North and South groceries

This method of making papyrus, Luo Yong read it from a newspaper, and it was included in his second-hand books. The title is "The Production, Rise and Fall of Soil Paper".

When Luo Yong was young, there was one thing that left a deep impression on him besides stinky soap, and that was straw paper, that kind of paper was yellow and rough, hard to the touch, and relatively thick, and could be bought for a dime , Luo used the kind of paper he used at home when he was a child, until softer and whiter machine-made paper came out, and soon occupied the market.

Luo used this time to tinker with papermaking. What he really wanted to make was this kind of straw paper. The reason why he said that before was just to sell it stupidly.

There are a lot of things involved in making paper, and it would be great if those aristocratic families could treat this straw paper as a joke.

If they can't take this matter as a joke, they have nothing to do. The method of making straw paper has been spread anyway. It will be manufactured by the common people one after another.

The trend of the times, this matter can no longer be stopped by relying on their few gentry. For the current plan, there is nothing else that can be done except to kill Naluo's coffin to vent their anger.

But if you really want to move that coffin board, you have to consider his current influence...

At this time, when you use your hands to Luo, not to mention that Lishi people can't agree, I am afraid that in the entire Central Plains, someone will stand up and speak for him. When it comes to speaking out, people at this time are really not bad at all.

What Luo has done in these years has won him the love of many people.First, there was the method of burning fire and dung that made all the farmers remember him, and then there was the method of making soap that brought a new look to the grassland people. Although he was jokingly called the coffin board, the people's love for him is unquestionable.

In addition, the attitude of the person above is also somewhat unpredictable. In this era, the power between the royal power and the family members is already in a state of delicate balance.

Even if Li Shimin didn't like that coffin board, it wouldn't affect him to use this as an excuse to clean up those gentry masters after Luo Yong's accident. What's more, these gentry groups were not particularly united in the first place, and there were various interests entangled in love and hatred.

It is precisely because of such a big environment that Luo Yong dared to openly make paper this time, poaching the corners of those nobles.

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"Sell papyrus! Papyrus!" In Lishi County in mid-July, in the streets and alleys, you can often see some villagers selling papyrus with burdens.

The summer harvest was just finished in June, and the crops that should be planted in the second half of the year have already been planted. Now it is the slack season. At the beginning of July, Luo Sanlang of Xipo Village could not make paper, but made toilet paper One thing, I heard that the toilet paper is not difficult to make, and the materials are only straw and lime.

Some of them were quick-witted, so they went to Xipo Village to find Luo Sanlang to learn how to make paper. After learning the craft, they went home to make paper and sold it in the city. Soon, many families in Lishi County bid farewell. Toilet chips, used toilet paper.

"How do you sell this toilet paper?" In the alley, a family stood within the courtyard wall and asked.The courtyard wall of his house is short, less than half the height of a person, and it doesn't hinder communication even if it is separated by a wall.

"One penny and two catties." The man carrying the burden said.

"Can it be a catty?" said the man in the courtyard, walked a few steps towards the edge of the courtyard wall, and casually put the broom in his hand by the wall.

"Your Majesty, just rest assured. My toilet paper is thin and thin, and each stack weighs more than a catty. If you don't believe me, just weigh it." The man who carried the burden also put down the burden at this time. There is a basket at both ends, and on the inside of the basket, straw paper is piled up in layers.

The farmer selling straw paper took out some straw paper from the gap in the basket and handed it to the other party. The man in the yard took it over and looked at it, and asked again: "Can you harvest corn?"

"Then you have to let me see what your corn looks like first. If it's good, you can exchange a liter of corn for a catty." The straw paper seller is obviously not willing to collect corn. The summer harvest has just ended, and there are many new ones at home. As for the grain, besides, the corn at this moment is also from last year. If some people's homes are not well preserved, they may be infested with insects.

"Okay, give me two catties." The man in the wall said, and put the few pieces of straw paper in his hand into his clothes, and then took out a penny and put it on the wall.

"Okay." The straw paper seller agreed, and happily took two stacks of straw paper from the bag and handed it to the other party. After collecting the penny, he continued to sell along the alley .

"Sell toilet paper, toilet paper."

"Hey, toilet paper seller, this way."

"okay."

"How do you sell your papyrus?"

"Two piles of money for one penny."

"I want ten coins, how much can you give?"

"My house has twelve stacks of five-cent coins, and twenty-five stacks of ten-cent coins."

"Show me what your toilet paper looks like."

"Row."

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About an hour later, the farmer sold all the papyrus in the burden. With a small bag of caramel in his arms and more than 20 copper coins, he happily carried the burden out of the city under the sun.

His village is not far from Shixian County. Walking along the county road all the way out of the city gate, you can get home in about an hour and a half. When you go back now, you can still soak the water in the tank before dark If there is no accident, straw paper will be available for sale in two or three days.

They have the straw for making papyrus at home. They collected some straw during the summer harvest and piled it outside their yard. They were not used to light the fire or feed the animals in winter. They didn't expect to earn him a lot of money now.

After three or four days of busy work, the family can make a batch of straw paper, pick it out and sell it, and they can get more than 20 yuan. He didn't even dare to think about such a good thing in the past.

The sun was scorching above his head, but he didn't feel hot at all. His big rough feet wearing worn-out straw sandals walked quickly on the yellow mud road, step by step steadily and quickly.

