Gao Fei walked around Jiankang City for a whole afternoon accompanied by Mao Bao, and what made him feel strange was that there were no shops selling paper in Jiankang City, whether it was Dashi or Dongshi. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the end, after some inquiry, I learned that there was only one paper shop in Jiankang City, which was near the south gate of Jiankang City.

So Gao Fei and Mao Bao went to the south of the city together, and finally came to the paper shop. However, the business in this paper shop is very cold, and if Gao Fei and Mao Bao hadn't come, it is estimated that the guys in the store might not have been able to meet a single customer in the afternoon.

This scene makes Goofy inevitably wonder why paper has become a thing that no one cares about in this era.

With a hint of curiosity, Goofy took the initiative to chat with the guys in the store, and asked the guys in the store about it, and then he knew the reason why paper was not popular.

The main reason is that the cultural literacy of the whole society at this time is not high, people who don't know words can be seen everywhere, and the vast majority of people can't write, so paper has no meaning for them. The second is the quality of the paper, because it cannot be stored for a long time, so those scholars who want to store any books at home, must use books.

Of course, it's not that no one comes to buy paper, but there are very few people who come to buy paper, and there is not necessarily a single guest for ten days and half a month.

After Gao Fei learned the truth about paper, instead of feeling discouraged, he felt more and more that he felt that papermaking was an imminent matter.

From what he had learned, it seemed that paper could only be used for writing in this era, and that no one seemed to know about a wide range of other uses.

Goofy left the paper shop and returned to Gaofu with Mao Bao, already thinking about how to make paper, and he wanted to let the world know that paper has many other and wide uses besides writing.

So, just do it, Gao Fei called all the maids and maids of the family and gave them some orders. The maids and maidservants were very curious about Gao Fei's orders, but no one dared to ask, so they could only do so, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in Gao Fei's gourd.

Mao Bao stood beside Gao Fei, and when he heard Gao Fei instruct the family and maidservants to collect bamboo, he asked curiously: "Childe, when I was in the paper shop, I asked the guy in the store privately, and he told me that papermaking is very simple, nothing more than using bark, hemp, cloth, fishing nets and other raw materials, why did Gongzi let them go to find bamboo?" ”

Gao Fei smiled and said, "Master, don't ask, you'll know when the time comes." Master, I still need your help with something. ”

Mao Bao said: "Whatever the son needs me to do, just tell me." ”

Gao Fei then took Mao Bao to the backyard, and then chose an open field, he commanded, and Mao Bao worked at the same time.

For three days in a row, everyone in the high mansion was not idle, and the maids and maids of the house got a lot of bamboo, all of which were stacked in the backyard, and after three days of hard work, the originally open place in the backyard had changed its appearance, with an additional pond and a strange shape similar to a stove.

Everything was ready, and Goofy began his papermaking experiment on the morning of the fourth day, which was nothing more than four steps:

The first is the separation of raw materials, which is to degum the raw materials in the lye solution by soaking or cooking, and disperse them into fibrous forms.

The second 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 a slurry, and then the pulp is scooped up with a paper scraper, so that the pulp is interwoven into a thin sheet of wet paper on the paper scraper.

The fourth is drying, that is, the wet paper is dried or dried, and when it is removed, it becomes paper.

After Cai Lun improved the papermaking technology, although the process was constantly improved and matured, these four steps basically did not change, even in modern times, in the wet papermaking production, the production process is still not fundamentally different from the ancient Chinese papermaking method.

The development of papermaking technology is mainly reflected in the raw materials, and the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties have begun to use mulberry and rattan bark to make paper. In the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, bamboo, sandalwood, wheat stalks, rice stalks, etc. have also been used as raw materials for papermaking, thus providing a rich and sufficient source of raw materials for the development of papermaking pages.

Among them, the Tang Dynasty used bamboo as a raw material to make bamboo paper, marking a major breakthrough in papermaking technology. The fiber of bamboo is hard, brittle and easy to break, and the technical treatment is more difficult, and the success of making paper with bamboo shows that the ancient Chinese papermaking technology has reached a considerable degree of maturity.

The paper that Gao Fei wants to make is to use bamboo as the main raw material, and the bark, hemp, cloth, fishing nets, etc. are only used as auxiliary materials. He wanted to make a high-quality paper for the scholars to use in their homes, and then make some toilet paper, so that the paper could not only become a necessity for the cultural life of the scholars, but also a daily necessity for ordinary people.

Gao Fei first asked the family to cut down the bamboo on Wednesday and Dai Liu, and put it in the pond to soak it so that the fiber could fully absorb water. Secondly, Mao Bao was asked to fish out the bamboo, and use boulders to mash the bamboo, tree bark, hemp, and old fishing nets and other raw materials. Then put the scraps in the cauldron that had been prepared, and put the cauldron on that large stove, and make a fire to bake it, so that the fibers are dispersed until they are boiled into pulp. At the same time, let Mao Bao use a boulder to press the crumbs in the cauldron, which will help to cook completely.

When the pulp cools, Goofy personally uses a flat-plate bamboo curtain to scoop up the pulp, filter the water, and become a paper film. This step requires skillful skills to fish out the paper film with moderate thickness and uniform distribution. Goofy had the privilege of trying it a few times with his friends, and he had some experience, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to fish out the paper film.

Gao Fei folded the paper film one by one, asked Xiaohong and Xiaolan to bring a wooden board and pressed it tightly, and asked Mao Bao to put a huge stone on the wooden board to press the water out.

Finally, Goofy sticks the semi-dry paper film to the edge of the stove to dry, and peels it off to create the finished product.

After the efforts of Gao Fei and everyone, Gao Fei finally made the paper, although the quality of the paper is not as good as that of modern society, but compared with the paper of this period of the Jin Dynasty, it is simply better.

Mao Bao, Wednesday, Dai Liu, Xiaohong, Xiaolan and others came to Gao Fei's side together, and everyone stepped forward to touch the paper made by Gao Fei, and then compared it with the paper they bought, almost everyone could feel that the two pieces of paper were very different.

"It worked! I really didn't expect to be so lucky! Gao Fei looked at the paper in his hand and said excitedly.