Back to Ming Dynasty as Zhu Biao

Chapter 269 Security and Materials

After discussing for a day, it was already dusk when they came out. Li Shanchang and others said goodbye to Zhu Biao and left one after another.

Every step is detailed, and the special materials and special anti-counterfeiting printing of the National Academy of Scholars are imminent.

It was completely dark, and the full moon was floating on the palace wall towards the east palace, and scattered palace lanterns were lit up.From time to time, maids and eunuchs slowly passed by on the palace road.

Coming out of the imperial study room, halfway there, Sanbao followed with a lamp.

Lu Zhong followed behind, waiting for Zhu Biao to ask questions.

"Is there any news?"

"No." Lu Zhong lowered his head and said.

Zhu Biao looked down at his toes, and walked slowly forward: "Is there any search in the direction of Yunnan?"

"No, our troops in Yunnan are sparse, so it's hard to find them." Lu Zhong said with firm eyes, "It's because the subordinates are not effective."

Yunnan has been recovered, and the overall situation is not stable. This time Fu Youde is still guarding against the rebellion, and Mu Ying and Lan Yu will return to the court soon.
Mao Xiang and the others mainly focus on investigating private money and usury in various places.

"Pay attention to the direction of Yunnan."

"Yes." Lu Zhong followed behind.

"...Try the man with the curtain, but the begonia is still the same. If you know it, it should be green, fat, red and thin. Li Qingzhao's poems are really good."

"Your Highness." Chang called softly.

Zhu Biao came back to his senses and walked to her side, where two maids were holding palace lanterns.

"Why did you come out?" Zhu Biao stepped forward to touch her forehead: "It's much better."

"The concubine sees that His Highness has not returned for a day."

"It's not all right, haha, it's been decided today, and it's rare that no one objects." Zhu Biao said with a sigh of relief: "But it still needs to be perfected."

He didn't dare to make major reforms at will. To conform to the current society in the early Ming Dynasty, he could only carry out reforms on treasure banknotes, copper coins and silver.

"Fortunately, the father agreed. The concubine has prepared dinner." Chang Meirong looked at him, and then at Lu Zhong.

"Lu Zhong has seen the princess." After speaking, he left immediately.

"Muying and the others are coming back." Zhu Biao hugged her shoulder and said, "Did the child trouble you?"

"Your Highness will know by touching it." After speaking, he took Zhu Biao's hand and put it on.

After dinner, Zhu Biao went to the National Academy of Scholars non-stop. Tongbao Bank needs a top-down operating system, and the people who handle these have to be arranged by Lao Zhu with his eyes open.

Yang Xian was sent to the Yangzhou Salt Bureau to check and sort out the accounts, and the end of the year was approaching.

In the middle of the night, Zhu Biao was tired and sleepy, but he couldn't sleep for a while, so he called Lu Chang, who was in charge of the income and expenditure of the Academy of Scholars, and Xia Yuanji by the way.

In front of the Printing Pavilion of the National Academy of Scholars, Tao Chengdao yawned and watched them make paper pulp.The pulp from this step-by-step process is just awful.

There was an aroma in the vicinity, and Zhu Biao could smell it from a distance. Of course, it wasn't cooking, but those agricultural officials were improving the method of making oil from sesame seeds in Wang Zhen's "Nong Shu".

Stir-fry the sesame seeds, crush them with Shimian or stone pestle, steam them and store them in a tank, beat them with a pestle, and the oil can flow out of the tank.

As for the harvested rapeseed, the prepared vegetable oil is filtered with gauze, and the oil is greenish yellow and very sticky.

These agricultural officials are experimenting with seeds that can be used to extract oil from all over the court.

"How's the oil?" Zhu Biao asked.

The sound of clanging utensils stopped, and He Qing said: "The soybean oil used for tofu in the north is also good, and my subordinates are experimenting."

"He Qing, it can be divided into several batches. In addition, you should set the recruitment requirements for agricultural officials of the National Scholars Academy next spring in advance, find candidates, and bring them to Zhan Shifu."

The expansion behind the National Academy of Scholars is a place where experiments can be done, and the middle space is empty.

Seeing His Royal Highness come in, Tao Chengdao saluted: "Your Highness."

