Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

The first batch of paper was not many, that is, dozens of sheets.It was my first time to make paper, and I was inexperienced. The paper was too rough and uneven, so I couldn't write on it, so naturally I couldn't sell it.Xiao Yu cut them into a moderate size, which can be crumpled and used as toilet paper.

Pei Linzhi knew the purpose of the paper and laughed dumbfounded.Paper is an extremely sacred thing to scholars, but it is used as toilet paper by his highness. If those scholars know about it, they will definitely scold him for being a waste of money.However, the paper His Highness made himself can be used in any way he wants.

In addition to training, Pei Linzhi is hunting, and the weather is getting colder, so he also needs to prepare winter clothes for himself and Ji Hai brothers and sisters.After dark, he dared not take a step away from Xiao Yu.

As the new year is approaching, people are busy storing winter for the new year, and those bandits and pirates are also celebrating the new year. They don't do production, but live by plundering.Pei Linzhi thought that the small group of bandits last time was just a test, and there might be a bigger attack a year ago, so it is very necessary to step up training.

Since the Wu family moved here, Xiao Yu has become much more relaxed.As soon as he started to do some work, someone rushed to do it immediately.For example, the weaving of palm mats and coir raincoats was done by the Wu family's wife and Wu Xiaomei. Wu Xingyi and his son did the cutting and peeling of the bark.

Xiao Yu's only job that won't be taken away now is cooking. This is because the fish can't reach the stove and can't handle the spoon.

For the first time, Xiao Yu felt that he was free, and he was not used to it, and always wanted to find something to do.After much deliberation, I decided to chop bamboo again and make bamboo mats. In addition to drying paper, it can also be used as seats and curtains.

Just as he went out with the hatchet, he was snatched away by Wu Xingyi and his son. They did all the chopping and breaking of bamboo, and Wu Dalang, who was resting on the bed, even took over the job of polishing the bamboo.Wu Xingyi knows a little bit of bamboo and wood craftsmanship. Although he is not very good, he can still weave mats.

Xiao Yu was used to being busy, and felt that he was being left alone, so he complained to Pei Linzhi: "It's too boring, I just want to find something to do, why don't you let me do it."

Pei Linzhi smiled and said: "I will go to the Governor's Mansion some other day to ask for some books to pass the time for Lang Jun."

Xiao Yu thought to himself, how many books can the governor's mansion have, with my own reading speed, it is enough to read for a few days, forget it, let's do my old job, go to collect some plants to enrich the recipe, so I brought Ji Hai and Wu Jiaerlang went to the field to investigate and collect.

Under the leadership of two locals, Xiao Yu found a lot of wild vegetables, but these wild vegetables can also be seen in later generations. They have never been included in the list of vegetables, and they must still not meet the taste of the public. Naturally, Xiao Yu is not interested.

Instead, he found wild lemons and bananas.The lemons are small and astringent, and need to be improved urgently. Xiao Yu broke off a few lemon branches and went back.Meng Hong’s family has a pomelo tree, the fruit is very sour. Meng Sigui and Ji Hai ate it with gusto, but Xiao Yu couldn’t enjoy the taste. He planned to graft lemon branches on the pomelo tree. They both belong to the citrus plant, and grafting is very easy. Survive, see if you can improve the astringency of lemon.

Wild bananas are all seeds with very little pulp, which is completely different from the bananas that humans are familiar with in later generations. Later generations are all seedless bananas that have been selected and improved, and cultivated through asexual reproduction.Xiao Yu dug a banana seedling and went back. He didn't know if he would have the opportunity to improve the banana, so that he could eat a mouthful of soft, sweet, seedless bananas and plant one for comfort.

They also dug a lot of kudzu root on the mountain. Xiao Yu wanted to eat vermicelli. There were no high-starch plants such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn to make vermicelli. It would be good to use kudzu root instead.When they were digging kudzu root, they accidentally found a wild yam. Xiao Yu felt like he had found a treasure, so he quickly dug out the tuber, planning to take it home and plant it. In the future, there will be another dish on the menu.

