The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 202 Scientific Enlightenment
The trade routes were basically stabilized, and the territory entered a period of rapid development.

However, during this period of rapid development, the territory's consumption of various resources and waste of imports have also begun to be reflected.

The most important thing is the lack of educational resources, paper, pen, ink, these necessities are heavily dependent on external supplies.

And in an empire without compulsory education, the price of importing a large number of such items is not cheap.

However, Windsor is not only required for students' exams, but also the factory drawings, design instructions, summary and research on the production process are devouring all kinds of paper every day.

It can barely maintain it now, but it will collapse sooner or later if it continues like this.

Fortunately, Ickert has solved the most fundamental survival problem of the territory, and now he can finally put more effort into his life.

"We're going to make paper."

Ickert said to the mages present.

In order to tackle this technology, Ickert convened a special meeting of mages and asked them to temporarily stop everything in their hands.

This time, Eckert intends to start with papermaking and guide his men to explore the natural world.

"My lord, what kind of paper do we want? Papyrus or parchment?"

Lafayette asked, but none of them actually understood what the paper Ickert was going to make was.

"The paper I want to make is different from these things. Let me talk about a basic concept first, so you can understand it."

"Everyone has written on papyrus."

All the mages present nodded.

"Papyrus, to put it bluntly, is the product of pressing, embalming, and drying its branches and leaves. There are many things that can achieve similar effects, such as palm leaves, but their writing performance is obvious. .”

Lafayette nodded after listening, and said:
"This kind of papyrus is only convenient for writing from left to right, and the veins in it are quite in the way. It is quite difficult to paint on it, which is why we use a lot of parchment."

"Yes."

Eckert agrees.

"Vellum paper is superior to these grass papers in all aspects of writing performance, but due to raw material problems, even if the price of this kind of paper is barely acceptable, the supply cannot keep up.

So we still have to use plants. "

"However, how to use plants to produce products with properties close to those of leather paper?"

Sasha asked the voice of everyone.

"In fact, I have seen a solution to this problem."

Virgil said abruptly, and then took out a sample from the small bag.

It was a roll of very large leaves.

"It turned out to be elf paper."

Ickert recognized this thing at a glance. Elf paper is the plant paper with the writing performance closest to leather paper.

It is the masterpiece of the elven natural mage. It uses the alienation growth technique to spread the veins of the plant branches and leaves to the surroundings, and leaves a relatively uniform writing area in the middle.

"This is quite precious, those elves rarely sell these papers outside."

Virgil said with some air.

But why the elves rarely export this kind of paper, Ickert can also guess the reason.

Mostly because they have insufficient capacity.

Elves are a race that attaches great importance to knowledge. Due to their long lifespan, almost every elf has the habit of recording history and knowledge. It is not without reason that they have high attainments in magic and combat skills.

And elf paper is essentially a plant.

"This is a great example, and it provides direction for our papermaking."

Ickert picked up the elf paper and stroked it lightly, feeling a little fond of it.

"First of all, let's imagine how small a leaf can be cut?"

"How small can it be cut?"

Xi Luoerman thought about it, this is really a problem.

Theoretically speaking, even a piece of slag can be cut in half, as long as there is a suitable knife, the slag of the slag can also be cut in half.

But how much does it take to stop?

What is the structure of such a small object?

The mages who have never thought about this kind of problem seem to have encountered a bug in their minds, and their brains are about to shut down!

Lafayette couldn't bear it any longer, so he immediately cast the eagle eye spell on himself.

However, for mages who have not mastered the principle of optical imaging, they cannot achieve the effect of a microscope.

But even though Eagle Eye couldn't see clearly, he could vaguely feel that there were still some things that he couldn't see, and he needed to use better spells to see clearly.

"Okay, don't worry about this for now, the technology of papermaking is not that deep."

Seeing that the mages were all on the edge of their horns, Ike especially reminded them.

Everyone slowed down for a while before recovering from this miraculous question.

They had to admit that Ickert, the lord and chief mage, was indeed rich in philosophical thinking.

At the same time, they also really want to get answers from Ickert, but there are more important things to do right now.

"In fact, making paper is like kneading dough.

Flour is just the very fine powder, adding water to knead them together, you can get a complete whole,

No matter from which direction you gnaw the bread, the taste will always be the same. This is our idea of ​​making paper. "

Ickert said that the mages present were also inspired.

Especially Sasha, who was taught by him firsthand, reacted instantly.

"I know, the reason why the writing performance of elf paper is so good!"

"Let's talk."

Ickert smiled and made a "please" gesture, wanting to see if she understood.

"Good teacher, let me tell you my opinion."

Sasha organized his language, then continued to speak:
"From the perception of magic, I feel that the straw paper we use is actually more like stacks of silk threads!

Just like papyrus, in general, it is a structure of papyrus.

And if you go deeper, it seems to be composed of many finer papyrus structures. These structures are long strips from the smallest level, not powder!

So the performance of plant paper in different directions is different!It's not a feeling at all to write! "

As a natural mage, Sasha has learned more details in the growth of plants, which is why she can understand what Eckert said.

"It seems that Miss Sasha's deduction is a suitable theory."

Other mages have little research on this aspect, and cannot confirm the authenticity of what Sasha said, but this theory happens to explain why paper exhibits different properties in different directions.

"My apprentice is absolutely right."

Eckert also came out to stand for Sasha, which strengthened the mages' recognition of this theory.

"This is anisotropy! That is, the property that the physical properties of the material are different in all directions!"

"Anisotropy?"

The mages present carefully savored the truth, until suddenly, for a moment, Lafayette slapped his head suddenly and laughed loudly.

"I see!"

(End of this chapter)