"Whoa!"

"Whoa!"

Holding a piece of paper and throwing it in the air a few times, Li Yuanjia carefully experienced the sound and feel of the paper. Then he was pleasantly surprised to find that what he had made this time was really good!

It's a little hard, that is, it's still a little brittle, but the finish of the paper has improved a lot.

And what surprised Li Yuanjia even more was that the letter paper they made this time was quite white, much whiter than any time before, and even surpassed the good tribute paper that Li Shimin gave him recently-except for the ink that was a little muddy after it was written, which was a little worse than other people's white paper, it can almost be called a good grade!

"Not bad, not bad!"

After using two pieces of paper, Li Yuanjia became more and more happy, nodded again and again and sighed: "Wang Pu, it seems that you have not been busy in vain for more than half a year, and it is much stronger than the previous batches of paper!" ”

For the results of several of them, Li Yuanjia said that he was very satisfied.

And after listening to his full of praise, Wang Pu hurriedly lowered his head and thanked him: "Thank you, King!" But we can make so much progress thanks to the hints given by the king. If not, I'm afraid they are still using their old methods......

In front of Li Yuanjia, Wang Pu didn't dare to take credit, at least he didn't dare to take too much credit.

And the papermaking thing seems to be done by Wang Pu and Erniu, but the government has a lot of help. In fact, the so-called "papermaking technology research and development team" in Li Yuanjia's heart is far more than Wang Pu and Niu Da Niu Er and the three of them, for example, when this spring and summer were the busiest, in the important stages of collecting materials, or rinsing and boiling materials, the housekeeper Han Shan even gave Wang Pu more than 40 strong men to help!

And in addition to the large number of people, Li Yuanjia's advice is also an important reason for the success.

You must know that although he did not personally participate in papermaking, Li Yuanjia used "some records in books" as an excuse to remind Wang Pu many times that he could try to use quicklime soaking, multiple boiling and rinsing, and also reminded him to use some plant extracts as additives and so on.

Otherwise, you want to make paper like it is now in a year?

Don't be funny!

Others don't know, but after getting along for a year, Wang Pu knows too well the virtues of the two rough men of Niu Da Niu Er. When it comes to papermaking, what comes out of my mouth is always "My master said, it has to be like this!" "No, no, we didn't do this before", or "Why do you want to rinse a few more times?" We've been it once before", and the head is as stupid as two big logs!

In order to complete what Li Yuanjia explained, Wang Pu had to move his name out many times, so as to scare the two stubborn reckless men......

As it turns out, these comments are really useful!

Because of Li Yuanjia's identity, even if he doesn't think so, Niu Da and they must do it. After strictly implementing Li Yuanjia's recording requirements, Wang Pu was surprised to find that after using quicklime and multiple boiling and rinsing methods, the paper seemed to be getting thinner and whiter; With the addition of the sap of those plants, some batches of white paper did not change, but some batches of white paper became tougher, and the ink performed much better on it!

This phenomenon immediately aroused Wang Pu's great interest!

This time, it was possible to achieve good paper beyond the scope of Niu Da Niu Er's ability, because Wang Pu took the initiative to design a detailed process, a total of six sets of plans for the permutations and combinations of each stage, and it took nearly four months to make this batch of paper.

Six sets of plans, only one success!

But it was such a success, and Wang Pu quickly found the possible reason through his detailed records. In the next wave of attempts, Wang Pu decided to let Niu Da Niu Er and them verify their ideas, and find a better way through the combination of multiple processes......

"So, is this what the king said at the beginning?"

After thinking of this, Wang Pu couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

When he was sent to improve papermaking with Niu Da Niu Er, Li Yuanjia once told Wang Pu meaningfully that he was just a bystander at the beginning, and what he did was nothing more than to record everything that the two rough men did every day. But if Wang Pu does it with his heart, the final result must be that he becomes the controller of the entire papermaking process, and the final destination of Niu Da Niu Er can only be Wang Pu's assistant......

Or to put it more bluntly, it was the life of Wang Pu!

Now, Wang Pu finally understands the meaning of this sentence, and he really has a ...... for papermaking No, it should be said that I have developed a strong interest in the so-called "research" in the mouth of the king - this whole process is really interesting......

Looking at Wang Pu, whose expression on his face was very modest, but his eyes flashed with excitement and pride, Li Yuanjia smiled slightly, feeling quite relieved and full of accomplishment.

This Wang Pu is the first "scientific research leader" that Li Yuanjia has worked hard to cultivate!

Li Yunjia, who doesn't go out of the door on weekdays and doesn't step out of the second door, definitely didn't just give them some useful advice. You must know that the frequency of his summoning of Wang Pu before is much higher than now, and every time he has to check Wang Pu's "test records" in detail, and point out the errors and omissions, and at the same time guide the other party step by step, so that Wang Pu can find his own design, improve the papermaking process, and find ways to improve the method!

Otherwise, Li Yuanjia wouldn't have chatted with this guy for at least an hour.

You must know that it was just to let Wang Pu understand how important it was that every papermaking process must be different from the last time, and Li Yuanjia spent half an hour! And let Wang Pu understand that adjusting or innovating in each process will lead to a change in the final result, Li Yuanjia waited for four months, until Wang Pu saw the results of several experiments designed by him himself!

Only God knows how difficult it is for a Tang Dynasty man to figure out these simple truths!

And it is this subtle influence that makes Wang Pu gradually realize his own importance and slowly master the most basic "scientific research methods". For example, it took more than half a year for Wang Pu to learn the method of coordinating and arranging multiple papermaking processes, so that Niu Da and Niu Er could use six combinations to trial produce at the same time; For example, just last month, Wang Pu finally noticed from the thick records which steps may have an impact on the color of the paper, which steps will cause the paper to be too brittle or too soft, and which steps to do well will make the texture of the paper more delicate and the water permeability more suitable for the requirements of writing......

What is extremely crude in Li Yuanjia's eyes is the most cutting-edge concept in this era.

That's why after seeing the paper made by the nineteenth attempt, Li Yuanjia was so happy. Even if there is still a gap between the sample and the goods of the Li family paper mill, and it is far inferior to the quality of others, Li Yuanjia believes that as long as this Wang Pu "opens the door" and has his own continuous financial and human support, it is only a matter of time before he can make paper that can meet his basic requirements......