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Chapter 342 Zhaoyang Snow Paper
Buying online from suppliers who can offer the lowest price, even the quantity of three tons is very important. Zhang Zhe reckons that it is not a "enterprise" that is too tight.However, the activated carbon and bleach manufacturers contacted by Zhang Zhe happened to be located in a village-level industrial park.Zhang Zhe contacted an eight-ton Chinese truck and paid the same freight as the price of the goods. 21 hours later, in the newly rented garage, six-ton ​​bags of black and white powder of unknown use were lying quietly got there.

In the papermaking workshop, there was originally a pool of pulp that had been soaked.

Zhang Zhe drove away a group of craftsmen and asked Zhang Sanqi and Gao Deshu to pour twenty catties of pulp bleach into the pool.Geng Liang was still patrolling around with his two-handed sword in his hands nervously.

The artisans were summoned again and began to stir the pulp using the transmission suspension rod suspended above the pool.

Zhang Sanqi held a few sheets of paper in his hand, and while comparing the "secret recipe" recorded on the paper, he kept observing the changes in the pulp.

The pulp was converted into three ponds in a few days, and then all the craftsmen were stunned.

At this time, the milky white pulp in the pool was as beautiful and pure as milk. The master master who took the lead couldn't help but brought the model, took a scoop, and pressed out a piece of paper with the model.

Sun is a frequent visitor to Jiangnan this year, and soon a piece of milky white paper appeared in the hands of the craftsman.

This day is the tenth day of the first month of the 43rd year of Zhang Hua.

The paper made by ancient people is very soft. If it is a little softer, Zhang Zhe almost thinks that this is modern toilet paper.It's just that the texture is a bit too thick, and it probably feels a little worse than the roll paper that is promoted in the mall.

However, this kind of paper is indeed very white. Compared with the "Guzhou celadon white paper" used by the imperial court and known as the world's first white paper, the "celadon white paper" is a lighter cyan.

"This is the best white paper in the world!" Zhang Sanqi and the others guarded the one-foot-thick white paper, and everyone's eyes were shining, as if seeing white silver.

But their young Patriarch shook his head slightly and put down the blank paper.

"Lang Jun, with such a fine piece of paper, it is reasonable to say that it is the best in the world, why are you still shaking your head?" Among the few people, only Sanqi dared to ask.

"Paper is of course very good, but the pulp is hard to get!" Zhang Zhe walked around the room a few times, "If a pool of pulp needs to be soaked well, even if someone has a secret recipe, it will take at least a month or two. Even if I Getting all the pulp stored in the paper workshops in Zhaoyang is a drop in the bucket for a certain plan."

Regarding the plan in Zhang Zhe's mind, none of the servants knew about it, and they didn't dare to ask casually.Instead, Zhang Sanqi suddenly said: "Why don't you throw those ugly papers in the warehouse of the workshop into the pool again, I think it can be turned into pulp in half a day, anyway, even the monks in the temple can't see that kind of paper In fact, no one’s paper money is in order.”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhe was startled immediately, and then suddenly realized.

"Sanqi, I really have you!"

Yes, pulp is not easy to collect, let alone transport, but those inferior papers are just used to soak pulp.There are papermaking workshops everywhere on both sides of the river. Most of them have many defective products and few high-quality ones. In addition, the climate is humid, and a small amount of poor storage will produce a large amount of waste paper and moldy paper.The slightly better waste paper is sold at a low price, or it is also used to return to the pool, and the exquisite workshops will simply be burned.

"Send people to collect inferior paper?" Cao Lingwen, who was temporarily appointed by Zhang Zhe as Xiushan county affairs officer, also had his eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Zhe's idea.

He has also seen Zhaoyang Snow Paper. According to Mr. Zhang, the most important process in making Zhaoyang Snow Paper is one process, and the rest is the same as ordinary papermaking.

