Farmer’s Blessed Girl

To build a paper mill, many things need to be done.

Bai Shan and Zhou Man were both busy and couldn't get away, and Yin probably couldn't be too upset, so the matter was finally handed over to Bai Erlang, and the rest helped him make ideas for details.

Zhou Man said to him, "First of all, you have to find some craftsmen, preferably those with experience in papermaking. If you don't have it, it's fine. You can do it with ingenuity, and then let them study and study according to the recipe."

Bai Shan nodded: "Think about craftsmanship here, and over there we can find a suitable place to build a workshop."

Bai Erlang: "Where can I find such a person?"

Yin He thought for a while and said, "You have to find someone you can trust, so if you are not a servant, you will have to sign a deed after finding someone."

Otherwise, it would be bad if the front foot digs things out and the back foot leaks the secret.

Bai Shan: "It can be found from the servants, and if there is one, let someone go out to find out if there is such a craftsman, and if there is one, buy it."

Zhou Man: "It's not easy. As far as I know, a craftsman with such skills will leave the original master's house for various reasons, and the court will also confiscate it, and will not sell it anymore."

In other words, it is not their turn to buy food even if they go out.

Mingda, who has not spoken, said, "I'll find a way."

Everyone looked at her together.

Mingda said, "I can ask for some slaves and craftsmen from the bookstore with my father." With the ready-made manpower, even the formula is ready-made, so there is no need to think about it.

So she said, "Once the place is set, the paper mill can be built."

Bai Shan and Zhou Man thought of their previous plans, and praised: "Then I will trouble Princess Mingda, but I will wait for the recipe to be researched before building a workshop."

Mingda heard something and asked curiously, "Do you have a recipe? How does it compare to the existing paper?"

Bai Shandao: "There are two recipes, one of which is said to be slightly worse than the current rough paper, and the other is similar to the current fine paper, maybe a little better."

Mingda hesitated for a moment and then said: "I can ask my father and father more craftsmen who are good at making paper, so that we can make paper of the same quality as the bookstore."

Bai Shan shook his head and said, "Princess, our purpose is to make the paper cheaper, so we don't need the original recipe from the bookstore. The recipes that Man Bao and I have are cheaper."

Mingda finally understood, and after pondering for a while, he said, "It would be inconvenient to ask for someone with the royal father."

Bai Shan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is willing to give people, that is His Majesty's kindness to the princess. As for the recipes in the paper mill, it is nothing to pass on to His Majesty."

At this stage, they only intend to make these two kinds of paper, which are cheap and easy to promote. He and Man Bao originally planned to give this recipe to His Majesty and the Crown Prince.

Of course, that's for the future.

When this recipe is sent out in the future, the paper mills can also train their own craftsmen, and then choose a few better ones, and start over with the precious paper recipes.

For them, the difficulty in building a paper mill has never been money and raw materials, but has always been craftsmen and recipes.

And now they don't lack recipes, they just lack people.

Mingda immediately wrote a letter to the emperor to ask for someone.

When the emperor received the letter, he instructed Gu Zhong without thinking, "Select some craftsmen and servants who can make paper from the bookstore in the palace and send them to Qingzhou."

He thought about it and felt that this was not enough, so he simply said: "I remember that there is a Dongxi Bookstore in the capital? Let's record the West Bookstore under Mingda's name."

The former is fine, the latter...

Gu Zhong couldn't help but said, "Would Your Majesty discuss this matter with the Empress?"

In fact, what Gu Zhong wanted to say was whether he should discuss with the courtiers, but he was temporarily changed to a queen.

The emperor thought about it, and went into the harem to find the queen during the noon break.

The queen asked for Mingda's letter as soon as she heard it. After reading it, she refused for Mingda, saying: "If your majesty loves Mingda, give her some people and let her make paper by herself. Although the bookstore is the property of the royal family, it has always been for the world. How can students print books and hand them over to a princess?"

"What's the point of just making paper? The most precious thing in the bookstore is the engraving. If a new store wants to accumulate this kind of accumulation, it won't be possible without a few decades." The emperor said: "I have a ready-made bookstore, why give her one? Prince won't mind either."

Queen: "...But Mingda didn't want to set up a bookstore, she wanted to do a paper workshop."

"How much does a piece of paper make?" the emperor said: "The most profitable thing is printing books."

The queen looked at Mingda's letter again and said to the emperor, "Although I don't know why Mingda built a paper workshop, I know that this must not be for making money."

Known daughter Mo Ruomu, Mingda has lived a rich and noble life since she was a child, but she is not extravagant. She is broad-minded, and she is not a person who loves money, so she will never build a paper workshop just for money.

And what she wants more money is the way, why bother to build a paper workshop?

After receiving the letter, the queen said, "Your Majesty might as well send a letter and ask her why she wants to build a paper workshop. If she is not interested in the bookstore, His Majesty's sending her is just a burden to her."

She knew where the emperor's seven inches was, and said directly: "If it's for money, what if we give her money directly? Will our daughter still be short of money?"

The emperor felt that what the empress said was reasonable, so he said: "Okay, I will write to her and ask her. But since she wants someone, let's send her some people first."

The Queen did not object to this.

Bookstore...

It is said that it is the industry of the royal family, but it is not really.

Because the books printed by the bookstore are to be sent to Guozijian, Hanlin Academy, Chongwenguan, and even local bookstores and Fuxue County Schools, it is of great importance;

The reason why the emperor so brazenly said that the bookstore is the royal family's property is because the money earned by the bookstore goes to the emperor's private treasury.

The empress can be sure that if the emperor said that the Western Bookstore was recorded under Mingda's name, the ministers in the court would definitely tear the bookstore under the name of the court.

This must not be a good thing for the royal family, and the queen does not want to make such a dispute.

But she also loves her daughter. The bookstore can't give it away, but people can give it away. The big deal is that she builds one by herself.

Even if she not only wants to build a paper workshop, but also wants to print and sell books, it is not impossible to send some carving craftsmen back, or even send her some engraving plates.

This kind of thing can be done in private, but it would be too eye-catching to send an entire bookstore in one go.

The queen persuaded the emperor, and the emperor temporarily ignored this matter, but couldn't help but wonder, "Strange, isn't Mingda raising a baby at this time? Why do you think of building a paper workshop?"

He frowned again, "Haven't the people I sent to Qingzhou yet?"

Gu Zhong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, they have a lot of people and a lot of luggage, and their journey is naturally slow. It is not like sending a letter. They can reach the capital in a few days."

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