After returning that day,
He found a few shops in Luoyang City that mainly sold wood.
I want to see if there are any paper mulberry trees.
Because it was impossible to buy the tree bark directly.
Nowadays, no one had discovered the use of the bark.
Fortunately, the paper mulberry tree itself was also a good building material.
Therefore, after looking for a few shops, he asked a shop that specialized in selling Qinlong logs.
It was said that only bark was needed, not wood.
The other party led him directly to the stockyard behind the shop.
He pointed at a pile of tree bark that had been cut off when he was processing the beams.
She gave him a very low price and let him take her away.
"Can you crush the tree bark? I'll pay more."
Li Tian was afraid that the Zhen family would recognize it as a paper mulberry bark.
Therefore, he insisted on spending money to fully crush the bark.
Coincidentally, the craftsman of the timber shop was not idle either.
The shopkeeper asked them to grind it and charge Li Tian a little more for the processing fee.
That evening,
Li Tian pulled a few carts of paper mulberry bark and turned the cart around a few times.
He returned to the Zhen family's business and found the manager there.
"What can I do for you, Young Master Li?"
The Zhen family's steward also recognized him and greeted him very politely.
"I hope to make a batch of Zuo Bo paper in your family's paper making workshop. I will pay the labor fee as much as it should be, and there will be additional money. However, you have to use the mulberry bark I brought.”
"That's not difficult. Young Master Li will come to pick up the goods in ten days.”
The Zhen family manager was very straightforward.
Luo Yang was the cultural center of the world. The most prosperous paper-making business was in Luo Yang.
In the future, it would take a long time to make Xuan paper, and it would take one to two months before it could be shipped.
However, the most time-consuming part was still the soaking of the raw materials.
The purpose of full soaking was to remove the protein and starch in the raw materials as much as possible, leaving only the fiber as much as possible.
This was because starch-based glycan and protein were very easy to decay and deteriorate. If they were not cleaned, it would affect the life of the paper.
The chemical properties of the fibers were much more stable. As long as they did not encounter borers, termites, or microorganisms that specialized in decomposing fibers, they did not have to be afraid.
If he omitted the step of soaking, the overall production time could be shortened by more than half, because it would not take long to crush, beat, and spread the paper.
……
After settling the order, Li Tian returned home and began to think about the " project schedule ".
It would take at least half a month for the paper to be used for printing.
In this half a month, he first needed to get a batch of wooden planks suitable for carving.
Then, he would write down the story that he wanted to promote on it and find a carpenter to carve it out.
The method of carving was to directly use the inscriptive carving, which was to carve out the part where he wrote and carve it out.
When the time came, it would be printed with white words on a black background.
The advantage of engraving was that it was convenient. There was less wood to be carved, so it was faster.
In addition, there was no need for complicated reverse molding operations. He could directly write and carve without the need for carpenters to read.
As for the future, when the engraving printing became mature, it would be better to make it into a white background with black characters.
However, there was no need to go through so much trouble in the next two years. He had to solve the problem from scratch first.
When Emperor Ling of Han passed away in the future…
He had also followed Liu Bei to find a base. The world had entered a state of hegemony, so it was not too late to climb up again.
This also prevented them from randomly climbing up technology in their early years, only to be transferred around by the imperial court after they made contributions, increasing the risk of technology being leaked!
For example, if Liu Bei returned to Youzhou, Li Tian would be able to create a few amazing technologies, train talents, and build workshops there.
However, what if the Spirit Monarch transferred Liu Bei away from Youzhou before he died because he had made contributions too quickly and was suspected by the Imperial Court?
Why don't you demolish those workshops that couldn't be moved away in Youzhou Province?
How ugly would that look?
If there are craftsmen who are not willing to move with Liu Bei,
He couldn't just kill them all.
After all, the imperial court still had prestige.
If they killed innocent people for the sake of confidentiality, they would definitely be condemned by the world.
Therefore, the safest course of action was to wait until the imperial court could no longer transfer the warlords away.
Find a base that can't be beaten by lightning and hide.
And slowly climb up those permanent technologies,
At present, he was only upgrading some of the technologies in the middle.
As long as he could get some benefits from the technology, he would be able to earn enough.
Even if it spread in the future, it would be for the benefit of all mankind.
There was no need to eat too badly and always keep it to yourself.
"I'll take half a month to dry the paper, and I'll carve the book on the wooden board at the same time. I'll start printing in 20 days…That's not too late.
It would take at least three to four days to report to the Imperial Court and have Liu Bei show his face in front of the famous people in the capital.
Based on the current efficiency of the Imperial Court, it would take at least five or six days before Liu Bei's reward was announced.
Counting the time it would take to return to Zhuo County, it would take at least seven days. That meant that he would return to Zhuo County in 12 days to lead his troops.
Even if he managed to gain some fame from Zhang Chun, it would take 15 or 20 days.
Those small news must be sent back to Luoyang and have a certain degree of fame. At least 10 more days.
That was to start selling books in a month's time…
"What I need to do now is to try my best to get familiar with the famous people in Beijing these few days."
I'd better find one who's willing to recruit me,
Within seven days, I was promoted from Jia Cong's subordinate to an official in the capital.
This way, I'll have an excuse to stay in Beijing for more than a month to handle these publicity work.
"Otherwise, I'll have to follow Qiushou back to Ye City in ten days at most."
Then I'll have to continue working for Jia Cong and won't be able to implement my plan.”
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