Gao Wu went to Liang Palace on the first day of the winter moon.

Emperor Liang Linxuan, and Pei Xia, the Minister of Rites, read the book of the book, and appointed Gao Zhao as King of Goguryeo, and gave him crowns, seals, festivals and other items.

But there is no map.

Gao Wu was a little confused. Could it be that the Liang Dynasty was first established and the various systems were rough, so the map was not distributed?

After accepting the enthronement, Honglu Temple originally planned to keep him for a while, but Gao Wu insisted on leaving, so he did as he pleased.

Their group arrived at Haipu, Qingzhou. It must have been the twelfth lunar month. At that time, there might be fine ice floating near the sea. It is still a question whether they can go to sea. They are likely to be stranded in Qingzhou.

Of course, Gao Wu was not that stupid. He went back by land, and went north through Youzhou, passing through his many ally Yuwen Xianbei and Fuyu Kingdom's territory back to Goguryeo.

Before leaving, Gao Wu collected the letter from Guo Shu and Emperor Liang's handwritten letters, and prepared to buy some goods and even books from the Central Plains to take them back.

Especially the latter, I heard that the price of Chinese and Korean books has dropped sharply. Although I don’t know why, it is definitely a good thing. I have to spend most of the money before I can stop.

Gao Wu went straight to Bianliang Bookstore in the first stop.

This is the location of a front shop and a back shop, which is the front yard selling books and the back yard making books. Gao Wu looked carefully and was slightly disappointed. There were not many types of books.

He picked up the closest book to him, but it was a book whose real name was "Farming Collection".

Gao Wu looked carefully and found it useful, so he asked, "I dare to ask the Lord, how much is this book worth?"

Master Si was an old man with scars on his face and only one hand. The sleeves on the other side were empty. He looked at Gao Wu first and saw that Jinxian Guanzhan on his head was short and his ears were very large, almost covering his ears, which were a little different from the Central Plains. He asked, "Where are you from?"

"Goguryeo." Gao Wu raised his head and said in a steady tone.

When the old man heard this, his face changed and said, "Three pieces of Chenliu's miscellaneous silk, or a thousand open-top treasures."

Gao Wu was secretly happy, not expensive!

However, he already knew that the price of Chinese and Korean books had dropped, so he bargained: "Maybe it cheaper? I will buy other books."

The old man said impatiently, "Isn't this cheap? How thick does this book look like? How good is the paper used? Thirty years ago, this book would have to be used with rattan paper, copying, proofreading, and binding, and it would take several months. It would be a small price for ten pieces of silk, and it might not be sold."

In the past, books were not very circulated, and there were very few bookmakers. This is because scholars who read and read were not necessarily willing to do this job. Even if they copy books, they were collected for their own collection, and they rarely circulated on the market. The prices of books were so expensive.

Of course, rather than saying that books are expensive, monopolized knowledge is more expensive.

People always say that poor students are so poor that they have to work hard on their own, but the knowledge they have mastered is already a huge amount of wealth, but it is not easy to monetize.

Now that there is woodblock printing, people are still printing, and copying books in parallel. Although the price of books has dropped sharply, it is still difficult for ordinary people to reach.

This is the case with books, and those who master book knowledge will only be more expensive, which is one of the difficulties in popularizing education.

Gao Wu naturally knew that books were precious, and it was normal to be more expensive, but it was related to money, so he still said, "Is five hundred dollars okay?"

The old man didn't seem to have a good temper and said coldly: "If you can't afford it, don't buy it. People who eat raw meat and drink blood in the remote areas of Goguryeo also want to study?"

Gao Wu's face surged, and he said, "Goguryeo is a major country in Haidong. People eat grains and have a million household registration. Isn't it because the scepter is too despised us?"

"One million household registration?" The old man laughed: "One hundred thousand people are so strong that they still grow grains. Can they grow in such a cold place?"

Seeing him like that, Gao Wu suddenly became too lazy to explain.

