The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

The first people who went to look for this paper-making monk were those students who wanted to fight Zen with him at the scene of the lecture. They have always been frequent visitors of Washe. The style of the Four Treasures of the Study was in full swing, so I went to Daxiangguo Temple.

However, there are so many eunuchs in Daxiangguo, and the monks alone don't know how many people there are, and they don't have any characteristics.

At noon, after discussing with each other, they simply went to eat first, and then went to see the abbot after eating, hoping to get some clues from him.

When they arrived at the abbot's meditation room, these students were surprised to find that the abbot was copying the scriptures, and among the paper used were pieces of young bodhi leaves, covered in thin pulp, as if they were alive. Did you mean blue paper?

The few people suddenly broke through their iron shoes and found nowhere to look, and felt that it was effortless. They immediately explained that they had heard that there was Lan Miao Paper here, and they came to look for the paper maker. The paper maker was not found, but they saw it. The abbot used blue paper.

The abbot said: "This paper was indeed made by a monk in our temple. He is from the south of the Yangtze River. Before he became a monk, he knew the art of papermaking and was very elegant. After coming to the temple, he researched this kind of paper. But the quantity is very small. It’s only circulated in a small area, and I don’t know how you know about it.”

The Tai students thought to themselves that someone must have been seen using the paper, but it was written in the script, otherwise the world would not know it.They hurriedly asked the abbot for the monk's name and residence, hoping to visit him.

The abbot called a young monk and told him to take all the students to find the paper-making monk.

The Tai students followed the novice monk to a courtyard, and they saw a handsome young monk sorting papers, each of which was embedded with different plants, including flowers and grass.

Everyone was overjoyed immediately, chatting with this monk named Zhihe, hearing that he really had a southern accent, and couldn't wait to express that he wanted to buy paper.

Zhihe was shocked, and said that he didn't know that the news about his papermaking had spread, and he used it for his own use, and he couldn't do much in a year.But seeing that they are so sincere and came to visit them specially, let's sell some to them.

The Tai students happily chose their favorite flower and grass paper, only feeling that they were taking advantage of it.

After going back, through the re-dissemination by them and other similar successful people, many scholars soon knew that there was such a paper, even those who had never heard of the script, knew it, and couldn't help being curious.So many people flocked to Daxiangguo Temple to buy blue paper.

In addition to them, there are many other people who also want to buy.Paper is cheaper than silk cloth, soft and easy to wrap. At this time, many foods and herbs are packaged in paper. If you use this kind of paper to package, it will be more elegant and novel.

Even though Yunyan Hui called Zhihe in advance and they stockpiled more than a dozen loads of paper, it was sold out within three days, which still controlled everyone's purchases, after all, there are many people in Bianliang.At this time, he let go, everyone loves it so much, he can make more, but if he wants to, he has to wait for the next batch of paper to be ready.

Under the eyes of many people looking forward to it, Yun Yanhui also hurriedly settled the accounts. Even after excluding the upfront costs and marketing expenses, the first batch of papers also made a lot of profit, and it is now a net profit.

Although the bamboos all over the mountain are cut at will, and the raw materials are free, but at this time, it is time to rush to the construction period, so I allocate a part of the labor cost, and ask a few senior brothers in the temple to help with the work, to cut the bamboos and transport them back together, but the papermaking still needs to be done. It's a few people in the family.

Zhisheng proposed: "Yan Fei, should we also make paper into other colors, so that there will be more changes, and it can also be used as poetry paper."

Yun Yanhui almost hit the wall, and it came again. He asked Zhisheng to call him big brother, but Zhisheng felt that he was much older than him, so he didn't want to call him, but only called him by his name.However, this fellow is from the south, with an accent, and there is no distinction between f and h. When he calls geese, it sounds like "Yan Fei"...

Brother, my mother gave such an affectionate and poetic name, but you call it "a wild goose has become fat?"No wonder Jin Shu couldn't come back!

"Ah..." Yunyan corrected it countless times, but his accent was hard to change, so he could only say helplessly, "No need, originally we could only earn money for these few months, if we increase the color, it will be consumed For a part of the time, however, the price cannot be increased much, and the cost performance is not high, so it is better not to do it.”

Zhisheng tried his best to absorb what he said, with a confused look on his face, "Yan Fei, you are really amazing."

Yun Yan replied: "...you're welcome."

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Although Yun Yan Hui and Zhi got close to them, outsiders didn't think that Xiang Lan Zhi had something to do with him, after all he had no family education and had never shown his skills in this area before.

When Zhihe came, Fang began to have a photo blue paper. Naturally, everyone thought that this was indeed researched by Zhihe.Maybe the most is that Yun Yanhui has a good relationship with Zhihe, so he borrowed a place to build a paper shed for him.

Therefore, when someone wants to talk about the business of blue paper, the first thing to do is to go to Zhihe.

Xianglan paper became popular in the literati circle, but it was only shipped in small batches, and the supply was in short supply. This momentum naturally made the paper merchants in Beijing enthusiastic, hoping to cooperate with Zhihe to expand the production scale and earn this money.

