Chapter 779 The child is silent and the strange power confuses the gods
"The door is the lintel and should be dignified and elegant."
"A house is like a beam, and it should be as steady as a mountain."
Li Yunze walked in the newly decorated house, pointing and pointing with great dissatisfaction, "We are going to open a school academy. There is not even a sign outside. Who knows what it does here."
"I asked you to rebuild the school. This is all a mess. Except for the desks, everything else is thrown away."
"And the trees in this yard..."
In the courtyard, Li Yunze looked at the persimmon tree and shook his head, "Replace the tree."
Wen Mao, who was holding back his anger, immediately asked, "Why do you want to change?"
Li Yunze turned to look at him, "Because I am the head of the mountain, I will change it if I ask. I don't like to eat persimmons, so I will change it to peach or plum trees."
Wen Mao was puzzled, "Why is this?"
Li Yunze said slowly, "Peach and plum trees grow in spring, and you can get shade under them in summer, and you can eat them in autumn; you can eat tributaries in spring, and you can't pick their leaves in summer, but you can get their thorns in autumn."
This means that if you plant peach and plum trees in the spring, you can rest under the trees for shade in the summer, and you can eat the fruits in the autumn.
If you plant tribulus in spring, not only will there be no leaves to enjoy the shade, but there will also be no fruits to eat, and you may even get stabbed.
Therefore, to cultivate talents, we must first observe the character of students and choose people with high moral character to train.
When Wen Mao heard this, his face was in disbelief.
He had always looked down on Kong Laoer, thinking that this man had no special talents except being tall and wealthy, yet he still wanted to engage in education?
But when he heard these words, he was greatly surprised to hear that Li Yunze prioritized character and morality when selecting students.
'You still have some ability.'
"There are peach trees." Wen Mao immediately raised a practical question, "But there are no plum trees here in the State of Lu."
"I know this."
Li Yunze waved his hand, "There are plum trees in the south of Qin and Chu. Go to the city to find the caravan going to Qin and Chu, and ask them to help bring the saplings back."
It is impossible to bring the whole tree back. With the transportation conditions of this era, the tree will be dead before leaving the land of Qin and Chu.
If you want to transplant, you can only bring saplings.
As for seeds, I can only say that the technology is not in place.
Wen Mao did not go looking for the caravan, but frowned and said, "How could a merchant come all the way to bring you saplings?"
"Are you stupid?"
Li Yunze's eyes were strange, as if he was looking at a sand sculpture. "Of course I'll give you money. If you don't give me money, who will bring you something?"
Wen Mao, who had never asked for a favor in words, asked with a dark face, "How much?"
"Thirty gold."
"so much?!"
"You are such a fool. If you don't give enough benefits, why should other merchants help you?"
"That's right." Li Yunze called to Wen Mao who was about to go out, "Choose a caravan with the best reputation, make a deposit of ten gold first, and tell them to pay the balance if the saplings they bring back survive."
In order to avoid Wen Mao's endless questioning, Li Yunze explained, "Giving a deposit makes the caravan feel profitable. Leaving the bulk of the payment is not to default on the debt, but to allow them to take care of the saplings with all their heart and bring back the living saplings."
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Wen Mao didn't want to talk anymore, lowered his head and walked out directly.
Li Yunze didn't care much, turned around and entered the main hall, and started to get down to business.
As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.
Since we plan to open a school to teach students, we naturally need teaching facilities.
Of course, there is no need for the plastic track that allows the principals to make a lot of money, and the canteen that only the principal's brothers-in-law are qualified to open.
What he needs is the most basic pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Everything else is easy to talk about, but this paper... The mainstream of this era is bamboo slips, because they are cheap and can be produced in large quantities.
As for sheepskin, silk, etc., don't even think about it, they are too expensive.
"Are we going to invent papermaking again?"
Li Yunze rubbed his chin and sighed, "You stopped being a porter in the literary world, and now you are a pioneer leading scientific and technological breakthroughs?"
Wen Mao thought Kong Laoer was a lunatic.
When it comes to education, just recruit people when you have a venue, and then teach knowledge.
But Kong Laoer, a lunatic, was busy planting trees.
This is not the most ridiculous thing. What is even more ridiculous is that now he actually wants to recruit his own craftsmen and open a workshop in the backyard!
If it weren't for the debt he still owed, Wen Mao would have walked away long ago.
The craftsmen were recruited, but before they had a chance to drink water, Li Yunze arranged to buy hemp, mulberry, rattan and other items.
Linen is linen, which is the most important raw material for clothing for ordinary people in this era.
Mulberry is the bark of the mulberry tree, which was mainly used as a medicinal material in this era.
As for the mulberry tree, after China pointed out the technology tree of silk, the area and quantity of planting are very large, and it is a good source of raw materials.
Rattan is mainly used to weave handmade products, such as baskets and so on, and it is also a source of materials that can be seen everywhere.
These things can be bought in the city, which is very convenient.
For your first production, it doesn’t need to be on a large scale, it just needs to be sufficient.
If we want to expand production in the future, the bamboo that grows everywhere in this era, even on Mount Tai, will be the best source of raw materials.
