Section 170 - Papermaking experiments
When the two sisters Li Muxin and Li Mubing were helping the Silan people to resist the invasion of neighboring countries, they inadvertently turned the eastern staff group of the Silan Empire's military headquarters up and down, yes, it was a complete loss of temper.
Able to operate and command operations more efficiently, with the support of the Supreme Commander of the Eastern Military Region, Duke Theron, the entire Eastern Military Region Corps has accepted the new command process, new intelligence collection mode, and new intelligence processing methods of the Gemini Sisters with good faith.
The Imperial Army, which had long been accustomed to the old model, was caught off guard just like the Portlanders, they simply could not adapt to this new change, and the data ports and modes of program communication on the software were inconsistent, which would only cause one result: the data link was disconnected and the connection failed.
When the staff officers in charge of the Eastern Military Region suddenly found that their thinking could not keep up with the Eastern Military Region at all, and they could not even understand the reports and terms, they realized that the Eastern Military Region had come to a master.
Unbelievably, the so-called masters are the two twin girls who look exactly the same in front of them at this moment, with black hair and black eyes, as cute and cute as the girl next door, which makes people can't help but feel a little intimate at first sight.
Even the team leader, Staff Officer Foss, had to admit that without the twin sisters helping them adapt to the changes in the Eastern Military District, I am afraid that the whole group would face the challenge of wearing the title of "incompetent" or "stupid" and rolling out of the "charge" horn, and they absolutely did not want to see this day come.
Those who know the times are Junjie, no matter how unconvinced, the cruel reality tells them that they can't look at the two sisters with ordinary eyes.
As a result, after welcoming the two fourth-class staff officers "Xin" and "Bing", the staff officers of the imperial capital had to put aside their pride and change to a humble and studious mentality, and began to study and accept more systematically. More professional training on advanced work processes and business capabilities.
As a common student of the twin sisters, Dundot, the young man of the inn, expressed no envy or jealousy that the military staff officers could be guided by the professional classes of the two teachers.
At this time, he was busy sweating in the backyard of his new home, which was also the homework assigned by the two teachers to restore the art of papermaking.
As a human race from the earth's scientific and technological civilization, it is inevitable to deal with the four major inventions, especially the printing and papermaking like twin sisters, the latter means the inheritance of civilization, writing, calculation and drawing and other aspects are large paper consumers, and the nature of their work and living habits are indispensable to paper.
Whether it's parchment, or the expensive paper that has appeared in this world. It was definitely a big burden for the two sisters, too heavy and expensive, making their own cheap paper one of the top priorities that the new family was eager to solve.
The studious Dundot was completely hardworking, and he did learn a lot from the two sisters, which was no different from the wine inn boys in the town of Winter Springs on the border of Portland.
When dragon knights were a thing of the past, Lin Mo had become idle, at least until the new royal appointments came down. He could stay home in peace, holding a fruit and leisurely watching Dundot busily tinkering with a dozen water tanks.
Compared to yesterday, there were far fewer visitors, and he simply didn't go anywhere. Stay at home and wait for news of the new appointment of the royal family and the alchemist of the Anstrasser Empire, Lummer.
After all, the Gemini sisters are not real papermaking experts, Li Muxin and Li Mubing plan to use the local method of papermaking, and they will inevitably have to choose the most suitable formula and raw materials.
Fortunately, there are timber shops, farmhouses, and pharmacies in this world, and more than a dozen seemingly reliable raw materials can be easily collected.
These fiber-rich plant-based materials would otherwise require a certain amount of time to be naturally soaked to precipitate fibrous substances. However, there are some miraculous elixirs in this world that can quickly shorten this process, although expensive, but for experimental papermaking. It's a good idea to save a lot of time.
In just half a day's work, these materials completed the pulping process one by one, and then it was pure manual work, as the raw melon and eggs of papermaking, Dundot could not control the quality problems such as the thickness of the copied paper, but this is not what the Gemini sisters wanted.
This papermaking experiment is just to screen out two or three paper formulas, as for the quality problem, it is a problem that needs to be considered after entering the workshop assembly line operation, and it is too early to pay attention to this.
Fifteen cylinders of material, successfully copied out eleven paper samples, pressed by heavy polished stone shafts, and then dried, to obtain seven kinds of truly shaped paper, compared with the earth's modern paper, there is still a lack of glue and other processes, but it already looks like it.
Those that fail are mainly due to the fact that they cannot be copied, cannot be formed during pressing and drying, or have serious flaws in their own strength and toughness.
