Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

“The greatest sin is a double talk.”

——Demosthenes

Democharis looked at Zenas and Pyrrhus at the door with a speechless expression:

"Xinni, is this the future master you want me to help you test?"

Pyrrhus was shocked!

'Sinnie'?Called so dear?

Ah no!

What is temptation?

I am your future master and you still want to test me?

Did you hide in the cabin for so many days just to have less contact with me and test me secretly?

What about your teacher’s teachings?Are the words and deeds consistent with what was promised?

Zenas just waved his hands and smiled: "I won’t try it anymore, I won’t try it anymore, it’s good, it’s good, hehe..."

Then when he turned around, he saw Pyrrhus's 'Do you still have the truth in your mouth?' look on his face.

"Yes, I hid in the cabin for so many days just to have less contact with you and test you secretly.

"But Your Majesty, you seem to have misunderstood something?" Zenas Surong said to Pyrrhus:

"Please recall carefully what I said at that time. I did not tell a lie, but you yourself made unnecessary over-associations with the few sentences I said."

this is okay too! ?

Zenas, you are so cunning and cunning!

**

Zenas's teacher, Demosthenes, was an Athenian orator, and the story we once heard about "training your oratory skills with stones in your mouth" came from his experience.

After Alexander's death, Demosthenes stood up and encouraged the Greeks to rise up against the old Antipater, the imperial regent at that time. This was the Lamian War - it was also in that war that Pyrrhus's father, King Aea, Cades met his father-in-law Memnon - Demosthenes committed suicide by taking poison after losing the war.

The Demochalis in front of him was the nephew of Demosthenes and was now the most active speaker in Athens.

The reason why Zenas brought Pyrrhus to see him was, firstly, because the two had the best relationship, and secondly, because Democharles was very rich.

Their entire family belonged to the first class in Athens, and their family property was more than one hundred talents.

In the wealthy man's mansion, Pyrrhus demonstrated his 'artificial paper' and the simple principles of printing, and then talked about the investors' favorite projects

——Newspaper industry!

“…We don’t charge readers in the early stage, but we also provide royalties to high-quality writers.

"But once our influence expands, we can sell space to those who need it, and the price of the newspaper can be reduced from half an Ober..."

"Great!" Charles Demo was not interested in money, but he immediately understood that this was an unprecedented new weapon in the war of public opinion!

He said excitedly:

"With the newspaper, I will definitely criticize Stratocles and his gang!

"Wait a moment, I want to tell Philippi and the others the news..." Then he jumped up and started to walk out.

"There's no hurry," Pyrrhus quickly asked Zenas to stop him and said, "Now we must first build a papermaking workshop, a printing workshop, and a newspaper office. Both the place and the personnel need your help."

"This is easy to handle!" Charles Demo agreed: "I own the property myself, I also have many craftsmen and slaves, and I know many suitable people for the clerks and chief writers."

"That's great," Pyrrhus asked others not to worry, but his own arrangements were even more urgent:

"Please implement these things immediately. Zenas and I are going to visit some technical experts now!"

**

After coming out of the house of Democharles, Pyrrhus and Zenas walked towards the east side of the Acropolis.

The technical expert they wanted to visit was Desiachus - a man who was 'very accomplished in astronomy and mathematics and was studying new maps'.

After a while, we arrived at the famous Lyceum Academy.

This was originally a school ground for training new soldiers in Athens, and later became a temple dedicated to "Apollo of Lucio" until Aristotle, Alexander's famous teacher, established a philosophy school here more than ten years ago.

The entire campus is surrounded by colonnades, fountains, and a large area of ​​tree-lined avenues. This may also be the earliest open university in the world. At this time, similar top universities in the far East were completely different styles, and they were even surrounded by rivers. , perhaps for military defense purposes?

Aristotle and his disciples were known as the 'Peripatetics' because they were said to enjoy walking along tree-lined streets while conducting academic activities.

Pyrrhus has always felt that the name "Xiaoyao School" was translated very well. If he had been asked to do it by himself, he would probably have to call it "Yumalu School".

As a result, after meeting Desiacus, I realized that Aristotle actually did not have such obsessive-compulsive habits.However, the whole of Greece has the habit of talking under colonnades. In many places, the 'living room' or a similar function is actually a colonnade with ventilation on all sides.And the word 'colonnade' somehow became 'Xiaoyao' after being translated many times.

But that's another story.

The residence of Desiachus is exactly that of a stereotypical scholar.

There are countless large clay tablets, wax tablets, and cork boards stacked up against the wall.Several tables, couches, and beds were stacked with small pieces of ivory boards, amber boards, wooden boards, linen cloths, and cut papyrus, while large papyrus could only be rolled up and stood on the ground.There was literally no place to stand in the house.

Pyrrhus looked at the various writing tools in the room and thought that his papermaking skills had really saved this guy's life.

It is said that Demosthenes, the teacher of Zenas, and Aristotle, the teacher of Desiacus, lived and died in the same year, but their political stances were exactly opposite.Aristotle was a guest of Philip of Macedonia and a teacher of Alexander, but Demosthenes was the enemy of Philip and Alexander.

However, the two disciples have a very good relationship.Maybe it's because Desiachus really didn't care much about politics.

Zenas was explaining the purpose of his visit to Desiachus, but the first thing he said was:

"Is this the future master you want me to help you test?"

Zenas: "Ah... Hehe... No need to try, no need to try..."

Pyrrhus: "..."

**

"... Of course, the paper produced will not be so white. It must be smoked with sulfur to remove the stains. For cost reasons, I suggest..."

As Pyrrhus expected, after he took out the thin and flexible 'artificial paper', Desiachus was as excited as if he had seen his savior. With tears in his eyes, he showed Pyrrhus that he was covered with various writing instruments. The injuries caused...

"Our current craftsmen need to start training from scratch, and not all plants can be used to make paper pulp. This all requires experimentation..."

"It doesn't matter...my students and I can go over and help you at any time..." Desiacus took care of everything, and he didn't know if he, as a tutor, would pay his students a salary.

"There is still a very important problem that I need your help with."

Pyrrhus told him about the idea of ​​printing.

After hearing this, Desiacus said: "According to your statement, 'printing and printing' mainly have to solve two problems, one is machinery and the other is ink."

"That's right. Mechanical things can be done slowly. We can first make some simple machines to assist manual labor, and then slowly find skilled craftsmen to improve them;

"But the ink matter requires an expert. Although the ink used to write on papyrus can also be used on 'artificial paper', it is limited to handwriting. If it is to be used on printing plates, it must be Ink with a certain viscosity.”

"I have a friend who can solve your needs." Desiachus pondered for a moment and then said to Pyrrhus:

"He is a knowledgeable man. He is familiar with the properties of various minerals and biological materials. He is especially proficient in the field of plants. He must be able to help you a lot not only with ink, but also with paper making."