Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 800 Bamboo Sea

The boat is on the stream, in the forest, where the majesty rises, a scent of bamboo comes to the nostrils, it seems that there is an indescribable fragrance and nobility.

In his previous life, Fang Jun also visited Dazhuhai in Anji. Even after thousands of years of felling, the bamboo sea in front of him is still vast and thriving in the era where Fang Jun lived. It is still one of the most extensive bamboo seas in the south of the Yangtze River.

What's more, Jiangnan has not been fully developed at present, and the sparse population has led to the lack of reclamation of the mountains and rivers. Everything maintains a thriving natural ecology, which makes the bamboo sea even more vast and magnificent. The giant bamboos are towering and lush. The feeling of being out of dust.

Lu Xiaoyu looked at Fang Jun enjoying the beautiful scenery leisurely, and wondered: "I didn't know it before. It turns out that the chief executive is also a refined scholar who listens to the wind and admires the moon, and has noble interests. Disrespect and disrespect."

Fang Jun stood at the bow of the boat and laughed: "Why, is this a mockery of Benhou?"

Seeing Lu Xiao foolishly smiling and not answering, he didn't care too much, he was not a high-ranking scholar at all, and the magnificent scenery in the eyes of others, at this moment, in his eyes, were all golden copper coins...

Fang Jun waved his hand, as if he wanted to include all the boundless bamboo forest in front of him, and said boldly: "Isn't this Marquis looking down on your Lu family, guarding such a big bamboo sea, and actually reduced to the point of poverty, really' It's all money, it's all money!"

Lu Xiaoyu had a sullen expression on his face, extremely upset.Even if Fang Jun is the chief executive, Lu Xiaoyu would definitely not allow him to despise and insult the Lu family so much.

He angrily said: "Why are you so stupid? Could it be that you can bring the Lu family back to life with just a little secret papermaking recipe of yours? My Lu family also has a papermaking workshop, and it may not be possible to sell it for a lot of money!"

It's no wonder that Lu Xiaoyu was angry.

Bamboo is widely used nowadays. Edible bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots, medicinal bamboo fruit and bamboo juice can also be used to make paper, houses, boats, and bridges. They are not only related to people's livelihood, but also extremely important military supplies. Simple wharf trestles can be built. , Bamboo is an excellent material.

Compared with wood, bamboo is lighter, easier to process and use, resistant to water erosion and insects, and faster to grow into wood. 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.

But even so, it can't change the fact that bamboo is everywhere, it's really worthless...

With such a large area of ​​bamboo sea, you can take whatever you want, without restraint at all.The natural growth of the bamboo sea alone can fully supplement this consumption.Moreover, such a huge bamboo sea is naturally not something that one family can occupy. Everyone guards this bamboo sea and wants to beg for food from it. They compete with each other, and bamboo is naturally worthless.

Moreover, the bamboo joints grow horizontally and grow extremely fast. The villagers around the bamboo sea often suffer from it instead of benefiting from it.When the spring breeze has not melted away the remaining cold of the lingering winter, new bamboo shoots sprout quietly on the ground. After a spring rain, the bamboo shoots break through the ground and point directly to the sky. A portrait of energy and exuberance...

It is not only necessary to cut bamboo, but also to dig out the roots to prevent the bamboo forest from spreading and encroaching on the few cultivated fields.As for the cut bamboo, except for a small amount used to make various utensils, most of them are used as firewood for burning.

In this state, want to sell money?

Ha ha……

What's more, the Lu family also has a papermaking workshop, and the bamboo paper they produce is not only low in output, but also extremely poor in quality and worthless.Therefore, the reason why Lu Xiaoyu cooperated with Fang Jun at the beginning was not so much because of Fang Jun's ability to "turn stones into gold" in making money, but because the Lu family wanted to hug Fang Jun's thigh and hoped that Fang Jun would be able to make money. The rise of the Lu family has brought benefits.

Anyway, the current situation of the Lu family is like this, how bad can it be?
Seeing Lu Xiaoyu's dissatisfaction, Fang Jun didn't say much, continued to enjoy the beautiful scenery with a smile, thinking about how to turn this precious wealth endowed by nature into real copper coins...

The light boat went down the water leisurely, turned a few bends, and a wide river bend appeared in front of it.

Lu Xiaoyu supported the penny and propped the black awning light boat 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 at the bow of the boat to the wooden stake on the shore.

Fang Jun jumped off the bow first, and the servant bent down to salute, saying respectfully: "I have seen Erlang."

Hearing this title, he was a servant of the Fang family.

