Chapter 488 Cao Cao: How Did the Promised Kraft Paper Turn Into Kraft Jelly? [Seeking Monthly Votes]

"The plot of Journey to the West has begun. I don't know what will be different this time."

In the study, Li Yu pinched a grape and put it into his mouth, and started reading "Journey to the West" in his hand.

Little Shimin on the side was eating the fried chicken and hamburgers bought by Yuwen Chengdu. He picked up the Coke cup and took a sip of ice-cold Feizhai Happy Water:

"It's a pity that I didn't make it in time to see my royal brother off. I hope he will go well on his journey."

Yuwen Chengdu glanced at this little guy:

"Are you stupid? Xuanzang's journey was to overcome eighty-one difficulties. If he wanted to go smoothly, he would have to go all over again."

Li Shimin: "..."

You are the first person to say that I am stupid, good, I will remember you, big man!

The little guy wanted to retort, but after all, the cannibal was short-tongued, so he took a big bite of the Double Chicken Burger and forgave Yuwen Chengdu for his rude words.

With nothing to do, Li Shimin looked through the packet of salt sent by Liu Xie:

"It's so exquisite. When we occupy the salt pond, we will start producing official salt of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Yu said:

"There are a bunch of salt lakes on the plateau. Remember to take them down when the time comes. At the same time, you can completely defeat the Tibetans and don't feed any more white-eyed wolves."

"Don't worry, sir, Brother Qin has already said that Tubo will be completely wiped out."

After speaking, Li Shimin sat in front of the computer and began to check the minerals and other resources near Taiyuan to prepare for the next occupation of Taiyuan.

Yuwen Chengdu was holding a copy of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and studying the plot carefully.

Nowadays, the imperial court has risen strongly and has taken over the entire territory of Sili, all of Bingzhou, most of Xiliang, as well as Hanzhong County, the gateway to Sichuan, and Nanyang County, the north gate of Jingzhou.

Yuwen Chengdu read all the information on Yuan Shao, Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Liu Yan, Sun Ce and others, fearing that there would not be many battles to fight after going there.

Also worried is Zhao Yun, who is on his way to Jingxing in the Three Kingdoms world:

"Now I don't know the specific situation of the emperor and the others. I'm really afraid that the battle will be over by the time we get there, and I won't be able to come back."

Ma Chao, who was controlling the drone to take pictures, said:

"Brother Yun, don't worry. Even if Water Margin says there is no war in the Yue World, you can still go to the Sui and Tang Worlds to show off your skills and teach that Luo Cheng a lesson."

Zhao Yun smiled, picked up the telescope, and said while observing the mountains in the distance:

"I may not be able to beat Luo Cheng. His settings in "The Legend of Xing Tang" are very high. Even Li Yuanba couldn't survive three moves in his hands."

Zhang Xiu held the surveying and mapping instruments and continuously measured distance, height difference and other data to prepare for the next map drawing.

He recalled the "Water Margin" and "The Complete Story of Yue Shuo" he had read, and said with certainty:

"The two books together span at least forty years. The war is definitely not over yet, and even if the Liao and Jin Dynasties are destroyed, there will still be rising prairie people... Genghis Khan, the genius of the generation, sounds quite bluffing. , I hope General Zilong can kill him and give vent to us Han people. "

"Don't worry, if there is a chance to meet you, Yun will never hold back!"

There were sick people on the bus, and there was also the task of drawing a map, so everyone couldn't walk fast.

Every few dozen miles, they would get together, collect the photos, videos and data they had compiled, draw them on a map, and mark all the nearby peaks, mountain trails, etc.

When more of these maps are drawn, combined with those drawn by other generals, the whole picture of the great rivers and mountains will gradually be pieced together, and the Han Dynasty will have a map of the whole country in a substantial sense.

Hao Zhao pulled out the route map drawn by Gao Shun from his tablet and said:

"According to the current progress, we can reach the location of Shouyang County in the real world tomorrow. General Gao said that it is now a small town with dozens of families. When we arrive tomorrow, we can take a day off to compile the map."

Ma Chao agreed:

"You are good at defense, I listen to you."

The four generals, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, are all good at attacking. Although Zhang Xiu has the title of Spear King of the North in the original work, when he was stationed in Wancheng, he relied entirely on Jia Xu's help.

There was only one person, Hao Zhao, who possessed the Holy Body of Innate Defense. He was responsible for all the camping and rest along the way.

