In the end, the papermaking workshop recruited more than fifty people in total, which was considered the first step for their just-started 'small workshop'.
Shen Yuyu has also lived in Longxian Village for a few months, so the person he selected naturally has no major problems with his character.
It is impossible to build such a large workshop without disturbing other people.
Those who had mastered the papermaking technology did not take Shen Yuyu's workshop seriously at all.
After all, they feel that the method of making paper is in their hands, and others cannot easily come up with it even if they try hard.
The papermaking process in ancient times was very complicated. Even though the methods written by Shen Yuyu had been improved a lot, it still took more than three months to make the first batch of paper.
"I'll count to three, let's work together!"
Mrs. Song and Ms. Zhao stood aside and said to the workers.
Shen Yuyu stood in an open space out of the way and was also witnessing this scene.
"Three, two, one, get up!"
There were several workers standing around a large square wooden trough. After shouting, they worked together to lift up the wooden frame that had been filled with mesh in the wooden trough.
In addition to the Song family, Zhao family and the workers who were lifting the wooden frame, there were other workers standing around who were not doing any work. Seeing their success, everyone cheered.
“It’s done!!!”
There was a lively atmosphere in the papermaking workshop, and everyone hurriedly dried the paper they had just taken out on the shelves that had been prepared.
Everyone looked at Shen Yuyu with a smile and said happily: "Little boss, what do you think of this?"
Without his reminding, Shen Yuyu had already walked to the drying area to take a look.
She is very satisfied with the results these days.
When she was happy, the workers in the papermaking workshop were also happy.
Why?
Because when Shen Yuyu is happy, he will give them bonuses!
Sure enough, Shen Yue directly waved his hand and said: "Well done, everyone will receive an extra 100 yuan this month."
The villagers working in the workshop were all smiling and saying thank you to their little boss.
The paper taken out of the pulp water needs to be dried for several days. During these days, a lot of new paper is taken out continuously and continues to be dried.
Shen Yuyu was still not satisfied. She had not forgotten her original intention of building the paper workshop.
To create toilet paper that can be used every day!
However, due to the immature technology of this era, it is not easy to produce toilet paper for future generations.
After the papermaking workshop started, Shen Yuyu asked people from the General Mansion to help search for several craftsmen who had research on this and sent them to Longxian Village.
Shen Yuyu gave them some pointers based on what he remembered, and also took out a few sections of toilet paper from later generations for them to look at.
It's just that more than three months have passed, and no specific clues have been found.
The products produced after several trials were so rough and inferior that they could not even be molded.
Shen Yuyu simply bought another piece of land near the papermaking workshop and built several houses for them to study on their own.
And a few days later, all the papers that were dried were successfully dried.
Workers in the workshop cut large sheets of paper and stack them together.
Shen Yuyu compared the rice paper he bought from a bookstore in the town. The quality was almost the same, but their cost was lower. If they were sold in a bookstore, they would definitely sell better than rice paper of the same quality.
Shen Yuyu also discussed with brothers Qi Wenzhen and Qi Wenqin that Wu Hao Book Store and a small book store under the name of General Mansion would be the only merchants selling the paper they made.
The bookstore in the General's Mansion was Xin Rui's dowry, but the business was not very good, so it was never run.
As for why Shen Yuyu chose Wu Hao Book Store, it was naturally because he knew that the owner behind this book store was Fei Yanche.
Of course, if you have money, you have to make it with your family.
Yes, Shen Yuyu has classified Fei Yanche into the ranks of his own family.
In the past nearly four months, Fei Yanche has been making constant moves.
He had already subdued many trustworthy and effective subordinates according to the memory in his dream, and quickly gathered a group of nearly a thousand subordinates.
Those people were hidden deep in the mountains behind Longzian Village by Fei Yanche.
It takes a lot of money to raise so many people, so Fei Yanche is very short of money.
No matter how busy he is, he will come to Shen's house every once in a while and stay for two days before leaving.
This day was a day off for school breaks in the town. In the evening, Shen Rong and a few boys came back, looking a little heavy.
Looking at the few people who looked a little uncomfortable, Old Mrs. Shen asked, "What's going on? They all look sad."
Shen Rong answered: "When I came back from town today, I saw a notice that the government was looking for someone again."
Mrs. Shen said nonchalantly: "Just look for someone. This famine has just passed, so it's normal to look for relatives and friends."
Shen Rong shook his head and said: "The notice posted is another one looking for Prince Wuding."
"That has nothing to do with us..."
Mrs. Shen's words stopped abruptly. Isn't this Prince Wuding Xiao Che?!!!
After so long, they knew why Fei Yanche was unwilling to return to the capital with the officials who were looking for him, and they also knew that his family was under house arrest in the capital.
Fei Yanche is so busy every day now, and the Shen family automatically figured out that he had to find a way to save his family.
Then if he is brought back, he will also be put under house arrest.
The Shen family all regarded Fei Yanche as family, and naturally they did not want to see such a result happen.
Mr. Shen suddenly asked: "Don't everyone outside think that Xiao Che is dead? Why are you looking for someone again?"
Shen Rong had no way to answer this question.
Sanlang frowned and asked worriedly: "Brother Che also promised me to work with him when I pass the examination as a scholar. So if he is caught and taken to the capital, won't I be able to follow him?"
Fei Yanche said that he would take Sanlang with him to train when he was admitted as a scholar. He said it a few days ago.
Sanlang couldn't read anymore, so he thought it would be good to just follow Fei Yanche and do things like Fei Xi and Fei Dong.
He had seen the skills of the two of them, and they were both equally powerful.
So Sanlang asked Fei Yanche if he could follow him.
Fei Yanche didn't dare to agree. If Sanlang became an illiterate because of his agreement, Shen Yuyu didn't know how to annoy him.
So Fei Yanche said that only after he passed the examination as a scholar could he be qualified to follow him.
Recently, Saburo has been studying very hard, just to get the recommendation from the master of the school before the college examination begins, so as to have a chance to take the examination.
How could he have imagined that such an accident could happen.
Shen Yuyu didn't know about this either, because Fei Yanche hadn't been to Longxian Village for a long time recently, and he didn't let Fei Dong or Fei Xi give her any news.
When everyone was silent, there was a knock on the door of Shen's house.
Shen Yuyu seemed to feel something, and quickly stood up and opened the door.