Chapter 54 Production of Paper
"Report, I just received an order from Your Majesty, Your Majesty will arrive at the paper mill before noon," a lieutenant ran to Qin Feng's side and spoke.
"Good!" Qin Feng nodded, and ordered someone to call out Changsun Chong and the others.
"Your Majesty arrives before noon, Chongzi, you and I are ready to go out to greet you, and the others will do their jobs, start production, hold down the process!" Qin Feng and the craftsman said.
"Yes," the crowd began to return to their posts.
"Let's get started!" With an order, everyone in the entire paper mill began to get busy. Some go to the big pit, they need to pull the pulp up with a water dragon car, lead it to the ditch, after the pulp flows out, those workers in the production workshop, turn on the switch on the bamboo pipe, and start to let the pulp flow to the wooden screen, and then rinse with water, so that the pulp is evenly covered with gauze, after all are full, it will be put on the shelf next to it to dry for a while, the whole workshop, there are more than 300 people to do such things, and more than 300 sheets of paper can be produced at one time.
Qin Feng stood there and looked at it, basically they can produce about 6 large sheets in one minute, these workers produce 1,200 sheets in one minute, about 7,000 sheets in an hour, and in a day, if they work continuously, it is only about 100,000 sheets!
"It's still too slow!" Qin Feng stood there and spoke.
"Is this slow?" The eldest grandson rolled his eyes, if papermaking was as fast as it is now, paper would not become Li Shimin's heart disease.
The two of them went to look at the paper that was already drying, okay, there was no problem, but this is not the last process, the last process is to dry three hundred pieces of paper on the shelf, and then push it to the back of the greenhouse to dry, if it depends on natural drying, then I don't know when to go.
The two went to other workshops to take a look, they were all normal, but the speed of paper output was a little slow, and what he promised Li Shimin was 200,000 pieces of paper at sunrise, and there would be no problem with doubling the craftsmen.
The two walked around again, Cheng Chumo and Li Chongyi's brothers came first.
"Wind, punch, fast.. Hey, it's already in production? As soon as a few people entered the paper mill, they called out to two people, only to find that the paper mill had already started production.
"Yes, there is a lot of time from production to paper delivery, do you have to make Your Majesty wait when you come? Let's go, Your Majesty is almost here. We have to go out to greet them," Qin Feng said to a few people, and then took the lead towards the door of the paper factory.
As soon as Qin Feng and the others arrived at the gate of the paper factory, Li Shimin's car arrived, followed by a large number of civil and military generals.
"Your Majesty!" Qin Feng's brothers bowed to Li Shimin.
"Let's die! Chong'er, I've been waiting for you to hear this for a long time! Li Shimin lifted the curtain of the carriage and came out, looking very happy.
The close father-in-law Li stepped forward to help Li Shimin out of the carriage.
"Your Majesty, now the paper mill is already producing, but the paper has not yet come out completely, just wait for Your Majesty and the ministers to come, and when the time comes, it will be sent to the greenhouse, and after a quarter of an hour, you will be able to see the paper!" Changsun Chong stood there and said to His Majesty, now Changsun Chong is the manager of the paper factory, so he will report it.
And the other ministers also immediately dismounted, especially the eldest grandson Wuji, who looked very happy.
Several ministers of the family looked a little shocked, and when they heard the paper factory, their faces looked very unnatural, but now this situation could not disturb Li Shimin's interest, and several people looked at each other, and could only press the doubts in their hearts, and wait until the matter was over.
Everyone looked at the gate so neat and tidy, and the gatehouse was built, and couldn't help nodding, since the construction of the paper mill, they have not been here!
"Let's go, Aiqing, let's go in and have a look, and see what these boys have made of the paper mill! Chong'er, Qin Feng, lead the way! Li Shimin said happily.
"Your Majesty, please!" Changsun Chong and Qin Feng took the lead and walked towards the paper mill.
When they got inside, they found that it was very neat, the surfaces were paved with bricks, and the key was that the houses were also very beautifully designed.
"My lord, those car racks are full, are they going to be sent to the conservatory?" A craftsman came to Changsun Chong's side at this moment and said to Changsun Chong.
The eldest grandson glanced at Qin Feng, Qin Feng nodded and said to the craftsman: "Send, has the greenhouse burned?" ””
"It's burned, it's been burning for a while!" The craftsman replied.
