mtl008 Chapter 357
Chapter 357
When the ministers heard Yang Zhuo's words, they all looked at Yang Zhuo in unison.
"Please make it clear, Your Majesty!" The ministers hurriedly bowed.
Yang Zhuo smiled slightly and said, "It's actually quite simple."
"Open paper mills and printing factories, the main business of the imperial court, which can increase the fiscal revenue of the imperial court."
After Yang Zhuo finished speaking, the ministers below couldn't help talking.
"I thought His Majesty was making a big move. It turned out to be a paper mill and a printing factory!"
"It doesn't make money with these two things! I didn't see those aristocratic families, and they didn't make any money!"
"That's right! That's right! Opening a paper mill and a printing factory doesn't make any money at all!"
The ministers looked at Yang Zhuo suspiciously.
"You are wrong! Paper mills and printing factories are very profitable! It's just that the current papermaking technology needs to be improved!" Yang Zhuo said with a leisurely smile.
The ministers were stunned when they heard this!
"Your Majesty! I don't know how to improve it?"
They don't believe it, can they make money after improvement? !
"To put it simply, it is to change the raw materials! Reduce the cost!" Yang Zhuo said leisurely.
"Your Majesty! This paper must be made of good rattan skin. I don't know what kind of material can replace rattan skin?"
The ministers all looked up at Yang Zhuo with suspicion.
"bamboo!"
"I have invented a new paper-making method, which can use cheap bamboo to make high-quality paper!" Yang Zhuo said with a smile.
bamboo? !
What!impossible!
"Bamboo? Bamboo can make paper?!" The ministers opened their mouths!
"How is it possible! Absolutely impossible! This bamboo is too hard to handle! How can it be made into paper!?"
"That's right! This bamboo is too hard, how can it be made into soft paper!!"
Yang Zhuo shook his head speechlessly, the ancients were just ignorant, what he said was the truth!
"Bamboo has a lot of fiber and is suitable for making bamboo. Although bamboo is hard, I have a way to make it soft!" Yang Zhuo said.
The ministers were taken aback for a moment, and then, seeing Yang Zhuo was so sure, they felt that Yang Zhuo must be telling the truth!
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
If rattan can be replaced with cheap bamboo, the cost will definitely be reduced a lot!
"This matter is settled like this! Retire!"
Yang Zhuo kept Cao Shaodong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.
Xuanzheng Hall.
Yang Zhuo summoned the Ministry of Industry Minister.
"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
"I told you this morning that the imperial court will open a paper mill and a printing factory in the future."
"Later, you go to Yangjiazhuang and learn from the technicians there how to make paper! How to print!" Yang Zhuo said.
There are specialized technicians in Yangjiazhuang, who can make paper from bamboo and print.
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Cao Shaodong bowed.
He was a little excited. After all, papermaking and printing are important technologies, and most people would not tell others easily.
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Yangjiazhuang, Science and Technology Park.
Liu Da took Cao Shaodong to the technology circle.
Over there, there is Datang's most advanced technology!
"General Liu! How can this bamboo be used to make paper?" Cao Shaodong was particularly puzzled.
How can something so hard be made into soft paper?
"This! Your Majesty has already explained it to the people in the Science and Technology Park. After a while, listen carefully and you will understand!"
With doubts, Cao Shaodong entered the science and technology park inside.
Among them is a small workshop specializing in papermaking!
There are specialized researchers in it.
"Cao Shangshu! This is the papermaking workshop." Liu Dao said.
Cao Shaodong entered the workshop and saw someone demonstrating how to make paper.
"My God! This bamboo can be pulped! It can also extract so many fibers!"
"And, this paper is really white!"
Cao Shaodong was shocked!
This paper made of bamboo is even whiter than rattan paper!
Moreover, the flexibility is also very good!
"My lord, the specific papermaking method is here. If you still don't understand anything, you can ask me." The technician from Yangjiazhuang said to Cao Shaodong.
The technicians in this science and technology park are all carefully selected by Yang Zhuo.
Teach them the most advanced technology.
Cao Shaodong took the papermaking method and put it away safely as if he had found a treasure.
He was blown away by Yeon-joo's intelligence!
so amazing!
Can make paper out of bamboo!
Although he is a minister of the Ministry of Industry and has a little research on papermaking methods, he has never thought of using bamboo to make paper!
What he saw today shocked him too much!
"Cao Shangshu, after reading the paper-making workshop, I will take you to the printing workshop."
Liu Dao.
Cao Shaodong hurriedly put away the papermaking methods, and then followed Liu Da to the printing workshop.
In the early days of the Tang Dynasty, books were generally copied by hand!
However, later, slowly, the folks became popular and printed books with printing technology.
Cao Shaodong followed Liu Da into the workshop and saw that printing was going on inside.
