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15 The Duan Hou Paper was born

Chu Tianxiu took Di'er and Zuer outside Jinling City, facing the severe cold and snow of the twelfth lunar month, built a new papermaking workshop with dozens of acres of land and supervised each papermaking process.

Afterwards, he asked Sun Laojiang to be the owner of the shop, Di'er sent someone to supervise the worker, and he became a hand-off manager.

Old craftsman Sun was very cautious in his work and had a very flexible mind. He had already been classified as Li Yu's fief and had peace of mind. He was relieved to leave it to him.

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After only a few days, the twelfth lunar month came, and the old craftsman Sun hurried to the Pingwang Mansion to ask for Chu Tianxiu.

The little marquis had ordered him to supply him with a batch of paper as quickly as possible.

Of course, Mr. Sun did not dare to neglect it. He rushed to work and presented paper to Chu Tianxiu.

In the study room.

"Little Marquis, the first batch of paper is made."

Mr. Sun hunched his body, trembling with excitement, and presented a small stack of new paper with both hands. "The first batch of more than 100 pieces of paper were made in the Meat Paper Floor. Some of the remaining hemp pulp from the past were used, and many broken hemp ropes were added, broken fishing nets and old tree bark were reduced by 70% to 80%.

Then use the improved wood ash process you taught to create the fastest samples by steaming and drying paper.

The time is short, the cost is low, and the quality is especially high. This is the only good paper on the market. Such a good paper is fine, even if it is sold for fifteen or twenty cents of copper coins, it is fine, and even the sales volume is even higher!”

"So fast!"

Chu Tianxiu took the stack of new paper in surprise and took it in her hand to look carefully.

The texture is delicate and soft, and the color is slightly pink.

The quality of this paper has been several times higher than that of hemp paper. Even if it was rushing to make it, its craftsmanship is close to that of Cai Hou paper in later generations.

The cost of this first small batch was greatly reduced by 70% to 80%.

Even if you still sell ten cents, there must be many wealthy families willing to buy it, and the profits are extremely generous.

When my new paper workshop started, the second batch of paper was continuously produced, and the cost could be directly reduced to one percent, about ten pieces per cent.

Yu'er also has more than ten stores in Jinling City, which even saves the store middlemen.

Self-produced and sold, no middlemen make a difference.

It can completely control the upstream and downstream of the paper industry.

It's a huge profit!

Chu Tianxiu thought to himself, took a deep breath, the light fragrance on the paper was so popular that it made people love it, "What fragrance are you using?"

"When I was copying paper, I used plum blossoms in the water. The color of the paper was a bit pink and there was a hint of plum fragrance."

Old craftsman Sun said happily: "Little Marquis, this paper is so outstanding, it is completely different from the hemp paper before. There is no hemp paper workshop in Jinling City that can be compared.

But I want to give it a name? It is called incense paper, plum blossom paper, etc., which is different from hemp paper. When others hear it, they know it is the paper produced by the Marquis' workshop."

When Chu Tianxiu heard this, his eyes moved slightly.

This old craftsman Sun is indeed very flexible and knows the exclusive name.

"This paper was invented by me. I am the inherited and unswerved throne of Hun Marquis. Let everyone in the world know that don't think that this little Hun Marquis is just a playboy, that is also very capable!"

Chu Tianxiu thought for a moment and said with a smile.

"Little Marquis, your name...is great!"

Mr. Sun choked for a moment and showed an awkward smile.

He witnessed the little marquis' ability to make paper, and admired it with his own eyes. However, the little marquis' reputation as the city well in Jinling is indeed not very good.

Named Hunhou Paper...Aren't you afraid of being misunderstood?

Of course he dared not say this. He could only applaud whatever name the little marquis liked to give.

Zuer was beside him, curiously leaning over his head and looking at a small stack of paper in Chu Tianxiu's hand.

She also loved it very much and exclaimed, "Son-in-law, what a beautiful paper, it is light pink and fragrant, I have never seen it before.

My son-in-law planned to use them to copy classics? I heard that there were many poor scholars in Jinling City who had no books at home. They often carried more than a dozen diabolic slips to the wealthy and noble book collection home and borrowed books to copy books.

My son-in-law uses these new papers to copy books, which is very beautiful and light and portable!"

When Chu Tianxiu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, "I'm a son-in-law who is well-versed in ancient and modern times, what else do you need to copy? Zuer, go and pile these new papers in the thatched cottage in the small bamboo forest!"

The first batch of 100 pieces of paper were enough for one month to use, and finally alleviated the extreme lack of paper for thatched cottages.

"Ah!?...stacked the cottage?"

Zuer instantly widened his eyes and looked at his son-in-law.

What is the son-in-law thinking?...doing such a waste of resources.

Such good paper, a rare treasure in the world, shouldn’t it be used to copy expensive books?

Good paper and good books are worth the money.

She said carefully: "Son-in-law... the princess knows, I'm afraid she'll get angry!"

"Why is she angry? She should be happy when there is paper in the cottage. I also specially added the fragrance of petals to the paper for the sake of the princess. It smells the light fragrance and makes her feel refreshed. My son-in-law is so gentle and considerate that she is not even happy."

Chu Tianxiu laughed.

As a modern young man, the life of traveling through time is to pay attention to taste.

The marquis, princesses, and princesses of the Great Chu Dynasty had to poke their butts with "toilet chips" when going to the thatched cottage. What does that mean?

He made contributions to the Pingwang Mansion and greatly improved his quality of life in the Pingwang Mansion.

As for those sour scholars, reading, copying books, etc., it is all trivial matters. Let's queue up later... He will talk about it when he is in a good mood that day.

First solve the problem of quality of life, this is his top priority after traveling through time.

He could even imagine how much Li Yu loved this light pink fragrance Houzi. Even if she didn't say it, she felt happy when she thought that she had spent so much effort to give her gift.

Joo's eyes widened.

Chu Tianxiu waved his hand and said, "Go, put this stack of paper in the thatched cottage in the small bamboo forest. In the future, the new paper sent to the workshop will first fill all the cottages in the royal palace.

By the way, I sent three people to guard the papers of this marquis. My son-in-law is not a stingy person. You can use it for use, but stealing is absolutely not possible!"

Anyway, the new papermaking workshop has been completed, and there will be more paper in the future. As a son-in-law of the royal family, we must also improve everyone's quality of life.

Zuer was useless in persuasion, so he could only cry and do as his son-in-law told him.

Old Craftsman Sun was shocked and dared not say anything or ask anything.

He just had a numb scalp, his eyes were showing awe, and he bowed and left.

I have lived for most of my life and have been just a little bitch in the hoop alley in Changle Street, and I have hardly seen the outside world.

Sigh!

I have gained more knowledge, I have gained more knowledge!

Finally I saw what is the extravagant life of kings, princes, generals and ministers.

The little marquis spent thousands of taels of silver to use hundreds of workers to build large workshops, greatly improving the papermaking process, and creating a rare marquis paper in the world, which actually... was just for the use of paper in thatched cottages.

No wonder the little marquis made a request that the paper must be fragrant, with a strong aroma to cover up the bad breath.

This is the daily life of the prince!

It’s not the nonsense of those ignorant boys in the city. The princes like to eat big-cooked cakes, eat one and throw one.

He originally thought that the little marquis had no knowledge of papermaking, and must have been a genius who was misunderstood by the world. Now he realized that the head of the four major dandy playboys in Jinling is well-known!

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He rushed to the new book list in one go.
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