The best thing is that Zhihe will produce technology, paper merchants will produce artificial sites, and everyone will cooperate to make a fortune.

However, all the paper merchants were rejected by Zhihe, telling everyone that he had no intention of cooperating with others.

Or should I say, Yun Yan told him back that anyone who cooperates with him will end up being bullied. It is definitely because the technology was cheated and the cooperation broke down. How can you really rely on technology to earn dividends? Businessmen these days are not Fool.

Some of these paper merchants are from the south of the Yangtze River, and they themselves have a papermaking foundation. It is impossible to buy this intarsia technology, but seeing that others have not bought it, I feel relieved. I will go back and continue to break through technical problems. Profit.

There are also local paper merchants, whether they can only produce other hemp paper and mulberry paper, or rely solely on imports, they are more eager for wisdom and cooperation.Because they also know that intarsia is not uncommon, it is the local people's advantage in making bamboo paper that matters!They can't go to Jiangnan to learn art, but isn't there a person who can make bamboo paper coming to Tokyo?

Zhihe's refusal made these people think of other ideas.Now he is just a big piece of fat, and he wants to take a bite.

The paper merchants tried every means to put people here as apprentices or helpers, but they were all rejected.This monk would rather be tired and earn less than recruit people, so don't be too defensive!

He is an orthodox monk of Daxiangguo Temple, and he doesn't usually do business, so you can't threaten to persecute him!

Therefore, there are always a few shady ones who start to think of crooked ideas.That is to bribe those high-ranking quacks and hooligans in Bianliang to sneak a peek at the papermaking process.

For example, Lai San has already received several "orders" here, because he is notoriously light-handed, not only good at empty hands, but also good at hiding.

Seeing that the price was good, Lai San wanted to agree. Fortunately, he found out in time that this place was not only the Daxiangguo Temple, but also Yunyan's home.It would be okay if it was just Daxiangguo Temple, but this monk built a paper shed next to Yunyan's home. Lai Sansi thought about it, but he didn't dare to accept the business.

Whoever wants to take whoever wants to go, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, if Yun Yanhui and the monk selling paper are really his own people, those who dare to go will have to chant Buddha for themselves...

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Because of rush work, Zhihe and the others are working even at night.

The paper-making shed is just thatched shed. The so-called walls are more like curtains, with many gaps. There are lights inside the shed, but it is pitch black outside.The shed was built right in front of the house, and if it was quieter, you could still hear Beibei gnawing bamboo shoots.

Yun Yanhui was also helping inside, but he was young and lacked much strength, so he could only divide flowers and plants.

"Well, it's getting late, Shuangyi, you should go to bed." Yunyan said back to Shuangyi.

Shuangyi shook her head, "Didn't it mean that someone might have an idea for this place recently? I'll keep watch here, and if there's anything unusual, I'll be able to spot it."

"We rushed to work very late, do we tell you to stay up late every day? When you grow up, be good, go back to sleep." Yunyan looked back at Shuangyi, still stubborn, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Shuangyi listened with pricked ears, then nodded, "Okay, then I'll go to bed first."

Shuangyi took a lamp out of the shed, turned around Beibei's territory, and entered the house.

Behind the tree not far away, a man in black blinked his eyes, waited for the lights in the house to go out, and then tiptoed and crawled over to the paper shed.

Although he was crawling, his speed was extremely fast and he made no sound. He got outside the thatched shed, and through the gap, he greedily observed every move of Zhihe and the others.

Each of these actions must be memorized, each step is a sum of money...

The man in black widened his eyes, trying to remember.

After a while, the man in black heard a sound behind him, and was so frightened that he lowered his body.He did his homework before coming here, and he knew that the young lady of this family is very good at martial arts, so he didn't dare to come out until the young lady went home to rest. ?

The man in black waited for a while, only to feel that the movement was dull and clumsy, not something a little girl could make, so he looked back cautiously, but it was a naive black and white bear crawling here on all fours.

"..." The man in black heaved a sigh of relief, it turned out to be a fat baby!

This bear is well-known in the entire Daxiangguo Temple and its surrounding areas. One is the black eye, and the other is Yunyan. Ask for something to eat.

This bear is very lazy, delicious, and clumsy. I don't know what kind of bear it is. The man in black has seen this bear fall on the ground with his own eyes!No wonder it is so rare, most of them are probably too lazy to become extinct.

The man in black felt relieved, if it was him, it would be fine...

But soon, the man in black felt that something was wrong. Seeing him, the fat boy seemed a little hostile, as if he regarded him as an opponent who robbed him of food, and his breathing was not quite right.

The man in black quickly turned over and stepped aside.

Unexpectedly, Fat Bei behind him let out a low growl and speeded up. The man in black comforted himself in his heart that the lazy guy would never be able to outrun him, but when he looked back, the fat Bei who was still a few feet away had already passed. It's so close! !

He saw the cruel light in Pang Bei's small eyes surrounded by dark circles, and raised his thick bear paws...