Shelley, who had no idea what happened to Duya, was inspecting the set of equipment they had built at this time.

I have to say that their craftsmanship is indeed reasonable. It's not perfect, but at least it's error-free, and that alone is beyond Shelley's expectations, and she thought she would have to fail at least a few times to succeed in everything.

Anyway, now that you have the equipment, there's no reason to stop, even though there's only one set of everything, but it's enough for Shelley to plan what follows. The first thing on the agenda is the papermaking process.

It just so happens that Lao Liu and Lao Mu are here, so let's try to make paper first. It is also possible for them to witness the specific use of these things they have made, and maybe they can also provide them with some references, and they can improve themselves in the future construction equipment.

For the method of papermaking, Shelley had already instilled them in Yuan Dai and Yuan Er, in addition to the bamboo that had been prepared before, Shelley also specially selected some other suitable woods in the later stage, cut and soaked them, and dried them thoroughly. Finally, they are mixed together in a certain proportion according to the memories of their past lives.

The reason for this is that the paper produced by making bamboo pulp is closer to straw paper and rice paper, and writing on such paper is not only easy to damage the paper, but also easy to melt the ink. What Shelley needs now is paper that is as strong and easy to use as office paper.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Shelley instructed Yuan Dayuan Eryong to use the large steamer and hammer that had just been obtained, and repeatedly steamed and hammered the materials prepared in advance, until these materials could be easily kneaded and kneaded by hand like clay, and they appeared flocculent.

Then pour them into a large pool prepared in advance, and then add water to it and stir it thoroughly, in order to ensure that the paper that comes out has enough resistance, Shelley specially controls the amount of water injected. When the water and pulp are fully dispersed and fused, the most important thing is the paper scooping operation.

Hang the prepared paper rack above the pool, and Sonodai and Sonoji fish together in the water in the same way that Shelley had taught them beforehand. But unlike other steps, paper fishing is not something that can be done with enough theory, it still depends on proficiency, so the two of them also experienced many failures before they successfully fished a complete layer of white pulp without holes on the bamboo curtain.

Shelley stepped forward to check the condition of this layer of slurry, and found that if it was only one layer, it was still a little thin after scalding, so he asked the two to add another layer on top of it. After confirming that this is no problem, I took off the bamboo curtain with my own hands, slowly buckled it upside down on the draining table, and the first piece of paper appeared.

Shelley pushed it out into the sun to dry, for there was only one sheet, and it was only half an hour before it dried in the sun and the wind. This step is indispensable, and there is no way to remove them one by one without first drying them to a certain extent.

If it is a pile of paper at this time, you also need to spray water mist on it several times after drying, so that it can not hurt the paper when removing the paper, and because the paper wall will be scalded again, it can be convenient to add a little humidity to stick to the wall.

Since there is only one sheet now, this step is omitted. Shelley pasted it on the hot paper wall, which was actually an iron plate heated by immersion in water, and it was the one that consumed the most iron among the things he made this time.

Although the sixth child knew that this thing was used to dry and completely shape the paper by heating. But I just don't understand why there is a water tank underneath, and then a fire is made in the fire trough below to boil water. Wouldn't it be more convenient to heat the iron plate directly?

Shelley couldn't help but roll his eyes at this question about the sixth child, and he didn't realize this problem because he was still an iron man. But she didn't laugh at him either, after all, their knowledge was limited.

"If you heat the iron plate directly, the upper limit of the temperature can not be controlled, it will be heated continuously until it is burned red, and at that time, the temperature of the iron plate may reach the high temperature of turning red, then it is not hot paper, but burning paper. The paper is almost at 130 degrees...... Well, anyway, it will burn up when the temperature reaches a certain level. Therefore, it needs to be heated by boiling water, and the water needs to constantly absorb the heat of the flame and boil, but its own temperature is constant at a temperature, so that the iron plate on it is also fixed at the same temperature, which is not enough to ignite the paper, and it is just right to dry the paper. ”

Seeing that everyone seemed to understand whether they understood or not, Shelley sighed slightly, and while tearing the hot paper off the wall, he thought about the future questions about education.

Even in the context of a society that is not well established, the status of education should not be neglected. Even a reduction in the illiteracy rate of the population would greatly contribute to the progress of society, and it would manifest itself in very noticeable ways. Therefore, when these production projects can be properly run, the construction of the school must be included in the agenda as soon as possible.

"Oh~~" Everyone watched the first piece of paper born in Shelley's hand, surprised at the same time, more shocked. They really couldn't imagine that the previous wood pulp could be so smooth, soft and flat.

Unlike everyone's exaggerated reactions, Shelley still has a lot of dissatisfaction with this paper, because the wood used is very mixed, and there is no lime in his hand at the moment, so he can't make a white paper, but a dull yellow paper color. Of course, these are easy problems to solve, so Shelley is not frustrated at all.

The paper was cut into about 15 sheets in A4 size. Then she took a quill and wrote in front of everyone.

"Listen, everybody, what I'm writing now is the contract we mentioned to you earlier, and everyone I've hired will have it, and each contract has two copies, and I'll keep the original, and you'll keep the copy. It will have both of our signatures and fingerprints. By my name, they are protected by the law as long as they are within the boundaries of my dominion. No one, including me, can break the contract, do you understand? ”

Everyone present lowered their heads and replied, "Yes!" Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Shelley used these pieces of paper to write down a contract for five people, including Lao Liu, Lao Mu, Lao Cai, Ah Su, and Vader, divided into two copies, a total of ten pieces of paper. Each contract is as she said, specifying the content of the cooperation between the two parties, the amount of remuneration, and the steps required to be taken if you want to terminate the contract.

Under her teaching, Lao Liu and Lao Mu trembled and wrote their names on it and pressed their fingerprints. Then he took the copy that belonged to them with an excited face. They never imagined that their future net worth and career would be recorded on a soft piece of paper.

"After you go back, notify Lao Cai and Ah Sew to come over and sign the contract. Remember, the contract you have is very important, and remember to keep it away. ”

Even if they don't need to be reminded by Shelley, they cherish this contract, after all, they are reluctant to stain this paper a little, and when they go back, they are all careful to leave with both hands.

After sending them away, Shelley turned around and said to Yuan Da Yuanji: "Since there is only this set of equipment now, then please trouble the two of you to make all the remaining pulp, and become skilled as soon as possible to guide the workers in the future." ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess!"

"By the way, don't do all the hard paper you just made. I think about it, oh, half of it is making the paper just now, and the other half is when it is fishing for pulp, just fish it once, and that thin paper is still needed in some places. ”

Well, yes, there are places. Anyway, Shelley really can't stand the fact that she uses leaves and water every time she goes to the toilet, woman, it's not easy to be good!