude, then you can act according to your discretion. Your safety is the most important thing, understand?" Lin Bei urged.

"Cui Lan understands." Cui Lan was grateful at first, and then an angry look appeared on her face. She was not the previous Cui Lan. Several battles had tempered Cui Lan's heart of stone.

Lin Bei nodded, thinking that Cui Lan is a bit like Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty, but Zheng He's methods are much gentler. Now that the nearby barbarians have not been educated, it is difficult to convince them with words, so killing It's a good idea, we can't wait for them to become stronger before invading China, right?

While Lin Bei and the others were discussing these matters, Xu Shu and Meng Huo had already entered Jingzhou, and they were going to the Confucian school in Xiangyang County to look for great sages.

The Xu Shu at this moment is not the Xu Shu who fled back then. Before leaving, Lin Bei gave them two thousand gold and thousands of dollars. These luxury funds are enough for the three of them to squander for a long time. Meng Huo carried a mace on his back, a majestic white elephant under his crotch, and looked like Xu Shu's bodyguard. Zhu Rong changed into a woman's dress, but her face was still disguised, without showing her original appearance. Dressed up as Xu Shu's younger sister, the three of them had rushed over from Yizhou and had already arrived in Nanyang County.

Jingzhou has been a land of prosperity since ancient times. Now that the Central Plains is in chaos, there are not many yellow scarves in Jingzhou. There is no deviation, Xu Shu will still come to the Confucian school to study.

"This Jingzhou is peaceful, as if there is no war." Riding on the horse, Xu Shu and Meng Huo talked and laughed.

Meng Huo was a little disdainful: "These people are weak and must be greedy for pleasure. In case of war, these people will die the fastest."

Xu Shu laughed and scolded: "Restrain your evil spirit, we are here to study this time, and what we are learning is the strategy of governing the country. The ancients have a saying that governing a large country is like cooking a small delicacy. This subtlety must not be missed."

Meng Huo snorted, "Don't talk about your reasoning with those sour scholars. I will just rush to the battlefield and kill people."

Xu Shu laughed loudly: "Brother is indeed a talented general. If I am handsome in the future, I will use him as a forward general. But brother, even if he is a forward general, he must be proficient in military affairs. Today, my lord gave me money. Not only for me, Xu Shu, but also for elder brother, elder brother can't take your lord's kindness into consideration."

When Xu Shu brought Lin Bei up, Meng Huo was stunned, "It's what you said, Hugh used your lord to scare me..."

Xu Shu secretly laughed, Meng Huo had a really violent temper, and because of his status as a barbarian caused several incidents along the way, Meng Huo almost violently killed people.

The three of them entered Nanyang, and there were many people on the street. It was the first time for the three of them to come to this city, and they were quite new. They found a post house to rest first, and then found a wine shop, preparing to use some food and inquire about news. As soon as he sat down, he heard someone saying: "I heard that Mr. Decao has entered Xiangyang, and he is going to give lectures at the Confucian Academy in the near future?"

"However, during the war in the Central Plains, Mr. De Cao came to Xiangyang to take refuge, but it was a grand event for me in Jingzhou. Even Pang Degong came down from Lumen Mountain a few days ago and rushed to Xiangyang in the starry night. The great sages of the world gathered in Xiangyang Second, it is really a blessing for my Jingzhou students."

Xu Shu and Meng Huo looked at each other, this luck is really good, just arrived here to hear the news of the great sage, and it happened to be in the Confucian school.

ps: ps: It's the third watch, and I haven't eaten yet.

Chapter 193 Papermaking and Movable Type

After Linbei formulated a general development policy, Wanghai City began to enter a period of great development.

The ground building of Wanghai City was the first to be completed. Compared with the original Lurong County, the area of ​​Wanghai City has been expanded by at least four times. Lin Bei imitated the structure of the later Huaxia Imperial Capital, with the City Lord's Mansion as the center and divided into several rings outward. Starting with the street as the ring, the houses are built on both sides of the street. The farther away from the city lord's mansion, the bigger the ring, and finally it becomes the three circular long streets of Wanghai City.

In addition, there are two straight streets in the Zhengdong and Zhengxi of Chengfang Mansion, one leads directly to the wharf, and the other leads to the outside of the city. These two streets are the largest long streets in Wanghai City, and they are named Wanghai West Street and Wanghai East Street respectively. .

Among these two streets is a road specially designed for Lin Bei. The road is located in the middle of the two streets. The whole body of the road is made of pure white sea stone, and it is one and a half feet wide. Walking, if there is an urgent report during the war, the sergeant can also step in on horseback, otherwise, the common people can only enter when Lin Bei speaks during the festival. Lin Bei thinks it is a luxury, but An Zhongzhi and Bian Ji both insist on the dignity of the leader It needs to be reflected all the time, and Lin Bei can't convince him, so Lin Bei just lets it be.

