Chapter 256

Lin Jiang left, taking with him some suggestions from Li Yi to improve papermaking, in fact, Li Yi really didn't know much about papermaking, he just vaguely remembered that papermaking was the best

Plant raw materials such as bamboo, tree bark, hemp, and old fishing nets, and then go through steps such as soaking, mashing, boiling, filtering, plate pressing, and drying.

Li Yi asked Lan Wei to give Lin Jiang a sum of money, although Li Yi was not in Chang'an, he could withdraw money from money banks all over the country, and with the money, Li Yi gave Lin Jiang ten more generals to protect him. Lin Jiang needs to go to Yangzhou and other places to recruit a group of papermaking masters first, otherwise, with Lin Jiang, a layman, he can't do it at all. Moreover, Li Yi also provided Lin Jiang with a venue, the small industrial base in Maoshan, before Li Yi left, he had already asked Senior Brother Pan to help get it, and when Lin Jiang went, it could basically be used directly. And the reason why it was chosen in Maoshan is also for confidentiality, so whether it is Maoshan or a general, or even money, the most important role is to let Lin Jiang do a good job of confidentiality, especially those newly recruited papermakers, must ensure 100% loyalty, it is really not good, even if it is smashed with money, let the papermakers always dedicate their lives to papermaking.

And Lin Jiang was originally very shrewd, so he was very relieved to teach Lin Jiang about this, Li Yi always felt that Lin Jiang was the best candidate to study papermaking. Thankfully, he agreed.

After sending Lin Jiang away, Li Yi explained some things to Lan Wei and asked him to handle the rapeseed matter first, which is the top priority.

The reason why Li Yi wants to get rapeseed is actually to get a greenhouse. But in ancient times, there was no plastic film, and it was too difficult to grow vegetables. But it's not impossible. If you want to grow out-of-season vegetables in winter, you only need to pay attention to three points: humidity, temperature and light.

The hardest part of this is the light. The first bit of humidity can be watered more, or even a diversion canal can be built. The second point of temperature is better, you can use bricks and cement to make a warm house, and the four walls of the house can be reasonably designed with a fire wall to ensure the temperature. As for the last bit of light, Li Yi wants to design some small light holes around the greenhouse that can be opened and closed, and hang enough lanterns inside the greenhouse. You can even find some broken glass and something like that to inlay on it. I believe that with these preparations, as long as you take care of them carefully and have the guidance of experienced old farmers, you can definitely succeed. If it doesn't work, Li Yi will retreat by himself and get the glass out, this thing he must do, but it is a little complicated and requires constant experimentation, Li Yi is inclined to let Lin Jiang and Tie Yan do it together in the future, but if he is forced to do it, he can only go into battle in person.

The reason why Li Yi wants to grow vegetables is because he is fed up with the bitter days of not having vegetables to eat in winter. The second reason is that if Jinling wants to develop and grow, it does not need to get in touch with the outside world. Due to the deliberate suppression of the imperial court, the outside world has gradually forgotten the existence of the ban, the reason why Jinling can still develop to such an extent is because of the convenience brought to him by the special geographical location, but these are not enough to make Jinling take off. Just like the businessman yesterday, he actually wanted to go to Yangzhou to buy some goods, which shows the degree of closure of Jinling.

Therefore, Li Yi is to use the winter to sell vegetables as an excuse, attract a large number of businessmen around here, create enough topics here, and then let the business alliance establish the third branch here, you can instantly improve Jinling's forced qualification, at that time, with the geographical advantages of Jinling itself, Jinling will definitely become a golden place in the eyes of businessmen, and when the time comes, Li Yi will use some methods to speculate in real estate and attract investment, so as not to worry about no businessmen to invest, and then Jinling can really take off.

Thinking of this, Li Yi couldn't sit still, the key to this is the vegetable greenhouse, if this can't be done, then everything is in vain.

Explain that Jiang Lichen is optimistic about his family, and then pay attention to the movements of the four major families by the way. Then he took Lei Gang and Xie Junhao out of the city to build a vegetable greenhouse, and the farmers outside the city were the key.

Li Yi first came to a medium-sized village, with more than 800 people. The village chief is an old man in his fifties, Li Yi in a hurry, without too much politeness, directly revealed his identity, and asked the village chief to find out the person who is best at growing vegetables in the village.

As soon as the village chief knew Li Yi's identity, he didn't dare to slack off. Hurriedly asked his son to run out to find someone.

The young man was quick on his legs and feet, and in a short time he found a dozen old men, all of whom were old farmers who had been farming for forty or fifty years, and they were extremely experienced.

And it's not just the old farmers who came, there were a lot of people who watched the excitement, and finally a big official came to the village, I heard that it was still a young man, and the villagers were a little curious, but for the sake of secrecy. Li Yi intelligently and politely invited them all out.

Li Yi first told a few people about the importance of confidentiality, and several old people knew the severity, and when they heard Li Yi's deliberate instructions, how dare they talk more, they all made promises again and again.

Li Yi nodded, and then said his intention - growing vegetables in winter and greenhouses.

When several old farmers heard this, they were a little surprised, and even thought that this county order was a madman? Growing vegetables in winter is simply a fantasy.

Li Yi didn't care about the surprise of the old farmers, but directly said his own way.

As soon as several old farmers heard about Li Yi's method, they were immediately a little surprised, and they also put away their previous contempt.

But for this old farmer, let them farm, they can do it. But when it comes to vegetable greenhouses, they are a little blindsided.

Just like the principles of photosynthesis, temperature, humidity, etc., even if Li Yi breaks it and crushes it, these old farmers may not understand it, which has the characteristics of the times.

After explaining for a long time, but without coming to any conclusions, Li Yi patted his head and realized that he had taken it for granted.

Something like cement papermaking is an unchanging thing, as long as the formula is correct, even in the Han Dynasty, it can be made.

But agriculture is not a good thing, this thing is too variable, and sometimes, a violent storm can ruin all the efforts.

Therefore, Li Yi did not force it in the end, but retreated to the next best thing, found a young old farmer with relatively good health, asked him to wait for his order, and then gave some compensation. stopped the village chief's prevarication, and Li Yi left.

He felt that before planting a large area, he needed to build one first for experimentation, otherwise, it would be really easy for big things to happen.

When he returned to the county seat, Li Yi ordered people to go to various places in Jinling County to find some young and experienced old farmers, although these people could not help theoretically, but they could still give Li Yi great help in experience.

After ordering everything, Li Yi returned to the house for retreat, and he had to design a sketch of the greenhouse first.