In mid-January, a type of paper appears on the market on many islands. It is popular for its easy to carry and concise writing, and quickly replaced white silk as a new writing carrier.

Although the price of paper is very expensive, it is still in short supply, and the use of paper by the nobles of the major powers has even become a trend, a fashion, and you will be ridiculed if you write a letter with white silk.

Chongming Island, the head of the An family smiled, he thought that paper was a thing that made a lot of money, but he didn't expect it to be popular like this. There are a total of 30 production points in the entire Chongming Island, and the output of tens of millions of large pieces of paper in a month has reached 80 million sheets after cutting, but they were sold out in less than ten days, making a net profit of 50,000 yuan. Even if he is comparable to the identity of the emperor of a country, such a speed of earning money really makes it difficult for him to calm down, you must know that this is a consumable, and the money earned is endless.

"If this trend continues, we will be able to recover in a short time. After losing thousands of masters, we have obtained the method of making grenades, and now there are a large number of yuan stones that can be used for real yàn, as long as we can study bombs again, even killer whales are not afraid. The head of the An family laughed and said to the son of the An family, who was sitting opposite.

The son of the An family also smiled when he heard this: "It seems that we didn't lose money last time! I didn't expect paper to be so popular...... It's just paper now, and we'll earn more when the cement comes out!"

"Hmm!" The head of the An family nodded and said, "We should continue to increase production!

"Father, it's okay to increase the production point, but don't increase it too much! In this way, we can keep the price point high......" said An family Shiko.

"That's right!" the head of the An family thought about it, and also thought that what his son said was right. The less this thing is, the more valuable it is, once it is more. If the price drops, it will be more than worth the loss.

"I can talk to the Council of Elders this time, although we have lost a large number of masters, we have gained more...... And you are in charge of the production of paper and cement, and you are also responsible for the bomb on the other side, I think they should have nothing to say!"

An Jiazi's heart was a little excited, and the identity of the prince who had lost a year was finally coming back...... But just as he was about to speak, he forcibly held back. Shaking his head, he said, "Father, don't talk about it for the time being!"

"Don't you want to go back to who you were?" asked the head of the An family.

"Of course I want to! But not now, I'm going to wait for the cement to be rolled out, I'm going to wait for the ancestor to return from the ocean, I'm going to wait for the bomb to come out, and then I'm going to get back what I've lost!"

The expression of the prince of the An family was indifferent, and his tone could not hear the slightest fluctuation, but the head of the An family knew that his heart at the moment must be extremely suppressing his feelings.

"Okay! just do as you say! Where is the ancestor...... Are you sure?" asked the owner of the family.

"The ancestor's injuries are almost healed, there are no problems with his body, and the ruins that go to the ocean should be fine!" said An Jiashizi.

"But the danger is still very great, and the ocean is stormy. The storm continues, and there are not a few high-level demon beasts......." The An family master was a little worried.

"But as long as the Ancestor enters the ruins, it is possible to take the last step. Achieve the Great Perfection! If you really reach that realm, even if you face that twenty-seventh-level bird, you will have the strength to fight!"

The head of the An family took a deep breath. Only then did he say, "Okay! I agreed, you go and tell the ancestor!"

The corners of An Jiazi's mouth hooked. Nodding his head, he said, "Okay, father, don't worry, the ancestor will definitely succeed!"

"Well, you have to hurry up, grenades and bombs work the same way, and try to get it out as much as possible!" The head of the An family patted the son of the An family again, got up and left.

The son of the An family also left and returned all the way back to the secret room.

In the room, the ancestor of Chongming Island was still practicing, exhaling and inhaling, and the entire secret room seemed to be blowing a whirlwind.

The son of the An family smiled: "The ancestor is completely healed!"

The ancestor of Chongming Island opened his eyes and looked at the son of the An family: "I'm back, come here!"

"Ancestor, I have news for you! I wonder if you have heard of Long Dan?"

"What?" Chongming Island Ancestor stood up suddenly, and the next moment he had already appeared in front of the An family's son, grabbing his shoulders tightly.

"Ancestor, last time I fled to the far sea, I found a Tibetan map......" The voice of the An family became smaller and smaller.

Soon after, the Ancestor's laughter came from the secret room......

At the same time, far away on Sizhou Island, Wang Sun held a piece of paper in his hand and gently rubbed it.

"I really can't imagine that Chongming Island actually got the method of making paper!" Wang Sun's jealousy can be heard from his voice, everyone knows that Xingchen has good things, paper is one of them, no one is not greedy, and the same is true for Wang Sun. Especially after he was knocked out of 500,000 yuan stone by Jiang Xingchen Shengsheng, his money was quite tight, coupled with the complete failure of the Southern Wilderness, the situation on the islands around him now was even worse than the situation of the An family in the previous period.

"Wang Sun, we can also earn this money!" shopkeeper Liu pushed the wheelchair forward and said cautiously.

