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Linzhou City, northern part of Henan Province. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The location of Linzhou City is the Qishui, a tributary of the ancient Yellow River, when the highway was built here, the unknown cultural relics were accidentally dug up during the construction, and soon the news spread, and the unearthed cultural relics caused a sensation in the archaeological community.

"Professor Wu, you will never guess what you found this time!" A female graduate student wearing a T-shirt and a peaked cap appeared on the scene in the scorching summer, and her name was Professor Wu Mingzhe, an authoritative expert in archaeology, who had just arrived from Beijing.

A large number of police officers appeared at the scene, the site of the artifact has been isolated, and a large number of reporters are filming. ”

"Paper was unearthed at the site! Earlier than the ancient paper of Baqiao! The female graduate student said excitedly.

"What?" Professor Wu suddenly looked surprised, and heard her say excitedly: "Professor, the birth of paper may have to advance 100 years to the Warring States Period!" ”

Professor Wu did not answer when he heard this, but quickened his pace, and soon arrived at the scene, he stood on a mound high ground in order to get a better overlook, looking at it, Professor Wu was immediately deeply shocked, the scene in front of him was a piece of stone pestle remains, roughly looking at the number of no less than five hundred, the staff on the scene is still further careful excavation.

The female graduate student came to Wu Mingzhe's side, looked at the scene and said: "Professor, after investigation, we have reached a preliminary conclusion, and we can basically make a bold judgment that the year of this relic should be more than 2,300 years ago, the Warring States Period. This is a large scale and huge paper workshop in ancient Weiguo, and the record of "Wei Benji" is indeed correct, Wei Guo did have a huge ancient paper factory. ”

The female graduate student pointed to the large stone pestle ruins in the open air at the scene, and said: "This is here, incredible, the ancestors of the ancient patriotic country already knew about the use of water resources, but we still underestimated the level of ancient science and technology more than 2,000 years ago, do you know?" This large papermaking workshop built along the Guqi River makes full use of water as a power resource, and ......"

"What else did you find?" The professor asked.

"The concept of 'assembly line' production was born in the Warring States period! Two thousand years before the British, how incredible? The discovery here is sure to be a sensation in the archaeological community...... "The more the female graduate student talked, the more excited she became.

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It is true that more than 2,300 years ago, the ancient city of Chaoge.

Wei Zheng left the Chaoge Wangcheng, and led a guard team to gallop from Tianqianmen on horseback, all the way to the Qishui generation in the north of the Wangcheng, that is, the Linzhou City area in later generations.

There are only four general steps in papermaking, and Wei Zheng has not forgotten: the first step is the separation of raw materials, which are degummed in an alkaline solution by bleaching or cooking, and the bamboo cut back from outside the city is carried out with lime water for the first step, so that the raw materials are dispersed into fibrous; The second step is pulping, which is to cut off the fiber by cutting and pounding, and make the fiber broom, and become pulp; The third is copying, that is, the pulp is soaked into slurry, and then the pulp is scooped with a paper grazer (mat), so that the pulp is interwoven into a thin sheet of wet paper on the paper grab; The fourth is drying, that is, the wet paper is dried or dried, and it can be removed to become paper.

Paper can also be bound into a book.

The papermaking workshop opened in the palace is not large, and during the first papermaking operation in history, the four papermaking processes were also ordered to be recorded one by one.

On the south bank of Qishui, at this moment, a large number of people or slaves are in full swing to serve in the conscription.

There is no doubt that Qishui is the best power resource needed for papermaking, and the second step of papermaking, the process of mashing and bleaching bamboo, is also more time-consuming, but more labor-intensive, and the use of manpower is inefficient, and water as a power source is undoubtedly the best choice.

Wei Zheng rode his horse and walked leisurely along the Qishui coast, watching hundreds of people and slaves besieging the artificial dam of Qishui, it is obvious that the dam can obtain potential energy, and when the upstream water is large, it can play the role of releasing water, and the water energy can be obtained.

And when the upstream water is small, this artificial dam can play the role of water storage.

Qishui is not a big river, and it is not difficult to make artificial dams, you must know that the upper reaches of Qishui have disappeared after more than 2,000 years.

After several months of time-consuming construction, the dam was already taking shape. Wei Zheng got off his horse and came to the shore of the dam, and saw a runoff that had been dug artificially, and after the dam blocked Qishui, the water flowed eastward from this towering runoff.

When the monarch arrived, the guards opened the way and escorted the way, Wei Zheng walked along the runway, and saw a large-scale workshop being built, which was the huge papermaking workshop that Wei Zheng ordered to supervise.

It is the water that is drawn from the dam, and the potential energy formed by the water is used to promote the stone pestle to swing up and down uninterruptedly, and the pulp used in papermaking is to use these stone pestles driven by water energy to smash out, and the smashing project required by the bamboo bundle after the ticket system does not need manpower to perform, and often one person can take care of the work of several stone pestles.

If it is replaced by human manpower, the amount that this person can complete will take at least hundreds of people to compare, which shows that the efficiency is extraordinary.

Wei Zheng personally inspected the construction progress of the paper workshop, the quality of the project, and everything was carried out in accordance with his instructions naked, and he was very satisfied with this, and it would not be long before Wei Guo could mass-produce paper on a large scale.

Paper will not only usher in a cultural transformation process in Chinese history, but also a super weight for Wei Zheng to monopolize and accumulate wealth.

"Your Majesty, why did you spend people's power to build a dam in Qishui?" Su Dai, who accompanied him, was very puzzled recently, so he couldn't help but ask, recently, in the past few months, Wei Zheng has recruited a lot of Mo people to engage in these strange things, and he really doesn't know what to do.

"The foundation of the country, the reality of a strong country, and the great policy of the country." Wei Zheng smiled and said, "You'll know right away, let the widow sell it first." ”

In another area of the paper mill is a large man-made pond in the shape of a well, which has been completed and put into use.

On the one hand, a large number of bamboos transported from the forest were cut down and bundled into patches, and then put into the pond, and the water in it was lime water.

"Tell to go down, let the steward pay attention, and don't pour the pool water into the Qi water, but if there is a leak, the three clans must not be delayed." Wei Zheng left such an order before leaving, the floating pond is some distance from Qishui, but in spite of this, we still have to pay attention to precautions, Qishui is the mother river of Chaoge City, if it pollutes Qishui because of papermaking, it will be a bit more than worth the loss.

Back in the palace, Wei Zheng came to a small papermaking workshop he temporarily built in the palace, the biggest purpose of this papermaking workshop is to record the papermaking process system according to the actual situation, and it can be popularized after it is written, and the workshop can also be demolished.

"Isn't Su Qing curious about the purpose of the widow coming in to work?" In the royal city, Wei Zheng smiled and said to Su Dai, who was accompanying him: "Previously, the ministers were not allowed to come to the workshop because it had not yet been completed, but now, it should be done, go, the widow will take you to see a Pokémon!" ”

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