Gao Yuan said: "Regardless of whether this trip is to make or lose, anyway, it has already passed, Guan Jian is a commercial transaction with Qi in the future, because the population base of our Daijun is still too small, and we have to maintain a huge army, relying only on Daijun's own income, it is definitely not enough." Therefore, the scale of papermaking must be expanded as much as possible, at least more than 100,000 pieces of paper per month, and if it can reach 200,000 sheets, it will be even better, so that we can ensure sufficient income. ”

Lin Wenqing was also a little embarrassed, and said: "Now the number of large papers produced per month is about 60,000 or 70,000 sheets, which is already the limit of production, if you want to expand to more than 100,000 sheets, other things are easy to say, the biggest problem is that there are not enough people, and now the paper factory plus the printing field has more than 1,000 craftsmen, and it is really impossible to find enough manpower." ”

Gao Yuan listened, and couldn't help frowning, it seems that the lack of craftsmen has become more and more the biggest obstacle to the development of Daijun, but this difficulty is not something that can be solved in a short time, because the difficulty of accompanying a craftsman is no worse than that of accompanying a scholar, and it is difficult to say from a certain level, a skilled craftsman, generally speaking, has to go through at least ten years of tempering time.

Therefore, Gao Yuan said: "In this way, first recruit a group of ordinary people, conduct a period of short-term training, and hand over the heavy body work and some processes that are not technically difficult to them, and let experienced craftsmen do other fine crafts, which can also increase the output." ”

Lin Wenqing nodded and said, "That's the only way." After a pause, he said: "But there is good news to tell the 60th master, yesterday I went to the printing house to try, the craftsmen told me, after more than a dozen kinds of matching, they have produced the ink that the lord said, and the use of ink printing, can make the use of the word mold more than double the number of ink." ”

Gao Yuan listened to it was also very happy, now the printing technology of Daijun is still the use of ink printing, but the wooden type can generally only be used to two or three hundred times, it will absorb water and expand and deform, can no longer be used, although the craftsmen have tried many methods, prolong the use of wooden type, there is a more effective way is: a wooden type is only printed a hundred times, and then put it up, let the wooden type dry naturally, and then use it again, so that it can be used three or four times, and the use of wooden type can be extended to about three or four hundred times.

But this efficiency is still not very high, and the use of ink printing, you can greatly improve the efficiency, in fact, the principle of ink is not complicated, simply put, it is like ink refueling, to produce an ink mixture, after all, there are only so many kinds of oil materials, but after repeated trials, to determine which kind of oil is the most suitable, the proportion of oil and ink, on the line.

According to Lin Wenqing, after nearly a year of repeated tests by Daigun's craftsmen, it has finally been determined that the use of pine resin oil is the most suitable for ink blending, so the ink that can be used for printing has also been made. The number of ink prints can be more than doubled, which is quite a considerable improvement, and it is indeed good news in the current environment of lack of craftsmen in Daigun.

So Gao Yuan said: "Who are the craftsmen who make the ink?" Call them in, and I will meet them in person, and give them a big reward in person, so as to motivate other craftsmen, as long as the technology is greatly improved, and the efficiency can be greatly improved, can be rewarded. ”

Lin Wenchun nodded and said, "Yes, I will bring those craftsmen tomorrow to see the lord." After a pause, he said: "Also, there are more and more merchants who come to Daijun to do business now, and the merchant market in Daijun is too small to accommodate so many merchants, so we should build a larger merchant market in Daijun as much as possible to accommodate more merchants." ”

When Gao Yuan heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Does Wen Qing also have the idea of attacking the outer city?" ”

Now the expansion of the Daiguni is underway, and the basic outline has been formed, and after the outer city is built, the area of the Daiguncheng will be expanded by more than seven times, in addition to the houses and roads planned to be built in the outer city, there are more than half of the vacant places, but with the development of the Daiguni area, many institutions have to expand their own premises, and naturally they are eyeing the territory of the outer city. Now it is determined that the buildings to be built in the outer city are: barracks, school military fields, schools, warehouses, etc., which have accounted for more than half of the expansion of the outer city, and many machine pines are also desperately looking for a way, hoping to occupy a place in the outer city, and even Lin Wenchun has been eyeing the outer city.

Lin Wenqing said with a smile: "I'm also for the good of Daijun, the more merchants come, the more prosperous the economy of Daijun will be, and the more commercial taxes can be collected, just look at the situation in Linzi City, and build a bigger commercial market, not only can attract more businessmen to do business on behalf of the county, collect business taxes, but also be more manageable, which is also a matter of killing two birds with one stone." ”

Gao Yuan suddenly found that after talking about business matters, Lin Wenqing's temperament has changed greatly, and the little woman who seemed to be completely immersed in love just now suddenly changed into a strong woman in a shopping mall, and full of intellectual and confident temperament, probably this is Lin Wenchun's true face. If it is in modern society, it is estimated that Lin Wenqing has also become a successful female entrepreneur, and maybe she can get a title such as a beautiful rich woman and a beautiful entrepreneur.

