Chapter 353 This is Paper (Please vote and subscribe)
The wooden trough for paper pulp is large enough for two people to work at the same time. Luo Chong copied dozens of sheets by himself. After telling them the skills, he stopped working and was only responsible for guiding them.
Luo Chong watched from the side for a while. The two paper copyists were very serious. They had learned how to use water to smooth the paper pulp. They spread each sheet very full, and worked as fast as possible while ensuring that there would be no holes.
However, the overall purpose is still to focus on quality, and not to blindly pursue the speed of paper copying. Otherwise, even if the speed is increased, a bunch of unusable defective products will come out. Who can bear this?
The three people have copied nearly 200 sheets of paper, all stacked together layer by layer. Generally speaking, these papers are good. First of all, the pulp is broken up enough, but the fibers are not broken. In this way, the copied paper is very uniform, and there will not be a phenomenon that one point is particularly thick and another point is particularly thin.
However, although the whole sheet of paper is relatively uniform, it is not the same when more than 100 sheets of paper are put together. Luo Chong can easily feel that some are thick and some are thin, although the single sheet of paper is still very uniform.
This is because the total amount of pulp they pick up each time is different. Although it is spread very evenly, the total amount is different. No matter how even it is, it will not be the same thickness.
After discovering this problem, Luo Chong immediately reminded the two people to pay attention to the total amount of pulp they pick up each time and try to make it the same every time. The two people also nodded in agreement.
They worked for four hours. If there was less water, they added some water. If there was less pulp, they added pulp. The two people, including those made by Luo Chong, had copied 600 sheets of paper. The speed of paper copying was much faster than at the beginning. From about one sheet in two minutes at the beginning, to two sheets in three minutes, then one sheet in one minute, and three sheets in two minutes, the efficiency was getting higher and higher. Moreover, as the movements became more skilled, the quality was significantly improved. At least the thickness of the paper looked about the same.
These 600 wet papers are stacked together on the table. They are about the width of a palm. They contain a lot of water, and they are not flat.
Because they are made of straw mats, there are many dark patterns on the paper, but it doesn't matter. Just flatten it and dehydrate it.
Dehydrating the paper is also very simple. Just press it. Stack the wet papers on the table, press a wooden board on the wet papers, and then press it down with a heavy object, or use two thick wooden sticks to clamp the wooden board and the table, and then tie hemp ropes at both ends of the sticks, and then twist the rope with a short stick. In this way, the wet paper can be dehydrated through the rotating twisting force.
Some people may wonder, if so many wet papers are stacked together and pressed together desperately, won't these papers stick together? Or will they be directly pressed into a large piece of paper? In fact, it is not true. In
fact, during the papermaking process, the tiny fibers of these plant fibers have been entangled and connected with each other under the rippling of water. In other words, these fibers are firmly connected in the horizontal direction, but it is different in the vertical direction. Because of the water control flushing, the upper and lower surfaces of the paper are very flat and it is impossible to stick them together.
The wooden board is pressed lower and lower, and the water content in the paper is getting less and less. When it is pressed until there is no more water inside, the original pile of wet paper that was ten centimeters thick is now only four centimeters thick.
Moreover, the uneven straw mat marks on the paper have disappeared, and they are all pressed very flat, looking like a yellowed white thick cardboard.
After so many steps, we finally came to the end, and the last step is to stick the dehydrated paper on the fire wall to dry, but this also requires certain tools, otherwise it will be difficult to do.
Luo Chong asked the carpenter to make two things similar to erasers or scrapers, with a handle on them, and then wrapped a layer of nitrated antelope skin with short hair on the outside, making a special tool for pasting stickers.
This thing is a bit like a broom in the shape of a dog's leg, but it is not a broom, just like a large eraser wrapped in animal skin.
As usual, Luo Chong came first. There was a big fire in the alley, which burned the two thin walls very hot. Luo Chong picked up a wet paper from the table, held a corner of the paper in one hand, and held the paper with the dog-legged brush in the other hand. Then he pasted the paper on the wall with his left hand, and used the brush in the other hand to brush the paper flat, so that it was applied to the wall smoothly. The action looked like holding a paste bucket and secretly pasting slogans on the street. It gave people a sense of déjà vu of students in the Republic of China pasting slogans in the middle of the night.
Although these papers were not brushed with paste, they were wet papers. Even if they were pressed so that no water could be squeezed out, they still contained a lot of water, so it was effortless to stick them on the wall.
However, there are two points to note when making paper. Be careful not to tear the paper, because the paper is still wet and can be easily torn, so the whole process of making paper should be done lightly. Another point is to brush the paper flat, otherwise the finished paper will be wrinkled after it dries. Although it can be called paper, it affects its use. Such paper is considered waste. It is okay to use it to wipe your butt, but it is not good for writing. It is wrinkled like a chrysanthemum
. According to the previous idea, Luo Chong pasted one piece and then another. His movements were very careful and not fast. This is the first paper in the world. You must be calm and ensure the quality.
In the spirit of slow work and fine work, Luo Chong tried to paste a few pieces, and the effect was naturally very good, ahem, but this was without considering the work speed and production efficiency.
After spending several days and mobilizing so much manpower and material resources, Luo Chong's first artificial paper in the world was finally released.
Knowing that today was the day to produce the finished product, Dashu and Shuda came early to wait, wanting to see Luo Chong's new invention. However, when they saw Luo Chong made a piece of paper, they were disappointed.
Shuda was a warrior and liked weapons and equipment the most. When he found out that what Luo Chong made was not a weapon, he was no longer interested.
Dashu was more stable and good at management. He was interested in everything that was beneficial to the construction of the tribe, but it was obvious that he was more interested in tools, because only with the various tools made by Luo Chong could the Han tribe develop to where it is today, but the white paper made now was obviously not a tool.
"Chief, what is this thing called? What is it used for? It is so troublesome to make, time-consuming and labor-intensive. If it is useless, we will not make it in the future." Shuda asked first.
"Haha, of course we have to keep doing it. This thing is called paper, and the white one is white paper. Don't underestimate this thing. Although it looks inconspicuous, it has many uses. It is irreplaceable by many things. This is related to the future development of our Han tribe." Luo Chong handed each of them a piece of white paper and said.
(End of this chapter)
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