But then Lin Bei felt that it was okay, a road built just for himself, and Lin Bei didn't have to worry about crushing flowers and plants when climbing in the future...

In addition, the sewer is under construction, and this project is also very large, because it needs to dig a tunnel under Wanghai City that can communicate with the whole city, which is not an easy task. , An Zhongzhi roughly estimated that even if everything goes well, it will take at least three months, which is a long time.But everyone can afford to wait.

And the construction of the second project has also started, which is the Nanyue Academy that Lin Bei wanted to build before. Because of this, Lin Bei has been thinking about papermaking these days.

When I was in Xishan Township, the village was the toe of the school, but unfortunately the toe got out and there was a war. At that time, Xishan Township could not protect itself.Naturally, the matter of the academy was put on hold. Now that everything is safe in Wanghai City, the war will not happen until at least a year later, so the academy will naturally have to be restarted.

Reading and literacy is still a very luxurious thing in this era. All things are inferior, but reading is high. In addition, there are very few people who can read and write. The reason for this is not only the deliberate suppression of the aristocratic clan, but also another reason That is, the means of dissemination of knowledge in this age are very rare.

What are the channels of knowledge dissemination in this era?Presumably everyone knows.All kinds of wooden slips are the main tools for recording books. There are too few paper and silk, and as we all know, wooden slips are quite heavy. There is a story about Cai Yong, who said that Cai Yong resigned from office and returned home. He was a great Confucianist , There are a lot of books.It weighed several thousand catties, so that several carriages had to be used.

in addition.Wooden slips are not easy to store and are easily bitten by insects. The cost of maintaining the wooden slips is also quite expensive. All these factors add up to make it very difficult to acquire knowledge, which is why the status of scholars is so high.

Since Lin Bei said that he should take a long-term view.Then the transformation of papermaking technology has become inevitable. Only when books are widely disseminated and the wisdom of the people is opened, society can progress faster.

As one of the four great inventions of China, Cai Lun is considered the creator of papermaking.In fact, he was just a reformer. Before Cai Lun, he also had papermaking skills, but the cost was very high. Cai Lun greatly reduced the cost of papermaking.

"Master, do you know Cai Lun's papermaking skills?" Lin Bei asked Bian Ji.

Bian Ji nodded: "Of course I know." But then he said: "Does your lord want to make paper?"

"Why? Can't it work?"

"It's natural for adults to make paper, but it's just because the paper is made by the government, so Bian Ji didn't think of it for a while."

"This papermaking technology is also under the control of the court?"

"Of course, except for some aristocratic families approved by the imperial court, if others want to make paper, they will be beheaded."

"There is no imperial court here, Master, you specially organize craftsmen to take care of the papermaking business."

Bian Ji nodded, and then said: "My lord, is this the art of making paper?"

"what?"

"My lord has to tell my subordinates what to use to make paper..."

"Didn't you just say you knew?"

"Yes, I know Cai Lun's papermaking technique, but I only know about this matter, but the court has kept this technique secret all along, and students naturally don't know how to make paper."

Only then did Lin Bei understand what Bian Ji meant, and he recalled Cai Lun's papermaking skills in his mind. Lin Bei really knew something.

This papermaking technique is actually quite simple, and even ordinary people can do it. Of course, special tools must be needed. The most basic raw materials are bark and plants. Among them, pine is better for bark, because pine It’s easy to find. It’s best to find reeds for plants. If you have these two materials, soak them first, soak them in alkaline water, then mash them into pulp, then make pulp, and finally get the pulp into a kind of paper fisher. On top of it, it forms the same thickness as paper, and after drying, it becomes paper. Of course, this kind of paper is definitely not very good. It can be similar to straw paper at most, but it can also be written.

Lin Bei explained the paper-making technique again, and then said to Bian Ji: "This method should be able to produce paper. If it cannot be produced, let the craftsmen think about it carefully and try to produce a large amount of paper. Donate all those wooden slips and let the craftsmen print the knowledge on the wooden slips, uh, no, you don’t know movable type printing, do you?”

Seeing Bian Ji's bewildered look, Lin Bei knew that Bian Ji didn't know movable type printing.

"Then let me tell you about movable type printing."

Bian Ji could only look at Lin Bei stupidly.

In his previous life, Lin Bei really didn’t specifically understand movable type printing, but not understanding it doesn’t mean that Lin Bei doesn’t know it. On the contrary, he knows it quite well, and modern people should know it as long as they have a normal IQ. Seals know it, right? The seal is engraved with negative characters, and when needed, it can be printed with a little ink or red mud. The principle of movable type printing is the same. Pick out the characters, line them up in a row, smear the ink on the paper, and it's ok.

Movable type printing has no technical content at all in the eyes of modern people.But it is still one of the four great inventions in Chinese history.

"Do you understand?" Lin Bei asked Bian Ji after describing movable type printing.

Bian Ji nodded: "My lord, this method is very simple, why did my subordinates never think of it?"