"My lord, I'm so fussy! The inferior paper from various paper mills is troublesome, and it loses its reputation when it's sold. We came in all at once, and I don't know how much snow paper we can produce! Besides, other houses transport paper as much as possible because they are afraid of humidity. Avoid water transportation, we are not afraid at all, send people along the big river to buy, and transport all the water to Xiushan Wharf, it is fast and cheap!"

"Quickly find some capable officials, take the official documents of the county, and take out [-] yuan from the property copied by the Fang family, and let them collect them all the way along the two sides of the river. The expansion of the workshop in the county, I will Leave it to Wu Huai to do it. I just need two words, fast, many!"

"promise!"

After sending Cao Lingwen away, Zhang Zhe returned to his mansion in the county.Zhang Sanqi and the other three stayed in the papermaking workshop, overseeing the use of bleach in the warehouse of the workshop.

In the warehouse, there are already four or five large bags of bleach, and it will take Zhang Zhe two full months to transport all these six tons.In addition, it will take time to acquire waste paper, inferior paper, expand workshops, and snow paper production. Zhang Zhe wants to delay time more than Shi Qiao and Tang Bo at the moment.

After returning to the mansion, Zhang Zhe did not go back to the room, but went all the way to a secret place in the backyard.

All the sugar workshop tools he bought in the name of the Gu family were moved here, and seven craftsmen also lived here.Here is Xiao Zhaoping with a few servants in charge.

As soon as Zhang Zhe entered the courtyard, little Zhao Ping brought over a handful of snow-white things with a look of surprise.

White as snow, fine as sand, and glistening in the sun, this is exactly the white sugar obtained by filtering brown sugar through activated carbon.Zhang Zhe took some of it and took a closer look, and found that there was only a little difference in color between this white sugar and modern white sugar.

Zhang Zhe took out a small paper bag from his sleeve pocket and opened it in the palm of his hand. It contained Xueyi from Nanwu.

There is a faint milky yellow in Nanwu Xueyi, which is not conspicuous on weekdays, but when compared with the white sugar filtered by Zhang Zhexin, the difference is too obvious.

"The craftsmen in the yard are all watching. In a few days, you will take people to bring these tools and craftsmen to the village in the countryside. Build a large warehouse and workshop. If you need manpower, go to Uncle Lei If you want money, go to Yuezhaozhi. Everything must come first with a secret word, can you write it down?"

It was the first time that Xiao Zhaoping was appointed by Zhang Zhe alone, and it was such a confidential matter.He suppressed the excitement in his heart and hurriedly responded, but the master valued him more and more.While agreeing to Zhang Zhe, little Zhao Ping also swore secretly that sooner or later, he would also become a servant of the master's family and compete with that hateful Zhang Sanqi.

On the one hand, Zhang Zhe was busy with the paper mill, and on the other hand, he was busy instructing the magistrates of the counties to start preparing for the possible drought. Those people in Wu State were thrown aside by him.

All counties in Zhaoyang, including Xue Xiong’s army, have begun to build granaries. Zhang Zhe has approved and approved more than 20 water storage projects in the past few days. Up and down the county.

The canals and ditches also need to be repaired, because Zhang Zhe is also worried that under such abnormal weather, if it is not a severe drought or a severe flood, the [-] guan of goods copied from the Fang family will be approved or paid in a few days. .

Even Zhang Zhe promised to invite Wu Guoren to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month banquet, but he just showed his face before leaving in a hurry.

Spending money was fun for a while, and on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, all the money copied from Fang's family had been deducted, and he set his sights on the "400 million pennies" in Wu Guoren's hands again!
"About before, they deliberately left us alone." Shi Qiao, dressed in homely clothes, handed the post sent by Zhang Zhe to Tang Bo, "This made the rest of the family like ants on a hot pot. The official suppressed it forcibly, and they were afraid that they would deliver the letter to their door by themselves."

