Chapter 158: Make paper by yourself
Everyone was stunned.
So you weren’t scolding us?
Shen Zhonghe, who had always been on good terms with the old master, asked quickly.
"Old Tian, what's going on?"
"We don't have anything to ask for from my family now, do we?"
Not only no.
For cement and refined iron, brother Shen Zhongxin still has to beg Shen Lin.
Tian Wenqing drank a few sips of tea before taking a breath.
"What else could there be?"
"Paper?"
"Ninety percent of the paper production in Anding County is controlled by you, the leader of the Shen family."
"I don't know where Shen Zhongru got the news?"
"Said we want to develop culture and education."
"Good guy, the price of straw paper has increased to ten cents a pound."
"Not to mention, you can't buy ordinary writing paper for less than twenty cents per pound."
Isn’t it three or four cents a pound for toilet paper to wipe one’s buttocks with?
Oh my god, it just went up, and it more than tripled?
This is going crazy.
Exclusive monopoly business is so willful.
No wonder the old master is so angry.
It will recruit two to three thousand students, and there will be more in the future.
How can the demand for this paper be less?
Shen Lin sneered.
"What is the most popular thing in our Lushui Iron City?"
"It's not refined iron, it's not cement!"
"Everyone, there are millions of acres of weeds in the Wild Grass Beach!"
"Can't buy paper? Monopoly raises prices?"
"Old Master, let's see how we can vent your anger."
"I will give you as much paper as you want."
Everyone who was doing it was shocked.
Tian Wenqing opened his old eyes wide: "You kid can make paper?"
"You told me earlier? It made me beg my grandfather to sue my grandma, and I worked in vain for two days in Shenjiaji?"
Third uncle Shen Zhonghe knew that Shen Lin was very capable.
But he never expected it.
Even the exclusive paper-making technology that Master has mastered for a hundred or two hundred years cannot defeat Shen Lin.
The Shen family's specialty is pine grain rice paper, which is very famous throughout the Zhou Dynasty.
"Sir, the main line has always used straw to make paper."
"Every year, all the straw from ten miles and eight villages is harvested."
"If you make paper from wild grass, can it be used?"
Shen Lin smiled maliciously.
"Of course it works."
"How much straw can the Shen family harvest in a year?"
"How much more worthless weeds do we have worth millions of dollars?"
"Don't worry, I will improve several hydraulic devices immediately."
"There is no shortage of raw materials, and our output and cost can beat those of Mainstream."
"Chen Yun, each soldier comes back from cutting a load of weeds every day."
"Just think of it as extra training!"
Chen Yun smiled bitterly and nodded.
Two days ago, you said that we were an all-off-the-job army.
Do you have to work part-time again?
Fortunately, it doesn’t take long to get a hundred pounds of weeds.
Making paper is difficult.
It's easy to say simple.
In later generations, many farmers were able to make straw paper, toilet paper and wrapping paper at home.
Why is it so difficult to defeat senior technician Shen Lin?
He first asked his second uncle Shen Zhongyuan to pour a batch of large iron cans.
Carpenters began to make boards for drying paper.
As well as several specially designed pressing templates.
Machinery for pulverizing and grinding powder is readily available.
Shen Lin needs water to drive the turbine, and then a pulley to drive the iron can.
There is a charcoal fire cooking underneath.
The iron can rotates at a constant speed.
The built-in turbine fan blades play a very good stirring role.
After cooling, bleach is added to the cooked pulp to increase the water power.
The iron pipe rotates at high speed, just like a cement mixer.
The beating process is fast and stable.
The last step is to brush the qualified pulp onto the board.
Looking out, everything is pure white.
This is just the most resistant piece of paper.
However, Shen Lin was willing to spend the money. The toilet paper was very soft and basically up to standard.
A thin layer of pulp dries quickly.
It was carefully peeled off by the female workers.
The sharp paper knife makes a "click" sound, and stacks of finished paper are ready.
A pound a pile!
It is quite suitable to use female workers in paper mills, as they are more careful than the older men.
The second type is laminated and thickened wrapping paper.
It's also bleached and very beautiful.
Those pieces of straw paper are packed by the pound.
Stamp the blue seal of ""Lushui Paper".
Even if it's finished.
A group of officials came to the paper mill to visit.
Shen Zhongping stroked the soft straw paper and sighed in pain.
"Sir, is it too wasteful to use such white toilet paper to wipe your butt?"
Shen Lin smiled.
"Isn't it necessary to use better paper?"
"Second uncle, have you calculated the statistics?"
"How much tissue paper and wrapping paper can we produce in a day?"
Shen Zhongyuan smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyebrows.
"Haha, no less than 100,000 jins. This is the output of 200 female workers in five hours!"
"As for the cost, haha, it's definitely more than twice as cheap as the main vein!"
"We are also planning to recruit all those military personnel to continue to expand production capacity."
Shen Zhonghe was as angry as Tian Wenqing.
The two of them were suddenly surprised.
"Even if we pay three cents per pound for a batch, it's still very profitable?"
Shen Lin waved his hand.
"What three cents a pound? Two cents is enough."
"This time Shen Zhongru is looking for a fight on his own."
"We want to do something about it, so let's close down the main paper-making workshop that has been open for more than 200 years."
Even if it costs two cents per catty, we can still make a net profit of one cent!
One hundred thousand kilograms of toilet paper is enough for the people of Anding County to wipe their butts for a month.
Look at how ambitious my second uncle is.
He didn't want to expand the papyrus workshop three to five times.
How could you give up?
If you want to rob it, you will rob the market in the north.
Anyway, we have no shortage of raw materials, so we just need to use enough water power for production.
Tian Wenqing reminded.
"Hey, the most profitable thing for you, the leader of the Shen family, is to write on rice paper."
Shen Lin shouted.
"Bring it up!"
There are three varieties before you.
A kind of bronze-colored pine grain rice paper.
A pure white snowflake pattern.
There is also a thickened cyan corrugated paper.
"Everyone, here are three options for now."
"Old Master, you have been using rice paper all your life, take a good look at it."
"How do the three types of rice paper I invented as a student compare to the Shen family's loose grain paper?"
Tian Wenqing's goatee stood up with excitement.
He stretched out his trembling fingers and touched the pine lines, snowflake patterns and corrugated paper one by one.
I couldn't help but burst into tears.
"I didn't expect that I would see such excellent paper in my lifetime."
"Really... I will die without regrets!"
Shen Lin quickly supported him and advised him with wet eyes.
"The students are planning to use these three kinds of rice paper to make you vent your bad breath."
"Didn't Shen Zhongru sell ordinary writing paper for twenty cents per pound?"
"I'm afraid pine grain rice paper will be several times more expensive, right?"
"The shipping price of all our rice paper is fifteen cents."
"The retail price is probably only twenty cents, right?"
"Our cheap third uncle can't find a place to go even if he's crying."
Fifteen articles?
Are you too cruel?
Is high-end rice paper priced at a bargain price?
Ordinary writing paper is more expensive than this, right?
Tian Wenqing quickly persuaded him.
"Sir, the cost of rice paper is high!"
"Don't do money-losing business for me, it's not worth it."
"As long as we have no shortage of paper, even if I fall asleep, I can wake up with a smile!"
This chapter has been completed!