Chapter 39: The Widow Who Resisted
Then Anna wrapped her fingers around the braids, squinted her eyes and saw the female consul next to her, the other party looked at this scene, and her slightly dark and pretty face also flew red, and she couldn't help but be jealous from it, and shouted "What are you blushing"!
"Yes, it's a little hotter here." The golden-handed consul defended, and then, in order to show that what she said was true, she also used her golden hand to wipe the fine sweat from her forehead, but when she found that this was impossible, she quickly wiped it with her other hand. And the little sunfish had an innocent expression on her face, that kind of white pulp, to put it bluntly, she had seen it twice on Anna's robe, and she was already surprised, of course she knew what these two were arguing about.
Anna snorted coldly, and then she saw that several other craftsmen were holding long poles, and above the head of the pole was a wooden frame with thin wood crossed into a net, which poked into the wooden mortar, and soon the white pulp was attached to the wooden frame, and then it was stretched into a machine that could be stamped, and pressed on top of the grid, and the rest of the water and debris were pressed down, seeped down, and pressed them into sheets, and then stood up one by one, and rested on the courtyard that protruded on one side of the workshop.
So they went to the courtyard where the sun was good, and found that other craftsmen were already kneeling there, placing sheets of paper solidified into white pulp on a long table, and applying them evenly with brushes.
"What is this?" Anna asked.
"Chalk mud, gypsum, lime and other things, smeared, can make the writing more fluent, more absorbent ink, and the handwriting will be clearer." Cabeamia explained, Yanbi little sunfish walked over and pulled one of the completely made regular reed paper a few times, the strong fiber inside made it extraordinarily elastic, which immediately made Agnes have a great affection for this kind of thing, through the sunlight she could still see the slightest speckle inside, like the texture of human skin, her fingers caressed it, and enjoyed the smoothness, and then Agnes nodded, using pen and ink, and wrote a few lines of beautiful letters on it, which was a happy expression.
"Writing on this, it seems that the whole person has fallen silent." Agnes said this to Anna, and then Her Royal Highness came and wrote a few lines with a pen, and her expression became the same as that of her Imperial Ink Officer.
When Anna walked out of the workshop, she deliberately asked the female consul again, "This kind of thing, was it the big barbarian who came up with it?" ”
"In fact, many Saracens in Seleucia mastered this technique, and it is said that it was already widespread in Persia, and that it came from the more easterly regions, and they all used this thing called 'paper' to write scriptures. But both Catholic and Orthodox Christianity rejected this technique in the name of rejecting the pagan scriptures. "And His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, who learned about this technique, asked the contemptible to contact several Saracen's craftsmen to make the machine. The Grand Duke said, Her Royal Highness the Princess in Purple will prepare for the academy immediately, this kind of thing is indispensable, and asked me to keep it secret from you in advance, and I will surprise you when the time comes. ”
A warm smile rose at the corner of Anna's mouth, and a warm current welled up in her heart, it seems that this bear is not so careless and considerate, but he must have gone to have a private meeting with this female fox before, while I was reading the draft code, forget it, I will forgive him for the time being.
At this time, in the hanging bag of Anna's small shoulder armrest, two Cairo cats purred, poked out their fluffy heads, smelled the breath of their masters, and meowed with their eyes.
"This raw material, which I have seen, is very easy to collect, and to increase the income of my sacred forests, and to increase the wealth of the families by the women and children of the territory by selling rags and cutting reeds, the latter of which is abundant on the coast and marshes of Cicilicia. By the way, can this device be hydraulic? Anna took half a step over her shoulder, then pressed her fingers on the heads of the "Red Sea Prince" and "Chimera" and asked.
"Of course, Your Highness." Kabeamia took the time to make a completely struck face at the two kittens, but it was fleeting, and she regained her solemn expression.
"It's good to use the water power of your settlement, it's easy to get close to the Hardy Mountains." Anna sat down on her shoulder, and the little sunfish lowered the curtain, and then the princess suddenly asked, "Is the golden-haired widow in defiance of my authority by not coming to visit me?" Are you waiting for me to visit her? And Mrs. Chiser did the same, which especially saddened me. ”
Cabeamia hurriedly fell to her knees, claiming that she had been in charge of the four market towns of the Paulicians, devoted herself to the work of farming and the bazaars, and did not know much about the blonde widow and the lady of Chise.
Then the shoulders were lifted by the slaves, and began to walk towards the Acropolis Palace, Anna felt suspended in the air, but Cabeamia's answer made her very concerned, she faintly felt that the widow was fighting against herself, just like the group of barbarians who did not know the height of the sky and the height of the Roman Empire, thinking of this, the corners of Anna's mouth couldn't help but float a contemptuous smile, what a stupid stubbornness, but out of pride, Anna would not ask about it for the time being, so it seemed that she would care about it.
As soon as she and the little sunfish entered the hall room, the fat eunuch and a member of the Brotherhood stepped forward and delivered a scroll of letters that had hurriedly entered Anna's hand, "The Grand Duke has arrived from Antioch, and it contains extremely confidential and important contents. ”
"What, Brois and the Counts of Normandy, are likely to abandon the fortress of Little Alexandria and flee towards us to avoid the bloody battle of Antioch, where the great barbarians are really in a dangerous situation?" After Anna unfolded the letter, she couldn't help but feel worried when she read it.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, please rest assured, according to your plan in advance, I have already taken care of the affairs in the territory." Agnes understood and said hurriedly.
In front of the mirror, Anna's beautiful eyes flashed with a hint of determination and enthusiasm, and her fingers slowly closed the letter, "I already fully understand what Gawain said, Agnes, you have also worked hard during this time, but before that, we must carry out our own battles according to the plan of the great barbarians. ”
"Yes, Your Highness Princess!" At the same time as Agnes echoed, Anna's jaw was immediately held by Anna, with an evil smile, "Do you want to taste the taste of a man?" You saw the expressions of me and the female fox today when we saw the paper-making pulp machine today, yes, that's the feeling. ”
"No, don't kill it. Besides, the man you speak of can only be the one I am most dissatisfied with. The little sunfish squinted in disgust and stubbornly. (To be continued.) )