Technology dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 323 Meeting
Although light snowfall has started in the north of Jingzhou, the winter in Jiaozhou is still warm.

Jiaozhou, Cangwu County, Guangxin City, Jia Xu's mansion.

Jia Xu, who had just finished handling the government affairs of Lingling County and Guiyang County and returned to Jiaozhou not long ago, received a greeting card written on a new piece of paper.

At present, very few new paper can be used in Jiaozhou. Even the students in the new school can only use it in the school.People who can use greeting cards are even more unusual.

And the person who sent the greeting card was not ordinary or unusual, it was beyond Jia Xu's expectation, which made him very surprised and happy at the same time.

The invitation was sent yesterday, and today the distinguished guest will come to visit.

Have friends come from afar!
What's more, it's an old friend. Jia Xu carefully prepared many good things for this old friend.

Early this morning, Jia Xu was waiting outside the gate of the mansion. The housekeeper at the house stood by and asked curiously, "Master, I don't know who is coming to the mansion today, is it worth waiting here in person?"

Although the butler has only been in the mansion for half a year, he can know Jia Xu's status in Jiaozhou. Among the six departments of the General's Mansion, he is not only as simple as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but also works part-time in the Ministry of War.

Even the great general Lu Bu visited Jia Xu many times, and he valued Jia Xu very much.Now in Jiaozhou, Jia Xu is also one of the most powerful people.

The butler was guessing that his master's family and relatives were not in Jiaozhou, and the person who could make him wait outside the gate of the mansion, besides the general, was probably someone with similar status to his master. He was very curious.

"Isn't the distinguished guest here?"

Jia Xu smiled and said that a carriage in front of him was approaching them.

The butler raised his head and looked forward, and found that the carriage coming towards them was very ordinary, it was a carriage that ordinary people could ride in, and there was no sense of dignity in people at all.

Soon, the carriage stopped next to them, and a middle-aged man got out of the carriage. After he gave the driver money, he asked the driver to leave.

"Haha... Wenyou, long time no see?"

Jia Xu strode forward to meet the middle-aged man.

That's right, this middle-aged man is Li Ru, whose style is Wenyou.He used to be Dong Zhuo's subordinate with Jia Xu, but Li Ru valued Dong Zhuo at that time and was willing to be his counselor, while Jia Xu did not agree with Dong Zhuo and has always been alone.

Both of them are well-learned and talented, and they cherish each other, and they have already become friends with each other in their hearts.

"Wenhe, it's been more than a year. It seems that your life in Jiaozhou is better than before."

Li Ru looked at Jia Xu a lot, and found that Jia Xu was a lot richer than before in Luoyang City, and apparently had a good life in Jiaozhou.

In comparison, Li Ru was much thinner than before, and his energy and energy were also weak, making him feel several years older.

Wenhe is Jia Xu's nickname, a Wenyou and a Wenhe, do they look like a pair of gay friends?
Outside the gate of the mansion is not a place to recall the past, the family invited Li Ru into the mansion.

After entering Jia Xu's mansion, Li Ru paid a little attention. There are many new tricks in the mansion, which are unique to Jiaozhou.

Jia Xu invited Li Ru into the middle hall, and asked someone to bring good tea and refreshments, and then the two chatted.

Jia Xu asked, "How long have you been in Jiaozhou?"

Li Ru took a sip of tea and said lightly, "It's been almost three months. I was a refugee and went south with other refugees from the Central Plains. When I came to Jiaozhou, I was resettled in Sihui County. I have houses and fields, money and food. ...As you said in your letter, Jiaozhou is very different, it is miraculous, it can be said to be a miracle, and it is difficult for humans to do."

As he spoke, he looked at the clay-fired teacup in his hand, as well as the tables, chairs, benches, potted plants, calligraphy and paintings on the wall, etc. in the room, and said, "Just like everything in your room, most of them are unprecedented, unseen, and unheard of. "

After coming to Jiaozhou for nearly three months, Li Ru sold the houses, fields, money and food not long after, and then traveled almost all the counties and counties in Jiaozhou, including those newly established counties.

Let him thoroughly see the difference in Jiaozhou. The salt that the common people eat is so white, like a treasure, but so ordinary, and there are endless food, especially sweet potatoes and corn, unprecedented new food, The yield is surprisingly high again!
The people in Jiaozhou, who have enough food and clothing, are not greedy for enjoyment. They work very hard. Not only are the fields never neglected, but they also raise a lot of poultry, and some start small businesses.They pursued higher pursuits: building a new house, a big house, sending their children to school, using better food, eating better food, promising future, marrying well, earning well, being an official is even better...

In short, in what I saw and heard, there were too many things that subverted Li Ru's cognition. It felt like a dream, but some of them really existed.

"It's been almost three months since you've been here. With your temperament, you can't sit still. You've already traveled all over Jiaozhou, right? Isn't it shocking, like a dream, thinking that Jiaozhou is now a paradise?"

Jia Xu knew Li Ru well and was sure he would do this.Otherwise, I wouldn't come to visit myself.If Jiaozhou disappointed him, he might quietly find a deep mountain and live in seclusion completely.

"Yes, everything in Jiaozhou is unbelievable. If the princes of the Central Plains know that Jiaozhou has such a high yield of grain, they will definitely try their best to snatch it." Li Ru said: "Lu Bu is even more incomprehensible, like A different person. He didn’t know where to find these new grains, and he was smart enough not to let them flow out of Jiaozhou, and he was very smart in governing Jiaozhou with lenient entry and strict exit!”

Even if Li Ru wants to leave Jiaozhou without authorization, it will be very difficult unless there are mountains.Even if you walk on the mountains, you will be discovered soon, because Lu Bu will arrange people to check the household registration regularly, and also arrange people to pay attention to the mountains leading to the Central Plains.

It is easy to come in Jiaozhou, and the salary is surprisingly generous, but if you want to go out, you must have a special document from the General's Mansion.

"It's not just new grains such as sweet potatoes and corn. Even rice has a bumper harvest this year, and the output is much higher than before."

Jia Xu admired Lu Bu more and more, and said: "Besides, there is also sea salt dried in a special way, which is as white as a treasure. There are big red bricks for building houses, which are fired in a brick kiln. There is also a kind of The thing called "cement" is amazing, it can be used together with big red bricks to build a solid house, and it can also be used to build roads, flat and solid."

Red bricks and cement have now been fired and some are practical, but they cannot be mass-produced.But even so, Jia Xu was amazed.

"Oh, there are other things like this?" Li Ru had never seen red bricks and cement before, so he became curious.

Jia Xu smiled, stepped on the ground, and said, "This ground is made by mixing cement and pebbles. Look, it's amazing!"

"this?"

When Li Ru first came in, he felt that the ground was familiar. At this moment, he suddenly said, "Isn't this the same as the classroom and playground in the new school? No wonder I felt familiar from the beginning, but I didn't pay much attention to it."

"Wenyou, have you also visited the new school?" Jia Xu asked, "Then you have also seen the new knowledge taught by the school?"

"Yes." Li Ru nodded and said, "Actually, I am already the teacher of Guangxin No. [-] Middle School, and I have only attended classes for a few days.

I started to get in touch with those new knowledge after I came to Jiaozhou.Especially the 26 letters and pinyin, as well as the arithmetic of Arabic numerals, it is too seconds.

If it had appeared hundreds of years earlier, I am afraid that there would be more bachelors and more scholars today.

Whoever comes up with such a simple and practical method, his merits and virtues are bound to be comparable to those of saints! "

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(End of this chapter)