My little cutie [farming]

The Xiucai exam has really entered the countdown time, and only the last 20 days are left. Bai Su has stopped all things and mainly dealt with her own children's Xiucai exam in 20 days.

The officials appointed by the imperial court to write the questions and invigilate the exams have arrived and have already checked into the exam institute.Bai Su had no contact with the other party after he was cleansed.

Then, fifteen days before the exam, that group of people was isolated.This time, the soldiers from Gu Chenji's side were not in charge, but a different barracks.

In order to avoid suspicion, Bai Su took Shi Changpu directly to the plantation and emptied the county office not far from the examination institute.

Shi Changpu is doing the final review, in order not to let Shi Changpu analyze, Bai Su even temporarily stopped the papermaking that had been planned before.Time is a magical thing, when you are temporarily tense, you always feel that time passes very slowly.But when you put your heart and soul into one thing, you will feel that time passes very quickly.

When Bai Su took her own exam last year, she never felt so nervous.But this year, I have a deep understanding of what it means to be a parent with candidates at home.

The scholar exam had to be closed inside for three days and three nights. After more than a year of exercise, Shi Changpu's body was already healthy enough to deal with such a thing.On the last day, Baek-su worked hard with the cook at home.Made a lot of pancakes filled with meat and small snacks that meet the regulations and can be brought into the examination room.

He even brought more than [-] candles, as if he would light candles to warm himself up if it was cold at night.In fact, the south in April is not so cold anymore, but just in case, Bai Su made clothes for Shichangpu with windproof and waterproof materials in advance.

When Shi Changpu, who was dumbfounded, was finally sent into the examination room, Bai Su stood outside the examination room with a nervous expression like other family members.After a while, he turned around and went back to the plantation.

After all, the people who built this place built the manor for enjoyment. Although it was later transformed into a plantation by Bai Su, there are still the necessary facilities.

The back of the main courtyard was also transformed into a small experimental workshop by Bai Su, with all possible tools in it.Standing at the door of the workshop, Bai Su took a deep breath to concentrate his attention.

Instead of spending three days of waiting nervously, why not use these three days to prepare a celebration gift for Shichangpu that he will definitely like.

Since papermaking was improved by Cai Lun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, a relatively stable process flow has been formed.Even in the future 23rd century, more and more things are added in the production process, and the paper produced becomes more and more exquisite and beautiful, but the four major processes remain basically unchanged.

On the other side of the operating table, various raw materials that Bai Su mentioned in advance have already been piled up.For the sake of beauty and economy, most of the raw material Baisu was replaced by bamboo.There are everything from bamboo poles to bamboo leaves, and I also prepared some bark and rags just in case.

Since the main reason for using rags is because of the hemp fibers inside the rags, Su Bai also got some ramie and hemp.It is still necessary to explain something here. In ancient times, big//hemp refers to a kind of job that can be processed and produced linen, not the kind of thing that will be shot when sold in later generations.

Before Bai Su came back, a large pot next to him had already started to boil water. By the time Bai Su entered the workshop, the water in the pot had already boiled.Seeing a lot of things ready, Bai Su also felt emotional.

No wonder so many professors always get a lot of assistants when they do experiments. It's really not too comfortable to have someone do the experiment.

Throw the cut bamboo, bamboo leaves, bark and some ramie into a pot and steam it, let them degummed and disperse into fibrous things.This step still took a little time. After all, Bai Su only had theoretical knowledge and no practical experience, so at this stage, he did not invest a lot of raw materials, but only did a small part of the experiment.

After half an hour of cooking, all the raw materials are scattered.The second step is to beat the pulp, and then use a guillotine to cut the boiled stuff into small pieces, the smaller the better.After cutting it and pounding it, Bai Su felt that Chinese medicine is the essence of the essence while doing it.

I didn't see that even these tools for concocting traditional Chinese medicine can be used in many ways, which saves worry and effort.

After the things are pounded into pulp, copying begins.The pulp is soaked with water to make a slurry, and then gently picked up with the bamboo mat prepared in advance, so that the pulp forms a thin sheet of wet paper on the bamboo mat.

The last step is simple, just put the strip mat covered with wet paper outside to dry.

After doing it once, Bai Su summed up his experience.Then according to their own classification, they made some pure bark and leaves and pure bamboo.

Because the fibers of bamboo are hard, not only brittle but also easy to break, it is necessary to add a part of alum or gum during the production process.Specifically how much to add, these theoretical knowledge still need practice to be summed up.

