Datang: I am the prince of salted fish, I impeach Li Er at the beginning

Chapter 148 The cost is a bit high, but barely acceptable
Zuo Wenhao, who was in deep thought, was interrupted by a sudden voice, and was about to get angry.

But when he turned his head, he recognized Li Zhi, and the anger on his face immediately turned into a calm expression.

Thinking of Li Zhi's question, Zuo Wenhao thought about his language a little bit, and told what happened to him.

"Xiaguan originally planned to replace the pendulum with a stone, but found that no matter what kind of stone it was, there was no way to perfectly fit the stone mortar."

"I want to polish the stone, but I find that it is extremely cumbersome, and the polished stone will crack if you are not careful, and the strength will be greatly reduced."

"So I'm thinking, what should I use instead of the pendulum?"

The complicated part of Zuo Wenhao is the machine used to crush bamboo.

The pendulum is a very important part of it, without which the value of the machine would be greatly reduced.

But now, he encountered material problems again, which made him very uncomfortable.

Li Zhi understood Zuo Wenhao's meaning. What Zuo Wenhao wanted to express was not that stones could not be used.

But although it can be used, it will inevitably increase the cost and reduce the strength when mass-producing paper machines.

This person even considered the cost. This is thinking at the level of a manager.

In order to reduce the difficulty of manufacturing, we chose to slow down the manufacturing progress.

From the overall situation, this person still has rules in his work.

Li Zhi nodded, and approached some pendulums who carefully observed the vacancy.

He asked casually: "Isn't it okay to use wood? If you use wood, what problems will arise?"

"A wooden pendulum can barely be used, but it is not powerful enough because of its lack of weight. And because the hammer is hitting wet bamboo with heavy moisture, the mallet can be easily corroded, so using a wooden mallet is not a long-term solution. " Zuo Wenhao replied calmly, telling out the defects of the wooden hammer one by one.

Li Zhi knew it. Hearing what he said, he also realized that wood is really not good.

He thought for a while and asked, "What if I use cast iron instead? A layer of animal skin is wrapped on the surface of the cast iron as a buffer, and it is also to prevent the cast iron from rusting, causing the rust to be mixed into the pulp. The two are combined together, Can this problem be solved perfectly?"

"His Royal Highness's method can indeed be used." Zuo Wenhao admitted the feasibility of this plan, but he still has some doubts: "The manufacturing process of cast iron is not mature yet, right? Besides, using animal skin is not too expensive. ?”

"You don't need to worry about the issue of cast iron. The supervisor is overcoming the difficulty of large-scale smelting in an all-round way, and I believe the results will come out soon." Li Zhi stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then said: "As for the animal skins?" ... I don't know the price of animal skins yet, but are animal skins really expensive?"

"A complete piece of wild boar skin costs about [-] Wen. If you want to use wild boar skin to cover the hammer head, a piece of wild boar skin can cover about four pendulums." Zuo Wenhao concentrated his mind and began to calculate, but he seemed to have encountered a problem. What's the problem, I'm stuck here.

Li Zhi continued, "The cost of animal skin for a pendulum is [-] Wen, which is not too expensive. Then use this plan."

At the current price, one penny can buy about 2.5 catties of rice.

In conversion, one penny is equivalent to about 4 yuan.

In other words, the cost of hides used to cover a pendulum is about 200.

To be honest, the price is quite exaggerated.

It is really not worthwhile to spend such a high cost to produce it just for a buffer effect.

But, paper machines are destined not to be mass-produced.

At least not yet.

So, be more expensive.

As long as it can be popularized, and by the way, it can meet the paper demand for a period of time, it will be enough.

As for the future, as long as the people and craftsmen use their brains, they can always find ways to improve the process of making paper machines.

Just find a better alternative at that time, and there is no need to compare every penny now.

Hearing Li Zhi's words, Zuo Wenhao didn't bother with the settlement, and nodded in agreement.

"Then the next official will do as His Highness wishes."

"Well, the buffer material is no longer a problem." Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "As for the cast iron, you go to Gong Shaojian for help. Just say that I asked you to go to him and let them study the smelting technology. , I made a pendulum by the way and said it’s urgent, we need to use it urgently.”

"Uh... there's no need to be in such a hurry, right?" Zuo Wenhao said hesitantly. He always felt that this was putting pressure on his upper body, which was not appropriate.

Hearing this, Li Zhi smiled and said: "You have already let the word out, you want to make something within five days, if you can't find the pendulum after two days, wouldn't you be breaking your promise?"

"Ah! That's what you're talking about!" Zuo Wenhao was stunned for a moment, and then smiled a little embarrassedly: "Actually, there is already a substitute. The lower official asked someone to make a stone pendulum. If it really doesn't work , you can also use stone to make do with it.”

After explaining, Zuo Wenhao continued: "Your Highness is very grateful for your consideration. I will go to discuss this matter with Gong Shaojian. Thank you for your concern."

"Well, it's good that you have a backup plan, haha, it's my king's overthinking."

Li Zhi was also afraid that his reputation would be ruined, so he said more. Since this person has already thought about what to do, there is no need to meddle in other people's business.

After finishing speaking, Li Zhi waved to Zuo Wenhao, turned and left.

"My lord is on the other side. I still have something to do. I'll leave this time. Remember to notify me when the things are finished."

Zuo Wenhao leaned over and saluted: "Your Majesty found out, I will send you off to Your Highness respectfully."

When Li Zhi left, he looked at the empty corridor and muttered to himself.

"People in the world say that His Royal Highness King Jin is approachable and easy to get along with. I thought it was just for fame."

"I didn't expect that His Highness is really willing to think about others."

"I thought it was just a play on the occasion. It turns out that I really care about the royal family at the bottom. I really have a lot of experience."

If you don't think about the problem from his standpoint, how can you let him urge the general to be a prisoner?

This is too heartwarming.

No wonder everyone said that His Royal Highness King Jin is very kind to everyone.

It seems that some of the rumors are quite reasonable.

If it was another prince, let alone thinking about problems for him, it would be good if he didn't urge his life.

Feeling that kind of sincerity, Zuo Wenhao suddenly felt a little excited?
The aloof royal family began to be approachable, does it really have such a big effect?

If not, what was the flattery that arose in his heart?

Zuo Wenhao couldn't understand it and only regarded this as the personality charm of King Jin.

(End of this chapter)