Facing Han Du's complaints, Lao Zhu just glanced at him lightly and asked Han Du to shut his mouth.
Lao Zhu also opened his eyes today. He has only seen generals who disliked that their officers were not senior enough and that they did not have enough soldiers under their command. It was really the first time that Lao Zhu saw someone like Han Du who bluntly said that he was an incompetent general.
However, Lao Zhu has a stubborn spirit. The more you want to be an official, the more he will not let you become an official. The more someone like Han Du wants to give up, Lao Zhu will put the shackles on Han Du's neck.
"You still have to take charge of Shanzi Camp, otherwise what should I do if something goes wrong in guarding the treasure banknotes?" Lao Zhu pretended to comfort Han Du with nice words, but when he saw that Han Du still wanted to He retorted and said directly: "And you can't leave Shanzi Camp alone in the future like you did before. We won't pursue the past matters. From now on, you must take charge of Shanzi Camp, and you must Take care of it. Otherwise, we’ll question you.”
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Han Du looked at Lao Zhu unconvinced, could this still be reasonable? Why should I have to work so hard alone to do so many things? Did you, Lao Zhu, give me more salary, or do I owe you?
Seeing that Han Du had something to say, Lao Zhu gave him a cold look.
Han Du lowered his head knowingly and led Lao Zhu in. I was kicked in the head by a donkey today, so I thought of reasoning with Lao Zhu. Is Lao Zhu a person who can reason? If the emperor were reasonable, he would no longer be an emperor.
Han Du and others had not gone very far when they were greeted by Mr. Huang who came after getting the news.
Mr. Huang had seen Lao Zhu before, so he was shocked when he saw him and fell to his knees immediately. Fortunately, Han Du caught him quickly and explained: "The emperor is paying a private visit incognito today, please don't make any announcement."
At this time, Lao Zhu also waved his hand at the right time and said, "No need to be polite, just forget it."
After hearing this, Mr. Huang relaxed his tense expression and stood up, "Caomin, thank you, Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu looked up for a few times and saw that people in the banknote bureau were coming and going in a hurry, so he smiled and said: "It seems that everyone is very busy, not bad."
Even when a few craftsmen walked past Han Du and others, they just nodded to Han Du and left in a hurry. Apparently, they didn't even have time to say a few nonsense.
As for why these craftsmen don't know the emperor like Huang Lao. That's because, although Lao Zhu has come to the banknote bureau several times, he always comes with a guard of honor. When Lao Zhu came here, all the craftsmen had already been asked to lower their heads and were not allowed to look around. Therefore, these craftsmen have never seen Lao Zhu at all, so naturally they don't recognize him.
I thought Lao Zhu was the person brought by Mr. Han, so naturally he wouldn't pay attention.
After listening to Lao Zhu's words, Han Du motioned for Huang Lao to reply, but when he saw Huang Lao lowering his head and nervously saying nothing, he knew he could not count on him. He quickly showed a doggy smile and explained to Lao Zhu: "Your Majesty has a clear warning. In order to prepare for emergencies, I have asked them to print as many treasure banknotes as possible these days, so they are very busy every day. Please forgive their rudeness, Your Majesty."
Lao Zhu was very satisfied with how busy the craftsmen were. Like an old farmer, how can he not be happy when he sees a thriving banker? After all, every time these craftsmen are busy, they are adding bricks and stones to the dynasty of the old Zhu family. As for a little disrespect, what does it matter?
"He who doesn't know is not guilty," Lao Zhu waved his hand to absolve the craftsman of his guilt, and said with a smile: "Originally, we came out incognito today. If we continue to blame, wouldn't we be punished without teaching? Come on, take us to see See how cotton is made into banknote paper.”
Han Du was devastated and quickly took Lao Zhu to see the making of banknotes.
The first thing we came to was the cotton fermentation tank. When we arrived here, the cotton in this fermentation tank had already fermented into cotton pulp. The craftsman is concentrating on salvaging the cotton pulp and preparing to send it to make banknotes.
Han Du pointed to the fermentation tank and explained to Lao Zhu: "This is where the cotton pulp is made. Put the cotton here and pour in various ingredients. After a period of time, it will become the cotton pulp it is now."
Lao Zhu listened carefully, nodding in agreement while listening to Han Du's introduction. Looking at a pool of cotton pulp as white as snow, Lao Zhu was delighted to see it.
After Lao Zhu looked around and saw that the time was almost up, Han Du led Lao Zhu to continue to see the next step of making banknotes.
"The most important thing in making banknote paper is actually cotton pulp. The production method is not much different from making ordinary paper." Han Du explained.
Lao Zhu suddenly asked: "That means that as long as cotton pulp can be made, others can also make banknotes, right?"
Han Du naturally knew that the 'others' in Lao Zhu's mouth were referring to those people, but this was the fact, and Han Du could not refute it. I could only smile and say tactfully: "That's true, so I tried my best to prevent the method of making cotton pulp from being leaked."
Lao Zhu nodded and said nothing more. I followed Han Du to watch the making of banknote paper, and it turned out that it was no different from making ordinary paper. Seeing the only difference, Lao Zhu raised his hand and asked, "What is that doing?"
Han Du saw Lao Zhu pointing at a large iron bucket that was constantly pressing on the paper pulp, smiled, and explained: "That is making watermarks. The watermarks in the banknotes are made using this while the paper pulp has not yet solidified. Pressed out of iron barrels."
As if he couldn't believe that such a magical watermark was pressed out of this ordinary iron bucket, Lao Zhu asked Han Du in surprise: "Is it really so?"
Han Du nodded with a smile on his face.
Lao Zhu suddenly smiled, shook his head and said: "I didn't expect such a magical watermark to be made like this. It's really unexpected."
Lao Zhu looked at a whole large piece of paper, the watermark was pressed out, and before it solidified, he fished it out again in the cotton pulp. Then he continued to press it with an iron bucket, but this time the iron bucket was different from the one before. This time, the outside of the iron barrel was smooth, without any lines.
After that, the paper is placed in a larger iron tube and dried carefully.
When the craftsman takes it out, peels it off, and spreads it on a long table, a complete piece of banknote paper is ready.
Han Du waved his hand and asked the surrounding craftsmen to retreat, leaving only Han Du and a few people.
Lao Zhu stepped forward and looked at the snow-white banknotes on the long table without any variegated colors. He was very satisfied.
