A good bamboo curtain should actually be as thin as a hair and as thin as a cicada's wings.
It must be woven with thousands of bamboo filaments and finely polished to be very smooth.
As for why it should be good, after all, its quality determines the quality of the paper.
Moreover, the process of making such a delicate thing is quite complicated. Qin Di only knows a little bit about it, and the rest has to be studied by professionals like Lu Dan.
Finally, we have reached the step of making pulp, which is also called paper fishing.
This step was demonstrated by Qin Di, because it also required certain skills, and she had witnessed it.
In short, this step is just like the saying of paper makers, the thickness depends on the person's hand, clear edging will make it thin, and heavy edging will make it thick.
It refers to the same bamboo curtain, people with different craftsmanship will produce paper with different thickness; and the same people with different bamboo curtains, the quality of the paper produced will also be different.
Putting the curtain bed into the vat, Qin Di pulled up her sleeves and slowly moved the curtain bed in her hands until the pulp was evenly distributed on the curtain bed to form wet paper.
"Okay, that's it." He carefully took the curtain bed and the wet paper out of the jar, "Now just wait for it to dry."
Put the things in a place where they can be exposed to direct sunlight. There is absolutely no rush at this time.
Taking advantage of this waiting period, Qin Di also asked Li Liuqing to estimate the number of acres of the land, and then contracted it all. She was determined to win it.
"Miss, do you think this thing is taking shape?" she shouted excitedly. At this time, Qin Di and Li Liuqing happened to be walking around for a while before they came back and heard Chun Xing's enthusiastic shouting.
His eyes then moved to the place where the bamboo curtain was put down just now.
The things above seemed familiar to Qin Di.
This was the first piece of paper from the Dayuan Dynasty. Quickly arriving in front of the bamboo curtain, Qin Di finally looked happy.
"That's right, this is it! Although the quality is not very good at this time, it can already be used for writing!" Qin Di took off the shaped thing on the bamboo curtain, and then held it up.
I looked at the sun for a long time.
Finally, she turned to look at Li Liuqing, "Sir, did you bring your writing brush? You just walked around here, can you now draw a rough topographic map here directly?"
Holding the freshly made and still warm paper in his hand, Qin Di looked at Li Liuqing with a smile on his face.
He took out the thing Qin Di wanted from his small bag, ground it and dipped it in ink, and spread the paper in a place. Li Liuqing was not used to using this so-called paper for the first time.
However, as soon as the pen is swung, it can indeed show the same traces of black ink as on the bamboo slips on the wooden board. If we talk about the difference between them, the only difference should be that this one is lighter and easier to carry.
After three clicks, "Miss, the drawing is done." He put away the brush and picked up the paper, and a topographic map appeared on it.
It is definitely much lighter to hold and carry than the wooden slips and the bamboo slips. It is truly a transformational change!
Li Liuqing's eyes were also filled with surprise. She was a little skeptical before, but this time she completely believed Qin Di. Even if Qin Di said that they could fly in the sky and live in the water, she believed it!
Nodding slightly with a smile, Qin Di's eyes were filled with sparkling stars.
"Sir, what's next for business...?" Qin Di looked at Li Liuqing with a confident and proud look, his eyebrows curved.
She smiled and said, "If you trust me, Miss, I can do it." She liked to communicate with such thoughtful women. Today's Miss seemed to be a different person, but it seemed that she was born to be like this.
She was not supposed to be a woman confined in a deep mansion. On the contrary, the world outside was the place where she was truly needed and suitable.
Just like such a bright smile, it should bloom in this bright sunshine.
The first piece of paper has been made, and all subsequent plans cannot be delayed.
Lu Dan as a gift before returning to the Qin Mansion.
"Master Lu, you also know the next plan. All the tools for the paper mill will come from you. You can choose to come with all of them or you can choose to recruit other carpenters.
But our requirement is that the quality cannot be bad and the goods will be delivered as soon as the time comes, and we will be responsible for the transportation."
After getting out of the car and explaining to Lu Dan, Qin Di looked small, but his methods of doing things and his tone of voice were resolute and confident.
Even Lu Dan, who had seen the world, felt that he was being dumbfounded.
"Don't worry, I have a family of carpenters and have never broken a promise for several generations. Miss, just wait and receive the goods."
He knew very well how much he was capable of. Lu Dan was not worried at all that Qin Di said he couldn't do it. In fact, it was indeed impossible for him to not be able to do it.
Nodding to show that he understood, Qin Di thought of something and his eyes fell on the man again, "Master Lu, I heard that you have a stonemason friend?"
Not knowing what she was going to do, he was really stunned when Qin Di asked.
"What kind of stone tools does Miss Qin plan to make? Or gems?" Lu Dan asked for a reason. He knew very well what the person Qin Di was referring to did, but as far as papermaking was concerned, the stonemason's skills seemed to be limited.
It’s really unnecessary, right?
Smiling slightly, "Master Na Lu, please help me tell your friend that if he is willing to cooperate, our Qin Mansion has something for him to do. Let's talk about the water tank. In fact, it would be better to use a stone tank."
Qin Di didn't understand Lu Dan when he said this, and then laughed, "Hahaha, okay, then I will definitely tell the bald monkey and ask him to go to the Qin Mansion to discuss with the lady. Don't worry, his business is bigger than mine."
Okay, just try your best to lower the price for him."
He raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "This fool is quite nice and sincere enough."
For the bald monkey in his mouth, he should be a complete bad friend.
After everything was explained, the two of them said goodbye and left. As for the stonemason, Qin Di was not in a hurry. There was no shortage of people who should not be missing...
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——Main house
The things were placed on the table, but Lanxi still looked in disbelief.
"Dil, is this really something you made based on that ancient Ce?
Isn’t this amazing?”
He picked up the piece of paper and put it down on the table.
She still remembers the paper Qin Di described to her before - it is light, highly absorbent, has low hardness, poor flexibility, and is easy to fold.
But now that I look at it, it really is so.
Mother Qin played with the paper with the drawings on it for a long time, picking it up and putting it down, putting it down and picking it up, and folding it from time to time, as if she wanted to see if it would be like a wooden board or a bamboo slip.
broken.
"Mom, what do you think? If all the books you read in the future are bound together with these papers, won't they be so heavy?"
Smiling slightly, Qin Di looked at Mother Qin's child-like appearance and couldn't help laughing but did not laugh out loud, but her tone was much lighter, just like her sweet voice. At this time, Qin Di took the sweetness out of her voice.