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It turned out that it was papermaking that produced results.

Thinking about it, they looked at each other, then shook their heads secretly.

These officials also heard that Chen Zhi had recently been obsessed with papermaking, and they were quite unimpressed, thinking that this Taishou was based on personal preferences, so he attached so much importance to the method of papermaking.

In the final analysis, in their eyes, Chen Zhi is not an official who governs the world, but a famous scholar in the Central Plains, proficient in articles, calligraphy, and danqing, and is a virtuous man among celebrities.

Such a person, even if there is a calculation, the Huns are disgraced, but after all, it is at the level of strategy, not the ability to govern the people, on the contrary, after this period of contact, they feel that this Taishou is a little unrealistic, it seems to be the style of the Central Plains famous soldiers' retreat, so they want to make paper.

In fact, in their minds, Chen Zhi put aside government affairs - in fact, Chen Zhi has almost handled official affairs, but this group of officials always feel that it is impossible to deal with it so quickly according to the past Taishou as a reference - regardless of government affairs, but they care about papermaking, probably because Daijun is too poor, and when this Taishou wants to write articles, he does not have satisfactory paper, so he pats his head and simply wants to make his own paper, which is why there is a papermaking workshop.

Recently, such speculation has been slowly circulating in the Taishou Mansion and several yamen, and it has gradually been recognized.

Just when a few people were thinking, Chen Zhi smiled at Chen Wu and said, "Don't worry, there is still a little time now, and when I finish my official business, I will go and have a look." After speaking, he was unhurriedly sorting out the official business in his hands, and Chen Wu, who was watching, scratched his ears and cheeks on the side, and wanted to grab Chen Zhi immediately and rush over, but he didn't dare.

After Chen Wu followed Chen Zhi, he became more and more knowledgeable, Chen Zhi did not shy away from him in many things, and occasionally taught him to read and write, the two of them were called master and servant, in fact, they were more similar to teachers and students, so Chen Wu was very in awe of Chen Zhi, and usually did not dare to disobey, but this time he was in the good paper, and the amazement in his heart was difficult to suppress, so he would be so out of shape - Chen Zhi taught him to read, took him to have a long insight, and also cultivated Chen Wu's love for the way of learning and calligraphy.

In such a state of mind, he looked at Chen Zhi's unhurried movements, and his heart seemed to be crawling again, and he became more and more anxious.

Finally, when Chen Zhi finished sorting out his things, he waved his hand and explained a few words to many officials, and then left with Chen Wu.

As soon as the two of them left, the officials in the room suddenly started talking and shook their heads.

This one said: "This Taishou, I'm afraid it's not as good as the previous one who understands the people." ”

The other said: "After all, this new Taishou is a celebrity and a literati, and he should focus on different things." ”

Someone else said: "Chen Taishou has an extraordinary background, and he came here to boil his qualifications, where do you need to worry too much?" ”

But as they spoke, they also realized that it was really inappropriate to talk about Shangguan like this in the official yamen, so after a few words, they stopped talking one after another and said no more.

On the other side, Chen Zhi and Chen Wu walked one after the other, and went straight to the paper workshop.

On the way, many people saw the new Taishou and saluted him, including many businessmen from the past, but no one tried to come up to talk, just watched Chen Zhi leave.

When Chen Zhi came to the paper workshop, Li Li, Li Wei and several other craftsmen all stood respectfully to greet Chen Zhi's arrival, and there was obvious excitement and excitement on their faces.

Then, Chen Zhi's gaze followed the figures of everyone and fell on the white paper that had just been lifted.

According to the normal steps, the time to make a piece of paper is not necessarily, but according to the practice of Chen Zhi's improvement, the time for everyone to make paper is much longer than scheduled, but considering that they are all taking over for the first time, while making and learning, such a deviation is also understandable.

What's more, this freshly formed paper is too eye-catching, just looking at it with your eyes, you can't help but marvel, and find how different it is from many existing papers.

Stammering, slender, smooth, light and thin, hung up, you can see the light, the light passing through the paper, making it transparent.

"The little one really admires Taishou! This kind of paper, the small one is really unseen and unheard of! If there is this paper, it will be circulated in Shilin, and it will definitely attract everyone to compete for it, and the supply exceeds the demand! ”

Li Li's voice came from the side, and a happy and sincere expression appeared on his face, and he praised it from the bottom of his heart.

Chen Zhi listened, but remained silent, compared with the paper of later generations, there is still a huge gap, which has many defects, of course he will not be satisfied, Li Li, Chen Wu and others are amazed, that is because there has never been such a good paper of this texture in the past, this is from scratch, the first time it is presented, so it will be so surprised.

Moreover, even according to Chen Zhi's original estimate, the texture of this piece of paper did not meet his psychological expectations, which is due to the deviation between theory and practice, and at the same time, it is also the deviation caused by the lack of proficiency of these craftsmen, and there are omissions and deficiencies in the process and procedure.

