Emperor Qin

Yan Jiang was seriously injured when he went to South America with his team for field photography. He had to return to China for treatment. He could not do strenuous exercise for half a year. His family confiscated his passport for this reason.But he couldn't stay idle, so he drove with a few enthusiasts to make a documentary about domestic folk craftsmen. In a country where every village has been connected, he doesn't need to go over mountains and mountains to fight wild animals with his bare hands, he just needs to follow the car just fine.

At that time, there were not many manual workshops in China, and the paper made in the old villages could only supply a small number of calligraphy lovers. At that time, let alone brushes, fountain pens were almost out of the market, and the paper used by the public became a niche. Most of the crafts are no longer inherited, and many crafts are almost lost. Their team wants to record these before they disappear. Yan Jiang followed by watching bow making, arrow making, umbrella making, pottery baking, lacquerware, flute making, Dyeing cloth... I know a little bit, but I don't remember it seriously. The whole bottle is not full and half of the bottle is dangling. I know the general idea, and I feel numb when I ask about the details.

More importantly, many techniques could not be used in ancient times, such as the color fixing of dyed cloth. In modern times, there are special cheap color fixing agents, but there is nowhere to buy them in the Qin Dynasty.In modern villages, many local dyed cloths use salt to fix the color, so as not to lose color during washing, but in the Qin Dynasty, if you had to tell which housewife used salt to fix the color, she would spit on you in the face, if a modern soul came through If a young child dares to play like this, it is considered light to kill him-in this era, salt is much more valuable than cloth.

Papermaking is a technology with a very low bottom line and a very high upper limit.

If you want to make good paper that is as white as snow, uniform in thickness, fine in texture, and impervious to writing, you need to ferment, soak, refine, filter, bleach, cook, glue, paper-making, and dry.

But if you have no requirements for paper, just keep the three steps of refining, boiling, and papermaking.

Fortunately, Yan Jiang has enough manpower now, and his requirements are not high. He has had enough wood chips, even the softest and thinnest pine wood.

Just in autumn, when the grass and trees are withered and yellow, there are many reeds by the river when the construction site is being built. They are cut and finely chopped, and then crushed in a pestle. They are boiled with the plant ash water that has been placed for half a day, and the broken residues are taken out and stirred in clean water. The bamboo mat used is filled with starch water, scooped up, pasted on the wall of the blast furnace and baked. After a few minutes, a piece of paper can be peeled off.

The only restriction here is the bamboo mats. Longxi is remote, and ordinary nobles use rush mats. The gaps are as big as a sieve, and it is impossible to catch the pulp.

There is no bamboo in Longxi, and Yan Jiang doesn't know how to weave bamboo, so he was a little embarrassed, so he asked Ji Yuwen's soldier surnamed Li - this Li family is the nephew of the sheriff, he is already a school lieutenant, and he is specially sent by the sheriff. coming contacts.

After the other party heard this, he immediately went to the sheriff to inquire. After hearing this, Li Gong gave Yan Jiang his three bamboo mats and gave him the position of Lizheng directly. Director.

Suddenly becoming a low-level civil servant in Daqin, Yan Jiang felt that something was wrong, but the hospitality was hard to give up, so he took over the important task and waited and watched the changes.

But the paper is really made.Based on the current output, Duili can bake about a hundred sheets of paper a day, and the number should increase when people get more skilled.

Although it is a bit thicker—it should be because the pulp is too thick and thicker—it should be because the pulp is not fine enough and it is a little darker—it should be because the bleaching is not done well, but it can be used anyway!

Knead it a little more, and then dip it in water, and you will be able to re-experience the beauty of the world, the greatness of civilization, and the harmony of nature, and then take all the wood chips to fill the blast furnace!

He also kindly asked Lieutenant Li to send a large stack of papers to the sheriff as a thank you for the bamboo mat.

Li Junshou wrote a thank-you letter with a small piece of cut-out paper.

Yan Jiang found out that it might be the reason why the paper was thick enough, but the writing was not too soaked in ink, so he didn't take this matter to heart anymore, and left enough for each day, so Li Xiaowei took it away, which was a deepening relationship with him. The friendship between Li's two parties, money and wealth are like floating clouds to him.

But soon, the boat of friendship was broken——

It was an early morning in October, and Yan Jiang just came back from the alfalfa field. The germinated alfalfa grew super fast, and attracted wild boars, wild goats, and wild deer. He shot a wild boar and took away two pieces of fat from the wild boar. , The rest was fed to a big tiger that "just happened to meet". Seeing that the big tiger was covered in mud, it was very pitiful, and he took a bath with saponins and caught fleas all over.

