It is not difficult to make paper, but it is difficult to quench the thirst of distant water.
Zhang Chao has the process of papermaking, not to mention making some simple straw paper, even if he makes better leather paper, bamboo paper, hemp paper or even rice paper and raw edge paper, Zhang Chao has a process.
Although having a process does not mean that paper can be made immediately, it is only a matter of time before paper is made with the process in hand.
However, there are only ten days of paper left in the printing workshop, and it is too late to make your own paper.
Still have to find a way to buy paper.
Papermaking developed rapidly during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it has blossomed everywhere today.
In general, it can be divided into five types of paper according to the raw materials of papermaking, hemp paper made of hemp as the main material, leather paper made of mulberry bark, sandalwood bark, cherry bark, etc., bamboo paper made of bamboo, and pulp paper made of mixed raw materials, and soul paper with waste paper and new materials for pulp.
The hemp paper of Yizhou is the top grade in the paper today, there are white hemp paper, jute paper, hemp mulberry paper, linen pattern paper, various documents such as the imperial edict and the chapter are all made of white hemp paper, to soothe the military, and jute paper is used.
The imperial court of Chang'an consumed 5,000 times of hemp paper every month.
The most famous rice paper in history, also belongs to a kind of leather paper, is made of green sandalwood bark as the main raw material of paper, because of the origin of Jing County, belongs to Xuanzhou, and got the name of Xuan paper.
But at this time, Zhang Chao has not heard of the name of rice paper, and it is estimated that either the rice paper has not yet been made, or the process has not been improved to make the paper reach the level of fame.
Today, the four major papermaking producing areas of Datang are Shuzhong, Jiangxi, eastern Zhejiang, and southern Anhui.
Hemp paper, leather paper, bamboo paper.
Yizhou hemp paper is the best, and the craftsmanship of leather paper and bamboo paper is not the best, so the rice paper and Fujian bamboo paper in later generations are not yet famous.
There are also many papermaking workshops around Chang'an, but the paper-making is average, and the output is limited.
Nowadays, the real papermaking center is Yizhou, Yizhou hemp paper uses hemp as raw material, a wide variety, high quality, and the hemp paper they produce is also generally added to the manufacturing process with special agents, so that the paper can be moth-proof.
They even made ten-colored letters, and letterheads came in ten colors, and they had everything.
After staying at home for a day, Zhang Chao returned to Chang'an.
Back in Chang'an, Zhang Chao took Cui Yingying to the Yiguo Mansion first.
Qin Qiong had already gone to Tongzhou to take office, but Princess Changguang stayed in the capital.
Zhang Chao and Cui Yingying met, and Princess Changguang welcomed the two very warmly.
"Thirteen Niang, I really liked the perfume you gave last time, and the last time I went to the palace to meet Your Majesty, many of Your Majesty's concubines also wanted me to order some perfume from you."
"There's no problem with that."
Cui Yingying's perfume business is doing very well, she did not open a store, but only sold in this upper circle, a little mysterious, but very popular, the concubines in the palace, the noblewomen in the famous family, the daughter of the aristocratic family, who doesn't know the perfume of the Zhang family now.
After chatting for a while, Zhang Chao also mentioned his intention to Princess Changguang.
"I know that Chief Butler Duan has a papermaking workshop, and I want to ask my stepmother to help introduce Princess Gaomi and Chief Manager Duan."
Princess Gaomi is Li Yuan's fourth daughter, and Princess Changguang is Li Yuan's fifth daughter, the two are sisters who are close together, and the relationship is still very good.
Princess Gaomi and Princess Changguang are the same, and their current husbands are both second-married.
Princess Gaomi first married the eldest grandson Xiaozheng, and then remarried Duan Lun.
Duan Lun was originally the son of Duan Wenzhen, the secretary of the Sui Dynasty's military department, who once raised troops to welcome Li Yuan into the customs, and later recruited the Li family to pacify and settle Bashu.
