Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

"This kind of hard work is so tiring, why should we do it?"

"That's right, we are here to learn, not to work for you."

"After so long, you haven't taught us anything. You can do these tasks yourself."

"We have to study, not work."

As soon as Li Yi'an's words fell, they were opposed by the four of them.

They looked at the sun so big outside, and they had to work hard to dig a pool. The most important thing was that they really didn't learn anything during this period of time.

Although they never thought of learning anything from Li Yi'an from the moment they became apprentices, they can't always be free laborers.

"You really don't want to do it?"

Li Yi'an didn't force it either.

"Of course not!"

Yuchi Baolin shook her head and said.

"Then you have left the teacher, and you can go back wherever you came from. If you don't do it, I will find someone to do it later."

Li Yi'an's attitude made them somewhat flustered, which was equivalent to being expelled from the teacher's school.

If they let their father know, if they are driven away by the husband, will there be any good fruit to eat when they go back?Absolutely not.

Cheng Chumo remembered that Cheng Yaojin once said that even if the husband asked him to pick up shit, he had to do it. After hesitating for a long time, he picked up the guy to do the work first, and the other three people saw him. They all confessed.

"It's almost there!"

Li Yi'an clapped his hands in satisfaction: "Dig it out for me as soon as possible, as long as it's done well, I won't treat you badly."

After leaving here, Li Yi'an immediately went to the county government of Wannian County to find the new county magistrate, saying that he wanted that piece of poor land.

At this time, the land is still state-owned, and private sales are not allowed. Even if it is a piece of poor land, as long as you are not from a wealthy family, you can occupy it if you can’t. Recorded in handbook.

It's just that, with Li Yi'an's current prestige, it's not a problem at all to get a piece of land. When the new county magistrate heard this, he went back to Chang'an and went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs for him, and then the Ministry of Civil Affairs told Li Shimin.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and felt that a mere piece of land was not enough for Mr. Yi's contribution to Datang, so he gave him all the more than 200 mu of uncultivated land around the poor land.

It is not only a poor land, but also one of the few saline-alkali lands near Chang'an, which cannot survive no matter what is planted. The ancients did not know how to transform the saline-alkali land, so it was abandoned.

Li Shimin didn't know the reason for this poor land, otherwise, he wouldn't have given it to Li Yi'an, but this was exactly what Li Yi'an wanted.

In the eyes of others, this place is worthless, but in Li Yi'an's eyes, the potential is endless.

It took a whole morning to complete all the procedures. In the afternoon, the new county magistrate respectfully delivered all kinds of certificates to the door.

Li Yi'an did not expect that Li Langjun was so generous.

In this case, he has to speed up his work, first find a group of people to come back, build a wall, and surround that piece of land.

Those people were the victims of the recent disaster and they didn't have enough to eat. As long as Li Yi'an gave them two bowls of porridge, they could work hard.

"You are too slow, go to rest while you guys, continue to help me dig the pool."

Li Yi'an called the Four Plagues of Chang'an aside, and found a few more people to replace him.

Besides that, he's still here, building several furnaces.

"Sir, what are you going to do?"

After all, Chang Sun Chong couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to ask the last question.

What's the use of getting so many things here, other than wasting money.

"papermaking!"

Li Yi'an said.

That's right, he just wants to make paper, and he wants to build a paper mill here.

Paper plays a very important role. In the Tang Dynasty, the use of paper was very common, but the price of paper was extremely expensive, and ordinary people could not afford it.

Before Li Yi'an went to set up a fortune-telling stall, he bought the worst quality paper, which cost five yuan a piece. For convenience, it was inevitable to use some paper.

Therefore, his paper is used repeatedly, and it will be discarded when it is impossible to write.

There are even some people who use bamboo chips to practice calligraphy. After finishing writing, they use a knife to cut off the handwriting and continue writing.

The reason is that there are many steps in the papermaking process at this time, and it is complicated. In the multiple processes, as long as any process goes wrong, all previous efforts will be wasted and turned into waste. Can it be inexpensive?

Li Yi'an has countless papermaking methods in the inheritance of craftsmen in great countries, including modern and ancient ones.

In the end, he chose a papermaking process in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which is to directly ferment the raw materials to make clinker, which can save a series of previous processes and greatly reduce the cost of manufacturing.

As for how to do it, we have to wait until the paper mill is built before we can try it.

This is also Li Yi'an's first step in counterattacking the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

In addition, he also wanted to use the papermaking technique to level up himself.

"papermaking?"

Li Dejian smiled and said, "Sir, do you know what your current situation is?"

"What situation?"

Li Yian asked curiously.

"You are the common enemy of the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs."

Li Dejian said: "The five surnames and Qiwang have already said that everyone will be prohibited from buying your things, whether it is food or other things, and even if you go to set up a stall to tell your fortune, no one will dare to come to you again."

Li Yi'an smiled and said, "They are really domineering, can they still influence how others buy things?"

Changsun Chong nodded and said: "As long as they find out that someone has broken their rules, they will unite and raise the prices of many daily necessities, such as cloth, grain, salt, etc., as long as these prices are raised, what do they want to do?" It will be all right."

Shijia, it really is amazing!

There are many people under them, and they basically control the economy of Datang. As long as there is even a little turbulence in the economy, it will cause unrest in the entire society.

A word from the family can even control the life and death of civilians.

"I advise you not to mess around, waste money in the end, get nothing, and continue to be targeted by their family." Cheng Chumo said.

"Do you think I'm afraid of them?"

Li Yi'an said disapprovingly: "At that time, I'm afraid they will beg me impatiently."

They were all thinking that Li Yi'an was just bragging and didn't take his words to heart at all.

"Sir, are you really, can't teach us anything?"

Chang Sun Chong changed the subject and said: "We came to apprentice, but our father forced us to get closer to the prince. If you can't teach us anything, I don't think you will come here in the future. Let's discuss it. How to deal with it on the father's side will be fine."

This was also what the other three were thinking at the moment, and they all looked at Li Yi'an.

"It's not impossible to teach you."

Li Yi'an pondered for a moment, and felt that it was really not good to let them do all kinds of work recently, and said, "Well, Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin, and Li Dejian, you all want to join the army, right? Changsun Chong, you don't have to think about it, just go into politics. After the factory is completed, I will arrange a contest to compare the capabilities of these two aspects with you, and it is up to you to decide whether to stay or not.”

"it is good!"

The four of them discussed for a while, and finally agreed.