Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 140 Bamboo Curtain Papermaking
Royal Garden.

The bamboo curtain brought back by the little child has been soaked in the pond for a hundred days!

The blue color of the bamboo has gradually receded, so the young slave jumped into the water, took out the bamboo curtain, cleaned the bamboo after soaking, and peeled off the soft green skin of the bamboo.

Under Qin Wangzheng's horrified gaze, Xiao Zhinu cut the exposed white fibers into small pieces, beat them until they were fine, and ground the fine fibers until they were pulpy, then put them into a cauldron to cook.

After cooking for an hour, Xiaozhinu retting the cooked bamboo pulp in the pool, removing impurities and stirring evenly.

Then put it into the kettle, spread a layer of straw ash on the flat surface, and pour boiling water on the bamboo pulp continuously, so that the texture of the bamboo pulp will become more delicate under high temperature.

Take the bamboo pulp to a place with running water and wash it carefully.

The treated pulp is stored in a wooden tank, and the bamboo screen is used to swing the material in the wooden tank. The bamboo material becomes a thin layer and attaches to the bamboo screen, and the rest of the water flows down the tank from the four sides of the bamboo screen.Then cover the curtain, let the wet paper fall on the board, and it becomes a piece of paper!

This kind of paper is called "bamboo curtain paper"!
Compared with the rough paper brewed with coarse linen in the Han Dynasty, it is whiter and softer, soaked to retain ink, finer in fiber, tougher and smoother.

And you only need to repeat the steps of slopping and covering the curtain, so that one sheet of wet paper can be stacked up to thousands of sheets, and you only need to add a wooden board to press it to squeeze most of the water!

Seeing layers of paper being produced under the hands of the young child, Qin Wangzheng's eyes lit up, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes!
Qin Wangzheng touched the bamboo paper with his hands, and not only said with emotion: "This thing is white, soft, and delicate, and it can be brewed with only a bamboo curtain, and the cost is low!"

Qin Wangzheng didn't know how to use the bamboo curtain paper, so the little childish slave picked up the brush that Meng Tian had remodeled, waved his hand on the paper, and wrote the three characters "bamboo curtain paper".

"Bamboo curtain paper?"

Qin Wangzheng let out a long sigh of relief, and said in surprise: "This thing may be able to replace the bamboo slips!"

Qin Wangzheng has a keen eye for pearls, and he can see the value of bamboo curtain paper at a glance.

Wouldn't it be icing on the cake if the Qin Xiaozhuan was popularized all over the country, and the simple and convenient bamboo curtain paper was used to replace the heavy and complicated bamboo slips?

The process of making paper is not complicated and does not require many raw materials, nothing more than bamboo, limestone and pond water.

After a few simple processes, the bamboo needed for one bamboo slip is enough to clean ten sheets of bamboo curtain paper.

Prior to this, Qin Wangzheng actually thought about using items to ban the heavy bamboo slips.

That is silk.

Unfortunately, the silk that is two feet two inches wide and one foot long is worth twelve qian, which is more than six times the price of the bamboo slips.

Although it is easy to replace bamboo slips with silk, the cost is undoubtedly huge.

Compared with silk, bamboo curtain paper is more effective in banning bamboo slips and popularizing throughout the country.

Compared with the thin and fragile Cai Lun paper from the Han Dynasty, the paper made from bamboo curtains is softer and more delicate, but it is also stronger.

Although only a few more processes have been added, paper that is tough and smooth can be produced.

Even in the period of the Republic of China, there were many people in the city's alleys who used bamboo curtains to make paper
It is enough to see how important bamboo curtain papermaking is to the development and spread of papermaking.

It is a pity that the bamboo curtain paper invented in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was lost after years of war, and it was not popularized in the Jiangnan area until the Song Dynasty.

Fortunately, through time travel and ingenuity, Xiao Zhinu made the bamboo curtain paper thousands of years in advance, and used it to popularize characters and benefit the people all over the world.