However, what surprised him was that the printing method was different from the usual ones!
"How come these printed editions are here and there?"
Cao Shaodong looked at those blocks and was a little puzzled. These characters are all independent individuals, not engraved by the entire version.
"Cao Shangshu, I know a little about printing! Let me explain it to you!"
Liu laughed loudly.
Before, Yang Zhuo asked him to print something, so he knew the way here.
"Look, what's the difference between these two versions?" Liu Da picked up the two versions and asked.
"One is integral, and the other is fragmented." Cao Shaodong said.
"That's right! That's the key!" Liu said with a big smile.
Cao Shaodong:?
"How?" He was very puzzled.
"Think about it! If there is a mistake in the overall carving, what should we do?" Liu Da asked.
"Then the whole thing will be scrapped, and it will have to be re-carved." Cao Shaodong replied.
"That's right! But, if I use this independent version, I can type it flexibly!" Liu laughed.
The biggest difference between block printing and movable type printing is here!
Movable type printing, which is composed of independent blocks, is particularly flexible and trouble-free!
However, if you use a woodblock to carve, if you make a mistake, all previous efforts will be wasted!
It's a waste of manpower and money!
"Wonderful! Wonderful! This method is great!"
"This not only saves costs, but also prints books efficiently and quickly!"
As long as all the characters are engraved once and for all, you can find out the characters directly and splicing them together!
"This is also what His Majesty thought of!" Liu said with a big smile.
"Your Majesty is wise! Your Majesty is wise!" Cao Shaodong praised.
Afterwards, Cao Shaodong left the science and technology park in Yangjiazhuang, returned to Chang'an City with two new technologies, and started building paper mills and printing factories in full swing!
With such good technology, the workshops of other aristocratic families are simply incomparable!
The imperial court can monopolize these two industries, and at the same time, it can also greatly reduce the cost of paper!
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On this day, Yang Zhuo received a report from the Ministry of Industry, saying that the steam train he requested to build had been completed and the railway had been laid.
"Great! Trains are finally here!"
This can be said to be an epoch-making progress!
In the future, power vehicles such as trains will replace human and animal power vehicles!
"Eunuch Zhao, pass on the order! Summon the ministers of civil and military affairs! Let's go to the western suburbs of Chang'an City together! I have something important to announce!"
Yang Zhuo said solemnly.
"Yes! Your Majesty!"
Eunuch Zhao will go down immediately!
In the western suburbs of Chang'an City, a brand new railway has been built. Although the distance is not far, it is very meaningful!
Because it took a long time to build!
After the wind and rain, the steel has a little rust, but it doesn't affect its magnificent scene.
All the ministers gathered beside the railway, talking about it.
"Look, this railway is really made of fine steel. The old man thought that this railway was only made of steel in a certain place. Unexpectedly, it is all made of steel! The project is really huge!"
Yang Zhuo led a group of ministers to the railway where the steam train was being tested.
Ministers, I was amazed by Datang's first decent railway!
Although it is quite different from the modern railway, the ministers have been shocked by this scene!
"Such thick fine steel requires special equipment to produce, and the steel consumption is a lot!"
"Fortunately, the imperial court is mainly engaged in steel smelting, otherwise, the cost would be high!"
"This thing can run? I really don't believe it!"
"Let's see how the steam train works. If it's really faster than a horse, it's really interesting."
Ministers, I muttered in my heart.
They looked at this train, big and heavy!
How could it be possible to run!
Even if you run, it must be very slow!
The ministers stood in front of the steam locomotive, watching with confusion.
Although I heard Yang Zhuo explain that the power of the train is through steam.
In their view, the power of steam is very weak, how could it be possible to push such a large iron lump forward?
Moreover, Yang Zhuo also said that this train can be used to transport goods and people!
This is even heavier!How could it be possible to move? !
"Stop arguing first, let's take a look and talk."
Xue Rengui interrupted the discussions of the ministers.
He believed in Yang Zhuo, and what Yang Zhuo did was justified by him.
Ministers, seeing Xue Rengui opened his mouth, they also shut up.
Not long after, Yang Zhuo had already inspected it himself, the train was well done!
"Cao Shangshu! You did a good job this time! This train is very solid!"
All real materials are used!Very good!
According to Yang Zhuo's plan, for this trial, the train must run!
Let the ministers see what technology is!
After the train passes, Yang Zhuo will start preparing for the construction of the railway!
In a few years, all major cities will be connected by train, so that the supervision of various regions can be strengthened!
"Your Majesty, this... can this train really be pushed by boiling water??" A minister asked Yang Zhuo incomprehensibly.
Yang Zhuo smiled, and said: "Of course, don't underestimate the steam power of boiling water. Once enough steam is sealed in a space, the pressure released will be very huge. This kind of pressure is enough to make people Let the heavy train move!"