Spring and Autumn I Am King

After several months of development, the artisan workshops in Linqiu Waiguo have begun to take shape. Various handicraft workshops are neatly arranged, and the spacious and ventilated rooms are properly distributed and the distance is moderate. The choking smell that www.geiliwx.com often has, and even most of the sewage is drained through hard ceramic pipes, and the craftsmen living in it no longer complain that the environment is too bad, which reduces their lifespan.

Thanks to Zhao Wuxi's suggestion, under the planning of Ji Qiao and his mathematics students, according to the difference of different types of work, it is divided into four major areas, namely: the artisan who specializes in smelting and casting; The carpenter who made the fork, the wheel, the handle, and the construction of the wooden structure; the one who tanned the leather and made the armor; and the one who weaved and colored, so that the division of labor would be clear and there would be no more confusion or fire. .

As for porcelain, Lu Tao Weng discovered a large clay mine near Zhencheng this month. The handicraft industry in this era was adapted to local conditions, so it was selected there.

Now, a new workshop has been built downstream of the stream adjacent to the woodworking area and the weaving area.

It is said that Si Kou personally ordered that Gong Zheng Gong Xu Ke specially supervise this matter, and there must be no mistake. This workshop is surrounded by a wall with a height of 10 feet, so that outsiders are not allowed to spy on it. From time to time, there are military soldiers patrolling the surrounding area. It can be seen that Si Kou attaches great importance to it. Although the Linqiu workshop has always emphasized the confidentiality of craftsmanship, but Only that mysterious porcelain has been treated like this.

Curious craftsmen have also inquired about each other, but the tanners, weavers, woodworkers, and colorists who went to work inside were tight-lipped. All I know is that what is made inside is something called "paper". The first finished product has been completed, and it's just waiting for Si Kou to inspect it.

"Paper is a word I created, and it is specially used to refer to this thing. This word is also from silk, because it is made of linen, fishing nets, and rope ends, so it gets its name."

Outside the workshop, Zhao Wuxi and a few cronies such as Ji Qiao and Gong Xichi came here to see what happened. explain it to them.

No shirt knows that hemp paper was produced in the Western Han Dynasty. It should have been originally made from the leftovers of hemp cloth and woven cloth. It can be made into a paste and then dried in the sun. After Cai Lun's improvement, the materials were gradually diversified, but he did not know the details of the craftsmanship.

Based on the most primitive and probably the simplest idea, Wu Xie decided to let the craftsmen make hemp paper to practice their hands first.

Long before the Lucheng Rebellion, he told Gong Shuke about the principle of hemp paper and the appearance of the finished product, and asked him to find craftsmen Qi to think about how to realize it. And build workshops to collect materials for trial production. After more than a month of experiments and numerous failures, a set of feasible procedures was finally concluded.

After everyone entered the workshop, Gong Suk, who was sweating profusely, ran over to greet him immediately, and reported the specific process to Zhao Wuxi at the same time. House ↘

"According to what Si Kou said, the villain soaked and smashed the scraps of the weaving workshop, such as rags, hemp ropes, old fishing nets, etc., and then added lime water and steamed them. After cooling, they were pounded into mud, and mixed with water. Slurry, pick up the pulp with a bamboo curtain mold. This step requires skilled skills to pick up a moderate thickness and evenly distributed sizing film. Then it can be dried in the sun..."

After a month of research, from unfamiliar to familiar, Gongsuk can be said to be the most skilled paper maker in this era. He led Zhao Wuxi from the pounding craftsman, passed the steaming cauldron, and finally came to the bamboo curtain mold that occupied a large open space.

They are placed on wooden racks for drying grains and dried in the sun. Because they have not been bleached, the color is hemp brown.

The craftsmen folded the recovered paper sheets one by one, pressed them with wooden boards, and placed heavy stones on them. Press the water out. Afterwards, it is dried through fire, and the semi-dry paper is pasted on the edge of the fire to dry, and the finished product is peeled off.

