Hurgana is located at the junction of two tributaries of the Sein, not far from the slums, in a large reed swing from which the local people used to build their shacks.

The reed is an excellent raw material for papermaking, easy to obtain and easy to handle, except for the common problem of herbaceous plants: the fiber is too short, it is simply perfect, so Xia Lin has long taken a fancy to this reed.

The group pushed two flatbed trucks with small stone mills and various paper-making materials and tools to the very edge of the slum, and under the vigilant gaze of the locals, they chose a place less than half a meter from the river, and began to dig a pit with shovels in groups.

Charlin asked Wyatt to observe the work of the three groups carefully, and after a while, asked him if he had seen anything.

“…… Your Excellency Xia Lin, I have noticed that there are quite a few differences in the way the three of them work.

Roy likes to use words to encourage his teammates, and it seems that the members of their group are very motivated, but Roy is not very productive.

Adams practiced himself, he dug holes desperately, and his team members naturally worked hard.

Edmund didn't seem to be any different from the rest of the group. ”

Wyatt thought for a moment, then spoke to Xia Lin. He knew that this question was Xia Lin's test of his ability, so his attitude was quite correct.

"Well, yes, these three are the factory directors I chose to manage my industry, what do you think you would do if I asked you to manage them?"

Xia Lin nodded, and asked instead of what Wyatt had said.

“……”

"I think I'll cram a couple of my own people under their hands and have them keep an eye on these three."

Wyatt was silent for a moment and said what he thought, Xia Lin's evaluation of this was very in line with the growth background of this teenager, but he was not satisfied with this answer.

"No, as a manager, you don't need to keep an eye on your subordinates, you only need to grasp two powers, that is, financial power and personnel power, which is the most critical part of any organization."

Xia Lin shook his head and taught:

"In the future, there will be financial personnel assigned by the board of directors to supervise the financial power, and you only need to understand this aspect, be able to read the account books and find out what may be in them.

The personnel rights must be re-grasped, these three factory directors have the power to propose candidates for factory management positions at all levels, but these managers do not meet the requirements of the development of the factory, and they will be handed over to you for review in the future, and finally submitted to me for filing.

At the same time, you also have the responsibility to regularly summarize the reports of these factories and submit them to me, including the costs, expenses, profits, number and changes of employees, equipment operation, product market conditions, problems that need to be solved, etc., which are the focus of your future work. ”

"Financial and personnel rights?"

Wyatt whispered these two new terms a few times, and it dawned on him.

Indeed, the most important thing in an organization is these two powers, just as the chieftain must control the money of the tribe and the power to appoint warriors, witch doctors, and subordinate chiefs.

Thinking of this, Wyatt suddenly showed admiration to Xia Lin, who was able to explain the essence of things so clearly and clearly, his master was really a wise man.

As for the report, he also kept it in mind carefully, and after listening to Xia Lin's words, Wyatt finally figured out his role under Xia Lin.

While the two were talking, trouble quickly came to the door.

The slums are huge, so naturally there is no only gray organization of the Bronze Hand, and the place Xia Lin chose is managed by a gray organization called Fish Tooth, which will be very concerned about anyone who invades their territory.

Usually it doesn't matter if the people from the slum come here to cut some reeds, but when they saw that Xia Lin and a group of people were digging a pit here and didn't know what to do, soon a menacing man came over from the slum with a few people.

However, Roy was very clear about how to deal with these people, and when he saw that they were not good, he took the initiative to meet them, and actually dispelled his hostility in just a few words, and talked and laughed with him.

Seeing that the few people did not seem to have any covetousness for the territory of the fish tooth, after offering some copper coins, the man was coaxed away by Roy to satisfaction.

Having solved this trivial nuisance, Xia Lin also gained a better understanding of the power of gray organizations at the grassroots level in the slums.

However, in less than an hour, some local residents took the initiative to run to the gray organizations to report the news, which shows how far these organizations have controlled the slums.

This made Xia Lin a little entangled, if he didn't deal with these organizations, he couldn't use the cheap manpower and land here, but Xia Lin himself didn't have the power to deal with them, so he could only rely on those big merchants and nobles, so that in the cooperation with merchants and nobles, he had to give up more benefits.

However, even if it is better to give profits to merchants and nobles than to give profits to these gray organizations, after all, Xia Lin will make this place his base in the future, and his primary enemy is not the merchants and nobles who will not look down on it in the short term, but those deep-rooted gray organizations.

Soon three adjacent soil pits of about three or four square meters in size and more than one meter deep were dug, and these three pits were leaching tank, washing tank and slurry storage tank.

In order to keep the soil out, Xia Lin had people find stones from the river to simply build the bottom and walls of the pool, and then smeared a fine mortar of clay, lime and sand on the crevices, and then it was time to make paper.

First of all, the reeds harvested from the reeds are cut off and cut into palm-length pieces, and some bamboo used to strengthen the paper fiber is removed from the green skin and cheap wood is also smashed and cut into small pieces with a sledgehammer, and placed together in the dipping pool, mixed with plant ash water and lime and slowly stirred, and then soaked for a few days.

Xia Lin took advantage of this time to find a skilled bamboo craftsman in the city, and customized ten bamboo curtains for papermaking to him, such bamboo curtains are made of extremely fine bamboo wires criss-crossed, which can penetrate water but will not leak the pulp, and the fineness of each bamboo wire even reaches the millimeter level.

After explaining the requirements, the bamboo craftsman pondered for a while and finally gave the price of ten silver mars each.

Xia Lin was completely acceptable to such a price, and happily paid the deposit, and after receiving the deposit, the bamboo craftsman and his apprentice quickly made the bamboo curtains.

At this time, the water in the dipping pool has also turned black, and the dipping material is fished out, and when I see that the reeds and bamboo are already a little soft and white, I send them to the washing pool and introduce river water to wash them repeatedly.

Finally, the white and tender reeds, bamboo, and wood fibers are put into the small stone mill brought and ground into viscous papermaking pulp, which is mixed with water in proportion and put into the pulp storage tank to stir and mix evenly.

Pour in the rosin gum, alum water, potato starch, and a small amount of lime prepared by Xia Lin himself with pine resin and gelatin, and stir many times.

The resulting pulp in the pulp tank looks very uniform in texture and in good color.