As the spell was completed, the surface of the reaction pool in the center of the workshop was suddenly covered with a layer of smoke, accompanied by a series of buzzing sounds made by high-frequency vibrations of sawdust and water mist.
As Xia Duo adjusted the intensity and angle of the crushing force field, this layer of smoke quickly fell into the pool and infected the clear water with a yellow-brown twisted abstract pattern.
Immediately afterwards, more wood chips were disintegrated by the [Crushing Force Field] and mixed into the water, turning the originally clear reaction pool into turbid.
After that, Xia Duo continued to throw scattered small pieces of wood into the reaction tank while maintaining the [Crushing Force Field]. He did not stop until the mixture in the reaction tank reached a certain concentration, and explained at the same time:
"This is the most primitive wood pulp! Paper can also be made in this state, but the paper produced is very loose, so there must be subsequent pickling steps! As for how much wood is put into pulping at one time, there are not many restrictions, as long as
Just don’t make it too thick. You can slowly discover and improve these in the subsequent production.”
In fact, the papermaking process of [Projection Plane·Arcane Empire] contains specific figures for how much water and how much wood is put into it.
However, the Arcane Empire has not been able to produce paper that can be used to make magic scrolls, so Xia Duo simply stopped talking and let them try, maybe there will be some extra gains!
Then, Chateau continued to perform [Acid Baptism] in the papermaking series. During this process, in addition to the color of the wood pulp becoming slightly lighter, some subtle changes were also found in the thickness of the wood pulp.
Afterwards, after [acid neutralization], the color of the wood pulp became lighter again. At this time, Xia Duo stopped again and explained:
"At this point, even if the wood pulp preparation is completely completed, the next step is shaping and drying. I will not demonstrate the spell. I will demonstrate another method, and this is what you will often come into contact with in the future."
In fact, the previous steps can also be completed without magic, but Xia was in a hurry. Without magic, it would take a lot of time just to crush the wood to make raw wood pulp, which was not what he thought.
…
Taking out a square sieve that was not much bigger than a human head from the portable space, Xia Duo walked directly to the edge of the reaction tank, squatted down and used the sieve to move up and down the wood pulp a few times, and finally laid it flat and lifted it up gently.
After taking out the sieve, Chateau showed it to Cecily, Ganard and others, while explaining: "This is the paper that has not been dried! If you make your own paper in the future, you can choose to dry it, but I will just dry it here.
Let me show you the results!”
As he spoke, Chateau directly aroused the air above the sieve, accelerating its flow, while dispersing the moisture in the air and increasing the evaporation of moisture on the sieve.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the wood pulp on the sieve dried at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then Chateau took the wood pulp paper from the sieve and handed it to Cecily.
"This is papermaking!"
"Is-is this true?"
Even though she had seen the entire papermaking process and had the paper in her hands, Cecily still felt a little unbelievable when she touched the slightly damp wood pulp paper.
She stared blankly at the paper in her hand, speechless for a while.
Ganal and the low-level mages at the Magic Artisan Department were also a little shocked. A parchment paper of this size cost about 2 silver coins, which was almost the daily salary of an ordinary person.
Elf paper of the same size is twice as expensive as parchment paper.
They knew that elf paper was made by elves from plants, but now they were shocked to see how easily Xia Duo could create the legendary elf paper.
"The cost of this piece of paper, if no magic is involved at all, may cost less than 1 copper coin. However, I suggest that the pickling and neutralization processes are best completed by magic, so that the quality is not too difficult to control.
As for the cost, it is also no more than 1 copper coin!"
Of course, this cost is the cost after large-scale manufacturing. If it is only produced in a small amount, it is not necessarily the case. For example, how much does it cost to renovate this workshop, the casting cost of an arcanist like Xia Duo, and the time cost?
how many.
"Sir, is this elf paper?" Cecily asked suddenly.
"What's the difference between yes and no?"
Chateau took out a piece of so-called elf paper, flicked it twice casually, and put it in Cecily's hand. "The function of paper is nothing more than writing or making magic scrolls. There is no need to consider other factors."
After saying that, he turned his eyes to Ganal aside, took out a thin booklet from his pocket and handed it to the other person, and then said:
"I have just demonstrated the basic process of papermaking. Now I will give you the complete process. There are magic versions and non-spell versions. The Magic Mechanic Department should master it as soon as possible. The Tower of Time's daily writing paper depends on you.
!”
"Leave it to us?" Ganal held the pamphlet with a very surprised expression.
"Yes, leave it to you, I hope you won't disappoint me!"
After saying that, Xia Duo didn't plan to stay any longer and called Cecily, who was still a little out of sorts, "Take me to the warehouse!"
"okay!"
At this time, Cecily came back to her senses. Thinking of what Xia Duo had just said, she immediately realized a problem. The Tower of Time would be able to mass-produce elf paper almost immediately!
Moreover, it was very cheap elf paper, which made Cecily dizzy. How much money could be made from this!
Until she brought Xia Duo to the vacated warehouse, and Xia Duo filled the warehouse with a large number of logs, she gradually calmed down, thought of her previous secret, and asked with some reluctance:
"Sir, can't we sell these papers to others?"
"sure!"
Xia Duo gave her a strange look, "But at least we have to wait until the basic needs of the Tower of Time are met!"
Even though the nearly a thousand people in the Tower of Time can barely sustain their daily consumption with parchment, once they know that new paper is cheap, their consumption will no longer be what it is now!
Parchment paper can be scratched and rewritten repeatedly, and it is expensive to have such low consumption. However, new wood pulp paper cannot be scratched repeatedly and can only be used once.
But compared to parchment, its price is only a few tenths of the price, which can completely offset the reusability of parchment and can preserve all writing records. Who wants to scratch it repeatedly!
It can be expected that when new paper appears, there will be a paper craze.
In addition to the Tower of Time, there are also Savile Territory and Daxia Territory. There are many places where paper is used, but it is far from being sold to the outside world.
Furthermore, selling a large amount of cheap paper now can easily cause all kinds of troubles. Although Xia Duo is confident about facing it, wouldn't it be better to have less!