Li Sheng knew that Mian'er had been studying for several years, and she was originally a maid from a wealthy family who looked like a thin horse, and was given to him as a gift.
Therefore, Mian'er's education was of course not limited to laundry and cooking, but also included everything from music, chess, calligraphy and painting.
There are no less than 20 kinds of rice paper that I have ever seen.
The reason is very simple. Mian'er, who is rushing to train the maid in charge of the house, naturally needs to take care of gifts and other things for the master. How can he do it if he doesn't know the goods?
So after hearing what Li Sheng said, Mian'er planned to talk to Li Sheng and show off her abilities...
But she hasn't started yet,
Li Sheng stretched out his hand and pressed it lightly, signaling Mian'er not to worry.
"Everything you said is right, but..."
"Sir, Mian'er hasn't said anything yet?"
"I know, it's right that you didn't say it. But the quality of the paper I want to make is definitely far superior to any kind of paper you have ever seen."
"?!"
The little maid was immediately shocked.
Young Master, is he going to be better than the world's famous person??
This is a big challenge!
If we talk about some things that don't exist in the world, it can be said that the young master's innovation is very popular. For example, penicillin is also sold in stores in Chang'an this time.
However, since the invention of paper by Cai Lun in the Han Dynasty, countless kinds of valuable rice paper have been derived.
Where does the young master get the courage to surpass all paper?
But the young master is her master, and he has to obey her orders.
Li Sheng's manufacturing experiments soon began.
…
There are many kinds of raw materials for paper, but the core material is always fiber.
The Tang Dynasty was an agricultural civilization with extremely rich tree and vegetation resources.
Log pulp can be found everywhere, and the fiber is naturally the best.
Li Sheng knew a lot about this aspect, but he didn't plan to work on fiber this time. The raw material was already ideal enough.
What he wants to do is bleach and craft.
Progress through process improvement.
Let the soft rice paper become stretched and straight, and folded into angular shapes.
By adding an additional bleaching process, the paper becomes as pure white as snow.
Modern paper.
Even the cheapest recycled paper is as white as ancient rice paper, and it wins in terms of visual impact.
And if it is made from raw wood pulp, it is naturally even more serious.
To bleach, use sulfuric acid or caustic soda.
There happens to be a salt well near Li Sheng's village. Because the quality is not high, the villagers' lives have become richer in recent years. Gradually, no one eats the bitter mineral salt anymore, and they all go to Youzhou City to buy good salt.
And with his own ability, Li Sheng knew that with this salt mine, he could definitely produce caustic soda.
then,
From this day on, Li Sheng's leisurely daily life was gradually replaced by busy papermaking experiments.
Mian'er and Mian'er also followed Li Sheng996, but the little maid was too late to be overjoyed, so she naturally had no complaints.
After a few days like this.
Looking at the yard, the paper is gradually drying on the gauze shelf.
Mian'er, who had just woken up and came to the yard, was stunned.
…
How can this paper... be so white?!
So white...it's simply unheard of!!!
Mian'er has been studying for several years.
But at this moment, she was searching her brain, but she couldn't think of anything that could be so white, so clean, so dazzling, comparable to this piece of paper!
I had an epiphany in my heart for a moment.
Didn’t Young Master say that he wanted to make the best paper in the world? Really...
Not daring to waste any time, he immediately ran back to the room and called Li Sheng!
"Master!"
"Master!"
"Sir! The paper is dry, we succeeded!"
…
evening.
In the west of Chang'an City, in a shop along the street in a certain square.
"How do you calculate this? It opens tomorrow...it sells for ten taels of silver. Can this really be sold?"
"Sir, is this perfume... too expensive?"
"Of course the perfume must be sold at a higher price." In the back hall, Li Sheng was sitting on a big chair, looking at the dazzling array of goods on the surrounding shelves with a smile, and answering questions for the two maids.
This time, because the planned flagship product of new paper was successful, Li Sheng naturally had no time to mass-produce it. However, in order to ensure that the new paper would sell well when it was launched, Li Sheng brought Mian'er over to see the store in person.
By the way, help them organize tomorrow's event
As for the perfume... While Li Sheng was waiting for the hot pot spices to be assembled,
Naturally, a large number of other various spices are also obtained.
Some of these spices are suitable for making dishes, while others are not and are only suitable for making perfume.
Li Sheng occasionally made a few things as gifts for the two little maids during the week. On this day, he decided to open a store. Naturally, he made a lot more and put them on the shelves.
What made him very satisfied was that Ying'er bought this spacious store at a low price. Although it was far away from the palace, there was a lot of traffic.
I heard Li Sheng say this.
Ying'er suddenly showed a puzzled look, "Why, perfume doesn't have any big uses..."
"Let me put it this way, if it were other things, such as furniture, I would definitely not sell them at this price. But perfumes are not selling functions."
"It's about status. Both of you were born as maids. Although you are no different from ordinary maids, Mian'er has even read a book. But even so, you still have to work on weekdays. Only..."
"So, women's minds are fragile, so when they encounter grievances, their first reaction is to compare. There are so many people in Chang'an City, and comparison among women is even more prevalent. In this environment, do you think they can not pursue this thing?
"
Li Sheng clearly remembered from his previous life that when the economy went downhill, domestic consumption of luxury goods increased.
Why, because everyone is under great pressure but still has some spending power, they naturally try their best to buy luxury goods to increase their confidence.
This kind of mentality is actually understandable. In short, Datang is now on the rise, and Li Sheng's money is really not in vain.
Seeing that the two maids still didn't believe it, Li Sheng smiled and said nothing.
To be honest, I have forgotten how happy I was when I received the perfume from myself, right?
But it's still early in the evening, and it won't open until tomorrow, so Li Sheng thought for a while and said, "Well, I'll take you out for a walk and see how the prices are in Chang'an."
…
On the streets of Chang'an, Li Sheng led two maids and looked around while walking.
Chang'an is still very prosperous. After all, the former capital of Sui Dynasty was also Chang'an.
Thinking of this, Li Sheng couldn't help but feel that Li Er's quality was really not low, because after a general monarch rebelled, he would burn down the previous palace and reprimand him.
But Li Er did not do this and led the Tang army into Chang'an. Basically, Qiu did not commit any crimes.
Although it is only the second year of Zhenguan,
The legendary Zhenguan Reign took a long time to come, but at this time Chang'an was already very prosperous. There were many shops and businesses, almost no different from the night markets in towns and villages in the past.
In Li Sheng's eyes, it was "not bad", but in the eyes of the two maids, it was very lively. Soon the two maids got excited, so they turned into two maids taking Li Sheng shopping...
