Take the mall to Datang

Looking at it a few days later, Yuan Shan didn't even think that the "First Floor" became popular, but it was only because of its fame, and there was no operating profit at all, which is really unexpected.

Chapter 376 Papermaking

The first floor of Chang'an is now the place where the princes gather when they have nothing to do. Only the restaurant on the first floor has a decent daily turnover. Consumption on the first floor is mainly to save face.

No one dislikes the magnificent decoration style and palace-style thoughtful service, and the degree of freedom here is very high, and you can satisfy any special service you want, but the income-expenditure ratio is really too high, mainly because there are a group of people who don't like it. The guy who spends money is the most difficult thing to deal with. There is no way anyone can let this restaurant belong to Li Chengqian, and those shareholders will pay their bills at the end of the year. At that time, there may be no dividends for them, or they may be They owe the restaurant a lot of money.

As one of the shareholders, he is still obliged to remind the prince, but it is definitely not the most enjoyable time for the prince and others to play. There will always be a process of adapting to new things.

In Yuanjiazhuang, Yuan Shan was studying his screen printing in his study, from paint to plate making. After several trials, he found that the rice paper of the Tang Dynasty was too thin to be used in plate making. Oil paper was the most suitable. In the first experiment, the most primitive screen printing was completed. The current situation is that the screen printing can only print some larger characters, and things that are too delicate are still unable to be completed.

Yuan Shan has nothing to do now. After all, printing is a technology. It is fine to print big characters. If you want to use this to print books, this is the problem.

"It still doesn't work, it's no different from directly painting with stencils." Yuan Shan put the screen frame in his hand on the table, and there were already a lot of ink-stained paper on the ground.

After a failed attempt, Yuanshan decided to use movable type printing first. Although it is more troublesome to make plates, it is much more practical than the current screen printing.

The other is the demand for paper. Those students in the medical school use thousands of sheets of rice paper every day. Datang rice paper is very expensive, so Yuan Shan has been researching papermaking since September.

The paper-making workshop needs a place with water, and Yuanjia Manor is actually just right, but considering the pollution problem, I found the lowest place along the river to start building the workshop, and the construction progress was fast after a few days.

While building the workshop, I took advantage of this time to teach papermaking techniques to Craftsman Yang and others, starting from the selection of raw materials, mixing, drying, etc. to Craftsman Yang.

"Yuanshan, I haven't seen you at dinner these days. Where are you going?" Li Xiuning asked.

"What a coincidence, shouldn't you be in the women's workshop at this time." Yuan Shan said.

"I'm just passing by. Do you have any unreliable secrets? You haven't been home these days. Tell me what's going on." Li Xiuning asked curiously.

"It's okay, you're overthinking." Yuan Shan said casually.

"Are you really all right? Why don't you go out together if I'm all right today?" Li Xiuning said.

"It's inconvenient, Your Highness should stay here." Saying that, Yuan Shan turned around and left, ignoring Li Xiuning at all.

In the past few months, these two people are not too familiar, and Yuan Shan found that Li Xiuning seems to have no interest in pharmaceuticals recently and started playing with sewing machines. The princess's curiosity is not ordinary, it has been a month and she has no interest at all. reduce.

If he wants to take Li Xiuning to the paper-making workshop, maybe she will tell the story, and the paper-making technology will definitely be leaked. He doesn't like this. Those who do research must grasp the core competitiveness. How technology is still developing.

As soon as Yuan Shan arrived at the paper-making workshop, he saw Craftsman Yang running out with a piece of paper and said, "The paper is out, the paper is out."

"Come on, let me take a look, this paper is very thin and has some flexibility, very good." Yuan Shan said.

"Master, this paper is too thin, the ink will be written on it in one piece." Craftsman Yang said.

"What do you know, this paper is not for writing, this kind of paper needs to be mass-produced." Yuan Shan said.

"Master." Craftsman Yang said immediately.

"Come here, tell you what this paper is for..." Yuan Shan called Yang Wu to his side and whispered.

Yang Wu knew that this was used for toilet paper, and he didn’t say anything else. People in Tang Dynasty don’t have toilet chips yet, and all they use are bamboo chips, small sticks, or stones, stones, or plant leaves. Anyway, they are so environmentally friendly. Can't look directly.

For nobles, it may be more advanced, and things like silk may be used, but this is a small number of people after all.

"Everyone has worked hard, don't stop and continue production, I will give you bonuses this month." Yuan Shan said with a smile.

"Thank you, young master." Everyone was very happy.

The beating work is the most laborious and time-consuming. Yuan Shan thought about using a steam engine mixer to replace it. It just so happened that the Military Supervision sent a few more boilers to be used this month.

But Yuanshan knew that it would take a while to make a steam mixer, because Lu Tiejiang was now dealing with the bearing factory, and the final factory site was determined by Yuanshan to be in the back hill of Yuanjiazhuang. It took more than a month, and now the factory building is under construction, and ten sets of steam equipment have been installed there.

