Everyone was laughing and receiving the money, and for the first time, the Defenders of Orson Manor played a role - to maintain order.

Xu Zheng, a treacherous boy, relied on Mark's size, took the money first and ran away, causing the group of people behind him to laugh and scold him for cheating.

Xu Zheng received his first salary in Aosen Manor, two gold coins, and ran to Aosen's side with great interest to play.

Bruce laughed at him, "I haven't seen you like this." took his own million to distribute, and he only received two gold coins, and he smiled happily. ”

Xu Zheng was happy, carefully put away the two gold coins, and said, "The meaning is different." Besides, my one million is an investment, and one day, I will receive more returns than that. What's more, I couldn't be happier in this process of investment and harvest. Can a million buy real happiness? Not necessarily, but I did, and that million is scum compared to happiness!"

Bruce laughed, "You seem to be happy." ”

"Yes. Xu Zheng smiled: "It will be happier." ”

Bruce nodded: "Originally, I thought it would hurt you to take a million out." Now for you to say that, I don't think it's bullshit. ”

Xu Zheng laughed: "That's not what I said. Joy is not bought by money, but in a way, money does bring joy. So be sure to work hard to make money!"

Bruce pulled him over, grabbed him in his arms and rubbed the hair on the top of his head uncontrollably, and said with a smile: "You are reasonable." ”

Xu Zheng stretched out his head to look at the three Ruther brothers, who were busy there. Vic was illiterate and could not calculate at all, so he could only be counted by Adam and Ruther, and he would give as much as he was told to give. The calculations of the two were precise, down to the copper coins. And Bruce brought only gold coins, not copper coins. So everyone took advantage of the first pay. Less than two gold coins, but two gold coins were withdrawn.

After a while. The gnomes came to help, and Gwen came. The gnomes have a calculation tool, called a slide rule, but it is obviously not very efficient. Xu Zheng looked at it for a long time and said, "It seems." I had to teach them how to use a new tool. Computers don't work, but abacus can be tried. ”

Bruce didn't bother to ask him where these ideas came from, and only asked, "What is a newspaper?" You mentioned it once in the morning, and I'm interested. ”

Xu Zheng also became interested and said, "Why don't we go get this?"

Bruce answered, and the young men like Angels were intrigued. All ran with Xu Zheng.

led everyone to the lake, supported Baghdad to get some paper, and Xu Zheng began to pick the mud by the lake to play.

Jimmy furrowed his delicate eyebrows and said, "It's dirty!"

Rucy squinted at him. "Lord Baron, the lilies also grow out of the sludge. ”

Jimmy was speechless, and a beautiful face twisted into a waste paper pattern

Bruce looked at Xu Zheng amusedly. "I want to see how to make a newspaper, I don't want to see you play with mud." Let me remind you that you are over seventeen years old, not seven. ”

Xu Zheng smiled, asked Lulu and Mark to pick out more mud, and said, "You know, I'm a half-tone magic apprentice. There is no way to summon elementals out of thin air. I can only use these things if I have them handy. ”

As he spoke, he kneaded the mud into cubes, and then recited the unfamiliar earth spells to make them take shape better.

Obviously, Xing Badai, who is proficient in natural magic, also knows a little about earth, which has the taste of earth restoration. She couldn't stand Xu Zheng's clumsy level, so she drove Xu Zheng away, and quickly made the small mud that Xu Zheng needed.

"Awesome!" Xu Zheng took Xingbadai's dirt and praised it in his mouth. He smiled again: "I originally thought that I had to make the components of the trapboard piece by piece like the ancestors. Then I realized that there was a good thing here, magic, and it saved a lot of trouble. Look!"

Xu Zheng had more than 20 small clay blocks spread out in his palm, and under Xu Zheng's spell and thoughts, one of their six sides began to convex, and the character patterns appeared, and finally the shape was fixed, forming a clear convex lettering.

Jimmy seemed to understand and asked, "Do you make seals?" There are special craftsmen who do this, and the level is better than yours. Do this with magic, and I guess every magician will curse you. Making a toilet out of gold is pretty much what you're doing right now. ”

Xu Zheng smiled: "It's a little close." Keep watching, though. ”

He began to arrange and combine the clay blocks in his hand, and the basic method of composing the alphabetic language changed in his hands, constantly forming various combinations.

Bruce understood a little, and looked at Xu Zheng's palm with surprise and joy.

