Great Zhou Tianzi

Seeing the Wei army retreating further and further away, Tuolongguan cheered, and everyone was filled with the joy of victory.

In this battle, Tuolong Pass had a total of 870 casualties, of which 96 died and [-] were seriously injured.

The next step is to provide pensions for the casualties and their families. For those who died in heroic battles, their families will be exempted from taxes for five years, and they will be given [-] taels of gold at one time. Their offspring can choose to join the army or work in agriculture when they grow up. Not subject to mandatory conscription.

Those who are seriously injured will be exempted from taxes for three years, those who are slightly injured will be exempted from taxes for one year, and a different amount of gold pension will be calculated.

After doing this, the warehouse in Tuolongguan was almost empty. Ji Jie finally understood that fighting is actually fighting for money. A small battle cost tens of thousands of dollars. If you want to use troops, you must rely on strong income. Backstage.

It's time to develop the economy. Only relying on thousands of hectares of land in the customs to grow food is not a long-term solution. It must have a stable income. Papermaking has been put on the agenda.

Paper is the most common thing in modern society, but the Warring States period in front of us has not yet been invented. According to the normal development of history, it will not appear until the Eastern Han Dynasty at least several hundred years later.

Even if we have never been in contact with this industry and cannot achieve large-scale industrial production, manual production can always be satisfied. The first step for Ji Jie is to solve the problem of raw materials.

In his memory, there are many raw materials that can be used to make paper, such as trees, bamboo, crop straw, etc., and these are extremely cheap raw materials, which can be described as inexhaustible. To produce paper that is cheaper than silk, the price of raw materials must naturally be kept to a minimum.

At the beginning of the experiment, Ji Jie first used bark with relatively high fiber content as raw material, steamed and boiled, cut off the obtained fibers, made pulp, and then made paper with a papermaking curtain, and exposed it in the sun.

The first piece of paper was invented in this way. Although it was still a little different from what was imagined and not very strong, it could barely be used as a writing material.

Ji Jie recruited a group of skilled craftsmen, taught them simple papermaking methods, and at the same time inspired them to a certain extent, allowing these people to explore other manufacturing methods in depth.

Soon, bark paper became the first finished paper to appear in front of everyone. The price of a piece of paper was only one percent of the brocade silk, and the writing was more fluent and the strength was not bad.

Ji Jie immediately proposed an improvement plan. The current bark paper is not beautiful in appearance. If there is a way to turn it into white, all the craftsmen put forward their opinions one after another, and soon entered the stage of substantive improvement.

The problem of bleaching is solved, producing a clean white paper.New varieties such as wood pulp paper and bamboo paper are constantly emerging, and the technology of using crop straw to make paper has also been mastered. A large area has been specially opened up in Tuolong Pass to build paper factories.

Sima Xueran was in charge of everything in the paper mill. She was not interested in this plan at first, after all, paper was something that had never appeared before. It was only after bundles of pure white paper were delivered to her that she realized that Ji Ji Jie's ideas are so practical, as long as these things are on the market, they will definitely cause a shocking change, and the heavy bamboo slips and expensive silk will be replaced overnight.

Just when everyone was full of confidence, Ji Jie proposed a new idea—to speed up the production speed. Although each papermaker can produce thousands of sheets of paper every day, this speed still cannot meet his requirements.

Using all available resources, such as water power, wind power, etc., he invited a group of skilled craftsmen through Qinqing to build a batch of waterwheels and windmills, which reduced the labor intensity of the workers and improved efficiency. In just a few months At that time, the process of making paper pulp was completely replaced by simple machinery by hand, and the method of papermaking was also being continuously improved.

The first batch of 20 sheets of paper was divided into twelve horse-drawn carriages and transported out of Tuolongguan, and then sold to surrounding cities in a mighty way.

Prior to this, Ji Jie ordered people to cut the paper to make originals, demonstrated writing skills in the city, and strongly recommended it to the government. Qin Qing's Qin's Trading Company spared no effort to promote it. big influence.

Within half a day of being on the market, ten cars of paper were sold out.

When I went out, I got ten carts of white paper, and when I came back, I got ten boxes of copper coins. After deducting the cost of labor and materials, I made a lot of money.

Qin Qing came to Tuolongguan in person to discuss with Ji Jie about joint papermaking. The two parties quickly reached a consensus that Ji Jie would produce technology, and Qin Qing would be in charge of sales channels, and the profits would be shared equally.

After defeating the Wei army, the management of Tuolongguan, which was extremely depressed, was in full swing, and the surrounding farmers migrated. The number of residents in Tuolongguan exceeded [-], and it looked like a large-scale city.

Looking at the lively scene, Qin Qing said with a smile: "Xiaojie, Sister Qing really didn't expect that you are so outstanding in everything you do!"

"Hehe, I'm a little embarrassed to say that!" Ji Jie thought to himself that what's so good about me is that I have more brains than you.

The paper mill under the management of Sima Xueran continued to expand its scale. The daily output increased from 30 sheets to [-] sheets. The daily income was more than a thousand gold. This alone brought in tens of thousands of taels of gold every month.

As a new writing material, paper has radiated hundreds of miles around, and it is continuously shipped to other countries through the cavalry of Qin's Trading Company. Inoue is the most talked about topic.

The formula and manufacturing process are strictly kept secret, this is Ji Jie's death order!

Just kidding, I have finally made a research result, so let's make a lot of money first and then talk about promotion. This is my patent!

The Tuolongguan army also developed rapidly during this period, with a number reaching [-]. They still use Ji Jie's training method to train troops.

Ji Jian proposed to buy some chariots to improve the combat capability of the army, but Ji Jie directly denied it. History has proved that chariots are flashy, and the impact on the plains can still show a certain degree of lethality. Once they reach the hills and mountains, they will immediately become a burden. .

His leading idea is to develop cavalry, and a brave cavalry is the foundation of invincibility.

The matter of papermaking came to an end, and as long as the development proceeded step by step, there should be no major problems. Ji Jie's attention began to shift, and his next goal was ordnance production.

Up to now, the Tuolongguan guards still have all kinds of weapons, most of which are purchased. Of course, it is impossible to achieve a uniform standard. The lengths of swords and guns are different, the size of shields is different, and the arrow clusters are three-sided, four-sided, diamond-shaped, etc. .

"Sister Qing, help me find some blacksmiths!" Ji Jie put forward his own request. Bronze weapons have begun to decline, and advanced iron weapons are things that follow the trend of history.

Qin Qing readily agreed, and immediately sent people to Wu to recruit, where the blacksmiths were the best.