In addition, they dug up a lot of mulberry saplings and went back. In fact, there were many mulberry trees in and outside the village, but Xiao Yu wanted to raise silkworms, so the more mulberry trees, the better.

It’s just that the silkworm seeds are a problem. If you can’t find them in Shangzhou City, let Pei Linzhi ask Xue Zhao. If there are no silkworm farmers in Yazhou, there must be one in Guangzhou Mansion on the opposite side. With Xue Zhao’s connections, It shouldn't be difficult to get some silkworm eggs.

The biggest wish of Xiao Yu when he went out for a walk was to find some wild rice, because the male sterile female parent of hybrid rice was found in Yazhou.Of course, that can only be regarded as a coincidence with a very small probability. Xiao Yu did not expect to be able to overcome such a great subject like Yuan Lao, so he hoped that different rice varieties could be crossed, and the yield of this kind of rice was also extremely high. May be promoted.

What does high-yield rice mean in an era when there are no high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, when productivity is low, and human beings struggle against natural forces weakly?Means potentially saving thousands of lives.

Xiao Yu ran around in the field for a few days, and Wu Xingyi took the initiative to ask this day if he could make a second batch of paper.Xiao Yu just remembered this, of course it should be done after soaking.So they started making a second batch of paper.

This time the experience is obviously better than the previous one, and the preparations in all aspects are also more adequate, especially the pulp is much more delicate. The copied paper is pressed, baked, and then peeled off one by one to dry on the bamboo mat.

Xiao Yu was looking forward to harvesting fine and smooth paper, but he found something wrong before the paper was dry.No matter how smooth the bamboo mat is, there are still fine lines, and the paper that is dried has such lines without exception. Xiao Yu realized that it is impossible to dry flat paper with a bamboo mat.

Xiao Yu recalled the videos he had watched. The local method of drying paper is to place the paper on a smooth cement wall, but now it cannot meet the technical requirements. No matter how flat the lime wall is, it will be a layer of white lime after sticking it on and peeling it off.It seems that making paper is not easy.

Just at this time, the carpenter who had been appointed finally arrived. Xiao Yu looked at the plane used to polish the wood, and was immediately blessed. Since the bamboo mat is not smooth, it should be made of wood, which is smooth enough.

So the master carpenter originally planned to work at Xiao Yu's house for three to five days, but in the end he worked for more than ten days, making the boards for drying paper first, and then making furniture.

After the wooden boards were finished, Xiao Yu finally produced smooth and delicate paper. Although it was a little far from white and delicate, it was already above-average paper for the moment.The biggest problem with tree-building paper is that the color is not good, which is close to the color of kraft paper. It seems that to make white paper, you have to start with raw materials, and you will have to try more in the future.

Moreover, the quantity of these two batches of paper was quite large, so Xiao Yu kept what he needed and asked Pei Linzhi to sell it in the city.

Although Yazhou has a long history of being a prefecture and county, it has only been a few years since the prefectural city was established on the main island.

There are not many students, so the demand for paper is not large. No one in the local area knows how to make paper, and the craftsmen who know how to make paper are unwilling to come to Yazhou to set up workshops. Therefore, all the paper needed on the island is shipped from the opposite bank of Guangzhou.

Paper comes across the sea, and the loss is high. When it arrives on the island, the price doubles.Pei Linzhi took the paper produced by himself and went to the only paper and pen shop in the city - Qubizhai. He first inquired about the price, and then talked with the shopkeeper about long-term cooperation.

Xiao Yu was very happy when he heard the price of the paper. The only thing he was dissatisfied with was that the market demand was too small, that is to say, it might not be sold after it was produced.After finally finding a way to make money, why can't it develop? Do you want to be poor all the time?

When Xiao Yu went to the toilet, he saw the straw paper he was using and had an idea. Why not make more paper of a different size? Make some rough paper, which can be used for wrapping things or as toilet paper. The workmanship is not so fine, and it sells It is also cheaper, so that the common people can afford to buy paper, so that there is no need to worry about sales?

