Chapter 277 Lucky Star Wang Dong
From Zhou Xu’s perspective, there was no shortage of paper in the era before he traveled through time. In fact, due to the highly developed technology, they were about to enter the era of paperless office.
Unless you are a related practitioner, who would have the time to study how to make paper? And it is still the old-fashioned papermaking technology.
Now, with one summon, he was able to get a teacher who could teach Chinese characters, but he didn't expect that this Chinese teacher also knew how to make paper! This immediately made him feel like he had made a huge profit.
Both of them were efficient. After Zhou Xu learned that Wang Dong knew papermaking, he directly signaled his subordinates to bring their dinner to the tent, and he and Wang Dong began to discuss papermaking directly.
"Just like you said, Chief, trees, bamboo, and even some grasses can be used as materials for making paper, but to make paper, you need some tools."
"As for tools, as long as they can be made by hand without the help of some technological equipment, the equipment department under my command can basically overcome them."
Wang Dong did not doubt Zhou Xu's words.
After all, he had seen tricycles near the camp during this period of time, which was enough to show that there was already a certain level of technical capability here.
"Don't worry, Chief. We'll keep it simple. As for the tools, there's nothing complicated. It's just that there's a paper scooping device used to scoop out the pulp that may need some work."
"How do I make this paper scoop?"
Zhou Xu really had no knowledge of papermaking.
Facing the problem, Wang Dong spoke frankly.
"To put it simply, it's a bamboo mat. A bamboo mat is needed to hold the paper pulp."
As soon as Zhou Xu heard the word "bamboo mat", he immediately knew what was going on.
"Bamboo mat, don't worry about this, I can handle it!"
He knew how to weave bamboo mats, and there was bamboo in Huangshan Village. He had both bamboo and the technology. In Zhou Xu's opinion, this was basically a small problem.
As he spoke, Zhou Xu placed the animal skin and chicken feather brush in front of Wang Dong.
"Teacher Wang, please draw the design drawings of the tools you need first, and I'll ask the equipment department to make them later."
"good."
After receiving the response, Wang Dong began to draw the design.
Zhou Xu was watching from the side, and he found that just as Wang Dong said, these tools were indeed not difficult to make.
In the past, he might have needed to go back to the Black Moon Village’s equipment department in person to give some instructions, but now, his equipment director has grown up.
He only needed to ask the messenger to send the designs back to Black Moon Village. After seeing them, Zhuang Mengdie would naturally know what to do.
After Wang Dong finished drawing the design, Zhou Xu couldn't help but ask another question while eating dinner, with a hint of anticipation in his voice.
"Besides this papermaking technique, what else does Mr. Wang know?"
"I really can't explain it clearly right now. After all, I usually read a lot of different books. I know a lot of miscellaneous things, but I don't know them in depth."
When Wang Dong talked about this matter, he found it difficult to explain it clearly.
"Oh, by the way, I'm more confident about the fabric."
Having said that, Wang Dong added a little more explanation.
"My family runs a cotton mill and a weaving factory, and we also do some clothing business. I know a little about linen."
"Teacher Wang, you really know how to bring me some surprises."
Zhou Xu had never really thought about Wang Dong’s family background before. After all, he had already traveled through time, so what use would his family background before the time travel have?
Now that I think about it carefully, Wang Dong’s family must have been quite wealthy before he traveled through time. Fighting cancer for six years requires not only willpower but also money!
It is not difficult to hear from Wang Dong's words that his family basically covers the entire industrial chain from raw material breeding to production and manufacturing, and then to commodity sales.
Of course, leaving all these aside, Zhou Xu did not expect that while solving the papermaking problem, he could also solve the cloth problem.
This made Zhou Xu lose his sleepiness all of a sudden. He lit the oil lamp and started discussing weaving with Wang Dong again.
"As for fabric, I remember that it can be made from silk, cotton and the like, but I haven't found silkworms or cotton yet. I do have some ideas about sheep, but it may be a little difficult to get them. Can I use sheep's wool to make clothes like woolen sweaters?"
Hearing this, Wang Dong nodded.
"Yes, you can. Once you process the wool and twist it into yarn, you can make woolen sweaters. Although we don't raise sheep, we also collect wool to make woolen sweaters."
At this point, Wang Dong paused...
"If you just want to solve the clothing problem, linen should be able to do it."
"I have seen ramie in the mountains these days. In addition to ramie, other hemp plants are also very common. There are many varieties and quantities. They are not difficult to find. As long as you can get plant fibers, you can use them to make linen."
In just a short period of time, he actually gained two great joys.
Tonight, he might even laugh out loud in his dreams.
"Teacher Wang, you are really my lucky star!"
Needless to say, Wang Dong was asked to draw a picture of what tools were needed to weave the linen. He would send a messenger to take the design to Black Moon Village early the next morning so that they could start research and development and production.
Unlike the tools used to make paper, one of the tools needed to weave linen was significantly more complicated: the wooden spinning wheel.
However, Zhou Xu had looked at it and found that based on the current technical capabilities of the Equipment Department, there was no difficulty in manufacturing this wooden spinning wheel.
Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Zhou Xu ordered the messenger to take the design drawings back to Black Moon Village and hand them to Zhuang Mengdie.
At the same time, Wang Dong's teaching of Zhou Chongshan was undoubtedly continuing.
"Lieutenant Zhou, let's go to the river to discuss things today."
“…”
Hearing this, the muscles at the corners of Zhou Chongshan's eyes twitched, but when he thought of the high hopes the leader had for him, he held back.
Next, according to Wang Dong's physique, he didn't need to pretend at all. He just walked and stopped along the way. With this trip back and forth every day, a day was almost over.
Originally Zhou Chongshan thought, after I have asked all the questions you want to ask, I should be able to start training, right?
Who would have thought that after asking almost all the questions, Wang Dong started to teach him how to read.
Right by the lake, he started teaching with a branch as a pen.
Zhou Chongshan wanted to decline politely and go about his own business, but Wang Dong was well prepared.
"The chief said that all of you officers must learn to read and write. This is your duty, and teaching you is my duty."
In just one sentence, Zhou Chongshan was completely devastated.
Of course, he didn't mean to deny Zhou Chongshan any training time.
After all, the reason why Zhou Chongshan keeps training and improving is to relieve the anxiety in his heart in this way.
Appropriate training can help him vent his psychological pressure. As long as the right degree is struck, there won't be a big problem.
Zhou Chongshan’s biggest problem is that he doesn’t know how to grasp the degree, so now let Wang Dong grasp it through some external means.
(End of this chapter)
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