"Can they be from Sili Mansion?"

"Not like it! The last time Dade Temple was built, Meng Xingchun came to Qiantang to watch the ceremony. There were a few more yellow-eared dogs cruising around Jingyuan in those days. As soon as Meng Xingchun left, he immediately dispersed. The two people who were always here were very careful and generally would not follow us. Moreover, their body movements were not as weird and light as this person, and the route of lurking was completely different. If it weren't for the snow reflecting his light at night, I would have almost no trace of him."

Zuo Qi's words made a lot of sense. Xu You nodded, took the hot ginger soup handed over by the autumnal equinox, took a sip to remove the cold air from his body, and said, "The Crouching Tigers have just gained a foothold in Yangzhou, and only a hundred people are only available. It is impossible to spend too much effort on us. Especially Meng Xingchun just doubted me and did not treat it as an enemy. It is already very embarrassing to arrange two people to wait at any time." He blew the ginger mo beside the bowl, took a few more sips, and felt the warmth rise from his belly. The low-key satisfaction was beyond words, and he said, "Well, could that be Liu Yu's eyeliner? Today, it ruined Tang Zhiyi's good thing, and sent someone to test our details?"

"This... this person's martial arts should be more than the yellow-eared dogs in Sili Mansion. Liu Guo may not be able to move such a person..."

"That's true! That's it. No matter who sent the person, we always want to find out something. We act openly and are not afraid of others' words. If we want to follow, we can just follow him. Don't be alert to the enemy at first. When the time is right, then follow the clues..." Xu You held his five fingers and smiled: "Disturb him so badly!"

Early the next morning, Xu You took He Ruzuo and Zuoqian and Yan Shujian and Yan Cheng turned around at the city gate, and took an ox cart for about an hour to arrive at a place surrounded by mountains and rivers. The river fields were quiet and quiet, and a stream poured down from the mountains and gurgled eastward. The paper shop of Sibaofang was located on the bank of the river, covering an area of ​​about ten acres. The main body was a green tiled wooden structure building with a floor and a corridor on the bottom. There were seventeen bungalows on the left and right sides. The design was clever, the style was unique, and the scale was grand.

Walking closer, two vivid small figures of man carved on the corners of the front eaves, with short laces tied with pants, bent down and bowed, as if we were welcoming visitors from all over the world. Uncle Yan explained to Xu You various utensils in the workshop: "This is a pond, soak the erectus, vines or mulberry skin inside, then cut them into drying, apply them with wood ash and put them in the barrel..."

Wood ash actually uses weak alkalinity to remove debris such as lignin, pectin, pigments and oils in the raw materials, which is consistent with the principle of alkali chemical pulping in later generations. Lime water was used in the early days, and later it was found that wood ash was better, so it has been passed down from the Eastern Han Dynasty to this day.

Xu You knows very well about the evolutionary process of papermaking, but many ancient things have been lost in later generations. He has never seen the real thing with his own eyes. He said with great interest: "Hot barrel?"

"My husband, please come with Lao I... This is a squid bucket. Put the paper into the squid bucket and steam it for several days, and then mash it with a mortar. The squid mortar has stone vertebra and wood vertebra. Depending on the specific situation of the paper, it is used as appropriate."

The so-called bulb is similar to a steamer used for steaming rice. It is only several times larger. Bamboo strips are used at the bottom to create an upward arching cone shape, leaving many small holes for water vapor to pass through.

"Then it is put into the sink and used a papermaking machine to retrieve the pulp. After drying, it is lifted up and the inventory is waiting to be sold. The whole process is cut, broken, marinade, washing, stepping on the material, entering the tank, and making paper. Each process is very particular, so the best paper can be created..."

Xu You looked at the papermaking machine and did not use a movable paper curtain. He had to change it in time after each papermaking. Not only was the efficiency extremely low, but it also increased the production cost. No wonder a piece of paper sold is more expensive than rice and grain. Moreover, this papermaking machine has a fixed specification and can only produce paper of the same size, which is conducive to writing articles, but is not conducive to painting. Therefore, Xu You sometimes saw Gu Yun use silk when he was painting large landscape paintings. Although the silk is soft and soft, it is more because the silk is wide in size, far better than the silk paper.

"What are the regulations for these papermaking? How long is the width or length?"

"The big paper is about one foot or eight minutes long, one foot or three minutes wide, and the small paper is one foot and four inches long, nine inches and five minutes wide!" Although Yan Shujian was old, he immersed in the paper industry for his whole life, and remembered all the data clearly and clearly, saying: "Do you think something is wrong? This is a regulation ruled by the Ministry of Works. The entire Chu papermaking workshops made paper based on this regulation, and the size was the same."

"nothing!"

For a whole day, Xu You spent his whole life in the paper workshop and looked around. It seemed that Liu Laolao had entered the Grand View Garden and asked if she didn't understand. She quickly understood the current situation of papermaking technology in the north and south dynasties, and felt more at ease.

Seeing that it was getting late, in order not to be locked outside the city, everyone set out to return and trek back to Jingyuan, feeling exhausted.

Xu You lay on the couch, stretched his waist long, looked at Zuo Tsui standing in front of the couch, and said, "How?"

"That person is still following... but this time I'm a little far away and I don't dare to get close. I can't feel that I just can't find his specific location..."

"interesting!"

A faint light flashed in Xu You's eyes and he smiled and said, "Maybe it's not the enemy, but the heroic posture of Feng Hu..."

"puff!"

Lu Shuang was drinking water in a small gulp and sprayed it out directly. He Ru, who was sitting opposite her, was immediately affected.

