On March 19, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei traveled together.

In the Jiangdu city and palace, Liu Bei's living experience is not good, as a person who likes to be lively, staying in the North Palace and the South Palace is really a torment.

After the relocation of Jiangdu Shihu, the composition of the new influx of people in Nancheng is complex, and it is temporarily impossible to monitor and isolate outsiders, and it is not convenient for Liu Bei to play.

Now that Zhang Fei is here, Liu Bei also has the opportunity to go out to play and go out.

This time, the light car was simple, and the travel escort was more than ten horses, which made Fa Miao worry to death, looking left and right all the way, afraid that more than a dozen bandits and assassins would suddenly crawl out of the fields and ditches on both sides of the road.

Traveling with a light car is also a tradition of the old Liu family.

Parking in the public toilet on the side of the road, Liu Bei twisted his hands on his waist left and right to look at the distance, and he could see men, women and children in the green fields pulling weeds or hoeing grass.

When Zhang Fei went to the toilet, Liu Bei paced to the nearest farmland, beckoned to a family that stopped and watched him, followed by Guan Xing, Xiahou Xian, Fa Miao, Zhang Shao and others.

This is a naturalized Jing Man, a man in his thirties and his two sons are typical of broken hair.

As the head of the family, the man came to the edge of the field with a hoe and laughed: "What did the noble man recruit?" ”

Liu Bei looked at the three men in this family, and when he got closer, he saw that their hair was trimmed dryly, and their hair was in their ears; The original color of the coarse linen short clothes on the body has narrow vertical patches on both shoulders, just like the epaulettes of the officials of the Northern Mansion, which are all vertical epaulettes.

It is estimated that the patches were deliberately sewn from white white cloth, and the custom of imitating military clothing has always permeated Maicheng.

Liu Bei said: "I am a merchant in Yizhou, I heard that Maicheng's specialties are the best in the world, and I don't know the specific market, so I may say it?" ”

"Yizhou?"

The head of the household looked at Liu Bei suspiciously, looked sideways at the west, and frowned at Liu Bei: "Half a month ago, a group of people said that they were merchants from Yizhou, and they also came from the east like Mr. ”

"You don't know this, my master wants to go back to Yizhou, not from Yizhou."

Guan Xing took two steps forward and said in an unhappy tone: "My master has a question, and your answer is, saying that it is a good answer, and it will be beneficial." ”

"Oh? I see...... It's not that the people are suspicious, but that group of merchants wander around the society, asking this and that, just like spies. Mr. didn't know, Yan Jun heard that he led the officials to arrest him, and when he asked, he realized that it was the imperial historian from Jiangcheng. ”

The head of the household is on a hoe, and anyway, there is no fear on the side of the road, and the conversation comes up: "My family will also go to the wharf to work during the slack time, and many Yizhou people come by boat and leave by boat." The people of Yizhou also look strange, with a boxy face that is close to the Ba people, a big nose, and big eyes, not like Mr. ”

Guan Xing frowned, and took out the big bamboo and wood talisman from his arms: "This talisman issued by Yan Jun in Maicheng, we are indeed the businessmen invited by Yan Jun, and we are good people, not bad people." ”

The head of the household caught the rune with both hands and looked at it, looking serious as if he could read it, and after reading it, he handed it back to Guan Xing, unhappy: "Why don't you take it out early?" ”

Liu Bei smiled and asked, "Are you literate at your feet?" ”

"Hehe, I don't know a few."

The head of the household put his left hand on the handle of the hoe, and raised the back of his head with his right hand, slightly proud: "The twenty-seven characters of the rune section also recognize eight words, and the rest of the words look familiar, which should be true." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but take a long breath of turbidity, and looked surprised: "Could it be that Maicheng educates the people, can every household have literate people?" ”

"How can there be such a scene, it is Yan Jun who has an order, asking each family to write their names and places of origin. If you can't write, you will be forced into conscription for three days a month. ”

The head of the household said that his eyebrows fluttered, and he was a little excited: "My family once had a neighbor who was a Ba man, who would rather serve than learn to write. At that time, the public moved to Nanxiang and established Zhaoyangyi...... It was Deng Guo, and the barbarian followed. ”

The appearance of schadenfreude pretended to be suspenseful: "Nobleman, what do you guess?" Over there, the public is in charge, this barbarian has the courage to join the army, and when he came back this year, he was able to help people read and write family letters! ”

"Hehehe, this person is a good life."

