wild trail

Chapter 294
Xia Guo, Yancheng.

In the past few months after the arresting army left, Wang Lang spent most of his time in his own palace, apart from teaching in the Daxia Academy, studying the making of ink.

Today's papermaking process is on the right track, and the production efficiency of paper has improved a lot. Except for their own use, the other six departments have obtained a large amount of paper.

After more than a month of painstaking research.Wang Lang finally made a kind of ink with good effect. This kind of ink is made from the ashes of burning pine trees, mixed with fish float glue, and added some other materials.

Although this kind of ink is extremely crude, it can be used for printing and writing.

With this kind of ink, use movable type printing to print the textbooks I compiled into books on paper.

Although there are only a dozen textbooks he compiled, Wang Lang built a library near the Daxia Academy for the sake of long-term consideration and to accelerate the enlightenment of people's wisdom.

I put some basic books I compiled in this simple library. Although there are only a few books, but with printing, there are quite a few in number. Every kind of book has printed dozens of copies. It looks like it has a rich collection of books.

These books are enough for Xia Guoguo people to borrow and read. Of course, the books in the library are only the most basic enlightenment reading materials.

He will not put books on smelting techniques and other chemical knowledge here.

Since this library was built.This place immediately became the most mysterious place in Xia Kingdom besides the altar.

Most ordinary Chinese don't have the guts to step here at all. Only those Chinese who have some writing skills go here from time to time to learn what they want.

Gradually, the people of Xia Kingdom became more and more respectful of these people who could read and write.

I don't know when it started, in the marketplace of Xia Kingdom.At the beginning, there was such a weird saying, "The emperor values ​​heroes, the articles teach you, the young must be diligent, knowledge can stand up, the court is a farmer, and the evening is in the emperor's hall. Officials have no kind, men should be self-improvement."

This patchwork of persuasive poems, easy to understand and catchy, inspired countless aspiring young people for a while, and the enthusiasm of the students in Xia Guoxue Palace suddenly increased countless times.

They all dreamed that one day they would be able to go to the court and discuss with the officials about the major affairs of the Xia Kingdom.

Although it is said that Wang Lang values ​​knowledge and culture more, in this era, if a country is to be strong, knowledge is not enough. He also has the spirit of martial arts.

In the future, if you want to be an official in the Xia Kingdom, you must have enough courage and good martial arts besides learning to read and write.

Wen Neng writes and writes, and Wu Neng goes to battle to kill the enemy. He doesn't want his Xia Kingdom to become a deformed country ruled by warriors or weak literati.

On the military teaching ground, Wang Lang designed a lot of fitness equipment, such as dumbbells made of stone with horizontal bars and parallel bars, and other things for strengthening strength.

And from time to time, some contests will be held in the army.

The winning soldiers can be received and rewarded by Wang Lang. This method also allows the people at the bottom to see their opportunities for promotion. As long as they are willing to work hard, they can change their destiny at once and join the power class of the Xia Kingdom.

Over the past few months, the situation in Xia Kingdom has become worse and worse. Wang Lang has not only made changes in education and the army.

Moreover, he turned into an infrastructure maniac and vigorously developed infrastructure construction. Various handicraft workshops continued to appear in various cities of Xia Kingdom like mushrooms after a spring rain. The construction of roads has never stopped. In Xia Kingdom, Everywhere you look, there are busy construction sites.

Yancheng, the capital, has also been expanded. The new Yancheng is more than double the size of the previous one. The city is now large enough to accommodate a population of seven to eight thousand.

Such a large-scale human settlement can be said to be the largest city on this continent, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a super metropolis.

Since the iron workshop has a new forging hammer, iron weapons have been continuously produced. The weapons produced are mainly knives, and the unrefined iron is basically used to produce farm tools. The price of iron ore resources and iron farm tools is not very expensive.

Most of the farmers in the Xia Kingdom can afford it, and with the rented horned dragon, the workload of the farmers is greatly reduced.

With the advent of these highly efficient farming tools, people fell in love with this extremely convenient metal.

Wang Lang estimates that with the large-scale use of ironware, bronze will gradually withdraw from the stage of history, and its value in the future will be used as decorations or currency.

What pleased Wang Lang the most during this period was that most of the pterosaur eggs brought back hatched successfully, and dozens of squawking pterosaur cubs were listed as key protection objects by Wang Lang.

This large flying beast made Wang Lang see the hope of soaring into the sky.

These pterosaurs were kept in separate cages, and they were carefully cared for every day. They were all quite healthy. Wang Lang believed that as long as these things grow up, he has a way to make them be his own. mounts.

On this day, Mu Feng, who had been away for more than half a year, returned to Yancheng. After a quick look at his wife and children, he rushed to Wang Lang's side non-stop, and reported his situation for more than half a year.

Seeing Mu Feng, Wang Lang smiled and said: "I heard that Mu Aiqing went straight to the house as soon as she came back. She has missed her wife and children for more than half a year, but the family is still safe."

Mu Feng said respectfully: "I really miss it a little bit, everything is fine at home, it makes His Majesty laugh."

"No matter what you say, caring about your loved ones is an emotion that everyone has. Mu Aiqing went to the beach this time, and it took him a year. It was really hard work." Wang Lang said in a deep voice.

"Being able to work for my Great Xia is something that every Chinese should do. What's more, as a minister, His Majesty entrusts me with a heavy responsibility. How can I not try my best? Even the hard work is worth it." Mu Feng was incomparable He replied sincerely.

After Wang Lang heard Mu Feng's words, he could be said to be very happy. He stroked his beard and smiled: "Mu Aiqing is worthy of being the pillar of my Great Xia. I am really lucky to have your help. Don't worry. Daxia will not treat you badly, and I will not treat you badly either."

Mu Feng respectfully said: "If His Majesty hadn't discovered my talent among the crowd, I would have died by now. How could I have achieved what I have today? All these are given by Your Majesty. How dare I ask His Majesty for rewards."

Wang Lang waved his hands disapprovingly and said, "Those who are talented will always be reused. You deserve it. You better not bear grudges against Lin Huo and them."

Mu Feng heard the words and said quickly: "Lin Shangshu did the right thing at the time. If I had done the same thing, how could I have hated him? Looking back now, my behavior at the time was indeed suspicious."

Wang Lang nodded and said: "It's good if you can figure it out. You are officials in the same dynasty, and you must work together to make the lives of the people of Daxia better. You must not affect the state affairs for personal matters."

"Minister! Remember Your Majesty's instruction!" Mu Feng said respectfully.

(End of this chapter)