Chapter 265 Paper Mill

Lv Songli looked at the couple Lu Zhiyuan and Lu Songyun who had been silent.

"The second thing is that I want to set up a paper mill, and I need your help."

Lv Zhiyuan and Lu Songyun were stunned. They didn't expect that there was something about them?

"Second sister, this papermaking technique is the secret of the four great families. You——"

Lv Songli raised her hand. She knew what he meant. The papermaking technique was monopolized by the four great families.

The current Dali is very similar to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties she knew before. At this time, bamboo slips and silk have withdrawn from the stage of history, and paper has officially become the main writing material.

Thanks to the further improvement of papermaking technology, the application range of paper in the Dali Dynasty is wider, and the output has also been greatly increased.

Nowadays, the more famous paper products include hemp paper, Zuo Bo paper, silver paper, etc., which are mastered by the four great families of Dali.

Among them, hemp paper is moderately priced, deeply loved by the public, and has the most extensive application.

Lv Songli decided to run a school, first because he felt it was very necessary, and second because he felt that there was great potential.

Many talents nowadays come from aristocrats, and it is difficult for poor families to produce noble sons. In fact, it is very restrictive to use such talents.

The gentry class monopolized the spread of books and curbed the number of talents in poor families.

The children of aristocratic families acquired knowledge, improved their talents, and became officials through a lot of reading. Knowledge resources became an insurmountable gap between the aristocratic families and the children of poor families.

The second is the monopoly of papermaking technology. Paper is very expensive and ordinary people can't afford it. Reading and literacy are only affordable for rich families, and ordinary people are not qualified at all.

These two aspects are exactly why it is difficult for poor families to produce noble sons.

Lu Songli knew that if she wanted to run the academy, books were indispensable, and the price of paper had to be reduced. Otherwise, ordinary people couldn't afford to go to school.

Since she knew that exile was inevitable, she had already begun to consciously collect books, but at this moment, the books she had were still not enough, not as many as those in the collections of those big families. She would collect them slowly later.

As for the price of paper, this was easy. They can just run a paper mill themselves.

And she has a trump card - printing.

Woodblock printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty, and movable type printing was invented in the Song Dynasty, so Dali did not have printing.

Wait for the right time to use it.

"I can get the recipe, but you need to keep experimenting." Lu Songli said to Lu Mingzhi.

Lu Mingzhi's eyes widened when he heard it. My sister is amazing. You can get this secret recipe for papermaking.

This is not a difficult task for Lu Songli. The four great inventions of China are very famous, okay? She has also studied them in depth and understood their development process.

"Okay, leave this to me! I'll experiment!" It happened that he was also interested.

"Brother and sister, you are responsible for managing this paper mill. As for who is in charge of which part, you can discuss it, okay?"

Lu Zhiyuan and his wife looked at each other and agreed.

Lu Songyun was hesitant. She was worried that she would not do well, and she also expressed her concerns.

Lu Desheng glanced at her, "If you don't know anything, just learn it. As long as you don't die from learning, learn it to death!"

It was obvious that the younger girl was trying to help her brothers and sisters. The older girl refused to try, so how could the younger girl help her?

Lu Songyun was gently patted on the shoulder by her husband, and then she agreed, "Okay, I'll try."

After the matter was said, Lu Songli took a sip of tea.

Lu Desheng knew that his daughter had something to say, so he let the other children disperse and let them think about the paper mill.

The eldest sister-in-law Tian stood up a little awkwardly. She looked at Lu Songli a few times, and she was a little hesitant to speak. These days, she was emotional and was really too cold to her younger sister.

Lu Zhiyuan stepped forward and pulled her away, "Let's go."

Tian hummed softly.

Lu Zhiyuan sighed in his heart. He knew why his wife was like this.

At first, his wife didn't understand why his father was willing to give up the position of Imperial Censor and be transferred from Chang'an to Houcheng, a remote place, to be a small county magistrate. She had her own thoughts about how much his parents valued his younger sister.

He knew that his wife was just an ordinary woman and she liked a stable life. Because of his parents' decision, her heart was full of resistance to foreseeable difficulties and uneasiness about the unknown, and it was inevitable to have emotions.

Who knew that his father was promoted not long after he took office.

I heard from their mother that this credit was planned by the younger sister for his father.

Now the younger sister has even promoted them equally. Everyone knows that if the paper mill is well done, there will be a bright future.

Lu Zhiyuan sighed in his heart. There must be a reason why his parents decided to leave Chang'an, but they just couldn't understand it. And no matter what decisions his parents and younger sister made, they didn't hurt them, nor did they make them suffer.

He thought that they would be obedient in the future, and would follow the orders of their parents and younger sister even if they did not understand their decisions and actions.

"Your sister-in-law is a person--"

"Dad, let's not talk about this." Lu Songli did not care much about her sister-in-law's little mood and awkwardness.

They were her elder brother and sister-in-law, and she had to help them. It was not that she was a saint, but as a leader, she had to pay attention to the methods and means.

As the saying goes, buy a pig and look at the pen. Followers, and those who intend to follow you, will observe how the leader treats his relatives and subordinates before deciding to follow you. If the leader is too harsh, mean and ungrateful, it is not a good reputation.

Lu Desheng was really satisfied with his little girl's open-mindedness.

"Dad, your son-in-law sent you the news that he has taken down the Black Wind Village in the southeast of Houcheng. Are you happy to hear this news?"

"So soon?" It seems that his son-in-law still has some strengths.

"Yes, they are currently escorting people here. Dad, you have to have someone vacate the county jail."

Lv Desheng nodded, "How was the harvest?"

Lv Songli smiled and said, "I heard it was good."

"That's fine. In this way, after the property looted from the bandits is settled, 20% will be given to the son-in-law as a reward. The remaining 80% will all be added to the county treasury."

"Okay." Giving 20% ​​is fine. Now her father is the governor of Liaodong County, and there are more places to spend money. Otherwise, she would be willing to give more.