Zuo Bo can indeed be said to be a very famous papermaker in this era.

Having said that, Guo Peng has no interest in asking Zuo Bo to use hemp to make Zuo Bo paper that is time-consuming, cumbersome, expensive and expensive, and has extremely limited output.

He took Zuo Bo directly to his secret paper factory and showed him his bamboo paper production line.

Let him see the cheap and efficient bamboo paper production technology he has.

Before occupying Hebei, Guo Peng secretly maintained a bamboo paper production line for a long time in order to mass-produce enough earth-shaking thunder to make enough earth-shaking thunder leads.

When Zuo Bo learned that Guo Peng's bamboo paper production technology was so efficient and cheap, he was very shocked and asked Guo Peng why he didn't expand production.

"Why expand production?"

Guo Peng asked Uncle Zuo with a smile.

Zuo Bo's face was full of doubts.

"If you expand production, you will be able to sell more, and if you sell more, you will be able to use paper, earn a lot of money, buy more land and houses, and leave a legacy to future generations, and even give future generations the opportunity to study and become scholars."

Zuo Bo's ideas and concepts are very simple, and they are not ahead of the times at all.

Guo Peng smiled and shook his head.

"I don't need any of these, I have them, I make paper to make paper a cheap thing that an ordinary farmer can afford, instead of the current luxury that is more expensive than gold, I want to make paper available to everyone, not just scholars."

Zuo Bo doesn't understand, doesn't understand.

"Ordinary people Li Shu can't read and write, can't read, what's the use of asking for paper?"

"Without cheap paper, they will never be able to read and write."

Guo Peng shook his head and said: "My idea will not be recognized by the scholars, since this is the case, it is better to slow down, and when I can do it, then take out the bamboo paper, by then, everyone will be able to afford paper, everyone can learn to read and write, now, bear with it first." ”

After Guo Peng said this, he didn't explain anymore.

Zuo Bo didn't understand why Guo Peng wanted everyone to be able to use paper and learn to read and write.

It's simply impossible, isn't it?

Guo Peng doesn't need Zuo Bo's understanding and understanding.

Of course, when he knew these things, Zuo Bo's personal freedom was also monitored by Guo Someone, and he was not allowed to leave the place designated by Guo Someone, and he could not move freely.

He was included in his papermaking team by Guo Peng, and was ordered to devote himself to research, improve the bamboo paper production process, find ways to increase the output and quality of bamboo paper, and further reduce costs, in preparation for the future explosion of production capacity.

At the same time, Guo Peng also sold some cheaply produced bamboo paper at a high price in the name of Zuobo paper.

Guo Peng set up a papermaking workshop in Qingzhou in the name of Zuo Bo, set up a series of papermaking handicraft workshops, and then did paper business in the name of Zuo Bo, and also completed the monopoly of Qingzhou paper industry and even the national paper industry.

Not only that, but Guo Peng also deliberately controlled the sales of bamboo paper, turning cheaply produced bamboo paper into a terrible luxury, selling it exclusively to those who needed it, cutting their leeks in large quantities.

The heroes and scholars under his command were focused on cutting leeks.

The money that the heroes and scholars spend every year on buying paper is really a lot of money, which can be called a huge profit, and all this money was later used by Guo to raise soldiers.

It feels good to rob the rich and give to the poor.

It's a pity that you can't sell more, otherwise this business is more profitable than the war horse trade, and there is no need for the Mi caravan to toss back and forth from north to south, just sell paper in Qingzhou to recover the military expenses spent, and you can also absorb the blood of the warriors.

Scarcity is expensive.

A piece of cheaply produced bamboo paper, as long as it is branded with the name of Zuobo paper, can be sold at a sky-high price, and there are a large number of orders, and the scholars and heroes are eager to buy it.

Since then, until now, the papermaking craftsmen of the entire Qingzhou have been collected by Guo in the Taihang Mountains, and continue to secretly produce paper and books.

For a long time, Guo has also secretly manipulated the so-called Zuobo paper trade to earn high profits.

Not to mention, this business is really unusual.

So sometimes Guo will smile bitterly.

If you know it earlier, you should sell paper earlier, and realize the original capital accumulation as soon as possible, maybe you can get rich earlier and attract more soldiers and horses.

But now it's okay too.

Nowadays, some things have to be operated, and after the operation, it will take time to ferment slowly, and after the fermentation reaches a certain point, it is the time when quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

The popularity of paper was of considerable importance to the stability of his rule.

Big data is particularly helpful for state domination.

Population data, land data, grain yield data, grain production data, as well as data on the repair cost of various water conservancy projects, annual tax data, various property and storage data, etc.

Guo can rule the world and give orders without leaving home in Luoyang, relying on the analysis of the world's data to find problems, find out the causes of problems, and then solve them.

Data is the emperor's eyes and ears, without data, Guo is deaf and blind, and he will not be able to effectively and correctly govern the world, and his power will be hollowed out.

Without accurate data on the population and grain production of a certain place, Guo would not be able to know whether local officials were doing their duty and whether they were doing what he wanted.

The increase in population data and the increase in food production are very indicative of the due diligence of local officials.

Similarly, such data can also determine whether Guo praises or punishes local officials, promotes them or drags them out to be slaughtered.

Whether the data is detailed or not can even give Guo a glimpse of whether his power has expanded or shrunk.

So data is so important, which is why he strongly supports the group of accountants.

His officials were not only widely present in the imperial court, but also in all states and counties in the world, traveling all over the world in the name of business trips to convey detailed local data to him.

One of the most important tasks of his grassroots officials and officials dispatched by the central government throughout the country is to make every effort to increase the frequency of data updates and ensure the accuracy and authenticity of the data.

And there are two great prerequisites for this.

First, the central government has a sufficient number of officials and local officials at the grassroots level.

This point, under the construction of Guo for more than ten years, has been realized, he has a sufficient number of team of accountants, has enough mathematical ability, and is strong.

And this second point is the most difficult and important.

There should be enough writing medium.

Without sufficient writing carriers, detailed data cannot be recorded, and data cannot be updated in real time at a high frequency, and data will lag behind, which is very unfavorable to national governance.

In the era when bamboo slips have become the mainstream writing carrier, the recording limitations, weight and cost of bamboo slips themselves are the stumbling blocks to realizing Guo's requirements for big data.

The endless war in the world caused the paper writing mode that began to gradually become popular in the late Han Dynasty to revert to the bamboo writing mode, which delayed the large-scale use of paper by Chinese for more than a hundred years.

This also affected Guo's plan to improve the Wei government's ability to govern.

In this state, he had to use a large number of bamboo slips to meet his needs, and this was indeed a lot of inconvenience.

Those important data were sent from the local government to the central government, and it was a cart after cart, and the courtiers widely believed that this was an unnecessary move to toss the locality, but Guo Peng insisted on it.

Despite this, Guo also accurately realized that such a situation could not be sustained for a long time, and the popularization of paper was something that must be completed.

In the past, his power and status were not stable enough, and there were still many challenges, and he could not rashly release a large amount of paper to stir people's nerves, but now that his power has gradually been stabilized, he can start the historical process of replacing bamboo slips with paper.

At a time when the imperial court was in dire need of a slightly cheaper writing medium to reduce fiscal expenditures, it was at a time when the first historical changes appeared.

Responding to the call of the times is also a way to divert attention, making people not so quick to perceive that Guo is manipulating behind this.

Zuo Bo, who was under Guo Peng's control, stood up.

He announced that his paper production skills had improved, and that the production quantity of Zuobo paper had increased to a certain extent, and that it could be supplied to those who needed it in a slightly larger quantity and at a slightly lower price.