Confirming that Ma Jin and others really left, Fang Xiuniang ordered the servants to close the door, but she was worried, so she added two thick bolts and arranged a servant to be on duty day and night. When she returned to the upper floor, she said worriedly: "Girl, do you want to say something different from Xu Langjun?"

Su Tang flatly refused and said, "Don't bother him, I have my own opinions on this matter. You are not allowed to go to Xu You privately, have you heard it?"

"Okay!" Fang Xiu Niang knew that Su Tang had just had a dispute with Xu You, and she couldn't help asking for help, but if she really encountered danger, she would have to ask Xu You for help. Nowadays, Qiantang seems to be getting more and more uneasy. It is easy for ordinary households to live a stable life, but Su Tang's beauty is uneasy and he will always inexplicably cause trouble. Finding a support is better than being alone.

She is Su Tang's wet nurse and grew up feeding her breasts. For Su Tang, she can do anything, including her life!

Xu You didn't know what happened in Su's house. He took Shan Sect to the Sajinfang in the suburbs early in the morning. On the way, he asked about Fang Sinian's progress. During the past two days, the Shan Sect had been staying in the courtyard of Sijin and was very excited about the progress. He said that it might be that Fang Sinian could officially enter the threshold of the ninth grade in just one year. Although Xu You was optimistic about Fang Sinian, he was not as optimistic as Shan Sinian. It was even more difficult to enter martial arts. Laying a solid foundation was more important than anything else. It was already a blessing that Fang Sinian could enter the ninth grade in three years. In ten years, becoming a young master is enough to be proud.

It was said that by chance, the ox cart just entered the gate of Sajinfang, and it happened that Uncle Yan bought the refractory bricks and came back. Xu You went up to check it out. The quality of the bricks was OK and could not be compared with later generations, but it also fully met the needs of building a fire wall. He didn't rest at the moment, and took all the troops to work together. Before dark, he built the three basic frames inside and outside the fire wall in a drizzle. After the sun cleared, he spent another two days to build the soil and apply mud. After drying, the fire wall could basically be put into use.

After experiments, Xu You expanded the specifications of the movable papermaking machine several times, further improving the papermaking process, such as calendering, pulp, filling powder, adding wax, and applying glue. For example, when applying glue, starch glue was used more frequently ink-receiving properties. However, after being stored for too long and curled repeatedly, it would cause cracks on the paper surface and bulges, causing the ink marks on the paper to fall off and cannot be stored for a long time. Just imagine, after writing, copying, and drawing, it turned into a ball of stains after a while. Is it bad?

Therefore, Xu You used plant glue, mainly solids produced by distillation with rosin, also known as rosin glue. After the paper surface treatment, this disadvantage can be completely overcome. By applying glue in the paper, the capillary pores between the fibers are greatly reduced, making the paper more tight and smooth, and the conditions for making large paper.

After five days of development, hundreds of failed times, and finally, before the meeting of the Qiantang Lake Yaji, it produced nine-foot-long and four-foot-wide paper. It was calculated as one foot of Chu State that was about 26 centimeters, which was close to the specifications of six-foot-open rice paper in later generations.

Fang Kang's eyes glowed, he knelt on the paper, rubbing the paper with his hands and refused to leave. He has been making paper for many years, and has always copied large and small papers based on customizations from the Ministry of Works. He never thought that one day he could make such vast paper?

Uncle Yan could hardly help himself, and took Xu You's hand and kept saying, "Mr. Lang is really a god! He is really a god!"

Cang Chu and other members did not understand the significance of the appearance of this large piece of paper, but they looked curious and surrounded them, and were amazed. Xu You had no time to enjoy the cheers of worship, so he immediately asked Fang Kang to make more than twenty pieces, load them on a ox cart, and take Shanzong back to the county town.

As soon as he entered the house, He Ru sent Gu Yun's letter, opened it and saw it briefly described the goodbye, and the focus was on various precautions for the Yaji. It was also at this time that Xu You learned that this time, Qiantang Lake Yaji, and Yangzhou Dazhong Zheng, would also come. It was called having fun with scholars, but it was actually a three-year observation person. Gu Yun asked Xu You to prepare well so that he could shine in Yaji. Once he was in the right position, it would be of great benefit to his reputation and future.

"Zhang Zihua..."

Xu You looked at He Ru, he was not unfamiliar with this name. When the legend of the White Snake became popular in the Three Wus, the seven-character poem "After the Rain of Qiantang Lake" was well known to everyone. Dazhongzheng of Yangzhou once gave a very positive evaluation, which indirectly helped Xu You.

However, he knew very little about Zhang Zihua, so He Ru further introduced the origin of this person. He Ru deserves to be a master of all things and said: "The Dazhongzheng in Yangzhou was previously served by Yang Kun from the Hongnong Yang family. Later, Yang Kun had an affair with the Yang clan who remained in Wei State and was convicted and imprisoned. Now he is still waiting for trial in Huangsha Prison in Jinling, and the position of Dazhongzheng was vacant."

"So a group of wolves are around?"

He Ru laughed and said, "A group of wolves are around... Although Qilang is a joke, it can be used to describe the situation at that time. Yangzhou, the foundation of the country, a state of Zhongzheng and a rank, is the first gateway to becoming an official. Clear and turbid are divided from this. The clear and turbid are the best, and the turbid are the lower. The lifelong encounter and future are all in the hands of Zhongzheng official. Therefore, the major families have fought for the struggle, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a group of wolves."

"A state Zhongzheng must be a local, with a big surname in Yangzhou, only Gu Lu Zhu Zhang, Kong He Yu Wei, Zhang Zihua must be a member of the Zhang family? What is the reputation?"

