Du Shaoqing was called away after not staying in the palace for two days. It was a papermaking workshop who sent someone to inform him. Calculate the day and it was almost the same.

He drove the horse to the papermaking workshop. The old manager was already waiting at the door. There were five guards on both sides guarding them with knives, looking like they were strangers. In addition, the workshop was remote, so there were almost no pedestrians at the door.

"Boss, as you told me, we have soaked the finished Hsinchu in the water for a hundred days, but we just soaked the bamboo thoroughly. I don't know how to apply it next?" When the old manager spoke, he still had a slight doubtful attitude.

Du Shaoqing picked up a small bundle of soaked bamboo and observed it for a while, turned around and asked, "What will you do if you used mulberry bark to make paper?"

"We all broke the bark first, threw it in water and soaked it, then boiled it into a turbid shape in a large pot. Finally, we used a bead curtain to remove the water from it again and again, and then fresh paper came out.

But now the bamboo still looks sturdy and it is not suitable for use.”

"That's why you haven't found a suitable method. The next step in making bamboo paper is to put these soaked bamboos in lime water and boil them for eight days and nights, then take them out and rinse them with clean water, then place them in a stone mortar or wooden mortar and mash them into paste. Then you can mix them into clean water and use a bead curtain to get the paper."

Du Shaoqing explained the following process thoroughly, and was not afraid that no one of these people would leak the secrets. Any craftsman who could work in the royal workshop was investigated for three generations and was absolutely safe.

The old manager was skeptical when he heard this. He would not rot for a hundred days without any damage. He would just cook in lime water for eight days? Is it so magical?

"By the way, how many Hsinchu have you put in for such a long time? Remember to spend every day. Once the construction starts, this workshop will not need to be stopped." Du Shaoqing remembered this matter. This is the second time since he took over this workshop. I wonder what they have been doing in the past 100 days?

The old manager looked embarrassed: "My boss, I thought I wanted to try it out first, so I only soaked a batch of Hsinchu. But according to your many, all the pools that can be used, but our workshop is small, with only five pools of water in total."

Du Shaoqing thought for a while, then smiled and said, "It's okay, follow the steps just mentioned to make the first batch of paper. I'll go find someone now, take down all the two neighboring houses, and send you additional staff. You are responsible for building a new pool.

We must follow my requirements. Bamboo must be soaked every day. After all, it will take a hundred days to use it together. Time does not wait for anyone. It is only a day to work more. I told the workers that after the new paper is made, the daily wage will be doubled."

This sentence directly made the old manager kneel on his knees and kowtow to Du Shaoqing, and Du Shaoqing hurriedly held it.

The old manager said with tears in his eyes: "The master of the boss, we are all official slaves in the government. Now he has been promised by His Majesty to the boss, and he is selling his body to you. As long as you work for the boss, you can manage food. How dare you ask for wages?"

What???

Du Shaoqing was stunned. There were about a hundred people here, all of whom were slaves, official slaves, and even official slaves with unique skills. This was too extravagant.

The key is now? I have another hundred or so slaves. Before I knew it, I became an ancient slave owner. This is not a surprise, it is a shock.

He helped the old manager up and comforted him, "Follow others, I can't control what treatment I used to treat.

But now you follow me, Du Shaoqing, who is from the Du family, so you can get the salary, even if you are a seller.

Because your work needs to be kept strictly confidential, everyone’s contract for selling their bodies cannot be eliminated, but the treatment you should have will not be less, not just wages. When the big thing is done, everyone in the workshop, Changle House, will give you a new house so that you can all get married and settle down."

It's over, this is countless times more generous than the wages. This time it's not only the old manager kneeling down, but all the workers in the workshop kowtowed in a touching manner, and Du Shaoqing couldn't even shout.

If outsiders know that Du Shaoqing has placed his family for these slaves, he may have caused criticism again. This guy is wearing the skin of a noble and doing things that break the rules. The Du family's slaves are treated more favorably than civilians. What do other people's servants think?

You should know that Chang'an City is the imperial capital, and every inch of land is valuable. Many poor people who come here to make a living cannot have a house to settle down. How can the Du family be better? All the servants have divided the houses and married their wives?

Du Shaoqing knew very well that if you want a horse to run, you should eat grass first. Although the craftsmen in this workshop are at the bottom of the foundation, they are responsible for the future of the Tang Dynasty papermaking. A house is nothing to him, and a hundred are nothing to him. Anyway, he is the leader in real estate now, but for them, it is the family, everything, the future, and the hope is.

Although they work without giving anything, they will definitely not be very efficient. It is different now. Du Shaoqing is confident that they can do it according to their own requirements for the first time to make paper. This transaction is absolutely worth it.

Before Du Shaoqing could finish his work, people came to the construction site and said that the construction period was progressing smoothly. Now that Changle Home is halfway through, everyone has moved into the new home. Master Yuwenzhe asked his boss to come over.

This news directly made the workers in the workshop excited again. Everyone saw the real story. The beggars who beg for food on the street have settled down. Will we still be far away?

What did Yuwenzhe do when he contacted Du Shaoqing? The construction site funds were tight. Although these workers were all their own people who didn’t have wages, in order to ensure quality, they must have good construction materials and good construction tools, without cutting corners at all, so spending money is like flowing water.

The key is that the newly built houses are all given to workers and the furniture inside is fully equipped, so in recent months, the Du family is almost unable to hold on by relying on the wine sales business and the ninety thousand chunks of treasures.

Yuwenzhe frowned, and the workers were happy because they had a home. However, as the chief engineer, he was almost worried. If he had no money, let alone the reconstruction of Chang'an, even the projects in Yongpingfang were semi-finished.

Du Shaoqing waved his hand and said lightly: "Build a sample house at the entrance of Yongpingfang, and sent someone to promote it in Chang'an City. New houses are for sale, and Wu Zhao is here to discuss the pricing. From the beginning, I never thought of relying on the strength of a family to build a complete city."

Yuwenzhe was skeptical and thought to himself that if anyone wanted a house like you? I’m afraid it wouldn’t be sold at a price. After all, you were given the first batch to beggars and orphans for free.

However, when Xunlai Wuzhao calculated the furniture cost and the sum of the construction costs, Du Shaoqing's price of the house was surprised that Yuwenzhe and Wuzhao could put down the eggs in their mouths.
Chapter completed!