Blacksmith Lu is not only in charge of the bearing factory, but also the new blacksmith workshop. Now the Yuan family is recruiting blacksmiths with mature skills. Thousands of people work.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a blacksmith, as long as you are in good health, you can apply for the job. After you finish the Yuanjia blacksmith training, you can enjoy the high salary of a blacksmith as long as you sign a work contract.

For this reason, Yuan Shan had to go to the Military Weapons Supervision. With the current demand for steam engines, the [-] boilers ordered by the Military Weapons Supervision were not enough. The bearing factory needed [-] boilers, and there were also various machine tool projects. There are more boilers, so you don't have to go to the papermaking room and go to the military supervision.

"Yuan Shilang, you are not mistaken, it will cost a lot of money to order fifty boilers." Xin Liangchou said in surprise.

"Technology is the primary productive force. With these boilers, I can do more things. How can Xin Zhengjian accept this business?" Yuan Shan asked directly.

Xin Liangchou hesitated at the beginning before saying: "Go."

"It is estimated that these fifty boilers will be completed in March next year." Xin Liangchou said.

Yuan Shan thought about it for a while, the production speed is quite fast, but it is not the fastest. Yuan Shan still knows a little about the productivity of the Military Weapons Supervision, which shows that the Military Weapons Supervision is also involved in other production projects, so he said: "It can .”

Then the two of them discussed the price. The central boilers that Yuanshan ordered were all central boilers, which cost a lot of iron, and Xin Liangchou was very honorable to agree. You should know that the annual output of iron in Datang is only much, and most of them are used to make weapons. If it weren't for the prince's high iron ore output and iron-made boilers, it would be wishful thinking.

Chapter 377

While Yuan Shan was thinking about how to make more steam engines, Li Shimin in the Hall of Xiande was reading a book of Chinese pinyin carefully. This book was the manuscript copied by Yu Jingming from Yuan Shan. It was still presented by Yu Shinan himself.

Now is not the time to go to court, but Li Shimin also invited several ministers, such as Fang Du, Changsun Wuji, Yu Wenshi and others, to discuss this important matter.

Li Shimin put down the book in his hand, and said: "This Yuan Shan can think of using weird things to mark the text, which is convenient for learning the text. Even if you don't master too many Chinese characters, you can use this pinyin to replace it." Wonderful."

"It's a pity that such a talented person suffers from brain disease." Li Shimin said with emotion.

"Your Majesty, right now the imperial court is in need of talents, and they should be given special treatment. Didn't Minister Yuan do a good job in the Ministry of War?" Du Ruhui said.

The Beiya army trained by Yuan Shan and Yuchi Baolin was almost the strongest among the guards, and they also mastered the tactics of new firearms. The training plan was all formulated by Yuan Shan.

"According to Mr. Du, Yuan Shilang not only has excellent military skills, but if he is sent to the southern border of the Tang Dynasty, the southern part of the Tang Dynasty will be safe forever." Yu Wenshi said.

"Yuwen Shiji, what do you mean by that?" Du Ruhui stood up and said.

"Since Datang has such talents with both civil and military skills, it is of course necessary to reuse them. Lingnan's water, soil, and people's wisdom are not yet civilized. Sending Yuan Shilang to let him develop well. Isn't he very good at business? What's wrong with giving him a place to show his fists? Sure." Yuwen and Shidao.

Du Ruhui had nothing to say, the situation in a place like Lingnan is very clear to everyone, barbarians and poverty are the current status of the locality, and it is really difficult to change the road.

"Your Majesty, the various states have reported that Feng An, the chief of Lingnan, has the intention of rebelling. At this time, Yuan Shilang can be appointed as a special subject to counter the rebellion." Yu Wenshi said.

"Yuwen Shiji, Feng An's matter has not been confirmed, so don't talk nonsense." Du Ruhui immediately retorted.

Everyone can see that this Yuwen Shiji seems to be mainly targeting Yuan Shan today. I don’t know why he has to get him to Lingnan. How much hatred does this have? Not without reason.

It is not a good thing for the southern states that many chiefs in the south are so laissez-faire, and everyone is waiting to hear what Li Shimin means.

"The problem in Lingnan must be resolved, so General Lin Mu is responsible for sending soldiers from ten states to suppress the rebellion." Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate. According to Yichen's knowledge, Feng An has no intention of treason. It's just that Feng An and Tan Dian have been fighting all the year round and have no time to come to the court. Why don't you send a special envoy to find out the situation first, so as to avoid false investigations?" The consequences of using weapons will be irreversible." Wei Zheng said.

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, Li Shimin began to hesitate. In fact, he was thinking. The Tang army is strong and powerful, but this one is the old guard of the capital. At this time, although the rebellion can be easily suppressed by using troops, the situation in Lingnan is not so optimistic. The various chiefs and tribes are very complicated.

Yu Wenshi has a very good relationship with him. Today, the main point is that Yuan Shan may have something to do with his two daughters. Li Shimin understands that as a father, he feels "worried about marriage" for his daughter at home. "I didn't expect Yuwen Shiji to encounter such a problem, and I was very upset when I thought of that kid Yuanshan.