"Zhang Xinzhi can't hold back anymore," Tang Bo smiled slightly after reading the post, "He has been building ditches and dams these days, and the entire county has conscripted tens of thousands of people. I'm afraid he copied it from Fang's family. The money has been exhausted, so think of the 400 million in our hands."

"What do you think of Guangyan?"

"Your Excellency, why don't you go to this illness for a while," Tang Bo tapped his palms, "The post is about the Spring Festival Poetry Fair. It's normal for you not to go when you're sick. Let's take the doctor with us, and we won't be afraid that Mr. Zheng will find it out. As long as your lord If it doesn’t show up, others will not be able to contact Zheng people about the 400 million guan. If Zhang Xinzhi gets angry and asks directly, we will complain that we were neglected by him before.”

Shi Qiao shook her head and smiled wryly: "Okay, let's close the door for a period of time, Guangyan is not allowed to leave a certain person to live in solitude, a few hand-to-hand talks every day is indispensable!"

For this request, Tang Bo has nothing to do, he is a chess lover.

"It's a pity. I've heard that Zhang Xinzhi played a game of ghosts and gods before the execution with someone Song. There are many advantages. We have also studied the game record countless times. If we can really play a game with him, it will be a blessing for chess players. Boss How much better is it than playing scores in the air?"

"Guang Yan's wish is the same as that of a certain one. When the affairs are handed over clearly, it is unavoidable to ask Zhang Xinzhi for advice!"

But Tang Bo shook his head at Shi Qiao: "We are sure to ruin Zhang Xinzhi's plan, so why would he still be willing to play chess with us?"

Shi Qiao frowned for a long time, and finally comforted himself: "Maybe it will be exciting at that time?"

"Hehe, that's Zhang Xinzhi, not a fool!" Tang Bo laughed, and wrote a reply for Shi Qiao's refusal to attend, "This time, please ask your lord to be sick until the end of the month."

"Guangyan!"

"Well, what else does your lord want?"

"And take out the post written by Zhang Xinzhi from your sleeve. This post is addressed to Shi."

"Hahahahaha, my lord is laughing at me. Bo just wanted to seriously read the intention between the lines in this letter, how could he ignore this post?"

"You and I are best friends, Mr. Shi still doesn't know you? There are tens of millions of people who believe in you, and this famous calligrapher is definitely not in the mutual trust! Good thief, don't go~!"

"Sick?" Zhang Zhe didn't even read Shi Qiao's reply, "Forget it, you can't expect the enemies to be idiots. But, don't blame me for going too far in the future."

On the tenth day of February, corvee labor was stopped in various counties one after another, and spring plowing began.The situation reported in the county newspapers is not very good, because after a sunny winter, the ditches and rivers in various places have bottomed out.

For the purpose of spring plowing, all farmers, men, women and children went to battle to carry water together, all the officials and servants were also mobilized, and people crowded everywhere by the river and stream.

"This is the third time we've fought for water and weapons, and more than a dozen people have been injured," Wu Huai hurried to find him. The sudden increase in criminal cases in various places made him a little devastated. There are few people, the official has too few people, please borrow some people from me!"

"Is there someone for you?" Zhang Zhe directly wrote a warrant to him, "You gather all the officials who are idle in the government office, school office, and other yamen, and send them to every township and village. Don't let them decide the case. As long as they go around collecting materials for building granaries, the louder the better. Make sure everyone knows that all counties and counties are preparing to stockpile grain!"

Wu Huai smiled when he got the warrant: "My lord, this is Prime Minister Cao's old wisdom of looking at Mei to quench his thirst. That's fine, let's stabilize people's hearts first."

On February 30th, more than [-] small cargo ships finally docked at Xiushan's wharf.The boat was full of all kinds of waste paper and inferior paper, which were not bought by the county officials, and Zhang Zhe's old friend was transferred from various paper merchants.

Payments can also be made quarterly!

