It is said to be a paper mill, but in fact, it is all open-air work, because the last process of papermaking is drying, and if it is cloudy and rainy, it cannot work at all.

Therefore, in order to save costs, only some grass huts were built on the shore to store the firewood needed for the cooking process.

It can be said that this paper mill is very, very simple.

Liu Chan and the three of them stood by the river and watched for a while, and they were discovered by the workers of the paper mill, but after a while, everyone gathered and came to Liu Chan and the three of them, and looked at Liu Chan and the three of them with unkind faces.

A strong man with five big and three thick stood up and shouted at the three of them: "You are not here to steal the teacher, leave quickly, you won't be shown here!" ”

Zhao Yun frowned slightly, and asked, "What about you guys?" ”

A voice sounded from behind: "Who dares to come to my territory to make trouble?" I don't know if the paper I have here is for the state pastor's office, and I have eaten the gall of the ambitious leopard? Oops, it's General Zhao, the villain has seen General Zhao. ”

A wealthy middle-aged man pushed away everyone and walked out, seeing that it was Zhao Yun, he hurriedly bowed his hand, and then turned back to his subordinate and scolded: "You guys go to work, this is General Zhao, can he look down on my skills?" ”

The rich middle-aged man drove away a group of subordinates, and nodded at Zhao Yun: "General Zhao, I sent a paper to your state pastor's mansion, do you still recognize me?" ”

"Sent paper...... How does it sound so awkward. Liu Chan said in his heart when he heard this.

Zhao Yun nodded: "Naturally, I recognize you, otherwise I wouldn't have come over, I came to you to choose some good paper, do you have it here?" ”

The rich middle-aged man nodded again and again: "Yes, naturally there is, but since the state pastor wants paper, he directly sent someone to inform me and let me send it, why do you need the general to pick it up in person?" ”

Zhao Yun waved his hand: "Don't ask about this, take us to have a look!" ”

"General, please!" The rich middle-aged man hurriedly led the way.

Zhao Yun whispered to Liu Chan: "Although this person is snobbish, his ancestor is Cai Hou's apprentice, and the paper he makes is the best in Jiangling. ”

"Hmm!" Liu Chan nodded, the state pastor's mansion also has paper, and he needs paper that he can go directly to the mansion to get it.

The reason why I came to the paper mill was to see how far the current papermaking technology has developed.

Now that it has passed, some technologies in later generations will naturally come out in advance, such as paper, which is a great weapon.

White as jade high-grade paper, can be used for sale, the children of the family must be eager for this, and paper is a consumable, if the development is good, its status is only more important than the Shu brocade to Shu Han.

During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he put forward the slogan, the capital of the enemy, only to raise Jiner, if you can further improve the papermaking technology, to create a white as jade high-grade paper, then this slogan, should be the capital of the enemy, only to make paper.

Although the system has papermaking technology, but it requires hundreds of points, it is difficult to buy in a short period of time, if the current papermaking technology is mature enough, Liu Chan is supporting, and the knowledge he knows in the future life will be matured, and it will not be long before you can further improve the papermaking technology, so you can also save a huge amount of money.

The papermaking technology of this paper mill, Liu Chan also took a look at it in general, basically and mature, and each step is also clearly divided, the main problem is high cost, low output, low quality and other three aspects.

Later generations of information technology developed, for papermaking technology Liu Chan also has some understanding, these three problems, Liu Chan has a way to solve, according to the current papermaking process, Liu Chan as long as vigorously support, within a few years, can reduce the cost of papermaking, improve the output, so that white as jade high-quality paper came out.

It's just that this paper mill is obviously not the object of Liu Chan's support, this boss is a snobbish person, to support him, I am afraid that Liu Chan will lose all his money.

If you want to study papermaking technology specifically, you have to wait until you go to Yizhou in the future, Yizhou mountains and rivers are blocked, and you are not afraid of the technology being passed on, as long as you ensure that the technology is not leaked for 20 years, the wealth it has accumulated can be used as the capital of the Northern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition.

Follow the boss to a straw hut, in which are placed many wooden shelves, on which are stacks of finished papers.

The boss took the three of them to a wooden frame and said, "General Zhao, this is a new piece of paper, on this shelf, it is the best quality, and it will be supplied to the major families in Jiangling tomorrow, you want it, just pick some good ones." ”

In fact, the paper of this period is not as bad as imagined.

In this era, there is a papermaking expert, called Zuo Bo, his contribution to papermaking, and Cai Lun alongside, he made further improvements to papermaking on the basis of Cai Lun, the paper he made, thin and uniform, bright color is very famous, known as Zuo Bo paper, Zuo Bo paper, has also been praised by later generations.

Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the output and quality of paper were gradually rising, and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the use of bamboo slips rebounded, not because paper was not as superior as bamboo slips, but because of the chaos in the world, the people were poor and poor, and there were not many people engaged in the papermaking profession, the output was small, and the cost was high, because for paper, the characters were particularly cherished.

A few decades later, the Western Jin Dynasty was unified, and paper became popular again, gradually replacing bamboo slips, and cloth can explain the problem.

It can be said that because of the war, the development of papermaking technology lagged behind by tens or hundreds of years.

On the wooden shelves, stacks of paper are placed, which are mainly divided into three types: lower grade, upper grade, and defective grade.

The next product is straw paper, made of straw and other materials, yellow, rough texture, can not be used for writing, once the pen is written, it will scatter ink. It is similar to the yellow mounted paper of later generations, but the texture is coarse.

This kind of paper generally has two uses, one is used for sacrifices, that is, paper money, and the other is used for toileting.

In fact, after Cai Lun improved papermaking, some people began to use paper to go to the toilet, but only the rich and noble can afford to use it, and ordinary people still use bamboo, hay, wooden sticks and other things to go to the toilet.

Now that the Three Kingdoms are in turmoil, paper is more expensive, and basically few people use paper to go to the toilet.

The high-grade paper is used for writing and painting.

Liu Chan picked up a piece of high-grade paper and stroked it gently, this kind of paper, white with a little dark yellow, the texture is already very soft, smooth, and tough. The fly in the ointment is the thickness, which is much thicker than the paper commonly used in later generations, and if you look closely, you can still see the fibrous impurities in it, some of which resemble the kind of sketch paper used for painting in later generations.

As for defective products, they are defective products that occur in the process of manufacturing high-quality paper. The quality of this paper is between straw paper and high-quality paper, and it can be used for writing, but it is not considered high-quality, and it can still be sold, but its price is relatively low.

Liu Chan looked at the boss and asked, "How did you sell this paper?" ”

The boss saw Zhao Yun and Lin Xiao following Liu Chan, roughly guessed Liu Chan's identity, and said with a smile: "Son, this paper is calculated by sheet, and one piece will be sold for twenty yuan!" ”

Liu Chan couldn't help but secretly say to himself when he heard this: "Twenty dollars? In the Taiping period, it was already the price of most of the stone grains, and it was really expensive, no wonder it can't be popularized now! ”

However, the price of paper is also determined according to different periods, and now in troubled times, not many people are engaged in papermaking, low output, high cost, paper is in short supply, and it is naturally expensive.