In the years of ancient traders

"General, our paper mills in Dingzhou, Cangzhou, Yizhou, Zhaozhou, Shenzhou, and Jizhou have all suffered disasters. Yin Heng sent people to arrest the shopkeepers and accountants of each shop in the name of tax evasion."

Li Youhe was lying in the arms of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl in the gentle countryside. Hearing this, he lazily opened his eyes.

"Tax evasion?" Li Youhe repeated, as if he didn't understand these words.

The staff at the side quickly said: "General Li, according to the law, there is a commercial tax in the seven prefectures, but it was never mentioned before, so everyone will pretend that they don't know."

"To collect taxes with me, who is Yin Heng?" Li Youhe pushed the girl away and stood up, lifting the waist of his trousers, "Great me, I dare to move my paper workshop, it's so fucking boring!"

The staff shrank their heads back. His master is good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and in war... this territory was obtained by fishing in troubled waters. If he fights with the Yin family now, he will definitely suffer.

"General, don't worry, it's going to be winter now, let's argue with him after spring begins." The aide said, "I heard that the imperial court is secretly preparing for war, so we can take advantage of the chaos..."

Li Youhe thought about it, and felt that it made sense, and it was uncomfortable to go to the battlefield in winter with the biting cold wind.

"Okay." He was too lazy to lie back, his belly stretched out, and let the girl tickle him.

Yin Heng moved very quickly. Within ten days after the road show ended, all the Yi'an Paper Shops in the cities of the other six states closed their doors and closed their stores.A few days later, the Yi'an Paper Workshop in the county town under the prefecture also closed down for various reasons.

As soon as the Yi'an Paper Workshop collapsed, all places immediately fell into a paper shortage.

The paper stamped with the Song Ji Red Seal appeared overnight in various states and counties.

Sanniang brought a group, and Song He and his wife brought another group, and went to the states and counties to set up branch offices in two routes, north and south.

Many of the original paper workshops and other workshops followed, and even Yan Zhuo followed Sanniang's team all the way to Cangzhou.

The journey is long, and it takes physical strength to open a shop and build a workshop. Song Anan ordered two hundred people from Beiying to travel with the Song family's team.

Together with Anan, Song Shu also brought a team, including soldiers from the Northern Camp and some employees from the Song family.They set off from Hengzhou, first went to Dingzhou and Yizhou, and after arriving in Cangzhou, they circled back, and then went to the other three places, visiting every place where they planned to open a shop or build a workshop.

Song Shu had already appointed a manager in those places, and Sanniang or Song He and his wife had already explained something, so he didn't need to worry about the specific matters, but these people were novices after all, and they would help them solve various problems they encountered when they arrived in a place. This kind of question is necessary.

Sometimes, going to one place once is not enough. They have to live in the state capital and travel to different county towns every day.

After walking around like this, by the time the members of the Song family returned to Hengzhou, it would be the Chinese New Year.

"Are you going home for the New Year?" Song Shu asked Anan before going to bed at night.

For nearly three years in the Song family, Song Anan has been living with them, and now that his identity is clear, Song Shu feels that he should go home.

Song Anan was on the upper bunk. He spread his quilt, but he didn't speak.

"Still want to stay?" Song Shu asked again.

Song Anan still didn't speak.

He should go home, but he wants to be with Song Shu again.

"Go back." Song Shu said, "Just come back after the new year, and I will also go to Yin's house to pay New Year's greetings."

"..."

"Ah."

A few days ago, the hot pot restaurant was extremely lively, and it was even reserved for a wedding banquet.

Song Shu asked Song Anan to take care of him, and went back to Xianghe Village by himself.

When I returned to Hengzhou, I met Yin Heng who came to look for me in person: "How do you plan to spend this New Year's Eve?"

Anan was not at home, Song Shu invited Yin Heng into the main hall, Wuniang and Liuniang were also there, and followed curiously.They already knew Song Anan's identity. A few days ago, when Song Shu Sanniang and the others were away, the Yin family even sent someone to guard the door of the Song family to prevent the children in the family from being in danger.

But Yin Heng and the others met for the first time.

"Brother will be back in two days, let's cook a table of food at home." Song Shu said, he didn't have any special plans, it was just New Year's Eve, so how could we live it.

"My family has always lived with the soldiers in the camp, do you want to come?" Yin Heng said.

He saw Xiao Min two days ago, and Xiao Min asked him if he could not go home during the Chinese New Year.

This is definitely not possible, Aye will go crazy, and Xiao Min just wants to live with the Song family. Yin Heng thought about it, anyway, there are many people in his family during the New Year, so it's better to have them all together.

The Song family's food is one of the best, and both his daughter and Aye like it very much.

"Are you going to spend time in the military camp?" Liu Niang asked.

She had seen the camp from afar, but brother A and Anang were not there, so she didn't dare to go in.The soldiers standing guard there held their heads high and held their spears, very mighty.

"Yes." Yin Heng said, "My family is from the military, and I'm not used to serious banquets. There are not many people in the family, so I go to the camp every time to spend with the soldiers. In the afternoon, the soldiers will compete in martial arts. After the New Year's Eve dinner, Then we sang military songs around the bonfire, we can eat in the tent, and we can also be with the soldiers.”

"Want to go?" Song Shu asked Wu Niang and Liu Niang.

"Go!" Liu Niang shouted.

Wu Niang didn't speak, but nodded, and looked at Song Shu very seriously, looking forward to it.

