Uncle Lai in the Red Chamber

Chapter 8 Preparation and Addition

For several days, Lai Shangrong was too busy to touch the ground.

In addition to dealing with the Jia family members who came for interviews, there were also arrangements for papermaking.

He planned to make the paper first, and then calculate the cost after the process was mature, so as not to make ends meet and make a fool of himself.

Although I know that alkali can dissolve impurities in raw materials, and I know the general process, but I have no practical experience, and there are no craftsmen who are familiar with ancient papermaking technology.

He has run an industry and knows that understanding the principles and being able to build them are two different things, so he has to start from scratch and do it step by step.

He divided papermaking into two steps: raw material processing and deep processing. The reason for this division was to keep the work confidential.

The raw materials for papermaking in ancient times were very limited, and generally used mulberry, hemp, rattan, paper bark and other materials. This was also the reason that limited the output and price of paper.

Lai Shangrong knew that reeds, wheat straw, wood and other fiber-containing materials could be used as raw materials for papermaking.

In addition, during the raw material processing process, caustic soda is needed to decompose the raw materials.

These two areas are the core of cost reduction. In order to avoid the leakage of core technology, those responsible for raw material processing are all in-house.

However, if he uses his own people to make paper in the later stage, firstly, the number of people under his name is limited, and it is impossible to send out too many; secondly, collecting paper and making paper is considered a technical job, and hiring knowledgeable people from outside Yes, quality and efficiency are also guaranteed.

Because raw material processing involves raw material transportation issues, it is carried out in our own small farm outside the city.

He also selected a dozen mature and prudent people from his family to take charge of raw material procurement, transportation, processing of supplied materials and other matters.

In order to ensure that the project will be launched as soon as possible, he also specially pretended to be the owner of the bookstore and visited the ancient papermaking workshop.

After returning, the farm buildings were redistributed and adjusted, and all responsible personnel were assigned to perform their respective duties.

Only then did the job interviews begin.

There was also an episode in the middle. Because there was no one else talking to Jia Zheng that night, Mr. Lai and his wife did not know that he had staged the interview drama.

When the incident spread, the two of them learned about it and gave him another lesson after they came back.

It is said that destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents. People with poor family backgrounds expect their children to eat and drink in family schools and reduce their expenses.

Doing this is tantamount to adding a burden to these families. I'm afraid many people will be itchy with hatred and ask Lai Shangrong to go through the motions and let them all in.

Of course Lai Shangrong will not do what they say, but this also reminds him that it is easy to hide from open guns and hard to guard against hidden attacks. It is not a good thing to offend too many people. Some people may not be successful enough, but everyone is good at bad things.

So I decided to give a date a slap in the face to try to eliminate this ambiguity.

He remembered that when Tanchun was managing the Grand View Garden, he had to pay an expense for the ethnic group, eight taels of silver per person per year.

At this time, the money was still there, and it was a good time to make use of it. Since Jia Zheng was also afraid of ruining his reputation by refusing to enroll his relatives, he proposed to him that he should continue to bear the expenses.

As for whether the money was spent unjustly or not, it doesn't even bother him if he sells his land, not to mention the Jia family's money he spent.

I thought it would take a lot of effort, but I didn't expect Jia Zheng to have an easy time. He also said that the school's supplies would be provided with a share, which was changed to one or two per month. In order to avoid being accused of being treated differently, he promised to provide all the supplies. .

Later, Lai Shangrong politely rejected Jin Rong, Xiang Lian, Yu Ai and others who came to the door, and explained that he knew they were in difficulty, and asked the Rong Mansion for a one-tael monthly withdrawal payment.

Although I am not grateful to him, I don't have much resentment.

As for the management of the Grand View Garden after Tanchun, how to deal with this item, whether it will offend people, Lai Shangrong can't take care of it for the time being, and can only talk about it when the time comes.

