Chapter 82 Dahan's most technologically advanced workshop

After the fence was changed from an earthen wall to a white wall, the courtyard of Nuoda appeared to be very industrial.

The layout of the general workshop of the larger Han Dynasty was different, and Yunlang deliberately divided the papermaking workshop into four workshops.

The first workshop is dedicated to crushing raw materials, the second department is to cook those paper-making raw materials, the third department needs to take care of the water rammers to gelatinize the raw materials, and is responsible for bleaching the pulp, and the fourth workshop is the real paper-making workshop, with more than 20 servants skillfully scooping the pulp from the sink and then sticking it on the wooden boards.

The workshop is running well, the connection between each process is very smooth, the biggest advantage of the workshop process is that it is simple and feasible, the servants here do not need to learn a full set of technology, as long as they can do the process they are doing, and as long as it takes a long time, they will do their own simple process to the extreme.

This makes a lot of sense, and that's what the refined operations of later generations did.

In this workshop where there are more people than machines, Yun Lang must admit that when the working people are working hard, the scene is spectacular, but also very beautiful.

On weekdays, these servants work without shirts, and their bodies are beautiful, which Yun Lang actually admires.

Not today, no matter how hot the day is, they must also wear their clothes neatly, and they can't take them off if they die of heat.

The trouble of assembly line operation is that once it starts running, it can't be stopped, and if a link stops, a lot of materials will be wasted.

Gillian came to inspect the papermaking workshop, not to see the white walls and those utensils, but to see how the tattered papermaking materials turned into white paper.

In all fairness, although Gillian is very rare about paper, she has no interest in how to make paper, she insists that any good things in the world should appear in front of her for the first time, she just needs to enjoy the pleasure brought by good things, how can she have the time to understand how good things are produced.

Even if you want to open a paper workshop, it is the housekeeper at home who goes to Yun Lang to discuss, if it is opened, the steward is meritorious, and if it is broken, the steward will accept the punishment from hitting the board until losing his head.

Therefore, Yun Lang thinks that the person who really wants to see the papermaking workshop is Liu Che, and he has the habit of asking the bottom of the matter, and only he has the habit of controlling everything in the world.

Sure enough, after Gillian arrived, accompanied by Song Qiao and others, she went to the fine house on the edge of Weishui, and after a while, she heard Gillian say that she wanted to play mahjong.

The ladies who had been waiting for Gillian to arrive for a long time immediately happily prepared to send money to Gillian, such an opportunity was rare.

Liu Che stood upwind in a royal blue spring shirt, but his attention was not on the glamorous maidservants who came with the noblewomen, but on the white walls of the paper workshop.

Pointing to the white wall casually, Yun Lang immediately explained: "The white is lime water, the paper workshop uses lime to bleach the pulp, and the remaining white ash is used to paint the white wall not only for good looks, but mainly for insect prevention, moisture prevention, and finally for neatness and beauty." ”

"Check it out!"

Liu Che moved his pace, and immediately a group of people surrounded him in the middle, and when he came to the first workshop, Liu Che looked at the wet pulp flowing down from the grinding disc and asked, "What's in it?" ”

"Tree bark, tree trunks, reeds, broken fishing nets, and more often hemp stalks, these things are soaked in water to remove what they don't need, and then they come here to crush and become the raw material for the first stage of papermaking."

Liu Che nodded, looked up and saw the servants with trembling legs and said to Yun Lang: "Are all your servants working in new clothes?" ”

Yun Lang said with a smile: "Naturally, these people are not like this when they work on weekdays, and when they hear that the nobles are coming, they naturally have to dress neatly, so as not to obstruct the view." ”

Liu Che waved his hand and said: "What do you do on weekdays, how do you do it now, how do you work in thick clothes!" ”

Yun Lang called Pingsha and gave an order, and Pingsha went to another workshop.

