The eldest daughter of the emperor, she began to build a city wildly

Chapter 43 Papermaking
Seeing their cautious expressions, Su Tang took Yingyue home with satisfaction and peace of mind, and decided to dispose of the dried green sandalwood trees.

The next step is to add lime and steam to remove impurities. After washing, tear it into thin strips, and then turn it white after being exposed to the sun and rain, before it can be made into paper.

Su Tang was a little dazed looking at the green sandalwood tree that had been working for a few days to dry again. The making of rice paper is tedious and long. When will it be possible to make paper.

She is also thinking about making paper early, so that fireworks can be set off on New Year's Eve this year, and when rice paper is made, it will be the Year of the Monkey.

So Su Tang decided to make a batch of ordinary paper first, and do it as soon as he said it. After checking the production method, he called Rong Jin to help, and the three of them started to get busy again.

Ordinary paper can be made of bamboo, bark, or straw, but at present, bamboo is easier to handle, so I decided to use bamboo for testing first.

First soak the bamboo in lime water, wash it, and toss it back and forth for more than ten days until the bamboo is soaked until soft. Then mash the bamboo into mud and add water to make a suspension of paper fibers.

Finally, paper is made with a thin bamboo curtain, which means that the paper fiber forms a thin film on the thin bamboo curtain. After drying, it is the so-called paper.

When they got the first piece of paper, they were so excited that they couldn't speak. After working hard for a whole month, they finally made the paper.

Although the color is a little yellowish like that of bamboo, the paper is flat and tough, and it is many times better than the rough and rotten hemp paper I have seen before.

Rong Jin used it for various tests, "Writing does not smear ink, soaking in water will not rot, kneading into a ball and then unfolding it is intact, I can already predict what those literati will think of this light and tough paper." Fanaticism, they can finally not have to carry cumbersome bamboo slips and worry about expensive cloth."

"You mean this kind of paper will sell well?" Yingyue asked Rong Jin with bright eyes.

"As long as the price is right, it will definitely sell well." Rong Jin nodded happily, this is an incredible business.

The two turned their heads and looked at Su Tang expectantly. Besides making money, such paper can really make people's lives much more convenient.

"Sell." Su Tang thought for a moment, and decided not to let go of any opportunity to make money. With paper, glass, and porcelain, Su Tang no longer has to worry about running out of money.

The system's secret hint: You always think too simple.

"Rongjin has been helping you all this time, and she already knows the process very well. From now on, I will leave the papermaking to you." Su Tang said, "How about 0.5% of the net profit from paper sales?"

Su Tang thought about the salary model for important personnel in various industries in the future. Both in charge of production and sales will be paid 0.5%, which is one-twentieth. remuneration.

Only when their personal interests are linked with product interests, and under high salaries, will they take their work seriously.

Since the case of Yasu is an exception, Su Tang will sell other products in the future. Su Tang thinks that the production person will only be responsible for production, and the sales person will be responsible for sales. time and thought.

"Thank you, Village Master." Rong Jin, who was usually reserved and polite, was a little overjoyed at this moment. Like Ya Su, she was a person who had seen the world, and Su Tang didn't need to say much about the truth and benefits of it. They could clearly understand it.

If only Fufengzhai could make paper and sell it to outsiders, the small 0.5% remuneration would be more than some local business families in Linqi City.

After this month, the production of glass and porcelain at Yasu's side has been on the right track, and a group of craftsmen recruited have also become proficient in making common daily necessities such as tea sets and vases.

In time for the opening of the first batch of porcelain kilns, Su Tang took Yingyue and Rongjin over to have a look, and Wu Chong even came here to pick them up.

"In the future, you will build another house near the melting kiln to make paper. Rongjin will make decisions about papermaking in the future." Su Tang told Wu Chong about the matter.

He also specifically explained that as far as possible, no other buildings should be built around the gunpowder production, otherwise there will be many people coming and going, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions.

"Okay, I'll take people to start building the house later." Wu Chong paddled the bamboo raft vigorously.

The porcelain in this kiln was fired day and night by Yasu herself. After all, porcelain has high requirements on the temperature of the fire. At present, Yasu is the only one who is good at this. People from the melting kiln and the kiln fired all gathered around to watch the excitement today.

By the time Su Tang arrived, the kiln had already been opened, and the porcelain of various colors was placed on the ground reflecting the light, which was extremely gorgeous.

This month, Yasu found all kinds of metal ores, and mixed them into pigments to paint on porcelain according to Su Tang's instructions. Although there are only ten or twenty colors, it is not easy.

Some of the dishes are the hands-on work of those apprentices, but there are three or five works that are eye-catching. The texture is as smooth as jade, the color is bright, and the flowers, birds, fish and insects painted on them are lifelike. handwriting.

At this time, Ya Su was touched in her heart, and unconsciously shed two lines of tears, "I can finally make colored porcelain, and he can feel at ease."

Su Tang stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder, "They will be happy watching you in the sky. They want you to be happy more than revenge."

"How can I be happy if I don't take revenge." Yasu wiped away her tears and said, "I will definitely avenge them."

"I will." Su Tang looked cold, those despicable people really shouldn't go unpunished.

Even if there is no such thing as Ya Su's revenge, once the colored porcelain goes on sale, blocking those people's way of making money, they will still use the methods they used to deal with the Tao family on her head.

No matter how you say it, you can't let them go.

The onlookers seemed too excited to notice Yasu's emotional changes, their eyes were all fixed on the gorgeous porcelain all over the floor, and they were as excited as if they were beating chicken blood.

"I heard that only rich people can afford this treasure."

"I heard that rich people buy it and put it on the shelf for offerings. The silver to buy this one should be enough for us to spend several years."

"Don't talk about several years, I think it will take us several decades. If I have one, it will definitely be a family heirloom and passed down from generation to generation."

"Oh, I never dreamed that one day I would have the opportunity to learn how to make such a precious utensil."

"The glass I learned to make is not bad!"

"..."

Everyone was delighted and sighed, especially those who were apprentices, they were ordinary people, they didn't expect to have this opportunity if they couldn't survive and hid in the mountains.

Learning to make porcelain is a great skill. With this skill, you can eat and drink wherever you go in the future.

These were all given by the village owner, and they secretly made up their minds that they would work hard in the future to repay the village owner's kindness.

Ya Su calmed down and checked again, "The apprentices still need to improve their skills, and the mastery of the fire also needs to be learned a few times before they can understand."

"In this case, leave the shop to me." At the same time, she also needs to arrange a shop that sells paper. It's also time for her to go back to Yanyang City to see how the potatoes are growing there and see if there are any problems.

(End of this chapter)