"Improvement...... Papermaking? When Lin Jiang heard these three words, his heartbeat stopped for several beats. It's not that he's timid, it's that papermaking is magic for him.

It's like a blacksmith who can only make ordinary iron swords, and suddenly hearing that he is going to make the Heavenly Sword is a feeling. Papermaking, for the ancients, was a sacred technique, not to mention improvement, even if it was learned, it was a supreme honor.

Lin Jiang's brain was blank now, and he stood stunned. He didn't know how to say it anymore.

Li Yi looked at Lin Jiang's stupid appearance, and his heart was full of helplessness. He also knew the difficulty of improving papermaking, but in the current situation, papermaking must be improved, because his appearance advanced the money village that should have matured in the Song Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, and his money village was more developed than the money village in the Song Dynasty. However, the current money bank has developed to a bottleneck, and the reason for this is the silver ticket. Without paper money, money banks would never have developed. Therefore, Li Yi must improve his papermaking skills, which is the rhythm of being forced to go to Liangshan. Fortunately, Li Yi also knows a little about papermaking, although not much, but it can make Lin Jiang's success rate in improving papermaking reach sixty percent.

Another point is that papermaking can also be used against the family, and it is also a big killer.

Therefore, Li Yi must give Lin Jiang enough confidence, because the first condition for improving papermaking is secrecy, and the craftsman who can be trusted by Li Yi's side is Lin Jiang except for Tie Yan. Tie Yan is now studying cement in Chang'an, and even Li Yi heard that Li Er has let him join the Ministry of Industry, specializing in the role and improvement of cement. Therefore, Lin Jiang is now the only candidate.

"What's Uncle Lin? Not confident? "In extraordinary times, extraordinary methods are used, and although the method of agitation may seem mentally retarded, it can achieve miraculous effects for some people at certain times.

Lin Jiang came to his senses when he heard Li Yi's question, but he was a little at a loss. "Young master, Lao Lin, I have never used a few sheets of rice paper, and I don't know anything about papermaking, let alone improving it, is that impossible?"

"Impossible?" Li Yi sneered. "Uncle Lin, you heard about cement a year ago?"

Lin Jiang was stunned for a moment, a little unresponsive, but nodded instinctively.

Li Yi asked again: "Then before researching the production of cement, when I said the role of cement, what did you think?" ”

Lin Jiang understood a little, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't believe that the cement that the young master said could be successfully developed, and I didn't believe that there would be such a magical thing as cement in the world. At that time, I had persuaded Tie Yan to give up; But he said something that left me speechless. He said: I believe that the young master will not be untargeted, and the young master said that only if you dare to think and dare to do will you succeed. The most important thing is to eat the king's luck and share the worries for the king! ”

Li Yi nodded a little clearly, although Tie Yan and Lin Jiang were from the same school, their personalities were completely different, Tie Yan had a steady personality and was taciturn; There are some tendons, but this kind of person, once he decides that something will never look back, and such a person can pay silently for a seemingly impossible thing, quite a bit of a foolish man's character, just like the furniture he made. Acquainted, refined, rustic and generous.

And Lin Jiang's temperament is a bit of a thief, somewhat similar to a businessman, able to speak and do things, and his personality is bold and open, just like the iron he beats, rough with sharpness, heavy with hardness. But such people also have a characteristic, that is, they strive for perfection in everything, or in other words, they never do things that they are not sure of, just like doing business, and never like to put all their bets on a completely unknown table. Now papermaking is like this, although it seems to be a big cake, once you win, fame and fortune, glory and wealth are at your fingertips. But once it loses, it may not only be ridiculed by his peers, after all, he is a royal craftsman in the eyes of people, but to improve papermaking, once it is not successful, people will not blame Li Yi, but will put all the responsibility on Lin Jiang, but when the time is not self-sufficient, arrogant, inflated and other labels will be attached to his body, to some extent, it is equivalent to ruining his reputation. Moreover, once he fails, he is very likely to be slumped from now on, after all, Tie Yan's success has put a lot of pressure on him, and if he fails, he may not be able to forgive himself. He didn't dare to bet.

Seeing that Lin Jiang was still hesitating, he even retreated a little. Li Yi's eyes couldn't help but show disappointment. Took a deep breath. "Uncle Lin, I must study papermaking, if you can't do it, I will find Uncle Tie over and let him study it, I believe he will not refuse. I know what you're worried about. I still say that only by daring to think and dare to do can we succeed. Ten years of sharpening the sword, nine years of hiding the edge, eight years of wind and rain, seven years of dust. Don't dare to get out of the sheath? Resigned to mediocrity? The six organs tremble, the five organs are uneven, if you have an epiphany today, the clouds move in all directions, Lin Jiang, how can you stop you from making paper in this life because of the words of others? ”

Li Yi's words shocked Lin Jiang, and also shocked Lan Wei, who was silent on the side, love to fight to win, this sentence is the truth in any era. Lin Jiang's heart was shaken, people who strike iron are born with a hot-blooded heart, but let life be hidden, this time, Li Yi's words really made him feel a little back to the feeling of the year, but the reality made him unable to open his mouth, perhaps, life is not bad now, at least, food and clothing are not worried, making cement, although he is not the main character, but at least he participated, and it is not too embarrassing.

Seeing that Lin Jiang was still hesitating, Li Yi felt that he had suddenly been splashed with a basin of cold water. He didn't expect that a papermaking technique would make Lin Jiang have the courage to improve, it seems that he is still looking for Tie Yan, hoping that Li Er can release him.

He waved his hand tiredly. "Okay, Uncle Lin, go down! It's because I'm too anxious, I'll teach Uncle Tie about this! ”

Lin Jiang hugged his fists with some shame, and turned around to leave.

However, at this time, Li Yi made a miracle and expressed a sigh of emotion. "The same master, why is the gap between the brothers so big?"

Although the voice was very small, it was still heard clearly by Lin Jiang, and at the same time, it also made his body stiffen suddenly, and Li Yi's words kept echoing in his head, he is also a master, why is the gap between senior brothers so big? The gap, why is it so big? Lin Jiang asked himself with some resentment, he and Tie Yan were out of the same school, and his grades had always been better than him, but Tie Yan was an elm pimple who only knew how to do things, why was he inferior to him. He still remembered what his master had said to them before they left the mountain: Lin Jiang, maybe you will live better than your junior brother in the future, but he is more like a craftsman than you.

At that time, he didn't understand, he always felt that learning the craft was to live a better life, and it was true, before he met Li Yi, he did live better than Tie Yan, although he was not rich, but three meals a day were quite rich, and Tie Yan sometimes needed him to help. But what about now? Tie Yan's official position and wealth are all because he dares to fight, and he dares to do it.

Thinking of this, Lin Jiang's gaze instantly became unprecedentedly firm, not for anything else, just to give himself an explanation, and also to let the master see that he is also a craftsman.

"Young master, improve the papermaking technique, just leave it to me!"