sinovels Chapter 165 New Paper
Chapter 165 New Paper
Two days after the nobles from the capital left, the people of the Lin family finally made new paper that Lin Xiazhi was satisfied with.
The next day, Lin Xiazhi asked Lin Chengzu to take the new paper and the recipe steps to the county government office in the county seat to find the county magistrate.
Because the county magistrate paid close attention to the members of the Lin family, Lin Chengzu often went to and from the county government this year, and he had already become acquainted with the county government servants.
In the past, in Lin Chengzu's mind, these county government servants were not to say that they were unattainable, but they were definitely not something that rural people like them could approach at will.
In fact, after a long time of contact with these county government people, I realized that they are actually ordinary people after taking off their official uniforms.
Lin Chengzu greeted them with a smile, saying that he had something important to discuss with the county magistrate.
The county magistrate has been paying attention to the affairs of the Lin family, worried that there will be problems with the twice-cropped rice a year, and when he heard that the people below clearly said that Lin Chengzu was here, he hurriedly let him in.
Lin Chengzu didn't hang on to the county magistrate, he took out a roll of white paper that Brother Xia tossed out at home, presented the method of making new paper written by Lin Xiazhi, and waited with his hands down.
The county magistrate didn't understand what Lin Chengzu meant by giving him a blank piece of paper, so he had to pick up another piece of paper full of words that Lin Chengzu gave him to read.
Looking at the content written on the paper, the county magistrate's smile grew wider and brighter, and his eyes became brighter. The Lin family actually managed such a big event without making a sound.
Today's Holy Majesty is a pragmatic person. After he ascended the throne, he has been vigorously promoting arithmetic, so that the majority of students can apply what they have learned, and do more practical things for the common people.
The cost of going to school remains high. Pens, inks, papers and inkstones cost money, and paper is the most costly. It sells quickly and is expensive. How many farm families can afford their children to study.
If the prescription given by the Lin family is followed to mass-produce practical paper and reduce the high price of paper, students from poor families will have one more chance to study, and they will be able to cultivate more talents.
What's more, paper is not only used by the students, even the amount of paper consumed by his county government office every month cannot be underestimated.
This is the case for the county government, not to mention the larger counties and even the capital. If they all use cheap new paper for office work, how much money can be saved for the treasury!
The more the county magistrate thought about it, the more excited he became, he couldn't help standing up and applauding, and wandered around in his seat several times.
"Master Lin, who came up with this new paper recipe?" The county magistrate read the new paper recipe back and forth three times before barely suppressing the excitement in his heart, and asked Lin Chengzu.
Lin Chengzu replied to the county magistrate according to the words Lin Xiazhi gave him: "Reporting to my lord, this new paper was accidentally read by the villain's third younger brother in a miscellaneous book. Made it in January."
Since Lin Chengzong is going to be an official in the future, he can help share some of these achievements. He is the only scholar in the Lin family, and his ideas are reasonable, leaving an impression of Lin Chengzong's intelligence in the hearts of these officials. helpful.
"Great kindness!" The county magistrate happily clapped his hands and laughed.
Lin Chengzu didn't expect that a new paper recipe would make the serious-looking county magistrate so emotionally exposed. It seems that, as Brother Xia said, papermaking cannot be held in his own hands.
At the beginning, Lin Xiazhi researched new paper, and Lin Chengzu thought about starting a paper business for the Lin family. Papermaking has not been under the control of the government all along. The common rice paper on the market is produced by the people, and their family can also make paper and sell it. .
Lin Xiazhi told him that the Lin family could not do paper business. Most of the rice paper on the market was controlled by aristocratic families, and the output was not high. Even if it was more expensive, the imperial court would turn a blind eye.But new paper is different. They cannot keep this cheap papermaking method in their hands.
Lin Chengzu was a little puzzled that a way to make money could not be used. He asked someone to send a letter to Cheng Wenliu, and Cheng Wenliu's reply did not explain why, but only asked him to listen to Lin Xiazhi.
Fortunately, after listening to Brother Xia and the county magistrate's attitude, the new paper is indeed extraordinary.
The county magistrate was happy, and his attitude towards Lin Chengzu became better, and he sent him out of the house with a smile, just like treating his nephew.
The officers of the county government didn't know what happened in the house, they only heard the county magistrate saying "good" and "great kindness" inside, and the county magistrate's full of laughter, his face became more affectionate to Lin Chengzu, almost Together they sent Lin Chengzu out of the county office.
People outside the county government seldom saw these guards smiling at others. After a closer look, the guards were accompanied by Lin Chengzu, who was an upstart in the past two years. They were curious about what Lin Chengzu did when he went to the county government.
The guards didn't know exactly what happened, and people outside couldn't find out, which made them more cautious about the Lin family.
After Lin Chengzu returned home, he told Lin Xiazhi what had happened, and Lin Xiazhi nodded after listening: "Brother, your and my tasks have been successfully completed, and there is no need to mention the new paper in the future."
"Brother Xia, what do you mean by that? I'm getting more and more confused by all of you." Lin Chengzu was at a loss.
Lin Chengzu's small business is doing well now, but due to the influence of his previous life, his vision is not comprehensive enough, and he is limited in major matters.
