No words all night!

The next morning, Yan Cheng, the slave of Yan Shujian, rushed to the paper shop in silence, and the news still was not good. He wandered around Dongcheng for a few days, but still couldn't find a suitable craftsman or a helper who was willing to join. The most hateful thing was that he couldn't even buy people for money. Tang Zhiyi and his gang had completely occupied Dongcheng and were not allowed to sell slaves to anyone in Sibaozhai.

Uncle Yan said anxiously: "Didn't you report Xu Langjun's name?"

"I reported it, I said I didn't buy it for the owner, but for Xu Langjun's Sajinfang, but no one dared to sell it to the younger one in private."

"Damn it! Damn it! Dongshi is the east city of the imperial court, not the east city of him, Tang Zhiyi. Why is it so arrogant? No, I will sue the city order and punish him for bullying and dominating the market and purging the weak!"

"I heard that Tang Zhiyi had a close relationship with Shi Ling. Even if he was reported to him, Shi Ling said that the merchants in the East City were unwilling to sell, or the merchants refused to say that there was no spare goods in their hands, which led to the inability to trade. This was all available. Without evidence, the county magistrate would be useless when he came."

"Hey, money can be connected to the gods, money can be connected to the gods..." Yan Shujian sighed. Since Liu Yu returned to Qiantang, his misfortune came, and it was not only when it was the end. Turning his head to see Xu You who was not talking, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, "Mr., why don't you go to the county magistrate to talk to each other. No matter how brave Tang Zhiyi is, he dare not go against the county magistrate's wishes."

"Mr. Lu is not easy to talk to!"

This is the so-called emperor and minister. If Gu Yun was still there, Dongshi Shiling knew about his relationship with Xu You and would not dare to hinder him if he borrowed ten courages. Now that Lu Cheng is in power and people are greedy for money, Liu Yu might have sent the money long ago, so the Shiling would be accomplices for the tiger.

Xu You is well aware of the hearts of people. It is common for people to leave and is not concerned about it. He said, "There is no shortage of manpower now. You can let go of the recruitment of people first. As for Liu Yu and Tang Zhiyi, you don't have to worry. They will only secretly engage in some small conspiracies and will not hinder the overall situation. Take your time and there will always be the day to settle the score with them."

"That's all!" Uncle Yan didn't dare to question Xu You's decision. Seeing that he was confident, his panic gradually calmed down and asked Yan Cheng: "By the way, have you found the cook you are looking for?"

There is an autumnal equinox in Jingyuan, plus the winter solstice and Lufrost, it is no problem to manage the meals of more than ten people. However, more than 20 strong corpses in the Zhifang have to work hard, and eating and using cannot be easily disposable. At least two cooks and four servants can only support three meals a day.

"I brought two cooks, one from our Yan Mansion. I have been with Master Huang for more than ten years and it is quite reliable. I told my mistress that I brought her life and served Master Huang carefully. There was also a husband who had just died, and he had no son, and was alone and was not afraid of trouble with the gossip. I promised a high price, so she was willing to follow him."

The one who comes to the door to help the chef is either a woman whose children have grown up or a helpless widow. Now, because of Tang Zhiyi, it is difficult for even a cook to be found. It is already difficult for Yan Cheng to bring the two of them today.

Xu You took the time to meet two cooks, one named Fan, who was in his thirties, with a fat body and a round waist, thick hands and thick feet, and a cheerful speech. He was the wife of a servant of the Yan Mansion and looked quite honest. The other was Yu, who had a pretty face and graceful figure. He spoke softly when he replied, his face was blushing, and his head lowered and his eyebrows were quite pitiful.

"Now the staff is tight. You two are working harder. Just pay for the money for four. After a while, you will find a few maids. The work under the kitchen will be easier and not too tired."

The four people only received two portions of money. Fan was overjoyed and knelt down to Xu You and kowtowed repeatedly. Yu was a little uneasy. He hadn't done anything, but he had to get so much money. Is there anything wrong with it? She is a widow, she looks good, and she is a little slut who usually makes her decisions. She would give some small favors, but she kept dirty thoughts, so she would always think about it when things happened. However, seeing that Fan did not refuse, she did not dare to speak, and she also knelt down to thank her for her.

After the two left, Xu You ordered Yan Cheng to go to the city to purchase rice, grain, meat, eggs and vegetables, and stockpile at least half a month to one month. Then, Cang Chu and others took the people to re-reinforce the courtyard wall of Sajinfang, increase the rammed earth layer, and stack a layer of stone. Due to manpower, there was no structure to build a fort, but it was a world of difference compared to the previous paper-thin defense.

While Cang was busy with these things, Xu You, Yan Shujian and Fang Kang got into an isolated and closed yard and began to study the improvement plan for papermaking. Xu You knew the history and general outline of the development of papermaking, or it could provide creativity that could lead the era, but the details needed experts like Yan Shujian and Fang Kang to pick up the shortcomings. After more than ten days of work, they failed many times, and finally made a moving curtain bed papermaking machine.

The emergence of a movable curtain bed is difficult and easy. To be difficult, the difficulty lies in the design concept. Without hundreds of years of accumulation and development, qualitative overflows cannot occur; to be easy, the process is simple and does not require too complex technical content. As long as you understand the basic principles, an old craftsman like Fang Kang can be copied almost perfectly.

But no matter what, from fixed curtain beds to movable curtain beds was a major change in papermaking technology, which directly affected the development of the paper industry for more than a thousand years in later generations and played an important and important role.

