Lord of Arcane

Chapter 913 The demand for cheap paper soars

As the spell was completed, the surface of the central reaction pool in the workshop was suddenly covered with smoke, accompanied by a series of high-frequency buzzing sounds of wood chips and water mist.

As Xia Duo adjusted the strength and angle of the shattering force field, the layer of smoke quickly fell into the pool, and infected a yellow-brown distorted abstract pattern in the clear pool water.

Immediately afterwards, more sawdust was scattered by the [shattering force field] and mixed in the water body, turning the originally clear reaction pool into a turbid one.

Afterwards, Xia Duo continued to throw scattered small pieces of wood into the reaction pool while maintaining the [Crushing Force Field]. He didn't stop until the mixture in the reaction pool reached a certain concentration, and explained at the same time:

"This is the most primitive wood pulp! Paper can also be made in this state, but the paper produced is very loose, so there must be a subsequent pickling step! As for the amount of wood used in one pulping, there are not many restrictions, as long as Just don’t make it too thick, you can slowly discover and improve it in the subsequent manufacturing.”

In fact, in the papermaking process of [Projection Plane Arcane Empire], there are specific numbers of how much water is put into how much wood.

However, the Arcane Empire also failed to produce paper that could be used to make magic scrolls, so Xia Duo simply didn't say anything, and let them try, maybe there would be some extra gains!

Then, Xia Duo continued to cast [Acid Baptism] in the papermaking series of spells. During this process, in addition to the slightly lighter color of the wood pulp, some subtle changes were also found in the thickness of the wood pulp.

After [neutralization with acid solution], the color of the wood pulp became lighter again. At this time, Xia Duo stopped again and explained:

"At this point, even if the wood pulp preparation is completely completed, the next step is to shape and dry. I will not demonstrate the spell. I will demonstrate another method, and this is what you will often come into contact with in the future."

In fact, the previous steps can also be completed through non-magic methods, but Xia Duo is in a hurry. If he doesn't use magic, it will take a lot of time just to smash wood to make raw wood pulp, which is not what he thought.

……

Taking out a square sieve not much larger than a human head from the portable space, Xia Duo went directly to the edge of the reaction pool, squatted down, and used the sieve to run it up and down in the wood pulp a few times, and finally laid it flat and lifted it gently.

After taking out the sieve, Xia Duo showed it to Cecily, Gardner and others, and explained: "This is the paper that has not been dried! If you make paper yourself in the future, you can choose to dry it, but I will directly dry it here. I'll show you the result!"

As he spoke, Xia Duo directly moved the air above the sieve to speed up its flow, and at the same time dissipated the moisture in the air to increase the volatilization of the moisture on the sieve.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the wood pulp on the sieve dried at a speed visible to the naked eye. After that, Xia Duo took the wood pulp paper from the sieve and handed it to Cecily.

"This is papermaking!"

"Is this—is it true?"

Even though she has seen the entire process of papermaking and the paper is already in her hands, Cecily still can't believe it when she touches the slightly damp wood pulp paper.

She stared blankly at the paper in her hand, unable to speak for a while.

And Ganal and the low-level mages at the magic mechanic were also a little stunned. A piece of parchment of this size costs about 2 silver coins, which is almost a day's salary for an ordinary person.

Elf paper of the same size is twice as expensive as parchment paper.

They knew that elf paper was made by elves from plants, but now they were shocked to see that Xia Duo could easily create a piece of legendary elf paper.

"The cost of this piece of paper may be less than 1 copper coin if there is no magic involved at all. However, I suggest that the pickling and neutralization process should be done by magic, so that the quality will not be too difficult to grasp. As for the cost, it also does not exceed 1 copper coin!"

Of course, this cost is the cost after large-scale manufacturing. If it is only produced in a small amount, it is not necessarily so. Just like now, how much does it cost to renovate this workshop? how many.

"My lord, is this elf paper?" Cecily asked suddenly.

"Yes and no, what's the difference?"

Xia Duo took out a piece of so-called elf paper, flicked it a few times, and put it in Cecily's hand, "The function of paper is nothing more than writing or making magic scrolls, there is no need to consider other factors."

After finishing speaking, he turned his eyes to Ganal who was at the side, took out a thin booklet from his personal space and handed it to the other party, and then said:
"I have demonstrated the basic process of papermaking just now, and now I will give you the complete process, including spell version and non-spell version, the magic mechanic will master it as soon as possible, and the daily writing paper of the Tower of Time depends on you !"

"Leave it to us?" Ganal held the booklet with a surprised expression.

"Yes, leave it to you, I hope you don't let me down!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Duo didn't plan to stay any longer, and called Cecily, who was still a little out of shape, "Take me to the warehouse!"

"okay!"

At this time, Cecily came back to her senses, thinking of what Xia Duo said just now, she immediately realized a problem, the Tower of Time will be able to mass-produce elf paper almost immediately!
And it was very cheap elf paper, which made Cecily dizzy, how much money could it make!

Until she brought Xia Duo to the vacated warehouse, and Xia Duo filled the warehouse with a lot of logs, she gradually calmed down, thinking of the previous secret, she asked unwillingly:
"My lord, can't we sell these papers to others?"

"of course can!"

Xia Duo gave her a weird look, "However, at least we have to wait until the basic needs of the Tower of Time are met!"

Don't look at the nearly thousand people in the Tower of Time who can barely use parchment paper to maintain their daily consumption, but when they know that new paper is very cheap, the consumption will no longer be like it is now!

Parchment paper can be scratched and rewritten repeatedly, and it is expensive to have such a low consumption, but new wood pulp paper cannot be scratched repeatedly and can only be used once.

But compared to parchment, its price is a few tenths, which can completely offset the reusability of parchment, and can save all written records. Who wants to scratch it repeatedly!
It can be predicted that when new paper appears, there will be a frenzy of paper consumption.

In addition to the Tower of Time, there are Savile collars and Daxia collars. There are many places where paper is used, and it is far from the time to sell it to the outside world.

Moreover, selling a lot of cheap paper now will easily lead to various troubles. Although Xia Duo is confident in facing it, wouldn't it be better to have less!

(End of this chapter)