The development of the iron mine will take some time, and the workload at the blacksmith shop is not much, so Luo De had planned it for the paper workshop long before the first waterwheel was built.
Lime water might be easy to obtain, by collecting some limestone from the riverside and foot of the mountain, crushing it, and then stacking it in layers with charcoal for calcination.
Not having time to build a permanent kiln, they directly used the simplest trench kiln, with slaves ensuring continuous calcination.
After thorough calcination, collect the quicklime, and once water is added, it becomes lime water.
Lime has many uses, not just bleaching pulp; it can be used for building, farming, and metallurgy.
Luo De designated an area specifically for the slaves to conduct large-scale calcination.
However, since lime water can pollute the water source, the paper workshop and blacksmith shop are not together.
