Chapter 129: Papermaking
Seeing Qin Shaochu put his hand on his stomach, Duan Qiuyue supported his waist with his hand and smiled: "These days, he has been kicking me all the time." ”
Qin Shaochu laughed: "This proves that our child is lively," Qin Shaochu was saying, and he felt the child in Duan Qiuyue's belly kicking him in his hand.
Duan Qiuyue said at this time, "Qin Lang, do you feel it? The kid is kicking again'
Qin Shaochu smiled and nodded, "Well, I feel it in Qiuyue." ”
Holding Duan Qiuyue on the recliner, Qin Shaochu smiled and said, "Qiuyue, you wait, I'll go and see the grapes."
Duan Qiuyue nodded, "Well, you go."
Coming to the backyard, Qin Shaochu looked at the grape shed, the vines were full of grapes, and when he saw this, Qin Shaochu smiled.
Thinking of the wine in his previous life, Qin Shaochu still remembered that in the fourteenth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, Gao Chang paid tribute to the Liang Dynasty. After the Tang Dynasty broke the Gaochang Kingdom, Li Shimin modified the technology of making wine and brewed and blew aromatic and fierce wines.
Thinking of this, Qin Shaochu also wanted to brew wine.
Just do it, Qin Shaochu picked a few grapes, and came to the front yard, Duan Qiuyue watched Qin Shaochu come over with a few grapes, and asked with a smile: "Qin Lang, wash and eat again"
Qin Shaochu smiled, "Okay, I'll go out to wash later."
Qin Shaochu summoned Duan Si and asked Duan Si to find someone to make a sealed wooden barrel.
Duan Si heard Qin Shaochu's words, nodded, and then walked out.
Duan Qiuyue watched Qin Shaochu ask Duan Si to go out to make wooden barrels, and asked, 'Qin Lang, what are you doing making wooden barrels?' ”
Qin Shaochu replied with a smile, "Qiuyue, have you ever heard of wine?" ”
Duan Qiuyue shook her head, "I haven't heard of it."
Qin Shaochu explained to Duan Qiuyue: "This wine is brewed from this grape, that is, I put this grape into a wooden barrel, and then add the wine, seal it, and wait for them to ferment for a period of time, it is wine."
Duan Qiuyue nodded, "Then this wine, is it delicious?" ”
Qin Shaochu nodded, "Of course, this wine, there is a fragrance when you smell it, it must be delicious."
"Oh, I'm looking forward to that."
The next day, Duan Si went out for a while, and then came back with an oval log, "Childe, what do you think of this wooden barrel?" ”
Duan Si asked.
Looking at this wooden barrel, Qin Shaochu nodded, "Well, this wooden barrel is good, okay, put it here"
After Qin Shaochu poured the prepared grapes and wine into it, added a little sugar, then sealed it, found a piece of land, and buried it.
The time of one hundred days soon arrived, and Qin Shaochu asked Duan Si and them to put them in the pond, and the bamboo that invaded the bubbles was also corrupted.
Qin Shaochu let them salvage it, and then prepared a large cauldron, adding some plant materials such as tree bark, hemp heads, and old fishing nets to the pot, and then adding the rotten bamboo together to pound it.
Then the heat was raised and it began to boil.
After an hour, all the ingredients in the pot are boiled.
Another hour passed, and Qin Shaochu put a big stone in the pot to suppress it, so that all these ingredients could be boiled.
When these raw materials are completely turned into paper paddles, Qin Shaochu uses the bamboo curtain prepared in advance to scoop up the paper paddles, filter the water, and become a paper film.
After the fifth time, Qin Shaochu fished out the paper film with moderate thickness and even distribution.
Seeing this, Qin Shaochu breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't expect the process to be so complicated.
But fortunately, it was almost successful.
Thinking of this, Qin Shaochu continued to play with it, folded the paper film one by one, covered it with the prepared wooden board, and then asked people to press heavy stones on it.
After the water was pressed out, Qin Shaochu asked people to carefully paste these paper films on the edge of the stove and dry them.
About a few minutes later, the paper film dried, and then Qin Shaochu looked at it and took it off.
At this time, Qin Shaochu smiled at the people around him and said, "Everyone has worked hard, and my son has succeeded." ”
When everyone heard this, they were very happy and clapped their palms.
At this time, the fourth came to Qin Shaochu's face, looked at the paper in his hand, and asked, "Childe, is this paper?" ”
Qin Shaochu smiled slightly: "That's right, this is paper, do you want to touch Duan Si?" ”
Duan Si nodded, carefully took the paper in Qin Shaochu's hand, touched it with his hand, and then said in surprise: "Childe, this"
"Thin, huh?"
Duan Si nodded, "Indeed, this paper made by Childe is indeed quite thin."
"Duan Si, this paper is thin and has the advantage of being thin, you must know that the rice paper used in our Tang Dynasty is very expensive, and the cutting process is very complicated, although the paper I made is not as thick as the rice paper, but the production process is very simple."
Therefore, ordinary people are a good choice.
Duan Si nodded, "Then Childe, when are you going to start the large-scale production?" ”
Qin Shaochu thought for a while, and then said, "Well, this kind of paper, I plan to show it to Your Majesty first, and then make a decision." ”
Qin Shaochu sorted out the paper, there were twenty pages in total, Qin Shaochu found a cutter, and then started cutting.
After cutting in half, the original twenty pages were forty pages for a long time, and Qin Shaochu found two wooden boards of just the right size and gently pressed these papers.
After cleaning up, Qin Shaochu returned to the room and took care of Duan Yue.
The next morning, Qin Shaochu took these finished papers and went to the palace.
On the Taiji Hall, Li Shimin watched Qin Shaochu come here, and asked, "Qin Aiqing,"
"Your Majesty, Weichen is here, it's Your Majesty to see something," Qin Shaochu said
Hearing Qin Shaochu's words, Li Shimin smiled slightly: "Oh, Qin Aiqing, what's it, let me take a look"
Qin Shaochu took out the forty pieces of paper and put them under his hand, "Your Majesty, look"
Li Shimin stood up and came to Qin Shaochu's face, "This, Qin Aiqing, is this rice paper?" ”
Qin Shaochu shook his head, "Your Majesty, this is not rice paper, at this time, Weichen made his own paper"
"Oh, Qin Aiqing did it" Li Shimin touched the paper with his hand and found that this paper was much thinner than rice paper.
"That's right, Your Majesty's paper is made by Weichen"
Li Shimin nodded, "Well, Qin Aiqing's paper, I found that it is a few points thinner than rice paper,"
"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Majesty also knows that the manufacturing process of this rice paper is very complicated, and the materials in it must be searched all over the country."
"And the paper I made was just made with some scraps and bamboo."
"Oh, it's so simple, then Qin Aiqing, how much can you make in a day?"
Qin Shaochu thought about it for a while, and then said, "Well, in one day, you can probably make a thousand pages."
"A thousand pages" Li Shimin fell into deep thought when he heard this.