When he finished all this and went back to Duili, he saw two people waiting for him at the entrance of the village—Li Xiaowei, who had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and Li Junshou, who was bearded and haired, and was in a rage.

"Brother Li, what mistake did you make?" Yan Jiang was thinking that Li Xiaowei had a very strong working ability, so he should help to say something nice.

Then Li Xiaowei said loudly: "Brother Yan, you are the one who told me to save me. Is this paper used for going to the toilet? The county guard refused to believe me, saying that I spoiled good things. How could I justify myself? The county guard refused to believe it—— "

"This..." Yan Jiang was at a loss for words for a while, and then he said euphemistically, "Use everything to the best of your abilities, and people to make the best use of their talents. I use paper to practice calligraphy, and I have already used it. If I use it to go to the toilet, I will make the best use of everything, right..."

"Full of nonsense!" Li Junguan was furious, "The book paper is so noble and sacred, how could it be so insulting, but I also offered your paper to the king, if the king also used it in the same way, it would be different from Shang Zhou's behavior. ?”

Wiping your butt with paper is an act of foolishness?This logic is so strong that Yan Jiang felt as if he was struck by lightning for a moment, and he had no way to refute it. He could only bow hard and sincerely repent: "Xie Junshou taught, Yan Jiang knows his mistake, your drinking is like thunder, awakening the kid's heart for pleasure, please Bless you!"

I know I'm wrong, but I can avoid it if I change it.

Only then did the sheriff calm down, and after a few words of comfort, he kicked the ignorant Lieutenant Li: "If you see it, if you know your mistake, you will correct it. You are the only one who is stupid and doesn't know it."

Then, the sheriff took away all the paper produced today, and left satisfied, as if he had won a big victory, his pace was three points brisk, and he didn't look old at all.

In the evening, Yan Jiang told His Majesty about the matter, and at the same time he couldn't help sighing: "This King Qin seems to be working very hard."

His Majesty nodded vigorously, and patted the servant comfortingly.

After the master and servant played affectionately for a while, Yan Jiang took his majesty to visit the village that changes every day, and at the same time talked about various rural farming things encountered during the day-his majesty listened very carefully every time.

It has been a month since I came to Qin State. With the establishment of blast furnaces one by one, this "Duili" located on the river bank has quickly become a famous rice pounding place nearby. People from all over the world come here in an endless stream There are also people queuing up at night when they come to pound the valley with wheat millet.

Yan Jiangyuan thought that there would be "piracy" in every village soon, and the fact that the flow of people would decrease did not happen. He asked the nearby farmers why they didn't repair the mower in their own village, so that they could spend most of their time.

The villager carried a hundred catties of wheat grains on his back, and whispered that a few big households in the village had made a pestle, but they were reluctant to pound a bucket and charge a liter of wheat. A mix of barley and hot water for bathing.

Recently, the term bathing has become very popular in ten miles and eight villages. These common people seldom take a bath. One is that they are prone to colds and colds, and the other is that they are reluctant to burn firewood to boil hot water. Basically, they only wash their bodies before birth or death. Taking a bath in hot water after hard work, they regard this as the enjoyment that only the upper class can experience.

What's more, this hot water is free!Wouldn't it be a big loss if I didn't wash it once after pounding?There is no need to worry about the waste of the villagers, because the hot water is not enough for too many people, everyone is queuing up, and the people behind are not allowed to fetch an extra bucket of water-this is the rule set by Yan Jiang, if you don’t line up, hurry up immediately Get out, and never enter the mosque again.

Now that the number of people coming to Duili is increasing day by day, Yan Jiang feels that the matter is very serious, so he built a large bathroom for them to fetch water for bathing. The weather is getting colder, and if he really catches typhoid fever, he doesn't have antibiotics.

But when there are too many people, the sanitation in the dui has become a big problem, especially when the queue is long, some villagers defecate everywhere, and Yan Jiang repairs public toilets at every queue. , Those who report defecation can get two liters of wheat.

This regulation is immediately effective. Everyone stares at others with wide eyes, hoping to gain something. In one day, the inside of the dungeon will be as clean as new.

His Majesty was very satisfied with this, and picked up an alfalfa seed in his mouth, motioning for the servant to lead the way. It wanted to fly to see the alfalfa field.

Yan Jiang caressed the bird and smiled perfectly: "It's a little inconvenient today. Some wheat seeds in my bag are damp and may be about to germinate. I have to pick them out and plant them quickly. Can I take you to see them tomorrow?"

His Majesty nodded in agreement. It was not interested in watching the selection, so it went to the weapon warehouse to check it out.

Yan Jiang immediately went to get a bag of wheat seeds, soaked them in water, and carefully picked them up under the lamp.