Lu Guogong Mansion.

Chen Chu walked out of the house and stretched in the middle of the courtyard.

Yawned, he said with some disappointment: "Today's rest, you don't have to go to Hongwen Hall to study, life is suddenly a lot less fun!" ”

Chen Chu couldn't stop pretending.

Go further and further on the road of outfitting!

Suddenly stopped, and I was still a little uncomfortable.

At this time, Cheng Chubi walked in and said, "Uncle, aren't you going to Hongwen Hall today?" ”

Chen Chu asked, "Do you want to go to Hongwen Pavilion?" ”

Cheng Chubi scratched his head: "Uncle, I won't tell you, I used to hate going to Hongwen Pavilion, because I often had to be beaten by my husband, but recently I really want to go, especially when you are here, I want to stay in Hongwen Pavilion all the time......"

Chen Chu: "......"

He immediately understood.

Loading ratios are contagious.

Cheng Chubi, this kid, also enjoys the atmosphere of pretending to be compared.

Chen Chu waved his hand: "I'll ...... tomorrow"

"Oh," Cheng Chubi walked out with some disappointment, "Then I'll ask the sister of the Zhang family to eat chicken at the Dada Restaurant in Chang'an!" ”

Chen Chu was surprised: "Chu Bi, you can actually make an appointment with a woman?" After all, you look like this...... Ahem......"

Chen Chu is not Mrs. Cheng, so he can't say that Cheng is ugly to his face.

Cheng Chubi explained: "Uncle, don't you say it's strange, in the past, when I asked those women, they ignored me and didn't have to look at me, but since they knew that you were my uncle, they took the initiative to get close to me, and they also took the initiative to ask me to dinner......"

Chen Chu: "......"

He looked at Cheng Chubi and had nothing to say.

I didn't expect to have this kind of function.

If you can promote a marriage for Cheng Chubi, it can be regarded as a good thing.

As soon as Cheng Chubi walked with his front feet, there was a messy footstep at the door.

As soon as Chen Chu looked up, he saw Zhu Neng and a few craftsmen hurriedly running in, all with joy on their faces.

Chen Chu asked, "Lao Zhu, did your wife give birth?" So happy? ”

Zhu Neng shook his head and said, "Boss, you're joking, I'm almost fifty years old this year, and my mothers are forty years old, how can I still be born." ”

"Haha......"

The people around laughed.

Chen Chu asked, "What's so happy about that?" ”

Zhu Neng said happily: "Boss, I'll give you a heart." ”

What the?

Chen Chu even suspected that his ears had heard it wrong.

He looked Zhu Neng up and down, and said, "Old Zhu, you are also a thief, and you used to cut people with a kitchen knife, can you not be so calcium." ”

Than the heart?

Except for women, only little sissies do this.

Chen Chu had a chill.

Zhu Neng was confused, took out a thin black thing from his sleeve, and said, "Boss, this is it, the refill you asked me to wait for......"

Chen Chu took a closer look.

Almost vomited blood.

It turned out to be a pencil refill.

Zhu Neng said excitedly: "Boss, we found the clay you wanted, we bought it from a merchant from Hedong, this person brought a few pieces of clay with him, I bought it with him, and brought it back to the laboratory for testing, which fully meets the requirements of the boss, boss, you see ......."

Chen Chu's eyes lit up, he hurriedly took it, turned around and drew on the paper on the table.

A black line is it.

He tried to write a few more words.

The handwriting is clearly visible.

Chen Chu rubbed his hands excitedly.

Recently, he was so busy pretending to be that he forgot about the manufacture of pencils, and gave full authority to Zhu Neng and others to tinker, but he didn't expect it to be done.

The core components of a pencil are actually very simple: the refill, the pen case.

Needless to say, the pen case can be made by a few craftsmen, a stick can be cut into two pieces, hollowed out in the middle, and then glued with fish glue.

The difficult thing is the manufacture of the refill.

Graphite is easy to find!

But Chen Chu tested a large amount of clay in the early stage, but it didn't work.

It's either too soft or too hard.

It's so soft that you can't even insert the pen case!

Not to mention writing and drawing on paper.

Soft treading!

If it's too hard, you can poke the paper through at once.

Chen Chu's pencil was stuck at this step.

Originally, he thought that the technology was not good, but he didn't expect that there was a problem with the raw materials.

Now that the raw material problem is solved, the pencil can be produced.

Thinking of this, Chen Chu hurriedly asked, "Lao Zhu, how much clay did you buy?" ”

Zhu Neng said: "Boss, it's only less than five catties, originally, the guy from Hedong brought this clay with him to drink it when the water and soil were not adapted, and he didn't come to Chang'an City to sell the soil." ”

Chen Chu knows that this custom exists in many places.

When you go far away from home, you are worried about not adapting to the water and soil, so you will often bring some soil from your hometown, and it is good to eat some soil when you are not feeling well.

I don't know if there's a scientific reason for it, but that's what many people do.

From this point of view, this guy's hometown must have a lot of this clay.

If it can be continuously transported to Chang'an City, the production of pencils can be guaranteed.

Chen Chu asked, "Bring that man to me, I want to discuss with him and open a clay mine in Hedong......"

Although the clay that meets the requirements does not have to be available in Hedong, perhaps, there are around Chang'an City, but Chen Chu can't wait.

You can't send Lao Zhu and these old men to inquire around.

A few old men might die in the middle of the road!

Moreover, in this era when there is no soil testing technology, it is too inefficient to try it little by little in a primitive way.

Anyway, the cost of transporting clay from Hedong is not high.

Chen Chu then had the idea of opening a clay mine in Hedong, where the clay could be processed for initial processing and then transported to Chang'an, where it could be used directly.

Who knows, Zhu Neng shook his head and said: "Boss, that person has gone back to Hedong, he looks poor, he couldn't find a guy in Chang'an City, and he planned to go back, we bought his clay and told him how much he wanted, he hurried back to Hedong, saying that he was going back to pull a cart of clay back......"

Chen Chu was slightly disappointed, and then ordered: "Lao Zhu, when that person comes back, bring him to see me as soon as possible...... Also, you can take someone now, use these few catties of clay, and hurry up to make a batch of pencils......"

"Yes, boss!"

A few old men said dryly.

Since following Chen Chu, they have found that this world is so exciting.

It's much more interesting than being a thief and playing with a woman.

Some people can stay in the lab for three days and three nights without eating or drinking.

Now, everyone is excited to see that something new is about to be made.

……

After sending Zhu Neng and the others away, Chen Chu sat in the courtyard and calculated.

Pencils are made to make money.

He had previously asked Li Lizhen to calculate, and now he has assets of nearly five million yuan.

But who wants to have less money.

Just as he was sketching out the blueprint for his pencil manufacturing business, a figure walked in at the door.

Seeing that Chen Chu was deep in thought, the man stepped forward, thought about it for a long time, and then gently patted Chen Chu on the shoulder.

……