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Chapter 19 Improving Process and Improving Quality

The rooster crows and the sun rises.

Early in the morning, Chen Ci ordered his followers to carry the pulped bamboo mat to the roof to expose it to the sun, and then took the princess out for a leisurely stroll.

Fan Chu followed behind like a light bulb.

Along the way, there are warm greetings from the people in the town.

Chen Ci inquired about the family that sells tea, the shop is not big, only the couple are busy, the tea is very fragrant, and the business is mediocre.

"My son-in-law." The owner of the shop is a 40-year-old middle-aged man named Xin Dong.

"Oh, how do you usually sell your tea?"

"Ten coins for the low-grade ones, one or two for the middle-grade ones, twenty coins for the middle-grade ones, and thirty coins for the high-grade ones."

Chen Ci picks up the tea leaves and chews them carefully, um...it's the taste, besides the fragrance of the tea, there is a fragrance of peach blossoms, not to mention punching the red robe and kicking Longjing, at least it's not bad.If it is publicized, it can also be listed as a famous tea.

"My son-in-law, how much do you want?"

"I don't need it for now, but... well, if you have time recently, you can fry some in large batches. I need a lot."

"I'm afraid that won't work." Xin Dong shook his head.

"Why?"

"My son-in-law, this tea is bitter tea, which is fried with peach oil. The requirements for peach oil and bitter tea are also strict. The quality of the roast depends entirely on the hands of me and my mother-in-law. We are too busy, so Tea is limited, so you can sell as much as you make, and you count as much as you earn.”

"Okay." Chen Ci was delighted. In this way, the tea leaves will be rarer and more expensive.

It is said that the weather is sunny after the rain, and the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is changeable. It was still raining heavily a few days ago, but the sun is shining brightly these two days.In the afternoon, Chen Ci climbed onto the hanging beam and saw that the paper pulp on the bamboo mat had dried up, and it was a not-so-thin layer of yellow paper.

Because of the rough preparation process, the yellow paper is also very rough, a little thick, and it is a bit awkward to wipe your buttocks, but it is more than enough for writing and drawing.

This era is backward, and bronze culture is prevalent. Usually, if you encounter a wanted criminal, you always paint with cotton cloth to show the wanted order.This has a disadvantage, generally remote small towns, poor economy, can not support huge consumption, this is not just cotton, but it is difficult for ordinary families to have the funds to train painters who are good at painting.This has also led to this era, ordinary people can't afford to read books at all, and those from poor families can be regarded as a great thing if they can read and write, and it is a dragon and phoenix to be able to obtain fame and become an official.

Chen Ci asked the subordinates to take down the paper, and with a wave of their hands, threw it to the princess, so that he could write and draw on it with a brush.

"Is this the gift you gave me?" The princess was very happy to see so many papers for the first time.

"Like it?"

"like."

The speech dismissed the princess, and she began to think about how to improve the craft of paper. This kind of paper is too thick, not very economical, and not very practical.

He brooded alone in the backyard and quickly came up with a solution.

The reason why the paper is too thick is that there is too much pulp laid out, but if there is less pulp, it cannot be solidified into a complete paper. The reason is that the purity of the pulp is not enough, and the fiber is not alkalized enough, or because the fiber is alkalized Too fast, leaving a lot of impurities that have not been alkalized, and these impurities are smashed and mixed in the paste, which makes the paper too thick.

If so, the goal of improvement is to make the raw material degumming finer.

How to be more refined?
Either alkalize the raw materials more thoroughly, or beat the pulp more carefully.

He couldn't make a big rolling machine for modern papermaking, so he thought of a way, that is, to apply fine paper pulp on the barked trees.

In the next few days, Chen Ci went out early and returned late every day. He has been choosing an address in Taoyuan Town, planning to find a suitable place to open a paper mill, and constantly testing the quality of the paper produced in this way at night.

……(Dividing line)
Guangling City, Wu Wangfu.

Chen Ci and Yu Xiong threatened heavy troops, and the fact that the lion asked for 1 taels of gold from Shang Shan Qi naturally reached the ears of King Wu.

King Wu didn't take this kind of thing seriously at first, after all, he heard that he didn't take any money from the statement and gave it all to Yu Xiong, and Yu Xiong took the money and used it as military expenses for the 'Mang' army, what else is he going to pursue?

Everyone was happy about this.

The two parties each took a step back, avoiding friction, and resolving conflicts, so that they will not interfere with each other in the future.

However, this matter was done by Chen Ci. King Wu had been paying attention to Chen Ci's movements to see if he had the heart of idle clouds and wild cranes?Still unwilling, want to do something.

"Tsk, he is worthy of being the son of Xin Wuji. He is rich, ambitious, and courageous." King Wu commented.

Murong Tong bowed and said seriously: "Father, since that's the case, why don't you transfer him to Jinling City?"

"What are you going to Jinling for? I don't worry about him leaving my sight." King Wu's face sank like water, and he narrowed his eyes, looking at a bamboo scroll on the bronze table.

Murong Tong whispered: "Father, I still don't understand, what exactly did you see..."

King Wu closed his eyes and fell asleep, and said quietly: "Xin Wuji is quite famous in the world. He cherishes talents. When he was an official in the court, he generously donated money and saved many heroes who were framed by the hawks. Now He couldn't protect himself, and he sent his son away, you said...will those heroes who have been helped by him be gathered by his son?"

"Huh?" Murong Tong's complexion changed, and he suddenly remembered something.

Around the 15th year of Tai'an, there was a large-scale uprising in the rivers and lakes.In April of the eighth year of Tai'an, Yuan Pei, a failed scholar, gathered one hundred and eight heroes in Taozhi Mountain, raised the banner of rebellion, occupied the mountain as king, and dominated one side. It reached 30 people, known as the "Peach Blossom Rebellion" in history. In the following years, the imperial court sent troops to encircle and suppress it, but because the rebels took advantage of the right time and place, they failed to make any progress.

The failure of the imperial court greatly stimulated the resistance of people with lofty ideals all over the world, and because hundreds of families preached and lobbied, and hyped up the slogan of "the world is equal", as the idea of ​​banning books spread, more and more people were instigated In 15, Mohist giants gathered in Lianchi, and a war against the imperial court kicked off.The war first broke out in Jingzhou, and then quickly spread to the Qujiang River Basin, sweeping Yizhou, Ganzhou, Xiangzhou and other places, known as the "Lianchi Uprising" in history.

At that time, many Jianghu sects who had been bewitched spontaneously and secretly entered Beijing, intending to assassinate the hawk ministers in the imperial court who hated Jianghu people.

Countless rivers and lakes were imprisoned.

Although the uprising was suppressed, at that time, the Jingzhou army was almost wiped out by half, and every household was dressed in white. It was also the largest and most influential large-scale army in the history of Great Liang in the past hundred years. war.

(End of this chapter)