The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 59
Li Tai nodded: "That's right, this piece of paper is the one that takes the longest time. A lot of bamboo is added to the raw material, so it has better toughness, but bamboo is not easy to cook and soak, it takes too long, and it is rough. It's still relatively large, so other materials are being investigated."

Xuan Shijing put down the paper, thought for a while, and said, "Did you use white ash when soaking your hair?"

Li Tai shook his head: "That's not true, Shijing, what do you mean, you want to add lime to it?"

"Yes, there is no big problem with using bamboo as the main raw material. If you improve the process, it will be enough. Add lime to the pond, you can try it." Xuan Shijing said.

Several craftsmen present looked at each other and nodded, thinking that Xuan Shijing's suggestion could be tested. Seeing that the craftsmen nodded, Li Tai felt that he could also try it.

"Uncle Zhong, tell me to go down and buy some white ash. Don't buy too much at one time. If this stuff is not stored properly, it will easily agglomerate." Xuan Shijing looked at Zhong Zishuo.

Zhong Zishuo nodded in response.

Li Chongyi finally figured out what Xuan Shijing was going to do in building the paper mill. It turned out that he was improving the paper. He didn't think hard yellow paper was difficult to use before, but he realized it when he saw the newly improved semi-finished product that Li Tai brought out. , Hard yellow paper is so unbearable.

"Xiao Jing, how about sending a batch to my brother after this paper is made?" Li Chongyi asked.

Hearing what Li Chongyi said, Qin Ying, Chai Lingwu and Cheng Huailiang all spoke up.

"No problem, it's enough!" Xuan Shijing replied proudly.

The issue of paper improvement has been finalized for the time being. Xuan Shijing suggested that Li Tai and the others go to Zhuangzi for a walk to relax and get some fresh air. Li Tai thought about it, and then he could put aside the matter of paper making for a while, so he agreed .

Walking on the grass near Zhuangzi, blowing the wind, looking at the farmers who are busy in the fields, the wheat in the field looks a little wilted after a winter of severe cold, but as long as the spring comes, the pieces will be The emerald green will return to people's sight.

"His Royal Highness, as a prince, why do you want to come to Xiaojing's village and hang out with a group of craftsmen?" Cheng Huailiang finally couldn't help it and asked as they walked.

Li Tai smiled and said: "Don't underestimate these craftsmen. After getting along these days, I found that I am not as good as them. Zi said, three of us, there must be my teacher. If it weren't for these craftsmen, where would we be today? Let's see Arrived on snow-white paper."

"But you are so valuable." Cheng Huailiang was interrupted by Li Tai before he finished speaking.

"It has nothing to do with identity, I just enjoy the process of a new thing being born with my participation." Li Tai said: "There will be a big project on this village in two days, I don't know if you are interested."

When Xuan Shijing heard Li Tai's words, his eyes lit up instantly, Li Tai was going to drag these young masters into trouble.

Just as Xuan Shijing thought, Li Tai felt in his heart that if he was busy doing this and that in this village by himself, he would be so lonely, he might as well fool these people over.

When Chai Lingwu heard this, if he could come to Zhuangzi and be with His Royal Highness the King of Wei, then there would be a reason not to stay in the palace in the afternoon.

A few people were still hesitating, and Li Tai said again: "Look, why does this king live a good life in the palace, but why does he want to come to Shijing Zhuangzi to help him with work? As the saying goes, reading thousands of books is not as good as doing it." Wanlilu, you guys are going to do big things in the future, why not take this opportunity now to accumulate more experience."

Xuan Shijing silently praised Li Tai in his heart, he is worthy of being a cultural person, he still speaks so righteously when he fools people, understands the righteousness, understands it with reason, and moves it with emotion, Xuan Shijing completely forgot, That's how I fooled Li Tai back then.

Chai Lingwu, who was already a little moved, strengthened his confidence after hearing Li Tai's words, and agreed to Li Tai immediately.

Qin Ying felt helpless, he had spent the longest time with Xuan Shijing, what Li Tai said just now, no matter how you listened to it, it sounded like Xuan Shijing's words, and after a lot of thinking in his heart, Wei His Royal Highness may have been moved by Xuan Shijing's words at the beginning, so he came to Zhuangzi to help him make paper and do other things. If it was another family, Qin Ying would not care about it, but this is Xuan Shijing's after all. In the fiefdom, Xuan Shijing and himself are brothers, so knowing that Li Tai was fooling around, he also agreed. After all, he is also the king of Wei, and it is cost-effective to make friends with him.

Seeing that both Chai Lingwu and Qin Ying had agreed, Cheng Huailiang turned his head to look at Li Chongyi, and thought about it again. He is not the eldest son of the family. Although the Cheng family has a great career and he has a good relationship with his elder brother, he still needs to have contacts and experience. King Wei gathered a lot of children from aristocratic families, and now they are helping Xuan Shijing's Zhuangzi, and now Chai Lingwu and Qin Ying have also agreed to come to the Zhuangzi, why didn't he follow suit, so he agreed.

Seeing that the three of them agreed, Li Tai was secretly happy, and turned to look at Li Chongyi.

"Cousin, you see that your three brothers have agreed, so you might as well come here." Li Tai said to Li Chongyi.

Li Chongyi spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's the only way. If I don't come, who will bring Xiaojing over from the palace in the future."

Chai Lingwu put his hand on Li Chongyi's shoulder and said with a smile: "Heh, what you said, even if you don't come, I can still take Xiao Jing on horseback."

Li Chongyi slapped Chai Lingwu's hand off his shoulder with one hand: "It's just you? You are so frizzy, who will let you take Xiao Jing with confidence."

The three black lines on Xuan Shijing's forehead immediately slipped down, and the two emotionally became entangled in raising children, and they really regarded themselves as children.

How could they know that the combined age of Xuan Shijing's two lifetimes would be their uncle.

"Xiao Jing, look, our brothers have all gone to your village to help you, regardless of food." Cheng Huailiang joked.

"Of course I take care of the food. My house will provide all the lunch in the future." Xuan Shijing patted his chest and assured: "Bao Jun is satisfied."

In a first lunar month, the food at Xuan Shijing's mansion was already well-known in the circle of nobles, and it was all the credit of the generals who gathered at Yi Guogong Qin's mansion on the third day of the first lunar month. It was passed on and spread like this. Come on, if the nobles didn't think that Xuan Shijing was still young and had to take care of face, they would have found some excuses and feasted on their mouths, so a few people would be able to eat Xuanweihou at noon every day after hearing this. I am also a little happy about the food in the mansion, isn't it just to help Zhuangzi?It's not a big deal, it's earned.

But these four people haven't asked Li Tai what is the matter, Li Tai is also happy not to say, if these four people know that it is an errand like digging a river, can they agree so happily or not? Therefore, this Li Tai is also suffocating bad things in his heart.

(End of this chapter)