The Nameless of the Common Clans

At the end of the year, both Chen Jin and Chen Zheng came back. Compared to Chen Jin, Chen Zheng obviously had more of a murderous spirit, and he also had a military demeanor in his actions and actions.

"Yes, it seems that the border has grown a lot in recent years." Chen Mo pays attention to Chen Jin, and he pays no less attention to Chen Zheng than Chen Jin. After all, the place where Chen Zheng is is still quite dangerous.

In the past two years, Chen Zheng has made a lot of contributions on the battlefield. He is brave in combat and can share the joys and sorrows with his soldiers, which makes him quite popular among the border soldiers.

"Dad, every year in winter and early spring, there are more barbarians. Let the children come back at this time..." Chen Zheng complained a little.

"Your mother misses you." Chen Mo said lightly, then blocked Chen Zheng's words. Looking at the second son, Chen Mo shook his head and said: "In addition, you have to stay in Luoyang for the next two years. "

"Why is this?" Chen Zheng asked in shock.

"Don't worry, the border can still block the barbarians even without you. Since you want to be a general, you just know that fighting is not enough. You have to know how to run an army." Looking at his son, Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Be brave enough to fight. Ruthless, that’s the Hu people’s style of play. If you want to become a peerless general, you still have a lot to learn.”

"Then Marquis Wen..." Chen Zheng retorted subconsciously.

"Do you obey him?" Chen Mo asked back.

"Marquis Wen is quite powerful in fighting, but the child is far inferior." Chen Zheng nodded.

"If you were braver and better at fighting than him, would you still obey him?" Chen Mo asked again.

"This..." Chen Zheng was at a loss. If he were more powerful than Lu Bu, would he obey Lu Bu?

"It's good to respect the strong in the army, but a ferocious tiger may not be able to fight a wolf when it gets old. Fengxian is already old. His tricks could overwhelm the world when he was young, but in this world, outstanding people appear every year. Bravery alone is not enough for talents. Since you have experienced the cruelty of war, what you have to learn next is not just war, but strategizing and gathering military morale. You can't learn it from Fengxian." He waved his hands and smiled.

Chen Zheng nodded silently, looked at Chen Mo and said, "Please ask father for advice."

"After the new year, you go to the trap camp. There are things you need there. I have told Gao Shun that if you go to trap camp, you should start as a soldier. Starting next year, trap camp will have more opportunities to fight in trap camp. Based on your merits, I will give you eighteen military books , when you are trapped in the camp, you must remember everything to me. When you can be recognized by the trapped camp, I will let you return to the frontier. Fengxian is old, and the frontier needs young generals to replace Fengxian. I hope you can Do better than him!" Chen Mo looked at Chen Zheng and said with a smile.

"My child obeys the order." Chen Zheng bowed and said.

"Okay, go see your grandmother and your mother. The New Year is coming soon." Chen Mo patted his son on the shoulder and said.

"Here!"

Because of the continuous wars over the years, although now they have stopped fighting to recuperate, the court's money and food are always not enough. As the prime minister, Chen Mo's life in this mansion is relatively poor, of course, compared to the past.

During these New Year's Eve days, the Prime Minister's Mansion also has a holiday, allowing the officials in the mansion to go home and reunite with their families. The New Year's Eve of each year is the most leisurely time for others, but it is the other way around for Chen Mo. All his subordinates will come over during this time. Visits are not limited to subordinates. Now that Chen Mo is the prime minister, one person is less than ten thousand people. The actual controller of the court and the entire Luoyang family with some wealth will come to visit.

Chen Mo won't see everyone, but he won't turn people away. Even if he doesn't see them, he will let the butler receive them. After so many years, the Chen family has its own set of procedures, but this year there are many more people than in previous years. The wealthy gentry family, as well as the personal relationships within the Chen family, so Chen Mo is the busiest in the past few days at the end of this year.

Chen Jin and Chen Zheng were also sent by Chen Mo to receive them. This can be regarded as a kind of experience. Whether they are an official or a general, how to communicate with others is a science. There is no way to teach them. They can only let them have more contact and contact. With more children, they will become familiar with dealing with people. Now they are still young, even if they make some mistakes, everyone can understand them. When they are older, if they make mistakes again, they will be secretly scolded for not having a tutor.

In fact, there are many people who despise Chen Mo because of his background. However, Chen Mo rarely pays attention to these gossips. It is impossible for everyone to like it. As long as he has a clear conscience, the foundation of the Chen family has been strengthened little by little with Chen Mo's efforts. These sounds will disappear over time.

Now the second generation of the Chen family, Chen Jin and Chen Zheng, have begun to rise to prominence. As long as there are no problems with the third generation, the Chen family's legacy will be there.

