Lord of Arcane

Chapter 950 Answering Paper Production Capacity
"Master Xiaduo, what I want to ask is, why can't the 'bridge' structural element unit be simplified for joint elements? Isn't this able to simplify casting spells? And why can the 'reverse' structural element unit?"

Hearing Jose's question, Xia Duo nodded slightly, and didn't say anything. He just scanned the faces of the people, and he saw some people showed clear and disdainful expressions, while others were thoughtful.

This gave Xia Duo a better understanding of the current mastery of these middle-level mages in arcane geometry, and then he replied:
"Very good, being able to ask this question shows that you have seriously thought about the five arithmetic operations of the magic string, but it also exposes your shortcomings in the accumulation of magic experiments.

"This problem is actually very simple, you only need to try spells with 'bridge' structural element units a few times to know why the joining element cannot be simplified.

"To put it simply, the bridge structure connects multiple layers of magic nets. If the joining elements are to be simplified, more low-level elements must be added to maintain the integrity of its structure, which will increase the difficulty of casting spells.

"The reverse structure, however, only involves single-layer magic net elements, so as long as it can be simplified, it can be simplified as much as possible. In addition to simplification of combined elements, overlapping elements can also be simplified. The simplification process is like this—"

While talking, Xia Duo used his will to control the strings of the magic net to weave a specific combination of elements, and demonstrated the transformation process to give everyone a more intuitive impression.

……

After that, Jose continued to ask questions, and Xia Duo answered them one by one. Xia Duo didn't let him sit down until he had asked three questions.

"Next, Master Chavira, three questions."

Chavira has only recently become an intermediate mage, and he caught up with the good times, but he was still leading an apprentice class before, so in the recent intermediate mage assessment, he was still a little behind Jose, ranking second.

However, no matter how good the evaluation is, there are only three questions at most, and the top three can be filled, while the evaluation is behind, there are only one or two, and you can’t even ask any questions. The arcanist’s personal answer should not be too much cheap.

Of course, no questions, or few questions, will not affect their observation and private communication afterwards.

In the past, this would have been almost impossible.

……

Soon, Xia Duo finished answering everyone's questions, and he himself took this opportunity to reorganize the knowledge system he had mastered, and even discovered some blind spots that he had ignored in the past.

This made him feel very relieved. After all, a person's wisdom is limited. The so-called checking for leaks and filling in vacancies is nothing more than that.

Walking out of meeting room 045, Xia Duo looked at the time (the resident timing spell [Magic Moment]), and found that there was still a while before lunch, so he went to the specially remodeled paper workshop to check.

"My lord!" *N
"Don't be too polite, you are busy with your work, I will take a look!"

Xia Duo waved his hand, rejected everyone's salute, and then observed quietly. The basic process was similar to his before, except that after the pulp was made, it was not dried with magic shaping.

Instead, use a non-magic method, paper making, drying, Xia Duo looked at it for a while, and found that the efficiency is much lower than using the spell [Paper Making · Shaping and Drying].

The only advantage is that the threshold is low.

Even if it wasn't for the Tower of Time's fuss, the previous steps could have been resolved in a non-magical way.

After observing for a while, Gardner, who received the news, rushed over from outside. When Xia Duo saw the person in charge of the magic mechanic department, he asked directly:

"Garnar, how many sheets of standard writing paper can be produced in the two paper workshops of the magic mechanic now?"

"Xia Duo, the papermaking technique you provided is really amazing!"

Seeing Xia Duo asked about the output of papermaking, Ganald's eyes lit up immediately, and he said excitedly: "Now the two papermaking workshops have enough pulp, but the space is limited, and there are only five apprentice technicians in charge of papermaking and drying. But the daily output is quite impressive, and now 15000 sheets of standard writing paper have been steadily produced every day!" (The number of standard papers after cutting large paper)
Hearing this number at first, Xia Duo was also a little surprised. Although this number is far from his expected goal, compared to the difficulty of obtaining parchment or so-called "elf paper", it is many times easier .

Behind any piece of parchment is a living cow, sheep, or monitor lizard. It takes time for a creature to grow, so it can't be said that there is one.

As for elf paper, it is an imported product. Even Netheril has certain territories that can produce it, but the price is too bad. The cheapest one is several times that of parchment paper.

Now the Tower of Time can produce 15000 standard writing papers per day, how much money can it save!
Of course, now that papermaking involves magic, it may not save much money, but magic is not a necessary condition for the papermaking technology provided by Xia Duo. As long as the current paper panic in the Tower of Time is alleviated, it can be replaced by non-magic methods immediately.

But also can expand the scale of production, in order to achieve higher output.

After thinking for a while, Xia Duo asked again: "How many gaps are there in the demand for paper in the material department? In addition, what do the apprentices think of the new paper?"

"Apprentices are very fond of this new paper of 1 copper coin. With the new paper, no one buys the leftover parchment. As for the gap in the supplies department, I think it may have disappeared, but The price of new paper is only one-twentieth of that of parchment in the past, and the desire of apprentices to buy is getting higher and higher. I am worried that if the production capacity cannot be expanded in time, there will be a paper panic.”

Gardner's worry is not without reason. He himself is used to using new paper now. Although the writing experience may not be as good as parchment, new paper is cheap!
All the way from the apprenticeship, Gardner knows the apprentice's thoughts best. Learning magic is a process of burning money. Even if you come from a wealthy family, as long as you have the opportunity to save, you will definitely save.

Because you don't know when you may be short of that copper coin that could have been saved.

"In this case, let's expand the production capacity as soon as possible! The goal is tentatively set at the daily consumption of 100 sheets of paper per apprentice." Xia Duo quickly gave instructions.

"Yes."

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After leaving the paper-making workshop, it was almost time for dinner. Xia Duo called Niya out of the Tower of Time together, and came to Daxia Ling. Chef Cook had already prepared a sumptuous lunch for the two of them.

Looking at the steaming milky white fish soup on the dining table, Xiaduo suddenly thought of the Wolfburg River north of Savile Town, which had no signs of life at all.

If you are unlucky, maybe after this meal, there will be few fish to eat in the future.

Taking advantage of the fish still caught in the southern part of Wolfburg, we must eat more. Thinking of this, Xia Duo couldn't help speeding up the cooking speed.

(End of this chapter)