Chapter 157 Things change and people change
Gululu!
The four-wheeled carriage pulled by two tall horses traveled unimpeded on the streets of Xinzheng City.

The carriage was guarded by Qin knights in iron armor, strong and powerful, with murderous aura all over their bodies. The horseshoes fell on the wet ground after the snow fell. Although the snow was cleared in time, it still made a crisp sound.

"It seems that I have underestimated Tian Xuanzi!"

The owner of the carriage, Han Fei, the Imperial Censor of the Qin Dynasty, opened the window on one side of the carriage and looked around Xinzheng City with a pair of bright eyes. Although blood stains could be vaguely seen on the stone carvings and eaves, most of the shops on both sides of the street were not closed in this cold winter.

Occasionally, there were people wearing coarse linen clothes selling some grain and vegetables.

If it weren't for the bloodstains that could not be wiped off, Han Fei really couldn't believe that a war had really taken place in this city not long ago.

Amidst his emotion-filled words, Han Fei slowly lowered the curtain and let the carriage pull him towards his former home, now the Qin King's Palace.

"Master Han Fei, long time no see."

The General's Mansion, which was occupied by Tianxuan as an office, was not far from the Han Palace. When Han Fei arrived near the General's Mansion, Tianxuan, wearing a bearskin cloak, was waiting with Han Fei's old acquaintances: Zi Nu, Nanyue, and Li Kai. As for the four women of the Yin-Yang family headed by Yan Fei? Coincidentally, just yesterday, the Yin-Yang family sent news that the batch of classics had been copied and entered Yingchuan County.

For schools like the Yin-Yang School, the books collected by the Yan State over the past 800 years are themselves a priceless treasure. Fearing the loss of the books, the four women left overnight to receive them. After receiving them, they would escort the originals back to the Yin-Yang School, while Tianxuan, a disciple of the Tian Sect, would escort the copies to Mount Zhongnan.

Tianxuan, as a young man, stood in front of the crowd, looking at the carriage that Han Fei was riding in, and it came into his field of vision. Finally, the carriage stopped ten feet away from Tianxuan. Tianxuan raised his lips and greeted Han Fei, who was slowly unveiling the curtain of the carriage.

"Master Tianxuanzi, it's been a long time since we last met..."

Han Fei slowly opened the curtain and was about to exchange a few words with Tian Xuan when his attention was attracted by Zi Nu and Li Kai standing behind Tian Xuan. In an instant, Han Fei's eyes were filled with joy, emotion, nostalgia, sadness and other emotions, and finally turned into a calmness that seemed to be indifferent to everything.

"Master Han Fei, please come in."

A few days ago, Tianxuan received the news that Han Fei came to replace him as the governor of Yingchuan County to appease the Han people. Although Tianxuan was reluctant to hand over the power when he first took it, this power was given by Zhengge, and it was reasonable for Zhengge to take it back.

"please."

Han Fei had recovered. He glanced at Zi Nu and Li Kai and his daughter, and accepted Tian Xuan's invitation as if nothing had happened.

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Tianxuan ordered people to prepare a banquet and arranged Han Fei's favorite dishes. In the hall where Ji Wuye summoned the Night Party members in the past, there were tables and tables, various dishes exuded rich aromas, and the top-grade wine released a warm aroma. The aroma of the dishes and the aroma of the wine blended together, making Han Fei feel confused in time and space, as if it was still the time when the night covered Korea.

"Tian Xuanzi, this is a bit too extravagant!"

After everyone took their seats, Han Fei looked at the dishes in front of him and frowned.

Tian Xuan smiled lightly: "Master Han Fei, you don't understand this! In a time when everything is in ruins, appropriate luxury can actually promote the recovery of the market. Moreover, I didn't use even a single tael of silver from the treasury. I used all my own private money!"

"I almost forgot," Han Fei understood what Tian Xuan said, picked up a piece of bear paw meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth, "Master Tian Xuan, you are not only an official of the Qin Dynasty, but also a wealthy man who made a fortune with your book "Honghuang"!" "Thank you for the compliment!"

Since he knew that Tianxuan did not use the money in the treasury, but used his own money. Han Fei seemed to want to vent his hatred for Tianxuan's destruction of Korea on this meal of delicacies from mountains and seas, and he ate a lot. Precious ingredients such as bear paws, abalone, and Tianjiu shark's fin kept entering his stomach. If it weren't for the difference in the aura, Tianxuan would have doubted that the person who appeared in front of him was really the noble and elegant Han Fei, and not a beggar who had been hungry for several days in disguise?
Even so, Tianxuan couldn't help but feel veins throbbing in the corners of his eyes.

"Han Fei," Zi Nu saw her old friend eating without manners, and she wanted to tell everyone that she didn't know this person and had never seen him before. After taking a few deep breaths and calming down, Zi Nu said nonchalantly, "Why are you eating so fast? No one is competing with you for the food!"

"It's rare for me to eat at a rich man's house, so of course I have to eat and drink my fill." After eating a bear paw, three abalones, and drinking a bowl of shark fin soup, Han Fei seemed to have finally calmed down the glutton in his stomach, and raised his head and said confidently.

Tianxuan: "..."

Tianxuan tried several times before he suppressed the urge to punch Han Fei.

"Someone, bring up the latest government affairs!"

Tianxuan told himself not to look at Han Fei and greeted the outsiders.

"Here."

Tian Xuan gave an order, and the attendants who had been prepared quickly brought up a large pile of bamboo and wooden slips. The bamboo and wooden slips were piled together like a small mountain.

Gulu!

Looking at these bamboo and wooden slips piled up like a small mountain, Han Fei couldn't help but swallow his saliva and turned to look at Tianxuan in disbelief: "Tianxuanzi, you are not going to tell me that these are the matters I need to deal with, right?"

"Of course!" Tian Xuan said seriously, "I have almost finished handling the matters that I am responsible for. These are all your responsibility!"

"Ugh!"

Han Fei had been an official in Qin for many years and was used to writing a lot of things on thin paper. Facing this pile of bamboo and wooden slips that looked like a small mountain again, he was somewhat unable to accept it. However, he had seen many storms after all, and after a moment of distraction, he reacted and knew that Tianxuan was not teasing him.

He picked up a scroll of bamboo slips that was placed in front of him, played with it for a few seconds, and then threw it back silently.

"When will paper become universal? Bamboo slips are not only troublesome, but also painful!"

Tian Xuan sighed, "If we want to fully promote paper throughout the world, at the very least, the Great Qin needs to unify the world! You know, the sale of paper is now a major source of income for our Great Qin!"

Compared to heavy bamboo and wooden slips, paper is much lighter; compared to expensive silk, paper is also much cheaper. Therefore, the nobles of the six eastern countries like to purchase paper. Zheng Ge also understands that the outflow of paper is inevitable. After controlling the manufacturing process of paper, he has always turned a blind eye to the outflow of paper, and even secretly supported some people to sell paper to the six eastern countries, in order to obtain a huge amount of wealth and fill the treasury after years of war!

(End of this chapter)