During Lin Xiazhi, Lin Chengzong didn't want to understand, so he could only explain to him: "Brother, think about it carefully, what are the things that the government controls the channels, and ordinary people can't interfere?"
"Hmm—" Lin Chengzu really didn't think much about this question on weekdays, "What the government controls is nothing more than salt and iron, so what does it have to do with new paper?"
Lin Xiazhi wanted to poke him on the head: "Why do the government control them?"
"Because it's too important?" Lin Chengzu didn't understand.
"You're right." Lin Xiazhi continued, "every household has to eat salt. Without salt, people will be weak, and if it is more serious, they will not be able to live. Therefore, salt is very important and the profit is very high. The government must Control the salt."
"As for iron, iron can be used as a weapon. I don't need to explain what a weapon means."
Lin Xiazhi didn't make some things very clear, mainly because he never quite understood these political matters, and naturally he couldn't explain clearly when talking about it with Lin Chengzu.
Moreover, in Zalin Xiazhi's view, the price of official salt currently on the market is not reasonable enough, and some people in poor and remote areas can't afford official salt, but I don't know if there is any plan to reform the salt system in the present day.
"I won't talk about the profit of new paper. There are so many people in a country who need paper, but the formula for new paper is only in the hands of our Lin family. The Lin family does not have any backstage. It's like a child. Take a piece of gold and tell the robbers to come and rob."
"However, if we donate the formula of the new paper to the imperial court, the imperial court will definitely bring us the Lin family along when promoting the new paper. We can gain a good reputation in the eyes of the imperial court and scholars all over the world. There is no harm in the end."
"Okay, I understand what Brother Xia means." Lin Chengzu thought about it after listening to Lin Xiazhi's words, "Scholars all over the world..."
Scholars all over the world are actually not that exaggerated. The only ones who will truly feel grateful to the Lin family are probably only the children of poor families.
Lin Xiazhi wanted to use the new paper to increase the weight of the Lin family in the eyes of the court and even the emperor, so that in the future, other people would envy the Lin family's business and would not dare to do so blatantly.
The matter of the new paper came to an end, and the Lin family's little baby, Xiaonian Gao, was about to have a full moon, which also meant that Li Xiu was about to give birth.
Maybe Li Xiu didn't bother during the confinement this time, she was taken care of well, and she looked a little younger after giving birth.
Lin Xiazhi looked at Li Xiu who was preparing the full moon wine for the little rice cake, and joked with him: "Ah, if you go out now, if you don't keep it all together, someone will say you are my brother."
"You kid is talking nonsense all day long, you and I are at this age, and you can still grow backwards, and you will become a monster." Li Xiu glanced at him angrily, "Didn't I just ask you something? When will Liu come to propose marriage, if you don't want to say it, forget it and make fun of me."
Lin Xiazhi was distracted, and stuck out his tongue behind his back. He was busy with other things before and didn't think there was anything wrong. When he was free these two days, he began to think about the promise he had promised Cheng Wenliu last month to let him propose marriage, and suddenly regretted it.
Lin Xiazhi didn't want to be talked about by Li Xiu in the house any longer, so he squeezed the little rice cake's little arm like a lotus root: "Ah, I'll go to the tofu shop to see."
"Go, go, anyway, if you don't say anything, Cheng Fulang and the others will talk about it when they come in two days." Li Xiu looked at Lin Xiazhi's almost fleeing back and said in a voice he could hear on purpose.
Lin Xiazhi stopped and almost tripped himself.
When the two of them talked in the room before, they controlled the volume, for fear of disturbing the sleeping little rice cake.No, just now Li Xiu's voice was a little louder, and Xiao Nian Gao was woken up.
Seeing that Xiao Nian Gao's small mouth seemed to be about to cry, Liu Xiu didn't care about Lin Xiazhi, so she lifted Xiao Nian Gao out of the crib and softly coaxed her.
"Little rice cake monster, Ah is here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid."
"Little Nian Gao, don't learn from your unreliable brother in the future, let's be good boys."
"Your brother, I don't know what's going on in my head all day long. Wen Liu is such a good child, and he seems to be dissatisfied every day."
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Fortunately, Lin Xiazhi left without hearing Li Xiu's words.
After Li Xiu put Xiao Nian Gao to sleep again, he put him down, picked up the posts on the side and continued to write. Xiao Nian Gao will be full moon in two days, these posts have to be sent out tomorrow at the latest, and he has to finish writing today.
Lin Xiazhi said that he was going to the tofu shop, but in fact he ran to the kitchen, and then asked Qian and Lin Xiaoqiu to confirm whether the food for the small rice cake full moon wine was ready.
Except for the fresh fruits, vegetables and meat that I will buy on the same day, I have to look at other useful ones today so as not to miss them.
After sorting out the list with Qian Shi, Lin Xiazhi ran to talk to Yang Yusheng after confirming that it was correct: "Brother, how did you make up your mind to marry my brother?"
"The two of us are interested in each other, and our family agrees, so we got married naturally." Yang Yusheng took it for granted, "Brother Xia, why are you asking this? Do you want to get married too?"
The matter of Lin Xiazhi and Cheng Wenliu has become an open secret of the two families, and everyone knows it.
"I just came to ask you out of curiosity, and you laughed at me." Lin Xiazhi held his breath in his heart, how much his family wanted him to get married as soon as possible.