Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 55
Cao Cao and Li Bai arrived at least an hour earlier than the people in the carriage behind, so Cao Cao suggested that Li Bai take him for a stroll around the city.

Li Bai readily agreed to this.

The two were walking on the street, with more than 30 guards leading horses following them around. When countless people saw this scene, they knew that the two were important figures. No matter where they went, someone would make way for them.

"Hey, what is that?"

Suddenly, Cao Cao discovered something terrible, and he hurried towards a shop.

Seeing Cao Cao walking quickly, the others also quickly followed.

It turned out that Cao Cao discovered a bookstore.

Books were very important things in the Han Dynasty. There is a book, which is usually read many times by the owner.

Cai Wenji’s father, Cai Yong, is said to have 2000 volumes of books. Cai Wenji has been reading since she was a child. She has a very good memory and can write more than [-] volumes word for word. This incident has been recorded in history.

Of course, the books that Cai Wenji read were bamboo slips, and a volume was estimated to be only a few hundred characters at most, and some of them might only be a hundred or so.

If there are two thousand volumes of books like Chinese textbooks, even if Cai Wenji is a god, she can't remember them.

Although paper has been around for many years, paper books only appeared with the introduction of Buddhism and the rise of hand-copied scriptures after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. After the Tang Dynasty, engraving and printing appeared, and paper books became popular on a large scale. .

And Cao Cao actually saw the paper book at the end of the Han Dynasty. I have to say that this is an extremely exciting thing.

It turned out that when Cao Cao passed by the bookstore, he saw someone flipping through books in the bookstore, so he stepped forward to check.

"Guest officer, what books do you want to buy?"

Seeing Cao Cao approaching, the shopkeeper of the bookstore hurriedly got up to greet him.

"You, is this a book?" Cao Cao asked, pointing to the books on the counter.

"It's books. These books are printed by our Yuyang printing factory, and they have only started selling in the past few months." The shopkeeper explained to Cao Cao.

"What books do you have? Let me read one." Cao Cao asked the shopkeeper.

"We have a lot of books here, including four books and five classics, history and mathematics, human geography, physical chemistry, literary poetry, medical classics, military art of war, etc., etc." The shopkeeper said to Cao Cao: "I don't know what the guest officer wants to read. Which kind?"

"Give me a copy of the Art of War." Cao Cao said to the shopkeeper.

"Okay, here, this is the art of war book, and you can buy one for only [-] yuan." The shopkeeper handed a book of art of war to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao nodded, then opened the book.

"Huh? This book is so exquisite."

"This paper... good paper!"

"This word... good word!"

As soon as he got it, Cao Cao couldn't help but exclaim three times in a row.

Then, he read the contents of the book again.

In his opinion, the recording method of this kind of book is different from that of the bamboo slips. The bamboo slips are recorded vertically from top to bottom and from right to left, while this book is recorded horizontally from left to right.

Even so, it did not affect Cao Cao's reading of the contents.

"Huh? This book contains a lot of art of war! "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Wu Zi's Art of War", "Sima Law", "Wei Liao Zi", "Six Secret Teachings", "Three Strategies", there are even some that I have never read. Art of War, yes, yes, I bought this book."

Cao Cao was very happy and signaled a guard beside him to pay.

"Shopkeeper, show me the other books too." Cao Cao set his sights on other books.

"This book "Into Nature" is good, I bought it."

"I bought this "Scientific Discovery"."

"This "Common Sense" is also good, I bought it."

Later, as Cao Cao flipped through the books, he also bought one book after another.

"Prime Minister, there is not enough money."

Soon, after Cao Cao bought six books, his guards told him that the money he brought was not enough.

"That's a pity." Cao Cao shook his head, and then said, "In that case, let's buy it later."

In Cao Cao's view, there are so many beautiful books with so many words in them, and they are sold so cheaply that he wished he could buy all the books in the bookstore.

Of course, Cao Cao has no money now, but that doesn't mean he will never have any money. When he has money later, he will definitely buy all the books here.

"Go, turn around again." Cao Cao told Li Bai.

Afterwards, the two continued walking with more than thirty guards.

Next, whenever he went to some shops that Cao Cao had never seen before, Cao Cao would ask Li Bai, and sometimes he would go up to check.

Especially a clothing store, Cao Cao even ran in to have a look.

After he came to Yuyang, he found that many people here were dressed differently from those in other places.

It's not like traditional clothes or foreign clothes, but it's more beautiful.

"Prime Minister, this is a kind of clothing that has only emerged in Youzhou in the past two years. It is easy to make, and a set of clothes and pants can save a lot of fabric, and it is convenient and beautiful to wear, and it is more convenient to wear it when working." Li Baichao Cao Cao introduced.

Soon afterwards, Cao Cao saw another shoe store.

"Prime Minister, these are xi, these are clogs, these are boots, and these are shoes."

Li Bai pointed to the shoes in the shop and introduced them to Cao Cao one by one.

"This skirt is the one we usually wear, but the material is better and the workmanship is more refined. This is silk skirt, this is cloth skirt, and this is hemp skirt."

"These clogs are made of wooden cotton threads, so they are very cool to wear in summer."

"This is a boot made of animal skin. The sole of the boot is stitched together with many layers of leather. It is not only waterproof, but also keeps you warm in winter."

"These are thousand-ply cloth boots, made of cotton cloth from Yuyang, very strong and durable."

Li Bai introduced them one by one, which opened Cao Cao's horizons.

"This customer is right, do you want to buy a few pairs?" Hearing Li Bai's introduction, the shopkeeper of the shoe store stepped forward to sell them.

"Shopkeeper, what are the best shoes in your shop?" Li Bai asked the shopkeeper.

"Then it's these buckskin boots, of course. They're tanned with the best buckskin. Look how soft the buckskin is."

The shopkeeper continued to introduce and said: "Look at the soles again. There are iron nails in the soles, which are non-slip when walking, and will not fall even in rainy days."

"Then how much are these shoes?" Cao Cao asked the shopkeeper.

"It's not expensive, it's not expensive, you can take these shoes with you for only five thousand dollars." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"Five thousand?" Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Li Bai was very surprised.

Five thousand is not too little, but too much.

The workers with the highest wages in Yuyang City do not have [-] a month. Ordinary workers can only afford a pair of shoes if they do not eat or drink for two months.

This is simply...

"I want this pair of shoes. In addition, shopkeeper, you can prepare a few larger pairs. We don't have enough money for the time being. I'll get someone to buy them when I get back." Li Bai saw that Cao Cao liked the shoes very much, so he asked Cao Cao to buy them. The shopkeeper said.

"Well, sir, you can come here any time." The shopkeeper said happily.

"Prime Minister, after a round, it's almost time, shall we go back?" Then Li Bai said to Cao Cao.

"Okay, then go back." Cao Cao nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)