His parents and daughter are married in the same village, and they gave birth to him a little nephew just last year. That kid looks like a tiger and a tiger, but he is very greedy. When he sees other people's dolls eating candy, he can't stop moaning. This time, this bag of caramel Take it back, I still don't know how happy I will be...

At this moment, in Xipo Village.

Luo Sanlang is teaching people to make straw paper. As for the location of the professor, it is naturally the courtyard of Luo's family, and all the materials are provided by Luo Sanlang.

Luo Sanlang is responsible for teaching these people how to make straw paper, and these people are responsible for making straw paper for him. It is true that tuition fees are not charged, but at least he has to earn some labor for himself, or else he will lose money no matter what he thinks. Ah, it takes a lot of work to teach people skills.

In fact, there is nothing particularly difficult about the method of making papyrus. Some people are dexterous. After listening to the specific steps, they fiddled with it at home, but most people are still not that smart after all. Lack of confidence in themselves, anyway, there is something to teach here, so they came to learn.

Luo Yong didn't pick people this time either, no matter men, women, old or young, tall, short, fat or thin, as long as he came, he would teach them the same way, but he only accepted a maximum of five people each time, if there were any more, he would queue up at the back.

That night, after dinner, the brothers and sisters sorted out the piles of straw paper made that day and put them on the shelf beside them.

"Brother, what is the use of our family making so much straw paper? But to sell it?" Si Niang neatly tied up a stack of straw paper and asked.

"We don't sell papyrus at home." Luo Yong rubbed the straw in his hand to soften it, and replied, "These papers will be used in the store for wrapping in the future."

"Packing things?" Goro was puzzled: "What are you packing things for?"

"It is to wrap things first, and then sell them." Luo Yong scratched his chin, thinking that he couldn't speak clearly with just one mouth, so he simply pulled out a piece of straw paper and took a few pieces of stinky soap from the shelf After coming down, he packed the pieces of soap with straw paper, and tied up a piece of colored hemp rope. After looking around, it seemed that something was missing, so he said to Si Niang: "Tomorrow, you can carve a north and south for me." Stamps for groceries."

"I'll carve it right away." Si Niang has practiced carving a lot recently, and she is familiar with the words "North and South Groceries".

If you have a seal, you will naturally have ink pads. There is no cinnabar in his shop, but there are some dyes, which are left over from making soap after buying them last time.

Luo Yong chose among several colors, and finally chose the cyan color that is relatively cheap and the color is relatively good-looking. He took out some and mixed it with clean water, and found a scrapped wool felt cushion, and cut it with scissors. Take a small piece and put it in the pottery bowl filled with dye, let it absorb enough dye, so that it can be used as ink pad.

After a short while, a square cyan seal was printed on the outer packaging of the few pieces of soap that had just been packed: "North and South Groceries".

This khaki-yellow straw paper is quite stiff, and it is more suitable for packaging. It is tied with a colored twine outside, and finally stamped with a blue stamp on it. And it doesn't need to cost a lot of capital.

Not to mention straw paper, even if the Luo family doesn't make it themselves, and spend money to buy it, they can buy two catties for a penny. Offered.

The cyan dye used for stamping is not expensive either.As for those colored hemp threads, the thread was the second-class thread that Tuo Wangdang they took back. This kind of thread could not be spun because of uneven thickness or other reasons, and the price was relatively low.As for dyeing, I also use the vat bottom material from Xueji cloth workshop. The color of such dyes is relatively not that good. In addition, only the bottom of the vat is left, and the dye is relatively small. If it is used to dye cloth, the color will be difficult. It is dyed evenly, and it is suitable for both ends to dye these hemp threads for Luo. Luo uses them at a good price, and Xue Weng and the others can get back some of their capital.

Luo Yong puts these things in the grocery store, and not all products have to be packaged forcibly, it mainly depends on the wishes of the customers. After all, recently, jokes about his failure to make paper and toilet paper have been widely spread. According to rumors, some people might be prejudiced against straw paper.

The next day, two more batches of soap came out of Luo's yard. After counting the goods and coins face to face with two merchants who came to fetch the soap, Luo Yong asked them, "Do you want to pack it?"

"There is still a package?" the other party wondered.

"It's just a simple package to prevent dust." Luo Yong said, taking down a piece of soap that Siniangwulang and the others were playing with last night on the shelf and showed them.

"If you want, please pack all these soaps for us." The package looks good, although it is not luxurious, but it is quite decent, mainly there is a stamp of North and South groceries on it, you know, Luo Sanlang's soap produced here is much cheaper than other places.

"Okay." Luo Yong readily agreed, and reached out to take a few stacks of toilet paper from the shelf.

Siniang stretched out her hand to take the stacks of straw papers, she didn't pack them directly, but folded the papers in half first, and then cut them with a knife, one straw paper became two.

"Such a small piece of paper can hold a piece of soap?" One of the merchants felt a little funny when he saw that this little girl who was about ten years old knew how to calculate and count carefully.

Siniang really wanted to ask him if he knew that a catty of straw paper is the same price as a catty of corn, but before she could say that, she blinked her eyes a few times, and after she said it, it became: "If the paper is too big, wrap it out Soaps don’t look good.”