Xia Duo once tried making paper in the past, but at that time he made some mistakes in thinking about the problem, and was unexpectedly visited by the princess's teacher, Master Byron.
Byron reminded him that some people were paying close attention to new technologies with far-reaching impacts such as papermaking. Some supported and some opposed. Fortunately, Byron was not an opponent.
But even so, Xia Duo never made paper again, not even inside the Tower of Time, and was unexpectedly discovered through magic.
However, the situation today has changed from before, and the biggest change is naturally Xia Duo's own strength, influence, and even his status within the Seven Towers Group.
Since the Seven Towers have made him famous, and both Greta and the princess have directly or indirectly expressed their respect for him, although Shado himself has some doubts, outsiders will not care so much.
Now that he has the identity of Qita, even if he does something a little outrageous but not too excessive, will Qita still abandon his relationship with him?
Of course, Xia Duo's greatest reliance is his own strength.
The trip to [Projection Plane·Dark Realm] made Sha Duo truly feel the power of the Elf High Mage, breaking his past blind confidence in himself.
But at the same time, that kind of power is also very real and limited, no longer as unfathomable as he occasionally fears and fantasizes about.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will never be in danger. Xia Duo realized that the gap between himself and the high elf mage, or in other words, the human great arcanist, although there was a big gap, it was visible, tangible, and could be effectively avoided.
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This can be regarded as a kind of self-confidence re-established in an alternative way!
With this understanding, Xia Duo is naturally not as afraid of the conservative forces on the human side or the extremists on the elven side as before.
Even the refining of mithril is on the agenda, so what's the use of mere papermaking!
Furthermore, whether it is refining mithril or papermaking, Xia Duo does not plan to disclose it to the public in the short term, and will only use the finished product inside the Tower of Time.
If you are still timid like this, how can you talk about leading the trend of the times?
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Looking at Cecily with a slightly resentful expression in front of him, Xia Duoming said nothing on his face, but in his heart he knew that he had been somewhat negligent in terms of finances and materials.
"I will solve the paper problem. If you find any problems next time, tell me in advance. I am not blindly arrogant and cannot accept other people's opinions."
When Cecily heard what Xia Duo said, she was a little surprised at first, but she no longer had the resentful expression. She hesitated for a moment and whispered:
"Actually, I mentioned this to Niya before. She asked me not to cause trouble for you. I thought she would tell you, but it turned out-"
"this--"
Sha Duo was immediately surprised. He didn't expect that there was such an episode, but Niya thought wrong this time. Covering up the problem does not mean it is solved.
Only by facing the problem squarely can we solve the problem, and that is the right thing to do.
"Next time if you have any problems, remember to tell me in advance. I think you don't want Niya to suffer losses because of this!"
Cecily nodded and did not reply directly. Sha Duo only found it interesting when she saw it. Maybe she wanted to report it to Niya first?
What a loyal little housekeeper!
Skipping this section, Chateau took out some wood pulp paper he had made before from his personal space, put it on the desk, pushed it towards Cecily, and motioned for her to pick it up and take a look.
"Isn't this paper?" Cecily knew what it was after just one glance. She picked it up and turned it over a few times before asking doubtfully, "Do you want it to replace the parchment?"
[Paper] and [Parchment] in Nese language are not the same word, but two completely different words. The former often has a prefix - [Elf].
The so-called "elf paper" refers to something similar to wood pulp paper. Netheril can also produce it by itself, but it is expensive and cannot be used to make magic scrolls, so it is not popular.
Cecily was also confused about this, but Chateau nodded and continued: "I know you want to talk about its price, but what if I tell you that I have mastered the method of making cheap paper?"
"Cheap paper?"
Cecily was stunned for a moment, but then her eyes shone with joy, "Sir, are you telling the truth? Is there really a way to make paper cheaply?"
"of course it's true!"
"Then, that-"
After receiving the definite answer from Chateau, Cecily was not happy for long. She quickly realized the problem. If there really was a cheap way to make paper and it was produced in large quantities, then the spread of knowledge would be almost inevitable.
What impact will this have?
Somehow, Cecily suddenly connected this with the various changes Shado had made to the Tower of Time before, and a terrible guess gradually emerged in her mind.
"Sir, I can't decide this matter. I must report it to Niya."
"Can."
Xia Duo didn't stop her and couldn't.
However, in his daily interactions with Niya, he had revealed his plans more than once and described to her the kind of future he envisioned.
Niya didn't show any resistance. If she really wanted to refuse, she wouldn't have to wait for Cecily to tell the news. She would have already shown it.
In a sense, Niya can also be regarded as his comrade, and Sha Duo believes that the more talented a spellcaster is, the less likely he will resist such a future.
Likewise, the more talented a spellcaster is, the more powerful they will be, which is also the greatest boost to change.
Only those who feel there is no hope of progress or are satisfied with the status quo will resist progress. But once progress appears and becomes overwhelming, who can really resist it!
Unless the gods destroy the world, the trend of progress may have twists and turns, but the general direction must be forward, and the threshold for immortality in this world is not high. Moving closer to the true mainstream of progress is what the wise do, and can
What the person did.
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After Cecily left, the supplies department became deserted. Xia Duo didn't stay long and continued to Horst's research laboratory.
However, he already knew the material application status of Horst Research Laboratory and had already made predictions about the progress of their mass production design research.
When he got there, he found that it was just as he expected. Most of the new projects were still on paper and had not yet reached the stage of physical trial production.
Xia Duo encouraged them a few words and left without putting too much pressure on them.
At present, the Tower of Time is on the right track. Of course, there will be pains of change. As long as there is no internal chaos, it will always be in a stage of rapid development, and everyone will benefit from it.
And once the results appear, it will also promote stability.
What we have to do now is to check and fill in the gaps as much as possible, and solve problems that were not noticed before or that were exposed during the development process.