Hearing Liu Zhonghe's confused words, Tang Huairen laughed, "Haha, Old Man Liu, when you know this surprise, you will definitely be the same as me."

"Like you, I'm not very familiar with refining smoke... No, you mean that the next surprise will let me make rice paper by myself. What kind of surprise is this? Have you discovered any new methods for making rice paper?" As he said, Liu Zhonghe seemed to have thought of something and said with a little excitement on his face.

"We can't find the new method of making rice paper... However, we have found the new material for making rice paper." Tang Huairen deliberately lengthened his tone and then made a reversal.

Liu Zhonghe glared, "You have discovered new materials for making rice paper, which is more unreliable than discovering a new method. Now the materials for making rice paper have been finalized after hundreds of years of experiments. Just add another thing to it. This is just kidding."

"Oh, Lao Nie, it seems you are right. I've found the wrong thing for Old Man Liu. Now I'm going to replace someone." Hearing Liu Zhonghe's words, Tang Huairen shook his head and sighed softly.

Nie Wenshan also nodded in agreement, "It's true that people need to be replaced. Master Liu doesn't believe in our new materials. What a pity, he is destined to miss a material that has not been discovered in the world before."

Lin Xiuyuan also waved his hand and said, "Since you want to change people, what are you waiting for? Let's go out and continue to refining smoke."

Hearing these people's words, Liu Zhonghe quickly reached out to stop him, "Don't, I was shocked just now, not disbelief. The new materials that had not been discovered in the world before are of course extremely amazing. If you were to believe it, you would definitely not believe it. Come on, now you are just taking them out to open your eyes, the old man."

"It seems that Old Man Liu already knows that he is wrong, so let's give him another chance. What do you think?" Tang Huairen smiled. After all, they and Liu Zhonghe are old friends, and the substitution is just a joke.

"It's not impossible to give him a chance, but this old man will take care of Xiaoyu's future rice paper." Nie Wenshan looked at Liu Zhonghe and then spoke.

Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing, "Old Nie, even if you don't speak, just take out a new material of rice paper, and this old man will have to cover it all."

"All inclusive, Zhou Xiaoyou's calligraphy is so good. I'm responsible for all the rice paper. Take out this new material quickly. Hey, what you said just now seems to be the new material that Zhou Xiaoyou took out." At this time, Liu Zhonghe keenly noticed something.

Tang Huairen stretched out his finger and pointed at him, "You old man discovered it in advance, Xiaoyu, take out those things."

At this time, Liu Zhonghe stared at Zhou Yu, a new material for making rice paper that had never been discovered before, but he wanted to see what it was.

Zhou Yu nodded and smiled, opened a schoolbag he brought with him, and took out some of the herbs. He did not put these herbs in the storage ring, but kept them in the schoolbag and did not come into contact with the sun. It has been a few days since he picked it up, but these herbs still remained green and did not become particularly yellow.

"It turned out to be grass." Seeing what Zhou Yu took out, Liu Zhonghe showed a strange look on his face, then hurriedly walked up, took some grass from Zhou Yu's hand, and observed it carefully.

Although these grasses look a bit ordinary from a distance, since Tang Huairen and the others dare to call themselves over, the grass must have something extraordinary.

Of course, the straws in Jingxian County that make rice paper are also very ordinary, but they are more suitable for making rice paper than straws in other places. He held the straw in his hand, pinched it, and then observed it carefully for a while, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"The fiberiness of these grasses looks very strong. The rice paper they make will be of better quality and smoother. This is simply incredible. In the past few decades, I have read almost all straws from all over China, and even some of them abroad. However, in terms of fiberiness, they are not as good as straws in Jingxian."

As he said that, he pointed to the grass in his hand and said, "But now these grasses are far more fibrous than Jingxian straw. This is really a good material for making rice paper. Lao Tang, I admit my mistake and I just looked down on it."

"Haha, now you know you're wrong. Are these grass worthy of your own experiment?" Tang Huairen laughed happily.

