The great man will live forever

Chapter 91 The Magical Use of Paper
In the past few days, seeing Liu Han and Shu Yuzhu inseparable, although Xiao Taohong didn't say anything, the expression was written on her face, as if the young master no longer loves me, and I have no love left.

"What's wrong?" Liu Han thought this little maid was good, she was jealous, and she loved to cry.

They say women are made of water, and she is made of the sea.

"Young Master, don't you want me anymore?" She said pitifully, just like a child who was deceived into taking away a lollipop in future generations.

The child is fine, can crawl and roll around, cry, fuss, and hang herself, but she doesn't say anything and just looks at you with her big, tearful eyes.

She can make you feel as if you owe her a lot of money with just one look, and you will never be able to pay it back in your lifetime.

"Love, how could you not love me?" Liu Han said, pinching her little nose.

"Do you want me to take out my heart and show it to you?" He took out the sword and seemed to pierce it into his heart.

"do not want!"

The little girl quickly stopped her and grabbed the blade of the sword with her hand in desperation. Fortunately, Liu Han had quick eyes and quick hands, so she didn't catch it, otherwise she would have to cut her hand.

"Don't do this next time, it's very dangerous." Liu Han said with a straight face, pretending to be angry.

"Woo..." Good guy, he's crying again.

"Okay, it's all my fault!"

Liu Han hugged her and coaxed her for a while, and then said: "I think sometimes you are too idle, so you will imitate others and be jealous. Aruo is learning swordsmanship recently, so you should follow suit."

My woman is not like other people, who wants to be a lady, or learn embroidery in the prince's mansion, thinking about how to please me every day, but she wants to be able to go into battle and kill the enemy.

In fact, you don’t have to actually kill the enemy, but you must at least learn some skills to protect yourself in the future, as well as reading and literacy. The more you read about books, the better. If you don’t need them now, maybe one day in the future. Just use it..."

"Isn't there a princess protecting us?"

"Who knows what will happen in the future? No one can be with anyone forever."

"We will be together forever." The little girl said firmly.

Liu Han didn't say anything, thinking that she was too naive. The future was all accidents. Even if she was a time traveler, she couldn't guarantee what she would post tomorrow.

So, he found two masters for them, one to teach swordsmanship and the other to teach reading and literacy, and the prices he offered were quite high.

Ayimei, Xiao Taohong, and Fang Chan are all learning, but except for Ayimei, the other two feel like they are coping with the situation.

A few days later, Shu Yuzhu also came to ask Liu Han, "I also want to learn archery and horse riding, is that okay?"

This made Liu Han's expression change slightly, he was quite ambitious.

It's a pity that unless the uncle dies, you will always have to kneel!

"People have to learn to adapt to the environment, rather than letting the environment adapt to us, right?"

"Apart from your background and photographic memory, you have a pretty good character!" To be honest, Liu Han quite admired her.

"Okay, I promise you, you should be very clear about what should be said and what should not be said."

"Well, thank you, Lord Marquis!" She smiled, very charmingly.

"By the way, I remember that paper was invented by a man named Cai Lun during the Western Han Dynasty. It was one of the four great inventions. The other three were the compass, gunpowder and printing."

Shu Yuzhu hesitated for a moment and said: "Master Hou remembered it wrong. Cai Lun was from the Eastern Han Dynasty. He was born around 61 AD and died in 121 AD. His courtesy name was Jingzhong, and he was a native of Guiyang County in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

He entered the palace as a minister in the late Yongping years of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. After Emperor He of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he was promoted to the position of Zhong Chang Shi, and later he also served as Shang Fang Ling.

He summarized people's papermaking experience in the past, innovated the papermaking process, and made new paper.

In the first year of Yuanxing, that is, AD 105, he wrote a memorial on the papermaking method and presented it to the emperor along with the paper.

This move was appreciated by the emperor, and he ordered it to be used and promoted both inside and outside the imperial court. All the government offices in the imperial court and all over the country regarded it as a miracle.

Nine years later, Cai Lun was named "Longtinghou" and had 300 households in the city.

Since the new papermaking method that was gradually implemented across the country was invented by Cai Lun, people called this paper Caihou Paper.
In the first year of Jianguang, that is, 121 AD, Empress Dowager Deng passed away and Emperor An of the Han Dynasty came to power. He committed suicide by taking poison..."

Liu Han was really convinced, "I'm a little suspicious that you brought the Internet with you? Didn't you hide your phone?"

"No, I just read it online. After all, it is one of the four great inventions. It is the pride of China. As a history student, I naturally want to understand it."

"There is no need to know the specific year, which emperor, and what era name, right?"

“When I catch a glimpse of it occasionally, I remember it.”

Liu Han was so envious. He also wanted to have photographic memory, but unfortunately, he couldn't learn it.

"Why did he commit suicide by taking poison?" Shu Yuzhu pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "This involves a palace battle. The "Book of the Later Han" records that Cai Lun became Empress Dou's confidant soon after entering the palace.

