The Three Kingdoms began with self-reliance as king

Chapter 287 Buying the Prefect of Yizhou (Thanks to "Xinxin 168", I will remember the encouragement you gave me)

During this time in Luoyang.

Liu Yi was not idle.

He is very clear that the purpose of his trip is to gain fame.

Therefore, he spends most of his time reviewing Tang poetry and Song Ci in his mind as much as possible.

And make appropriate adaptations according to the actual situation, so that some nouns appear less obtrusive.

During the period, silk cloth was used to hang a poem every few days outside the door of the business for the appreciation and reading of passers-by.

Beside the poem, there is a strange number hanging on silk cloth, with "Ninety-Nine Multiplication Table" written on it.

At the beginning, many people didn't pay much attention to it, some people didn't understand its meaning, and some people didn't understand the above words.

But after waiting for a while, many literate people were shocked to find that apart from the verses, this never-changing form is also catchy to read.

After some people with a photographic memory memorized it, they found that their calculation ability had improved a lot.

At this time, the word "Liu Yi" signed on the lower left side of the ninety-nine multiplication table gradually became familiar to people.

And the poems he wrote before were gradually transmitted.

From the simplest:

"Mountain Village Song Huai"

One to two or three miles, four or five in Yancun.

There are six or seven pavilions, eighty or ninety flowers.

"Snow Wing"

One piece, two pieces, three or four pieces, five, six, seven, eighty, ninety pieces.

Thousands of pieces, thousands of pieces, countless pieces, flying into the plum blossoms and disappearing. "

to the relatively complex:

"Will enter the wine"

"Don't you see it, the water of the Yellow River comes up from the sky, rushes to the sea and never returns.

See you, Gaotangmingjing has white hair in sorrow, and the morning is like blue silk and snow in the evening.

Life is full of joy, so that the gold is empty for the moon.

I am born to be useful, and I will come back after all the money is gone..."

As one poem after another appears in the eyes of the world.

Liu Yi became famous in Luoyang!
It attracted the attention of Cai Yong scholars, great Confucians and others.

In order to further enhance his reputation and meet Cai Zhaoji by the way, Liu Yi even took the initiative to visit, not to mention.

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The firm is managed by Zhang Ling.

So Liu Yi once again thought about things that can make money and improve people's living standards.

Combined with the recent situation of publishing poems, he finally felt that it was not convenient to write on silk.

Therefore, without thinking too long at all, Liu Yi decided to produce something that was already in his plan.

That's right!

It's paper!

In the Western Han Dynasty, many people were already trying to make light and cheap writing objects.

In history, Cai Lun combined his experience in papermaking since the Western Han Dynasty and got inspiration from silk reeling by silkworm women.

Collect bark, waste hemp, rags, old fishing nets and other raw materials, and apply methods such as filing, boiling, soaking, pounding, and copying.

After repeated explorations, plant fiber paper was finally produced, which is what the world calls "Caihou paper".

However, according to Liu Yi's recent research, Caihou paper is not popular yet, and the price is not cheap.

Therefore, people generally still use bamboo slips as writing materials.

Cheap is cheap, but too bulky!

Liu Yi saw the business opportunities in it at a glance.

He only needs to further improve and produce white paper with better quality and lower cost than Caihou paper on the basis of Cai Lun.

It will definitely be another hot product at that time!
Liu Yi is not clear about the specific process of making paper.

He only knows that bamboo, sandalwood bark, wheat stalks, rice stalks, grass alkali, bark, reeds and other things can be chopped and boiled for further processing and extraction.

As long as the mind does not slip, there are more solutions than difficulties.

For Liu Yi, it can always be extracted through a few more trials and trial and error.

Liu Yi provided ideas to Zhang Ling, and Zhang Ling was still in charge of confidentiality work and specific matters.

Zhang Ling learned that Liu Yi wanted to make paper, and planned to make better quality rice paper.

Eyes lit up, do it right away!

He knew that Liu Yi would not let him down!

So he quickly bought a workshop in the suburbs as his own paper mill.

