Chapter 325 The princess is truly a deity!
"Based on the current situation, Princess Yunfu and General Qi can't stay in the eighth-tier district forever. With their abilities, they might be able to take over the sixth and fifth-tier districts... or even unify the entire Ghostly Prison!"
"So, if we don't want others to look down on the Eighth Class District and want to live like a human being, no worse than those people outside, we have to rely on our own hands to make the Eighth Class District a better place."
"By then, our eighth-level district will become the most prosperous area in the entire Ghostly Prison. When the children learn knowledge, they can walk out with pride and hold their heads high with confidence!"
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Jin Lu usually doesn't talk much, and this is the first time he has spoken like this in front of so many people.
Everyone was deeply touched after listening to it.
"Master Lu is right. The princess is willing to lend us a hand now. We can't be ungrateful. And shamelessly thinking of slacking off."
"This eighth-class district is our home! We should work together to make it better."
"We have to let the princess see our sincerity."
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Everyone seemed to be energized and worked hard.
Thanks to everyone's efforts, the first batch of raw materials needed for papermaking has been almost prepared.
The principle of papermaking is actually very simple.
Hemp, rattan, mulberry, paper mulberry bark, bamboo, reed, rice straw, wheat straw and other herbs, as well as cotton, all contain a substance called "cellulose".
The process of papermaking is to crush the raw materials containing cellulose, wash them, and then soak them in lime water.
Cooking breaks down the lignin and releases the cellulose.
After steaming, a soft, muddy white solid is obtained.
Crush it vigorously to remove impurities inside.
Rinse it in water and you will get "wood pulp".
Use special paper-scooping tools to scoop the "wood pulp" out of the water and place it on a platform to dry. The formed "wood pulp" becomes paper.
Yunfu had never made paper before, so it was her first time and she was just groping in the dark as she went along.
The previous steps went smoothly, but when it came to the "papermaking" step, which was to use a flat bamboo screen to scoop up the "wood pulp", something went wrong.
This step requires pure skill to fish out paper of moderate thickness and uniform size.
Yunfu is not that magical. I tried twice but failed. Either a corner was missing or there was a hole. It was not until the third time that I got the hang of it.
"Qi Hanzhou, just wait and see, I will definitely succeed this time."
On the side, Qi Hanzhou looked at her with tenderness and doting eyes: "Your previous two performances were already very good."
He knew that this skill required time accumulation and constant practice to improve.
His little girl had just started and was already able to shape paper.
Once Yun Fu got serious, there was nothing she couldn't do. She held the left and right sides of the bamboo curtain with both hands, slowly put it into the wood pulp, and steadily and accurately took out a piece of paper, staring at the bamboo curtain and smiling.
"Qi Hanzhou, look! Didn't I do a great job this time?"
At this time, Yun Fu was like an ordinary little girl showing off her achievements to others.
There is sweetness in her smile.
Upon hearing this, the people who were watching the excitement on the side also came forward.
Exclaiming at the magic of papermaking.
“It really worked!”
"The princess is truly a deity!"
"Then can we use this paper to paper windows in the winter?"
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Yun Fu replied, "I'm afraid this thickness isn't enough. If we make it a little stronger, it can be used as window paper."
Similarly, paper made from softer materials can be used as toilet paper.
In short, the papermaking technology not only benefits the students in the school.
"Sister Yun, can Xiao Nian'er use this paper to make a kite?"
The little kids found papermaking very novel, and these days they followed Yun Fu like little tails.
"Of course!" Yun Fu nodded confidently.
The little kids were so happy that they started thinking about what kind of kites they would make.
"Xiao Nian'er likes the colorful butterfly kite!"
"I want to be a tiger head!"
"Then I'll be Zhuifeng!" Zhuifeng was one of the big ones in the family of giant falcons that Yun Fu had picked up before.
Mu Lingyun's words seemed to provide the little kids with new ideas.
All of a sudden, everyone changed their minds.
"Then I want to be Qianli!" Qianli is another big giant falcon.
"Then I want to make kites of steamed buns, steamed dumplings and flower rolls!" Now the three little ones have grown up. Under the care of several little dumplings, they have grown into full-fledged kites. This family is the absolute overlord of the sky in the eighth and ninth grade areas.
The paper was made.
The next step is to make the brush.
The only use of a brush is for writing, and it is not needed much at the moment.
The furs left over from hunting are enough.
The process of making a brush is not difficult and the materials are easy to obtain, but it requires sufficient patience.
Yunfu took a lot of effort in selecting people.
She needs someone who is dexterous and meticulous.
First, the wool materials must be selected, and then the selected wool materials are cleaned to remove impurities. The screened wool materials are classified according to different sizes and shapes. If the selected wool materials are to be made into pen tips, they need to be sharpened, flattened, and waisted.
The pen shaft part is even simpler. Just cut the bamboo into the appropriate length and diameter, and combine the pen shaft and the nib together.
The last step is to trim and shape the assembled pen tip again.
You can successfully obtain a brush.
I have paper and pen.
Next, comes another, more important thing.
That’s right, it’s Mo.
When Yunfu was making paper, she asked a group of people responsible for making ink to collect the raw materials needed for making ink.
Take the part of the pine tree with the most oil, light it, and place a smoke-collecting device over it.
Here, Yunfu uses a large bowl so that more ash can be collected at a time.
After the rosin is ignited, the smoke will float upwards, and when it encounters the wall of the bowl, a temperature difference will be created, leaving behind black ash.
Collecting these soot will become the most critical coloring material for making ink.
Next is to use various animal glues to make adhesives.
In the Ghost Prison, there are limited things that can be collected. Yun Fu asked them not to miss even some marginal materials.
The black pine soot powder is mixed with the boiled animal glue and then beaten repeatedly countless times.
This process requires sufficient strength and patience.
Until the surface is smooth.
Then you can put it into the mold and make ink sticks.
Among the four treasures of the study, the simplest one is the inkstone. It does not need to be made so delicately, you just need to polish the stone.
Yunfu prepared the four items and transported them to the school in a horse-drawn carriage.
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