Chapter 800 Bamboo Sea [10,000 words for monthly ticket]
Boating on the stream, in the forest, wherever the majestic wind rises, a stream of bamboo fragrance comes to your nostrils, it seems that there is an indescribable fragrance of nobility.
In his previous life, Fang Jun also visited the Dazhu Sea in Anji. Even though the bamboo sea in front of him had been cut down for thousands of years, in the era where Fang Jun lived, it was still vast and prosperous, and it was still one of the broadest bamboo seas in the south of the Yangtze River.
Moreover, Jiangnan has not yet been fully developed. The sparse population has led to insufficient cultivation of mountains, rivers and swamps. Everything has maintained a thriving natural ecology, making the bamboo sea even more vast and magnificent. The giant bamboos are towering and lush. Walking among them is truly world-class. The feeling of being outside.
Lu Xiaoyu watched Fang Jun enjoy the beautiful scenery leisurely and contentedly, and wondered: "It was unknown before. It turns out that the chief manager is also an elegant man who listens to the wind and admires the moon, and has noble aspirations. I am disrespectful and disrespectful."
Fang Jun stood on the bow and laughed: "What the hell, is this a mockery of me?"
Seeing that Lu Xiao smiled foolishly and didn't answer, he didn't care much. He was not an elegant person above him. The magnificent scenery in the eyes of others, but in his eyes at this moment, it was all golden copper coins...
Fang Jun waved his hand, as if he wanted to encompass the boundless bamboo forest in front of him, and said boldly: "It's not that I look down on you, the Lu family, for guarding such a large sea of bamboo, you are reduced to poverty, really." It’s so stupid to die in the cold winter! This is all money!”
Lu Xiaoyu had a sullen look on his face and was extremely unhappy. Even if Fang Jun, as the general manager, despised and insulted the Lu family, Lu Xiaoyu would not allow it.
He said angrily: "Why are you so stupid? Could it be that your little paper-making secret recipe can bring the Lu family back to life? My Lu family also has a paper-making workshop, and I don't know how much money it can sell for it!"
It’s not surprising that Lu Xiaoyu was angry.
Bamboo is widely used nowadays. It can be used as edible bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, medicinal bamboo fruits and bamboo juice. It can also be used to make paper, houses, boats, bridges and vehicles. It is not only related to people's livelihood, but also an extremely important military material. It can also be used to build simple docks and trestles. , bamboo are excellent materials.
Compared with wood, bamboo is lighter, easier to process and use, resistant to water erosion and insect infestation, and matures faster. Although it is far inferior to wood in terms of sturdiness, it has so many advantages that it can be used as a substitute for wood in many aspects.
However, even so, it cannot change the fact that bamboo is everywhere, and it is really worthless...
With such a large area of bamboo sea, you can take whatever you want without restraint. The natural growth of the bamboo sea alone can completely replenish this consumption. Moreover, such a huge bamboo sea cannot be occupied by one family. Everyone is guarding this bamboo sea and wants to beg for food from it and compete with each other. Bamboo is naturally worthless.
Moreover, the bamboos are full of knots and grow extremely fast. Instead of benefiting from this, the villagers around the bamboo sea often suffer from it. Before the spring breeze melts away the remaining cold of winter, new bamboo shoots sprout quietly on the ground. After a spring rain, the bamboo shoots burst out of the ground and point straight to the sky. The saying "One foot of Qingming Festival, one foot of Grain Rain" is a reference to her youth. A portrait of vitality and vitality...
Not only must the bamboo be cut down, but the roots must also be dug to prevent the bamboo forest from spreading and encroaching on the limited cultivated land. As for the chopped bamboo, except for a small amount used to make various utensils, most of it is used as firewood for burning.
In this state, do you want to sell for money?
Haha...
What's more, the Lu family also has a papermaking workshop, and the bamboo paper produced is not only small in output, but also of extremely poor quality and not valuable. Therefore, the reason why Lu Xiaoyu cooperated with Fang Jun in the first place was not so much because of Fang Jun's ability to "turn stones into gold", but rather because the Lu family wanted to embrace Fang Jun and hoped that Fang Jun would be his partner. The rise of Lu family has brought benefits.
Anyway, the current situation of the Lu family is like this, no matter how bad it is, how much worse can it get?
When Fang Jun saw that Lu Xiaoyu was not convinced, he didn't say much. He smiled and continued to enjoy the beautiful scenery, thinking about how to turn this precious wealth given by nature into real copper coins...
The boat leisurely sailed down the water, turned a few bends, and a wide bay suddenly appeared in front of it.
Lu Xiaoyu held the bamboo pole and pushed the black-topped canoe to the shore. A servant had already run out from a row of houses at the foot of the mountain on the shore and tied the cable of the bow to the wooden pile on the shore.
Fang Jun jumped off the bow first, and the servant bent down to salute and said respectfully: "I have met Erlang."