The Central Plains scholars he met may have been very polite and polite, but their inadvertent words and deeds always reveal their ignorance of Goguryeo and almost treat them as savages.

A while ago, he sat down with Xun Xu, the head of the Honglu Temple. During the meal, he mentioned that the wealthy family in Goguryeo had four pillars to store grain. Xun Xu thought he was talking big and said that the "Three Kingdoms" records that Goguryeo has no kind fields and that the people are not enough to be honest, so they are more practical than diet.

Gao Wu was very angry when he heard this and could only try his best to explain that sometimes when planting grain, the frost in the sky will indeed fail to harvest, and the grains are not enough to fill their stomachs. However, they usually grazed cattle and sheep and raised pigs. Moreover, the country is full of mountains and rivers, and the fishing catch is extremely rich. Every day after the autumn harvest, they will fish and hunt, make dried fish, jerky, and meat sauce to prepare for winter.

It is proof that there are nearly 100,000 households in Goguryeo, but in the Han Dynasty, there were only 30,000 to 40,000 households, and the number of household registration increased more than doubled in a century.

But people still don't believe it, so there is nothing to do about it.

Gao Wu asked someone to get his usual money and threw it on the table, saying, "A book of "Agriculture Collection".

The old man's eyelids were twitching, but he didn't say nonsense and just gave him the book.

Gao Wu asked his followers to pack their schoolbags and picked more than ten books from other categories before he left the bookstore.

*******

At noon, the group went back to the guesthouse for lunch, and then came outside Bianliang Fang City.

The concentrated trading period in the market has ended, and now most of the people entering the market are scattered merchants, which is full of them.

Gao Wu entered through the south gate of the fang wall, and suddenly felt the traffic was crowded and crowded.

"Sun Datou, where is my armor? Are you okay?" A loud shout came from not far away.

Gao Wuxun looked at him, but saw a strong man rushing into the crowd, which made everyone dissatisfied.

One of them sneered: "Chen San, where is your armor? Could it be lost on the battlefield?"

The strong man was too lazy to pay attention to him, and only explained to the others who looked at him: "That a guy has been in great numbers for many years, and he has been very worm-eaten. He has thrown it to my family. Come here to buy a new one."

Everyone suddenly realized and stopped talking.

Those who come here either buy new armor, repair old armor, or paint leather armor, or buy some armor sheets and belts.

Small objects such as buckles should be replaced by themselves.

Zuo Jinwu Guard has been established for many years, and now it is divided into different levels according to financial resources. Some people can use iron armor, while others can only use leather armor. In terms of raw materials, leather armor is divided into pig skin, cowhide, sheep skin, deer skin, etc. The prices are also different, but they are very complicated.

The amount of financial resources you have should buy the corresponding equipment, and cannot be generalized.

"Chen San, Xinjia wait for another seven days." As he spoke, Sun Datou, who was selling leather armor, came out and said.

"You have pushed it once, have to wait?" Chen San was a little unhappy.

"No wonder I'm not bad. My buckles are made by villagers from Kaifeng County. However, many young men were recruited in September to transfer their supplies to Youzhou. They only came back a while ago." Sun Datou said, "There are fewer people working, what can I do?"

Chen San had nothing to say.

He bought leather armor to fight, and Ding Zhuang from Kaifeng County was recruited for war.

To be fair, Ding Zhuang and others don’t want this.

After autumn sowing until the spring of the second year, there was generally little farming, and it was often a good time for them to earn money and subsidize their family income. Some people built houses for rich families and worked hard to make money.

Some people have craftsmanship and can take advantage of some scattered manual work to make money.

But once you start a service, you not only have no time to make money, but you also have to make money, which will make a big loss.

So he just said, "Don't miss Dongcao."

"I can't make a mistake. I don't know when you will fuck you someday?" Sun Datou said,

Chen San was speechless. He didn't know when Zuo Jinwu Guard would fuck him. Sun Datou actually knew. The crowd burst into laughter and said, "Don't look at Sun Datou's ugly appearance, his daughter is so beautiful. She was attracted by the military officials."

