Chapter 19

Qin Huaidao originally wanted some paper to write and write some things for the future, but after putting them away, he was worried that as he grew older, he would forget those things in the future, but now that there is no paper, Qin Huaidao naturally can't write.

"Young master, don't you want to write it?" The maid saw Qin Huaidao put down the brush and was cleaning up his bookcase, and asked curiously,

Generally, Qin Huaidao's bookcase is not touched, even if it is cleaned, the maid can only polish Qin Huaidao's ink, and the others cannot be moved.

"Well, don't write it!" Qin Huaidao nodded, and after putting away his things, he stood up and walked outside the study.

Just came out of the study, Qin Huaidao didn't know where to go, most of the time, Qin Huaidao just went to two places, the martial arts training ground and the study.

"Young Master?" The housekeeper was directing the family to be busy, the weather was hot, and many things needed to be replaced, and when he saw Qin Huaidao coming out, he greeted him.

"Buy some paper and come back, the young master has no paper!" Qin Huaidao explained lightly to the housekeeper.

"Young master, here, there is nowhere to buy paper, the paper is all issued by the court, the best rice paper, our Qin Mansion is 30 pieces a month, and the previous papers have been accumulated by the master, and they are all used up?" The housekeeper looked at Qin Huaidao in embarrassment and asked.

And Qin Huaidao looked at the housekeeper in shock: "No paper to buy?" That, that, how can they have paper to teach their children to read? ”

Qin Huaidao was very puzzled in his heart, if there was no paper to buy, even if it was a family, it would not be able to cultivate a large number of readers, right?

"Young master, you have forgotten that the family has a large number of children who have entered the court as officials, and they can receive a fixed amount of paper every month, and the paper is now only available in the court.

If you want to buy it, there is only that kind of yellow straw paper, you can write it, but it is difficult to preserve, young master, this, the old slave really has no way. The housekeeper was also very embarrassed and looked at Qin Huaidao, this is not something that can be bought with money.

"Isn't anyone going to sell this for themselves?" Qin Huaidao asked again, he still didn't give up in his heart, there was no paper, so how could he read and write?

"No, who would want to sell this?" The butler shook his head and said.

Qin Huaidao nodded, stood there and thought about it for a while, then looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Is it okay to make paper, is it against the laws of the imperial court?" ”

"That's not true, but, young master, papermaking is not good, no one in the house knows this technology, the key is that papermaking also loses money, I heard that Your Majesty's side, every year for rice paper to put in tens of thousands of dollars,

Young master, it's the beginning of the month soon, just wait a few days, if the young master is idle these days, you can read a book, practice calligraphy with a sandbox, or go for a walk in the garden, now the flowers in the garden are blooming, and it's good for the young master to relax in the past! The housekeeper explained to Qin Huaidao, worried that Qin Huaidao would be bored, so he hoped that Qin Huaidao would go to the garden for a walk.

Qin Huaidao hasn't been to the garden for a long time, and in the Yiguo Mansion, the garden is still very large, and it is also arranged inside, but almost few people go, but there are also special people in the mansion to take care of it.

"Go and inquire, will papermaking be illegal, come back and tell me!" Qin Huaidao stood there, thought about it for a moment, and told the housekeeper to speak.

"Okay, young master, the old slave will arrange someone to inquire now, I guess it's fine!" The housekeeper heard it and nodded, he didn't know if the young master really wanted to make paper,

Now he doesn't dare to say that the young master won't, and now the government says that the young master is a Wenqu star in the sky, so there is nothing he doesn't know.

"Well, what about the eldest lady and the second young master?" Qin Huaidao thought for a moment and asked.

"Back to the young master, this will be estimated to be taking a nap!" The butler responded.

"Oh, then I'll walk through the garden!" Qin Huaidao said and raised his legs and walked towards the garden,

Soon, more than a dozen housekeepers and maids in the courtyard followed, some leading teapots, some carrying baskets, some holding mats and all the other things that Qin Huaidao needed.

It's already May, the weather is very hot, the lotus flowers have already bloomed, and there are some unknown flowers, all of which are blooming, Qin Huaidao is walking slowly along the path of the garden, looking at the lush trees in the garden, it is also pleasing to the eye, and the mood is also relaxed.

"Huh?" Qin Huaidao was walking, and he saw a flower in a place, which was very familiar, but he couldn't say the name, Qin Huaidao stood there and recalled it carefully for a while:

"Cotton?" Then he walked over quickly and squatted down, yes, it was cotton, and there were several cotton bolls, which had not yet matured and were a little small.

"Someone!" Qin Huaidao immediately shouted.

"Young Master!" Immediately after him, a housekeeper and a maid came.

"Who cares about the garden? Call here! Qin Huaidao squatted there, counting carefully, there were more than 20 cotton plants in total, and they looked very good.

"Yes!" When the family heard it, they quickly ran away, Qin Huaidao looked at the cotton as if someone had weeded it, it seemed that someone managed it, and someone planted it deliberately.