When a group of people were on their way, Sun Facai and Liu Xie were staring at the mountain-like coarse salt in a daze.

All the salt sent by the Hedong Family has been produced, and water has been released into the salt fields, but it will take a long time to dry it into salt grains.

In winter, the temperature is low and it is difficult to dry salt. Unlike spring and summer, water evaporates quickly and the salt fields will dry out quickly. Then you can just drive the forklift to collect the salt.

In order to increase production, Sun Facai asked Du Ji to hold a meeting with the wealthy families in Hedong with a whole bag of refined salt.

As long as they send the salt stored at home to the salt factory, they will be able to obtain Dahan official salt at a ratio of five to one in the future.

In other words, if you send 500 kilograms of coarse salt, you can get 100 bags of clean and white refined salt in the future.

Sun Facai originally had the mentality of stabbing a pole if there were no dates. Unexpectedly, the aristocratic family went crazy when they saw the whole package of refined salt. They transported all the coarse salt they had accumulated to the salt factory without stopping, for fear that His Majesty and Sun Yuan would Regret for a long time.

"Damn, what a loss!"

Sun Facai didn't expect them to be so enthusiastic. If he had known it, he would have said ten to one.

Liu Xiechong asked the guard on the side who was responsible for recording:

"How many pounds?"

"According to the new weights and measures promulgated by His Majesty, it is already 500,000 jins. There are still many more on the way, and the total amount will probably reach 600,000 to 700,000 jins."

One pound in the Han Dynasty was about 240 grams, and at the end of the Han Dynasty it dropped to about 200 grams.

In order to unify the measurement value, Liu Xie confirmed the weight of a bag of salt as the standard jin, which is 500 grams per jin, just like in the real world.

The reason why salt is used as the standard is that this bag of salt will enter thousands of households in the future, and other noble families cannot imitate it, so they can only accept the standard set by the court.

In the process of implementation, some people will naturally stop it by citing the reason that the ancestral law cannot be abolished, but Jia Xu has already formulated a series of measures to ensure that the new measurement can be promoted.

In addition to weight, the length of one foot is also determined to be 33.33 cm. In the future, there will be no big or small feet. The measurement will be completely standardized. Ten millimeters is one centimeter, ten centimeters is one fen, ten ten centimeters is one inch, ten inches is one foot, and ten feet is one zhang. Everything is based on this standard.

In addition, unified standards for volume, area, speed, time, etc. will also be gradually promoted in the Guanzhong Plain.

When the people in the Guanzhong Plain accept the new measurement, it will be promoted to all parts of the country.

Sun Facai calculated the required packaging bags and said to Liu Xie:

"I will take people to assemble the wind turbines. You go to the real world and ask your master to prepare one million salt packaging bags, and another 100,000 woven bags for salt. Don't forget to print some trademarks of the Han Dynasty official salt on them."

"Okay, I'll go now. Does Teacher Sun need anything else?"

Sun Facai lit a cigarette and took a puff with melancholy:

"Ask him to get me a better mattress. The bed here is really uncomfortable to sleep on. It's harder than my dick. It's too uncomfortable."

I've been away from home for ten days. I miss Yanmei and my two fragrant concubines.

Damn it, leaving the decadent and decadent feudal life behind, running to the salt pond where no one lives, what a brain is going crazy...Sun Facai finished muttering, flicked the ash, and led people to assemble the wind turbines.

All these generators are now lying on the ground beside the salt pond. After the assembly is completed, Zhang Daoling will be asked to come and help erect them.

One Zhang Daoling is equivalent to a bunch of crawler cranes from XCMG and Sany, which is an indispensable helper for heavy equipment.

Liu Xie hurried to the real world and told Li Yu the number of packaging bags needed.

Li Shimin saw his brother Xie coming and quickly shared the hamburgers, fried chicken, French fries, etc. bought by Yuwen Chengdu.

It was not easy to catch the opportunity to eat the big customers, so he couldn't let his brother Xie miss it.

Li Yu contacted the packaging manufacturer and placed an order for salt packaging bags and woven bags.

The boss over there was frightened by this large order and called to confirm that there was no extra zero, and took the initiative to offer Li Yu a discount.

Liu Xie took a bite of a pepper chicken burger and said to Li Yu:

"Sir, what other equipment can be installed in Hedong County besides salt?"

"You can make iron, but this involves coal mining... Let's transfer coal from Chang'an first, make iron ingots and send them to Chang'an Industrial Zone for fine processing."