When Bai Su came back to his senses, he felt severe back pain.Looking up at the already dark sky, I had been busy all day before I knew it.

It has been about five or six hours since Shi Changpu was sent into the examination room in the morning.Sure enough, being busy can make people forget the time.

Bai Su rubbed her waist and walked towards the rest table, and saw a small table at the door, on which four dishes and one soup were placed.Bai Su's workshop does not allow others to enter casually, presumably the servants in the plantation did not get a response after calling someone, so they had to do so.

The plantation is mainly responsible for the three members of the old Liu family, and they will only be dispatched when they are busy.If it was a servant from the county government, they would definitely warm up the food in the kitchen and wait for Bai Su and Shi Changpu to serve it when they wanted to eat.

The county government abides by [rules], but the plantation side is a [sincere].

Bai Su smiled lightly, and went to the door to uncover the bamboo basket that was fastened on the food. The weather in the south in April is neither too cold nor too hot, but the mosquitoes are already very strong.

A vinegared cabbage, a potato stew.In the soup pot, which was bigger than Bai Su's face, there was a whole stewed duck.A seasonal vegetable, and a braised fish.

There was a large pot of rice with steam slowly floating on it.This table of food is enough for a family of four, but Bai Su can eat it all by himself.

No matter the old Liu's family on the plantation side or the cook on the county government side, Bai Su's appetite is well understood.

While eating, Bai Su recalled the previous process and summed up his experience.Now he has no problems in the process of making paper by himself, it depends on the finished product after the paper is dried tomorrow.

Writing or something, I think it will not be a big problem.What Bai Su is thinking about now is not the problem of writing, but the problem of softness.

After all, Bai Su wanted to make paper in the first place, mainly for toilet paper.

The weight of long fibers must be ensured in the production process of writing paper to ensure the willfulness of the paper.If you are looking for softness, you can add less willful fibers such as bark, and get more trunks and leaves after peeling.

Later generations need to add a lot of chemical products to make toilet paper, such as dispersants, softeners and the like.Those things are all good, but the pollution to the environment is serious.

In the development of history, when human beings did not pay attention to environmental protection at the beginning, the existence of paper mills destroyed many clear rivers.

Bai Su just wanted some toilet paper to solve the problem of getting a tuba.It is not a big problem to improve the quality to make yourself more comfortable, but if the pursuit of perfection ruins the environment here, the crime will be serious.

Bai Su is not short of money, and the current straw paper is only slightly stiffer, but not unbearable.

So Bai Su never thought about getting those chemical products out from the beginning.

In a quarter of an hour, a table of meals was finished.After leaving the workshop, I walked around the plantation.Ten acres of land, walking around it is definitely enough to digest.

While walking, he slightly released some wood-type abilities to make the medicinal materials in the plantation grow better.When encountering weeds or something, they are unceremoniously ripened directly.

After digesting food and food, Bai Su finally stood still on the field row.At night without street lights, you can't see too far.Bai Su stood in the darkness, his nostrils were filled with the bitter fragrance of medicinal herbs.

"Well, it's time for a big garden."

The production of paper was a bit smoother than Bai Su imagined.After waking up and washing up the next day, I entered the workshop after having breakfast.The hundreds of mats drying on the shelf have all dried up, and according to Bai Su's classification yesterday, the color of the paper is also gradual.

The toilet paper made of bamboo is darker and more grey-green in color.The toilet paper made of peeled tree trunks as the main material is whiter in color.

Just by looking at it with your eyes, you can tell that the piece of paper on the left is very soft, even wrinkled.Bai Su's eyes were slightly bent, looking at those papers with a happy mood.

I walked over and touched it a few times. Although it is not comparable to the machine-processed and chemical-soaked toilet paper of later generations, it is more than twice as soft as the straw paper used today.

Twist lightly with both hands, and the flexibility is within the acceptable range.

The matter of the toilet paper has been settled, and Bai Su's mood is a little better when he walks towards the writing paper.Bamboo paper added with gum and alum has the best expressiveness, and it looks much more advanced.

There is no gold powder or other staining added, so the paper is generally darker.In later generations, it is almost an antique.

Those made of bark range from dark yellow to white, and the ratio of raw materials used next to it is also recorded by Bai Su with a label.

The performance is mixed, good and bad, but it's not a big problem for writing.

Seeing the results all over the yard, Bai Su's mood became even better.What my little calamus said is right, I am really amazing.