Da Qin: Many children, many blessings, create a long-lasting family

The first piece of paper in chapter five is born, and the bookstore is ready to open

Ye Xuan bought a simple workshop near the water source as a paper workshop and placed the craftsmen there.

The raw materials were gathered together, and Ye Xuan's development of how to make paper began.

Although he knows the general papermaking methods and steps, there are still some details that need to be practiced.

The first is to dry the bark.

Days of scorching sun exposure dry the bark.

Then throw the bark into live water and soak for about a week to allow the bark to soften fully.

Put the softened bark and grass ash together in a large pot and boil.

Fiery charcoal burned under the cauldron, and the water in the cauldron quickly boiled.

"Knock knock. "

The steaming heat rushed towards Ye Xuan, who was stirring the bark and grass ash above, and Ye Xuan was steamed and sweaty.

The craftsmen and servants looked puzzled.

"It's strange that the bark is both sunburned and boiled. "

"Do you want to boil the bark to eat?"

The craftsmen looked at Ye Xuan like they were looking at a witch who was boiling a crucible.

The eyes are full of weirdness and novelty.

They felt that Ye Xuan's attempt to make the "paper" in his mouth that was as light as silk cloth to transcribe and carry was completely joking.

What kind of paper can this method really make

?

"Just boil like this, call me in six hours." "

Ye Xuan ordered.

He estimated that cooking for twelve hours should degum the plant fibers.

"Yes. "

Servants and craftsmen answered.

Twelve hours later.

Ye Xuan returned to check the situation of the bark, which had mostly been softened and degummed.

He washed the bark stained with grass and ash, which had a pale white color.

Then he began to hammer the bark.

After beating to dry the excess water, cut into small pieces.

Continue to beat the cut bark with a giant hammer to break the bark fibers apart.

"Boom!!"

Keep banging.

A dull sound came.

After hundreds of times, Ye Xuan's hands were sore.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and glanced at the bark.

Not enough.

It needs to continue.

"Let's do it. "

The craftsman stepped forward to take over the coolie.

Ye Xuan handed over the giant hammer in his hand.

The knock project continues.

After thousands of times.

Ye Xuan asked the craftsman to stop knocking and twisted the bark with his fingers.

"It should be fine. "

"The next step is copying. "

Ye Xuan engraved the previous detailed steps on the bamboo tablet before continuing with the next steps.

He placed the broken bark in a large wooden basin, stirred it up, and poured in the green wood ginger leaf juice.

The two are stirred well, and the water is almost integrated, like thick pulp water.

Ye Xuan scooped up the pulp with a mat.

A thin sheet of pulp covered the mat.

"It worked!"

"Then wait for the sun to dry. "

The sun directly basked on the thin layer of pulp, and soon this layer of pulp was dried and solidified, with some impurities, dark yellow and some rough paper.

The craftsmen and servants surrounded Ye Xuan, looking at the paper in Ye Xuan's hand, amazed.

"That's paper. "

"I didn't expect that after a series of boiling, it was amazing that it was made into this thing. "

The crowd was talking.

Ye Xuan's face also brought joy.

Finally made!

This is probably the first piece of paper in the world!

"Later, you can transcribe the text of a book on paper, or record the text. "

"Bring me my pen. "

Ye Xuan ordered the servants.

The servant quickly brought the brush.

The brushes of the Qin Dynasty were synthesized from bamboo pipes and beast mo.

One end of the barrel is cut into a cavity, and the beast is made into a solid pen tip and incorporated into the cavity.

The pen case and capillary tube are the same length, and the brush is placed in the pen case and then glued securely.

This is "Qin Pen".

Ye Xuan dipped the brush in ink and then wrote on the paper.

The craftsmen and servants watched with wide eyes.

The dark ink ran down the brush and stained the paper little by little.

Horizontal and vertical skimming.

The word "paper" appears.

The craftsmen and servants were full of amazement.

Really can record text!

In this way, as Ye Xuan said, you can use "paper" to record and transcribe excerpts.

In the future, there will be no need to use the heavy bamboo and wood simplex.

You know, like Qin Shi Huang's daily approval folds, it can reach one hundred and twenty stones, that is, more than thirty catties!

!

If you change to paper to write the folds, the weight of the folds will be greatly reduced.

At least the palace people don't have to work so hard.

Ye Xuan engraved all the steps and some details of the manufacturing onto the wooden tablet, and then began to let the craftsmen make paper in batches.

Paper is produced quickly.

Ye Xuan bound these papers into a book.

A wordless book took shape.

He then asked someone to transcribe the texts in the texts.

Made into the first books.

Dense, neatly and orderly words are strewn all over the paper.

Ye Xuan looked at it and nodded.

In the future, there will be no need to hold the heavy, heavy and many bamboo Jane to read the text.

Paper books are easy to read and disseminate, easy to write and carry, and relatively inexpensive.

Ye Xuan had already begun to plan to open a bookstore.

"If I had opened a bookstore, it would have been the first bookstore in the world. "

He muttered.

The purpose of opening the bookstore is to widely disseminate literal knowledge for the reading of children and some people who cannot afford to buy books.

The main thing is to increase prestige and influence.

Of course, wanting to read a book is not free.

After all, if the books are old and damaged, it is also part of the cost, plus the clerks who need to manage these books.

Free is impossible to be free.

However, the price of reading books is several times or dozens of times lower than the price of buying books, and readers can transcribe and excerpt the content of books, which is already quite cheap for them and greatly convenient for them.

In ancient times, it was extremely rare to be able to read books for a small price.

After all, ancient books are very expensive, and good books fall into the hands of wealthy families and upper-class aristocrats.

Even copied books are difficult for ordinary readers to obtain, let alone read.

If Ye Xuan opened a bookstore, it would be greatly convenient for readers.

And Ye Xuan can also make profits, maintain the business in the store, and make up for the cost of papermaking manpower and material resources.

Win-win for both parties.

Why not?

With Ye Xuan's current financial and material resources, if he did a loss-making transaction and made paper copies for people to watch for free, I am afraid that he would go bankrupt before long.

As for expanding the scale, it is even more impossible with Ye Xuan's financial and material resources now.

Ye Xuan estimated the cost of opening a bookstore, the cost of hiring clerks and store managers, the cost of transcribing excerpts on books, and so on.

"The store manager can choose the henchman servant in the house, which is more reassuring. "

"The clerks are free to hire reliable civilians. "

"The address chosen by the store should be a more lively place, a place with a lot of readers..."

Soon, Ye Xuan was ready to open a series of stores.

A shop was set up in the downtown market.

The number of books transcribed and copied, in the hundreds.

The store manager and store staff have been selected.

The next step is to open the store.