"This is what you call modern paper? It's really cheap to build, and it's a little bit of poor quality," said Tarling, "with all due respect, it's almost impossible for this paper to replace parchment." ”

I said, "Don't worry, this is just the beginning......"

Taling said, "What's next?" ”

I said, "I'm going to build a machine that can print in large quantities, and now you're telling me what is the most needed reprinted book in the Mage Tower?" ”

"If it's printed in large quantities, it's a general knowledge textbook for a magician, a rules and regulations for the Career Appraisal Office, and so on. ”

I said, "Please give me a copy of everything." ”

Soon, I started "inventing".

Of course, Leo is still in charge of all this.

"The Chinese people invented papermaking and movable type printing, papermaking is thousands of years earlier, but only the upper class can read and write, after the invention of movable type printing, hundreds of years have not been fully used, but after the spread to the West, rapid development, even with it, the science and culture of the West have developed greatly, and even, beyond the Chinese." Leo said as he instructed me to make a printing press.

"You mean, China is inferior to Western civilization?" I say.

Leo said calmly: "In the past few thousand years, the Chinese civilization has been far at the forefront of the whole earth, but later, it did lag behind for a while, and now, it is returning to the peak and on the way to revival again." ”

I said, "You live in such a time, why should you complain?" ”

Leo said: "Because the shame of a hundred years ago has not completely passed, although the whole earth has been in peace for the time being, but human beings have only just explored the essence of peace and civilization, and need more attempts, and we are only the experimental products of a certain stage, just like the peas you planted before." ”

I said, "But for these peas, their lives are much happier than their kind in the wild......

Leo said: "Because you don't know that it has a will of its own, you think that it just wants to live and pass on its seed, but you don't think about why it wants to pass on its seed, and you don't even know why you want to pass on your seed......"

I said, "Isn't that obvious? ”

Leo said: "I digress, concentrate on it, and this is the first time I have studied the printing press...... If you can't do it at the same time, I won't study these esoteric questions with you. ”

After a long time, a "printing press" was completed.

"Can it be more efficient?" Taling asked.

"Theoretically," I said, "let's try it first." ”

"First of all, the typesetting, arranging each of the stamps with the letters in the original text, and then fixing the ...... with an iron frame," Leo said.

I began to take the seal that Taling had made directly and began to fix it.

"I probably understand what you mean," said Taling, "but it's also cumbersome to arrange the seals like this, and it's better than a copy." ”

Leo said, "Just invent a typography!" ”

I said, "Maybe it's a lot faster with magic!" ”

Copying is actually the preparation of mental power that can be used by magicians, and it is especially useful for copying words, and it is used to arrange the seals according to the original text, which is nothing more than spending a little more mental power.

"A general science textbook has fifty pages," I said, "and you can get fifty templates by using fifty typesetting, but these fifty chapter templates can theoretically be used thousands of times with ink on them." ”

"But counting the loss, we only need two blank books at most," said Taling. ”

I said, "It's not about the book, it's about the technology that can be printed on a very large scale!" ”

Ta Ling said: "At present, even the whole continent does not need so many preparatory magicians, and besides, it is also a ...... of cultivation for preparatory magicians to copy common sense textbooks by themselves."

I wondered, "Huh? Why do you always oppose my claims today? ”

"Don't get me wrong, it's a few members of the core organization and the Mage Tower Steward who are paying attention to your new paper, and I'm just passing on their opinions. ”

I said, "It's just an experiment, for the magicians the new paper may be more practical, and as for printing, it will benefit the common people outside, but it's a bit early to say this, it's normal for them not to understand, and to be honest, I don't think it will be so quick to see the effect." ”

"They thought it would be better for you to study something related to magic, and it might be a good idea to combine the skills of the orc priests." ”

I said, "I have a plan for this and will implement it soon, thank you for their attention." ”

Leo said, "The Mage Tower was originally an academic forum, which was a bit interesting, but if they didn't understand, then simply don't keep them first." ”

I said, "Why not just create a printing magic and just replace the printing press?" ”

Leo said, "Good idea, you can do it......"

I said, "You're ......."

