Chapter 456: The Secret of Paper Art
"Don't worry, the little one understands and is very good, and he will definitely keep his mouth shut, and others will tell him repeatedly!" Li Li's heart sank, he originally wanted to remind Chen Zhi that this paper-making method is also inherited, and it is often perfected by several generations before it can be popularized in the world, and simple imitation has no effect. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
But as soon as he heard Chen Zhi's words, he thought of his identity, and he did not doubt that he knew that this new master probably had some secret recipe, and he wanted to make himself responsible for this part.
The more he thought about it, the more apprehensive he became, and he quickly expressed his attitude, raised his hand, and swore to God.
The entire clan of their Li family lives on the land of the Chen family in Xiapi, whether it is a heavy land or a workshop, in fact, they are all hard work for the Chen family, not to mention, the whole clan, the old, the weak, the young and the disabled are all in Xiapi, and they can't escape at all, and he doesn't dare to divulge secrets in public or private.
What's more, in this era, we still pay great attention to commitments, and we will try our best to complete what we promise, otherwise we will lose our reputation, and it will be difficult to move an inch.
Not only celebrities and celebrities must be famous, but also the people in cloth must have a reputation.
Otherwise, Li Li's fifth uncle would not have kept a secret after leaving the south.
However, there are exceptions to everything, there are many possibilities, and people's promises are empty, Li Li also knows this truth, and he understands very well that Chen Zhi now faintly regards himself as the leader of the workshop, which is not only trust and opportunity, but also responsibility, once there is a leak, he will bear the brunt.
So after he swore to the sky, he suggested: "Taishou, you can actually place it in separate rings, so as to ensure secrecy so that the secret recipe will not be leaked." Then he carefully divided it and explained the meaning clearly.
It turns out that there is nothing complicated, that is, the craftsman is separated, several people are responsible for a link of papermaking, and then they do not belong to each other, each is only responsible for their own piece, and then these links are separated, so that they are difficult to understand each other, and naturally they cannot know the whole process of papermaking methods, which is an alternative method of secrecy.
After all, the first four people Chen Zhi found were just to understand the papermaking process of this era, and then compare it with what he had in mind, and when he really started, other craftsmen would also be summoned.
Craftsmen are different from ordinary civilians, although there are differences in the industry, but those who can master the craft have more merits in attitude, receptivity, and even execution.
But when there are many people, it is easy to mix fish and dragons, so as soon as Chen Zhi listened to Li Li's words, he knew that his method was to increase the number of work links, increase manpower input, reduce efficiency, and increase the error rate at the same time, which was not advisable.
"However, Li Li reminded me that this issue of confidentiality is indeed on the agenda, after all, there are many things in the future, which are beyond the limitations of the times, considering that a stirrup was revealed in the previous life, so that the nomad has achieved such a big advantage, at least in this life, before achieving absolute superiority, some complex technical details should not be revealed."
As for those that are easy to imitate and can be seen through at a glance, then there is no need to keep them secret, because the craftsmen are tight-lipped and cannot stop the ingenuity of others.
"The current papermaking technology is good, but it is the next generation of technology, a more in-depth method, and it will be gradually taken out in the future, but several projects in the plan after that require a complex process, mature technology, and also need the participation of the Mo family.
If you want to keep it secret, Chen Zhi naturally has his own way, but there are lottery holders and copper plates, which are enough to get twice the result with half the effort, and it is more secure, of course, it is his first choice, there is no need to give up the near and far.
"The fourth grid will be full soon, just when this batch of craftsmen is familiar with the process, the family from Pengcheng should also arrive, and the ink man who led the Mo family is almost resting, and they are all rushing together, just in time."
With this in mind, he then accelerated the arrangement of these rooms, and made simple changes to them, connecting the courtyards of the surrounding rooms, making the space more expansive.
Subsequently, he transferred the elite family members who had been trained by himself and guarded them outside the hospital.
And these actions have fallen into the eyes of people with hearts.
Chen Zhi's movements are now the most concerned thing for the Daijun family, they are worried because of the calculations of Wang Quan of the border army a few days ago, and they don't know how Chen Zhi will deal with this matter, so they pay attention to his every move and analyze the tendency.
But the results obtained made several very confused.
"In the past two days, Chen Taishou, except for official business in the mansion, has been in the newly sorted out workshop in the north of the city."
The Zheng family is the most attentive family, almost seven or eight times a day to report Chen Zhi's movements to the family, Zheng Lin, who is the best at management, personally sorted it out, and then sent it to Zheng Taigong and others for inspection.
It's just that for two days, Chen Zhi's movements are very confusing.