According to this title, he is a servant of the Fang family.
Fang Jun said "hmm" and asked: "How is the situation? Is it going well?"
The servant smiled and said: "Don't worry, Erlang. Although bamboo was not used in our original formula, the principle is the same. After several corrections and adjustments, the paper produced is no worse than when we were in Guanzhong. I just want to To strive for excellence, it takes time to slowly understand and experiment.”
When Fang Jun agreed to cooperate with the Lu family, he transferred some of the craftsmen from the Lishan Farm papermaking workshop here to develop new bamboo paper.
Guanzhong Shaozhu, the original formula cannot be applied indiscriminately, and must be developed separately based on the basics. However, the papermaking formulas that Fang Jun knew were all based on precipitating plant fibers to make paper. It didn't matter what raw materials were used, as long as the proportions were adjusted in detail.
Bamboo fiber is tough, and bamboo paper has been produced since the Jin Dynasty.
This kind of paper made of young bamboo was once the favorite paper of Wang Xizhi and his son. Most of the original works were written on this bamboo paper. "If the two kings have authentic works, they are mostly Kuaiji vertical pattern bamboo paper, dating from the Eastern Jin Dynasty." After crossing south, it was rare to find northern paper, and most of the fathers and sons of the Youjun army were in Kuaiji. The paper was only about a foot high and half a foot long. It was mostly used by the Jin people."
From the Jin Dynasty to the present, it has been quite popular, but the craftsmanship is complicated and the output is very small. It is almost a symbol of the status of literati.
There are very rich bamboo forest resources here. The bamboo fiber is thick, flexible and smooth. There are abundant mountain spring water sources. The clear and clean mountain spring is the ideal water for paper making. The quality of the paper produced is absolutely the same.
Lu Xiaoyu walked over from behind and was surprised when he heard the servant's words: "Is it really made? How is the quality?"
It should be noted that although the art of papermaking was improved by Cai Lun during the Eastern Han Dynasty, the craftsmanship was not widely disseminated. In particular, the production process of bamboo paper was regarded as "top secret" and could not be leaked except for the core craftsmen of each family workshop. .
As soon as these craftsmen sent by Fang Jun arrived here, they occupied the papermaking workshop and drove away all the craftsmen of the Lu family. It was like "occupying a dove's nest". The Lu family was dissatisfied with this before, and some even thought that Fang Jun wanted to occupy the Lu family's papermaking workshop...
But he didn't expect that he had only been here a few days, and that he had developed a papermaking method on his own after driving away all the Lu family craftsmen.
But if it was just that, Lu Xiaoyu would naturally be dissatisfied. If they couldn't improve on quality, why would the Lu family cooperate with Fang Jun? It’s not like I can’t make it myself...
The servant smiled and said respectfully: "In reply to Lu Langjun, our Fang's Paper Mill has never been known for its quality. Our goal is to 'make paper available to everyone in the world.'"
< br>
His tone was respectful, but his expression was arrogant.
How dare a little servant speak so shamelessly in front of me?
Lu Xiaoyu laughed angrily, pointed at the servant and said: "What a joke! You are a servant in a workshop, not even a craftsman, yet you dare to talk so brazenly about 'let everyone in the world use paper'? Do you know every knife?" How much does it cost to make paper? How much does it cost to transport it to other places? What is the annual income of the people in the world? A knife of paper can be equivalent to the annual income of a small family. If he buys paper, he will not eat? "
The servant looked at Fang Jun and saw the master walking toward the workshop with a smile on his face. He did not stop himself from being rude. He knew what he was doing and followed Fang Jun. He said to Lu Xiaoyu: "That's why we use Sacrifice the quality of paper to increase paper production and thereby reduce the cost of paper. ”
Lu Xiaoyu was extremely dissatisfied with this servant. He snorted and said disdainfully: "He is really a servant of the prime minister's family. He is not afraid of showing off his words! Even if it is the worst paper, the cost is not something that ordinary farmers can afford. Otherwise, why would it have happened throughout the ages? Only a very small number of people in the world can afford books or read books?”
This time, there was no need for the servant to speak. Fang Jun already walked and said slowly: "So, making paper affordable for people all over the world is only the initial result. My ambition is to make books affordable for people all over the world!"
Lu Xiaoyu was speechless...
How arrogant and arrogant does this person have to be to be able to say such heroic words that are almost as if he is talking in his sleep?
Books are a luxury item that cannot be afforded by those with limited assets. Therefore, knowledge can only be in the hands of a few people, thus forming a family clan. If everyone in the world could afford to read, then poor families would surely rise. Where would there be any aristocratic families?
It's the end of the month, please support me with your monthly votes. If you can maintain your current position on the monthly vote list, I will be rewarded! I'll try to take a day off the day after tomorrow and type at home all day long. I'll write a few more chapters. What do you think?
(End of chapter)