Now that Hedong has just been recovered, it is not suitable for steel processing, and the quality of workers does not meet the standards of Chang'an Industrial Zone. You can do rough processing first, and then set up a steel plant when the quality of workers improves.

Liu Xie wrote them down one by one, preparing to let Du Ji make iron in Hedong and take over the family's iron mine.

After eating and drinking, they came to the warehouse. Li Yu moved a new mattress from the corner and asked Liu Xie to drive the electric five-wheeler back to let Sun Facai enjoy it.

After fiddling with these, Li Yu looked at the time, came to the door of the warehouse, and met Wang Shengli who had agreed to go up the mountain together.

Zhao Yun's family is coming. In addition to Zhao Yun and Zhao Xue, there are also Zhao Feng's family of three. If all of them live in a B&B, it will be a bit conspicuous, and the rooms in the B&B are not suitable for a family to live in.

Li Yu thought about it and simply rented a yard on the mountain from Wang Shengli.

After the people of Shitouzhai moved away, the village on the mountain was abandoned. Although Wu Song built a small villa, he has not moved in yet.

It is a bit too late to build a house now, but it is still okay to rent a yard.

Today Li Yu is going to the mountain to look at houses, choose a better one, and simply clean it up first, prepare furniture and appliances, so that Zhao Yun's family will not have no place to live.

After settling down, Professor Zhou will help them to apply for household registration. Diao Chan, who is at home during the summer vacation, will give Zhao Yun's nephew extra lessons. When the summer vacation is over, it will be just right to go to Shitouzhai Primary School at the foot of the mountain to study.

Wang Shengli parked the electric car at the door of the warehouse and decided to walk up:

"Speaking of the courtyard up there, the best one should be Xiaoju's house. Xiaoju's father-in-law built a new house to arrange a marriage for his son. As a result, in less than half a year, the relocation project came to our place, and finally the wedding was held in Shitouzhai New Village at the foot of the mountain."

Li Yu didn't expect Xiaoju's sister-in-law to do this:

"Then I'll pay more rent."

"Xiaoju's father-in-law said that you can stay as long as you want. If there is a popular person in the house, he won't charge you."

Li Yu didn't agree:

"Whatever happens, we can't let them suffer."

When the group came to the mountain, Li Yu saw Xiaoju's conspicuous new house, which was made of red bricks and had two attics on top, where you could climb up and look far into the distance.

Wang Shengli took out the key and opened the gate. The weeds inside were more than one person tall, and Li Shimin, who followed him, was so scared that he quickly hid behind Yuwen Chengdu, fearing that a snake would come out of the bushes.

Yuwen Chengdu was not afraid at all. He saw a sickle hanging behind the door, so he grabbed it and started mowing the grass, finally clearing a path.

Walking into the yard, Li Yu saw that the house was equipped with a full set of sliding windows, a typical rural new Chinese style.

Wang Shengli opened the door, and the musty smell in the house hit his nose:

"Let the smell go away first, then go in and clean it up tomorrow."

Li Yu took out a mask from his pocket and put it on. He went in and opened all the windows, taking a look at the layout inside.

The house is very new, the wiring has been laid, and the number of furniture and appliances is zero, all of which need to be purchased again.

After turning around and locking the door, Li Yu and Yuwen Chengdu began to clean the yard.

Wang Shengli said:

"Bring a pot of herbicide over tomorrow and spray it all around the house. Bugs like to burrow into the grass. Without grass, there will be fewer bugs."

Li Yu made a note of it, and planned to come up and clean up for a while when he wasn't busy starting from tomorrow, and treat it as exercise.

As for the yard, after the weeds are cleared, harden it with concrete directly. This is the best way to eliminate weeds, otherwise the weeds will grow wildly everywhere and cannot be cleared away at all.

After confirming to rent this house, Li Yu transferred 5,000 yuan to Wang Shengli:

"Uncle Wang, give this money to Xiaoju and her father-in-law, rent it for one year first, and then decide whether to renew the contract after one year."

In one year, Zhao Feng's family should have completely adapted to life in the real world. If they want to move to the city, they can be given a house or go somewhere else. There is no need to stay here all the time.

Wang Shengli collected the money, everyone locked the courtyard door and went down the mountain together.

After Wang Shengli rode away on the battery car, Li Shimin asked in confusion:

"Sir, Aunt Xiaoju is at the B&B. Why not give her the money instead of asking the village chief to forward it to her?"