Qin Wangzheng quickly summoned craftsmen to make major changes in the original process of making bamboo slips.

At first, the craftsmen were a little unbelievable and thought it was nonsense.

How can there be such a beautiful thing in the world?

Not to mention the low price, it can also reduce a lot of weight, which is simply a dream!

But when they saw the bamboo curtain paper with their own eyes, their eyes were full of shock, and they put on an unbelievably dark color, so anxious that they even blushed.

Tian Feng was sweating profusely, and said dumbfounded: "Your Majesty, this thing is so well-made that only the immortals in the sky can make it."

Qin Wangzheng smiled faintly, his eyes full of confidence.

Although he didn't speak, Qin Wangzheng's eyes told Tian Feng that he was the immortal that Tian Feng said.

Immediately, Qin Wangzheng ordered Bai Rihou to make thousands of sheets of paper and spread them in the Guanzhong area and the lands of Han, Zhao, Wei, and Jin.

At the same time, Qin Wangzheng had a flash of inspiration, and waves of waves arose in his mind.

When Qin Xiaozhuan is about to be popularized across the country, bamboo curtain paper comes at the right time, and the two complement each other and bring out the best in each other.

And bamboo curtain paper may help Qin Wangzheng unify the writing as soon as possible!

Qin Wangzheng knew very well that it would be even more difficult to use force to force the people of the six countries, who were royal nobles, to abandon the characters they had used for hundreds of years and switch to Qin Xiaozhuan.

The Six Kingdoms are conceited, and it takes a hundred years to change the text, so it is inevitable that you will not get used to it.

Moreover, this drastic change is likely to permanently lose the characters of the Six Kingdoms, and it will also stir up civil uprisings, which will turn into even more terrifying violence, and even bloodshed?
For Da Qin, who had just ruled the world and was about to rest, the gain outweighed the loss.

If it were really popularized, the people would be resentful. Although they would not say it with their mouths, behind their backs they would angrily accuse the Qin officials of being ruthless and the First Emperor's willfulness.

It would be better to let the six countries of Shandong take the initiative to accept Qin's writing!
This depends on Xiaozhinu's bamboo curtain paper to play a role!

Just imagine, once bamboo curtain paper is popularized across the country, the common people will be able to see its value.

Not to mention that bamboo curtain paper is cheap and lighter than a feather, and even its appearance is much more gorgeous than bamboo slips.

Once popularized throughout the country, the common people will be attracted by bamboo curtain paper, and a wave of purchases will be set off across the country.

However, Qin Wangzheng only needs to call to the world, and the people can only write Qin Xiaozhuan on the bamboo curtain paper. Isn't it popularized Qin Xiaozhuan throughout the country?

At that time, when the long history in the palace is recording the history, it can be justified and explained, and the six kingdoms of Shandong can take the initiative to accept Qin Xiaozhuan!

Qin Wangzheng can popularize Qin Xiaozhuan throughout the country without abolishing a single soldier!

Thinking of this, a faint smile appeared on Qin Wangzheng's face: "The little childish slave is worthy of being a beast descended from the sky, and he has won a blessing for Daqin again!"

After a hundred days, while unifying the characters, the bamboo curtain paper can also be promoted!
The night is like a layer of sandpaper, covering the sky.

Qin Wangzheng sat in front of the emperor's couch, watching the memorials from all directions.

Since Qin Wangzheng took office in person, he must review everything in person, no matter how big or small.

A piece of news caught Qin Wangzheng's attention.

There is turmoil in Chu, and they want to take the lead in provoking anti-Qin leaders!

The instigator of the unrest was naturally Xiang Yan's eldest son, Xiang Liang.

The next day, Qin Wangzheng sent [-] soldiers from Nanjun to quell the rebellion.

Who would have thought that the [-] Nanjun army would rebel along with the old nobles of Chu in three days
(End of this chapter)