Xiao Yu told Pei Linzhi his idea, and Pei Linzhi thought it was feasible: "In this way, it can be sold directly to shops, such as medical centers, grocery stores, and even restaurants, all of which can be used."

Xiao Yu didn't reveal his idea of ​​selling toilet paper. After all, after the paper was sold, it was up to the buyer to decide what to use for it: "Did you buy everything I asked you to bring?"

Pei Linzhi took out the things in the basket one by one: "I bought all the pens, inkstones and inkstones."

These things were bought for Ji Hai brothers and sisters and Meng Sigui, who have been able to read for several days.Meng Hong taught calligraphy, Xiao Yu taught arithmetic, and they are still fresh. The three children are learning with gusto. They use wooden sticks to trace characters on the ground every day, and they have never formally used pen and ink.

In the afternoon of this day, Xiao Yu taught the three children in the hall, teaching them simple addition.He suddenly heard the sound of beeping, he looked up, and a head came in from outside the door, it was Wu Jiadalang who was supposed to be resting on the bed.

Xiao Yu ignored it and continued with the class, while Wu Jia Dalang held the door and slowly sat down on the threshold, leaning against the door to listen to Xiao Yu's lecture.

After class, Xiao Yu went to talk to Da Lang: "Does Da Lang feel better today?"

Da Lang nodded: "It's much better, thank you for your concern. Mr. Lang teaches them every day. It sounds interesting to me, so I want to come and listen."

Xiao Yu asked, "Has Da Lang ever been able to read?"

Da Lang shook his head: "No."

Xiao Yu said: "If you want to listen, come and listen. I teach three is teaching, and teaching four is also teaching."

Da Lang was overjoyed: "Thank you sir."

Xiao Yu then ordered Ji Hai to find a bench for Da Lang. The carpenter made the bench according to his wishes, and it was perfect for someone with handicapped legs like Da Lang to sit on.

So he had one more student.Erlang knew that his elder brother was able to attend classes, he was very envious and wanted to learn, but his leg was not injured, he was the laborer of the family, he was busy cutting trees and making paper with his father, so naturally he didn't have time to attend classes.

Several times Xiao Yu noticed that he was looking around the door after work, knowing that he also wanted to learn, so he thought of a compromise method and worked night shift.Anyway, the night time was long, and I could only sleep at night, so I lit a bonfire in the yard, and several people gathered around the fire to listen to Meng Hong and Xiao Yu's class by the light of the fire.

In addition to teaching literacy and arithmetic, sometimes they also tell them ancient and modern historical allusions.Pei Linzhi is also free in the evening, and he can also teach everyone. He likes to talk about history, especially various wars.

At the end of the year, Pei Linzhi was worried that bandits would harass the village, so he arranged for his apprentices to take turns to watch and patrol the night.When the night watchmen patrolled to Xiao's house, they learned that there was a night class here, and the stories they told were more exciting than those told by monkey performers and old people about the ancient capital.

Gradually, everyone in the village knew that Xiao Langjun taught at home at night, not only teaching literacy and arithmetic, but also listening to stories.This is undoubtedly very tempting for the villagers who are extremely lacking in entertainment methods. Even if they don’t learn anything, they can still enjoy listening to the stories of the emperors and generals.

As a result, the lecture team grew stronger and stronger, and every night, 20 people gathered in Xiao Yu's courtyard to attend lectures.Xiao Yu looked at the pair of eyes that were thirsty for knowledge in the firelight, so he built an earthen platform in the yard, set a board on the platform, lit pine torches on the left and right to illuminate the board, and taught people literacy and arithmetic.

Every night, there is a calligraphy and arithmetic class, plus a story class.

Xiao Yu didn't expect everyone to learn anything. How much they can learn depends on each person's artificiality. This is a meaningful thing and worth doing.Unexpectedly, among this group of students, there are quite a few smart and eager to learn.