147 Eradication of the Salt Gang
In the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Director Wang sat there alone, and what his son Wang Yue did did really disappointed him. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he couldn't sit still anymore, so he shouted outside: "Go and call the second master!" ā
Not long after, a middle-aged man dressed very elegantly walked into the study, his face looked similar to Director Wang, but he was a few years younger than Director Wang, it was Director Wang's younger brother Wang Ying.
As soon as Wang Ying entered the study, she respectfully bowed her hand to Wang Dao and said, "Big brother called me late at night, I don't know what's going on?" ā
Director Wang concisely told his younger brother Wang Ying about Wang Yue, and after Wang Ying listened, he just shook his head vigorously and said slowly: "Changyu is still too young and does things improperly, if the matter is revealed, it will not only harm himself, but also implicate our entire Langya Wang family......"
Wang Ying paused a little when she said this, looked at Director Wang with a puzzled look, and asked cautiously, "Big brother, is this matter related to the prince?" ā
Wang Daodao: "It would be nice if it had nothing to do with the prince!" Now that I have let people check the truth, although I have asked He Yu to withdraw the siege of Li Yuan, it will inevitably arouse He Yu's suspicions. Once He Yu knew that Li Yuan's real owner was Yue'er, the consequences would be unimaginable. ā
"What is the big brother going to do?" Wang Ying asked.
Wang Daodao: "I called you over, just because I have something to order, if this matter is handed over to others, I am not very relieved, only you are the most suitable." ā
Wang Ying arched his hand and said: "Big brother, just give orders!" ā
Director Wang whispered a few words to Wang Ying, Wang Ying listened carefully, a glimmer of light flashed in her eyes, and she immediately said goodbye to Director Wang and quickly left the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Wang Ying now holds the position of auxiliary general, holding a thousand soldiers and horses, more than half of which are children of the Wang family, and the rest are also children of families with in-laws with the Wang family.
Wang Ying arrived at a military camp near the palace, and with his order, a thousand soldiers and horses quickly assembled in the middle of the night. Subsequently, Wang Ying summoned several of his officers, and after some arrangements, the soldiers and horses were divided into two, and 800 soldiers and horses went to the vicinity of the dock under the leadership of Wang Ying's lieutenant Wang Ming, while Wang Ying personally led the remaining 200 soldiers and horses to Qingxi.
That night, the Salt Gang located near the wharf was wiped out by the army led by Wang Ming, and all of them were rectified on the spot, and not a single person was left alive. And Wang Ying took the soldiers and horses to Li Yuan in Qingxi, personally captured Li Yuan, the owner of Li Yuan, and beheaded him here. Subsequently, Wang Ying set fire to Li Yuan, and according to Director Wang's instructions, all the incriminating evidence was put on Li Zhen's body.
The next day, Director Wang posted an announcement, stating that the salt gang was exterminated last night, and from now on, all illegal salt will be banned, and the normal price of salt will be restored, and whoever dares to smuggle illegal salt will be beheaded. For a time, the people in Jiankang City were cheering.
Gao Fei, who is located in Gaofu, also heard about Wang Dao's extermination of the Salt Gang, but he did not participate in it, and he was still sleeping when the Salt Gang was exterminated in the city last night. Moreover, he knew very little about the things in the court. After all, he was only a five-year-old child in the eyes of people.
Illicit salt was completely banned, which was a great impact on Gao Fei, after all, he still had to earn some money to support his family through illicit salt. However, Goofy didn't dare to commit a crime when the wind was so tight now. For him, private salt is just a way to make money, in addition to refining refined salt, he has other ways to make money, in short, he is a modern society, as long as he wants to make money, there are a lot of opportunities.
This time, Goofy set his sights on the paper.
Papermaking is one of the four great inventions of ancient China, paper is the crystallization of the long-term experience and wisdom of the ancient Chinese working people, and is an outstanding invention in the history of human civilization. Paper is a sheet fiber product used for writing, printing, painting or packaging, etc., which is generally made of the water suspension of plant fibers that has been pulped, staggered on the Internet, initially dehydrated, and then compressed and dried.
China is the first country in the world to invent paper, and it is also the first country in the world to raise silkworms and weave silk. In ancient China, the working people of the superior silkworm cocoons drew silk and weaved silk, and the remaining evil cocoons and disease cocoons were made of silk cotton by bleaching method. After the bleaching is completed, there will be some residues left on the mat. When the number of bleaching is too much, the residue on the mat will accumulate into a layer of fiber flakes, which can be peeled off after drying, and can be used for writing. The number of by-products of this drifting is not large, and it is called Helang or Fang Fu in ancient books.
According to archaeological findings, during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC to 8 BC), hemp fiber paper was already available in China. The texture is coarse, and the quantity is small, the cost is high, and it is not popular.
It was not until the first year of Yuanxing in the Eastern Han Dynasty (105) that Cai Lun improved papermaking. He used bark, hemp and cloth, fish nets and other raw materials to make paper, through the process of frustration, pounding, copying, drying and other processes, is the origin of modern paper. This kind of paper, which is easy to find raw materials, is very cheap, and the quality has also improved, and it is gradually becoming more popular. In order to commemorate Cai Lun's achievements, later generations called this kind of paper "Cai Hou paper".
Although papermaking has long been around and the price of paper is relatively low, in the homes of wealthy scholars, bamboo slips are used to write books, not paper.
Regarding this, it is not difficult to find out from the books that Director Wang gave to Gao Fei alone. Gao Fei curiously asked Director Wang why he didn't use paper to copy books, and Director Wang's seemingly simple answer had actually left traces in Gao Fei's heart.
Since then, the idea of improving papermaking and improving the quality of paper has been born in Goofy's mind.
Coincidentally, Gao Fei is no stranger to paper, because he has a good friend who is the director of the paper mill, and he often corresponds to this friend, and he knows some papermaking technology and processes more or less.
But Goofy never dreamed that this friend he had made in the past would be of great help to him in ancient times.
Gao Fei is a member of the Langya Wang family, the family is a scholarly family, and it is the most prestigious scholar family in the dynasty, if he can make some excellent quality, moderate price, and easy to store paper, as long as he relies on the foundation of the Langya Wang family, he will not worry that his paper has no good sales.
With the idea of making paper, Goofy couldn't endure the loneliness in pressing. However, he did not rush forward, but first went to investigate the market situation of paper in Jiankang City, and after conducting some market research, he decided whether to make paper or not.
So, Gao Fei took half a day out and asked Mao Bao to go shopping with him.