During the period when Yizhou's left servant shot Dou Rail and led his troops into Henan to assist Li Shimin in attacking Luoyang, he succeeded Dou Rail to guard Bashu, served as the governor of Yizhou, and was awarded the title of Duke of Jiguo.
Last winter, Duan Lun entered Beijing to worship, and then the imperial court abolished the Sixingtai, and the Yizhou Xingtai was also withdrawn, and Duan Lun was temporarily left in Beijing and had not returned to Shu.
Zhang Chao heard early that Duan Lun had great authority in Bashu and had the power to do his own thing, and he could set up officials and appoint officials.
At the turn of the Sui and Tang dynasties, Bashu did not suffer much war, and it can be said that it was extremely wealthy.
Yizhou's paper industry is one of the most famous money-making industries, I heard that Duan Lun's hand is very long, and he has long been involved in these industries.
Not only did he build several large papermaking workshops in Yizhou, but he even transported the hemp paper from Yizhou to Chang'an, Luoyang and other places for sale.
Even around Chang'an, the Duan family also has several large-scale paper mills, which make hemp paper.
To put it simply, the court paper in Chang'an is all through the Duan family.
Half of the paper in Chang'an City is also supplied by the Duan family.
This is how the powerful make money, and power is then money.
Although Duan Lun has not been in Shu for a few years, he is already like a soil emperor.
Although many of those paper-making workshops are also in the hands of some local clans, those local snakes can't withstand the strong dragon of Duan Lun.
This time, Duan Lun did not return to Shuzhong immediately, because the imperial court received several secret reports accusing him of rebellion, but the imperial court sent people to investigate but found nothing.
It happened that this time the imperial court cut the stage, so he was allowed to stay in Beijing first.
Zhang Chao estimated that the people who secretly accused Duan Lun of rebellion must be those local clans in Shu who were manipulated by him.
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It's a pity that Duan Lun is attached to the horse, and he didn't make any big news in Shudi, so he naturally couldn't sue him just by chasing the wind and catching shadows.
"Do you want to buy paper from the fourth brother-in-law" Princess Changguang smiled, in her opinion, it was just a trivial matter.
Princess Changguang called a carriage and took Zhang Chao to Princess Gaomi's mansion to meet the princess and Duan Lun.
Princess Gaomi's mansion is very large, with white walls in Zhumen and high-rise buildings in the courtyard, which is very magnificent.
In front of the door, there are many cars and horses.
"It seems to be the carriage of the third sister."
Princess Changguang recognized one of the carriages, and she asked the men who came out, "Is Sanniang here?"
"Back to the fifth princess, the third princess and Chai Horse happened to visit today.
The eldest princess and her wife, as well as the second princess and the Dou concubine, were also there. ” "It seems to have come at a coincidence."
Princess Changguang smiled and said to Zhang Chao, "It's just time to introduce you to the next few princesses and attached horses." ” Entering the mansion, Princess Gaomi has been notified and came out to greet her sister.
"Fifth sister, how did you think of bringing your righteous son Zhang Sanlang who is full of Chang'an to come to my house today."
Princess Gaomi looked at Zhang Chao.
In addition to the young princes and princesses born in the past few years, Li Yuan gave birth to five sons and five daughters in his early years, including four sons and one daughter.
Except for the third son Li Xuanba and the fifth son Li Zhiyun who are dead, the other three sons and five daughters are already married to wives.
Today, Zhang Chao unexpectedly met with Li Yuan's five eldest daughters.
The eldest princess, Princess Changsha, the concubine Feng Shaoshi, the second princess, Princess Xiangyang, the second princess, the third princess Pingyang Princess, the concubine Chai Shao, the fourth princess Gaomi Princess, the concubine Duan Lun, the fifth princess Changguang Princess, and the concubine Qin Qiong are not there.