Liu Bei raised his chin and smiled, and then asked: "Jiangdu said that Chen Gong moved to Maicheng Mufang, what are the specialties in the city now, and what are the prices?" ”

"The craftsman is gone, but he can still make spinning wheels, spinning wheels, cocoon wheels and waterwheels, but there are not as many as in the past, and apprentices are also recruited, and my eldest nephew is learning to work in the woodmill. Now the best business in the city is paper, white paper and straw paper. ”

The head of the household blinked his eyes and thought: "The imperial court is also short of money, Yan Jun made a lot of paper, and the imperial court has no money to buy it." Now there are many northerners, and the paper sells quickly. He also said that Wei Wei in the north is almost finished, and the world will be peaceful by then, and a lot of paper will definitely be used. There is no war in Yizhou, so it should be able to sell paper. ”

"Paper?"

Liu Bei nodded slowly, and then asked: "I heard that there are a lot of looms in Maicheng, and Xiangzhou silk and linen are transported to Maicheng to be woven into cloth, what is the price of this cloth?" ”

"The year before last was fine, but last year there was no chance for outsiders to interfere."

The head of the household said with a smile: "The original little Hanshou Hou Guan Jun is a relative of my father-in-law, and he is the younger brother of the princess. Now it is the prime minister of Hanshou to collect Jiangnan silk and hemp and transport it to the city, and Yan Jun is divided into textiles everywhere, so if Mr. wants to do business, I am afraid that it will be late, and he should go to Hanshou Houguo to buy it. ”

Seeing that Liu Bei's expression was lowered, the head of the household also understood, and continued: "Although the little Hanshou Marquis has changed to a smaller Guan Jun, the princess likes to keep it in the museum, and she also sent a batch of cocoons to Hanshou. Sowing seeds is a neat ...... I'm not afraid of Mr. jokes, before moving to Maicheng, I didn't know that there was a cocoon in my clan. ”

During the conversation, Zhang Fei walked out of the public toilet, Liu Bei Yuguang glanced at it, turned his head to look over, turned back to Guan Xing and said, "This time, I will do paper trading and reward money." ”

"Yes."

Guan Xing tied a belt today, hung a lot of leather boxes and leather bags, and found ten straight hundred and five baht in good condition, and handed out two brand-new food stamps: "This ticket is given by Yan Jun, and it is useless to return to Yizhou, so I will reward you together." ”

"The small people are often blessed and rewarded by the nobles."

The head of the household smiled, grabbed it with both hands and bowed down to thank him, and then carefully looked at and observed the two grain stamps with a face value of one stone, and the food stamps in circulation in the market became less and less.

Liu Bei saw all this in his eyes, and said as he walked towards the carriage: "Anguo, the matter of paper cannot be delayed. Filial piety first understands the suffering of the imperial court, and I also understand what filial piety is planning. This paper is really a move for the benefit of the country and the people, and the paper-making skills are not confidential, and the imperial court is undoubtedly monopolized or collects heavy taxes, but filial piety must be expressed first. ”

Seeing that Guan Xing was silent, he seemed to be thinking about dealing with this matter.

Liu Bei didn't want him to be embarrassed, so he said: "Hanshou has no specialty, so you can assist Maicheng in making paper, which is exclusively for the imperial court." ”

"Yes, I understand."

Although he has not returned to Fengguo much, he knows that there is a high degree of commercial cooperation between Fengguo and Maicheng, and Maicheng's good things are given priority to supply Nanyang, and some will be squeezed out to increase productivity for the Marquis of Hanshou.

This year, Tian Xin transferred manpower to develop Lingnan, and many products in Maicheng began to circulate normally and collect taxes; At the same time, it also increased the support for the Marquis of Hanshou.

With the equipment sent by Mai Cheng in hand, the Marquis of Hanshou could naturally induce, encourage, and lead the people below to carry out production planning and innovation.

With superior resources in hand, the people below are willing to do their best to obey the assignment.