Chapter 43

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly: "The prince doesn't have to be anxious, the paper doesn't mean that it can be made, it will probably take more than a month to see the finished product, I came today to discuss a few things with the prince, and the prince will help me do it anyway." ”

Zhao Dan sighed, saw that Zhao Kuo said so solemnly, and asked, "What's the matter?" Let's take a look. ”

"Next month is the time of the annual routine autumn hunting, the prince must persuade the king to go to Mafu Jun's fiefdom Mafu Mountain to hunt, and then Zhao Kuo will make a little arrangement to ensure that the prince will have a great harvest." Zhao Kuo said: "The premise is that the prince helps me win the task of arranging the autumn hunting matters, and I can make arrangements in advance." ”

Zhao Dan nodded and said: "Time flies so fast, next month is the big day of autumn hunting, don't worry, I will tell the king in a while, put the location of the hunt in Ma Fujun's fiefdom, as long as the location is determined, the hunting matter is not Ma Fujun's responsibility." "Zhao Dan will definitely make King Zhao happy when he thinks of hunting large beasts during the autumn hunt, and he feels that Zhao Kuo's proposal is very good.

Of course, Zhao Kuo would not tell Zhao Dan what he thought in his heart, it was better not to say the superstitious routine of dancing like a god, so as not to wear a goof.

After nightfall, the palace is like a huge monster lying on the ground, the shadows cast by the buildings under the moonlight make people feel very depressed, the people in the palace seem to be held by the monster in their mouths, Zhao Kuo pondered the plan for a month later while walking, to see if there was anything wrong.

The progress of things was as Zhao Kuo expected, King Zhao's will came down the next day, so that Zhao Kuo could concentrate on the autumn hunting after a month, and he didn't have to go into the palace every day to perform his duties, which made Zhao Kuo breathe a long sigh of relief, he finally had free time, and he still had a lot of secret things to do!

"Second son, we are all brothers who have known Tao Di for many years, what to do is just a command from the second son." A stout man led ten people to see Zhao Kuo, and since Tao Di followed Zhao Kuo, he found more than a dozen people in the city guards.

Zhao Kuo nodded and said, "It's not a big deal, you look at this, can you recognize it?" Zhao Kuo handed a small gauze bag to the stout man.

Everyone opened the yarn bag and found that there were some small insects inside, and nodded: "Isn't this a firefly?" ”

"Yes, it's a firefly, this kind of insect is very common, I want you to take the money to buy it fifty miles away from Handan City, preferably in a remote place, a firefly and a knife coin, when there is no money and come back, here is twenty gold, you take it." Zhao Kuo said as he handed them the gold he had prepared in advance.

Including the stout man, everyone was a little confused, I don't know what Zhao Kuo means by this, twenty gold is a lot of money to exchange for Zhao Guodao coins, you can buy a car back if you buy fireflies, why does Zhao Kuo make so many fireflies? Everyone was puzzled.

Zhao Kuo instructed: "Try to go to a remote place to buy, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, understand?" ”

Seeing Zhao Kuo's serious face, everyone said in unison: "Second son, rest assured." "If they can't even do such a trivial thing, how can they still have the face to eat with Zhao Kuo!

After explaining this matter, Zhao Kuo changed into civilian clothes and rode out of the city, he was going to the paper mill to see, those materials for making pulp have been soaked for a long time, and now they should be able to come in handy.

In the paper mill, Guo Zong and Lu Buwei did not leave for a moment, and the tasks assigned to them by Zhao Kuo were entrusted to their cronies to do, since Zhao Kuo made the papermaking technology so secret, the two of them had to go out and stare at it in person, to see how the miraculous paper that was blown by Zhao Kuo was made, among them, Lü Buwei had the intention of stealing art, and Guo Zong was too curious. (Exclusive work, please indicate if it is illegally reprinted)

Zhao Kuo strictly ordered that strangers were not allowed to enter the papermaking workshop, but Guo Zong and Lü Buwei were not among them.

According to his observation, papermaking is divided into several major steps, first of all, the bamboo mulberry skin rotten fishing nets are stirred together, and then sunk in the pond with stinky mud, after a month, these materials are put into the clay tube, poured into the lime and boiled for many days, and then these things are fished out and put into the stone tools of the rice and mashed until they are like mud, this is the latest record of Lü Buwei, and the next process remains to be seen.

Zhao Kuo knew very well about the actions of Lu Buwei and Guo Zong, and knew that there were some things that could not be hidden from the two of them, but as long as the most critical technology was not leaked, the rest of the process would not hinder the overall situation, since Guo and Lu were so interested in learning, Zhao Kuo couldn't bear to disturb them.

Zhao Kuo looked at various workshops, and now it has reached the stage of making paper clay, that is, the original pulp is made, and then it is processed and bleached in a pool full of starch, and then the floating skin material is squeezed out of the water, and finally the paper is removed after drying in the drying room.

"Fortunately, I read all kinds of books back then, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to get paper!" Zhao Kuo secretly thought in his heart, took a ball of raw materials and weighed it a few times, saw Guo Zong and Lu Buwei coming, and beckoned: "Iron pimple, haven't you forgotten what I want?" ”

Guo Zong smiled and said: "Second son, don't worry, I have ordered it to go down, and I will guarantee that it will be completed within a month." ”

Lu Buwei saw the mass of things in Zhao Kuo's hand and praised: "Gongzi Kuo is really a god, I don't know how to make a paper as thin as a cicada's wings next?" This is what Lü Buwei has ever dreamed of knowing.

"Don't worry, I'll let you know sooner or later, Iron Pimple, tomorrow you will personally go and buy some living things back, preferably brown bears and leopards or something." Zhao Kuo felt that this party was more suitable for Guo Zong.

Guo Zong was startled when he heard Zhao Kuo's words, and said, "Does the second son want to change his taste?" The smell of this large beast is not very ...... either. ”

Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Why are you asking so much, this is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered, it is estimated that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to change his taste......!" ”

Lu Buwei interjected: "Young Master Kuo, I know a few hunters in the mountains, so leave this matter to me, and there will definitely be no mistakes." When Lu Buwei heard that this was ordered by the crown prince Zhao Dan, he immediately felt that this was a good opportunity to get closer to the prince Dan.

Zhao Kuo advised: "Remember that it must be a living creature, if the beast is injured, the injury will be cured, and then it will be loaded with a wooden cage and transported to Mafu Mountain, this matter is very important, if it is done, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will definitely have a reward." ”

When Lu Buwei heard this, he was secretly happy in his heart, but Guo Zong thought that this was a thankless job, but fortunately he was taken over by Lu Buwei, otherwise he would not have to die of a headache!