The boy named Jia did not need to be screened due to mutual agreement, so it was expected that no one came.But I didn't expect that Sister Feng actually sent someone to tell him that Qin Zhong couldn't go to school due to the long distance.

This made his original plan of taking the opportunity to get close to Qin Keqing come to nothing.Since tomorrow is the enrollment period, Lai Da and his wife came back from Rong Mansion and called Lai Shangrong to Dongkua Hospital.

Lai Da was quite pleased to see him. He stroked his beard and said with a smile, "You handled the matter fairly well this time. It shows that my son is born to be an official."

Mother Xu completely forgot about her position when she complained two days ago, and choked out: "My son will be serving as an official in the future, how can he handle some trivial matters improperly?"

Lai Da said with a smile: "We have already made arrangements for the clan school. Qin Xian is an old man in the family and has nothing to do with it. His brother is working under the eldest master, and he has nothing to do with them."

Mrs. Xu stopped making trouble at this moment and said solemnly: "Your father is worried about this matter. He also has a nephew who can read and call Pan You'an. He can also share the writing chores for you. some."

Lai Da nodded and said: "I have thought twice about sending them there. In short, I can't delay my career."

Originally, Qin Xianlai Shangrong was still a little confused, but when it came to Pan Youan, he remembered it clearly.

This guy said that he was brave and dared to live with Si Qi. You must know that Si Qi was not an ordinary maid, but an eldest maid known as a deputy young lady.

With this status, he will accompany the young lady to get married together in the future. Even when the young lady is exhausted when serving her uncle, she will have to help share the burden, similar to Ping'er beside Sister Feng.

Even if this situation is covered up well, it will happen sooner or later.

It's just that you didn't consider the consequences before doing it. What's even more annoying is that you didn't take responsibility. When Yuanyang discovered the two had a private meeting, he was so scared that he lost his soul and ran away first.

Later, Siqi was expelled and even committed suicide, which was inseparable from him.

Of course, Lai Shangrong is just making excuses for himself to treat him. He is not sure that he can rise to the top, so his skin is slightly plump, his figure is in the middle, his cheeks are plump, his nose is greasy, and he is gentle and silent. The amiable Yingchun is also a prepared person. options.

Since Jia She can sell Yingchun to Sun Shaozu for only 5000 taels of silver, then if his career is not going well and he has no hope of getting married, and he has more money to buy... Oh no, marrying Yingchun is also a good choice.

If there really comes a day, Si Qi is the perfect match for him to marry Yingchun. How can he endure being coveted by others, let alone being chosen first?

Of course, the key is not to mention the handsome appearance of Si Qi, but what is even more rare is that he is tall and strong, with a figure similar to that of a great ocean horse in his previous life, which complements Yingchun perfectly, making it difficult for him to let go.

After all, due to lack of exercise and unbalanced nutrition, most of the ancient women were petite and lovely, and it was rare to have a strong horse with a body like chess.

But since this guy's name is Pan You'an, he obviously looks good. That's probably why Siqi got on the pirate ship.

Although Lai Shangrong also has sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, he is somewhat more heroic, but he doesn't feel that he is any better than Pan An in appearance, not to mention that the relationship between the two is cousins, and Pan You'an is already close to him.

And his advantage of being big and powerful cannot be shown off on the table.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing him brooding in thought, Lai Da and his wife sighed again.

Busy concerned: "What's wrong? But what's wrong?"

"Uh! I didn't expect to bother your elders so much for some trivial matters. My son is ashamed!"

Lai Da and his wife said happily: "It's enough for you to understand our painstaking efforts. I only hope that you will be successful in the future and shine the lintel of our family!"

Then he asked about papermaking.

Lai Shangrong didn't hide this plan from them, but only fooled them that they read the ancient recipe from a book, after all, the capital had to be taken from home.

I heard that I would use the recipe to find out my background in the future. Although I was a little reluctant, I still made a choice.

(End of this chapter)