The movable curtain bed papermaking machine is mostly made of bamboo, and fine bamboo is best for more than three years. There are many bamboo forests in Jiangdong, and there are also many Qiantang. There are lots of bamboo on Xiaoqu Mountain behind the Sprinkler Square. Bamboo is also called Qinglong. It is often called Qinglong. It is often called dragon skin removed, which is what people often call the removal of dragon skin. Then split it into a width of about six or seven minutes, discard the yellow bamboo, and pick the most delicate green to make thin slices less than an inch thick. After repeated brushing, the thin slices are turned into thin bamboo silk. Use cloth to wrap the bamboo silk, put it on the stone slab, and then use your feet to roll to remove the fine hair and bulge on the bamboo silk.

The bamboo curtains that are several feet long require about a thousand bamboo wires to be connected. They can be completed in four or five days. Xu You and the others worked straight for half a month before they could barely get the first bamboo curtain. This kind of active papermaking machine is usually composed of three parts: bamboo curtains, wooden frames and curtain rulers. Two side columns are used to make them close together, so they can be combined and detached, and repair and clean them are very convenient.

Fang Kang was very excited, and his hand holding the rack was slightly trembling. If it was really like Xu You described, the yield from wheat paper would definitely be able to increase, and one day it would surpass Yanxi paper and become the best among vine paper.

My whole life's hard work depends on today!

He walked to the side of the sink that had been prepared in advance, took a deep breath, slowly put the curtain bed into the pulp, focused, stretched his arms, and repeatedly swung the materials back and forth.

Swinging the material into the curtain is the most skilled procedure for the school. This is what distinguishes all papermakers from other helpers.

The entire curtain bed was about twenty kilograms, and the strength of the hand was small and I couldn't even hold it. But the more force I tried, the better. The harder I tried, the paper I copied was too thick and weaker, and the paper I copied was too thin. Only one point or more, could I copy good paper with uniform thickness, thickness, thickness, thickness, thickness, thickness, thickness, and thickness.

After a while, Fang Kang took out the paper maker, filtered the water and turned the bamboo curtains back, and the wet paper on it fell on the wooden board, then put the paper maker into the sink and re-snap the paper.

Repeat this, in less than an hour, dozens of sheets of paper have been copied out. Such quantities will take at least ten days in the past. The technological progress ultimately depends on reducing manpower, time, and processes to achieve the purpose of improving quality and cost.

This is the wonderful use of the movable curtain bed papermaking machine!

He was busy until dark and counted carefully, and copied out 710 pieces of paper. If there weren't fewer pulp preparations, it would have been a thousand pieces. Uncle Yan was completely stuck on the spot. He had been engaged in the paper industry for decades and had run a paper shop, but he never thought that one person could copy more than a thousand pieces of paper a day.

What's this?

Is Taoist magic?

Fang Kang Lao burst into tears, knelt on the ground, touching the thick Yuhe paper, as if he was caressing the most precious treasure in the world.

Shanzong has been standing behind Xu You and witnessed this magical scene with his own eyes. His heart was as shocked as Yan Shujian and Fang Kang. He was born in the Shan family of Hanoi and has been a scholar for generations. His feelings and perceptions of paper are far greater than those of ordinary people. It was also at this moment that he finally understood why Xu You had to put down everything in Jingyuan and stay in this paper shop that was airtight, cold, simple and dilapidated everywhere.

With such efficiency, even if Shanzong does not understand business affairs, he knows that a new era is coming!

However, what surprised Xu You was the first thing to realize that the papermaker needed to prevent leakage was Wuxi Mancang.

He approached Xu You and whispered: "Mr., this thing is wonderful to seize the fortune. For the sake of caution, should everyone silence?"

A strange light flashed deep in Xu You's eyes, but Cang Chu lowered his head and didn't notice it. He smiled slightly and said, "Creation cannot be said to be, it's just a gadget, there is no need to be too careful!"

Cang Chu said respectfully: "No!" He had already understood what Xu You meant, don't be too careful, but he still needs to be prevented.

Shanzong was close to each other and was curious about Cang Chu when he heard the conversation between the two. Even though a barbarian had been working under the gentry for many years, he could not read or read. Is this exquisiteness and clarity born or developed later?

No wonder Xu You valued him so much. He was indeed a rare talent. At least he didn't expect that the activity papermaking machine would be stolen by others, especially Liu Yu outside was eyeing him - that guy was not only an enemy, but also a fellow traveler!

After copying the paper, you will squeeze the moisture dry. Place a piece of mattress of the same size on the stacked wet paper. Place a wooden board on the mattress, and place a thick horizontal wood on the wooden board. Insert one end of the ladder several meters long into a thousand kilogram pile, and then press the horizontal wood. Pile seven or eight hundred kilograms of slabs on the other end of the ladder and press it overnight.

After getting these done, Fan and Yu also prepared a sumptuous dinner, which Xu You specially prepared for them to celebrate today. It was cold and the ground was frozen, so he used wine to cheer up. Xu You drank three cups first, then buckled the bowl, no longer drank more, and let everyone drink it. He kept making noise until midnight before he was over and over.

Since Shanzong became interested in Cang Chu, he began to observe him secretly and found that although this person was addicted to alcohol, he was extremely restrained. He only drank three drinks like Xu You, and then patrolled outside with a team on duty, without any carelessness.

interesting!

Really interesting!

As for Qilang, do you think this person is very interesting?

Shan Zong was lying in a robe on the bed in Xu You's bedroom. The bright moon was quietly covered by dark clouds. The last bit of light disappeared and slowly closed his eyes.
Chapter completed!