The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty Chapter 39: Kumamoto kindness

The first people who went to look for this paper-making monk were the students who wanted to fight with him at the site of the Confucian scriptures. They have always been regular visitors to Washer. This time I heard this story and added Recently, it has become popular to enjoy the Four Treasures of the Study, so I went to Daxiangguo Temple.

However, there are so many people in Daxiangguo Temple, and the monks alone don't know how many people there are. They don't have any features.

At noon, as soon as they discussed, they simply went to eat first, and then went to see the abbot after eating, hoping to get some clues from him.

Arriving at the Abbot's meditation room, these students were surprised to find that the Abbot was copying the scriptures, and the paper used had pieces of bodhi leaves, covered in thin pulp, just like life. Is the blue paper mentioned in the book?

Several people suddenly stepped through the iron shoes and had nowhere to look. They felt that they didn't have to work hard to get it. They immediately realized that they had heard that there was a beautiful blue paper here, and they came to look for the paper maker. Instead, I saw that the abbot used blue paper.

The abbot said: "This paper is indeed made by a monk in our temple. He is from the south of the Yangtze River. Before he became a monk, he knew the art of paper making, and he was very elegant. After coming to the temple, he studied this kind of paper. Very few, only circulated in a small area, I don’t know how you know about it.”

The students thought that someone must have been seen using paper, but it was only written in the book, otherwise the world wouldn't know it. They hurriedly asked the abbot for the monk's name and residence, and wanted to visit.

The abbot called a little novice and told him to take all the students to the paper-making monk.

The students followed the novice to a courtyard, and saw a handsome young monk sorting paper, each of which was embedded with different plants, flowers and grasses.

Everyone was overjoyed and chatted with the monk named Zhihe. Hearing that he really had a southern accent, he couldn't wait to express his desire to buy paper.

Zhihe was shocked and said that he didn't know that the news of his papermaking had spread out. But seeing that they are so sincere, they came to visit specially, so let's sell some to them.

The students happily selected their favorite flowers and paper, only to feel that they were taking advantage of it.

After going back, through their re-distribution with other people who have successfully searched for it, many scholars soon realized that there was such a paper. Even those who had never heard of the script, knew it, and couldn't help but be curious. So many people flocked to Daxiangguo Temple to buy blue paper.

In addition to them, there are many others who also want to buy. Paper is cheaper than silk cloth, soft and easy to wrap. At this time, many foods and herbs are packaged in paper. If such paper is used for packaging, it will be more elegant and novel.

Even if Yun Yanhui told Zhihe and the others to stock up on more than ten dans of paper in advance, they were all sold out within three days. This still controlled everyone's purchases. After all, there are many people in Bianliang. At this time, the words were released, everyone loved it so much, he could make more, but if he still wanted it, he had to wait for the next batch of paper to be ready.

Under the eyes of many expectations, Yun Yanhui also quickly calculated the account. Even if the upfront costs and marketing expenses were deducted, the first batch of paper made a lot of profit, and now it is a net profit.

Although the bamboos are all cut at will, and the raw materials do not need money, but at this time when the construction period is rushing, a part of the labor cost is allocated, and a few brothers in the temple are invited to help the workers to chop the bamboos and transport them back. Paper making is still a few people at home.

Chisheng asked: "Yan fat, should we make the paper into other colors, so that it will be more varied, and we can also make poems."

Yun Yanhui almost hit the wall and came again. He asked Zhisheng to call him eldest brother, but Zhisheng felt that he was much older than him, so he didn't want to call him, only his name. However, this guy is a southerner with an accent, and there is no distinction between f and h. When he calls Yanhui, it sounds like he is calling "Yan Fat"...

Brother, my mother gave such a soulful and poetic name, and you called me a geese and became fat? No wonder Jinshu can't come back!

"Hey..." Yun Yan corrected it countless times, but the local accent was hard to change, so he could only shyly say, "No need, originally we could only make money for a few months, if we add color, it will be more difficult to change. It will consume a part of the time, but it will not increase the price by much, and the cost performance is not high, so don't do it."

Chisheng tried his best to absorb what he said, with a stern look on his face, "Yan fat, you are really amazing."

Yunyan replied: "...you're welcome."

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Although Yun Yanhui and Zhi are close to them, outsiders don't think Xiang Lanzhi has anything to do with him. After all, he has no family education and has never shown his skills in this area before.

Zhihe came, and Fang began to have blue paper. Naturally, everyone believed that this was indeed what Zhihe researched. Perhaps at most, Yun Yanhui has a good relationship with Zhihe, so let's borrow a place to build a paper shed for him.

So, when someone wants to talk about the business of blue paper, they first go to Zhihe.

Xianglan paper has become popular in the literati circle, but it is only shipped in small batches, and the supply is in short supply. This momentum naturally makes the capital paper business enthusiastic, hoping to cooperate with Zhihe to expand the production scale and make this money.

