Ancient Rome: From Slaveholder to Supreme Emperor

Chapter 385 Aunt Towels and Papermaking

The seats in the Senate finally ended, and Ye Tian made a fortune. For the seats in the Senate, those nobles and wealthy businessmen had almost emptied their wealth.

However, these gold coins of Ye Tian were not put into the treasury, and were directly used for construction.

Huge military camps are being built, wastelands are being opened up everywhere, various reservoirs and water conservancy projects are also being comprehensively constructed, schools, and temples are also being built.

There were simply not enough slaves, so a large number of civilians were employed, which cost money.

As soon as Samone stabilized, he began to get busy.

It’s not too cold this winter.

Because all the people have a satisfactory job and a considerable income, they are absolutely grateful and respectful to Ye Tian.

At the same time, Ye Tian began to purchase a lot of cotton.

After the war, Ye Tian started to engage in economic development and economic projects.

In fact, aunt towel is a very profitable project.

The aunt scarf, a close friend of women, was only invented in the 19th century. Women in this era were somewhat laissez-faire, and noble ladies were better. They could be wrapped in some cotton cloth, which should be changed frequently. Common women , Generally, a piece of cloth is used for a lifetime.

Although the aunt towel designed by Ye Tian is not as comfortable as later generations, it can be very soft and has a strong absorption function, which can help women keep dry without leaking, and it will not be easily discovered when used.

Ye Tian believed that once the aunt’s towel was born, it would definitely be very popular among noble ladies, making them willing to pay for it.

This will become a fashion item, or a high-consumption fashion item.

It is conceivable that this will be a continuous money-making project for Ye Tian.

Therefore, Ye Tian directly set up a factory, built a huge factory, bought a large number of female slaves, and taught them how to make aunt towels.

In this day and age, everything has to be done manually.

When Ye Tian returns to Rome, he should be able to bring back enough.

In addition to aunt towel, Ye Tian also brought out the papermaking technology.

The materials for making paper are very simple, mainly bark and rags.

The process flow is also not very complicated:

The first is the separation of raw materials, that is, the raw materials are degummed in the lye solution by soaking or cooking, and dispersed into fibers;

The second is beating, which is to cut the fibers by cutting and hammering, and make them into pulp;

The third is papermaking, that is, the pulp is soaked into water to make a slurry, and then the pulp is scooped with a paper scoop (Mengxi), so that the pulp is interwoven into a thin sheet of wet paper on the scoop;

The fourth is drying, that is, drying or drying the wet paper, and peeling it off becomes paper.

Ye Tian, ​​who knew the principle, successfully made blank sheets of paper after several experiments.

These blank papers are not as luxurious as later generations, but in this era they are absolutely luxurious and extravagant.

Ye Tian didn’t say a word, and directly set up a paper factory and invested a lot of slaves.

This simple and primitive papermaking technique requires no cost at all, only a certain amount of labor, and the production efficiency is extremely high. Once the technological process is completed, the daily output is extremely high.

Compared with parchment paper, the cost is not known how many times lower, which can be basically ignored, and the yield will be much higher than that of parchment paper.

The price of this kind of paper will be much cheaper than parchment paper, and civilians can afford it.

Once the white paper is on the market, the market for parchment will be engulfed in an instant.

Why do many civilians refuse to enroll their children in school? Tuition is one reason, labor force is another reason, and high parchment is one of the reasons.

It can be said that Ye Tian made papermaking appear in this world, which is a reform of education and a promotion of culture.

Of course, the appearance of white paper is bound to be accompanied by the appearance of pen and ink.

Roman and Greek pencils are really not suitable for writing on white paper.

In terms of ink, Ye Tian made ink sticks from China, which are easy to make and very suitable for storage. You can grind them when you use them.

As for the pen! There is no need to think about the writing brush. Although the writing brush is not difficult, the Romans and the Greeks could probably use it, so Ye Tian used the simplest quill.

The quill pen is very simple to make, easy to use, anyone can make it by themselves, just get the goose feathers.

Aunt towel, pen and ink, Ye Tian’s Chamber of Commerce soon produced two more hard-core products.

Ye Tian is very busy. When he is busy with the economy, he is even busier than during the war.

There is no way to do this, although he has a huge field, his assets are enough to make him have an incomparably considerable income based on the annual tax.

But don’t forget, he is now raising an army of more than 30,000 people. Although they are all war slaves, they don’t need to pay the army, but their daily expenses are really too big.

Mainly, Ye Tian made them guarantee strong fighting power and gave them good food.

More than a month has passed, and the weather has become even more severe, but within Ye Tian’s domain, everything is thriving, construction is in full swing, and all the people live and work in peace and contentment.

The battlegrounds of the Southern War have basically come to an end.

During this period of time, Ye Tian received two consecutive orders, and the Senate asked him to lead his troops north to support the northern battlefield.

947 Ye Tian sneered at this and didn’t bother to pay attention to it. Now, his general situation has become a reality. In this world, he really can’t think of anyone who can still order him.

The Roman Senate knew that Ye Tian had captured Samone.

In this regard, they have a kind of despair. The three cities closest to the south have completely become Ye Tian’s territory. As long as they are managed well, the three cities can easily support and protect each other.

They know that they have cultivated a terrible enemy for themselves, an enemy that can surpass them.

Now no one wants to take Ye Tian as an enemy, but the Senate has to take Ye Tian as its enemy and give him away as soon as possible.

Since the end of the monarchical era in Rome, the Senate has become the pinnacle of Rome’s power. They are supreme and dominate the whole of Rome, and they have expanded the territory of Rome to the extreme.

Now suddenly there is a person who can surpass them, how can they tolerate it, how can they allow the emergence of dictatorship, and it is possible to allow the restoration of the kingship.

Therefore, even if the ally war has not ended completely, the Senate has already begun to plan Ye Tian.

Ye Tian didn’t pay attention to those for the time being, he was now focusing on managing his own territory.