Farmer's Little Girl

Chapter 3033

There are a lot of things to do to build a paper workshop.

Bai Shan and Zhou man were busy and couldn't get away, while Yin or couldn't be too distracted, so the matter was finally handed over to Bai Erlang, and the others helped him give advice and consult.

Zhou man said to him, "first of all, you have to find some craftsmen. It's best to have papermaking experience. It's nothing if you don't have any. You can be smart and handy, and then let them study according to the prescription."

Bai Shan nodded: "we can think about the craft here, and we can find a place suitable for building the workshop there."

Bai Erlang: "where can I find such a person?"

Yan or thought for a moment and said, "you have to find someone you can trust, so if you are not a domestic servant, you should also sign the deed of sale after you find someone."

Otherwise, it's not good if the front foot delves into things and the back foot leaks out.

Bai Shan: "you can look for it from your servants. Another is to let people go out to find out if there are such craftsmen. If there are, you can buy it."

Zhou man: "it's not easy. As far as I know, craftsmen with such skills will leave their original owner's house for various reasons, and the imperial court will take it away and won't take it out again."

In other words, they can't buy takeout.

Mingda, who never spoke, said, "I'll find a way."

Let's look at her together.

Mingda said, "I can ask my father and the emperor for some slaves and craftsmen from the bookstore." Ready made people, even prescriptions are ready-made, and there is no need to think about them at all.

So she said, "after setting a place, we can build a paper mill."

Bai Shan and Zhou man thought of their previous plans and praised them: "it's troublesome for Princess Mingda, but they'd better wait for the prescription to be studied before building the workshop."

Mingda heard something and asked curiously, "do you have a prescription? How about the existing paper? "

Bai Shan said: "there are two prescriptions, one of which is said to be slightly worse than the current coarse paper, and the other is similar to the current fine paper, maybe better."

Mingda hesitated and said, "I can ask my father and Emperor for more craftsmen who are good at papermaking, so that I can make paper of the same quality as the bookstore."

Bai Shan shook his head and said, "princess, our purpose is to make the paper cheaper, so we don't use the original prescription of the bookstore. The prescription in man Bao's hand and I cost less."

Mingda finally understood. After pondering for a while, he said, "it's inconvenient to be with your father and Emperor."

Bai Shan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is willing to give to others. That's your Majesty's kindness to the princess. As for the prescriptions in the paper mill, it's nothing to spread to your majesty."

At this stage, they only intend to make these two kinds of paper, which are cheap and easy to promote. He and man Bao originally planned to give this prescription to his majesty and the prince.

Of course, this will be the future.

When this prescription is sent out later, the paper mill can also cultivate their own craftsmen. At that time, select some better and valuable paper prescriptions to start over.

For them, the difficulty of building a paper mill has never been money and raw materials, but craftsmen and prescriptions.

Now they don't lack prescriptions, they just lack people.

Mingda immediately wrote to the emperor.

When the emperor received the letter, he asked Gu Zhong, "select some craftsmen and servants who can make paper from the bookstore in the palace and send them to Qingzhou."

After thinking for a while, he felt that this was not enough, and simply said, "I remember there was a book store in the capital? Write down the western publishing house under Mingda's name. "

The former is OK, but the latter

Gu Zhong couldn't help saying, "does your majesty want to discuss this with your mother?"

In fact, what Gu Zhong wanted to say was whether he should discuss with the courtiers, but he was temporarily changed into a queen.

The emperor thought about it and went to the back palace to find the queen at noon.

The queen asked for Mingda's letter as soon as she heard it. After reading it, she refused for Mingda and said, "if your majesty loves Mingda and gives her some people to make paper by herself, the bookstore is the Royal industry, but it has always printed books for students all over the world. How can it be specially handed over to a princess?"

"What's the meaning of light papermaking? The most precious thing in the bookstore is engraving. If a new store wants to have this accumulation, it can't be done for decades. " The emperor said, "I have a ready-made bookstore. Give her one. What's the matter? The prince won't mind. "

Queen: "... But Mingda didn't want to run a bookstore. What she wanted to do was a paper mill."

"How much does a piece of paper earn?" The emperor said, "the most profitable thing is printing books."

The queen looked at Mingda's letter and said to the emperor, "although I don't know why Mingda wants to build a paper workshop, I know that this must not be to make money."

Knowing a woman is like her mother. Mingda has lived a rich life since childhood, but she is not extravagant. She is broad-minded and is not a person who loves money, so she will never build a paper workshop simply for money.

And she wants more money. Why bother to build a paper workshop?

After receiving the letter, the queen said, "Your Majesty, why don't you write to her first and ask her why she wants to build a paper workshop? If she doesn't want a bookstore, your majesty will send her, but it's just a burden for her."

Knowing where the emperor's seven inches were, she said directly, "what if we give her money directly for money? Will our daughter still be short of money? "

The emperor thought the queen was right, so he said, "OK, I'll write to her. But now that she has asked for someone, let's send some people to her first. "

The queen has no objection to this.

Bookstore

It is said to be the property of the royal family, but it is not.

Because the books printed by the publishing house are to be sent to the Imperial College, Hanlin academy, Chongwen Museum, and even local publishing houses and Fuxue County schools, it is of great significance;

The reason why the emperor was so big and boastful that the book office was the Royal industry was only because the money earned by the book office went to the emperor's private Treasury.

The queen can be sure that if the emperor said that the western publishing house was recorded in Mingda's name, the central Minister of the court would tear the publishing house into the name of the court.

This must not be a good thing for the royal family. The queen doesn't want to make such a dispute.

But she also loves her daughter. The bookstore can't send it, but people can send it. The big deal is that she built one herself.

Even if she doesn't just want to build a paper workshop, but also wants to print and sell books, it's not impossible. She can send some carving craftsmen back, or even send her some engravings.

This kind of thing can be done in private, but it's too eye-catching to send out a whole book store at one go.

The queen persuaded the emperor. The emperor skipped the matter temporarily, but he couldn't help wondering, "strange, isn't Mingda raising a fetus at this time? Why do you think of building a paper workshop? "

He frowned again. "Haven't the people I sent to Qingzhou yet?"

Gu Zhong hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, they have many people and luggage. The journey is naturally slow. It's not like sending a letter. They can reach the capital in a few days."