Several people went to Bai Chen's house together, and she was looking at the clay pot in front of her in thought.

The room was littered with bottles and jars, slabs and wood chips with words written all over them.

Since the suspension of papermaking, various wood chips have been made for recording. Compared to slate, it is lighter and easier to use.

Hua Min quietly walked behind Bai Chen and shouted at her.

Bai Chen was taken aback, looked up and saw them, and said in surprise: "Why are you all here?" ”

"Let's see what you're busy with, what's in this jar, why are you looking at it in a daze?" Hua Mintou stretched out his head to look at the jar, "What the hell, it smells sour, but it looks white and yellow." ”

As he spoke, he reached out to pick up the jar.

Bai Chen hurriedly said, "Don't move." ”

"What's so precious?" Hua Min retracted her hand.

The others also looked at the jar, and it was rare to see Bai Chen so excited, what was in the jar.

"It's the slurry for papermaking, so I'll show you the newly made paper first."

Bai Chen got up, took out something from under the table, and unfolded it on the countertop.

The yellowed paper is very different from the original straw paper. Thick and hard, there are no holes in the paper, and there are no traces of grass stems and leaves.

Lin Yan ran to him excitedly, and touched it carefully, "It's thick and slippery." Although there are still some slight bumps, great progress has been made. Have you tried it, can you write with a pen? ”

Bai Chen nodded, "I've tried, charcoal can write, but it will be smudged with ink." The paper was too thick, and there was too much slurry brushed, so I remixed the slurry to make it thinner. The pressure is still not enough, so it is not so smooth and delicate. Inside the jar is the freshly brewed slurry. ”

The others also reached out to touch it, and Shi Zhi said: "This is paper, it can be regarded as a success." ”

Lin Yan said affirmatively: "It must have been a success." Compared with straw paper, it is white and bright, and it is much smoother and more delicate. A little bit of refinement will work. ”

This is really great news, originally she thought that it would take a long time to make paper, but she didn't expect Bai Chen to bring such a big surprise.

For the next few days, Lin Yan spent the next few days in the laboratory, making paper with Bai Chen.

Shi Zhi: They are busy making looms.

On September 29, the temperature dropped, the cold air hit, and the cold season of the third year of the solar era came.

In just two or three days, heaven and earth suddenly changed clothes.

Lin Yan was tightly wrapped every day, wearing two layers of linen clothes inside and a thick leather coat outside, and went back and forth between his home and the laboratory in the cold wind.

At that time, when the laboratory was built, it was considered that it was too cold in the cold season, and the pipes were designed in the house, and the fire was burned on one side, and the smoke came out along the passage, and the house was not too cold.

A few more braziers will not affect the test at all.

This cold season, every family is busy, and they are no longer as immobile as before.

The smelter and kiln plant did not stop working, and the furnace furnace was burning inside, which was perfect for working in the cold season.

The second shipment of refined iron and ore has already been put into the smelter. In the cold season, there is no need to go out hunting, and most of the young and strong people go to work in the smelter to earn money.

The rest of the old, weak, sick and disabled also have their own things to do at home, and they are busy spinning and weaving clothes.

Except for the particularly small dolls, the older children are all in school.

With last year's experience, people have stocked up on food for the cold season, and each family has a considerable number of pikas, as well as air-dried meat, hairy chestnuts, wild eggs, etc.

There is surplus food at home, and you can go to work in the factory to earn money in the cold season.

Time passed quickly, and after Lin Yan and Bai Chen finally made a usable paper, the cold season had come to an end.

After many experiments, they added chestnut powder, hemp seed oil, grease and other materials to the slurry, and finally made a barely usable paper.

Although it did not meet Lin Yan's expectations, writing was no longer a problem.

It is very lightly smudged with ink, and can be written for records or bound into a book.

Shi Zhi, Ye Cong and Hong Ling also made a prototype of the loom, which can be popularized and used.

The cold season was a success, and in the last few days, everyone went home to rest contentedly.

On January 2, the fourth year of the solar era, the temperature rises and the new year begins.

The papermaking was handed over to Bai Chen, and the loom was in charge of Hongling.

Shi Zhi and Ye Cong devoted themselves to new research and development of wood products.

The three of them consulted with Bai Chen, the minister of industry, and set up a carpentry factory to make spinning machines, looms, and all kinds of furniture.

Mushi is a member of the carpentry factory, and has made a batch of wooden furniture in the cold season, and installed wooden doors for many people.

Lin Yan didn't care about anything else, she plunged into her own field, planted wheat seeds, and observed every day.

Last year, Hua Bonus opened two acres of new land by himself, which was connected to the original land.

After the cold season, Hua Hong was also busy in the field, cleaning up the weeds and roots, sprinkling the seeds, green onions and leeks, feeling that a few acres of land were still too little.

Other families are also like their families, carrying their heads to farm.

Most of the families have opened a few acres of land and planted flax and chestnuts, fruit trees, etc.

Last year, I saw the income of ramie, and many people are secretly looking forward to the cold season coming to an end, and more land must be opened this year.

People who didn't open up the wasteland last year are also secretly regretting, and they are all holding back their energy and waiting for the arrival of the new year.

Smelters and kilns are good places to make money, but the number of people you need is limited, so you can't just go and work if you want to.

The rest of the people naturally had to find another way to earn money, and farming became a good choice.

Especially seeing Hua Hong's hard work every day, more people seem to have noticed something, and it will definitely not be wrong to follow her family.

So, at the dawn of the fourth year of the solar era, the pika plains were full of people, digging and working in the ground, cutting down trees, and it was a fiery scene.

When Lin Yan buried the wheat seeds in the ground, she found that the north side of her home had been demarcated.

It is a member of the Minglan family, who is bright and leads the family to open up the wasteland.

He happily said to Lin Yan: "In the future, the land of our two families will be next to each other, if there is anything you need help with, you can just tell me." I have a lot of people in my family, and I work fast. ”

Compared with the two members of the Hua Hong family, the Ming family is indeed a big family. There were twenty-one people, and there were ten little dolls under the age of ten.

Minglan is the head of the family, there is a sister Mingxiang, the second generation is the bright generation, there are three adult women and four men. There is enough labor at home.

Stunned by the bright and bright smiling face, Lin Yan hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll look for you if you need it." How much wasteland are you going to open up? ”

Mingliang pointed to the north, "That piece is ready to be opened, there are about six acres of land." Today, I will circle the land first, for fear that someone will occupy it first. In the past few days, many families have been enclosing land, and the edge of your land is in demand. ”

"All in the enclosure?" Lin Yan was shocked, "My house is a little far away from the street, and it has already been circled here." ”

(End of chapter)