Xing Badai still didn't understand, but she thought it was funny for Xu Zheng to do this, and she didn't feel too dirty to play with a bunch of small clay cubes in the palm of her hand, so that it appeared with elf words. Shu Yu frowned when he saw it, the princess and Xu Zheng were getting more and more depraved together, and they actually learned from him to play with mud, I really don't know how to explain to the elf king and her clean prince brother.

Xu Zheng fiddled with them for a while, and began to use the fire magic that he was relatively familiar with to burn them hard.

Now, in the palm of his hand was a small pile of sturdy clay with lettered embossing.

Combining them again, fusing them together with earth-based spells, the side with the letter pattern rushed down en masse, and then said, "What about the paper?"

"Coming, coming!" called Baghdad, but it was falling with a piece of paper.

Xu Zheng took the paper, picked a leaf and squeezed out the green juice and smeared it on it, then printed it on the paper, and then put the paper in front of everyone, and said with a smile: "Please look." ”

Everyone looked at it intently, only to see that it was clearly printed with green words: "Xu Zheng Bruce Star Bardian Angel Luqi Leaf Flower Sapling Aosen Manor I want to eat barbecue and pay my salary today." ”

The handwriting is clear and complete, and the words are clear at a glance. Xu Zheng is also the first trial work, and the word prints are all reversed.

Starbadet looked playful, and also took her own photo and printed it on a piece of paper. She re-touched it, and the handwriting was not reversed, but also a delicate vine-like pattern.

Jimmy said, "I still don't understand. What's the difference between this and a seal?"

Xu Zheng smiled: "Strictly speaking, it is a seal. But it's stronger than a seal, and look, each piece can be taken apart and reassembled. Use your mind to think about what it means. We just need to make all the words first, arrange them according to what we need, and combine whatever we need, and finally print them on the paper. The important thing is that it can not only be rearranged, but also used multiple times. Is there any information that needs to be read by many people that isn't that convenient? Especially thanks to magic, which makes rearrangements a lot easier. As long as an earth-based magic apprentice is proficient, it is not difficult to master this. ”

Bruce sighed: "Cousin, don't you understand? The emergence of this method, combined with the appearance of paper mass-produced by Xu Zheng's method, represents the end of the era of hand-copying. How long does it take to copy a beginner's sword slashing manual? How much time will it take to print it in this way? You can do the math yourself. ”

The others, who were half a beat slower than Bruce, relented, and Jimmy's face turned a little blue, and he said, "I was thinking, all those horrible parchment scrolls in the library were made this way...... According to Xu Zheng. It doesn't seem like a problem to get a lot of copies out at once, right?"

Angel touched half of his beard without a chin, and said in a deep manner: "How many will the thief's manual of five thousand gold coins fall to?

Lingmei's beautiful eyes sprayed stars: "The process drawings of the dwarf, mass production! Say goodbye to the era of hand-painting!"

Xu Zheng took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Let's talk about the newspaper again." Newspapers are print-and-go things. Events around you, important news, sentimental articles, bards, and changes in neighboring countries, including tomorrow's weather forecasts, can all be printed on it. It is updated every day, printed every day, and sold every day. As someone who cares about things around you, would you want to subscribe to something like that?"

"Subscribe?" asked Jimmy, "do you mean like the ladies' ladies' tidbits in the imperial capital?" ”

"Yes. Lace gossip is still the content of the newspaper. For example, what Uncle Dane usually likes to do, Bruce, your intention to find a couple, I think there are many people in the emperor who want to know. newspapers, you can satisfy them. Xu Zheng said.

Luki darkened her face and asked Jimmy in a dark voice, "Have you ordered the ladies to lace?"

"No, no, no!" said Jimmy.

Bruce smiled: "It is estimated that many people are willing to pay to listen to the lace of the Lily Baron, but it is true." After a pause, he said, "If it's about the news and dynamics of neighboring countries, as well as the political changes, I think I'll like it." ”

Xu Zheng smiled: "It's not all. Newspapers can be printed with beautiful patterns, and the adventures of epic heroes that everyone loves can be serialized, and the use is not enough to tell in two or three sentences. And it also has the advantage that it is updated all the time, the cost and price are cheap, and there will be no financial burden caused by subscribing to it. ”

Bruce looked at Xu Zheng and said, "I also think of some other things." ”

Xu Zheng said: "Do you mean the industries related to newspapers? For example, people who gather information, creators, printers, magic apprentices who make plates, painters, etc., The emergence of newspapers can completely drive their development." ”

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