"Of course, these grasses are so excellent. I have to make rice paper by myself to rest assured. Yes, Lao Tang, you are refining smoke yourself now. Is there a new material for making ink?" Liu Zhonghe nodded without hesitation, and then thought of something, looked at Tang Huairen with curiosity, and then looked at Zhou Yu again.

Because these grasses were taken out by Zhou Yu, then the new ink-making materials of Tang Huairen may be the same.

"You are smart, Xiaoyu has taken out two new materials, one is the ink grass juice that can be added to the ink, and the other is the ink grass that makes rice paper." Tang Huairen pointed at him and said with a smile. They had discussed the origin of the ink grass with Zhou Yu before and decided to tell Liu Zhonghe.

"Where is the ink grass juice? Can you let me see it?" Liu Zhonghe said with anticipation on his face.

"Okay, for your curiosity, I will reluctantly let you see it." As he said that, Tang Huairen took out a box from the small bag he carried with him, which was wrapped in three layers inside and three layers outside. The innermost part was the small bottle of ink grass juice.

Then, he handed the bottle of ink grass juice towards Liu Zhonghe, "You have to be careful. Now we only have this small bottle of ink grass juice. If you break it, I must fight you to the death."

"Don't worry." Liu Zhonghe took it carefully and held it in his hand to watch it. The liquid in the bottle was pitch black and shiny, and it seemed to be darker than ink, and it exuded an attractive aura, which was very mysterious.

After obtaining Tang Huairen's consent, he carefully opened the bottle cap and smelled the ink grass inside, which made his face look strange. "This liquid exudes an intoxicating ink fragrance, which is definitely a good material for making ink."

After looking at it for a while, he carefully covered the lid and returned it to Tang Huairen, looking at Zhou Yu, "My friend Zhou, how did you get these two magical materials, one that can make ink and the other that can make paper, is simply incredible."

"Haha, Xiaoyu is such a magical person. It is natural to take out these two materials. Is it worthy of surprise?" Tang Huairen laughed, but he forgot about the shock he had when he saw the ink grass before.

When Liu Zhonghe thought of Zhou Yu's magic, he nodded immediately. Ling rice, Ling wheat flour, and Xianfruit wine, each taste was shocking. It is indeed not surprising that he could come up with these two ingredients now.

Then, during the chat, he also learned that the Cuiyin bamboo flute made by Nie Wenshan was also made by bamboo taken out by Zhou Yu. He was even more shocked and even a little numb.

After chatting for a while, Liu Zhonghe couldn't help but ask, "My friend Zhou, how many such literary grass do you have now? I want to take it back and experiment immediately."

"I took about 20 kilograms of these Wencao this time and put them in the trunk of the car." Zhou Yu said with a smile. The reproduction speed of Wencao is much faster than that of the Ink Grass. It can be planted in two or three days in the spirit gathering array. Ink Grass, except for Haoran's righteousness, will not absorb spiritual energy at all.

However, it takes a lot of literary grass to make rice paper, and to make ink, you only need to drip some ink juice. By the same token, the consumption of rice paper is very large when writing and painting, while a piece of ink ingot can take a long time.

"Twenty kilograms are enough for me to test a batch of rice paper. Please give it to me quickly. I'll go to test it now." Liu Zhonghe said anxiously. He had made rice paper for most of his life, and now he has discovered a new material, so of course he has to rush to test it.

"Haha, Old Man Liu, what's the hurry? You can rush back in two or three hours. Xiaoyu brought not only twenty kilograms of literary grass, but also other things, which may also improve the quality of rice paper." Nie Wenshan said with a loud laugh.

Liu Zhonghe showed a look of surprise on his face, "What, there are other things. You guys like to play with mystery and take out anything at once. Xiaoyou Zhou, take out the rest and let me see."

"Speaking of the next thing is the flower grown on the Wencao, but this flower is quite unique." As he said that, Zhou Yu took out the small refrigerated refrigerator in his schoolbag. After opening it, the flawless white flower appeared in front of Liu Zhonghe.

