i have a super island

Chapter 788
In the early morning, the fleet sailed from Wan Guo City to Black Tooth Island.

Equation has been to this island before, and the last time he came was to rescue the egrets.

The last time I came was because of the battle, but this time it was for resources.

The area of ​​Black Tooth Island is comparable to that of Wan Guo City, and slightly larger. There are very rich forest resources on this island.

It belongs to the tropical rainforest climate and is full of virgin forests that have not been touched by humans.Even when the Black Tooth tribe was at its most prosperous, the human settlements were only a small area on the island.

Coming here again, Fang Fang was warmly welcomed by the lord of the Black Tooth Tribe.

To be precise, it should be called the Civil Affairs Officer of Black Tooth Island. Since Fang Fang became the consul, the lords of the Black Tooth Tribe and the Egret Tribe have correspondingly acquired their own new identities.

The aborigines on the island lined up crookedly, and under the leadership of the civil affairs officer, they imitated the practices of the city dwellers in Wan Guo City, lined the road to welcome and applaud.

Lu Fengmei is also traveling with Equation this time.

As the civil affairs officer in charge of smelting in Wan Guo City, Lu Fengmei's mission this time is to teach the natives on the island how to burn charcoal.

It's still the method Wei Lin said, the wood and charcoal will be transported separately in the future, the wood will be transported to Wanguo City as raw materials for paper making and building materials, and the charcoal will be used as energy, so different uses will naturally be treated differently.

Fang Fang inspected the island, accompanied by the civil affairs officer of Heitooth Island.

Because the island is too big, there is no way to finish shopping in a short time, so we can only check a few places symbolically.

When it was time to leave, Fang Fang called the civil affairs officer to his side and explained seriously, "Lu is the civil affairs officer specially sent by me. He will stay on your island to teach you how to make charcoal. I hope you can cooperate in all aspects. His job, and make sure to keep him safe."

"Definitely, definitely! We must remember the words of the consul!"

Here he explained to the civil affairs officer of Heizhi Island, while Fang Fang came to Lu Fengmei again, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Old Lu, this time I will leave you among the savages."

Lu Fengmei rolled her eyes towards the sky, and said helplessly: "What can I say, the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die!"

"Is it as exaggerated as you said?"

"Hey... just talk casually."

Fang Fang put away the joke and said seriously: "You stay on the island first, teach the people here how to burn charcoal, and I will send someone to pick you up when the time comes."

Lu Fengmei nodded and said, "Okay, you guys go first."

Lu Fengmei was left behind, and Fang Fang returned to Wan Guo City with his people.

It used to take two days to sail from Wan Guo City to Black Tooth Island, but now with new ships, this time has been greatly shortened, and it only takes one day to go back and forth between the two places.

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When Fang Fang returned to Wan Guo City, he found that Wei Lin had already started making paper.

The lime pool was originally used to soak lime, but now it has been requisitioned by Wei Lin.

She led people to cut some moso bamboo back, and then soaked the moso bamboo in the lime pond after breaking it open. This is a step before preparing to make bamboo paper.

Lime water is alkaline and can be used to treat some components in the raw materials that are not needed for papermaking, making the components that need to be used for papermaking more loose.In addition, the lime water part can decolorize, the soaked bamboo will become whiter, and the color of the paper will be whiter.

Soaking takes a certain amount of time, and after the soaking is complete, it is air-dried and sun-dried.

The purpose of drying is also to make the fibers inside the bamboo more easily broken, so that it is easier to get fine fibers when hammering.

When these parts are ready, the bamboo is stripped into silk, put into the stone mortar and hammered repeatedly, until the bamboo silk is beaten into a paste-like thing.

It is just the beginning of making paper here, and there are still several steps to be completed before the real paper.

Throw the battered bamboo fiber into a special paper-making pool, mix it with clean water, and use a wooden stick to repeatedly stir the bamboo pulp evenly, so that it can be evenly dispersed in the pool.

Then use the prepared bamboo curtains to salvage. When the water mixed with bamboo pulp in the papermaking pool is picked up, the water will flow away from the gaps in the bamboo curtains, leaving a thin white film-like thing. It's just paper.

It's not a paper that really takes shape, though.

At this point the only thing short of getting a real piece of paper is air drying.

These bamboo curtains are hung up for air drying. After air drying, the paper made of bamboo pulp will be shaped. At this time, the paper can be removed to obtain a complete paper.

After repeated attempts by Wei Lin, Haidao finally produced the first piece of paper.

In addition to using moso bamboo to make paper, I have also tried other methods, such as leaves, bark, tree trunks, dead grass... In fact, these materials can also be made into paper.

What is needed to make paper is plant fiber. As long as there is a way to extract plant fiber, then paper can be made.

It's just that different raw materials will produce papers with completely different colors, textures, and handles.

When Wei Lin presented the first piece of paper made by herself to Fang Yuan and Li Qingman, the two laughed so hard that their eyes almost closed.

Fang Fang smiled from ear to ear, and praised Wei Lin, "Xiao Lin, you have made great contributions to the island this time."

Wei Lin smiled shyly: "Maybe it's because the method is wrong. In fact, the paper produced this time is far from what I expected. The texture of the paper is too different. It's a pity that this kind of paper can't be helped." used to draw maps."

This is an unavoidable problem for Wei Lin, because the technology is outdated, and she has achieved this step relying on her own imagination and a little understanding of papermaking.

For her, it is actually very rare to be able to do this.

"Yes, I'm a little sorry, the surface of this paper is too rough to be used for fine map drawing." Li Qingman comforted, "But don't be discouraged, the technology is refined step by step from scratch, You've managed to make paper the first time, and it's only a matter of time before you get to finer paper."

Fang Fang also laughed and said: "That's right, although this paper can't be used for drawing maps, it can also be used for writing."

"You have made great contributions to the island. Tell me how you want to reward you." Li Qingman smiled gratifiedly.

"No, really no, it's nothing." Wei Lin shook her head repeatedly.

Fang Fang said: "Well, I will reward you with two servants, who will take care of your daily meals and daily chores, so that you can relax and spend more time on design and research."

Wei Lin whispered: "The servants... are not very good?"

Li Qingman comforted her and said, "It's okay, I'll get used to it slowly."

(End of this chapter)