Daqin: More sons and more blessings, building a long-lived family

Ye Xuan did this almost every night.

"If this continues, the cows will not be able to withstand it."

Ye Xuan clutched his waist, thinking he needed to mend it.

Soak goji berries in a cup.

Nourishing yin and nourishing yang soup is indispensable.

After Ye Xuan's hard work, his hard work finally paid off.

Ye Xuan looked at the four concubines in front of him with satisfaction.

These people are already pregnant.

"Thanks to my overtime work every night, my hard work finally paid off."

"Now we just have to wait for the baby to be born."

Ye Xuan thought to himself.

As long as the child is born, he can receive system rewards.

Don't know what rewards you can get?

Ye Xuan was looking forward to it.

Although not all products produced by the system are high-quality products, for the ancients, each piece is a treasure.

Things like the world map, telescope, etc. that were rewarded for novices in the previous system.

These items are rare and common to modern people.

But for the ancients who have never seen these items, they are peerless treasures.

Like a world map, it may not be useful to modern people, but it can broaden the horizons of ancient people.

In ancient times when the transportation conditions were not convenient, it took days and months to cross provinces, so the vision of the ancients was not as broad as that of modern people.Maybe they don't even know that apart from Daqin, Xiongnu, Baiyue and surrounding countries, there are people of other skin colors and other countries.

A detailed world map opened the eyes of the ancients and allowed them to clearly understand the whole world.

This is why Yingzheng attaches so much importance to the world map.

As for the telescope, as long as Ying Zheng and others use it in the military, they can detect the enemy's situation and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away.

It can be described as a military weapon.

"It will take several months to give birth to an heir, and this time cannot be wasted."

"If you want to obtain system rewards, one is to increase the number of heirs, and the other is to expand the influence of the family."

It takes time to have an offspring.

Ye Xuan began to think about how to use modern knowledge and this information gap to expand the family's influence.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the bamboo slips on the table, and Ye Xuan's head suddenly flashed.

"Yes! Why did I only remember now!"

"Papermaking!"

Paper is involved in all aspects of modern life, such as books, paper cups, cardboard boxes, toilet paper, cardboard and so on.

Modern civilization is almost inseparable from paper.

In this era, Ye Xuan felt that the most inconvenient thing was lack of paper.

Cloth is needed to wipe hands and nose, and the cloth handkerchief needs to be used many times, and “toilet chips” are needed to use the toilet, that is, smooth wooden or bamboo strips that have been treated.

Ye Xuan felt very uncomfortable.

But it is impossible for the Qin Dynasty to have paper.

After all, papermaking was only developed in the Western Han Dynasty.

Cai Lun, the inventor of papermaking, is estimated to have not yet been born.

Because of the lack of paper, the Qin Dynasty is still compiling and engraving characters with bamboo slips and wooden slips.

This is very inconvenient for Ye Xuan.

The raw materials of papermaking are bark, hemp heads, plant ash water and other items.

These items can be easily found even in this era.

Making paper is relatively easy and simple.

If paper is developed, it may be a change of the times, bringing a series of changes to the people of the Qin Dynasty.There is no need to write on bamboo slips or wooden slips for writing, no handkerchiefs for wiping dirt, and no need to use "toilet chips" when going to the toilet.

This is undoubtedly equivalent to a huge change like the steam age entering the electrical age, and it can bring great convenience to the people of the Qin Dynasty.

Moreover, if Ye Xuan can make paper, it will expand the influence of the family!

"It's up to you, Papermaker!"

After Ye Xuan decided to make paper, he began to arrange it.

Purchase raw materials for papermaking.

Buy slave artisans.

In the purchase of raw materials, choose bark instead of hemp.

This is because the protein, lignin, and pectin contained in bark are far higher than hemp.

It can greatly increase the output of paper.

The disadvantage is that degumming and pulping are more difficult.

Choose plant gray water over lime water.

Plant ash water is highly alkaline, which can improve the quality of pulp.

In addition to purchasing raw materials for making paper, some auxiliary tools are also needed.

Raw material separation tool.

Beating tools.

Tool for screening debris and undissociated fiber bundles.

Paper fisher, strip mat.

While Ye Xuan ordered his servants to buy raw materials, he also asked them to buy slave artisans.

Soon, dozens of slave artisans appeared in front of Ye Xuan.

These slave craftsmen were dressed in coarse linen clothes and lowered their heads, not daring to raise their heads to offend Ye Xuan.

"Master, according to your order, the artisans have bought them all."

"Among these people are carpenters, masons, blacksmiths, bricklayers, strippers, barbers, everything you need."

The servant pointed to the group of people and introduced them.

Ye Xuan nodded, and said, "Do you know why I'm looking for you?"

"What do adults want us to do? I am a carpenter, and I am good at making carved wooden furniture of various colors. I can finish whatever wooden furniture adults want to make."

The older craftsman spoke respectfully.

"furniture?"

Ye Xuan shook his head.

"When I bought you, I didn't ask you to make furniture, nor did I ask you to make stone tools, nor did I let you make bamboo mats."

"I'm going to let you make paper."

The craftsmen's eyes widened, showing doubts.

Paper?

What it is?

People in the Qin Dynasty had never touched paper at all, and had never seen paper before, so they naturally didn't know what paper was.

They felt uneasy and uneasy.

I don't know paper, I don't know how to do it, and I have never done it.

How to do?

The older craftsman said hesitantly: "Sir, what kind of paper are you talking about? We have never made it before. This... a clever woman can't cook without rice."

"Yes, my lord, we have smelted iron, chopped wood, and weaved bamboo mats, but we have never made paper."

Other craftsmen also spoke one after another.

Ye Xuan glanced at the restless crowd.

"I'll tell you how to do it."

"Just follow the steps I told you to do."

Chapter 5 The first paper was born, and the bookstore is ready to open

Ye Xuan bought a simple workshop near the water source as a paper workshop, and placed the craftsmen there.

With the raw materials gathered together, Ye Xuan began to develop how to make paper.

Although he knows the general papermaking methods and steps, there are still some details that need to be practiced.

The first is to dry the bark.

Expose to the hot sun for several days to dry the moisture of the bark.

Then throw the bark into running water and soak for about a week to fully soften the bark.

Put the softened bark and plant ash together with water and boil in a big pot.

Fiery red charcoal was burning under the cauldron, and the water in the cauldron boiled quickly.

"Gu dong gu dong."