Fang Jun gave a "hmm" and asked, "How is the situation? Is it going well?"

The servant smiled and said: "Erlang, don't worry, although our original formula did not use bamboo, the principle is the same, but after several corrections and adjustments, the paper produced is no worse than when it was in Guanzhong. I just want to To keep improving, it still takes time to realize and experiment slowly.”

Fang Jun agreed to cooperate with the Lu family at the beginning, so he transferred the craftsmen from the papermaking workshop of Lishan Farm here to develop a new type of bamboo paper.

For Guanzhong Shaozhu, the original formula cannot be copied mechanically, and it needs to be developed separately on the basis.However, the papermaking formula Fang Jun knows is to use plant fibers to precipitate and make paper. It doesn't matter what kind of raw materials you use, you just need to adjust the ratio in detail.

Bamboo fibers are tough, and bamboo paper has been produced since the Jin Dynasty.

This kind of paper made of tender bamboo was once the favorite paper of Wang Xizhi's father and son. Most of the authentic works are written on this kind of bamboo paper. After the south crossing, it was rare to find northern paper, and most of the Youjun father and son were in Kuaiji. The paper was only about one foot high and half a foot long, and it was used by the Jin people, and it was so common."

From the Jin Dynasty to the present, it has been quite popular, but the craftsmanship is very complicated and the output is very small, which is almost a symbol of the status of literati.

There are very rich bamboo forest resources here, the bamboo hemp is thick, flexible and smooth; there are abundant mountain spring water sources, clear and clean mountain springs, which are ideal water for papermaking, and the quality of the paper produced is absolutely not bad.

Lu Xiaoyu came from behind, and when he heard the servant's words, he was startled: "Is it really made? How is the quality?"

It should be noted that although the art of papermaking was improved by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the craft was not widely disseminated, especially the production craft of bamboo paper was regarded as "top secret", except for the core craftsmen of each family workshop. .

The craftsmen sent by Fang Jun occupied the papermaking workshop as soon as they arrived here, and drove away all the craftsmen of the Lu family, as if they were "occupied by magpies' nests and doves".The Lu family was dissatisfied with this before, and some people even thought that Fang Jun wanted to occupy the Lu family's papermaking workshop...

Unexpectedly, it has only been a few days since he came here, and after driving away all the craftsmen of the Lu family, he developed the method of making paper by himself.

But if it's just that, Lu Xiaoyu is naturally dissatisfied. If he can't improve quality first, why should the Lu family cooperate with Fang Jun?It's not like I can't make it myself...

The servant smiled and said respectfully: "Returning to Mr. Lu, our Fang's paper factory has never been good at quality. Our goal is to 'make paper available to everyone in the world'."

The tone is respectful, but the expression is proud.

How dare a small servant dare to speak boldly in front of me?

Lu Xiaoyu laughed back angrily, pointed at the servant and said, "It's a joke! You are a servant of the workshop, not even a craftsman, so you dare to say 'let everyone in the world use paper' without shame? Do you know that every knife How much does paper cost? How much does it cost to transport it to other places? How much is the annual income of the people in the world? A knife of paper can be worth a small family’s annual income. If you buy paper, he will stop eating?"

The servant looked at Fang Jun and saw the owner walking towards the workshop with a smile on his face. He didn't stop his disrespect, so he followed Fang Jun and said to Lu Xiaoyu, "That's why we use The practice of sacrificing the quality of paper to increase the output of paper, thereby reducing the cost of paper."

Lu Xiaoyu was extremely dissatisfied with this servant, snorted, and said disdainfully: "It's really a servant of the prime minister's family, you don't have to be afraid to talk! Even if it is poor paper, the cost is not something that ordinary farmers can afford, otherwise why throughout the ages? There are only a very small number of people in the world who can afford to buy and read books?"

This time without the need for servants to speak, Fang Jun said slowly while walking: "So, making paper affordable for all people in the world is only the initial result. My ambition is to make books affordable for all people in the world!"

Lu Xiaoyu was speechless...

How arrogant and arrogant this person must be, to be able to speak such bold words that are almost dreamlike?

Books are a luxury, and non-poor and wealthy families cannot afford them, so knowledge can only be in the hands of a few people, thus forming a powerful family.If people all over the world could afford to read books, then the humble families would definitely rise up, where would there be any powerful families?

　It's the end of the month, please support my younger brother with monthly tickets. If you can maintain the current position on the monthly ticket list, my younger brother will definitely be rewarded!I will try to ask for a day off the day after tomorrow, code at home all day, and add a few more chapters, what do you think?

　
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