However, these problems will subside as they become more proficient and scaled up in the future.

So Chen Zhi then laughed, encouraged everyone a few words, gave a promise of reward, and at the same time that everyone was interested, he said: "However, there are not enough people at the moment, and we can't produce too much, and there are many restrictions, and we want to promote, there is still a way to go, in addition, I propose to make paper, just to increase the product of Daijun, but the current situation of Daijun, it will take a while to recover, and this paper can certainly be respected by celebrities, but I still hope that ordinary people can also use it." ”

The words were simple, and there was no generous statement, but it shocked everyone's hearts.

Let ordinary people use such white paper, in the current view, it is almost impossible to accomplish, because the paper at this time, some similar to the mobile phones of later generations, such as hemp paper, is the kind of cost-effective type, which can be used by ordinary people, and the parchment paper is a high-end flagship, which costs a certain amount of money, and is used by many people to flaunt themselves.

As for the paper that Chen Zhi is now presiding over the manufacture of, it is a few points better than the leather paper, it is a real high-end product, even if it is those celebrities, I am afraid it is not easy to use, if you want to enter the homes of ordinary people, I am afraid it is not a dream.

Chen Zhi noticed everyone's expressions, knowing that they were somewhat unbelieving, but he didn't explain, with the improvement of production, as well as some of his own promotion methods, he would give them an answer in the future.

So he naturally skipped this topic and explained: "At the moment, according to today's order, continue to produce, I will slowly supplement you with manpower, but the premise is that you must be proficient in the process first, otherwise, how will someone teach them again?" After all, I can't stay here all day, so in order not to deviate in the future, you must keep in mind the process you have mastered, and there must be no discrepancies. ”

Li Li, Li Wei and the others hurriedly nodded in response, they were all instructed by Li Li not to leak the secret recipe, so when they heard that the manpower would increase in the future, they undoubtedly muttered a little.

Chen Zhi ignored the thoughts of several people, and continued: "As for the bamboo, rattan leaves and other trivial things needed in this papermaking, I have already arranged for someone to go to the south to buy them, and they will be sent by a convoy, you don't need to worry, just concentrate on papermaking." ”

"Please rest assured!" Li Li and others respectfully stated.

Chen Zhi nodded, gave a few more orders, and when everyone started work again, he asked Chen Wu to put away the two blank papers he had just made, and then left the workshop, ready to go home.

But just out of the workshop, before arriving at his house, a person came over and saluted Chen Zhi directly.

This person is Chen Zi.

As soon as Chen Zhi saw this person, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Qiao Xing, come here, probably come over to give me an admonition." ”

Chen Zigong arched his hand and said, "Taishou Mingjian, I heard that you are going to the workshop for this matter?" ”

Chen Zhi nodded without hesitation and said: "Yes, what I've been busy with these days, you must know, now that there is a little result, of course you have to see it clearly." ”

Chen Zi didn't mean to retreat, and said directly: "I know that Taishou has a plan, and the establishment of this paper workshop is also for the next big plan, but everything has a degree, otherwise it is putting the cart before the horse, and my subordinates heard that Taishou you assigned manpower and asked them to contact Pengcheng and Xiapi, saying that they wanted to use money to buy a large number of bamboo, vine leaves and other things, and they had to be transported by carts and horses, and even let the two families send a large number of people to support, with all due respect, this move is very inappropriate!" ”

"Or Qiao Xing, you are well-informed," Chen Zhi smiled slightly, and did not argue, "Yes, I ordered to go down, and I have already sent someone to contact, but I didn't let the two families take it out for nothing, but bought it with silver, although my property in Pengcheng is not big, but to buy these things, it is a drop in the bucket." ”

"It's not a question of who is funding," Chen Zi shook his head, his expression was solemn, and said: "It's that this move is unnecessary, even if the paper mill is important, it shouldn't be used for it, not to mention how the wind is commented, it wastes the family's manpower and energy, and it will lose the opportunity. ”

"Yes, Qiao Xing, what you said is right, in fact, I was about to ask someone to come to you to buy these things, I just planned to let you be responsible, so that I can rest assured."

Chen Zi was stunned when he heard this, this was not the result of his admonition, and he was about to say more, but when he noticed Chen Zhi's expression, his heart suddenly moved.

Could it be that what else is hidden in this? Going south to buy bamboo, in fact, is it a pretense? Otherwise, why hold me responsible?

Chen Zhi said: "There are many people here, you and I will return to the house, and I will tell you in detail." ”

Chen Zi nodded and followed Chen Zhi.

When they arrived at the mansion, Chen Duo came to report: "Master, the Zhu family sent a piece of writing, I hope you will come to transcribe it, saying that it was said in advance." ”