According to Liu Yi's instructions, a large number of papermaking raw materials such as bamboo, sandalwood bark, wheat straw, rice straw, grass alkali, bark, and reed were prepared.

There are also large ponds and large kangs.

Liu Yi personally participated in the papermaking process.

Under his leadership, everyone was full of enthusiasm and full of energy!
With the continuous experimentation of everyone, the craft of papermaking has gradually become more proficient.

Adjust the proportion of materials, improve the viscosity of beating...

Through repeated improvements and improvements, Huangtian has paid off with painstaking efforts to allow them to produce high-quality paper.

The finish is smoother and the texture is lighter.

Both in terms of appearance and quality, it has surpassed Caihou paper, and the cost is much cheaper than it.

After the technology matures and can be mass-produced, the cost can be further reduced.

But Liu Yi did not stop there.

Reminiscent of future generations, the raw materials for pumping paper are roughly classified into wood pulp, straw pulp, cane pulp, cotton pulp, recycled waste paper, etc.

He intends to produce paper made of 100% virgin wood pulp or bamboo pulp.

For the produced samples.

In order to solve the yellowish color of the paper, he used sulfur fumigation and bleaching.

For the life of newspaper paper, he specially added lime to sterilize during the production process.

In order to remove the peculiar smell on the paper, he dripped the excess plant essential oil in the soap making process into the paper pulp to increase the aromatic smell of the paper...

Finally, following the practice of rice paper, many papers are stacked together and compacted with stone slabs.

Finally, Liu Yi got the flat rice paper he dreamed of!

The texture of the paper is pure white and fine, with clear texture and extremely tough. It is as light as a cicada's wing and as white as snow, trembling like fine silk without making a sound!

It seems that it was born for writing and painting.

Looking at the so-called "Xuan paper" in front of them, Zhao Yun and others exclaimed in secret!
Writing on such a lightweight thing is far more time-saving and labor-saving than writing on bamboo slips or cloth.

The most important thing is that it is easier to carry.

Don't look at such a thin piece of paper, the content that can be recorded on it is no less than that on the cumbersome bamboo slips.

Everyone was full of praise for this.

After the rice paper is successfully made.

Liu Yi did not directly set up the workshop in Luoyang, nor did he sell it directly.

Because he saw an opportunity in it!

So Liu Yi asked Zhang Ling to send the rice paper to Zhang Rang, and through Zhang Rang let Liu Hong get in touch with the rice paper.

Liu Yi said that Xuan paper is far more profitable than sugar, shochu and other things.

However, Luoyang papermaking raw materials are not abundant.

Bamboo is mainly distributed in the south, and Yizhou is the place with the highest yield. There are 37 genera and more than 400 kinds of bamboo.

He hopes to set the place of production in Yizhou, and is willing to buy the prefect of Yizhou with 2000 million yuan.

Xuan paper and all papers are still divided into them according to Sanqi.

Although Liu Hong once worried about Liu Yi's serious intentions, it can be seen from the interests of money and Liu Yi's status as the queen of Zhongshan King Jing.

In the end, he agreed to Liu Yi's request to buy the prefect of Yizhou!

However, Liu Yi only sent his men to Yizhou to set up a factory, and he himself was not in a hurry to go to Yizhou to take office.

Because his purpose has not been achieved!

The title of emperor son-in-law must be obtained in one's hands.

And this matter cannot be rushed, so for the time being, I still plan to continue to accumulate reputation.

While waiting for the opportunity, Liu Yi did not rest idle.

In order to establish a college in the future, we will open up people's wisdom.

He also began to think about bringing printing into the world in advance.

He knew the principles of woodblock printing and movable type printing.

Both have pros and cons.

He was going to work out movable type printing first.

Liu Yi knew in his heart that it would be impractical to sell printed books now, but he would always use them in the future.

This is a huge project, and it's okay to have time to start making it now.

When he goes to Yizhou, it will be the time for him to shine!

No one can stop his process of fighting for world hegemony!

"Is the golden scale a thing in the pool, it will transform into a dragon when it encounters a storm..."

(End of this chapter)