Chapter 403 Sang Tribe (Seeking votes and subscriptions)
The development process of the production line was not smooth as Luo Chong expected. Although the overall direction has not changed, after all, there are only a few steps in papermaking, but every detail has been tested and improved many times.
First, the shape of the agitator, the number of cross-forks, and even the speed of rotation. He didn't want to stir it like a washing machine to form a vortex in the pool. He wanted to make the pulp and water fully mixed and the water surface relatively calm. The agitator in the first step alone took Luo Chong three days. The
next step was the waterwheel, the diameter of the waterwheel, the shape and size of the hopper, and the speed of the waterwheel. In order to achieve operability, a group of carpenters made at least 20 waterwheels for this purpose, and finally met Luo Chong's requirements. Of course, this process also took several days.
Then there is the bamboo curtain for receiving paper, which can also be seen as a conveyor belt made of bamboo, woven with very fine bamboo strips. For this purpose, Luo Chong also asked Dashu to send an early generation loom from Hanyang City, which was modified into a machine for weaving bamboo curtains. The bamboo conveyor belt finally made was 30 meters long and could turn around the kang one and a half times.
However, this was not very smooth. The first problem encountered was that the pulp scooped out by the waterwheel was not evenly distributed after being poured on the bamboo curtain, and there was a lack of pulp or uneven thickness. In order to solve this problem, Luo Chong added a pool under the bamboo curtain, using the water in it to make the pulp completely spread evenly and spread flat on the bamboo curtain.
However, when squeezing out water and flattening the paper later, he encountered difficulties again. Luo Chong had no choice but to replace the pair of rollers in front of the kang with several pairs of roller groups. From this step, the bamboo curtain will bring the flattened pulp into the roller group, dehydrate it first, then roll it flat while it is wet, and finally send it to the kang to dry.
However, this still cannot solve the problem. First, the bamboo curtain is too hard. Second, if the paper and the bamboo curtain are not separated during the drying process, the two will stick together after drying.
In order to overcome these problems, Luo Chong first asked people to use hemp rope as the warp, and then use bamboo strips as the weft to re-weave a semi-soft and semi-hard conveyor belt, which is much shorter than the original one, only a little over ten meters.
This hemp-bamboo blended thing first receives the pulp dumped by the water truck in the pool, then drains it and enters the roller to dehydrate it, and then enters the next group to be rolled and flattened. After passing through a shovel-like separation device, the semi-dry paper and the conveyor belt will be divided into two layers. The paper will go to the upper layer and pass through a roller group for rolling and flattening again, while the conveyor belt will go back to the pool from the bottom to continue receiving the pulp, completing a cycle.
The paper that has been rolled three times will only come to the kang at this time. In order to increase the drying speed of the paper, Luo Chong also asked the carpenter to set up a wooden insulation box of the same length on the kang, like a cover on the kang, to increase the temperature of the upper layer of the kang and make the heat loss slower.
At this step, it can be said that the paper has basically been formed. Finally, it only needs a cradle to roll up the paper. It is the most unskilled link and it succeeds at the first try. However, the research and development of the entire assembly line took a month. When Luo Chong walked out of the workshop, he felt that a day in the cave was a thousand years in the world.
"Immediately make 9 more identical production lines according to the data of this set of equipment. The Han tribe needs a lot of paper, so you have to be fast." Luo Chong said to the big tree beside him.
At this time, a ball was kicked in front of Luo Chong, making him look in the direction of the ball. There was a child looking at him timidly, as if he wanted to come over to ask for the ball, but he didn't dare.
Luo Chong smiled, kicked the ball back, and asked the big tree next to him.
"It seems that the method I said worked. Some children are already playing with the ball."
"Yes, I said that the chief's idea was good at the beginning. It turned out to be the same as the chief's idea. These children have nothing to play with. Now they have fun toys, who would not want them?"
"My father's father is called Grandpa, and my father's mother is called Grandma"
The two were walking together when suddenly a group of children ran by singing nursery rhymes. They were holding sandbags and chasing a football, and they couldn't let go of their new toys.
There was no need to explain too much at this time. No matter how much you boast, it is not as real as the facts in front of you.
"How are the adults learning?" Luo Chong asked again.
"The adults have to work and don't have much time to learn, but now the children in the city sing this nursery rhyme every day. They can't help but listen. Even if they don't learn, they can remember it. Well, what does the leader call this? Brainwashing
." Luo Chong reminded with an ambiguous smile on his face.
"Yes, yes, it's brainwashing. The leader's brainwashing is really powerful. I don't think it will take until autumn for all the tribesmen to learn it." Dashu said while giving Luo Chong a thumbs up, as if this was the leader's expression of being very powerful.
"Well, I think it's almost done. Now that the paper production line is ready, the output of white paper in the Han tribe will definitely increase sharply. In this way, in addition to pasting paper all over the windows, we can also use paper to do other things, such as registering population and household registration. Without paper, there is no place to record. Fortunately, this problem has been solved now." After completing this research and development task, Luo Chong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. While relaxing, he couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.
"The production equipment designed by the leader is also very powerful. Compared with the original manual papermaking, manual dehydration, and manual drying, it is much faster. Only six people are needed for one production line, and three large paper rolls as thick as buckets can be made in one day. Without three or four strong men, it can't be moved. Don't worry, leader, I will definitely urge them to complete the manufacturing task of the new production line as soon as possible." Dashu couldn't help but guarantee on the side.
"Well, you are steady in doing things. I feel relieved to leave it to you. Tell me about what happened recently. What new things are there that I don't know." The two strolled in the city while discussing recent events.
"During the time when the leader was setting up the production line, some tribes joined the Han tribe. There was nothing special about the other tribes, but there were two tribes that were really special."
"Oh? Tell me about it?"
"One of them is a tribe that we are familiar with, that is the Lu tribe that raises spotted pigs. I only found out a few days ago that their leader actually brought people to work here. Just a few days ago, when they were about to go back, the leader of the Lu tribe, Ju, proposed to me to join the Han tribe and was willing to bring all the spotted pigs. I agreed at the time, and considering the importance of the spotted pigs, I also asked Shu Da to send a team of soldiers to follow them to be responsible for escorting and escorting them." Speaking of business, Da Shu immediately reported seriously.
"Oh? This is really good news. You did a good job. When they come back, ask the leader of the Lu tribe to come to see me. By the way, what about the other special tribe?" Luo Chong was also very happy to hear the good news.
"The other one is really special. It is a tribe led by women. They are good at raising a kind of insect. They collect leaves to feed the insects. When the insects grow up, they will produce a white cotton ball. They will tear the cotton ball into clothes and eat the insects inside. It is really a strange tribe. Oh, by the way, they are named after the tree that the insects like to eat. It is called the Mulberry Tribe."
(End of this chapter)
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