The mage arrives

() "The word "loyalty" is still omitted. I just chose a god to believe in so that I would not be built into the wall of unbelievers after death." Gordon secretly thought.

Grand Duke Robert didn't know what Gordon was thinking, and continued: "Lord Ioun needs to develop as many believers as possible in the main material world, expand his influence, so as to enhance his own strength and survive the coming crisis. We believers , Naturally, we must do our best. Therefore, the Church of Ioan decided to open a school to popularize knowledge and education."

Ioun is the god of knowledge and truth, and his priesthood also includes education, books, inventions and so on.Opening schools, disseminating knowledge, and popularizing education are indeed a way to increase believers and influence, and then enhance their divine power.

But the problem is that in this world, education is a monopoly resource belonging to the upper class. Ordinary people can recognize [-] words and can do simple reading and writing, which is already very remarkable.Most of the civilians, and even some newly promoted nobles who were born in the military, are illiterate.To write a love letter to the girl you love, you have to ask the bard.

In the world of Telos, the main educational institutions are temples, various spellcasting organizations.They will send people to the people to find gifted children and bring them back.Then let these children learn cultural knowledge while learning divine or arcane arts.Some powerful aristocrats, or the royal family, will also set up some academies to train talents.For example, the Royal Military Academy of Ferretton Empire.But what these colleges teach is advanced professional knowledge.

Aristocrats generally hired tutors, or simply parents themselves, to provide basic education for their children.And commoners want to learn knowledge, they can only go to some kind of private school.But this kind of private school is very small, and even the teachers may not be professional, maybe it's just a down-and-out bard, or a store accountant who comes to work part-time in order to earn some extra money.

Fragmented, and the quality of practitioners is uneven.This is the state of basic education in Ferreton, and even the entire continent.

What Grand Duke Robert wants to do is to establish an institution similar to primary and secondary schools on the earth that popularizes basic knowledge, which is completely different from the traditional elite education practiced in the mainland today.

The idea is very good. If it can be implemented, it will definitely be a good thing for the benefit of future generations.

However, in actual implementation, there are many problems.

At the beginning of the establishment of the school, the land can be allocated by Grand Duke Robert, and there is no cost.Teachers can be appointed by the priests of the Temple of Ioun. I believe that these believers who take the glory of the God of Knowledge as their mission will not mind a few rewards.

Most of Ioun's believers are from the upper class of society. After founding a school, it is not difficult to raise funds from them to build schools, classrooms, cafeterias and other buildings.

But the bulk of the real money is books.

In the world of Telos, books are very precious items.Because printing was not invented, books were written by the author's hand.If it is to be circulated and copied, it is also manually transcribed.

Even for those popular adventure novels that are popular in the market, it is difficult for ordinary people to see physical books. Most of them are sung by bards in taverns and passed on by word of mouth.

Although mages can use "scribing" to easily copy books.But for mages, spell slots are extremely precious. Many times they would rather spend money to hire someone to copy books than waste spell slots to do this kind of thing.

For various reasons, books in the world of Telos are expensive.However, in order to open schools for universal education and reduce the cost of books, it is a problem that must be solved.Grand Duke Robert plans to set up basic language, general knowledge, and mathematics courses in the school. In this way, each student must have at least three textbooks.

Grand Duke Robert plans to enroll [-] students in the first batch, so he needs [-] textbooks.This is not a small amount.If it is transcribed manually, the time and money spent are unacceptable.

The Lord of Wands told Gordon the main difficulty in running a school, and then said: "I have been looking for a simple and cheap way to increase the production of books some time ago."

"No wonder the grand duke has had a hard time seeing people after he became a magic assistant. So he was busy with this matter." Gordon thought.

"The day before yesterday, I finally made a breakthrough and found a way to copy books conveniently and quickly." Grand Duke Rob said, then walked out of the room, and motioned for Gordon to follow.

Arriving at the underground magic laboratory where all kinds of sundries were piled up, Gordon saw a wooden board quietly lying in the middle of the room following the direction pointed by the lord of the scepter.

Anti-style Yangwen is carved on the wooden board.

"I ordered the craftsmen to carve the words on the wooden board, so that only ink should be applied to the wooden board, and then the paper should be covered, and the text could be printed on by gently pressing and wiping the back of the paper."

Isn't this woodblock printing?

Gordon opened his mouth wide in surprise, and looked at Grand Duke Rob.This middle-aged man is not only powerful, powerful, and has many beautiful wives and concubines in his family, but now he even started an invention!