"I... I was not careful, don't blame me!" Lu Shuang blushed and hurriedly went to find a towel and wipe it for him.

He Ru didn't care if she was wet with her clothes and said seriously: "I think this inference of Qilang makes sense. Feng Hu strode with great gaze, extraordinary demeanor, and admired by others is reasonable."

Zuo Qi was jokingly told by the two of them, and they could not resist it. They fled in panic and said, "I'll go and see if the dinner has been prepared after the autumnal equinox!"

Xu You and He Ru looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"No matter who sent the person, it will be a problem after all. Why not set up a condom tomorrow to attract this stealing guy to show off his face?"

Xu You shook his head and said, "Don't worry, wait a little longer!"

Seeing that he was paying attention, He Ru stopped persuading each other, pondered for a moment, and said, "Qilang, are you really planning to run the paper industry?"

"There is huge profits hidden in the paper, but it is not unknown. We are trapped in Qiantang, and the more than one million yuan we have earned from the Yuan family of Jinling has been used up. If we don't find a living soon, we will probably have to steam dust and fish next year, and we will have no choice but to continue."

"Fan Shiyun is born in the steamer, and fish is born in the cauldron. "Lu Shuang walked in with a towel and a handkerchief. He happened to hear Xu You's last words. He smiled and responded to two poems, saying, "Does Xiaolang learn from that Fan Shiyun?"

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty records that Fan Ran, a native of the Eastern Han Dynasty, whose courtesy name was Shi Yun, was once the magistrate of Laiwu County, also known as Fan Laiwu. When he retired, his family was poor and he often stopped cooking. Therefore, his neighbors sang songs and ridiculed him for sipping dust and fish in a pot, and his life was difficult.

Xu You sighed, "Look, even Lushuang knows that it is absolutely impossible to have no money. During this period, I seem to be leisurely, but in fact I have been thinking about using the existing capital. Oceanwide freight can make money every day, but the cost is no less than five million, and the sea storms are chaotic. Once we are in danger, we will lose all our money and the price is too high. It is not something we can afford now. That day I went to Sibaofang to buy paper, but I had a sudden inspiration. With the reputation of Sibaofang in Qiantang, the paper sold is of such a low grade, but the price is still high. Isn't it a great money-making business?"

"So when Qilang of Hecun asked Feng Hu to teach Tang Zhiyi a little lesson, expelled the matter, and did not punish him much, so that they had the courage to continue to threaten Yan Shujian, so that the young man had no way out in the end, so he had to find another way out for Sibaofang. Otherwise, with his stubbornness and feelings for Sibaofang, if Xiaolang wants to take the money into his pocket, he may not be able to achieve his goal no matter how much money he spends."

Lu Shuang stopped her smile, knelt in front of He Ru, carefully wiped the water stains for him with a towel and a light from the corner of her eyes blew a message on Xu You's face. I wonder if she was thinking: Has Xiaolang's cunning really reached such a strict point?

"You always like to think about people at the worst!"

Xu You knew He Ru's temperament, and was not angry. He smiled and said, "Who is right and wrong between Yan Shujian and Liu Yu, and who is right and wrong, is still not determined at the moment. I just want to help Yan Shujian, but my master is Wuming and wants to intervene but cannot do it. Besides, he may not be willing to let outsiders intervene in this matter. As for visiting him yesterday, he wanted to talk to him about business, but who could have expected that he would meet Tang Zhiyi by chance? So he is lucky and has his own luck on your side, so he can't help but disagree..."

He Ru laughed and said, "Okay! What Qilang said is that luck is on your side! God has made us unlucky for so long, so it's time to get one!"

After dinner, the day of the boat and car was exhausted and spread to various parts of the body. Xu You soon fell asleep. After a while, he vaguely heard movement outside. He opened his eyes in a daze. Through the window frame, he could see the crescent moon was dim, the starlight was dim, and the fingers were not visible.

"Autumnal Equinox?"

Xu You called out, but didn't hear a response, and then screamed again, but it was still as silent as stagnant water. He suddenly woke up and turned over and sat up.

Something happened?

"It's you!"

Zuo Yu's low voice rang in the yard: "So bold... I'll let you go, but I dare..." Through the layers of rocks in the house, Xu You didn't hear it sincerely, put on his clothes and got out of bed, did not light the candle, and slowly walked to the door.

The autumnal equinox was standing outside the door, staring at the two people fighting in the yard, leaning forward slightly, clenched their hands into fists, and their bodies seemed to be tense bowstrings. With a slight touch, endless power would burst out.

This is the state of the White Tiger Gold when it is ready to go. All perceptions are concentrated on the enemy in front of you. Xu You knows it very well, no wonder the autumnal equinox did not hear his own summons.

"What's wrong"

The autumnal equinox suddenly turned around, looking extremely nervous. When he saw that it was Xu You, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That person is here!"

"who?"

Xu You lost all his martial arts skills and was unable to see the two people moving in a flash, but the night was as bright as ink, and he couldn't tell which one it was.

"It's the mountain sect that kidnapped Aku... he was evil and I recognized him at a glance!"

Xu You looked surprised, Shanzong? Didn’t he go back to Minghai? He also vowed in the name of his great-grandfather not to step into Wujun within three years. Now he has gone back on his word. Could it be that he really misunderstood his character?

What's more, how did he know that he lived in Jingyuan and broke in late at night, and what did he mean?

Could it be that Shanzong could not bear the humiliation of being captured on the ship that day and gathered the pirates in Ming to avenge them?
Chapter completed!