The best thing is, of course, Zhihe provides technology, paper merchants provide artificial sites, and everyone cooperates to make a fortune.

However, all paper merchants are rejected by Zhihe, telling everyone that he has no intention of cooperating with others.

Or should I say, Yun Yanhui told him that whoever cooperates with him will end up in the dark. It is definitely because the technology is tricked and the cooperation is broken. How can you really rely on your technology to eat dividends? Businessmen are not fools.

Some of these paper merchants are from the south of the Yangtze River, and they also have the foundation of papermaking. It is impossible to buy this intarsia technology. Can take advantage of the opportunity.

There are also local paper merchants, whether they only make other hemp paper and mulberry paper, or just rely on imports, they are more eager for harmony and cooperation. Because they also know that intarsia is not uncommon, and the advantages of local people in making bamboo paper are important! They can't go to Jiangnan to study art, but isn't there a person who can make bamboo paper in Tokyo?

Chiwa's refusal prompted these people to make other ideas. Now he's a big fat piece of meat, and he wants to take a bite.

The paper merchants tried every means to stuff people here, to be apprentices or helpers, etc., but they were all rejected. This monk would rather be a little tired and earn less than he would like to recruit people, so his precautions should not be too heavy!

He is a serious monk from Daxiangguo Temple, and he doesn't usually do business, so you can't threaten to persecute him!

Therefore, there are always a few yin and yin people who start to think of crooked ideas. That is to buy Bianliang's high-ranking Jianghu strongmen and local gangsters to peek at the papermaking process.

For example, Lai San has already received several "orders", because he is notorious for being light-handed.

Lai San saw that the price was good, so he wanted to agree. Fortunately, he discovered in time that the place was not only the Daxiangguo Temple, but also Yunyan returning to that kid's house. If it was just the Daxiangguo Temple, it would be okay to say, but this monk built a paper shed next to Yunyan's home.

Whoever wants to pick them up, don't be afraid of 10,000, just in case, if Yun Yanhui and the monk who sells paper are really their own people, those who dare to go will chant Buddha to themselves...

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Because of the rush, even at night, Chi and the others are working.

The paper-making shed is just a straw shed. The so-called walls are more like curtains. There are many gaps. There are lights inside the straw shed, but it is pitch black outside. The shed is right in front of the house. If it is quieter, you can still hear Bei Bei nibbling on bamboo shoots.

Yun Yanhui also helped out together, but he was young and had little strength, so he could only share flowers and plants.

"Well, it's getting late, Shuang Yi, you should go to bed." Yun Yanhui said to Shuang Yi.

Shuang Yi shook his head, "Didn't you say that someone might have an idea here recently? I'm here to watch, and if there's anything unusual, I'll be able to spot it."

"We arrived late for work, do you want to stay up all night with you every day? When you are growing, be good, go back to sleep." Yun Yan looked back at Shuang Yi, still stubborn, so she went over to bite her ear and said a few words.

Shuang Yi pricked her ears and nodded, "Okay, then I'll go to bed first."

Shuang Yi walked out of the shed with a lamp, turned around Beibei's site, and entered the house.

Not far behind a tree, a man in black blinked, waited for the lights in the house to go out, and then crept over to the paper-making shed.

Although he was prostrate, he was extremely fast and made no sound. When he reached the outside of the hut, through the gap, he greedily observed the every move of Zhihe and the others.

You have to remember every single action, every step is a sum of money...

The man in black widened his eyes, trying to remember.

After a while, the man in black heard a sound behind him, and fell down in fright. He had done his homework before he came, and he knew that the little lady in this family was young and very good at martial arts, so he just waited until the little lady went home to rest before he dared to come out. ?

The man in black waited for a while, only to feel that the movement was dull and clumsy. It didn't seem like a little girl could make it out, so he looked back carefully, but it was a naive black and white bear crawling here on all fours.

"..." The man in black breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out to be Fat Bei!

This bear is well-known throughout the Daxiangguo Temple and its surrounding areas. One is a black eye, and the other is Yunyan. After returning to the management office, there are often traders who visit here, and they will be attacked by this shameless bear. The bear is pestering for something to eat.

This bear is very lazy, delicious, and clumsy. I don't know what breed it is. The man in black has seen this bear fall flat! No wonder it is so rare, it is estimated that most of them are too lazy to become extinct.

The man in black is relieved, if it is, it will be fine...

But soon, the man in black felt that something was wrong. When the fat shell saw him, he seemed a little hostile, as if he was an opponent who robbed him of his own food, and his breathing was not right.

The man in black hurriedly turned over and flashed to the side.

Who knew that the fat Bei behind him let out a low growl, and actually accelerated. The man in black reassured himself that the lazy guy would never outrun him, but when he looked back, the fat man who was still several feet away Bey is so close! !

He saw Fat Bei's small eyes surrounded by dark circles with a cruel light, and the thick bear's paws were lifted up...