Sun Datou smiled and cursed, turned around and entered the room.

Gao Wu left silently.

It seems that the Liang Kingdom’s campaign against Murong Xianbei was not a false statement. It was already an arrow on the string and had to be fired.

He then walked along two cross streets in the market, and bought something he was interested in.

After a whole afternoon of traveling, he was about to leave the market as the sun sets.

The followers followed, and the sudden cart borrowed from Honglu Temple was filled with goods from the Central Plains.

He discovered something very interesting, just like I saw it at the leather armor shop at noon, many of which were made by farmers in nearby rural areas.

They can only make one small item, but they can't make the whole thing. However, the skills of Shencun are often not bad, and the skills of the village are not bad. They may be very ordinary at the beginning, but after doing more, they become proficient.

The most important thing is that it is done a lot, it is fast, and it is still very cheap, which is much cheaper than a craftsman completing the entire goods from beginning to end.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a job for a while. It's done in the slack season, and people don't rely on this to make a living. Do it if you have a job, and do it if you don't have a job, or just watch it casually.

Have a lot of experience!

Gao Wu thought about it and left the market.

A fleet of cars and horses came in front, and hundreds of men who looked like seventeen or eighteen years old were followed behind.

The leader rode a horse and saw Queen Gao Wu, and bowed on the horse.

Gao Wu hurriedly replied the gift.

He had seen this person, Shao Yu, the King of Yan of Daliang, worked in Youzhou all year round.

Out of a subtle emotion, Gao Wu quickly took people away.

Shao Yu withdrew his gaze. He actually had a little subtle emotion and vaguely regarded Gao Wu as his opponent.

These days, he talked with his father about the business of Pingzhou since the Han Dynasty. He mentioned why he could only occupy Pingzhou but not move north. He was puzzled. His father was a little hesitant at first, but later he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly realized, picked up his pen and wrote the three words "Frost-free Period" and explained in detail.

According to my father, Goguryeo's territory is northerly, even if the weather is good, it will roughly be frost in August and September every year, and will not end in March and April of the next year. In fact, it may be only 140 days without frost, and up to 150 days.

In this case, there are very few crops to choose from because there is only four or five months of growth period.

The Lelang in Pingzhou has about 40 days more than the frost-free period of the two counties in the country of Goguryeo, and some places near the sea even have 60 days more.

My father said that the frost-free period in Liaodong County is similar to that in Lelang and the two counties in the belt, and the frost-free period in several counties across the sea from Qingzhou is even longer.

Because my father went to Yinshan but frost, Shao Yu agreed very much.

So, the truth is now revealed: This is why the Central Plains dynasty has only controlled the counties of Pingzhou since the Han Dynasty.

The Goguryeo people only have four or five months to farm, so they can only choose millet, millet, beans, etc. The Central Plains usually grow for five or six months before harvesting, while the Goguryeo people have to harvest at most four months. Obviously, the varieties are different, and the harvest is naturally different.

From this perspective, the Goguryeo people had a strong impulse to go south, and in their eyes, Liaodong County was simply a treasure land.

After retracting his thoughts, Shao Yu got off the horse outside the wall and then entered the market surrounded by everyone.

Two young officials ran around and helped buy equipment if there was any on the spot. If there was no one, they would pay a deposit. At one time, they would buy hundreds of sets, including armor, swords and guns, bows and crossbows, etc., and even bran bags, military boots, cotton clothes, etc.

The young men were very excited. Most of them came from the left and right cavalry guards and basically could ride horses. Many of them even practiced cavalry warfare since childhood.

More than 14,000 families only recruited more than 300 people, but few people looked, but soldiers were more expensive than elites. At least these people were willing to fight for their lives with him, so they did not lack courage.

The heavy snow fell down, sprinkling with bows and swords.
Chapter completed!