Because Zhang Chao is the righteous son of Princess Changguang attached to the horse, everyone is very polite to him, especially Zhang Chao is also quite famous in Beijing now, the last time the emperor visited Zhang's mansion at night, Chai Shao also went there, but that time Zhang Chao and Chai Shao didn't say a few words.
The difference is that the horses of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the horses of the early Tang Dynasty are very important.
It will not be like in the late Tang and Song dynasties, if you become a concubine, you can no longer accept real and important positions.
It's not as good as the Ming and Qing dynasties, the princess is still there, and she can't even live in the same house with the princess, and even if you want to make love once, you have to ask the princess's grandmother for instructions, and you have to spend money.
Most of the horses in the early Tang Dynasty were from famous families, and they were also highly used.
For example, Li Yuan is now the five concubines, and the eldest concubine is in the Qin Palace, which is the worst one.
The second attached Ma Dou was born, and he was also the nephew of the late queen, and now he is the secretary of the Anfeng County and the Criminal Department.
Three attached Ma Chai Shao, Qizhou Thorn History, Pingdao General, Right Xiaowei General, Huo Guogong.
The fourth horse Duan Lun, Ji Guogong, the governor of Yizhou.
Qin Qiong, the fifth horse, the Duke of Yiguo, the history of the Tongzhou Thorn, and the general of Yulin.
One by one, they are either the princes of the country or the princes of the county, either the Shangshu or the governor, the assassin history, and the general.
They are all real and important positions, and they are deeply trusted.
"Do you want to buy paper, this is a trivial matter, how much do you want, I'll just go back and say to the steward."
Duan Lun didn't care much about Zhang Chao's desire to buy paper, the Duan family now has most of the sales of Yizhou hemp paper, especially Yizhou hemp paper in Luoyang, Chang'an and other places, all of which have to go through his hands.
"I want more."
"How much can you have," Duan Lun smiled.
There are hundreds of large paper mills in Yizhou, not counting those small family workshops, large and small paper workshops, the annual output of paper is quite large, and even can supply Guanzhong and Henan, Shannan, Hedong and other most of the world.
Even the paper used by the imperial court was monopolized and supplied exclusively by the Duan family.
Zhang Chao really needs a lot of paper, basically now printing is the only one in the Zhang family, and with Zhang Chao's fame and connections, he has received a lot of printing lists, both the imperial court, but also private, as well as the temple and Zhang's bookstore itself, and recently there are Taoist temples who took the initiative to find Zhang Chao to print the Taoist scriptures.
Anyway, the exclusive business is really easy to do.
In particular, printed books are several times cheaper than hand-copied, which is even more tempting, not to mention the accuracy of printed books, as well as the exquisite new characters engraved in the new sheets, and the speed of printing.
Now there are more than 2,000 people in Zhangjiayin Bookstore, and they are working at full speed, and the list has been lined up for half a year.
Print a set of books at random, and print thousands of copies, and one is at least a few volumes or even a dozen or dozens of volumes.
Even if there are only ten volumes, one volume with 100 plates, and ten volumes with 1,000 editions, it means that a set of books is at least a thousand pages, a thousand copies, that is a million pages.
The paper mill makes relatively large papers, and I buy one to cut into multiple sheets, but one million, which is also a staggering number.
It can be said that printing is really changing the traditional way of reading and writing.
The printing workshop began to make books ordinary and popular.
The printing press broke all kinds of restrictions on copying books, but now it is still facing the problem of the supply of paper, hemp paper is good for writing, and engraving is also good, but it is still too expensive.
"No matter how much you want, I can satisfy you."
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Duan Lun waved his hand very arrogantly.
Zhang Chao originally wanted to talk about long-term supply cooperation to see if he could reduce the price by the way.
However, he looked at Duan Lun like this, and finally smiled and didn't say anything more.
Forget it, buy a batch of paper from the Duan family for emergency purposes first, and then start making it yourself.
In fact, there is no need to use hemp paper for printing, bamboo paper is more suitable t1706231537: