My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?

Chapter 344: If you are poor, you will strike accurately; if you are rich, you will have firepower!
  The more he talked, the more excited Ying Cheng became: "Silk, hemp, bamboo and wood are cheap and easy to get!"

“Bamboo comes back after being cut down, and there are still a lot of useless bamboo slips that can be used directly.”

"Just peel off the wood and it will grow again next year."

"Silk is more expensive, but you can use rags to make up for it."

"Hemp is available everywhere. I have a large number of hemp clothes and hemp shoes in my treasury, all of which can be dismantled and used!"

In the first sixteen years of his life, everything Ying Chengyu did was for one purpose.

live!

In the next three years, although Ying Chengyu also took out catapults and other objects, Ying Chengyu's impact on the world was only partial and may be repaired by historical inertia.

But today, Ying Chengyu finally opened the golden rope, broke the jade lock, and broke the cage of cowardice and conservatism.

He began to try to have a profound impact on this era!

But Cao Mao and Qi Ai were completely unaware of the influence of Ying Chengyu's words.

The two looked at each other, and then looked at Ying Chengyu's hair and eyebrows.

Qi Ai asked tentatively: "Mr. Chang'an intends to dig out writing materials from medicinal materials?"

The more Qi Ai listened, the more he felt that the method Ying Chengyu said was like a prescription recorded in "The Book of the Day".

If your hair and eyebrows start to curl for no reason, you can put the hemp shoes in water and boil them into floc, dry them briefly and then apply them to the affected area for treatment.

The only difference between Ying Chengyu's strategy is that he tried more materials.

However, Ying Chengyu is a noble lord after all. It is reasonable that he does not want to use smelly hemp shoes to cook medicine, but wants to explore new prescriptions!
  Cao Mao said directly: "Chang'an Jun's hair is indeed slightly curly."

"As the saying goes: If a person picks up nymphs and beards, it's because they are suffering from ailments. Just boil the hemp shoes (hemp shoes) and cover them with paper, and that will stop them."

"Mr. Chang'an doesn't need to work hard. I can prepare good medicine for Mr. Chang'an today because of my humble position!"

Ying Chengyu's face suddenly turned black: "My hair and eyebrows are very good!"

"I don't want to brew medicinal materials."

Ying Chengxuan asked: "Since you all know the method of boiling rice cakes and making paper, why have you never thought of using this technique to make something that can be written on?"

Qi Aipai smiled and said: "In my humble position, I once served as the official official of Congshou (Retting Ma) in Yongcheng."

"Although I have never cooked hemp shoes in my humble position, I have cooked a lot of hemp shoes."

"During this period, some craftsmen would accidentally let the hemp paper dry."

"However, what was finally obtained was just a messy and fragmented piece of twine. I really didn't know how to use it for writing."

Ying Chengzhen asked happily instead of angry: "Have you ever done retting?"

The art of retting has been around for hundreds of years.

And Ying Chengyu clearly remembered that his history teacher in his previous life once said that the art of retting paper pulp was born out of the art of retting hemp!
  In the early days of papermaking, the two were exactly the same!
  Ying Chengyu only had a rough understanding of the art of retting, but if Qi Ai had personally handled retting, then would there be any need to worry about the retting of paper pulp?
  Qi Ai hurriedly handed over his hand and said: "Report to Lord Chang'an, I have been in charge of the official office of retting hemp for about five years."

"Although I have never personally participated in craftsmanship, I know the art of retting very well, and I will not dare to deceive you even half a cent!"

Ying Chengyu laughed heartily: "In this way, I will feel more at ease."

"Come on, come on, sit down and talk!"

While talking, the servants had already set up a temporary tent and lit up the fire.

Ying Chengyu invited Qi Ai and Cao Mao into the tent and sat close to them.

Seeing Ying Chengyu take out two persimmons from the food box, Qi Ai and Cao Mao subconsciously reached out to take them.

Then they saw Ying Chengyu holding a persimmon in each hand and taking a big bite!

Qi Ai: [_?]
  Cao Mao: (︶︿︶)
  Ying Chengyu seemed to have not seen it, and asked in a deep voice: "May I ask you two, if I put these two persimmons together, will they be connected?"

As he spoke, Ying Chengyu touched the unbitten sides of the two persimmons.

Cao Mao looked at Ying Chengyu speechlessly: "How could they be connected!"

Ying Chengyu turned the persimmon, touching the bitten sides two by two, and asked with a smile: "What about now?"

Under the action of pectin and sugar, the two persimmons obviously appeared to stick together.

Although the adhesive force cannot hold the two persimmons together at all, the flesh of the two persimmons is visibly close to each other.

Qi Ai immediately handed over his hand: "Already connected!"

Cao Mao stared blankly at the juice that was still entangled even though it had been separated a little.

After a few breaths, Cao Mao asked urgently: "Your Majesty, do you think Ma is so persimmon?"

Ying Chengqiao smiled and nodded: "Not bad!"

After receiving Ying Chengyu's affirmation, Cao Mao's breathing became a little faster: "There is no adhesion between the hemp and the hemp, because they seem to have been broken, but in fact they are still as intact as this persimmon."

"But if the hemp can be broken open, the juice within the hemp may help form adhesions between the hemp and the hemp."

"And with this adhesion, hemp and hemp can be connected to each other, and even fit together seamlessly, forming more fine latitude and longitude threads than silk!"

Ying Chengyu's smile became even brighter: "Although we missed, we're not far off!"

"Of course, persimmons are persimmons, hemp is hemp, and wood is wood. They cannot be confused."

"What's inside the persimmon is juice. What's inside the hemp and wood may not be juice, but another thing that cannot be detected by the naked eye!"

"And what we have to do is to pound the hemp or wood hard to hammer out this kind of thing inside them!"

The reason why the fibers can be held together is because the cellulose molecules contain hydrophilic hydroxyl groups.

It was difficult for Ying Chengyu to explain such in-depth principles to Cao Mao and Qi Ai.

He could only give the simplest instructions.

hammer!
  Hammer the cellulose shell surrounding the hydroxyl groups to release the hydroxyl groups!
  With his eyes fixed on the persimmon in Ying Chengyu's hand, Cao Mao's voice changed from lazy to enthusiastic: "You can give it a try!"

"If persimmons can stick together, why can't hemp stick together!"

Qi Ai looked at Cao Mao and Ying Chengyu with speechless eyes.

Why can you associate hemp with dried persimmons?

Qi Ai retorted as tactfully as possible: "When retting hemp, we will also beat the hemp material with wooden paddles."

"But after beating, the linen material is still not sticky at all."

"I think it's a humble job..."

However, before Qi Ai finished speaking, Ying Chengyu and Cao Mao both said: "Not enough!"

Ying Chengyu looked at Cao Mao with admiration.

Cao Mao was not polite and continued: "Not strong enough!"

"The purpose of tapping the hemp is just to make the linen material spread out, but not to break it, so you can't use too much force."

"Even if the strength is not heavy, part of it will be slapped on the water."

"How can this completely crush the hemp material?"

"If there really is something in the hemp, then you can't put the hemp in the water, you have to hammer it harder to get it out!"

Ying Chengyu immediately corrected him: "If there is no water at all, the contents of the hemp may not be able to survive." "I think it can be divided into three groups for verification."

"One group completely put the hemp into the water and beat it."

"One group soaked the hemp, fished it out, put it into a pound and beat it."

"The last group was put directly into the pound and beaten."

“Finally, the three groups will be compared to observe the effectiveness!”

A flash of lightning seemed to flash across Cao Mao's mind.

Group comparison?

Instead of pondering over it, try all possible paths directly.

How much time will this save?

How many phenomena can be discovered that cannot be imagined by just using the brain?
  Cao Mao slapped his thigh and laughed heartily: "Cai!"

"Since we can't be sure, let's compare them in three groups!"

"Big win!"

"Mr. Chang'an deserves to be a great craftsman, but he knows craftsmanship better than the mediocre people in the court!"

"Cao is really lucky to be able to study craftsmanship with Lord Chang'an!"

Ying Chengyu smiled: "I want to divide into more than just three groups."

"As I said, silk, hemp, bamboo, wood and other easily obtained and cheap things should be tried."

"Maybe Ma can't achieve the results I want, but what about Mu Zhu?"

Cao Mao nodded crazily: "What your Majesty said is true!"

"Even though they are the same wood, they also have their own characteristics."

"Perhaps this wood can be used, but other trees cannot."

"This all needs to be verified one by one!"

Qi Ai's heart trembled when he heard this.

How many types of wood and bamboo are there in Daqin?
  How much would it cost if they were all tested!
  Qi Ai thought that Ying Chengyu would dispel Cao Mao's crazy idea, but what Qi Ai didn't expect was that Ying Chengyu was far crazier than Cao Mao!

Ying Chengyu actually agreed and said: "This is a very good statement!"

"It's like medicine."

"Two similar medicinal materials may be poison and antidote."

"But we also have to consider that there may be compatibility between various materials."

"So we not only need to verify each material, but also combine various materials in a compatible way for verification!"

Cao Mao became more and more excited and continued to add.

However, Qi Ai couldn't bear it anymore.

If we keep talking like this, even the whole country will not be able to satisfy your fantasies!

Qi Ai immediately bumped Cao Mao with his arm and quickly apologized: "Your Majesty, if you do this, it will cost a lot!"

"It's a humble opinion, but it's better to verify it slowly!"

One sentence made Cao Mao calm down.

The exhaustive method is indeed the best way to trial and error and accumulate experience.

But, it costs money!
  Cao Mao said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I will try my best to study hard, try less, and try my best to save your Majesty some money and food."

However, Ying Chengyu smiled and asked, "Who am I?"

Qi Ai was slightly startled, then tentatively cupped his hands and said, "Of course you are Lord Chang'an of Great Qin."

Ying Chengxuan said quietly: "I am the Lord of Chang'an of the Great Qin Dynasty, and I am the man with the most extensive empire in the world today!"

"Looking at the world, from the five kings down, I am the richest!"

"Now you are trying to persuade me to change my mind over something as trivial as money?"

If you are poor, you will strike with precision, if you are rich, you will have full coverage!
  I am so rich, but you let me exchange my time for money?
  You are not helping me save money, you are wasting my life!

Ying Chengyu chuckled and asked, "Is Master Qi trying to humiliate me?"

Qi Ai's pupils were shaking.

I've thought about all the reasons you used to refute me.

But I never expected that you would take money to humiliate me!

Qi Ai didn't refute anymore and suddenly handed over his hand: "What your Majesty said is true!"

"Only by doing as your Majesty and Master Cao said, can we make what your Majesty needs as soon as possible!"

Ying Chengyu nodded slightly: "Not bad."

"Quickness is more important than frugality!"

After looking at Zhang Xun who was coming, Ying Chengyu said in a deep voice: "This is the address of the workshop I chose for papermaking."

"Build a workshop as soon as possible, dig the retting pond as soon as possible, search for materials as soon as possible, and start manufacturing as soon as possible!"

Qi Ai hurriedly said: "But the weather..."

Before Qi Ai finished speaking, Ying Chengyu said directly: "It's very cold, so let's light a fire to keep warm."

"If you need the materials, please take them from my treasury."

"As soon as you have any needs, please speak directly to the housekeeper of my residence!"

"I have only one demand, hurry!"

"This is a major event related to the future of Da Qin."

Ying Chengyu looked at Cao Mao and Qi Ai with burning eyes, and said in a deep voice:
  "If this thing can be completed quickly, I will not hesitate to report it to the king and ask for a title for you two!"

An electric current seemed to have penetrated the soles of Cao Mao's feet.

If you do this well, can you change your title?

Can humble craftsmen like us also have a title?
  And Qi Ai realized through these words how much Ying Chengxuan valued this matter.

He also realized that it was probably not just Ying Chengyu who was paying attention to this matter, but also Ying Zheng!

Abundant funds, valued by superiors, related to the country, and generous rewards.

So what else is there to say?

Qi Ai and Cao Mao suddenly raised their hands: "Wei!"

Ying Chengyu smiled: "During this period of building the workshop, the two master craftsmen should not be idle."

"Please also ask the two of you to create a few more small objects for me."

(End of this chapter)