Leo said: "The machine is used because it is too laborious to print purely by mental power, and this technology must also be mastered by the common people, and cannot be left in the hands of magicians forever. ”

Papermaking and printing were completed, and Taling didn't seem to have much interest, so Leo and I made hundreds of commonly used books in one go, and then bound more than a thousand blank books, sealed them with tough alchemy plant fibers, and made the Chinese books that Leo was familiar with, and temporarily put these things into the newly built warehouse, and began to make more new inventions.

I began to practice skills such as resisting the Ring of Fire and the Flame Dove, and summoning elemental creatures, while Leo continued to write down his knowledge in more than a thousand blank books, compiling the foundational paradigm of "magic and science."

It's not that hard to resist the Ring of Fire and the Flame Dove, and I've mastered it quickly.

It's not hard to summon elemental creatures, but Leo offers something different.

"Why are elemental creatures all such stupid, stupid and big?" Leo said, "I remember that the elemental plane also has beautiful elemental creatures, try it!" ”

As he spoke, he gave me a few slightly different summoning skills.

Next, I summoned elemental creatures like the Queen of Fire, the Spirit of Pure Water, the Queen of Rocks, the Queen of the Wind Spirit, the Banshee of Poison Ivy, the Thunderbolt General, and the Ice Princess.

Without exception, these creatures are about the same size as humans, elves, and orcs and fox girls, which is very much in line with Leo's aesthetics.

"It's so much better!" Leo said with satisfaction.

Ta Ling said with some surprise: "Rare elemental creatures, the strength is not bad, it doesn't seem to be very practical in battle, for example, the attack power of the Flame Queen is considerable, but the defense is much worse than the ordinary fire elemental." ”

I said, "Just a try, by the way, is there any news out there?" For example, new food, such as how is it in the swamp? ”

"The new cuisine has attracted a lot of people to try, humans and orcs like it, elves don't seem to be very interested, goblin merchants are thinking about stealing recipes, but they don't dare to mess around, in general, business is getting better and better, they can feed a lot of people, and the business has a good future." As for the swamp, the third sage, Ben Ogg, had been watching from the periphery, and the Dragon Scale Crocodile King, the Demonized Monitor Lizard, and the Poisonous Water Spider King had all come to the vicinity of the earthquake site, but none of them clashed. ”

"Can't fight?" I was a little disappointed.

"It doesn't affect them much, but the number of fish-people has decreased, and besides, it's not a good thing to have a secret passage to the sea underwater, and it will save trouble if you can block it, and the third sage has already negotiated with them, so it shouldn't cause conflict," said Taling, "but it's a bit troublesome for adventurers, after all, they can't go there lately, and their income has been reduced." ”

"It's a great thing if they can fight." I say.

"It's not very likely," Taling said, "that high-level demonic beasts already have a lot of wisdom and won't be so impulsive." ”

I said, "So my hometown, is there any news?" ”

"The Minotaur are undergoing a large-scale screening, and the altars in many villages are under strict scrutiny, but there doesn't seem to be any progress, and as for your hometown, there is no abnormality with the Bloodhoof," Taling said. ”

Even though I had already done divination, I couldn't help but relax when I heard these words.

"How's the front line?" I asked.

Taling said: "This time the orc's record is very good, the battle situation between the northern region and the human race has basically stabilized, the human race has been pushed to the west of the iron fortress, the two sides only have a small conflict, and no big battle has broken out, according to our intelligence officer among the human beings, the human side is not particularly angry about the loss of the iron fortress area, but the loss of Beamon's remains has spread, the orcs say that you are embezzled, and the buyers on the human side seem to be tracking you." ”

I said, "Will they find out here?" ”

Taling said: "You can rest assured that they can't do anything about us when they find out here, and besides, the Human Mage Alliance is not a thug of the regime, if they want to get Beamon's remains, they should do research, and they will also buy them through other channels, for example, through trade links between mage towers...... In short, you can rest assured about this matter. Also, on the southern side, the orcs have freed their hands from the north, so the elves have also begun to retreat, and it is estimated that in another month, the orcs' expedition this time should also end. ”

I said, "Isn't this a counteroffensive?" ”

Taling said: "The position is different, in fact, the ownership of these lands, the three clans themselves are not clear, there are still incidents in history where humans bought the flat land north of the Iron Wall Fortress from the orcs, but later even the purchase contract was destroyed, and neither side recognized such a thing......"

I said, "Well, it seems that there is really no war in the steppes. ”