After receiving the letter from the degree, Zhang Zhe also gave himself a slap in the face.He actually forgot the level and starting point of Shumeng, which is one of the largest paper users in Jiangnan. The various waste paper they produced in the past and the amount of goods that can be transferred from paper merchants are enough for Zhaoyang.

With good news comes bad news.

The inland river of Xiushan became shallower, and even larger cargo ships could not enter the river, and all the cargo ships returned by Zhaoyang officials who bought paper were blocked at the mouth of the river.Zhang Zhe mobilized the small cargo ships of Qidian Shumeng to go back and forth between the river mouth and the wharf. The boats were resting non-stop, and it took a whole week to bring in all the paper.

On February 21, the official document from Jiangling City made all the county officials breathe a sigh of relief.The second envoys of the Provincial Highway have used their seals on the files of the Fang family case, and the official documents of the province have been sent to Chang'an.

It was also on this day that the Tongzhifu issued a proclamation: Last year's government examination was abolished, and the government examination will be re-conducted on March [-] this spring!Zhang Zhe also added a clause very "intimately": for those who took the mid-term exam last year, the board, lodging and travel expenses incurred for the re-examination this year will be paid by the government.

As soon as the announcement came out, the county schools in each county immediately became lively. The teachers in the schools began to give lectures and organize mock exams all day long.

In particular, a kind of "Zhaoyang snow paper" that is as white as snow was distributed from schools in various counties, and all the children received twenty sheets.

Scholars from all over the world couldn't pull their eyes out just the first time they saw this kind of snow paper.

The children who were assigned this kind of snow paper even locked the paper in the best cabinet at home, so that they would not show it to their friends at all.Someone wrote something on this paper and framed it on a whim. Few people praised him, but those who said he was reckless were like a crucian carp in a river.

The best article in the world!Zhaoyang snow paper!

The imperial merchants of the state of Wu in the county also knew the existence of this kind of paper.Imperial merchants were not short of money, but many scholars were short of money, so Zhaoyang Xuezhi soon appeared on their desks.

As businessmen, they naturally know that among the groups with the most spending power in the world, there are scholars!
They have never seen such a white paper, and they are keenly aware that no one who has read the book can refuse the temptation of this pure white.

This kind of paper is made by Zhang Xinzhi, so how much of this kind of paper can be produced in Zhaoyang County?

"Not good!" Tang Bo held a piece of snow-white paper, but it was as heavy as a thousand weights, and his face was full of seriousness. Some people are afraid that they will not be able to keep their hearts!"

"Hehe, the 400 million banknotes are all in Shi's hands, and it's not up to these people to make decisions!" Shi Qiao crumpled up the white paper in his hand and threw it into the brazier, "Guangyan, we still have to Quick design, let everyone work together!"

"It's difficult!" Tang Bo's face was also extremely ugly, "Once this paper comes out, if we still delay, some people may think that we want to eat alone. Besides, these people and the eight largest imperial merchants are in the same court. The relationship between the dignitaries in the court is too close, and the news of Zhaoyang Xuezhi has spread. Under the greed of profit, the pressure will be brought even adults will not be able to withstand it!"

"Can Guang Yan have a way to deal with it?"

"It's actually not difficult! There aren't many paper mills in Zhaoyang, and pulp soaking is time-consuming. The supply of this kind of snow paper will definitely be insufficient in a few years. You can use it as a strategy to fight poison!" Tang Bo thought quickly, "Everyone What people only care about is the profit of the snow paper. If the quantity of goods is insufficient, the adults can mobilize everyone to raise the price together to put pressure on Zhang Xinzhi, saying that it is to seek the prescription for the snow paper! We can also benefit from it.”

Shi Qiao applauded and laughed loudly: "Good! The type of supply and the price are all determined by us. These people must think that they can handle Zhang Xinzhi. But how can Zhang Xinzhi come up with such prescriptions? Let them argue with each other Go, argue as long as possible!"

(End of this chapter)