It's okay to come to Shaofu to dig the foot of the wall in the autumn wind, which is already a glorious tradition.

Like Deng Tong, the favorite minister of Emperor Taizong in the past, his wealth is rivaled by the country, but how did he do it?

The answer is to desperately dig the foot of the Shaofu wall.

I have to say that Deng Tong is an unlucky guy.

A lifetime of hard work to dig the foot of the Shaofu wall to save the wealth and land, shops, workshops.

Once the Son of Heaven was changed, all of them were confiscated and confiscated, and then the goods were returned to the original owner and returned to the name of Shaofu.

Although this Shaofu has all kinds of drawbacks, it really collects a lot of talents.

If Liu Rong wants to do things in the future, he must have something to rely on.

Fortunately, he only came to ask for a few craftsmen this time, and he didn't have to deal with the chief officer of the Shaofu for the time being.

Even Liu Rong, the young man who has a rank of 1,000 stones, is not ready to meet him, and it is a disgraceful thing to be around, so there is no need to make everyone know.

took out the waist card representing his identity, directly met the adjutant who managed the trivial affairs of the Shaofu, and expressed his intention.

If other obscure princes came here, the Shaofu adjutant might not have paid attention to it, but now the deeds of the eldest son of the emperor are being spread throughout the whole dynasty.

In the minds of many people, Liu Rong is already the best candidate to become the crown prince.

After hearing Liu Rong's request, the adjutant of the Shaofu directly agreed with a wave of his hand, and all the craftsmen selected were those who had excellent skills.

These talents are all sought-after goods, if they are put in the market, less than a few dozen gold, don't even think about it.

Because these craftsmen are hens that lay golden eggs, they can bring an endless source of wealth to their owners.

This young government adjutant is also optimistic about Liu Rong's future prospects, which can be regarded as an investment in advance.

Liu Rong was naturally deeply satisfied with this, and then asked in return: "I don't know what Your Excellency's name is?" ”

The adjutant immediately bowed with joy and said: "Your Highness, the adjutant of the minister's young mansion is Cheng Yi." ”

Although Liu Rong was still winning people's hearts for the first time, he patted the other party's shoulder and showed an encouraging smile like the officials he saw on TV in his previous life.

Then he returned to his palace lodgings with a few craftsmen.

On the way back to the palace, Liu Rong encountered an incident.

He actually forgot that these craftsmen did not have palace registrations, and the palace guards did not allow them to enter.

If it weren't for the fact that he happened to meet the eunuch Wang Gonggong next to Emperor Liu Qi, Liu Rong would have been blind.

As Liu Qi's close person, Wang Gonggong naturally knows how favored Wang Zirong is now.

Such a good opportunity to sell the other party's favor, he naturally will not miss it.

This is the time when heaven and earth work together, a good start has the ability to snowball, and then continue to expand the advantage.

After repeatedly thanking the prince, Liu Rong returned to his palace residence with several craftsmen.

The craftsmen behind him seemed to be some kind of people, and although they seemed very curious about everything in the palace, they tried to keep themselves from looking around.

"When you get to Lonely, you don't have to be restrained, what are your names? What are your strengths? ”

Liu Rong looked at the three craftsmen carefully, and there was a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

"Your Highness, my name is Ah Da, and I will build a house."

"Your Highness, my name is Ah Er, and I know some carpenter work."

"Your Royal Highness, my name is Ah San, except for the craftsmanship of my two elder brothers, I know a little bit of everything."

Looking at the three faces that were somewhat similar, all of them showed cramped and nervous expressions.

Liu Rong said in his heart, this time he really picked up a treasure, but the name is a little weird.

"You are three brothers? Always in Shaofu? ”

"Yes, Your Highness, my father is in Shaofu, my mother is also in Shaofu, and we have been staying in Shaofu since we were born."

Hearing the words of the three of them, Liu Rong was even more satisfied.

At least these three people shouldn't have much of a problem in terms of loyalty.

Liu Rong briefly explained his plan, he thought that the three of them would be elated, after all, this is an extremely profitable business.

But I didn't want Ah Da, Ah Er, and Ah San to frown at the same time, and their faces became even more nervous, but they didn't know what to say.

In the end, Ah Da blushed and plucked up the courage to say: "Your Highness, this papermaking doesn't seem to have much ......."

Through Ah Da's intermittent explanation, Liu Rong understood one thing.

The Han Dynasty had already invented papermaking, but it was made of straw paper with a rough surface.

Except for a few civilians who occasionally buy some to go home and wipe their butts, almost no one cares.

Therefore, the three of them would only show such expressions after hearing that Liu Rong was preparing to make paper.

"Ha, don't worry, this paper is different from other papers."

Looking at the expressions of disbelief on the faces of the three of them, Liu Rong didn't bother to explain, as long as he waited for the things to be made, everything would be clear.

In the next few days, Liu Rong took three craftsmen to work in his yard.

He first asked people to find a few cauldrons, and then got a large number of bamboo slips from Shaofu.

There are in the palace, and it can be carried over directly.

As for the bamboo slips, as the main carrier of books now, there are countless reserves in Shaofu.

However, this time he was not greedy, everything was paid.

Although Cheng Yi, the adjutant of the Shaofu, said that he didn't need to, Liu Rong prided himself on being a particular person, so he naturally refused to take advantage of it.

Well, it was actually he who was worried, waiting until the white paper was made and made a lot of money for him.

Someone was red-eyed and stabbed this matter in front of the cheap dad Liu Qi, and with Liu Qi's character, he would take advantage of the situation to bring this business into the jurisdiction of Shaofu.

The emperor disciplined his son, and no one could find fault with him.

Therefore, Liu Rong can only try to avoid leaving a mouthful.

Two days later, the fire had been extinguished.

The bamboo tubes in the cauldron were also boiled, and the bamboo fibers were no longer tight.

Liu Rong asked people to find a few large wooden barrels, and then poured out the bamboo tubes in the cauldron.

Because he had already instructed the three of Ah Da to add firewood ash, lime and other substances to the cauldron when steaming.

So, when these bamboo tubes are poured out, they immediately emit an unpleasant stench.

So much so that Ah Da and they need to cover their noses with strips of cloth in order to pour out these stinky bamboo tubes one by one and put them in clean water to clean.

When the cleaning was completed, Liu Rong ordered someone to find a few large wooden barrels and pour all the bamboo tubes into them.

Then use a stone hammer and an iron hammer to hammer and pound in the wooden barrel until all the bamboo tubes are pounded into a slurry similar to dough.

And so it went on for a few hours.

At this time, the bamboo tubes in the wooden barrels have been smashed and turned into pastry-like objects similar to dough.

At this point, only the last and most critical steps are left in the papermaking process!

Before that, the three of them also knew papermaking, but the papermaking process they knew was very simple.

It is nothing more than three processes: washing, pressing and drying.

But the straw paper made has very poor writing performance, and even wiping the butt is too hard!

Otherwise, the scholars and literati of the Han dynasty would not still use bamboo slips as the main carrier of books.

Historically, until after the Wuhu Rebellion.

Clothed in the south, papermaking has a leap forward - the craftsmen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Talents are selected from the bamboo mountains in the south, through continuous research and repeated verification.

On the basis of Cai Lun's papermaking technology, a new process was invented, and finally white paper with high writing performance was created.

As a result, paper began to completely eliminate bamboo slips.

(End of chapter)