But Queen Dou had no children. In the royal family where mother is more valuable than son, not having children meant that the queen's status was unstable.

After all, there are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is having no descendants.

At that time, the son of another concubine in the palace, Song Guiren, was appointed as the prince by Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty. This incident greatly stimulated Queen Dou.

In order to prevent Song Guiren from replacing her queen, Queen Dou ordered Cai Lun to plan a witchcraft incident and framed Song Guiren for cursing the emperor.

The person in charge of hearing this case was also Cai Lun. He tortured Song Guiren's relatives and asked them to slander Song Guiren. Then, using their confessions, he petitioned the emperor to sentence Song Guiren to death by hanging.

In the end, Song Guiren, who could not bear the humiliation, committed suicide by taking poison in prison.

However, things are unpredictable. Many years later, Emperor Han'an, the grandson of Song Guiren, succeeded to the throne. He wanted to avenge his grandmother.

But the mastermind, Queen Mother Dou, was no longer around, so Eunuch Cai was the first to deal with it.

Cai Lun also knew that he could not escape, so he committed suicide by taking poison. "

After listening to this, Liu Han gave a thumbs up, "It's amazing. It's a walking history book. By the way, have you seen the specific steps of making paper?"

"Well, Cai Lun led several technicians in the royal workshop to use the abundant water resources and trees to peel off the bark, pound it, soak it, and then add the pine strands to make a slurry, which was thinly scooped out with bamboo shavings. One layer dries and is peeled off, creating better paper.

Strictly speaking, he improved papermaking. Of course, from a certain perspective, it is not wrong to say that he invented it.

Specifically, there are four main steps: chopping bamboo and floating it on the pond, boiling it over a large fire, pouring the materials into the curtain, and covering the curtain with paper.

Bamboo cutting and floating in ponds refers to cutting bamboos or trees and soaking them in ponds so that the fibers can fully absorb water. Plant raw materials such as bark, hemp heads, and old fishing nets can be added to the mixture for mashing.

Cooking the ingredients over high heat means boiling the scraps until the fibers are dispersed until they become pulp.

The material is put into the curtain to wait for the pulp to cool down, and then a flat bamboo curtain is used to pick up the pulp, filter the water, and become a paper film.This step requires skillful skills in order to remove the paper film with moderate thickness and even distribution.

Curtain pressing is to fold the scooped paper films one by one, press them tightly with wooden boards, place heavy stones on top, and press out the water.

Finally, stick the semi-dry paper film next to the fire to dry, or dry it in the sun, and then peel it off to get the finished product. "

"You are really my golden finger. I will give you money and people. I only want a result. I will see the paper in one month at the latest. Do you understand?"

Liu Han gently lifted her chin with his hand and kissed her silently. The taste was sweet and soft...

"Hoohoo!"

He let go of her, her breathing was a little rapid, she felt out of breath, her face was red, and her chest was heaving.

"Never kissed before?"

He felt her shaking, but didn't dare to resist.

"You haven't even talked to your boyfriend?"

Shu Yuzhu just blushed and said nothing.

"Better not fall in love with me, haha!"

He left with a smile, suddenly feeling that the future was getting more and more interesting.

As for his paper making, is he just writing and spreading culture?
No, the biggest role is to wipe your butt.

In the beginning, when he was not rich, he wiped his butt just like the ancients, using toilet chips, which were polished wooden or bamboo strips. Can you imagine it?
It's so sour and refreshing, I might as well use it.

Not to mention that the Han Dynasty used toilet chips, even in the Tang and Song Dynasties. The Han Dynasty did not have paper. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, they did not dare to use paper to wipe their buttocks. This was blasphemy against the sages. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed hundreds of schools and only respected Confucianism, the status of Confucianism was too high.

In addition to archaeological evidence, records of the use of toilet chips during the Tang and Song Dynasties are also found in historical records.

Song Ma Ling's "Book of the Southern Tang Dynasty·Buddha Biography": "The queen and Zhou Hou wore monk hats and cassocks, recited Buddhist scriptures in class, knelt down and bowed their foreheads, and it turned into a tumor. He personally cut off the monks' toilet slips and tested them on their cheeks. If there are few thorns, then repair them more."

"Zizhi Tongjian" records in Tang Ji 47 that Han Huang was appointed as the governor of Zhenhai and transported a large amount of materials to Guanzhong, including Touchi: "The materials and utensils have been filled into the boat, and down to the Touchi, Huang has written them down." , everything is well prepared.”

After he became rich, Liu Han did not use toilet toilets, but used silk, which was luxurious enough. After wiping, he let his servants wash him. However, the silk of this period was not so smooth and not good.

He simply wiped it lightly with silk first, even if it was not clean, and then washed it directly. Every time he had a bowel movement, he asked his servants to prepare hot water of the right temperature...

Anyway, it’s very troublesome and disgusting!

　Suddenly I thought about it, life is just five words: eat, drink, defecate, urinate, and sleep!

　　This takes about 80% of our time, or even more!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)