While the two were talking, Lao Zhong came in with some dishes.
They are all mouth-cleaning side dishes.
Zhao Hao looked at it and said with some surprise: "When will our restaurant have these dishes?"
He looked at Su Si: "Is this arranged by Miss Su?"
Su Si nodded.
"Yes, sir, our stir-fried dishes on the first floor are unique, but the other dishes are not rich enough, so I took the initiative and added some refreshing dishes."
"Part of it is the flavor of Vietnam."
Zhao Hao smiled and said: "These two dishes should be your Yue country's dishes. They look good. How is the response from the guests?"
Before Su Si could answer, Lao Zhong said from the side: "Master, the guests all like it very much. Now these two dishes are almost must-orders!"
Zhao Hao nodded: "Then I have to try it. I have never tasted Yue cuisine before!"
"By the way, Miss Su hasn't eaten yet, sit down and eat together!"
Su Si nodded slightly, walked to sit across from Zhao Hao, and ate with him.
The two of them were eating and chatting. Just after they finished eating, Princess Lige, whom they had just been talking about, came unexpectedly.
Zhao Hao had no choice but to let Lao Zhong take him to the study.
"Your Highness, we meet again!"
Seeing Zhao Hao, Princess Lige smiled slightly.
"Mr. Zhao, I heard that your papermaking workshop has been successful?"
"I am very interested in the white linen paper made by the young master. I wonder if I can cooperate with the young master?"
Zhao Hao said lightly: "Her Highness the Princess is very well informed. I have just come back, and Her Highness the Princess already knows?"
Princess Lige said: "Young Master Zhao may not know yet, but now many people are paying attention to your paper-making workshop."
"So the news naturally spreads faster!"
Zhao Hao's eyes flashed: "The princess mentioned many people, who are they?"
Princess Lige said: "Young Master Zhao will know it soon. I believe it won't be long before those people will come to me and want to cooperate with you!"
Zhao Hao said: "The scale of the workshop is not large now, the output is still very low, and winter is about to come."
"We won't be able to do it after winter, so we should wait until later to talk about cooperation."
Princess Lige nodded: "It doesn't matter. It's okay to settle the cooperation first!"
Zhao Hao waved his hand and said: "I haven't thought about how to sell it or when to sell it, so I'm not in a hurry."
Hearing what he said, Princess Lige had no choice but to say: "Okay, since the young master said so, let's put the cooperation aside."
"However, if the young master decides to start cooperation at any time, please inform me as soon as possible!"
Zhao Hao laughed and said: "Your Highness, Princess, must be too confident in me. Your Highness has never even seen what paper looks like!"
Princess Lige said: "I have great faith in Mr. Zhao's ability. Since Mr. Zhao said it was successful, it must be good!"
"However, I really want to see what the paper made by Young Master looks like!"
Zhao Hao said: "I came back in a hurry today and didn't bring it back. I will let Her Royal Highness see it when I have the opportunity later."
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After seeing off Princess Lige, Zhao Hao took Lao Zhong out of the first floor and returned to his house.
After greeting my mother Qin Shuyun, she rushed into the room and began to study printing.
The printing process does not just require movable type.
With only movable type, printing efficiency was extremely low.
Therefore, in addition to movable type, there must be machinery to cooperate, and then printing efficiency can be greatly improved.
This involves a relatively complex set of processes and processes.
In terms of movable type, Zhao Hao still plans to use copper movable type directly.
It's faster and more convenient.
As for wooden movable type or clay movable type, more processes are required.
Of course, it will be cheaper.
However, Zhao Hao still did not intend to do this first set.
In comparison, movable type is relatively easy to make. All you need to do is cast a copper block of the same size and then find a worker to carve words on it.
The most important thing is the mechanical aspect.
What Zhao Hao plans to build is a machine that can print eight to twelve chapters of book pages at a time.
The paper is adjusted by rollers and then transferred to the printing plate, where it is automatically pressed to form book pages.
This kind of mechanical structure is relatively simple.
There will be no trouble in operation.
It can be easily controlled by two people at most.
Zhao Hao spent the whole morning writing and drawing in his room, and finally completed the mechanical sketch.
But this is just a sketch.
Specific verification is required.
When he was writing strategies in his previous life, he had a relatively clear understanding of this matter, but it was only theoretical.
He has never done any specific operations.
Then he asked Lao Zhong to find a dozen workers.
There are carpenters, blacksmiths, and stoneworkers.
Zhao Hao divided the sketches and gave each part to these craftsmen, asking them to make them according to standard sizes.
After a dozen craftsmen took the drawings, they immediately started working on it.
With everything arranged properly, Zhao Hao finally felt much more relaxed.
Finally got it done, no more busy work to do next.
Just wait for the results and do some debugging and modification.
Finally, I no longer have to be as busy as before.
After everything was arranged, Zhao Hao took a deep shower and fell asleep directly in the room.
When he woke up, it was already night.
Just as he was about to go out to find something to eat, Lao Zhong came to report: "Master, I am back and want to see you!"
Zhao Hao was still confused, so he nodded and went to the north room.
"Dad, what happened again?"
"You look so ugly?"
Zhao Wenxiang said: "You've been very busy lately, and you haven't even come back for a month!"
"The paper was made?"
Zhao Hao nodded: "It's made. The overall quality is still slightly worse than bamboo paper, but it's still pretty good!"
“Whether it’s used for writing or painting, there’s no problem!”
Zhao Wenxiang said: "Did you bring it back? Let me see!"
Zhao Hao nodded slightly and greeted Lao Zhong, asking him to get the paper.
The reason why I don’t want to show it to Princess Lige is because I don’t want to cause extra problems.
Although it will be seen sooner or later.
Soon Lao Zhong took the paper and handed it to Zhao Wenxiang.
Zhao Wenxiang held it in his hand and kept nodding.
"Well, it's good. It's really good. It's of high quality and has a unique taste."
“I can’t believe that white hemp can produce paper of such quality!”
Zhao Hao said: "There are actually many things that can be used to make paper, but we only have enough white hemp here!"
Objectively speaking, the price/performance ratio of white linen papermaking is relatively low.
After reading for a while, Zhao Wenxiang put the paper aside, looked at Zhao Hao and said: Hao'er, dad has something he wants to discuss with you. "