The twelve years of the Han Dynasty passed quietly in such an atmosphere. With the arrival of the thirteenth year of the Han Dynasty, the world was at peace. Chen Jin took the people Chen Mo prepared for him and sent them to Chengde. Chen Zheng went to the trap camp and started his journey. In another period of his military career, the Hu people in the north did not make a big fuss. , Zhao Yun's suppression, this year's border crossing can be said to be the most comfortable in recent years. Only Lu Bu seemed to be aware of his old age and wanted to prove himself again. He took the initiative several times and defeated Xianbei Dan. Yu personally came to Luoyang to request a truce, but was detained in Luoyang by Chen Mo.

As for whether the various ethnic groups outside the wall will be in chaos because of this, there will definitely be chaos for a while if the chanyu is gone, but this has nothing to do with Chen Mo. Only when civil strife persists are we friends. If they unite, then Chen Mo will have a headache.

Sun Quan's harassment of Shouchun still occurred from time to time this year, but because several county magistrates died last year, Chen Mo strengthened the defense of Shouchun this year. The veteran Han Qiong fought several battles with Jiangdong, but there was no big fight. They won and lost, and finally nothing happened.

In the 13th year of Han Shou, because of the bumper harvest in the Central Plains the previous year, Chen Mo began to encourage land reclamation and the development of craftsmen in the Central Plains. This year, a major event happened. Sima Fang and Zhong Yao asked Chen Mo for permission, and the two families jointly opened the first officially authorized bookstore in Luoyang. The printing technology was sent from the court to the aristocratic families, hoping to suppress the small workshops that were increasingly rampant in the market.

This is the first paper bookstore, but the target groups are still mainly aristocratic families or commoners. As for the books themselves, the Luoyang Bookstore, which has acquired the court technology, sells books that are far superior to the books that are circulated in the market from small workshops in terms of quality and exquisiteness. However, the price is relatively expensive, not much cheaper than bamboo slips, but at least the text has gone from being unsalable to being available with money.

No matter when, what can be bought with money is cheap, and only what cannot be bought with money is truly precious, so Luoyang Bookstore really made a fortune at the beginning.

However, such a lucrative business, even the family background of the Sima and Zhong families, could not suppress others. A new round of struggle in the court started again, but this time it was not centered on Chen Mo, but the Sima and Zhong families became the targets of everyone's attack.

Chen Mo gave a few more places at the right time. In the 14th year of Han Shou, Yingchuan Chen family opened Yingchuan Bookstore in Yangdi, Guanzhong Huangfu family opened Chang'an Bookstore in Guanzhong, Yanzhou and Yuzhou also opened bookstores, followed by Jizhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Xiliang. In just one year, under Chen Mo's rule, there were 28 more bookstores.

However, the small workshops in the market did not disappear because of this. On the contrary, because of the continuous emergence of regular bookstores, printing technology was introduced to the people at some point. The books made by small workshops in the market became more and more exquisite and cheaper. Commoners and poor families were more willing to buy in these small workshops. In order to crack down on these small workshops, major bookstores continued to lower the price of books.

In short, in the overall peaceful 14th year of Han Shou, another kind of war broke out within the Han Dynasty. This was a rare war situation in ancient and modern times. There was no gunpowder, but the intensity was no less than a real war.

In order to gain their own advantage, the aristocratic families could only see some books like the Analects on the market. In the second half of the year, some precious books could be seen in regular bookstores, and the lost orphan books began to circulate in the market.

Corresponding to the continuous increase in bookstores, each county began to build its own academy. The three schools proposed by Ni Heng in his early years have now begun to be established quietly in this book war. At present, local students are mainly from poor families, commoners, and the children of soldiers. There are not many real civilians. After all, even if the people have lived a better life in the past two years under the promotion of Chen Mo, it is not so good that they can support a son to study in the academy. For the people, it is equivalent to losing a labor force in the family. At most, families with slightly better family conditions will buy a few books to pass on to the family so that their children have the opportunity to learn to read. Among them, the most purchased one is the Thousand Characters created by Chen Mo in his early years.

In this lively year, it is Chen Jin's marriage in the Prime Minister's Mansion that seems a little inconspicuous under the continuous celebration.

For the Chen family, Chen Jin's marriage is no small matter. Although Chen Mo said that he didn't care about the match between the two families, it was unrealistic for Chen Jin to marry a commoner. Even if Chen Jin was a county magistrate, he would not have too many interactions with ordinary people. The time when he could really interact with ordinary people should be when Chen Jin was the third elder. Now that he has been promoted to county magistrate, the most contact with the people is probably the court case.

Besides, although Chen Mo is surrounded by beautiful women, the worst appearance of his five wives and concubines is considered pretty if placed in the local area. In addition, Chen Mo has achieved some success after Chen Jin was born, and there are maids in his family. It can be said that he grew up in an environment surrounded by beautiful women since he was a child. Growing up in such an environment, it is really difficult for ordinary women to catch his eye.

And this Chen Jin's wife, whose status is not too high, but not weak, is the daughter of the Huaiyin Bu family, and is also from the same county as the Chen family. The woman's name is Bu Lianshi.