"Yes, he is the legitimate son of the Grand Tutor Zhang He. After Zhang He died, he was appointed as the Secretary-General and a nobleman of the third rank. People at that time said that Zhang Zihua was pure and beautiful, knowledgeable and good at literature, and had a good relationship with Situ Yukuan in private."

"That's it. The Great Chung-Ching-Ching is selected by Situ, and Zhang Zihua's victory must be the result of Yu Kuang's strong recommendation."

"Zhang Zihua is a native of the country and meets the requirements of being a candidate for the Grand Chung-zheng. With Zhang's help, it is unexpected that it is reasonable to be responsible for the beauty of the ninth-rank official in Yangzhou."

Xu You pondered silently. Gu Yun highly praised Zhang Zihua in his letter, saying that he was the most fair person, knowledgeable, loved and sympathized with talents, and did not use his family to easily determine others. In his words, he was urging Xu You to pay attention to this opportunity and not to take it lightly.

"Let it go!" Xu You put down the letter and smiled, "Feiqing is too impatient. Now I am a white shirt. So what if I just participate in the evaluation? It's better to decide on a lower-level product!"

"Only the fixed rank can be selected by the Ministry of Personnel. Zhang Zihua really wants to set the rank for Qilang, which means that the master has no intention of suppressing Qilang for a long time. This is a good thing!" He Ru thought for a longer time and said, "Even in order to test the master's intentions, Qilang must do his best to force Zhang Zihua to give you a rank on the spot."

Xu You got up and ordered the autumnal equinox to pack up the letter, saying, "Don't forget that Meng Xingchun asked me to humiliate Lu Xu in public. It's so ostentatious that it's impossible not to let Zhang Zihua pay attention!"

The next day, the wind was sunny, and there were more and more ox carts on the banks of Qiantang Lake. The curtains were covered with silk ears, white copper was decorated, and clean oil was painted. They were everywhere with the luxury of the gentry. Even the servants who followed the ox cart were dressed brightly and were full of spirits. Not to mention the Qiantang people who came to watch the fun, from the old white-haired man to the young man, from the old woman, to the young girl, the viewers were like walls, surrounding the lakeside.

Xu You took Zuo Yu to walk among the bustling crowd, enduring the pungent incense in the air, and chuckled: "The noble ones take the car, the cheap ones go by. You and I have no disciples to accompany you, so I have to walk as a car!"

Jingyuan is not far from Qiantang Lake. He was too lazy to hire a ox cart and came here while wandering around with Zuo Qi. It was quite as charming as the famous scholars of the Wei and Jin Dynasties as they pleased.

Zuo Qi smiled too. He followed Xu You for a long time, and his mentality and knowledge were many times higher than before. How could he care about the so-called noble and humbleness in the eyes of others? It was strange that Xu You rarely talked to him about any great principles, but unknowingly, what he thought about had exceeded the scope of understanding of most people. For example, in this moment, the noble masters of the gentry stood or lie down, greeted each other, and their demeanor was almost impeccable. In the past, they could not say that they were ashamed of themselves and didn't even dare to look at them. Now they can handle it calmly and not be ashamed of their status.

"It's good to walk. Judging from the regulations of these people's ox carts, half of which are beyond the rules, Dazhong really needs to be investigated...ha!" Zuo Qi said gloatingly.

"How could Da Zhongzheng care about such small things?" A man happened to pass by the two of them. He stopped and scolded him: "The authentic people regard free and easy nature as the first priority. Where are the common things like ox carts? But based on their preferences, they can do it freely and naturally."

Zuo Qi knew that Xu You was going to take the opportunity to become famous today and was unwilling to be troublesome. He apologized: "What the husband said is, don't blame me for being rude!"

The man glanced at him, with a mighty figure, not like a scholar but a martial artist. He stopped talking, but kindly warned Xu You, saying, "There are so many people here. Please restrain your divisions, don't be too much."

Xu You smiled and said, "Didn't ask for advice?"

The man shook his head and said impatiently: "It's really a vulgar thing! When we meet, we will never see each other again. What's the use of asking for names?" After that, he shook his sleeves and left, leaving Xu You and Zuo Qi looking at each other, and suddenly laughed at each other at the same time, holding hands together, almost burst into tears.

"That's Lone Mountain?"

The two separated the crowd and walked to the river bank. Xu You pointed to the mountain peaks that were looming in the middle of the lake and asked. Gu Yun said that the location of Yaji was on Gushan. Although he had been to Qiantang for a long time, he rarely went out, and he had never visited Qiantang Lake. He was not sure whether the mountain in the lake was Gushan.

Zuo Qiong nodded and said, "I asked someone for inquiries yesterday. There are Gushan Mountain. It is said that there are three pavilions on the mountain on the first floor, with thousands of plum blossoms and bamboo seas stretching up and down. When it comes to snow, it is as beautiful as a fairyland." His words were filled with regret, "Some time ago, the snow was heavy and the mountain was white. Unfortunately, the rain in the past few days has been raining and the snow has melted almost, so I have no chance to see it."

"The snow scene is better than the snow scene, and it is also wonderful when it is sunny. This mountain is beautiful, and the beauty is here in the mountain itself, not in the snow!"

"Mr. My husband's wonderful speech!"

When he heard the sound of high-fives coming from behind, Xu You's lips touched the corners of his lips. It was not good when there were too many people, and he would be listened to whatever he said inadvertently. Forget it, people in this era still like to chat with him; forget it, they don't like to chat with beautiful women, they just like to chat with men.

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