Working Prophet.

Chapter 318 Split
Another new business that Li Yu plans to start is papermaking.

Animal skins (mainly sheepskin) and papyrus are still used to record text on the continent of Bratis.

Not to mention animal skins, although they are strong enough to wear, can be stored for a long time, and even waterproof, but the production cost is expensive.

A sheep or cow can usually only make one piece of paper, and there are very high requirements for the skills of the skinners. They must peel off the hide completely, without any damage in the middle, and the animal hide itself must be free from damage. flaw.

After that, special craftsmen need to clean, depilate, scrape, and air-dry... A set of tedious processes can produce a piece of parchment.

Taking Silver Moon Church's "Silver Moon Holy Code" as an example, the entire book used 460 nine sheets of parchment, and the paper alone was a considerable expense.

In addition, the weight of the whole book is also amazing.

In contrast, papyrus is much cheaper. Papyrus is made from the stems of papyrus. The production process is relatively simple, as long as the papyrus is peeled, cut into similar lengths, and then flattened and soaked.

Then take it out of the water, squeeze out the water, arrange it in a criss-cross pattern, press it tightly, use the sugary mucus inside to make it connect with each other, dry it, and then smooth the surface to complete the production.

But papyrus also has many disadvantages. First of all, it is relatively brittle, easily damaged, and cannot be folded.

Another thing is that it is not easy to preserve, especially in a humid environment, it will soon become moldy.Don't believe in the papyrus unearthed in ancient Egypt. Papyrus can't be preserved for thousands of years.

In addition, like cotton, the raw material papyrus also has requirements for the environment.

It generally grows on the edge of swampy lakes in tropical and subtropical regions. Due to the low temperature in the west, it cannot be planted.

Li Yu conducted a market survey when he was in Rock Snow City before. The price of a piece of papyrus is almost equivalent to a loaf of bread, and the price of animal skin paper is twenty times that of papyrus.

For example, Miss Rabbit usually writes letters and handles government affairs with papyrus, which is much cheaper than animal skins.

But Li Yu was still not satisfied with the price.At this stage, Shuangxiu is obviously unable to achieve paperless office, and the upgrade system he established needs to keep a lot of files, and the consumption of paper will be very alarming.

In addition, he also opened a school, and it is impossible to let students only write on the ground.

In summary, Li Yu felt that it was time to make paper by himself.

Like weaving, papermaking is also a traditional art of Chinese descendants, and tutorials on ancient papermaking abound on the Internet.

The principle of modern papermaking technology is not different from that of ancient times. It is essentially the decomposition and remodeling of plant fibers, but the intermediate links are mechanized. In addition, there are some adjustments in the formula.

Plant fiber is easy to understand. Bark is the most common plant fiber. In addition, Li Yu also has flax, rattan, and even wheat straw that can be reused to make paper.

As long as these raw materials are soaked and beaten, and lime is added, the process of fiber decomposition can be completed. Afterwards, the fibers are collected from the pulp with a screen, pressed and bonded, and then dried to obtain paper in the modern sense.

Of course, this sounds simple, but it is quite troublesome to actually do it, but the final product will prove that all the hard work is worth it.

The manpower required to produce modern paper is similar to that of papyrus, or even a little more, which does not have much advantage in production cost.

However, the bulk of papyrus is not produced in the first place, but in the transportation link, and the transportation cost is ten times the production cost.

The toughness of modern paper can greatly reduce its transportation cost, whether it can be transported by land or water, and the quality of paper is far higher than that of papyrus.

In short, a paper that combines many advantages such as lightness, cheapness, toughness, and ease of transportation, there is no reason why it cannot beat other competing products.

In addition, with the help of a lot of prestige brought by dragon slaying and the status of the only female knight in the empire, the Arias family and the Shuangxiu religion have also initially possessed the ability to retain the huge benefits brought by new commodities.

This is why Li Yu decided to launch several new products.When the first batch of linen and paper are produced, he will invite the largest chambers of commerce in the western region to discuss distribution.

But when Li Yu and Yi Liya closed their doors to make great progress, the Silver Moon Church on the other side broke out a major event that caught the attention of everyone in the Western Territory.

Herodotus, who was also the high priest, accused Martina and her accomplices of colluding with the double break religion, which eventually caused the church to lose several times in the green field.

As soon as the news came out, the entire Western Territory was shaken.

High Priest Martina is quite respected both inside and outside the church, and can even be said to be the most prestigious of the seven high priests.

Most of the believers of Silvermoon Church couldn't believe that she would betray the church and Picia.

However, Herodotus then threw out a series of "iron evidence", including that High Priest Martina ordered her disciple Adele to deliberately lose to Li Yu in the medical skill competition, and also carried a fake holy coffin to damage the church's reputation .

Then High Priest Martina went to meet Ilea in private again, and further conspired to betray the church.

Before the female lord held the initiation ceremony, a group of believers who were extremely devout to the goddess gathered spontaneously and wanted to assassinate Merlin, the prophet of the Shuangxiu religion, for which they were willing to die.

In order not to leak the news, they even told their wives and children without telling their plan to High Priest Martina before they started.

Unexpectedly, the latter revealed their plan to the Arias family and the Shuangxiu Church backhandedly.

This led to the failure of those martyrs, causing them to be ruthlessly massacred by the Shuangxiu Church, which had been prepared for a long time, and also brought the Church to shame again.

Herodotus later led people to raid the residence of High Priest Martina, and found several secret letters written to her by Li Yu. In the secret letters, the two reached an agreement that High Priest Martina would stop her at all costs The Silver Moon Church formed its own army to resist the Shuangxiu Church.

Just when everyone was still doubting the authenticity of these news, a big man stood up and confirmed the statement of Herodotus high priest. He was the oldest high priest in the church, Kokuon.

Moreover, the high priest Kekuon not only testified against the high priest Martina, but also exposed her accomplice, the high priest Hesiod. .

It is said that the late High Priest Reeves probably did not die by suicide. He had been investigating the crimes of High Priest Martina and High Priest Hesiod before his death.

(End of this chapter)