Looking at the operation of all kinds of novel tools that Zhao Yuan took out, Xiao Zhaozhuang's group listened very carefully, although some tools are now skipped for the time being due to lack of materials, but everyone has also roughly figured out the process of making ink, it turns out to be so complicated, no wonder the ink will be sold so expensive.

"Atom, you shouldn't have told us how to make ink like this, this is a craft that can be passed down as a family heirloom!" It wasn't until after listening to Zhao Yuan's explanation that Zhao Chuanyi realized the value of Zhao Yuan's explanation of the ink-making process and said.

"Uncle, in fact, the general ink-making methods are very simple, but because the family secrets that can make ink are good, this is rarely circulated, and what I just talked about are the most basic ink-making methods, and there will be fragrant ink, medicinal ink and directly usable ink, which are relatively complex inks." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"There are so many things to say, but even if it is an ordinary ink-making method, it shouldn't be passed on so lightly, everyone has to listen to me, what everyone heard today, don't pass it on to me at all, otherwise, don't blame me for expelling the leaker from our Xiaozhaozhuang?" Zhao Chuanyi nodded, glanced at the people present seriously, and said sharply.

"Who will pass on such a noble ink-making technique, don't worry, we will never say it, even your aunt and them, we won't tell them." Third Uncle Zhao Yuanyun said approvingly.

Although the boys of Xiao Zhaozhuang's age can now read, the pen and ink used are all of the lowest level, and in a place like Gray Plains Town, they basically can't get in touch with the more advanced ones. Now the good days make everyone remember Zhao Yuan's feelings, and now they will teach you such a precious method of ink making without reservation, and let everyone be grateful.

"There are a lot of ways in ink making, but let's make this basic ink first, and then think about the others. After knowing how to make ink, everyone just pays a little attention to secrecy, and it is still not so easy for ordinary people to learn how to make ink. Zhao Yuan smiled and nodded, and he was also very relieved to everyone. Although everyone basically did not receive much education in this era, the benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith rooted in the bone marrow have always been passed down in everyone's blood.

In Zhao Yuan's "database", all kinds of ink occupy a lot of "storage space", and various formulas are even more strange.

With the warm atmosphere of everyone's words and my words, the construction plan of the ink workshop slowly took shape. The location of the ink-making workshop was placed at the entrance of the village, Zhao Qiuren recognized the stewardship, and others assisted in the management, Zhao Yuan accounted for thirty percent of the share, and the others of Xiao Zhaozhuang shared seventy percent of it.

Out of the most used pine tobacco, the ink-making process needs to collect other kinds of cigarettes, most of the work is allocated to the surrounding interested people to do, signing the purchase contract, can also let the people in the surrounding villages have an extra income.

"Uncle, are you still going to the old mountain to open up wasteland and farm land this year?" After discussing the matter of the ink-making workshop, Zhao Yuan asked.

"Go, but there is no more wasteland, there is not much land on the mountain suitable for planting, just plant the land that was reclaimed last year." Zhao Chuanyi said with a smile.

Last year, there was not much grain received from the wasteland in the mountains, because it was raw land, and the yield of crops was very low, and the family had more than 200 catties of soybeans.

"After the opening of this ink-making workshop, everyone will not have so much time, and it is better not to go to the old mountain to open up wasteland and farm, but I have some other ideas, and after the ink-making workshop is opened, I will implement it next year." Zhao Yuan nodded.

For more than a year, Xiao Zhaozhuang is no longer the Xiao Zhaozhuang who often can't eat enough. The eleventh village of Gray Plains, even the Ganxi Village near the market, is now not as good as Xiaozhaozhuang. Although everyone is not rich and rich, every family is well fed and their children are in school, and they have become the object of envy from far and near.

"The land on the old mountain still needs to be planted, just plant soybeans, last year, according to what you said, we also harvested a lot of beans on the slope and kankan, but the total amount is too small, for Young Master Wan and Atom, your soap workshop, it has no effect." Zhao Chuanyi said with a smile.

"Last year, everyone saw the income of our village, and this year there should be more people growing soybeans in other villages, and when the harvest is received in autumn, the soap workshop should be able to receive a lot." Zhao Yuan smiled and chatted with everyone.

Meng Ying also followed Aunt Osmanthus and other women and girls of Xiaozhaozhuang outside the house to do some handwork, chatting, full of a generous and tranquil temperament, occasionally glanced at the hall where Zhao Yuan discussed things with the men in the village, and her heart was full of pride.

After discussing the matter of the ink workshop, Zhao Yuan chatted with everyone for a while, and then wrote down the negotiated regulations in detail, and after a simple meal in Xiaozhaozhuang, he was ready to go back to Xiaheba.

"Uncle, second uncle...... This set of ink-making tools and these raw materials I prepared are left here, everyone try to operate them during this time, and the rest of the equipment is still being made, and it will take more than half a month to do this, I will discuss it with Brother Qiuren when I go back, and let them come back to manage this stall. When saying goodbye, Zhao Yuan said.

"No problem, there are so many of us, and besides, you have written down how to do it, we must do what you say, and make the first piece of ink as soon as possible."

"Yes, don't worry, Atom, when we get the first piece of ink, we'll send it to you, haha." Second Uncle Zhao Yuancheng said with a smile.

"After the cigarette collection is fired, I will have people send it first, build the smoke stove to collect pine smoke, and distribute the other smoke pots to the surrounding villages who are willing to help us make cigarettes, and make the cigarettes first." Zhao Yuan nodded and said with a smile.

"That's good, let Qiuren and the others come back when the time comes, and learn to do these things."

"Okay, then let's go first, Luoluo, and say goodbye to grandpa." Zhao Yuan nodded and said to the little girl who was unwilling to get in the car.

The little girl's wish to come back was not fulfilled, and she couldn't catch the rabbit she wanted, so she was not very happy, and she didn't have so many friends to play with her after she went back, so she was even more unhappy to go home.

"Atom, why don't you let Luoluo play here for a few days, and you will pick it up in a few days." Uncle Xu Mei'e proposed.

"Yes, Brother Atom, we also want Sister Luoluo to play here." Zhao Xueqi, who was already more than seven years old, said to Zhao Yuan a little shyly.

"Brother Yuan, why don't you let Luoluo play here for a few days." Meng Ying looked at Zhao Yuan, who was a little hesitant, and said.

"It's okay, but Luoluo, you have to be obedient, you can't just go up the mountain to play, be careful of being taken away by wolves." Zhao Yuan nodded in agreement.

"Great!" The little girl cheered and pulled the little friend next to her to jump.

Zhao Yuan shook his head lightly, and greeted everyone again, Guo Du drove the carriage, left Xiaozhaozhuang, and went down to the river dam.

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With the increase in cement production, some new soaps from the soap workshop were transported to all parts of Shu for sale, and several books written in his spare time were widely circulated in various places, Zhao Yuan's fame was getting bigger and bigger, and more and more people knew him.

The establishment of the ink workshop and the paper workshop successively, with the emergence of Zhao Mo and Zhao paper, made Zhao Yuan's influence in Shu reach a peak, and this influence is still slowly spreading to the surrounding areas of Shu.

With the increasing attention, Zhao Yuan also felt this pressure, but the courage of more than 2,000 workshop troops gave Zhao Yuan incomparable confidence.

A development process from quantitative change to qualitative change is gradually showing up in the Zhao Yuan family, so that the Zhao family gradually has a new flavor of the family, and a new chapter is slowly opening. (End of volume)