"Dean Tao, the blueprint of the new gun is at the Ministry of Industry, and then you should discuss it with the craftsmen of the Armament Bureau. If you have nothing to do, go down."

Tao Chengdao led the night guards away, and the crown prince came down, so he can go back to sleep peacefully.

There are several large vats piled up nearby, some of which are filled with clear water, some of which are made of hemp, some of which contain wolfberry bark and mulberry bark, and fibers of tree vines.

Although there are a lot of materials, they are all in good order and very clean.

Those who cut hemp, cut hemp, washed strips, soaked in lime water, steamed, pounded, and beaten, all performed their duties.

Zhu Biao saw a set of molds for printing banknotes borrowed from Baoyuan Bureau a few days ago on the innermost side, but the paper for the experiment was not satisfactory.

"His Royal Highness."

"Your Highness, this is the paper made after the new combination, please take a look at it." Those few officials were also here.

Zhu Biao stretched out his hands to rub, and after folding, kneading, and pressing, the paper had cracked lines: "No, this kind can be used in general, but Gu said that the banknote paper is better than the paper used for treasure banknotes. Academicians, the banknote paper must be speeded up. speed.

Wheatgrass, cattail grass, Malian grass and Wula grass can be used to make straw paper in the north. Although the paper you make is better than the paper used for Daming banknotes, I think it is not enough. "

"His Royal Highness, I will ask His Highness for advice." Although the Lieutenant of the National Academy of Scholars said so, he felt embarrassed in his heart.

Come and try it out, this new paper is several times better than the previous treasure paper, and after today's inspection, it still doesn't work, so I can't help complaining.

I don't believe it, but a prince who doesn't touch Yangchunshui can make banknote paper, which is better than treasure banknote paper, who will believe it.

Zhu Biao has consulted these and borrowed from the banknote paper of later generations. He first wrote several materials on the paper, mulberry, pulp, mixed with some hemp pulp, and wood pulp.

After seeing it, the few officials secretly said, they already knew this, this is what they are best at, and it is really unnecessary for the crown prince to write it.

If something is not created, it is normal for people not to believe it. Zhu Biao is not in a hurry and continues to write.

Anti-counterfeiting will be required in the future. This paper requires high strength, a folding resistance of more than a thousand times, and greater water resistance.Preferably also suitable for gravure printing.

In order to prevent counterfeiting, not only unique things must be added to the paper, but also a set of money texts must be made. If it can be colored, or in the future, more efforts will be made to develop special chemicals on the banknotes.

There is nothing to say about the anti-counterfeiting of treasure banknotes. As for silver mines and copper mines, the imperial court will also monopolize them.

"According to this, send someone to the Weaving Bureau to get some cotton."

"Cotton?" They know that cotton material is quite expensive.

Last year, Lao Zhu forced cotton to grow in some places in the north and south. This year is not bad, but it is not cheap.

"Then why don't you go and get some to join in for an interview?" one of the judges asked.

"Send someone to find the weaving admiral and bring some raw materials." Zhu Biao ordered.

The academicians were dubious, but they planned to try a few more times, not to mention His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally ordered.

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, they must try.

"Three Treasures, wait for the paper to be completed, and the sample will be sent to Gu for inspection, and Li Yan will write a copy of the idea of ​​anti-counterfeiting copper coins."

"Yes, sir."

Zhu Biao handed Xia Yuanji his hand, and dragged him around the National Academy of Scholars: "Follow Gu, I will teach you how to manage the accounts, would you like to?"

"Yuanji is willing." Although the short Xia Yuanji is not very old, but these days with Lu Chang, he also knows what a debt is, so he opened his mouth.

After Zhu Biao left, the National Academy of Scholars was still brightly lit.

They don't dare to rest, after all, they need to continue to struggle from science and technology officer to academician, national scholar, and unparalleled national scholar.

The promotion conditions for the Peerless National Scholars are actually not simple, but in their view, it is like being admitted to the No. [-] Scholar, which is very tempting.

The wives, children, and children all live in the family building at the back. They have no worries. They spend all their time doing research except for eating, and they will go to that thing for the rest of their lives.

(End of this chapter)