"Okay, then thank the eldest son and the old general for their kindness." Song Shu said.

"You're welcome, but I, Aye, like your beer duck very much. If it's convenient, can I bring one?" Yin Heng asked.

"No problem." Song Shu smiled.

On the same day, Song Shu told Sanniang that Song He was still at the Zhifang in Dingzhou, and he would only be back on New Year's Eve.Song Shu made an appointment with Sanniang and the others, but don't tell Song Anan yet, and surprise him when the time comes.

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, Song Shu went to the workshop and personally made several large pots of beer ducks. They were all packed in large wooden pots and covered with a lid.

Song Anan was driven home by him the day before, and he has probably gone to the camp by now.

After Song Shu was done, Song He and the others also came.Together with him, Song He loaded the beer duck into the car and brought two more cars of beer.When Wu Shichang, who came to pick them up, saw them, he was amazed: "It's the first time I've seen so many beers!"

"It was just brewed the day before yesterday." Song Shu said, "There are a lot of people in the camp, so bring more."

In addition, there are two large pots of hot and spicy butter bottoms, which Anan likes to eat.As for the shabu-shabu dishes, Song Shu had already agreed with Yin Heng that they would prepare them there.

The people brought by Wu Shichang came up to drive the car.

This mighty three carts of food, it doesn't look like they are going to eat, it's almost the same as moving.

This New Year's Eve will be spent in Yin Rong's West Camp.

According to Wu Shichang, except for the two teams that were unlucky to stay in the North Camp, they have all gone to the West Camp.

"The little general went there early this morning. His face is not good. The brothers who challenged him were all beaten up." Wu Shi said long, it was the first time he saw the little general's irritable appearance, and he couldn't help it when he thought of it stop laughing.

This dog has a bad temper, why is he so upset to let him go home for the New Year?

Song Shu smiled and patted the bottom of the two big pots tied to the car.Song Anan will be very happy to see this.

With Wu Shichang leading them, Song Shu and the others traveled unimpeded.

When I entered the barracks, I saw that there were indeed many people inside. Some Song Shu had seen him in the North Camp, and others were strangers.

But these people basically knew Song Shu.

"Shopkeeper Song!"

"Treasurer Song is here, and the little general is practicing archery!"

"Shopkeeper Song is coming to celebrate the New Year with us?"

"Shopkeeper Song, go in quickly, the little general must be very happy to see you."

Perhaps because of the Chinese New Year, the atmosphere in the barracks today is very relaxed. Everyone likes to talk to Song Shu when they see him, but they just keep talking about the little general.It seems that someone else ran to notify first.

Song Shu's things were quickly picked up by the cooking team in the camp. He relaxed and walked in with Chief Wu.

First went to see Yin Rong, Yin Rong was talking to several generals under his account.

Last time at the hot pot restaurant, Yin Rong met Song Shu, but because of the incident between shopkeeper Li and Song Anan, they had never spoken to each other, so this time it was the real first meeting.

After exchanging pleasantries, Yin Rong found that Song Shu was carrying a cloth bag, so he asked what it was.

"This is a meeting gift for the general," Song Shu said. He untied the bundle from his back, opened it, and took out a thin soft armor from inside.

"What is this?" one of the generals asked.

"This is paper armor, made of paper, kapok, silk and inch nails. It is light and easy to wear, and it can withstand arrows." Song Shu said.

Song Shu found this thing in his hard drive, as if it was mentioned in a documentary program he did when he just graduated. The data was lying deep in the hard drive. , is really hard to find.

This paper armor originated in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song and Ming Dynasties. Because it is light, low-cost, and does not require tailor-made like iron armor, it can be mass-produced.

The northern camp and the western camp are all soldiers of Yin Rong and Anan, who should be of higher status in the army, but this is so, Song Shu saw that not all of them have armor.After all, the cost of iron armor is high.

Thanks to the expansion of the paper factory, Song Shu now has no shortage of paper, and it is very easy to mass-produce paper armor.

"Is this thing really resistant to arrows?" Another general in armor asked.He knew Song Shu's identity, so he was very polite. If someone told him that paper could prevent arrows, he would have been driven out as a liar.

"Of course, do you want to try, General?" Song Shu asked Yin Rong.

"Try!" Yin Rong got up.

If the paper armor is as Song Shu said, then they have obtained a great treasure!

Yin Rong led them to the school grounds, and the soldiers he saw along the way saluted him one after another.

Along the way with Song Shu, Yin Rong actually wanted to say something, but Song Shu's writing was weak, and he looked like a book reader. He was a rough man, and he really didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Yin Heng appeared halfway through the walk.

"The second child hasn't been found yet?" Yin Rong asked when he saw him.

Yin Heng shook his head.The people who were sent to build a paper workshop with Song Shu this time also looked for Yin Sheng separately before returning, but this kid seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no news at all.Although Yin Sheng is inconspicuous, he has the habit of doing free clinics. With his medical skills, it is impossible for him to remain unknown.

"I'm afraid it's out of Yicheng's realm." Yin Heng said.

With Song Shu by his side, Yin Rong couldn't say much.

Yin Heng and Song Shu said hello to each other, and went to the school together.

On the school field, Song Anan drew his bow and aimed at the target a hundred paces away.

"Little General! Shopkeeper Song is here!"

Someone yelled, and Song Anan shook his hand.

With a puff, the arrow flew out, passed by the target, and hit the ground.

"Where is it?" Song Anan turned around, only to see Song Shu standing on the sidelines, waving to him.

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