Make money by opening a paper mill? Zhong Zishuo was a little confused, why did his own Hou Ye think of opening a paper mill again? It is also necessary to improve the hard yellow paper, which has been like this since the pre-Han period to the present, isn't it all like this?

Although he was puzzled, he had to do his best to toss Xuan Shijing, and immediately asked, "I don't know what kind of place the little marquis is looking for?" ”

"There must be a water source nearby, it must be sunny, and it must be closer to where people live, so that it is convenient to recruit workers in the future." Xuan Shijing said.

Zhong Zishuo lowered his head and carefully looked at the map on the table, his eyes lit up: "Little Marquis, what do you think of our Zhuangzi?" ”

"Shall we go to Zhuangzi?" Xuan Shijing looked at the map carefully: "There is no water source near our Zhuangzi." ”

"There is a well in our Zhuangzi, little marquis, look here." Zhong Zishuo pointed next to Dongshan County: "There is a river here, not far from your fiefdom, we will build a canal on Zhuangzi in the coming year, and then the canal can be dug into a river channel, and the water in this river can be brought in at the same time, which can not only irrigate the farmland, but also meet the needs of the little marquis, you open a paper workshop, but this toss, the money may cost more than the original." ”

"Money is not a problem, but this excavation of the river, is this originally set by Zhuangzi?" Xuan Shijing asked, if there was no such plan in the first place, it would not have been possible to dig the river simply for the sake of the paper workshop.

"Yes, little marquis, the fiefdom of Dongshan County is flat, it is a plain, it is easier to dig a well on the plain, but if it is to irrigate the farmland, the well is inconvenient, this last year's large and small drought, but the farmers on the Zhuangzi suffered, so this year I plan to bring the water in this river to our Zhuangzi." Zhong Zishuo said.

"In this case, it is useless to dig the river, so that in two days, the prince and the king of Wei will send a batch of money, and put all the money into the Zhuangzi, and when the spring ploughing is over, when the farming is slack, first build a large reservoir in the upper reaches, and then dig the river, so that even if there is a drought again, the farmer in the field will not be left without water." Xuan Shijing understands how important a stable water source is for farmers who rely on farming to survive, since there is no river in the fiefdom, then it is dug manually, it is all the people in their own Zhuangzi, and it is convenient to use, not to mention that this is also a good thing for future generations, and if you pay more or less wages every day, no one should object.

"Uncle Zhong, you take the time to find someone to go to Zhuangzi for a trip, tell the Zhuanghumen about this, ask them if they have any opinions, if they agree, then this matter will be settled, and we will start construction after spring, and the workshop will operate together with the digging river." Xuan Shijing said.

"Little Hou Ye, in this way, is the movement too big, and we have to dig a river and open a workshop......" Zhong Zishuo hesitated.

"It's all for the good of the villagers, I went to the Zhuangzi a year ago, I feel very deeply, Uncle Zhong, look at those farmers, they are the most simple and kindest people in my Tang Dynasty, but you see, what kind of life they are living now, as their head of the family, naturally they have to think more about them, we don't have to worry about money, Shanpinfang is gradually on the right track, and then get some things to sell with Songhua eggs, and in the future, our Hou Mansion will make money, and the money will be earned. But making money can be put in the future, and the livelihood of the dealer is the most important. Thinking of the scene he saw on the Zhuangzi years ago, Xuan Shijing couldn't help but sigh.

Zhong Zishuo nodded seriously: "What Master Hou said is that now the Zhuanghumen should be at home for the New Year, and tomorrow I will send someone to Zhuangzi for a walk, and by the way, I will see if there is a suitable place to build a paper mill." ”

Xuan Shijing pulled the map in front of him, studied the place in his fiefdom for a while, and found that there was indeed a river nearby, or a big river, but it had never flowed through his fiefdom.

"Uncle Zhong, is that house in our Zhuangzi close to this river?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Master Hou wants to use the house on Zhuangzi in our house as a paper mill? This must not be, little marquis. Zhong Zishuo waved his hand again and again in opposition.

"Why? Uncle Zhong, look at that house, the people who live in it are already unwilling to do it, so they can only repair it as a workshop, anyway, there is a place in the fiefdom, and it will be better to build a house in the future. Xuan Shijing said: "Now we mainly invest our money in digging the river, and the papermaking workshop can save money." ”

"In that case, I would like to ask Madame what she means." Regarding the house on Zhuangzi, this is a big deal, and Zhong Zishuo can't make up his mind, so he can only ask the Wang family first.

"Okay, that's it for now, by the way, aren't there three assassins in our house? Don't let them be idle, throw them on the Zhuangzi and let them help dig the river. Xuan Shijing lowered his head and looked at the map and said.

"Yes, little marquis." Zhong Zishuo responded with a smile, and when he saw that Xuan Shijing had no follow-up, he said: "Little Marquis, if there is nothing else, then I will go down first." ”

"Oh, okay, Uncle Zhong go get busy." Xuan Shijing raised his head and watched Zhong Zishuo leave the study.

"Money!" Xuan Shijing sighed: "It's always not enough to spend." ”

It seems that you have to think of some ways to make money, digging the river is also a big project, not to mention building a reservoir upstream, which is equivalent to an artificial lake, the cost is big, for the current Hou Mansion, this is a bottomless pit, I don't know how much money to fill.

"Little Marquis." Long'er walked out of the back room with a stack of books: "The Book of Han has been found." ”

Xuan Shijing hurriedly put away the map and vacated the bookcase, and Long'er put the books in her hand on the bookcase.

"So much?" Xuan Shijing looked at the two stacks of books on the bookcase and couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

"Little Hou Ye, I just looked through it, this is all newly transcribed a few years ago, of course, there are also annotations added by people later, so there will be more, this "Book of Han" is divided into the Book of the Former Han Dynasty and the Book of the Later Han, since Hou Cai is a person from the Eastern Han Dynasty, it should be recorded in the Book of the Later Han." Long'er crossed her fingers and thought about it.

Xuan Shijing looked at Long'er in amazement, and even knew the difference between the former Han book and the later Han book, and really underestimated this girl.

"Long'er, you know a lot."

"That's that, little marquis, when Long'er was a child in Erxian Village, she also went to private school with the children in Zhuangzi! It wasn't until Mrs. was pregnant with you that Long'er followed Mrs. to Chang'an. Long'er smiled and knelt on the other side of the bookcase: "Not only Long'er, but even Gao Jun, Qian Dui and other young people in Erxianzhuang have all gone to private school for many years." ”