The Ominous Lord of the Skaven

Chapter 204 The Appearance of Paper

Although the basic process of papermaking has been sorted out by the mages, the specifics are another matter.

At the beginning, the paper workers led by Sasha did not know the degree of washing and soaking of raw materials, and the inexperienced rats could only spend as much time as possible.

But when the raw materials were processed, Sasha faced the more difficult problems of crushing and pulp consistency.

No one has a good way in this regard, only trial and error step by step.

According to the control variable method, Sasha crushed a total of five groups of pulp with different concentrations, and the remaining other variables need to be gradually tested over a long period of time.

Fortunately, the guiding ideology of Territory Papermaking was correct from the beginning to the end, so the first paper was officially produced after 20 days.

"This familiar touch."

Ickert rubbed the paper in his hand, and his memory was brought back to the past.

This kind of touch is exactly the same as the paper money used to burn in front of the ancestor's tomb in the previous life!
The only difference is that the paper produced by Windsor is smooth on one side, but rough on the other, like crumbled cardboard.

Problems in production techniques still need to be improved.

However, the thickness of the paper is slightly thicker than paper money, and it is qualified for writing records.

"How about it, teacher, can this paper be used?"

Sasha asked a little anxiously, after all, Ickert has touched it for too long, and seems quite dissatisfied.

"It can be used, this level is already very good."

Ickert, who touched the paper again, was also a little excited, and then tore off a few pieces under Sasha's puzzled eyes, and walked straight towards the castle.

When he walked out of the toilet in the castle, his face was full of joy.

Lafayette looked at the extremely comfortable Ickert with a look of shock.

Generally speaking, dealing with filth is definitely not a good experience.

Eckert has been troubled by this problem for a long time before, he has tried sponge balls, toilet chips, thatch, and smooth branches and leaves, but he always feels that something is wrong.

It was not until the appearance of paper that his body and mind were cared for.

Looking at Lafayette with a confused face, Ickert stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder meaningfully.

"Try this in a moment."

Lafayette blushed, and took the paper calmly.

"How did he know I was going to the bathroom?"

In the hut, Lafayette was a little embarrassed, and took out a tissue to examine it carefully for a while.

"This should be paper. It should be used for writing. Why use it at this time?"

The complaints are the complaints, Lafayette, who has lived a very bad life for a long time, still can't help but want to try.

It's not that magicians haven't tried using magic to solve it, but for some reason, clean magic always turns into dark magic when it touches there.

Lafayette's hand reached down.

Suddenly, an exclamation echoed in the castle.

"This! This feeling is!"

Three hours later, the paper mill.

"What a great invention!"

Not only Lafayette, but also other people who have tried paper, and mice all praised it.

Not only the comfortable touch, but also the astonishing output. Only one large vat of pulp can produce hundreds of sheets of paper, which means that this thing can be applied to everyone's daily life.

For the millions of Imperials who cannot afford velvet, paper will be a boon for all Imperials.

"Who remembers that it was originally invented for writing"

Seeing his subordinates discussing the cleaning uses of paper enthusiastically, Ickert was a little dumbfounded.

There is absolutely no worry that a lady will buy this thing.

The so-called empire's market is nothing more than women, young masters, and children.

As long as you do a good job in this aspect of marketing, the paper that is not lacking in sales will only make a lot of money.

"The carpentry work can be done, and when the production of paper is fully rolled out, we will sell these good things to the Quartet."

Even if Windsor doubles the production of paper, it is doomed to be unable to meet the needs of the huge market of the empire, so Ickert's first wave of targets is still only aimed at the nobles.

Since it is going to be sold to nobles, it is necessary to carry out some commercial packaging.

Eckert called old Kent and asked him to design an elegant box.

"Don't forget, these things are going to be sold to those noble lords in the end. You go to the forest to pick some valuable wood, beat it into a square box with a small opening on the top, and then crush the pearl powder and add it to the paint. Go, and set some real pearls if you can."

What Ickert ordered Old Kent to design was the paper box, and he didn't plan to sell it by roll. Those nobles would lose face, and Ickert would of course have to work hard.

It wasn't difficult for old Kent to do these basic carpentry.

"It's just my lord, we don't produce pearls here, do we want to import them from other territories?"

Old Kent asked, and Ickert had already expected this question.

"Through the woodland to the east of the Vanvna River is the Rolle Sea (inland sea). The tributaries in the jungle are intricate, and the murlocs are enough to reach there."

Ickert replied that with these cute little murlocs, Windsor has almost no cost in obtaining raw materials.

After cutting the paper according to the specifications, and showing old Kent how to stack the paper, the matter was settled.

At that time, the ships in the port will go upstream with armaments and materials, and then go downstream full of slaves and papers, and Windsor's economic and trade system will take shape.

Thinking of this, Eckert began to arrange for Aris' caravan again, and the role of paper must also be clearly explained to this "salesman".

If necessary, he can also write a letter to his old father who is far away in the imperial capital, asking him to help open the market.

Half a month after the opening of the new route, Windsor's business also began to flourish.

The slave trade that flourished in Rossodore was flowing to Windsor. Obviously, ships were more suitable for transporting slaves.

Along the way, they didn't know how much food the slaves could eat less, and the slave owners were very happy.

Taking this opportunity, Ickert also purchased [-] strong black orc men for the operation of the plantation, giving priority to growing spices and tea for the territory.

The work ability of these orc men is much stronger than that of the ratmen. The work efficiency of [-] black orcs is almost equivalent to [-] ratmen. The development of the plantation is currently proceeding in an orderly manner.

After the territory has earned enough of the first pot of gold, Ickert is ready to start fooling the surrounding lords into planting cotton and start the first step to hit the imperial market.

Let go of this goal for now, because the current development of the territory has reached a bottleneck, and it is absolutely impossible to increase productivity without obtaining more sources of magic power.

During the period when the papermaking work spread out, Ickert did not forget to design the automatic magic charging machine.

(End of this chapter)