"Young Master! Young master, are you looking for an old slave? At this time, an old man who looked about 50 years old came to Qin Huaidao's side.

"Well, you planted this cotton?" Qin Huaidao stood up as he spoke, pointed to the cotton, looked at the old man with a smile and asked.

"Yes!" The old man nodded, not knowing what was wrong.

"How did this come about?" Qin Huaidao continued to ask, according to what he knew, cotton was passed over in the Song Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, there was no cotton at all.

Now the quilts covered by the people are filled with kapok, or directly with linen, etc., otherwise, they are also made of animal skins or sheep wool, but this is very expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to use it at all, otherwise, it will not be said that many people will freeze to death in winter.

"This, the old slave has to think about it, these flowers, in fact, are brought back from the palace, this flower is heard to be from Tianzhu, there are not many in the palace, the old man just got some back, and then every year it blooms and bears fruit, the old slave will peel off those white silks and leave the seeds!" The old man thought about it carefully and said to Qin Huaidao.

"Well, okay, this kind of cotton is called cotton, and I have to take care of it this year, and when those cotton bolls all explode, it will be ripe, you must come over and inform Young Master Ben, remember!" Qin Huaidao nodded and said to the old man.

"Yes, old slave, remember!" The old man nodded at once and arched his hand.

"Well, okay, let's get busy, I'll go!" Qin Huaidao said and continued to walk forward, now that he has missed the planting period, he can only wait for next year.

Qin Huaidao hopes that these more than 20 cotton plants can collect more cotton seeds and see if they can plant more next year.

"I brought it from the palace, I guess there is still it in the palace, and if I have the opportunity at that time, I still have to look for it!" Qin Huaidao thought about it for a while, and remembered this matter in his heart.

Soon, Qin Huaidao arrived at the pavilion in the middle of the garden, the pavilion was built next to the lotus pond, and in the distance, the lotus flowers were already in full bloom, some dragonflies were flying, and there were some unknown insects.

"Well, that's good!" Qin Huaidao stood on top of the gazebo, turned around, and found that the scenery here was really good, and he could see the scenery in the entire garden.

"Come on, inform the carpenter, make a tea table here, and in the future, young master, I will come here to drink tea if I have nothing to do!" Qin Huaidao shouted to a family member in the back.

"Okay, young master!" One of the housekeepers in the back heard it and immediately ran away.

"Get some tea!" Qin Huaidao sat on the stone bench of the pavilion as he spoke, looked at the lotus flowers below, and took a closer look, and found that there were still some small fish swimming under the lotus.

"Young master, please drink tea, hot!" A maid held the brewed teacup and handed it to Qin Huaidao,

Qin Huaidao took it and looked at the scenery of the garden carelessly. And then sit there thinking about things,

The others also retreated to the outside of the pavilion, they didn't dare to disturb Qin Huaidao, now the young master has a very high status in their minds, not the nerd who could only read before,

Their maids and family members are all people in the Zhuangzi, and they also know that the young master is building houses for their families, and they have already built a lot of them, all of which are blue brick houses, and because there is a brick factory, the income of the house is more, so their rewards will be more, and they will have face when they go out.

Qin Huaidao sat in the garden for an afternoon, and it wasn't until it was almost time to eat dinner that Qin Huaidao returned to the front yard.

After dinner, the housekeeper came over: "The young master inquired, papermaking should not violate the laws of the imperial court, but this is a loss of money, no one is going to make this!" ”

"Well, good!" Qin Huaidao nodded, then thought about it for a while and said to the housekeeper: "Arrange a few powerful family members for me tomorrow!" ”

"Yes, young master!" Although the housekeeper was puzzled, he also guessed in his heart that the young master might want to make paper, but he didn't think that Qin Huaidao could get it out, even if he could get it, it was estimated that it would take a lot of capital, and the government couldn't support it.

The money from the brick factory has not been divided yet, and it needs to be done until winter, and there is no other income, but there is still a lot of money in the house, and Li Shimin's reward has not been used much before.

The next day, Qin Huaidao took a few family members in an uninhabited yard, preparing to dig a big pit 5 meters long and 3 meters wide and 2 meters deep.

It just so happened that there was a well in this yard, and Qin Huaidao asked the steward to go to the brick factory to bring green bricks and lime, and prepare to lay this big pit.

Qin Huaidao is going to make paper here, and he doesn't plan to make much, as long as it is enough for his own use, otherwise, without paper, he can't even record it.

For the next half a month, Qin Huaidao was busy in this small courtyard, and those big pits were full of dead grass and wheat stalks, as well as some dead branches.

After getting it done, Qin Huaidao put a lot of medicine down to make those branches rot faster.

During this time, Li Zhi also came three times, and every time he came, he sat for a day, and the two of them chatted all over the world, but they passed quickly.

Li Zhi learned that Qin Huaidao was short of paper, so he arranged for someone to send more than 100 pieces of rice paper, and Qin Huaidao had paper, so he continued to record things in the study.