"The owner of the island said a wish, I hope that everyone in the world can have paper!" Zhao Rui said proudly.

Zhu Yan looked disdainful, blow it! Blow it hard! Everyone in the world can use paper, what a large number, I'm afraid Zhao's paper industry will not be satisfied if it expands a hundred times!

"Yes, Shopkeeper Zhao dares to be the first in the world, and this courage alone is worthy of Zhu's admiration!" Zhu Yan said wrongly.

Zhao Rui laughed dryly, he didn't believe what he heard, let alone someone else? It's just that I'm also looking forward to this day, if it can really be realized, the Zhao family is not a businessman.

"In addition to producing bamboo paper, papermaking also produces calligraphy and painting paper used by literati creation, which makes Zhu Lang smile......", Zhao Rui took out a roll of snow-white paper from the display cabinet and spread it in front of Zhu Lang and said: "This kind of calligraphy and painting paper is not as good as Xuanzhou Cao's rice paper, but it is not much, but the price is half of the rice paper, Zhu Lang see how?" ”

Although Zhu Yan is not a serious literati, but he still understands some calligraphy and painting paper, the best calligraphy and painting paper is, of course, rice paper, but there are other papermaking workshops that produce some calligraphy and painting paper, and even some of the quality is better than rice paper, but unfortunately the price is too expensive, the output is very small, and it is not easy for ordinary people to take a look.

The reason why rice paper has become a top quality paper for calligraphy and painting is because it has excellent effects of adsorbing silent particles and diffusion of ink.

Zhu Yan took the calligraphy and painting paper in his hand, and was secretly surprised in his heart, just looking at the lines and lines on the paper, there is a bit of the charm of rice paper, if it is rice paper, it will be densely covered with cloud-like filaments, these filaments are sandalwood fibers. The feel is also good, delicate and smooth, the flexibility is good, some intentions, took the pen and ink on the crime, lightly enough on the paper, the eyes stared at the ink on the paper scattered, the whole heart is about to pull up.

According to the usual inking method, the paper is outlined in the same position with four kinds of ink marks, which are lighter, lighter, thicker and thicker, and carefully observe the ink effect of the paper.

If it is ordinary calligraphy and painting paper, it will appear a little blurry at the overlap of the pen marks, especially after absorbing heavy and thick ink, if the fiber of the paper is poor, there will be fracture or looseness, which is the best way to judge a calligraphy and painting paper.

"Not bad! Although this kind of calligraphy and painting paper is not as good as rice paper, it has surpassed similar calligraphy and painting paper a lot, if it can be of good quality and low price, a certain guarantee will sell well in Datang! Zhu Yan patted his chest and promised, feeling a little strange in his heart, this calligraphy and painting paper is obviously not bamboo paper, it should be made of other raw materials, but this is Zhao's secret, if it is really like Zhao Rui said, the price is only half of the rice paper, but you can buy some back to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhu Yan naturally didn't know, in fact, Zhao Rui took out the calligraphy and painting paper, which is also made of similar raw materials and processes as rice paper, the main raw materials of rice paper are green sandalwood bark and burnt grass, green sandalwood is very adaptable, and it is available in many places in the Tang Dynasty, but it is rare in the Japanese country, and the burning grass is very easy to obtain, and can only replace the green sandalwood with other raw materials, which has a little similarity with rice paper.

Zhao Rui took out several kinds of paper to show Zhu Yan, although it was not as good as the previous calligraphy and painting paper, but the price was cheaper, and it was enough for the usual writing records.

"There are really different types of paper, it seems that I underestimate Zhao's paper?"

Zhu Yan thought in his heart, and said with surprise in his mouth: "It's a lonely and unheard of, I didn't expect the Zhao family to be able to make so many different papers, and the prosperity of the Zhao family is not far away!" ”

Zhao Rui's heart is like eating honey, if someone praises him, he is very happy, but compared with the whole family, what can his honor and disgrace be, as long as the Zhao family can prosper forever, he will have no regrets even if he dies now.

"Thank you Julang Jiyan!"

Zhao Rui knew that he brought Zhu Yan to visit the paper mill today, and this move was the right move, so he immediately introduced Zhu Yan more diligently: "These are books made of ordinary paper, which can be carried with you as a record, a fifty-page book only costs ten yuan, if the customer has any special needs, Zhao's Paper can also customize ......." ”

The so-called book,It's a book without printed handwriting.,There are thick and thin,Big and small,Some of the covers also have the words "notebook", "exercise book", "arithmetic book"......,I see Zhu Yan a little strange,Are these books custom-made samples by others?。

Looking at Zhu Yan staring at the handwriting on the cover of the book, Zhao Rui guessed what Zhu Yan was thinking: "These are all books made by the owner of Zhao's Paper, some are for the schoolchildren in the school, and some are for the official ......", Zhao Rui wanted to say that it was for the official yamen, but Zhen Qian did not say that there was any official yamen from there, but there was indeed an official yamen on the island, but it was just some names that others could not understand in the office of the organ, and it was too troublesome to explain it when I thought about it, so I passed by:" Anyway, these customized books are used in special places.,Even some shops come here to buy such a book......。 ”

Zhu Yan held a book the size of two palms in his hand, the cover of the book was actually made of cowhide, one inch thick, and there were very thin black ink on the paper inside, the interval was very small, even the most favorite brush writing is very difficult, a little strange: "Can this book write?" ”

After speaking, Zhu Yan also felt that something was wrong, paper is not used for writing, is it used to read?

Zhao Rui looked at the notebook in Zhu Yan's hand, and said with a smile: "This book is indeed used for writing, but not with a brush, but with a new type of pen, which we call 'pencil'." ”

As he spoke, he took out a very thin wooden stick from a small waist bag around his waist, and wrote the word "Zhao" on the paper: "It is such a pen, it is very convenient to use, there is no need for ink and inkstone, as long as you have this pen, you can record the things you want to write down when you go there...... ”

"Pencil!"

I've never seen this before!

Zhu Yan didn't dare to evaluate immediately, took the pencil handed over by Zhao Rui, grabbed it in his hand, a little twisted, he was used to grabbing a brush, and he was a little uncomfortable with grabbing such a pen, but he still wrote a "Zhu" word on the paper, if a handwriting appeared on the paper, he touched it with his hand and found that there was no change, the words on the paper seemed to have completely integrated with the paper, and his jaw was about to fall, a miracle!

I usually write with a brush, but I am afraid that the ink will be polluted by my hands before it dries, but this kind of pencil is not afraid to touch it with my hands, can this not surprise Zhu Yan?

How many other amazing things are there in these Five Peaks Islands!

(End of chapter)