"Walter mom messing with Fack?"

"What the hell is this?"

In the courtyard, Fusu forced a smile.

Cao Xiu looked at Hu Hai and was angry.

"That's what you do?"

"I did what you told me to do!"

Hu Hai is also vibrant.

Qin Shi Huang stood beside him, looked at the dirty clothes piled up, and played with the taste: "Xiu'er is really famous this time. The whole Peixian County knows that you are a friend of widows, and you like to collect women's profane clothes, and even widows do not let go, and they all say that you are a profane woman. ”

"I'm !!"

Cao Xiu hated it so much that her teeth were itching.

This TM is all to blame on Widow Cao!

At that time, Hu Hai collected rags, but she also took out the obscene clothes that were worn out, and she didn't accept the money, saying that it was all her heart. Hu Hai, the rabbit cub, is also a tendon, and when he receives the dirty clothes, he stuffs them at the bottom, and he has to put them on the top.

When other women saw him and asked him, he also confidently said that it was all Cao Xiu's order, and this profane clothes were specially prepared for Cao Xiu by the mind of Cao's widow.

？？？

As a result, the entire Pei County was fried.

"By the way, what does Cao Jun want to do with his clothes?"

"Whoever mentions the clothes again, I cut whom!"

"I'm in a hurry, Cao Jun is in a hurry."

“……”

Cao Xiu didn't bother to take care of them anymore, and waved his hand: "Old Zhou, you put these away and transport them to my righteous brother Xiao He's newly created workshop." The craftsmen should have arrived and could be up and running today. ”

"Yui!"

Zhou Bo is a normal person.

Hu Hai pouted beside him, "Xiu'er can't lie to me." You said it was funny, but you tricked me into buying you dirty clothes outside? ”

"Don't worry, let's go over now."

"Go together, go together!"

Qin Shi Huang was also eager to try.

Everything Cao Xiu does has a purpose.

Today, I suddenly have to break through the fishing nets and the rags, probably for papermaking. These are useless and discarded things, in Xianyang, some of the ministers and concubines of the noble mansion wear silk and satin, and the clothes made of kudzu linen can only be worn by the head of Qian. As for the rotten cloth heads, they are all kept by poor households in Luzuo.

Therefore, Qin Shi Huang was also interested.

He wanted to know, how did Cao Xiu turn waste into treasure?

"So I'll go in an ox cart." Cao Xiu looked at the rest of the people again, "You follow behind, and walk over by yourself." ”

"This ...... Not suitable, right? ”

Fusu couldn't help but speak.

"Hey, you don't seem to be very good." Cao Xiu patted his head, "In this way, Ah Zheng's little pig still has Pu to get on the car." As for Xiao Su, you can go by yourself. ”

"Why?!"

"How old are you?"

"I ......"

Fusu cried completely.

"Cao Jun, don't you have a horse?"

"You don't have a mother!"

"I'm talking about horses, but I can't do horses."

"Oh, that's true."

Cao Xiu has always adhered to the principle of preferring shortage to abundance, his previous title and official position were not enough, even if he spent money to buy a horse, he could only be a bantam horse, and he would be a dwarf when he rode out.

In addition, he can't ride a horse, so he can only take a carriage when he buys it, and it is better to take an ox cart. After all, raising cattle is much cheaper than raising horses, and you can plow the land in addition to driving a cart.

"It's just two steps, can't you walk?"

"Walk ......"

The emperor spoke, and Fusu immediately nodded.

"That's it, let's go!"

……

……

Ten miles south of Surabaya.

Smoke curls and fills the air with a pungent smell.

Not far from the Wangling Salt Workshop, there is also a private residence of the Xiao family. Externally, it is a mansion, but in fact, it is also a workshop. Construction began a few days ago, but now it is made of bamboo, not kudzu hemp.

These bamboos are all carefully selected by Cao Xiu and soaked in the pond for hundreds of days. After taking it out, it is immediately vigorously hammered to remove the green shell and bamboo bark in order to soften the bamboo.

"Big brother, righteous brother, you came so early."

"Haha, I'm waiting for you."

Cao Shen stroked his beard and smiled heartily.

"Today is the first experiment, so naturally we have to come here and watch it in advance. Now that you've arrived, check it from beginning to end. If there is no problem, follow these steps in future to make paper. ”

"Done."

Cao Shen looked at Fusu and the others.

"These people, too?"

"It doesn't matter."

Cao Xiu smiled and waved.

Either you don't do it, or if you want to do it, it's a big deal, and it will definitely attract the attention of many nobles and heroes. In the end, it is very likely to develop into a government business, and it is not allowed to be privately built without permission. Besides, he was ready to hand it over to the Qin State in exchange for a knighthood and official position, so naturally there was no need to hide it.

Besides, Su Zidu is an outsider here. This guy's test is still in his hands, and there is nowhere to run if he wants to. As for Li Hai, this guy doesn't look down on him at all. In his eyes, tens of thousands of dollars are all small money.

"Xiao Su, you will write down everything I said later, and then organize it into a book and give it to Cao'er to transcribe."

“……”

Fusu gasped, his back wet with sweat. It was a full dozen miles, and he had just come over. Cao Xiu didn't use him to death, he used it to death!

No way, he's the best fit here. The handwriting is good-looking, not to mention, but also fast and accurate, quite the style of Taishi shorthand.

Cao Xiu walked in front and said as he walked.

"Today is the firing test, so I use the most cumbersome bamboo. The so-called paper, in fact, you can understand it as silk, but through means to make it more fine. Bamboo paper is more cumbersome to make, but the quality is also better. Like mulberry, hemp skin and even straw can be, and the cost is almost the same. ”

Fusu held the bamboo slip and quickly picked up the pen to record.

"So that's ...... Qin Shi Huang suddenly realized, "so you soaked bamboo in the pond to make paper?" Just like making linen, it will also be soaked in hemp and degummed first? ”

"Clever!" Cao Xiu nodded approvingly, "Add chicken legs to Ah Zheng tonight!" Little pig, you also look at Ren Azheng. Aren't you ashamed that he is younger than you, but knows more than you? ”

You're right!

Hu Hai lowered his head and didn't refute.

His father knew a lot more about nature than he did.

"If you make paper from hemp, is it possible to degum?"

"Yes, of course."

"Isn't that similar to making cloth?"

"The front is similar, but the back is different."

Qin Shi Huang frowned slightly.

Now, he probably understood something in his mind. For example, hemp paper may be similar to Mai. And Mai can also be used for writing, like when a soldier was seriously injured on the battlefield before, he simply tore Mai open and wrote it in blood.

"And after that?"

Qin Shi Huang couldn't help but ask. He is notoriously impatient, and he will never drag on for half an hour if he can finish it in three seconds.

"Come on, this is it."

Cao Xiu stopped.

In front of him was a large stove, and someone below was in charge of watching the fire, and someone next to him was blowing the wind with a gong. Huge wooden barrels were placed on the stove, and from time to time someone poured lime into it with the help of a wooden ladder, and then stirred it with bamboo poles.

"This ...... This is? ”

"The essence of the second step of papermaking lies in one word: boil!"