I, my father-in-law, set off a frenzy of public examinations in ancient times

Chapter 96 Household Paper
"Although your idea is very good, our paper making is no match for professional rice paper making. Will we lose our books by then?"

People like Xia Risen are even more eager for Guan Yujun to have a bad nose, and then we will see how he ends up! ...

Guan Yujun clapped his hands with a smile, and responded to the lord very politely: "My lord is right, I have no intention of competing with others to make 'Xuan paper' or other writing paper, I intend to make 'tissue paper'. "

"Paper for household use?!" The ministers looked at each other, not knowing why.

"Everyone, don't say 'you can't use it, you can't use it', there are many places where it can be used; before the birth of new things, it is natural to say that you can't use it, but once the 'tissue paper' made by my father-in-law comes out, Keep everyone inseparable from it every day..."

Of course, her original intention of doing this is because of sanitary napkins! ——

It was still the same adult, and he continued to ask: "Mr. Guan, but your papermaking method is the same as the one in the south: the quantity cannot be increased, the price cannot be reduced, and the labor cost is still high;
That being the case, how do you say, 'every day is inseparable from'? ..."

Ouch, this kid has something! ——

Guan Yujun gave Han Yin a wink at the beginning, remembering that this person wants to do something and is capable...

She nodded inwardly. It's not that she hasn't thought about these issues, but she has already figured out a basic prototype, and everything just needs to be implemented to see the truth——

"My lord, tell me your doubts, and I'll see if I can answer them for you."

"Okay, little Guan Gonggong. The first item is 'cutting the bamboo and drifting pond'. For this item alone, the bamboo will have to be soaked in water for a hundred days to wash off the green skin..."

"You are right, but my father-in-law also has many ways to reduce this time: for example, directly peel off the green skin manually, or use horsetail grass, green bricks, planes, shells, etc. to polish it off. If not, this can be greatly reduced. For a while?"

And this is only a physical method. With chemical methods, more algae can be added to the pond, and organic matter can be used to promote the decomposition of organic matter.

"And the peeled off green skin can be put into the kiln to burn and continue to be used as waste!"

Bamboo: Listen to me, thank you~
Guan Yujun tilted his head and smiled at him, the officer in his twenties blushed with embarrassment and swallowed his saliva.

Han Yinchu wanted to laugh at first, isn't this the real bamboo version of "Cooking beans burns Osmunda, the beans weep in the cauldron"?But then he looked at the little official with a little bit of surprise: the majestic official of the imperial court is actually crazy about a eunuch? !What kind of system is this? !

The adult did not feel the scorching gaze of the emperor, and then continued to ask his own questions:
"The eight days and eight nights of cooking used by the 'cooking foot fire', can't it be saved?"

Right in the middle.

Guan Yujun was almost overjoyed: "I don't know what to call this lord?"

Fang Fang first bowed to Han Yinchu, then stared at Guan Yujun and said, "The humble surname is Fang, and the single name is Japanese Fang Fang."

Han Yin frowned at the beginning: What the hell? ! ——

"Good Mr. Fang, since you know so much about the steps of papermaking, you probably know that the step of 'cooking the foot fire' requires adding lime!"

Fang Fang nodded.

The role of lime can be understood as "composting":
Lime water cooking can remove lignin, gum, resin and other impurities in the raw materials; then rinse and cook again... Repeatedly, the bamboo fiber will gradually decompose.

And if you want to speed up this step, you can use chicken manure and corn stalks. The former is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus, and the latter is rich in carbon. One can speed up decomposition, and the other helps good fermentation.

Emmmmmm~ Maybe these eight days and eight nights don't have to be saved...

Guan Yujun simply skipped this topic, and waited for Fang Fang's follow-up questions with a smile.

"Little Eunuch Guan, the step of 'dragging materials into the curtain' is the most time-consuming and labor-intensive step, you..."

"Wait, I have to interrupt Mr. Fang. Don't Mr. Fang feel that it is very laborious to beat the bamboo into bamboo mud at the 'mortar' step?"

Facing Guan Yujun's rhetorical question, Fang Fang subconsciously nodded.

Guan Yujun puffed up his chest: "My father-in-law thought of a 'once and for all' solution. Master Fang, guess why I set this place near the stream near the waterfall?——"

In order to better remind Fang Fang, Guan Yujun drew a circle on the edge of the stream, like a bicycle wheel.

Fang Fang is a talented student of the Ministry of Industry, his eyes lit up, and his voice was trembling: "Little Guan Gonggong means to set up a waterwheel on the water flow, and use the power of the water flow to 'mechanically' To achieve the purpose of beating stone pestles into bamboo mud?"

Guan Yujun snapped his fingers, a child can be taught! ~
In the same way, in the next step of "swinging materials into the curtain", it is also possible to repeatedly scoop water and lift the bamboo curtain beside the paper trough; but the steps of papermaking absolutely need manual labor to complete.

Even so, they have already saved a lot of labor costs.

What's more, the next step of "curtain-covering and pressing paper" is a "man-made" existence. Each craftsman can only complete [-] to [-] sheets of paper in this step every day.

Fang Fang's eyes were full of fanaticism: "Little Eunuch Guan, the last step is 'roasting'. Do you have a better way?"

Guan Yujun asked back with some embarrassment: "Master Fang, do you think there is any problem with this step?"

"Of course there are. To start a fire in the alley, will it consume more fuel than the paper itself?..."

yes!Labor, fuel, time cost, etc., any item is burning money, how can it not be "Luoyang paper is expensive"?

But now, they have a lot to thank for nature's gift:
"My father-in-law has thought about it. The 'drying' method is only used when the weather is too humid or rainy and other conditions will affect the 'drying'..."

Dry, dry! ——

Fang Fang lost his composure and directly stood up and slapped his thigh, yes!

The toughness of bamboo is strong, and the wind here is so strong. Although it may take longer to dry, what is this compared with saving wood and the natural color and texture of paper? ...

Fang Fang looked at Guan Yujun adoringly, as if the little Eunuch Guan was omnipotent!I heard that the "Engineering Practices" that the emperor asked the Ministry of Industry to compile based on the "Building Procedures" was also the work of Mr. Guan's efforts! ...

Fang Fang was so happy that he lost himself for a moment, and he didn't know what was going on, so he asked Guan Yujun directly: "Little Eunuch Guan, I want to take the initiative to ask for help, and use the blueprint drawn by Eunuch Guan to help the establishment of this 'government-run paper mill'." !—”

　The steps about papermaking are all from "Tiangong Kaiwu". Some small details are edited by the author himself, such as composting, wind power, etc. The author is not sure if this will really speed up the papermaking process~~~
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