Even if Lin Xiuyuan and others had seen this kind of flower before, they would still be a little amazed when they saw it again. This flower is really holy.

"Old Liu, do you think this flower blooming on the vernacular grass can be added to the production of rice paper?" Tang Huairen looked at the shock on Liu Zhonghe's face and asked with a smile.

"This, it's hard to believe, it will be the flowers of Wencao. It's simply beautiful and flawless. Of course, it can be added to rice paper. It may greatly improve the quality and color of rice paper. Xiaoyou Zhou, have you brought this kind of flower too?"

Liu Zhonghe was amazed and nodded without hesitation. Adding these flowers to rice paper will definitely have only benefits, but no harm.

"I have brought the flowers too, but now a few days have passed, it should have withered." Zhou Yu nodded. He also brought some flowers like Wencao, and kept them in the trunk of the car, but they were just packed in boxes.

"Haha, withering is nothing. Even if it is dried, it can be used to make rice paper. Take it over and I'll go to experiment now." Liu Zhonghe laughed. Not all the straw they harvested can be put into use immediately, and some need to be placed in the warehouse.

Tang Huairen shook his head and smiled, "I'm so anxious to leave, then you can leave. I originally wanted you to taste the fairy fruit wine and other things Xiaoyu brought with me at noon. Now I'm going to save it."

Hearing this, Liu Zhonghe showed joy on his face, and he waved his hand and laughed, "Haha, there is fairy fruit wine, why are I leaving? Let's go tomorrow."

"Remember, after you have experimented, you must notify us first and leave some for us." Nie Wenshan reminded.

"Don't worry, I will put the rice paper I have tested this time, so why should I give it to others?" Liu Zhonghe said naturally.

Then, Tang Huairen and everyone continued to come to the tobacco kiln and continued to refine pine smoke. At noon, he asked Master Sun to watch for a while, then cooked some food with Zhou Yu and others in the canteen in the factory, and then returned to the reception room and started eating.

The taste of fairy fruit wine and spiritual rice naturally made Liu Zhonghe excited, and he felt that it was really worth staying.

In the afternoon, Liu Zhonghe left She County in a car with twenty kilograms of vermicelli and some flowers. He was busy experimenting with rice paper and could not stay here for too long.

Zhou Yu and others did not plan to watch the production process of rice paper. After watching the ink making process here, they were about to return to Jingcheng.

After burning until evening, all the pine wood in the kiln was burned to ashes. Tang Huairen also stopped the fire. After cooling tomorrow, he could scrape off the carbon black and start the next step of production.

The next day, after a night of cooling, the temperature in the kiln dropped. Tang Huairen personally carried out the kiln and scraped off all the pine smoke from the top of the innermost kiln. This is clear smoke and also the material for making high-quality ink.

As for the other pine smoke around the smoke holes, Tang Huairen asked Master Sun to send someone to scrape them down. These smoke particles can also make good ink.

Next is boiling bone glue. In the past, the traditional method was made with a soil stove, but now it is basically boiled with a steam pan, which will be faster, but the quality is not at all different.

This time, Tang Huairen used a steam pot to pour the high-quality bone glue raw materials into the pot and started boiling. These bone glues are the most important things that combine smoke particles and other materials.

A few hours later, the two pots of bone glue were boiled. Tang Huairen poured the collected pine soot and oil soot into two pots, and added the ingredients that had been prepared before. Next, the most critical time came.

Under the observation of Zhou Yu and others, he carefully took out the ink grass juice from the box and dripped five drops of ink grass juice into each pot. According to the previous plan, the fifteen ingots and fume ink he made each made, which is equivalent to every three inks, dripping one drop.

This was the first experiment, but the ink produced was of great commemorative significance. Therefore, after discussing with Zhou Yu and others, he decided to drip five drops of ink grass juice.

There were about thirty drops of juice in this small bottle. In subsequent experiments, he naturally would not make so much ink, so the consumption of ink grass juice would also decrease.
Chapter completed!