Gordon even wondered if the other party was also a time traveler.

"Don't look at me like that, young man. As a follower of Ioun, I often think about some new inventions. This is just an accidental harvest." Grand Duke Rob was a little proud.

"Your wisdom is admirable," Gordon said.

He was really convinced.Although woodblock printing is not a rare thing for him.That is the backward technology that people on earth have been playing for thousands of years and have long since eliminated.But for the world of Telos, it is a remarkable invention.

For people at the level of Grand Duke Robert, it is normal for others to envy his power, wealth, and strength, but Gordon expressed his appreciation for his intelligence, which made him very happy.

However, Grand Duke Robert was not too satisfied with his great invention. He said: "I call this technology of printing books woodblock printing. However, this technology still has many defects. For example, if craftsmen are carving characters When I accidentally made a mistake, the whole board would have to be completely scrapped. I tried many kinds of wood, and finally chose the expensive black cedar wood as the raw material for making the engraving, which would cause huge losses. And a piece Woodblocks can only print one page of a book, and a large number of woodblocks are needed to print a book. Although this method has reduced expenses as much as possible, it is still a little expensive."

Although Grand Duke Rob himself has accumulated a huge amount of wealth, he has shown a cautious and careful attitude towards opening a school.Popularizing education and opening schools is a long-term thing.It is impossible to rely on a certain rich man to spend a lot of money to maintain it, and a sustainable development path must be found.

Grand Duke Rob had considered everything thoroughly, but an aborigine like him was not as knowledgeable as a time traveler like Gordon.After all, Gordon stands on the shoulders of human civilization on the entire earth and has inherent advantages.

Grand Duke Robert told Gordon about the difficulties he was facing now, and then asked, "Do you have any suggestions for improving my printing technology?"

Gordon looked lost in thought.

"Don't worry, you can think about it slowly. If you really can't think of it, it doesn't matter. Now this woodblock printing technology can already greatly reduce the cost. I just want to see if I can improve it. Ion, This is just a mage's pursuit of perfection."

Grand Duke Robert didn't want to put too much pressure on Gordon, so he spoke out to relieve him.In fact, he didn't know that Gordon already had a solution in his mind, but he didn't want to blurt it out and appear too shocking to the world, so he pretended to be thinking hard.

After pacing back and forth in the underground laboratory and posing with his feet, Gordon slowly said: "My lord, I have thought of a way, maybe I can try it."

"You said."

"Actually, we don't need to carve the contents of a whole page of a book on a whole board. We can carve a single letter on a wooden block of uniform specifications, and then arrange them together to print out Book pages. Moreover, new layouts can be formed by rearranging layouts, which can be reused to reduce costs.”

Following Gordon's narration, Duke Rob's eyes became brighter and his expression changed from listening to surprise, and finally to ecstasy.

"Haha, Lord Ioan, you really have an outstanding believer!" Grand Duke Robert patted Gordon on the shoulder fiercely.As a Luota sorcerer, the grand duke with excellent swordsmanship was not bad in arm strength, and he slapped Gordon's shoulders with a thud, making the latter frown.

But seeing Duke Robb's excitement, Gordon could only bear it silently.

"Genius idea! Genius idea!" Grand Duke Rob kept circling in the room, muttering over and over again, his brain spinning rapidly, thinking about how to implement Gordon's proposal.

For Archduke Robert, Gordon's proposal was indeed a genius idea.After all, he had just invented engraving and printing, so there was no possibility that he would come up with movable type printing.

On earth, woodblock printing was applied for nearly a thousand years before it was improved and derived from movable type printing.

For Gordon the traverser, movable type printing is a backward technology that has long been eliminated, but for the world of Telos, it is a breakthrough new technology.

"What a great idea you've come up with. Gordon, what do you think we should name this technology?"

"Typography."

Rob nodded and said: "Well, it's a very appropriate name. In this way, I will give you full authority to be responsible for the specific improvement of movable type printing. As a believer of Ioun, you should also contribute your strength, not just use your mouth Pi came up with a brilliant idea and then let it go."

Who calls someone the boss?In order to earn a piece of territory for the Freeman family, Gordon can only work hard.

"Of course, my lord."

Seeing that Gordon accepted the task happily, Grand Duke Robert gave him a personal seal. With this seal, Gordon can go to the Grand Duke's treasury to collect funds and various materials.