"Your Highness, you should be punished by death for underestimating your position."
Wu Cheng's expression changed, and he leaned on his horse and bowed to apologize.
"Humph, go back and receive the punishment yourself!"
Li Tai had a dark face.
After saying that, he lowered the curtains and his chubby body lay on the soft cushion, with his head resting on the maid's thigh.
In their first contact, Li Tai only briefly tested Wang Jian's attitude.
He could clearly feel that Wang Jian did not want to take sides prematurely.
"He is a cunning person."
Li Tai frowned, feeling a little regretful in his heart.
He is quite sensitive and knows that this little-known Wang Jian will make his mark in Chang'an sooner or later.
After all, those who can be talked about by the father are not simple people without exception.
What's more, Wang Jian is just a country man, not even a poor family, so one can imagine his abilities.
The more he thought about it, the more headache he got, and Li Tai frowned tightly.
The maid stretched out her slender white hands and gently rubbed the acupuncture points on Li Tai's face.
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The well-drilling team members rested at home for five days, then once again picked up the well-drilling tools and dry food and set off.
The next stop is Cizhou.
The distance is quite far, and it would take two days to reach the nearest county by carriage.
On the long and narrow road in Majiazhuang.
Hundreds of women wearing short-sleeved shirts and cropped trousers are scattered among them, wielding hoes and working hard.
These girls love to sing. When someone gets taller, the people around them will sing along. The singing voice makes people feel very comfortable.
It rains from time to time recently, and the dirt roads in Majiazhuang are muddy, with small puddles everywhere.
So Wang Jian decided to renovate the road and pave it with some stones and bricks.
There are more than 300 unemployed girls in the village, which can solve their work problems.
Each person is paid 15 cents per day.
These girls, who had not worked for months, were finally smiling.
When you work, it’s called hard work.
According to Wang Jian’s plan, only the main roads and village paths will be repaired this time.
As for other places, Wang Jian plans to make a unified layout when planning to build a house.
Wang Jian stood on the roadside, directing these young wives to work.
Suddenly there was a surprised voice calling him from behind.
"Manager Wang, Master Chen invites you to go to the papermaking experimental base. There is good news!"
The person who came was an agile guard who was sent by Wang Jian to assist Chen. Study papermaking.
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"Okay, go over now." Wang Jian turned around and responded, then waved to Mr. Ma in front of him, "I will leave for a while, Mr. Third, you come and watch here."
Ma The third master stopped, holding the hoe and breathing heavily.
"Go ahead, I'm here to watch."
After saying that, Mr. Ma raised his hoe again and hoeed the hard soil on the ground.
Wang Jian came to the papermaking experimental base, and Chen Gong was actively directing the workers to work.
He is leaning on a newly made crutch on his left shoulder and is standing more steadily than before.
This is the crutch Wang Jian asked Ma Changshou to make and gave it to Chen Gong as a meeting gift.
Wang Jian did not disturb him, but stood aside silently and watched.
On the long flat board on the left side of the entrance door, there are stacks of wet white paper.
Each piece of white paper is separated by a thin hemp rope.
One side of the slab.
There is a triangular iron box stove standing, filled with firewood, which warms the surface of the stove.
Two women who were responsible for drying paper skillfully picked up sheets of paper that had been pressed with water and pasted them on the iron wall of the large stove next to them.
He picked up a feather broom and kept sweeping the surface of the paper to ensure that the paper and the iron wall fully adhered.
In a short time, the paper will be dry.
The woman skillfully took off the formed paper and folded it on a flat plate.
Wang Jian walked inside with his hands behind his back and saw two guards standing in front of two white pools.
They were pushing a large wooden frame with a straw mat spread on it.
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As they worked skillfully, the fibers of the pulp in the pool quickly covered the straw mat. They took out the straw mat and let the pulp on it settle for a while.
When the paper is finalized, they put the paper on the straw mat to the next process.
"Manager Wang, this is the white paper that was just made this morning. Take a look."
Wang Jian was so absorbed in looking at it that he didn't even notice when Mr. Chen came to him. .
Hearing Chen Gong’s voice, Wang Jian turned his head and looked sideways.
What comes into view is a piece of smooth and white rice paper. If you don't get close and take a closer look, you can't see the impurities on it at all.
"So white!"
Wang Jian took the white paper and felt the thickness of the paper. It was about the same thickness as the A4 paper commonly used in later generations.
Grab the two ends of the white paper with both hands and gently pull it a few times. The toughness is OK.
Then Wang Jian showed an expression of surprise on his face. He looked at Chen Gong with messy hair and praised him without hesitation.
"Master Chen, you are amazing, this is what I wantrice paper! ”
“It can be produced and sold now! "
"Okay, great! ”
Wang Jian held up the white paper and looked at it back and forth, smiling from ear to ear.
I thought the brick factory would be the first to make qualified red bricks. , I didn’t expect that the papermaking technology that I didn’t expect would be the first to make a breakthrough.
“Master Chen, tell me about rice paper production after the technological breakthrough. "
When Chen Gong heard the great manager Wang's praise, he felt a huge sense of accomplishment in his heart.
He made a gesture of invitation towards Wang Jian and smiled. Said.
"Manager Wang, let's go to the office to discuss it in detail. It smells wet here. "
Worker Chen's office is no better than the outside, with various tools pushed inside.
On the wooden desk of the office, there is a large pile of experimental paper covered with writing.
Chen Gong blushed, put away the papers on the table, rubbed his head and said with shame.
"Manager Wang, I am used to being sloppy, and the environment is quite messy. ”
“It’s messy but not dirty, which is good.” "
Wang Jian helped him clean up, then pulled out a chair and sat down.
After the two sat down, Chen Gong began to introduce new technologies to Wang Jian. < /p>
“Manager Wang, I made many attempts based on your improvement suggestions, but I didn’t expect it to succeed. "
Chen Gong looked at Wang Jian excitedly and continued.
"The first thing is the softening of the raw materials. Steaming makes them softer faster than soaking them, but the raw materials after steaming are made softer. The paper is rough. ”
“After extensive testing, it was found that adding alkaline water made from plant ash during the cooking process can ensure that the raw materials are not destroyed by hot water. "
Chen Gong took out a piece of rice paper from the drawer and handed it to Wang Jian's hand.
"What is recorded on it is the method of making alkaline water. "
Wang Jian spread out the rice paper and looked at it carefully.
Chen Gong continued.
"Bleaching the pulp is much simpler. Put it in the lime pond. Just medium, but you have to control the time and the amount of lime. "
"The final drying of the paper was also thanks to the triangular dryer made by Manager Wang. ”
Chen Gong looked at Wang Jian with admiration.
With this dryer, the moisture in the paper can be artificially and quickly dried, so that the paper can be made quickly.
There is no need to dry it in the sun to avoid many disadvantages caused by bad weather
Wang Jian put the paper down and asked the excited Chen Gong. > “How long does the production cycle of paper take? "
Chen Gong's expression quickly calmed down. He lowered his head and thought about it, then raised his head and said affirmatively to Wang Jian.
"It takes about a month to make a batch of white paper."
"However, white paper can be produced continuously without stopping work in the middle!"
Chen Gong’s answer made Wang Jian very satisfied.
A one-month production cycle sounds very long, but according to the papermaking technology of this era, it has been greatly reduced.
You must know that the official papermaking technology can only make a batch of paper in a year.
"Master Chen, congratulations on your big breakthrough in technology."
"I will give you awards at the end of the year!"
Wang Jian excitedly Left the papermaking experimental base.
Now that there is a breakthrough in papermaking technology, we can start building a paper mill.