There are two large libraries in Madagarh, similar to the situation in Zion, one of which is located in the Nta Academy of Sciences in Madagarh, called the Library of Entako, which is officially owned. The other is for the public, called the Madagarh Public Library, located on the right side of the Madagarh Fountain Square.

That afternoon, a young man from each of the two libraries came in, stepping into the early winter sunlight that was shining diagonally through the doorway, and said the same thing: "Hey, good afternoon, everyone! I have good news, is there anyone willing to write and make money?"

This important historical moment was later called by many scholars and librarians: the warm sun of winter. Because it was on this day that scholars and librarians split into three very important professions – writers, journalists, and correspondents.

Scholars usually have a dazzling halo, and when the word scholar is mentioned, people always think of their erudition and wisdom at the first time, like a moving library. But I don't know that the vast majority of scholars' lives are poor and poor, and knowledge cannot be used as food when it cannot be used as productivity and material. So scholars are glorious, but also poor. This can be seen in the fact that everyone is willing to be a magician rather than a scholar. Only the top scholars will be adopted by other great powers, and the rest will be destitute.

In the same way, librarians are in the same situation as academics, and perhaps better, but at least they have a regular job that brings in income, and scholars learn mostly as a hobby. The common characteristic of the two of them is that they can only read, read, and read, and in addition to this, they still read, read, and read.

So, when Arisio and Ángel entered the two largest libraries in Madagarh with the sun on their backs, and announced the news at the same time, there was silence in both libraries for a while!

Writing can indeed make money, such as magic apprentices, who usually copy magic scrolls and draw the simplest magic arrays to earn tuition. But scholars and librarians are ordinary people with no magical powers, although sometimes the library will pay a certain fee for them to copy the parchment, but the income of that job is very meager, and it is very irregular, and it is the first time that I have heard the ** fanfare need someone to write.

This feeling is like a pie in the world, and after a long time, someone hesitated and asked: "What words do you need to write, and what do you copy?"

The visitor smiled and said, "This work is not a copy, but a creation." ”

"Create?"

"After reading so many books, you will always have your own opinions and ideas. Why doesn't it put it into words and let everyone enjoy it?"

"But...... That's something that only a university scholar can do?"

"Scholars are human beings, and ordinary scholars are human beings. Things that ordinary scholars can think of, university scholars don't necessarily think of. The sage once said that everyone sees things from a different perspective, because different perspectives produce different ideas and opinions. For example, university scholars will look at problems from a high position, but they will not see problems from the perspective of ordinary people. To take the simplest example, the scholars knew which aristocracy had risen and which had not fallen, and what impact it had on the course of history. Ordinary scholars know that the price of meat has risen today, and the price of bread has fallen tomorrow, and John's son married George's daughter and gave birth to a baby called Little John. These things that are close to life may not be known to university scholars. ”

"That'...... These things all sound like trivialities, and they don't seem to make any sense. ”

"Wrong. The man smiled and shook his index finger: "Life is made up of countless trivial things, and seeing the truth in the ordinary is the real life." Believe me, the trivialities of life that seem mundane to some people will be known to others. Don't you wonder who a man suddenly came out of the widow's door next door, who this person is, where did he come from, and what did he do in her house? Haha! People love gossip! I have come now to collect all the trivialities, interesting stories, strange things, what I have seen, heard, felt, and commented. I charge the price of ten silver coins per thousand words, and once I am charged for entry, I will pay ten silver coins immediately, and the works of excellent quality and content will be returned with two to ten times the prize. That is to say, if you write a thousand words of excellent work, you will probably be rewarded with one gold coin and ten silver coins! What are you waiting for? As scholars and librarians, don't you like to read and write the most? Now that you have a great opportunity to turn your ideas into real income, don't hesitate to do it!"

The crowd was in an uproar!

Just writing a thousand words can earn as much as one gold coin, and everyone is excited. A large number of scholars and administrators held books, looked at the young man at the door with the sun shining on his shoulders, and for a while felt that he was as handsome as an angel and as rich as the God of Wealth, and they all looked at him blankly, stupid.

A scholar asked excitedly, "Dare to ask Your Excellency, is this thing true?"

Ingres took out a coin full of gold coins from his bosom, shook the gold coin inside, and said, "Of course it's true." If you don't believe me, you can create on the spot, as long as it meets my requirements, you will pay on the spot!"

The crowd was in an uproar again, and many people who came to read anxiously shouted, "Can we?"

"Yes!"

"Excuse me, what exactly is written?"

