Fu Tinghan is not familiar with papermaking, everything is still groping, but the memory is very peculiar, he felt that he was not familiar with it at first, and he would not know too much, but after he really started to do it, his memory began to roll out some related knowledge points.

The further down he looked, the more relevant points he came out, and the more he knew.

For example, at this moment, when he sees the fibers that have been soaked off the glue and have softened into a ball, he automatically knows that he can steam or hammer it to make it a little faster.

As soon as they heard that it could be steamed, the craftsmen immediately set up a cauldron and added water to it and began to burn it.

Then pick up the fiber mass in the puddle and put it in the kettle, and when the water is not so cold, start to use a wooden bench to cushion the foot, and a circle of people gather around the kettle to rub the fiber ball with their hands.

Fu Tinghan also reached out and touched the ball and rubbed it to feel the hardness of the fiber.

Feeling the impurities sticking to it, he thought for a moment.

When Zhao Hanzhang arrived, he was leading people to beat the fibers, because he was not a person who was good at work, and the clothes on his body were heavy, and the hem of his clothes was wet.

Zhao Hanzhang hurriedly stepped forward to pull him up, "The clothes are wet, what if I catch a cold?" ”

Fu Tinghan was surprised, "Why did you come here, didn't you say that you want to inspect the house and the snow?" ”

"I heard that you went out of the city, I let Chang Ning go," Zhao Hanzhang twisted the water on the hem of his clothes, his brows furrowed, "Fu An, did you bring your clothes?" ”

Fu An shook his head stunned.

Zhao Hanzhang felt that he was too undutiful, "Why are you still stunned, go back to the county seat to get it." ”

"Oh." Fu An immediately turned around and went back to the county office.

Fu Tinghan smiled: "It's not soaked, it doesn't matter." ”

"We don't have very good doctors around us, so we must be careful and careful, in this era, typhoid fever will kill people."

Fu Tinghan saw that she had a serious face, so he nodded and responded, "Okay." ”

Zhao Hanzhang looked at what they were beating and said in surprise: "This is about to turn into pulp?" ”

Fu Tinghan said: "Almost, the new lime water is very easy to use, plus steaming, impurities are removed much faster." ”

Zhao Hanzhang also rolled up his sleeves, picked up the hem of his clothes and tied them to his belt, and picked up the mallet to beat it.

With the efforts of the group, by noon, this pot of fiber asked them to whip out the pulp, but this was not over, Fu Tinghan asked them to rinse again, and the remaining impurities were removed, and then they continued to pulp.

This is very hard work, but Zhao Hanzhang has done it with relish, especially watching the entangled fiber broom, full of a sense of achievement.

In the evening, the pulp was finally beaten, and Fu Tinghan asked the craftsman to take the mat to scoop the pulp.

When Zhao Hanzhang saw it, he was eager to try, rolled up his sleeves a little higher, and said excitedly: "I'm coming, I'm coming, this is the first piece of paper, we must come in person." ”

The craftsman gave her the mat.

Zhao Hanzhang took it, spread his legs, squatted like a squatting horse, and then put it into the pulp, shook it slowly, and then picked it up at a slight angle......

She gently turned the mat so that the pulp evenly spread over the mat, and the rest flowed back into the pit from the edges.

Zhao Hanzhang asked Fu Tinghan uncertainly, "This is considered a success, right?" ”

Fu Tinghan was also not sure, pointed to the stove and said, "Put it next to it and dry quickly." ”

The two of them guarded the mat and did not move, and the craftsmen did not dare to disperse for a while.

Fu Tinghan thought for a while and said to them: "You guys are all busy, let's just watch here." ”

The temperature next to the stove was a little higher, and the pulp on the mat was slowly dried, Zhao Hanzhang was very excited when he sat on the side, and he wanted to reach out to reveal it several times, but every time he stopped Fu Tinghan's eyes.

The last time, when she felt that it was about the same, she finally couldn't help but reach out and uncover it, but when she touched it, Fu Tinghan reached out and grabbed it, and then held it tightly and didn't let go, "It's not right now, don't move it." ”

Zhao Hanzhang twitched his hand and didn't pull it out, then said, "I know, I don't move." ”

Fu Tinghan didn't seem to hear it, continued to hold her hand and didn't let it go, and told her about the legends she encountered when she went out of the city today, "...... said that he went to the banquet at the invitation of Uncle Ming, and it should be to help you promote iron pots and soy products. ”

He said: "Although Uncle Ming is always unforgiving, he is very good. ”

Zhao Hanzhang glanced down at the hand he held in the palm of his hand and looked up at him.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Fu Tinghan also looked up at her, looking innocent, "What's wrong?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang pursed his lips and smiled, no longer thinking about withdrawing his hand, but nodded and said, "You are right, Uncle Ming is the knife mouth tofu heart." ”

Fu Tinghan quietly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the palm of his other hand was a little sweaty.

The two of them sat by the stove until the paper was dry, and then carefully removed the paper from the mat.

A large piece of yellowish paper fell and was removed by the two of them, and the craftsmen all rushed up to look at it, and when they saw the formed paper, they were overjoyed, "It's done!" ”

Zhao Hanzhang also smiled and narrowed his eyes, "Yes, this shows that our method is not wrong." ”

Fu Tinghan stretched out his hand and touched the paper and said, "It's too thick, and the process can be improved." ”

But this is much easier, everything is difficult at the beginning, they have already made the first piece of paper, and the next step is to improve in various steps, with the direction, the probability of error is much smaller.

Zhao Hanzhang directly ordered, "Everyone in the workshop will be rewarded, and from tomorrow, a large amount of paper will be made." ”

The crowd responded in unison.

Zhao Hanzhang called the steward and instructed: "The raw materials that should be added to the raw materials, the continuous research that should continue to be researched, as long as you can make better paper, the first merit will be rewarded, and I will also reward all those who participate." ”

The steward was glad to respond.

Zhao Hanzhang asked about his plan.

The steward said something, Zhao Hanzhang frowned slightly, although it sounded like there was no problem, but this plan was too conservative.

Zhao Hanzhang wants to make a paper mill, not only to make paper for the county government, but also to sell out, but also to build a printing office, the steward plans to have such a little material and pit, how much can the output be?

If the output of paper can't come up, she will raise so many people here for nothing?

Why don't you just go and buy paper?

Zhao Hanzhang said directly: "Prepare some more materials and soak them in batches, didn't you prepare a large pulp pool earlier?" I don't have high requirements, just a thousand paper output per day. ”

The steward opened his mouth wide, these thousand pieces of paper are all big papers, they are going to be cut, and they will be thousands of dollars bigger by then.

But Zhao Hanzhang is still too little, she said: "When you are proficient, if you want to improve the tools, I remember that you can add bamboo curtains to the mat, make a curtain bed, and use tools to copy, and you can produce thousands of pieces of paper at a time." ”

She said, "I'll give you three months of adaptation, is that enough?" ”

The steward was in a nervous mood and responded not very confidently.

Fu Tinghan watched from the side, and waited for her to finish her command before saying: "Let's go down first, take everyone to review today's process, and divide labor tomorrow, and wait until the hands are familiar, these are not problems." ”

If the steward is pardoned, he responds in succession.

After the steward left, Fu Tinghan said: "I'll try how to make the curtain bed first, don't worry." ”

"I'm not in a hurry, it's just that there are few people I can use, and this steward is obviously not suitable for a paper mill."

Fu Tinghan also nodded, "It takes a bold and careful person to take over." ”

It's just, who is suitable?

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