The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

"What a great place." Li Fu said: "There are not many people here now, but when it is developed in the future, it will be the treasure pot of our entire village."

Old Zhao stood aside and nodded silently.

"How is the papermaking workshop? After the egg-changing workshop here is completed, it will be its turn." Li Fu said.

"It was stopped for a long time, and the research was restarted a few days ago." Old Zhao said: "Fortunately, the raw materials you listed are not valuable, otherwise I don't know how much they will lose. ”

What can be used to make paper? It’s nothing more than tree bark and straw. There is also a recipe that includes bamboo as a raw material, but it’s not easy to find this thing in the farm. If you want to find a large bamboo forest, you have to go to Hanyang.

Where has bamboo grown since ancient times? There are ten thousand acres in the north of Hanyang City, more than one dou and one dou.

A thousand acres of bamboo in Weichuan is comparable to a marquis.

Li Fu listed a lot of raw materials for the papermaking workshop. As for the formula, they have to experiment by themselves to get the best ratio.

Every time there is a finished paper, it must be sent to Li Fu. After Li Fu has looked at it, After that, select the best one and then study on its basis.

After all, Li Fu couldn't give a perfect formula, so he could only set up a small workshop first and let two or three people experiment continuously in the workshop.

Although it took a long time, the final effect still didn't satisfy Li Fu.

He could only continue to do it.

When a more perfect finished product is made, it will be considered finished, and then we can consider large-scale production.

"It's been so long, from improving Cai Hou paper to now we have our own research, adding new raw materials, and making a lot of finished products." Lao Zhao sighed: "In fact, it's almost done."

"No, we have to continue to improve, keep improving, and reduce the cost." Li Fu said.

"As for the raw materials, grab a lot, it's not expensive, much cheaper than the paper on the market in Chang'an City now." Lao Zhao said.

"So you see, the profit of daily necessities such as paper is also huge. "Li Fu said with a smile.

The noble families make money by monopolizing, and at the same time block the way for ordinary people.

For ordinary people, books are luxury goods.

In this way, most of the officials in the court are children from noble families.

Accumulated from generation to generation.

There is no dynasty that lasts for thousands of years, but there are noble families that last for thousands of years. The noble families rely on this practice to gradually increase their foundation.

The people are always the people, and the wealthy families are always the wealthy families.

Once, Li Fu was just an ordinary person.

The appearance of Li Yuan made him a member of the wealthy class...

Putting these thoughts aside for the time being, Li Fu opened the drawings in his hand and compared them with the drawings to look at the plot in front of him.

Either Li Fu had to find a professional to redraw the drawings after he finished drawing them, or he could only see the approximate proportions of his own drawings. He didn't even calculate it.

After getting his sketch, they had to come to Jingyang County for a field investigation, and then re-determine the proportions. After the drawing was completed, the scale was clear in one acre.

Li Fu's two brushes were definitely not comparable to those of professionals.

In terms of drawings, Li Fu certainly wanted to find someone capable to make them, such as the brothers Yan Lide and Yan Liben.

But it was just a small workshop on the farm, which seemed a bit overkill. Moreover, Yan Lide was busy repairing Li Yuan's mausoleum, so he didn't have the time to take care of him, a small prince.

As for Yan Liben, he was a confidant of the Qin Wang Mansion, and was now busy with the affairs of the court with Li Shimin.

The court was also in a mess now. It would take Li Er a while to calm down the current situation.

"If there is no other problem, let's start tomorrow." Li Fu said.

"Okay." Old Zhao responded: "My dear, stay here today and come back tomorrow. "

Li Fu nodded.

At the mansion, since Liu Niang was not there, Xiao Tao cooked and Shitou helped to make some simple food.

The farmers knew that the workshop would start tomorrow after Li Fu came back, and they felt more at ease.

Having work to do at the master's side meant that they had extra income. This was the case when they built the canal, and it was also the case when they built the workshop now.

Although they didn't want people from other manors to work and take away their wages, after all, the construction period set by the master was tight, and more people would definitely be needed to work, which was not something they could decide.

The new housekeeper at the manor was brought by Li Fu from Jinyang. The old man who used to be with Li Hong was called Zhou An. He was not young anymore, over fifty years old, and was a calm person.

After all, he had experienced a lot.The wind and waves are strong, and now the house here is managed in an orderly manner, whether it is people or things.

Returning to the house, Zhou An saw Li Fu and bowed.

"Greetings, sir."

"No need to be polite, Lao Zhao has told you everything, right?" Li Fu asked.

"It's all said in the letter by housekeeper Zhao, and everything is ready here." Zhou An responded: "Tomorrow morning, the people originally scheduled will go there, and the workshop can start work as long as the sir gives an order."

"That's good, Lao Zhou, there is still one night, help me think about it, and if there is anything missing, we will also check for omissions."

"Yes." Zhou An bowed and responded.

"In the future, there will be more and more things on the farm, and it will be hard for you." Li Fu patted Zhou An on the shoulder: "Let someone vacate the warehouse, and tomorrow Lao Zhao will bring people to transport a batch of wealth from Chang'an."

"Yes, sir." Lao Zhou responded.

A workshop will be built on the farm. The materials purchased will be piled up here, and the money will come from here.

In order to avoid the Turks, there was not a single copper coin left in the warehouse here. The subsequent income from the egg-changing was also placed in the Jingyang Palace in Chang'an City. Now that money is needed here, it has to be transferred from there.

Fortunately, the journey is not far, and Li Fu is not short of guards.

The people brought back from Jinyang are all mature veterans. They protected Li Hong back then and are protecting Li Fu now. It can be said that they have been working for their father and son for most of their lives.

Many people were arranged on the farm here. When they came, they came from Jinyang by themselves, and their wives and children at home were still in Jinyang.

They have to wait until this place is settled before their families can come, otherwise even if they come, they have no place to live.

These guards left their homes and careers for Li Fu, and Li Fu certainly cannot let them down.

Even after the egg-changing workshop is completed, he will not let the craftsmen disband. There are many places to start construction on the manor, and Li Fu wants to make drastic changes to the layout of the manor.