Zheng Lin frowned, looked at some of the information reported in his hand, combined with the analysis of the craftsmen in the family, and wrote his own opinion, then got up and left the room, went straight to the place where Zheng Taigong was, and handed it over.
"You said that judging from the items shipped in the past few days, Chen Zhi is likely to be arranging papermaking? What does he do making paper? After reading Zheng Lin's analysis, Mrs. Zheng also frowned, "What did he do when he arranged papermaking?" Do you want to raise money from the craftsmen? ā
In Xinhan, there are actually many government-funded industries, all of which are used by local governments to prepare money and grain, and some also have the effect of stabilizing prices, but they are often embezzled by the family soon after they are established, which is equivalent to the government contributing money and efforts to the family to pay benefits.
"This is not funded by the government," Zheng Lin shook his head and added: "Although there is no direct evidence, judging from the existing situation, these workshops should have been funded and established by Chen Zhi himself, which also has some indications, that is, the workshops that are now being sorted out and rebuilt, and the title deeds were directly bought by Chen Zhi." ā
"He came all the way to Daijun and actually paid for the workshop?" Zheng Taigong's brows wrinkled tighter and tighter, "He bought land outside the city and is building a manor, this is normal, how can there be an official who does not buy land, but it is strange to buy a workshop, after all, the county guard is a liuguan, he bought land, he can settle people, and it is convenient to dispose of it in the future, and he will keep the land when he leaves, and there is the same income, but the workshop is different, it is not a local family, what is the use of buying a workshop?" This inheritance is no more than land, if you don't take it away, it will be a burden to stay. ā
The people of the world attached equal importance to land, and even if they were officials in other places, they would often buy some land and settle some people.
In the previous dynasty, there were still some rules to prevent the purchase of land by officials and prevent it from being involved with local interests, but after a long time, some ways to avoid these, such as hanging under the name of the family, or finding other people in the family to buy, or even directly hanging in the name of their own slaves and family members, can be described as varied, there are no surprises.
In the end, the imperial court understood that since it was difficult to eradicate and forced those rogue officials to hide all kinds of land, it was better to abolish this rule and let them buy it, but they had to register it normally, so that part of the land rent had to be paid, otherwise, according to the original trend, nothing could be obtained.
However, such a decision was itself the result of the combined influence of the family and the bureaucracy, and in the end it naturally strengthened the speed of land annexation, but it was also a general trend that could not be changed under the drive of interests.
Chen Zhi is in such an environment, he acts cheaply, and if he does not accumulate enough strength, he will not be able to change the trend.
Then Zheng Lin listened to Zheng Taigong's painting, nodded and said: "Chen Taishou's move is very interesting, and how many points are involved, it is indeed necessary to carefully consider, but the purpose of papermaking is unknown." ā
"Chen Zhi, this person, has ideas, after he came, he first inspected the dock fort, and then asked the craftsman, now he has built his own workshop, and the plan is very big, even if we can't figure it out, we have to write down the matter and hand it over to the General's Mansion, let the people over there worry about it."
Zheng Lin hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded yes.
At the same time, several other companies were also analyzing similar things, and they also didn't understand Chen Zhi's movements, but they all chose to wait and see.
After a lot of disturbances, Chen Zhi's papermaking workshop was finally put into operation, and then he personally taught the papermaking process to this group of craftsmen.
Chen Zhi wants to make not mulberry paper, but leather paper, to make this kind of paper, there is a complete set of processes, which is made by him in combination with the receipt of the stick holder and the experience of later generations.
Starting from the selection and felling of trees, after peeling off the bark, degumming, peeling off the green bark, washing, pulping ash water, cooking, rinsing, removing residues, chopping, etc., until the final finishing and packaging, it is divided into eighteen steps, each step is more subtle than today's mainstream papermaking method, and all links are combined to produce paper far beyond this era.
Under the influence of Chen Zhi's explanation and persuasion to learn tea, even ordinary craftsmen can quickly grasp the key points of the steps - this year, Chen Zhi has rarely had the opportunity to persuade him to learn tea, on the one hand, he is in Luoyang's status and status, and there is no need for foreign objects to show his eyes for himself to make others respect, and on the other hand, he is accumulating for the later plans.
As an aid to teach technology, it is undoubtedly the most ideal, and it is precisely because of this that it has such a name.
When Chen Zhi's explanation was finished, many craftsmen looked shocked, and their eyes looked at Chen Zhi, from simple fear to awe.
Among these craftsmen, there are actually only four people who have really come into contact with papermaking, but they also know that real papermaking is absolutely not as meticulous and perfect as Chen Zhi said.
And after awe, there is excitement.
Because, they have mastered a new craft!