In later generations, it took a long time to make rice paper, and it took one or two months to ship.

However, the most time-consuming part is the soaking of raw materials. The purpose of thorough soaking is to remove as much protein and starch as possible from the raw materials, leaving only cellulose as much as possible.

Because starch polysaccharides and proteins are easy to spoil, if not cleaned, it will affect the life of the paper. Cellulose, on the other hand, is chemically much more stable, so as long as you don't encounter borers, termites, and microbial flora that specialize in breaking down cellulose, you don't have to be afraid.

If the full soaking link is omitted, the overall production time can be shortened by more than half, because it does not take long to crush and beat the paper.

The papermaking of the Han Dynasty, the soaking time was originally more casual, and now it is the embryonic period of paper, and the life of the paper made in this era is not long. The miscellaneous raw material sources of Caihou paper are different each time, and the soaking time cannot be uniform.

The classic rice paper of later generations is known to be "paper longevity for a thousand years" if it is properly preserved, so the oldest collection of paper calligraphy that can be seen in the Palace Museum is basically from the Tang Dynasty. According to luck, the paper of the Han Dynasty was completely rotten in a few decades if it was dried and properly preserved, and the good one was only a hundred years.

The Zhen family's workshop dared to report to Li Su that it would ship in ten days and half a month, which was also based on the general craftsmanship experience of this era. The durability of the paper made in this way will definitely be shorter.

However, whether the paper is easy to seep water and ink, and whether it can be used for printing, has no effect on the soaking time. Therefore, this kind of paper can still be used to engrave the Yin version of the book, but the life of the printed book is shorter.

And the first batch of trial products, Li Su did not plan to use them to print those heirloom classic books, but for Liu Bei to carry out propaganda.

For example, Li Su planned to wait for Liu Bei to "abandon the official to save his uncle", and then engrave a batch of "Filial Piety Records" or "Filial Piety Records" to record some classic celebrities of this dynasty filial piety deeds, and then sell them cheaply in Luoyang.

This kind of work similar to flyer advertising, as long as it is sold cheaply, it doesn't matter if the paper is almost or rotten after a few years, anyway, the publicity effect has been achieved.

Taking advantage of the process of printing this batch of works, the new papermaking technique made of the bark of the tree will be perfected and run-in, and a set of processes will be summed up, so that it will be too late to use really durable paper when printing other classics in the future.

As for how to write this set of "Filial Piety Records", for example, you can first put the deeds of Liu Xiang and Liu Zhengli, who are now famous all over the world, "sneaking into the thief's nest in disguise, killing the thief and saving the uncle", in front. (Liu Miao had already raised filial piety and Maocai in the Guanghe period, and now he is a high-ranking official of Qingliu with more than 2,000 stones in the court, serving as the "Imperial History".) ）

Then list a bunch of chivalrous and filial piety models in other counties, all of which have been commended by the imperial court, the parties have been promoted to filial piety, and even later because of their outstanding official achievements.

Finally, put the good people and good deeds that Liu Bei is about to do at the end, and put them together with the righteous deeds of the sages of this dynasty to rub a wave of traffic.

Isn't this a famous thing?

Of course, in practice, it's not that simple. You also have to find a way to find celebrities and celebrities to help you tout and sell books. was able to lure them and make those celebrities realize that promoting the book was also beneficial to them, but Li Su believed that as long as he got the book out first, he would definitely have a way to deal with the later distribution links.

Engaged in propaganda and distribution work, how did the people of the Han Dynasty compare with the people of later generations? In later generations, those who wrote books, made online dramas, and made movies, had so much experience in distribution, Li Su was a person who sold his lips to make a living in his previous life, and a little experience in publishing hype in the entertainment industry was enough for the people of the Han Dynasty to drink a pot.

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After completing the order for making vellum paper, Li Su returned home and began to ponder the follow-up "project schedule".

If the paper is to be used for printing, it will be at least half a month later.

In the past half a month, he first needs to get a batch of wooden boards suitable for carving, and then write all the stories to be promoted, and then find a carpenter to carve them.

The method of engraving is to directly carve with Yin script, that is, to carve off the part of his writing and engrave it concave. When the time comes, it will be printed in white on a black background.

The advantage of Yin carving is that it is convenient, and there are fewer parts of wood to be carved, and it is faster to carve. In addition, there is no need for complex pouring operations, direct writing and direct engraving, without carpenter literacy.

As for the future engraving printing, if it is really mature, it is of course better to make it into a black character on a white background, but at present, in the past two years, we will not make such a toss, and we will first solve the problem of starting from scratch.

Those perfect climbing technology, when Emperor Han Ling dies in the future, he also followed Liu Bei to find a base, and the world has entered the hegemony mode, and it is not too late to climb.

This also avoids the risk of technology leakage by the imperial court after making meritorious contributions in the early years.

For example, now if Liu Bei returns to Youzhou, Li Su will climb out a few awesome technologies, cultivate talents and build workshops in the local area. But what if in the future, because of the rapid meritorious service, he was suspicious of the imperial court, and Emperor Ling transferred Liu Bei from Youzhou before his death?

Have you completely demolished the workshops in Youzhou that can't be moved? How ugly it looks. If there are cultivated craftsmen who are relocated and refuse to move away with Liu Bei, they can't kill all of them.

After all, the imperial court still has prestige, and if it kills innocents indiscriminately for the sake of technical secrecy, it will definitely risk the condemnation of the world.

Therefore, the most stable way is to wait for the imperial court to no longer transfer the warlords, find a base that cannot be shaken, and then slowly climb those permanent technologies, and only some transitional technologies at present.