Zhao Wuxi took the paper handed over by Gong Shuke with both hands, because the mold was relatively small. This piece of paper is rectangular, one foot high and two feet long.

It is much thicker than the paper of the later generations, and the touch is not like the paper of the later generations, but more like cloth. There are many small bumps on the surface of the paper that make Wu Xie frown, after turning it over. Long fibers such as jute, grass traces, and cloth silk that have not been mashed on the back are clearly discernible.

"Is this hemp paper?" Everyone couldn't tell whether it was good or bad, and they were all surprised.

However, the old team of Chengxiang would come up with a novel idea for Zhao Wuxi every once in a while, and it was normal to assign craftsmen to make some quirky things. They usually explain it as "a sage can know what ordinary people don't know, and see what ordinary people don't see", and they naturally put Zhao Wuxi on the spot as a Shennong-like figure, and continue to talk to new colleagues such as Ran Qiu, Gong Xichi and others. Instill this statement.

Wu Xie studied it for a while before opening his mouth: "Good, although it is not perfect, it is very good to be able to do this in a month."

Gong Shuke, who was originally nervous, was relieved when he heard the words.

Having seen all kinds of high-quality industrial paper in later generations, Zhao Wuxi didn't have much feeling for the original hemp paper, but after all, this is the first piece of paper in the world, which is worthy of praise. What's more, hemp paper also has advantages. After pulling it twice, Wu Xie found that the paper is tough and not easy to become brittle or discolored.

The progress of science and technology and civilization is inseparable from the innovation of knowledge dissemination and description tools. Now, paper appeared four hundred years earlier, which is definitely a cross-generational product. The Spring and Autumn Period is in the era of the explosion of knowledge, private schools are beginning to rise, and the scholar class is also rising. What impact will the paper known as the "Four Great Inventions" bring to this era?

The prospect made him a little excited.

At this moment, there was a discordant voice next to him, interrupting Zhao Wuxi's reverie.

Gongxi Chi just watched quietly, without saying a few words, but suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Congratulations to Si Kou and Gongzheng, but looking at the entire production process, Chi feels that it is much more complicated than making bamboo slips and wooden slips. I'm afraid it will cost more..."

Ever since Zhao Wushi let Gong Shuke try to make paper, the young Gong Xichi has always been against it. At that time, Zhao Wuxi was busy leading troops to fetch chestnuts from the fire in the city of Lu, so he ignored him, but after returning, Zihua remonstrated several times.

This is a battle that no shirt has ever thought of, the battle between the nascent paper and the bamboo scrolls and bamboo slips that are going to their peak!

One of the original intentions of No-Shirt Papermaking is to create a writing material that is easier to disseminate knowledge, in preparation for the promotion of rural learning and Mongolian learning in the territory.

Confucianism started out with education, and is very active in promoting education. He agrees with Zhao Wuxi's plan to restore the village school, but there are differences in the production of writing materials. It is in charge of etiquette, sacrifice, and education, so it has the right to speak.

Zhao Wuxi had seen bamboo slip workshops outside the Pan Palace when he was in Xinjiang Public School in Jin State. The production process, first to select the best green bamboo, and then cut into rectangular bamboo pieces. Pieces of green bamboo are then roasted over fire for writing and drying to prevent insects. When baking, the originally fresh and moist green bamboo pieces were baked until water droplets appeared. Like sweating, this process of roasting green bamboo is called "history".

It is then braided with hemp rope and can be used for writing, which will not be damaged for a long time. The production of wooden slips is simpler.

Therefore, Gong Xichi said: "The "Shangshu. Toshi" said, only the ancestors of Yin. There are books and canons. This thing has been handed down for a long time, and Chi did not feel any inconvenience when using it. Why bother to abandon it and use this?"

"Isn't there any inconvenience for bamboo slips?" Zhao Wuxi was too weak to complain.

The second reason he made paper was to make Le Lingzi feel more comfortable when reading.