However, what Lin Wenqing said is indeed reasonable, the development of commerce and attracting businessmen is indeed very important to the development of Daijun, because it is in the current environment of Daijun's small population and small production capacity, Daijun cannot only rely on going out to do business to support, but also attract as many businessmen as possible to Daijun, so Gao Yuan also nodded, and said: "Okay, tomorrow I will tell Mr. Ning and ask him to arrange a place to build a commercial market, you can negotiate with him on the size of the plot, but now there are only so many places left in the outer city, And there are a lot of institutions that want land, so don't open your mouth and fence the land too much. ”

Lin Wenchun couldn't help but cover his mouth and smiled: "The lion opened his mouth, the lord is really interesting to speak, okay, there is one last thing, the next batch of caravans are ready, and they can set off in a few days, the goods shipped out this time are worth about more than eight hundred eridium gold, what does the lord think to buy with the gold he earns?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "It's better to buy grain, salt, iron, copper, cloth, and other materials, the more the better, if it's not enough, you can bring a few hundred Eridium gold to Qi country." At present, we have about 2.7 million stone of grain in Dai County, but this is far from enough, and I think it will be at least doubled. ”

Lin Wenqing was stunned for a moment, and said: "If it is doubled, it will be nearly six million stone grains, and now the entire population of our Dai County is only one hundred and sixty or seven hundred thousand, even if all the people don't farm, it is enough to eat four or five yuan." Is it necessary to buy so much grain? The storage period of ordinary grain is only about five years, and if you can't eat all the food that you have accumulated, wouldn't it be a pity to spoil it in vain? ”

Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "The time for our Daijun to settle down is running out, according to my estimate, there will only be two years at most, there will be a large-scale war, maybe shorter, and the war does not know how long it will last, once the war starts, a lot of manpower and material resources will be transferred, at least half of the land in Daijun will be wasted, so during this time, we must accumulate as much food as possible to prepare for future wars." ”

Lin Wenqing was stunned for a moment, sighed softly, and said, "I thought that after we retreated to Daijun, there would be no more wars, so there was still going to be a war?" ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said: "Yes, I don't want to fight either, but I don't need to say it, Wen Qing should also know something, even if we don't want to fight, the Qin State will not let us go, and our Daijun is still very weak, and now we have no strength to compete with the Qin State, since I am the lord of the Daijun, I have the obligation to ensure the safety of the Daijun, so we must do our best to expand the strength of our Daijun, only in this way, when the Qin army attacks us, we can protect the Daijun, and at the same time protect your peace." ”

When Lin Wenqing heard this, he was also quite moved in his heart, and said softly: "It turns out that the lord values us so much in his heart. ”

Seeing that Lin Wenqing had recovered from a strong woman to a little woman, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel moved, stretched out his hand and gently hugged Lin Wenqing's slender waist, and said with a smile: "Of course, you are all my family, if you don't value you, who do you value?" ”

Lin Wenqing was very obedient and lay in the arms of the plateau, and said: "It is really Wenqing's luck to be favored by the lord." ”

Gao Yuan hugged Lin Wenqing and said with a smile: "In the future, at home, you are not allowed to call the lord again, do you understand." ”

Although Lin Wenqing felt shy, he nodded lightly and said, "Yes, husband." Then he pillowed his head on the shoulders of the plateau, and his heart was sweet, and he said: "I really want to officially marry into my husband's family as soon as possible, so as to reduce Wenqing's lovesickness for my husband." ”

Although the relationship between the two has been formalized, Lin Wenchun is not a sword dancer after all, as long as Gao Yuan says a word, he can live in Gao Yuan's house. Although Lin Wenqing married into the Gao family, it can also be regarded as a side room, but the side room is still very different from the concubine, and the status is much higher than that of the concubine, and with Lin Wenqing's identity and fame, how to hold a decent ceremony.

At this time, Gao Yuan gently kissed Lin Wenqing's earlobe, Lin Wenqing's whole body was soft, and she was completely paralyzed in Gao Yuan's arms, Gao Yuan said in her ear: "Now let's go out to eat, Wenqing will live here tonight, okay?" ”

Lin Wenqing only felt a burst of heat all over his body, sticking to Gao Yuan's ear, almost saying in an ant voice: "Wenqing listens to the arrangement of the husband." ”