The Golden County Magistrate

Bai Lu, a rookie negotiator, could no longer hold back and had to say anxiously: "30,000 taels is 30,000 taels! But you must find out who is behind this!"

Chen Yan's mind lit up.

It was clearly a reward from the court, but now it was said as if the Zhou Chamber of Commerce could set the price.

Is it a reward from the court or a reward from the Zhou Chamber of Commerce?

But he didn't want to go into details. It was enough to make money.

As for the rest, he didn't bother to care!

He said seriously: "If that's the case, then it's settled. Come, let's sign an agreement."

Bai Lu was stunned: "You still have an agreement for this?"

Chen Yan was prepared and took out two copies of the agreement from the room.

"I have done a lot of this kind of business, how can I not be prepared? Come, here, here, and here, and here... these are all places where you need to sign, seal and stamp."

He opened the agreement and pointed them out one by one.

Bai Lu was so confused that he could only say, "I'm not the boss, how can I sign any agreement?"

Chen Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Who told you to sign it? I told you to take it back and have your boss sign it. Bring the deposit after signing it. I'll sign it again, and then you can take one copy back."

Bai Lu finally understood and had to put the document away.

"That's it, but there are a few more things you need to pass on for me."

"My next batch of fine pigs is almost ready for sale. Tell the butcher shop to prepare them quickly."

"The business of Yao Chi Xian Niang is on the right track. It's time for sugar to be put on the shelf. We should hurry up with the sugar shop."

"In addition, there are ice cubes. I remind your boss that the first batch of saltpeter should be delivered, right?"

"And the salt matter. You have been a little lazy recently. Put it on the agenda!"

"Most importantly, where is the iron ore? The documents have been signed for so long, but the first batch has not arrived yet?"

"Remember not to bring any perfunctory words to me, but to confirm the news!"

Bai Lu felt a little tired when she heard half of it. She couldn't help but take out a piece of silk cloth and a charcoal pencil from her bosom and hurriedly wrote it down on it, fearing that she would miss something.

The emperor entrusted her with such an important task, and she must not make any mistakes.

In a blink of an eye, the silk cloth was filled with writing, so she had to turn it over and write on the other side.

However, the charcoal pencil was as thick as a finger, and she could only write a few words on one side, and soon the other side was also filled.

Bai Lu carefully rolled up the silk cloth, took out another piece from her bosom, and continued to write.

Chen Yan watched her lying on the table and writing things hard, and stopped.

"Are you done?" Bai Lu looked up at him.

"I said, you... do you have to be so pitiful?" Chen Yan was a little speechless.

"What?" Bai Lu didn't understand for a while.

Chen Yan took her hand holding the pen, turned it over, and saw that her hand was full of charcoal marks.

The most common brush in the Great Zhou Dynasty was the brush, but it was inconvenient for people who went out to use it, and it was not very realistic to carry ink and inkstone.

Therefore, someone later invented the charcoal stick, which was actually made of coal dug out and ground into a stick as thick as a finger, which was relatively easy to carry.

In order to avoid fingers grabbing the charcoal stick and getting your hands dirty, a bamboo tube was inlaid at one end to facilitate gripping.

But if the bamboo tube is put shallowly, the fingers will still grab the charcoal stick. If it is put deep, the charcoal stick must be pulled out before continuing to write after writing a few words, which still makes it easy to dirty your hands.

She has only written a few dozen words, and has pulled out the charcoal stick four times. Her fair hands have long been black.

In Chen Yan's opinion, this invention is extremely useless, without any meat at all!

Bai Lu was suddenly caught by his jade hand, and was shocked. She retracted her hand reflexively: "What are you doing!"

She was secretly on guard in her heart. This guy suddenly touched her hand. Did he have a dirty mind?

Chen Yan shook his head and sighed: "Your boss is too heartless! Look at your hands, how black they are! It's so important for a girl to be clean and tidy, but he actually let you write with such a dirty thing!"

Bai Lu was stunned, and then she realized that he didn't have a dirty mind.

However, the other party's words were disrespectful to Tang Yun, so she was not willing to give up. She said with a stern face: "What does this have to do with our boss? If I don't use this, do I have to bring a brush? Isn't that more troublesome?"

Chen Yan laughed: "Then I have to recommend a treasure to Miss Bai! No, two!"

He went into the inner room and came out with a small box after a while.

When he opened it, he saw a pile of paper books about the thickness of a finger.

And the cover was made of kraft paper, and the binding was exquisite.

He took out a book and handed it to Bai Lu: "Take a look at this."

Bai Lu had never seen such exquisite paper before, and was surprised to reach out and take it.

Chen Yan took the paper book back: "Go wash your hands first!"

Bai Lu blushed and went outsideAfter washing his hands, he returned to the house and solemnly took the paper book with both hands.

Touching the brown cover, a strange texture came over him.

Bai Lu was moved.

She had never thought that the touch of the paper pages could also make her feel comfortable!

"This paper seems to be unusual." She blurted out.

"This is kraft paper. I tried it many times before I succeeded." Chen Yan showed a little pride.

Papermaking was one of the first few projects he developed when he arrived here.

At that time, Qingshan County was full of trees, grass and vines, which was more barren than surviving in the wilderness. Some vegetation had to be cut down to build a living place for the people of Qingshan who had a large population.

He looked at the cut trees and grass and felt a little distressed.

Throw it away, it would be time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly.

Burning is a common practice, and the charcoal ash formed can also be turned into fertilizer and sprinkled on the ground to grow crops, but it still feels a bit wasteful.

So after thinking about it, he began to experiment with making paper with them.

After the success of ordinary paper, they began to add materials to make papers for various purposes.

Kraft paper is one of them.

At this time, Bai Lu opened the cover, and the paper inside was not white, but a layer of light green, giving people a fresh beauty.

And there were some slightly darker powder marks in between, which looked like flower patterns, quite unique.

"It's so beautiful!" Bai Lu was a girl after all, and she liked it at once and couldn't help but praise it.

"This is the latest edition of the notebook in this county. This series is called "Spring Flower Language". These pink ones are all flowers, which are most suitable for girls." Chen Yan pointed and introduced.

Bai Lu completely forgot about the business, listened to his introduction, rubbed it carefully, and was amazed.

Da Zhou already had papermaking technology.

It's just that the technology is rough and backward, and the paper produced is mostly wood color, not as white as this.

Not to mention that it is as difficult as ascending to heaven to make such patterned paper!

The price is also sky-high, only wealthy families can use it, ordinary people dare not even think about it.

For example, in order to show his nobility, Chen Yan asked He Jinyao to record the joining at the banquet on paper.