Seeing him panting, Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Boss Luo hasn't had lunch yet. Go in and eat something. There's no need to rush."
Luo Bilian waved his hand and said, "Thank you, sir. No thanks. With my fat body, even if I don't eat for three days, let alone one meal, it won't be a big deal."
He was even more anxious than Zhao Hao.
Zhao Hao smiled and said, "That's fine. We originally wanted to take a look around first. Now that Manager Luo is back, let Manager Luo take us to have a closer look."
As the group walked out, Luo Bi introduced, "Sir, our manor is in a worse location than the other two."
"Thirty percent of the village is saline-alkali land, which is unsuitable for cultivation."
“Even if it is possible to cultivate crops in other places, the yields are much worse.”
Hearing Luo Bi say this, Wang Mengyu was surprised and said, "I never thought that the imperial farm could be so bad."
Not to mention the imperial farm, even the farms of the major families could not be so bad.
Zhao Hao also felt very surprised.
Luo Bi explained: "This manor was not originally an imperial manor. It originally belonged to a captain named Qian. However, this man committed a serious crime more than ten years ago and was executed. His property was also confiscated, including this manor."
"It should have been sold at that time, but because the farm was in such bad condition, it couldn't be sold at all, so the treasury just kept it."
Zhao Hao nodded: "So that's what happened."
Luo Bi hurriedly said, "Although this farm is not suitable for farming, it is very suitable for you to use it to open a workshop."
He didn't know how paper was made, nor did he know what the requirements for site selection were, but he just said it first.
Several people came to a large depression. Zhao Hao squatted on the ground, grabbed a handful of soil and looked at it.
The color is whitish and the soil is very dry. It is indeed a typical saline-alkali land.
This kind of land is simply not suitable for cultivation.
I looked around and it was relatively spacious with no obstructions.
Zhao Hao nodded: "Yes, this place is good, very suitable!"
Hearing what Zhao Hao said, Luo Bi was overjoyed.
"Sir, so the matter of the workshop can be settled now?"
"Yes, that's fine."
Zhao Hao said: "But Manager Luo, you have to tell the tenants who come to the workshop that it must be kept secret, otherwise the consequences will be very serious!"
He didn't want the news about the papermaking workshop to get out in advance.
Otherwise, it might cause a similar scene as Ganjiu and be targeted by those unwilling noble families.
This time, he would do it in secret.
No paper for sale!
At least initially, no paper will be sold.
He wanted to print all the paper he produced into books.
Then sell the book.
There are very few books for sale on the market now. Generally, people who want to read a book rent it and then copy it themselves after renting it.
Of course, some wealthy families would pay to hire special copyists.
Including their Zhao family, the books in their father Zhao Wenxiang’s study were all copied by someone special.
And it costs a lot of money.
As for purchasing a set of finished books, the price will be even more expensive.
Even ordinary ones that are not too neat and of lower quality cost several dozen strings of cash.
As for those of good quality, several hundred strings of coins are normal.
If one day he suddenly pushed large quantities of high-quality finished books into the market, the scene would be so beautiful.
Those noble families would probably be scared to death.
Hearing this, Luo Bi assured again and again: "Please rest assured, Sir, I will definitely pass on this matter."
Although he didn't know why Zhao Hao wanted to keep it a secret, he didn't ask.
Instead, he agreed directly.
Zhao Hao nodded.
Turned to look at Lao Zhong.
Come up with a list.
"These are the things needed to build a workshop, and many of them need to be custom-made by craftsmen."
“It’s all clearly recorded above.”
"Go back and buy it according to this."
“The sooner the better!”
Lao Zhong reached out and took it.
"Master, rest assured. I will go back to the Imperial Capital to buy these things right away!"
Watching Lao Zhong leave, Wang Mengyu couldn't help but ask: "Brother Hao, what should we do next?"
Zhao Hao said: "Don't worry, when the tenants come tomorrow, you two will have something to do."
After the address was confirmed, the group walked back and Luo Bi arranged a relatively spacious room for the three of them.
It’s definitely not comparable to what we have at home, but it’s already pretty good.
Zhao Hao began to tell them the detailed plan of the entire papermaking workshop.
What to do at each step.
What standards should be followed?
From tools, to raw materials, to production process.
However, he did not elaborate on the production process, but only gave a brief introduction.
When he said this, these three people couldn't understand it.
He couldn't write down the brewing and distillation methods to Princess Yongning like the Dry Wine Workshop did and then just leave it alone.
This is where he needs to keep an eye on.
However, after his explanation, the three of them had a preliminary concept in their heads and knew what to do.
The next morning, all the tenant farmers summoned by Luo Bi came.
However, there were not just one thousand people, but probably three to five thousand.
Among them are many elderly people, teenagers, and many women.
When Zhao Hao and his companions came out of the house, they were stunned for a moment.
They had never seen such a scene before.
Zhao Hao was fine, after all, he had experienced the Spring Festival travel rush in his previous life.
Wang Mengyu and Zheng Zhiqian were so shocked that their eyes almost popped out of their heads.
Wang Mengyu asked, "Master Luo, what's going on?"
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