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 behavior.

"Yes, it seems that the border has grown a lot in the past few years." Chen Mo paid attention to Chen Jin, and paid no less attention to Chen Zheng than Chen Jin. After all, the place where Chen Zheng was located was quite dangerous.

In the past two years, Chen Zheng has made a lot of contributions on the battlefield. He fought bravely and shared the joys and sorrows with his soldiers, which earned him the support of the border officers.

"Dad, every 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 this second son, Chen Mo shook his head and said: "In addition, you have to stay in Luoyang for the next two years.

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

"Don't worry, the border can still stop 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 way of fighting of barbarians. 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 his children are 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 is good to respect the strong in the army, but a ferocious tiger may not be able to fight a wolf when it is old. Fengxian is already old. His tricks could be overwhelming 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 rallying military morale, which you cannot learn from Fengxian." Chen Mo.

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. During the period of being trapped in the camp, you must memorize them all. When you can be recognized by the trapped camp, I will let you return to the border. Fengxian is old, and the border is

A young general is needed to replace Fengxian, and I hope you can do better than him by then!" Chen Mo looked at Chen Zheng and smiled.

"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 to reunite with their families. The New Year's Eve of each year is the most leisurely time for others, but the opposite is true here. All subordinates will come here during this time.

It's not just his subordinates who are visiting. Now that Chen Mo is the prime minister, one person is more powerful than ten thousand people. The actual controller of the imperial court and all the wealthy families in Luoyang 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 still 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. People coming from Zhongyuan

Because of the wealthy gentry family and the personal relationships within the Chen family, Chen Mo is actually 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 officials or generals, how to communicate with others is a science. There is no way to teach them. They can only let them have more contact.

With more children, they will become more familiar with dealing with others. Now that they are still young, even if they make some mistakes, everyone can understand them. When they are older and 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. Under the suppression of Lu Bu, Taishi Ci, and Zhao Yun, this year's border crossing was the most comfortable in recent years. Only Lu Bu seemed to be aware of it.

He was old and wanted to prove himself again. He took the initiative several times and defeated the Xianbei Shanyu. He personally came to Luoyang to request a truce. Chen Mo took advantage of the situation and detained him in Luoyang.

As for whether the various ethnic groups outside the Great Wall will cause chaos because of this, if the Chan Yu is gone, there will definitely be chaos for a while, but this has nothing to do with Chen Mo. Only if the civil strife continues is that we are friends. If they unite, then Chen Mo will have a headache.

Sun Quan's harassment of the Shouchun area still happened from time to time this year. However, due to the death of several county magistrates last year, Chen Mo strengthened the defense of the Shouchun area this year. The veteran Han Qiong fought a few battles with Jiangdong, but there was no major battle.

There was victory and defeat for each other, but in the end it was settled.

In the thirteenth year of the Han Dynasty, due to the good harvest in the Central Plains the previous year, Chen Mo began to encourage reclamation and the development of craftsmen in the Central Plains. This year, a minor event happened. Sima Fang and Zhong Yao

Asking Chen Mo for help, the two families joined forces to open the first officially authorized bookstore in Luoyang. The printing technology was transferred from the hands of the imperial court to the hands of aristocratic families, hoping to suppress the increasingly popular small workshops in the market.

This is considered the first paper bookstore, but the groups it faces are still mainly wealthy families or poor families. As far as the books themselves are concerned, Luoyang Bookstore, which has obtained the technology of the imperial court, sells books that are of high quality and exquisiteness.

It is far superior to the books that are now available on the market from small workshops, but the price is too expensive, not much cheaper than bamboo slips, but at least the writing has gone from being priceless in the past to now at least it can be bought with money.

No matter when, what money can buy is cheap. Only what money cannot buy is the truly precious thing. Therefore, Luoyang Bookstore was really making money every day in the beginning.

It's just such a hugely profitable business. Even the family backgrounds of the Sima and Zhong families can't suppress others. A new round of fighting between the DPRK and China has begun again, but this time it is not centered on Chen Mo, but on the Sima and Zhong families.

Become the target of attack and annihilation by everyone.

Chen Mo gave a few more places in due course. In the fourteenth year of the Han Dynasty, the Yingchuan Bookstore opened by the Chen family in Yangzhai, the Chang'an Bookstore opened by the Huangfu family in Guanzhong, and bookstores were also opened in Yanzhou and Yuzhou.

Down there are Jizhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Xiliang. In just one year, under Chen Mo's rule, there were 28 more bookstores in Lingling.

However, the small workshops did not disappear because of this. On the contrary, due to the continuous emergence of regular bookstores, printing technology flowed into the people at some point. The books produced by the small workshops became more and more exquisite and cheaper, and the common people and poor families became more and more popular.

People are willing to buy from these small workshops. In order to combat these small workshops, major bookstores continue to lower the prices of books.

In short, during the fourteenth year of the Han Dynasty, when the Han Dynasty was generally peaceful, another kind of war broke out within the Han Dynasty. This was a rare war situation in ancient and modern times. There was no smoke, but the intensity was no less than a real war.

In order to gain its dominant position, the family originally could only see some books on the market such as The Analects of Confucius. In the second half of the year, some rare books could be seen in regular bookstores, and orphaned copies began to be circulated in the market.

Corresponding to the continuous increase of bookstores, each county began to build its own academies. The three studies proposed by Mi Heng in his early years have now begun to be quietly established in this book war. At present, most local students are from poor families, common people and

They are mainly children of soldiers, and there are not many real civilians. After all, even though the people's lives have been better in the past two years under Chen Mo's promotion, they are not so good that they can support a son to study in an academy. For the people, it is the same as at home.

With one less labor force, at most families with a slightly better financial situation will buy a few books to pass down to their families to give their children a chance to learn how to read. Among them, the most purchased one is the Thousand-Character Classic created by Chen Mo in his early years.

In this bustling year, on the contrary, Chen Jin's marriage in the prime minister's house seemed a bit inconspicuous amid the series of great events.

For the Chen family, Chen Jin's marriage is not a trivial matter. Although Chen Mo said that he doesn't care if he is a good match, it is unrealistic for Chen Jin to marry a commoner. Even if Chen Jin is a county magistrate, he will not be too different from ordinary people.

The time when Chen Jin could interact more with ordinary people was when he was the third elder. Now that he has been promoted to the county magistrate, the person who has the most contact with the people is probably the government office that handles cases.

Besides, there are not only a lot of beauties around Chen Mo, but the five wives and concubines, even the worst-looking ones, can be considered pretty if they are placed in the same place. In addition, after Chen Jin was born, Chen Mo has achieved some achievements, and there are also maids in the family. It can be said that he has been a beauty since he was a child.

Growing up in such an environment, it is really difficult for him to see girls from ordinary people's families.
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