Liu Che took out a handful of slimy pulp from the stone trough, put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, frowned, and said, "It smells." ”

Yun Lang said with a smile: "Before papermaking, the pulp should be constantly rinsed, just to remove impurities and taste, and after the pulp is steamed and rinsed, the taste will be eliminated, but in the process of papermaking, a lot of water is needed." ”

Liu Che came to the side of the waterwheel, watched the rotating waterwheel continuously scoop up the water from the canal, washed his hands with the clear water, and then watched the water pour down the sink, every time the craftsman poured a bucket of ground pulp into another stone trough, he would open the main sink baffle, let the water wash the pulp, and finally take the pulp to the next workshop, nodded and said: "The idea is really ingenious." ”

Yun Lang invited Liu Che to go to the next cooking workshop to see, and explained as he walked: "The process of the water taking away the pulp is actually a cleaning process, and after the pulp flows to the cooking workshop, the excess water will flow away through the gauze, leaving only the pulp, at this time, the craftsmen will take the pulp into the cauldron and cook it."

The next workshop that His Majesty wants to see is dedicated to this matter. ”

When he came to the cooking workshop, Liu Che couldn't help laughing, only to see the servants wearing shorts one by one, pouring baskets of pulp into the steaming cauldron with bare backs and steaming, looking very diligent.

"Your Majesty, they are not pretending to be busy, but they can't stop, and once they stop, the pulp supplied by the previous process will fill the sink, and once the pulp water overflows above the sink, a lot of material will be lost, which is not allowed."

Liu Che frowned and said, "In this way, as long as they start working, they can't stop?" ”

Yun Lang nodded and said, "Yes, Weichen calls this operation method an assembly line. Once activated, the flow of water from the mill continues until the end of papermaking, turning into sheets of white paper on the wall, until the first process does not continue to supply pulp. ”

Liu Che was noncommittal, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Yun Lang's behavior of oppressing the servants like this.

He saw the servants pluck the steaming pulp from the cauldron and pour it into another sink before leaving the workshop.

Papermaking is actually a pounding, rinsing process, very simple, a pillar of incense Liu Che has already stood in front of the wooden board covered with paper, personally removed a piece of paper from the wooden board, and watched the paper was cut off by the craftsman in horror The corners of the waste, the whole visit process is over.

"One hundred and ten craftsmen are busy all morning, and they can make such a little paper, and it is not an empty word that material resources are difficult."

Yun Lang looked at the emperor's face and whispered: "Actually, there are already a lot, these large pieces of paper, if cut into suitable paper for writing, are enough to contain millions of words." ”

As Yun Lang explained in a low voice, the solemn look on Liu Che's face slowly faded, and he laughed self-deprecatingly: "I am always used to comparing this thing with bamboo slips and wooden slips. ”

Yun Lang said with a smile: "If Your Majesty has anything else you want to know, Weichen must know everything and say everything." ”

Liu Che ignored Yun Lang's flattering words, turned back to a stout man like a man and a bear, and said, "What you see and hear today must not be leaked!" ”

The big man clasped his fists and saluted: "Wow! ”

Liu Che came to the courtyard and looked around, pointed to a row of houses he hadn't entered, and said, "What are you doing there?" ”

Yun Lang hesitated for a moment, and immediately said: "It is an experimental place for a new process, and the process has not yet been figured out, so it continues to be experimented." ”

"What process?"

"How can you transcribe thousands of books and hundreds of thousands of words in one day......?"

"Is there such a process?" Liu Che was amazed.

As for how to transcribe thousands of books and hundreds of thousands of words in one day, if it doesn't cost a lot of manpower, he thinks that only ghosts and gods can do it.

"Is there a way to let it go? What do you mean? ”

When he came to the front of this row of houses, Liu Che saw a plaque hanging on the lintel and asked puzzledly.

Yun Lang shook his head and said: "Weichen doesn't know, it's a guy who has a deep study of words and pen and ink, and Weichen wants to go in on weekdays, but he is hesitant, and he seems to be very reluctant to let Weichen in." ”

Liu Che stopped, looked at the five or six people who were busy in the room, frowned, and said, "And you, the person who can't be in charge of the family?" ”

Yun Lang said with a smile: "Talented people always have weird tempers. ”

Liu Che listened to Yun Lang's explanation, laughed, raised his hand and slapped Yun Lang on the shoulder: "When it is time to kill, you still have to kill, and talented people who are not easy to control are the trouble of the dynasty!" ”