I won’t go into details about the specific process. I’ve done it countless times in other worlds, and I’m already familiar with it.
A few months later, when Wen Mao saw the dehydrated paper and Li Yunze writing on the paper with a brush, his whole body started to tremble.
He held his head in his hands in disbelief and exclaimed, "Is this something made from linen mulberry bark?!"
"That's right."
Li Yunze, who looked calm and relaxed, handed the brush in his hand to Wen Mao, "The biggest advantage of this thing is its low cost, large output, and the number of recorded words is far more than that of bamboo slips."
Low cost and large output mean increased opportunities for manufacturing and promotion, which is the real advantage.
As for the recording ability that far exceeds that of bamboo slips, the recording ability of parchment and cloth is similar to that of paper. The only reason why they have not been popularized is that they cannot achieve low cost and high production.
Holding the brush with trembling hands, Wen Mao wrote his name on the paper, and tears fell from his eyes.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He put down the brush in his hand, saluted to Li Yunze with a respectful expression, "Sir, you are a great talent, sorry!"
This is an apology for speaking ill of Kong Laoer behind his back in the past few months.
Li Yunze nodded with a smile and accepted his gift generously.
"If this magical method is promoted throughout the world, it will surely benefit thousands of years." Wen Mao said eagerly, "Sir, I should respect you as your son for your merits!"
The title Zi was actually very common in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Under normal circumstances, people with a certain status and status will be respectfully called Zi when they reach middle age and thirties.
This is a true honorific title, mainly used to express high moral prestige and outstanding reputation.
If we use modern vocabulary to describe it, it can probably be described as Ling Lailai.
Wen Mao was really happy, feeling that he had participated in a major event that could be recorded in history.
But Li Yunze simply shook his head, "I have no intention of spreading the technology."
He pointed at the workshop and said, "This is my technology, and I won't let others use it in vain."
There is no such thing as a production patent these days, and there is no such thing as someone using your technology and paying you back.
Of course Li Yunze doesn't need money, but to be an educator, he needs sufficiently outstanding students.
What can you do to attract students?
This paper is undoubtedly a major attraction!
As for promoting papermaking, Li Yunze has no intention of doing so.
In the past, when one was either the emperor or the emperor's teacher, one had the unshirkable responsibility to promote technology.
Now... why?!
Wen Mao looked at Li Yunze in disbelief, and eagerly stepped forward to hold his hand, "How could you do this? This is a huge good thing. If it can be promoted, it will have a great impact on the world..."
Li Yunze waved away his hand, frowned and asked, "What does the world have to do with me? This is a matter for the princes and the emperor to consider. I am just a teacher. I just teach and educate people."
He reached out to pick up the paper on the side and shook it. Li Yunze continued, "I made this thing just for the convenience of teaching. Don't make it more difficult for yourself."
No matter how Wen Mao tried to persuade him, Li Yunze always shook his head.
Anyway, it’s just a bastard chanting sutras and not listening.
Wen Mao was furious and stamped his feet angrily, "If you are so selfish, how can you be so virtuous as a son?"
"I didn't ask you to tell me."
Li Yunze shrugged, "You shouted it yourself."
Unlike Li Yunze, Wen Mao has a broad mind and feels that a good thing like paper should be given free access to technology to people all over the world.
Because it is a good thing for people all over the world.
Apart from anything else, at least I no longer need to lean on the desk and write on the narrow bamboo slips one stroke at a time.
In Wen Mao's view, such things are of great merit, but Kong Laoer was selfish and refused to do good deeds!
He is determined to promote this technology himself.
But the problem is that Wen Mao didn't pay much attention to this matter before and thought Li Yunze was messing around.
So in addition to knowing the raw materials, specifically how to convert the raw materials into paper is a blur.
Fortunately, Wen Mao knew that there were bamboo slips in the school specifically recording the production process.
Well, when Li Yunze recorded the production process in his own hand, he saw it when he passed by.
That night, the wind was calm and the moon was bright.
Wen Mao, who was impatient at work, cautiously entered the school compound.
It stands to reason that this house actually belongs to him. After all, he bought it with eight hundred gold and copper shells.
But at this time, after all, he was being a thief, so it was inevitable that he would feel uncomfortable.
He opened the door and walked into the side room where the production process was kept. He closed the door and then, tiptoeing like a thief, he walked to the desk.
With the moonlight shining into the house through the polished mica on the roof, he carefully turned over the numerous bamboo slips on the desk.
After looking through more than a dozen bamboo slips, I finally found what I wanted.
Just as he raised the corner of his mouth, there was a loud sound of the door being kicked open behind him.
Subconsciously turning around, he saw Li Yunze standing at the door with a cold face under the moonlight.
Under Wen Mao's horrified gaze, Li Yunze walked away from him, lit the oil lamp, ground the paper, and picked up a pen to write.
After finishing writing, he threw the paper to Wen Mao, and Li Yunze pointed at his closed mouth with his finger.
Wen Mao just felt confused, what kind of story is this?
He picked up the paper and read the two sentences written on it.
The first sentence is 'The child is silent, and the strange power confuses the spirit.'
The second sentence is, 'If I don't say anything, I will hit you with strange force until you lose consciousness!'