"What do you say?" Wang Sun looked up at Shopkeeper Liu.

Shopkeeper Liu's heart trembled, and he hurriedly lowered his head and whispered: "Our people have sent back news from the mainland that Xingchenling has opened up papermaking and cement technology! and sold it to other countries, we can buy it from them!"

Wang Sun thought for a moment and said, "Do you think they will sell it to us? They have all signed intellectual property rights, and now that the Qiankun Empire is powerful, who do you think will dare?"

Shopkeeper Liu said: "Wang Sun, intellectual property rights have nothing to do with us! If there are no two technologies overseas, they may have scruples, but now that Chongming Island is available, how can the Qiankun Empire know where our technology comes from! The Eight Kingdoms and Xuanyuan Tianzong have enmity with the Empire ...... again."

"What we lack most now is money!" Wang Sun said again.

"Don't you still have a Yuanshi mine......," Shopkeeper Liu said, carefully glanced at Wang Sun, and saw that he was not angry, so he continued: "Once we have these two technologies, we will earn far more money than that ore vein!"

Wang Sun was silent, and it took a long time before he made up his mind, nodded and said, "Okay! Just do it, you go and contact the seller immediately! I will arrange the mining of the veins!"

Wang Sun got up as he said and strode out. Shopkeeper Liu was proud, glanced at Yan He and the head of the guard behind him, and left.

"Hmph, what's the smugness, it's not sure if it can be done!" the chief of the guard sneered.

Yan He didn't speak, just smiled faintly, and a gleam flashed in his eyes......

The time soon came to the end of January, and the hot talk about the hot pot festival on the mainland gradually subsided. Xingchen Collar is getting busier and busier, and a 35-pound light rail is being produced, and the shape, specifications, and sizes are very standard.

Convoys have also been assembled, ready to transport these light rails to the Cursed Lands at any time.

In the Lord's Mansion, Xian Ning was asking Jiang Xingchen about the content behind the math, those things were too abstract and too difficult to understand! She was really surprised, how did Jiang Xingchen come up with these things.

These things looked like just ordinary teaching, but Xian Ning knew that once they were researched and developed on this basis, the achievements would be huge. This is not only an abstract mathematical concept, but also a key to another way of thinking. Take a simple number line, for example, it is enough to improve the current understanding of numbers a lot.

Therefore, Xian Ning issued a strict order, except for teaching and self-research, these things cannot be passed on for the time being. Maybe it will need to be disseminated in the future, but not yet, at least until all the frameworks are in place.

Of course, the researchers also understand this truth, and they all solemnly made a promise!

In the room, Jiang Xingchen put down his notebook: "That's it for today, I also have to sort out my thoughts! How did you summarize chemistry?"

"That's according to what you said, first classify the elements and compounds we know, and write down the reactions and measured properties first... Chemical equations, I'm working on them!"

"Hey, the foundation of chemistry is still too weak!" Jiang Xingchen sighed secretly, and now he could only grope his way forward step by step. And the chemistry of this world is certainly not the same as that of the earth.

"Bang bang bang!" There was a knock on the door, and Grandpa Fu's voice came from outside: "Sir, a letter from the Wang family!"

"Xingchen, you are busy with things first, let's do it today!I'll come back to you again!" Xian Ning stood up, went over to open the door and let Grandpa Fu in, and then left.

Jiang Xingchen took the letter handed over by Grandpa Fu and opened it to watch! After a moment, he laughed: "Sure enough, Chongming Island has researched papermaking and is making a lot of money overseas!"

Grandpa Fu sighed: "This is also a helpless thing, we really can't manage it overseas!"

"Who said it can't be managed?" Jiang Xingchen sneered: "I gave Da Qin, Da Li, and the Moon Shadow Kingdom steam engines before, just to increase their production...... Chongming Island wants to make money with my technology, it's not that easy!"

"Sir, do you want to ...... It's a lose-lose fight with them like this, you can't do it!" Grandpa Fu frowned.

"How can we lose both, we have a steam engine, and the production cost is much smaller than theirs......"

"Understood! I'm going to inform the Wang family!"

After Grandpa Fu left, Jiang Xingchen sat on the chair and bowed his head in contemplation. These days, Xingchen Ling is working day and night, first to build steel rolling machinery, then to make iron and steel, and then to roll light rail. Add to that the cement and paper production side, and the sound of the steam engine turning can be heard at night.

"No, we have to do it this year, with the steam engine, the industry is developing too fast, and if it goes on like this, Xingchen Ling will have to become an industrial city sooner or later!"

He was thinking about this, and suddenly heard the old man's laughter in his ears: "Boy, hurry up and prepare the new game for me, I will solve the problem of the old ancestor, hahahaha......" (to be continued......)

PS: The garlic stock has run out. I'll write it when I go home tomorrow afternoon, and both chapters will probably be uploaded at night, so don't wait during the day!