"Then send it in!" Eldest Sun Chong nodded and said.
Soon, there were workers in charge of pushing carts, pushing those carts to the back of the conservatory.
Li Shimin and others are still looking at the production of paper with great interest, and some ministers have gone outside to see the pulp, especially those ministers of the family, who are very attentive to how this paper is produced, and they want to know what the situation of this paper thing is, and why such a large paper mill suddenly appeared.
"Qin Feng, let's go, and accompany me outside to have a look!" Li Shimin opened his mouth and said to Qin Feng, he knew that most of this paper mill was Qin Feng's idea, and Changsun Chong was only in charge, and Qin Feng had to explain the structure inside.
Qin Feng accompanied Li Shimin to the side of the big pit, and they were very surprised to see them pulling the pulp up with a water hose cart.
"This thing, okay, it's a lot easier than using a barrel, right?" His Majesty looked at the water dragon cart and said curiously.
"Well, it saves a lot of trouble, the key is that it is more efficient, in fact, this can be used for agricultural irrigation, I have arranged craftsmen to build a lot, and it can also be used for irrigation in times of drought." Qin Huaidao nodded and said to Li Shimin, he knew that there would be a drought next year. Not only the water dragon car, Qin Feng also arranged for people to build wells and reservoirs near Qinzhuang to prevent the drought in the second year. But now I can only know this by myself.
Then Li Shimin went to look at the connected bamboo pipes, and saw that there were a large number of bamboo pipes connected to the canal, and those bamboo pipes were all leading to the workshop.
"Qin Feng, I have to say, I have served you in this part of Gewu, so I can think of it!" His Majesty looked at the bamboo pipes and said in admiration.
"Your Majesty, let's go into the house, after all, it's still hotter here, next spring, here will transplant some big trees over, and then you will be able to shade, and a few posts here, in the afternoon, the ministers will have to set up sheds to shade the workers, otherwise, after a few days, if the weather is too hot, it is easy to get heat stroke!" Qin Huaidao said to His Majesty, the weather was too hot.
"Well, okay, okay, let's go!" Then Li Shimin followed Qin Feng to lead the workshop.
In the workshop, the officials of the family watched the paper being produced, and their hearts had fallen to the bottom, and they should report this matter to the owner of the family as soon as possible and discuss countermeasures.
Li Shimin, the eldest grandson Wuji and other important ministers were looking at Qin Feng's production tools, and none of them had seen them themselves. These were all designed by Qin Feng.
Qin Feng stood there, and the crown prince Li Chengqian and the king of Wei, Li Tai, walked towards Qin Feng.
"Qin Feng, it's really you, I'm afraid this time I have helped my father solve the problem in his heart for many years!" Li Chengqian said to Qin Feng with a smile.
"What the eldest brother said is right, there is so much paper now, and in a few years, Datang will be full of readers. I won't have to borrow paper from my sisters to write in the future! Li Tai nodded and said.
"You, the prince, are still short of paper?" This made Qin Feng a little surprised.
"You don't know this, the paper of each prince and princess every month is quantitative, and there is no limit after writing, and only the father and eldest brother in the palace do not need to limit it." Li Tai said.
"Qingque, don't talk nonsense, when have you ever been short of paper, you have the most paper every month, you write endlessly every day, who is to blame!" Li Chengqian reprimanded on the side.
"Qin Feng, come here, Your Majesty is looking for you!" The eldest grandson Chong recruited Qin Feng from a distance, and he was now following Li Shimin.
"I'll go over first, and I'll ask Chongzi to send you both a few cars when I turn around, and you can use them to wipe your butts!" After Qin Feng finished speaking to the two, he walked towards Li Shimin.
"Qin Feng, how is the output of this paper?" As soon as Qin Feng arrived, Li Shimin asked Qin Feng.
"The current output is around 100,000 sheets a day, but I'm planning to ask Changsun Chong to double the number of people to make paper, so that I can ensure that the daily output of paper is between 200,000 and 300,000!" Qin Feng thought for a while and said.
"Okay, Chong'er, next you have to step up the arrangement of manpower and cooperate with Qin Feng!" Li Shimin said to the eldest grandson.
"Your Majesty!" The eldest grandson bowed down to receive the order.