Li Yu said:

"This house was built day and night by the old couple. Now that we are leasing it, we naturally have to contact them... Although the money may eventually fall into the hands of Xiaoju's sister-in-law, the old couple gave her the money and gave it to us. She has a different effect.”

Li Shimin always thinks about his love affair:

"It feels so complicated. I hope sister Wu Gu's relationship with my parents won't be so complicated."

Li Yu had nothing to do, so he drove down the mountain to buy herbicides. He also bought about ten kilograms of pig skins, planning to pack them up and make some pig skin jelly.

It's too hot now and I have no appetite for anything else, but the cold skin jelly is more appetizing.

Buy the pig skin, soak it for a while, then blanch it in a pot for ten minutes, take it out, scrape off the stubble and grease on the pig skin, leaving only the gelatinous part.

Then clean it, put it in clean water and simmer it over low heat.

The same scene was also staged in Chenliu County in the Three Kingdoms world.

Cao Cao, who wrote in his reply that he wanted to return to Jinan, is now squatting next to a large pot, looking at the paste boiling in it and asking:

"How long?"

"My lord, it has been a day and a night, and all the cowhide has been completely boiled into a paste. But can this thing really be made into paper?"

Boss Cao has a very good attitude:

"Let it dry first and try it. Anyway, these are all farm cattle that died of illness. If it doesn't work, just treat it as a joke."

The officials who were lighting the fire stopped the fire in the stove and put the paste in the pot into a wooden bucket. They planned to let it dry before spreading it on the bamboo curtain to try it.

Cao Cao went to see how the fish scales and swim bladders were being cooked. Whether he could make that kind of white and beautiful paper would depend on this attempt.

Now he doesn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, and the counties in Yanzhou are not dealing with each other. Lao Cao tried to mediate, but with little effect.

Yesterday, someone told Zhang Miao insinuating that the imperial army was about to attack, suggesting that the young boy would join forces with him. As soon as Zhang Miao heard this, he immediately planned to lead troops to meet the heavenly army, which made Ah Miao so angry that he didn't even have dinner. eat.

Since Yuan Shao and Zhang Miao turned against each other, the relationship between Cao Cao and Zhang Miao has also become subtle.

Zhang Miao must have noticed that the two of them, who were both young and talented, were unwilling to succumb to others.

But Chenliu is Zhang Miao's territory, and no one else can get involved.

When the simmered cowhide was no longer so hot, the two scribes brought bamboo curtains and prepared to try to make smooth and strong kraft paper.

But when they scooped up the paste from the pot and poured it on the bamboo curtain, the scene they imagined turning into paper did not appear. Instead, it all leaked out.

Cao Cao stroked his beard and said in a strict manner:

"Is it the bamboo curtain? Try changing the mat."

Soon, a mat made of reeds was brought over, and a spoonful of paste was poured on it. After a while, it really solidified.

Boss Cao had surprise on his face:

"Look, look, have you turned into paper?"

Everyone tried it, but they couldn't lift it off at all. It looked like half-melted pine gum.

Cao Ang, who was on the sidelines, finally saw some clues:

"Father, this is not paper at all. We have been deceived."

Everyone thought that Cao Cao would be angry or scold Lu Bu, but he just raised his head and laughed for a long time:

"A mere kid with a bad mouth can fool us around. Fengxian has so many talents at his disposal!"

After saying that, he pinched the solidified paste and brought it to his mouth, intending to learn from it and remember this lesson, but he didn't expect it. The taste of this thing was quite good.

He brought a bowl and filled half of it with paste.

It was cold now, and the paste in the bowl solidified quickly.

Cao Cao scratched it a few times with the knife he carried with him, picked up a piece and tasted it. He felt that the taste was indeed good, but it had no taste.

He thought for a while and ordered to his eldest son:

"Ang'er, get some vinegar. This thing seems to be food..."

Before he finished speaking, he raised his head and laughed again:

"I worked hard for a few days, thinking I could make paper that would make friends with the noble families, but in the end I made a pot of food... Interesting, really interesting!"

Cao Ang brought the vinegar, Cao Cao added some to the bowl, took a bite with chopsticks, and his eyes suddenly lit up:

"This is quite delicious, Ang'er, send a bowl to your mother! Also send some to Wen Ze, Man Cheng, Zhong Kang and others, saying that this is very delicious and must be tasted!"

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I feel unwell again, and I think it has something to do with the semaglutide I took. After taking it for a year, my physical fitness has plummeted. I plan to stop next week and try only Chinese medicine... I will update once today, brothers, sorry.