In this era, reading is a kind of physical labor, and the scholar-officials who are eager to learn always pull the whole car and the whole car when they go out.

It is common for Zhao Wuxi to read one stone of official documents a day, but it is nothing compared to the later Qin Shihuang's hundred stone a day. ←→←Book の Reading But he was used to fast reading and writing in later generations. He was very crazy about the slow speed of writing on bamboo scrolls, and he had no spare time to toss before. Just force yourself to adapt. Now that the territory is also available, and the craftsmen are complete, of course, they can make paper to facilitate themselves, and by the way, they can be sold to various places as a special product of Sanyi to generate income.

But Gong Xichi has no writing experience in later generations, so he naturally thinks that bamboo slips are the best tool. He should build a workshop for making bamboo slips in a place with a lot of bamboo and wood, instead of spending manpower and material resources to develop this kind of "hemp slippery" that can't be used or not. Paper".

After hearing the words, Zhao Wuxi didn't get angry, but glanced at the few cronies who came together.

Ji Qiao and others are typical of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is one thing to be loyal to the lord. But he is very assertive in many things, and he is not the only one who is unsympathetic and obedient. In this regard, Zhao Wuxi has an encouraging attitude. He is not a real "sage", and he was just an ordinary person in his previous life. How can everything go wrong? There is a need for some subordinate officials with independent viewpoints to fill in the vacancies.

There are probably not a few people who have the same opinion as Gong Xichi. Although he can force his decision, it would be better if he can persuade them.

So Zhao Wuxi simply greeted everyone to sit down on the bamboo mat in the open space, just when he saw Xiao Gongshuban timidly hiding behind a wooden frame not far away, he asked Gongshuike to summon him and sit next to him.

Zhao Wuxi attached great importance to Xiaogongshu class. He announced that he could enter and watch at will in the craftsman's workshop. Although it is relatively slim, Wu Xie actually hopes that he can bring himself some surprises and invent something, but it has never been there.

He also felt that he was thinking too much. What else could seven or eight-year-old children do besides toy bamboo horses?

Since the establishment of the paper workshop, Xiaogongshu Class has been running around in it vigorously, squatting on the ground every day, watching the various crafting procedures curiously. Because of Zhao Wuxi's password, his father didn't bother to care about him. he comes.

But listened to Wuxi and said, "I have heard a saying, it is carved in gold and stone, carved in pan, and written in bamboo and silk, and it is known to future generations. There are several kinds of scrolls and slips, and of course, now there is more paper."

The Yin and Shang dynasties were the most prosperous period of oracle bone inscriptions. Although the people of Zhou worshiped the sky, their worship of ghosts and gods was somewhat restrained. Oracle bones have been gradually eliminated since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty and were only used for divination records. The Zhou people prefer to directly inscribe the characters on the bronze utensils with copper shavings, so that they can be passed on to the descendants of future generations. Wu Xie also knew that the people of Qin who lived in Xibi had a special liking for stone drum writing, and many of them were unearthed in later generations.

Due to the limitations of these materials, it was difficult for the writing to be widely disseminated, so until the Yin and Zhou Dynasties, only a few hundred wizards and nobles from the upper class mastered the writing. This greatly restricted the dissemination of culture and ideas, which could not be changed until the appearance of bamboo slips and wooden slips.

He asked back: "Zihua, have you ever carved characters on oracle bones and cauldrons? How is the speed of writing compared to writing with a pen on a pamphlet? Which one do you prefer?"

"Naturally, I like to use bamboo slips, and gold, stone, and bowls are not as fast as slips."

Gong Xichi is good at the etiquette of receiving people and things, as well as offering sacrifices, so these things are naturally his own.

Indeed, Gong Xichi highly respects bamboo slips, and it is not without reason. Compared with the previous ones, its writing speed and popularity have been greatly improved. It is also the appearance of bamboo slips that accelerated the diffusion of ideas and culture, and formed the later contention of a hundred schools of thought.