Following the instructions of the two teachers, Dundot began to brutally abuse these prototypes that showed the characteristics of modern paper, such as tearing horizontally and vertically, writing with oily and water-based ink and pencil, repeatedly folding, kneading, re-immersing in water and oil, igniting and ignition, and other kinds of destruction.
And the characteristics of these seven types of paper are recorded one by one.
Straw paper with natural folds must be one of these seven types of paper, and it is much more hygienic and convenient than the velvet used by the powerful people of this world when they go to the toilet.
One of the papers with a Glee core exhibits excellent writing characteristics, leaving a clear mark on any writing instrument.
Another type of paper made of rattan is a little less able to hold ink, but it is tough and seems to be very suitable for packaging or advertising.
The properties of several other types of paper also have their own merits, but one thing is certain that this papermaking experiment was a major success.
Dundot didn't want to stop, and he began to experiment with the mixing and proportioning of multiple materials, which was more challenging, and the final result was much more variable than the experiment with a single material.
"Lord Morin, a guest named Lumer has been looking for you by name. ”
When Lin Mo watched with interest as Dundot continued the next paper-making experiment, the head maid of the house, Zenia Yingying, came over and reported.
Since the nine young and beautiful maids were bought by the Gemini sisters in just two or three days, this woman with chestnut shoulder-length hair, but with a simple and capable hairstyle, and a delicate and serious mind, quickly stood out among the maids, and proved that her ability far exceeded her own appearance with her talents.
Although the other maids were envious and jealous, they had to admit that this chestnut-haired maid had natural leadership skills, and under the active coordination and command of Zenia, the maids were always able to complete the seemingly complex and heavy work with ease.
"Well, it should be good news!"
Lin Mo paused, a smile appeared on his face, and then he said to the head maid of the new family: "You first arrange for Mr. Lu Mo to sit down in the living room, bring some snacks and drinks, and I will go over immediately." ”
"Yes, master!"
Zenia and the other maids call Lin Mo and the others a little strange, calling Dundot by their first names, but calling the twin sisters with "heart" and "ice", but when they come to Lin Mo, they become "masters".
Although it was the twin sisters who bought the maids, it was not surprising that the meat was probably in their minds that sooner or later it would rot in the pot, as was common in aristocratic circles.
Since it is not a brother-sister relationship, it will be difficult for them to understand strange words such as "major", "lieutenant colonel" and "comrade" in the future, and they may be taken as "madam", "husband" and "head of the house".
"Lumer Alchemist, I'm sorry to keep you waiting. ”
Lin Mo changed into a slightly more formal outfit and came to the living room on the first floor, where he saw the foreign alchemist he had met in the residential area of the main building of the "Ogmi" Alchemy Alliance yesterday sitting precariously.
"Hello, Mr. Morin!"
After coming to No. 78 in the eastern section of Nuoxiang Street, Lu Mo, a ninth-order alchemist from Nyansong City of the Anstraser Empire, was quietly looking at the mansion and assessing the owner's financial resources.
After all, yesterday the two sides only delivered the production requirements of the alchemy device, and did not talk about the price, if the customizer underestimated the production cost, then this list will have to be canceled due to financial problems, this kind of thing has not been done before, almost every alchemist has encountered this situation.
What's more, yesterday's estimate of the production cost of Mero Fabricator would require 110,000 gold coins, which is not a small amount.
"Any good news?"
Lin Mo sat down.
Alchemist Lummer nodded and said, "There is indeed good news, Mr. Merin, the second-order alchemist Mero, who is also from the Anstraser Empire and me, has promised to make an elemental conversion device for you, but you need to be mentally prepared for the production cost. ”
"I'm listening!"
"A total of 111,000 gold coins, of which 60,000 gold coins are used for materials, 50,000 gold coins are used for labor, and my draw is 1,000 gold coins. ”
Alchemist Lu Mo said as he looked at Lin Mo's reaction, this price is estimated to be able to buy a good mansion in Delan City, the capital of the Silan Empire.
It's just that he didn't expect that his calculations and speculations were infinitely close to the truth.
"Uh, Lumer Alchemist, you are such a sincere man, I am willing to accept this price. ”
Lin Mo didn't expect this Alchemist of the Anstraser Empire to be so sincere and give a clear price structure.
Before going to the Delan City branch of the "Ogmi" Alchemy Alliance, he had already found someone to estimate the cost of this alchemy device, which was almost the same as the price quoted by this Lumer alchemist, or even higher. (To be continued......)
PS: Desperately written, another section.
It's not a Kavin, it's just a choice, hesitation, and a burying pit.