"No limit, poems, essays, impressions, legendary records, research experiences, magic or alchemy theories, combat skills, anything. Even if you want to scold someone, as long as you scold at a high level, I will accept it! But after the fact, others come to the door to reason with you, and that's none of my business. ”

Everyone laughed and became even more excited, and they all planned to give it a try.

Ingres rolled his eyes, and said: "It's better than this, since it's the first time, and in order to make everyone believe my words, and to witness the fact that you can earn gold coins by writing articles." This time, I will come up with the question, the content of the theme is the Naga people, please think about the Naga and the life of the human race, how they are different from us, what role they have played in the long history of the Aris continent, what they have done for us, what we have done for them, how they treat us, how we treat them, what kind of meaning the Naga have for the human race, for the Aris continent, etc., and so on. Of course, other themes are also available, and I will pay according to the situation. Regarding the theme of the Naga, since I brought it up, I will give priority. Okay, it's two hours, please get started, everyone can participate. ”

As soon as these words came out, the entire library was suddenly crowded, and everyone was screaming for pens and sheepskins. The atmosphere of eternity and peace in the library is shattered. The Administrator also tried to maintain order at the front, and then joined the ranks of people who grabbed pens and writing materials.

Angels smiled again, and with a wave of his hand, the borrowed hands of the Arisio family rushed in.

These people were holding the paper that had just been sent from Orson Manor, the first batch of pre-made dipping pens and ink bottles.

"Come, come, come, three pieces of paper for one person, a fountain pen for dipping, and three people share a bottle of ink. ”

The white paper was handed out to each person, and the fountain pen was also dipped in water. Scholars are quite intelligent people, and as soon as they see the blank paper, they almost immediately understand the power of its use and replacement of parchment scrolls, and they can't help but be amazed, and the instinct of scholars can't put it down, but they also believe a little more in everything Ingres says.

When the long-used quill pen was replaced by a steel pipe, everyone realized the power of this writing instrument. It is particularly round and smooth when it crosses the paper, there is almost no rough friction, and the water is even, the handwriting is clear and powerful, not as difficult to control as a quill pen, and from time to time there will be the problem of infiltrating the writing medium, it is really the best writing instrument that I have only seen in my life! There was a lot of surprise and admiration in the library. It seems that this young man has brought them too much shock, more than people can bear.

The drawings of the fountain pen were given to the gnomes by Xu Zheng. Compared to the dwarves, these little ones are better at crafting these delicate small items. At first, they didn't believe in the benefits of fountain pens, but after they tried one, all the gnomes abandoned the traditional quill and all of them switched to fountain pens. Compared to the slender and fragile quill pen, it is strong and durable, and the more you use it, the easier it is to use, and it can draw clearer and sharper lines. The wise little dots didn't even need Xu Zheng's guidance, and expanded the models of nearly ten fountain pens without a teacher, so as to draw lines of different thicknesses, once a design drawing was finally completed, they were all clearly drawn with a fountain pen.

Xu Zheng gave them five sharp weapons, paper, pencils, bread that can be used as erasers, fountain pens, and more advanced ink-making techniques. This makes the design work of the gnomes more powerful, and the effect is greatly improved. Paper is the most basic medium for writing and painting, and the pencil is used to draw sketches, accompanied by gan bread, which can be changed and erased with the drawing, which is convenient and simple. The fountain pen is used to produce the final drawing and output the final product. Ink is used in conjunction with it to become a complete design and drawing system.

The gnomes got the benefits of Xu Zheng and naturally knew how to reciprocate, so they divided their hands to make pens and ink, making them special products of Orson Manor.

This time, Hawke sent someone to send 300 pens and 500 bottles of ink, which was intended to make Xu Zheng a blockbuster in Madagarh, but Xu Zheng used it to make another work.

Angel watched the scholars praise the ingenuity of the white paper and pen, and couldn't help but secretly admire Xu Zheng's monster again. The deterrent effect he wanted to achieve with advanced writing tools has been achieved, the propaganda purpose of promoting fountain pens in advance in disguise has also been achieved, and the work of recruiting people to collect the so-called material content for the newspaper is well underway. The so-called three birds with one stone, none of which are lost!

Now, after being amazed at the magic of the pen and paper, everyone was writing hard, and the old god Ingres looked at them one by one, and saw that most of the people's themes were related to Naga, and couldn't help but smile in their hearts. Xu Zheng's fourth purpose was also achieved, he was using the people of Madagarh to give the Naga píng fǎn, so that they could use their own pen to see clearly what kind of race they were dealing with.