"That's right. Engraving is naturally not as easy as writing, but there is something that is faster and more convenient to write than bamboo slips. Ban, do you know what it is?"

Zhao Wuxi thought. Although Xiaogong Shuban was only seven or eight years old, he was the kind of person who was wise and foolish. He scratched his head and thought for a while, pointing to Zhao Wuxi's deep clothes and replied in a stern voice, "It's silk."

Wu Xie patted him on the head and said: "Of course, although bamboo slips have improved, they are still cumbersome and difficult to carry. They cannot be rolled up, and they take up a lot of volume. Silk is an ideal writing material, it can be rolled and carried, and its longevity is long. long."

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the most common writing material used by the upper-class nobles was indeed silk, and Gong Xichi had to admit this, but he also had his own reasons: "History says that the poor are not as good as the plain ones, silk and silk are too expensive, and only Qing The doctor can afford it!"

Zhao Wuxi smiled and said: "If there is one thing. The price and materials of making it are not more expensive than bamboo slips, but the writing effect is the same as that of silk, or even better than it, do you know how to use it!"

Gongxi Chi dumbly said: "How can there be such a thing in this world? If there is, it should be used naturally."

Wu Xie picked up a piece of yellow hemp paper and shook it in front of Gong Xichi: "Far in the sky, close in front of you! Just like after using bamboo slips, you are not willing to tie knots with ropes and write down on oracle bones and stone walls. , After using this thing, the bamboo slips can also be discarded!"

In the original history, the use of bamboo slips continued until the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when they were completely eliminated by improved paper. But after paper was invented 400 years in advance, Zhao Wuxi wanted to come. Like lacquerware encountering porcelain, the historical mission of bamboo slips will probably end a long time in advance...

As a student of Confucius, Gong Xichi inherited his stubborn and pedantic temperament. Without Ran Qiu's flexibility, he was still somewhat unbelieving.

"If you don't believe it, just try it out!"

Gong Shuke's expression changed immediately after hearing this. But before he could stop it, Zhao Wuxi had people spread out a piece of hemp paper and a good bamboo slip on the left and right of the case, and asked Gong Xihua to write on it.

The crowd gathered around, especially Gong Shuke's eyes widened, but he saw Gong Xichi holding a rabbit pen, dipped in ink and ignoring the bamboo slips, and as soon as he came, he stroked his wide sleeves and wrote on the hemp paper.

Zhao Wuxi was too confident in paper, but after Gong Xihua's pen fell, an accident happened!

This batch of hemp paper looks good, but maybe because of the ratio, the water solubility is high, and the ink dipped in Gongxi Chi is a little more, the ink will melt when you touch it, and the yellow hemp paper will instantly increase. Beach black ink!

Including Gong Xichi, everyone was embarrassed, Zhao Wuxi's smile was frozen on his face, and Gong Shuke, who was originally worried, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground!

Gong Xichi was sweating coldly on his forehead. He resisted the urge to throw a pen and tried writing a few strokes on other sheets of hemp paper, but there was still this kind of situation where the dots of ink were melted and words could not be formed.

"This is bad!" he thought to himself, and as a result, what Si Kou just said was immediately slapped in the face by the facts. This hemp paper is used for writing, it's really not that good... But he couldn't say anything. He could only cough dryly, watching Gong Shuke in embarrassment as he confessed his guilt.

"The villain is guilty of capital punishment, capital punishment, in order to rush to complete the task that Si Kou has entrusted to him, he made such a defective product!"

He also had a hard time saying it~www.readwn.com~ This is the first finished product, but Si Kou didn't ask any questions, so he just let people write it. Naturally, it was difficult to get it right at once.

Zhao Wuxi was indeed a little embarrassed. Today, it was probably because he was too excited to make the paper, and he was so careless. He should have asked in detail first.

If this matter is not resolved immediately, there will be cracks in the image of a "sage" who "knows without learning" in the heart of the old team, which is not good for establishing absolute authority in the territory...

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