Lu Songli looked at Lu Zhiyuan and Lu Songyun, who had been silent.
"The second thing is that I want to build a paper mill, and I need your help, brothers and sisters."
Lu Zhiyuan and Lu Songyun were both stunned. They didn't expect that there was something about them inside?
"Second sister, this papermaking technique is a secret of the four families. You—"
Lu Songli raised her hand. She knew what he meant. The papermaking technology was monopolized by the four major families.
Today's Dali is very similar to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties she knew before. At this time, bamboo slips and silk have withdrawn from the stage of history, and paper has officially become the main writing material.
Thanks to the further improvement of papermaking technology, the application range of paper in the Da Li Dynasty was wider and the output was also greatly increased.
Today's more famous paper products include hemp paper, Zuobo paper, silver paper, etc., which are controlled by the four major families in Dali.
Among them, hemp paper is moderately priced, deeply loved by the public, and is the most widely used.
Lu Songli decided to start a school because she felt it was very necessary and had great potential.
Many of today's talented people come from the nobility, and it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son. The use of such talents is actually very restrictive.
The gentry class monopolized the spread of books and curbed the number of talents in poor families.
The children of aristocratic families acquire knowledge through a lot of reading, improve their talents, and become officials. Knowledge resources have become an insurmountable gap between the noble families and the children of poor families.
Secondly, there is the monopoly of papermaking technology. Paper is very expensive and ordinary people cannot afford it. Reading and literacy can only be afforded by wealthy families, and ordinary people are not qualified at all.
These two aspects are why it is difficult for a poor family to produce a noble son.
Lu Songli knew that if he wanted to set up an academy, books were essential, and the price of paper had to be reduced. Otherwise, ordinary people cannot afford to go to school.
Ever since she knew that exile was inevitable, she had begun to consciously collect books, but at the moment she still didn't have enough books to compare with the collections of those big families. Let’s collect it slowly later.
As for paper prices, it's easy. It would be enough for them to set up their own paper mill.
And she also has a trump card - printing.
Block printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty, and movable type printing was invented in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, there is no printing technology in Dali.
Wait for the right time to use it.
"I can get the recipe, but I need you to keep experimenting." Lu Songli said to Lu Mingzhi.
Lu Mingzhi's eyes widened when he heard this. My sister is amazing, you can get this secret recipe for papermaking.
This is not difficult for Lu Songli. China's four great inventions are very famous. She has also studied them in depth and understood their development process.
"Okay, leave this to me! I'll test it!" It just so happened that he was also interested.
"Brother and sister, you are responsible for managing this paper mill. As for who of you is in charge of which part, you can discuss it, okay?"
Lu Zhiyuan and his wife looked at each other and agreed.
Lu Songyun was hesitant. She was worried that she could not do well, and she expressed her worries.
Lu Desheng glanced at her, "If there's anything you don't know, just learn it. If you can't learn it, learn it to the death!"
From the first look at this, we can tell that the younger daughter is deliberately trying to woo several brothers and sisters. The eldest daughter is unwilling to try, so how can the younger daughter woo her?
Lu Songyun was lightly patted on the shoulder by her husband before she responded, "Okay, I'll give it a try."
After finishing the matter, Lu Songli picked up the tea and took a sip.
Lu Desheng knew that his daughter still had something to say, so he sent the other children away and let them think about the paper mill.
Sister-in-law Tian stood up awkwardly. She glanced at Lu Songli for a few times, but hesitated to speak. These days, she has been feeling emotional and is really too cold towards her little sister.
Lu Zhiyuan stepped forward and pulled her away, "Let's go."
Tian made a low hum.
Lu Zhiyuan sighed in his heart, he knew why his wife was like this.
At first, the wife couldn't understand why her father would give up being a censor and move from Chang'an to the sterile place of Houcheng to serve as a small county magistrate. My parents have their own thoughts on how much they value my little sister.
He knows that his wife is just an ordinary woman who likes a stable life. Because of her parents' decision, her heart was full of resistance to foreseeable difficulties and uneasiness about the unknown. Emotions were inevitable.
Who would have known that his father was promoted not long after he took office.
According to their mother, the younger sister planned this for her father.
Now my sister is recruiting them all equally. Who doesn't know that the papermaking workshop is ready and has a bright future.
Lu Zhiyuan sighed in his heart. There must be a reason why his parents decided to leave Chang'an, but they couldn't understand it. And no matter what decisions the parents and little sister made, it did not harm them, nor did they suffer or suffer.
He thought that from now on they would be obedient and do as they were told even if they did not understand the decisions and actions of their parents and little sister.
"Your sister-in-law—"
"Dad, don't talk about this anymore." Lu Songli didn't pay much attention to her sister-in-law's little mood and awkwardness.
They are her elder brothers and sisters, and those who should be pulled out must be pulled out, not because she has a big heart or anything like that, but as a leader, she must pay attention to her methods.
As the saying goes, buy a pig and watch the pen. Followers, and those who plan to follow, will observe how the leader treats his relatives and subordinates before deciding to follow you. Leaders who are too harsh, unkind and unkind do not have a good reputation.
Lu Desheng could not be more satisfied with his little girl's open-mindedness.
"Dad, your son-in-law has sent you news that Heifeng Stronghold in the southeast of Hou City has been captured. Are you happy to hear this news?"
"So fast?" His son-in-law seemed to have some merits.
"Yes, they are currently escorting people over. Dad, you have to have people vacate the county jail."
Lu Desheng nodded, "How was the harvest?"
Lu Songli smiled and said, "I heard it's good."
"That's fine. In this way, after the property collected from the bandits is settled, 20% will be given to the son-in-law and the others as rewards. The remaining 80% will be put into the county government treasury."
"Okay." It's okay to give 20%. Now that her father is the governor of Liaodong County, there are more places to spend money, otherwise she would be willing to give more.
