I turned against Dong Zhuo at the beginning, and I went crazy in the Three Kingdoms.

Lu Zhen did not accept all of Pei Chen's donation.

He only took over the paper mill and eight million yuan, and finally, at Pei Chen's insistence, he took over his 10,000 acres of fertile land.

These ten thousand acres of fertile land are worth more than ten million, so Pei Chen's donation is actually quite generous, and it also solves Lu Zhen's dilemma of lack of money.

Lu Zhen appointed Pei Chen as the magistrate of Yishi County.

This is the only county magistrate appointed by Lu Zhen. The county magistrate's salary is one thousand dan.

Pei Chen's county magistrate had a higher rank and salary than Wei's county magistrate, but there was no such thing as big or small between the county magistrate and the county magistrate because the positions did not correspond.

However, the county magistrate is the lord of a county and the person with absolute real power is, in some respects, much better than the county magistrate.

And this was Lu Zhen's feedback to Pei Chen who was the first to seek refuge with him.

Lu Zhen immediately issued an official notice to inform the whole county, and Lu Bu quickly stamped it with a big seal.

Pei Chen, the county magistrate, was officially appointed.

However, Pei Chen did not go to Yishi County immediately to take office. Instead, he followed Lu Zhen to the paper mill.

Because Pei Chen wanted to see Lu Zhen instruct the craftsmen to make paper for the first time.

As a result, I met on the wayCai Yan.

Cai Yan ran up excitedly and shouted:

"Lu Yuandang! Lu

Zhen saw her excited look and asked with a smile:

"Well, have you come up with poems?"

Cai Yan shook his head, his little head was like a rattle, and the little bun on his head almost fell apart with the shaking.

No?

Then you are so happy?!

Cai Yan was indeed happy, her eyes were shining brightly, and she said excitedly:

"I got a lot of poems right. Although they were appropriate, they were all lacking."

"So, this is a quatrain for the ages, but I think you must know the next sentence!"

Facing Cai Yan's innocent and clear eyes, Lu Zhen felt a little embarrassed.

After all, it's not good for Lu Zhen to compare other people's poems.

But seeing Cai Yan's expectant look, Lu Zhen still said:

"The moon is as full as the moon without hatred."

Cai Yan's eyes suddenly widened and he murmured:

"If the sky has feelings, the sky will grow old, and if the moon has no hatred, it will grow round."

Although she didn't cheer, the expressions on her beautiful face were colorful.

Pei Chen, who was accompanying him, also recited the poem and was shocked.

This... is actually a poem written by the general!?

No wonder Wei Ji said to him: Poetry Only then did he crush the scholars from Hedong

"Miss Cai Yan, I have to leave."

Lu Zhen had to go to instruct papermaking, so he said goodbye to Cai Yan.

Cai Yan, as if in a fugue, nodded:

"Okay, let's go with you."

Lu Zhen...

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Zhen took Cai Yan directly.

Someone once said: If you want to get closer to someone, share secrets with her.

Lu Zhen wants to give the secret of improving papermaking to She saw that she couldn't refuse to be close to her.

The little maid Si Qi instinctively felt that Lu Zhen had bad intentions, so she wanted to persuade the young lady.

Unfortunately, Cai Yan was so obsessed with poetry that he felt like he was in a dreamland and couldn't listen to it at all.

Until he entered At the paper mill, Cai Yan came back to his senses:

"Ah~ Come to see the paper factory? Lu

Zhen smiled and shook his head:

"No~ to improve papermaking skills."

Improvement?

Cai Yan's eyes gradually lit up.

"Huh~bragging."

The little maid Si Qi hummed, because she knew how difficult it was to improve papermaking.

"There used to be a method for making rice paper that cost ten thousand gold. If it was really easy to transform, why would it cost ten thousand gold?"

Hearing the little girl's rebuttal, Lu Zhen immediately said:

"Then when I make rice paper that meets your request, I will sell it to you for one thousand gold."

The little girl stopped talking, because she didn't have a thousand pieces of gold.

This paper mill is not big, with only twenty or thirty people, but it is quiet and safe.

Lu Zhen sent a team of soldiers to guard the outside, and then personally guided.

Now paper making Most of them use bark, hemp, rags, etc.

But Lu Zhen used bamboo and reeds.

Lu Zhen had never done papermaking before traveling through time, but with the accumulation of knowledge and experience of modern people, after clarifying the papermaking process , it is not difficult to guide papermaking.

In order to let the craftsmen understand more deeply, Lu Zhen also explained:

"Bamboo pulp is not flexible enough and has insufficient bonding force, so the paper produced will be loose, rough, and low in strength. Mixing reed slurry water can improve this situation"

"After stirring, it is then soaked in lime water. The calcium carbonate formed in it can adhere to the fibers. After oxidation, calcium and oxygen crystals are formed."

"It is these crystals that increase the gloss of the paper, making it resistant to friction and wrinkle-free."

Lu Zhen's explanation contained new terms.

Cai Yan hurriedly wrote down"calcium carbonate" and"oxidation crystal".

Pei Chen was also dumbfounded. Seeing the process being completed one by one, he felt as excited as sitting back and watching a miracle happen..

But the final drying will take several hours, and it’s obviously impossible to wait any longer.

"Let's look at the finished paper tomorrow."

Before Lu Zhen left, he asked for a piece of paper and drew a simple version of the bearing with a carbon rod.

It just added a few iron balls between the two iron rings.

Cai Yan only thought that this thing should be a wonder of woodworking. Things, I couldn’t help but ask:

"What's this?"

Lu Zhen drew another waterwheel and said:

"Beating takes too long and is labor intensive"

"Building the paper mill near the water and using waterwheels saves manpower."

Cai Yan suddenly realized, then said:

"However, due to technical limitations, the waterwheel cannot be built too large."

"I guess the general’s circle is to break through the technical bottleneck."

Lu Zhen grinned:

"Yes, Soo-hee is smart."

Zhaoji?

The little maid Si Qin immediately became unhappy. How could you call her so kindly?!

Cai Yan also frowned, but it was not because of the title, but she said:

"General, if your invention succeeds, you will be in great trouble."