As long as the transitional technology eats crabs, it will be cheap for two or three years, and it will be enough. Even if it spreads in the future, it will be regarded as benefiting all mankind, and it will not be too ugly to eat and cherish itself forever.

"It takes half a month to make paper and dry paper, and I carved the writing board at the same time, and it will be printed after 20 days...... It's too late. It will take at least three or four days to find the court to report on his work and let Liu Bei show his face in front of celebrities in the capital.

According to the current efficiency of the imperial court, the reward for Liu Bei will be at least five or six days later. When the time comes, I will ask Liu Bei to 'abandon the official and go back to lead the township to kill the thief' in the time difference between the work report and the reward after the familiar face, but the reward has not yet come down, in this way, counting the time to rush back to Zhuo County, at least seven days, that is, 12 days later to return to Zhuo County to lead the troops.

Even if you immediately make a little name for yourself with Zhang Chun, it will be 15 or 20 days later. Those small good news should be transmitted back to Luoyang and have a certain popularity, at least for another 10 days, that is, the book sales will start after a month......

What I have to do now is to try to get acquainted with celebrities and dignitaries in the capital in the next few days, and it is best to find someone who is willing to recruit me, and recruit me from Jia Cong's subordinates to Beijing officials within seven days, so that I can have an excuse to stay in the capital for more than a month and deal with these propaganda work in the middle.

Otherwise, after ten days at most, I will have to return to Yecheng with Fu Zhi, and then I will have to continue to work for Jia Cong, and I will not be able to implement my plan. ”

Li Su carefully calculated in his heart and roughly understood the requirements of the entire schedule.

There are so many things to do, and the situation is really urgent.

Tomorrow he will be with Liu Bei, and he was summoned by He Jin, and he was supposed to have a good rest tonight, but he couldn't even sleep.

"Let's go to bed later, write something, and make my heart feel at ease." Li Su tossed and turned for a while, and decided to use the habit he had developed in his previous life to write something before going to bed to distract his attention and help him sleep.

So he turned over and got out of bed, found a wooden piece of wood suitable for carving in the house, and decided to write the first chapter of the story in "Filial Piety Record" tonight, that is, the story of Liu Miao sneaking into the thief's nest to kill the thief and save his uncle.

"Boya, why don't you sleep after the second watch?" Guan Yu, who was next door, saw that he had re-lit the wick of the oil lamp, and was shaken by the contrast between light and dark in a daze, and couldn't help but get up a little angry.

"Second brother, you can sleep by yourself, I remember that there is still a letter to write in a hurry, which may be useful to the eldest brother." Li Su explained while licking the pen.

Hearing that Liu Bei was going to use it, Guan Yu immediately shut up, turned around and continued to sleep.

Li Su was full of enthusiasm, wrote down the stories he remembered, and slightly polished some thrilling fabricated details, all of which were taken for granted. After writing it, I was quite satisfied with my story.

The people of the Han Dynasty wrote miscellaneous notes very briefly, because it was difficult to carve bamboo slips and wooden slips, and the copying was slow, so the words should be cherished like gold. If there are too many words in a story, others will not bother to copy it.

But Li Su originally planned to print, so he was not afraid of rich details and did not want to copy, and the readability and excitement of the story were much higher than those of his contemporaries.

However, after examining it, he still found a problem.

My own calligraphy is still too ugly! If you directly ask the wood carver to carve according to his handwriting, I am afraid that I will not be able to sell it when it is printed.

"It's really troublesome to do something, it seems that I can only write the story first, and then pay someone with good calligraphy to copy it for me, and then let the wood carver carve it according to the good calligraphy version. That's it, it's not something that can be done in a while, so let's go to bed first. After meeting He Jin tomorrow, I will slowly find a calligraphy master from a long-term plan. ”

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I was silent all night.

The next morning, three o'clock.

There is still an hour before Li Su, Liu Bei and others are summoned.

However, the general's mansion is already busy.

Before summoning the foreign envoy, several of He Jin's confidants had been summoned in advance to discuss the matter, ready to discuss a preliminary countermeasure to the new outbreak of thieves in Youzhou.

There were a total of four invited guests - to be exact, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Bao Hong and other three guests, plus one of his own, Chen Lin, the general chief bookkeeper.

He Jin was in the center, of course he knew that the emperor was in poor health now, and began to plan to build the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden, so as to divide the military power of his cousin He, so as to pave the way for Liu Xie, the second prince who was not born by Empress He.

The approximate candidate for the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden, He Jin also participated in the game, which was basically expected.

He Jin couldn't stop the establishment of the Xiyuan Army, but it was still possible to mix sand into the eighth lieutenant.

The three Yuan Baocao invited today, plus Chun Yuqiong, who was not invited because he was drunk last night, are the faction of the eight lieutenants in Neiding.

Among them, Cao Cao's "pro-He" attribute is still relatively hidden, because after he was a eunuch, Emperor Han Ling still doesn't know Cao Cao's pro-He, thinking that he is a eunuch faction, at least a centrist.

And the other row of the four lieutenants who opposed He were naturally headed by the eunuch Jian Shuo, and there was also Feng Fang, the son-in-law of the eunuch Cao Jie, and Zhao Rong and Xia Mou, who were not very good with He Jin.

Therefore, since the news of the eighth lieutenant came out at the beginning of the year, He Jin began to deliberately encircle Yuan Bao and Cao Chunyu, and discussed with the four of them when there were military decisions.

At this moment, after everyone sat down, He Jin spoke:

"At the beginning, Hebei was in turmoil and spread to Erzhou, what do you think should be done? Should we go all out to suppress it, or should we use it at the same time? For the Hu people involved, how should they be reprimanded and punished? ”