Chapter 52 52. Dragon Egg
The afterglow of the setting sun fills the sky.
On the way back to Fulin Castle from Donggang City, Lowe fell into deep thought.
Most of the population census data from towns and villages have been reported to the Executive Office. Perhaps by tomorrow, the territory's population census will be able to draw preliminary conclusions.
Papermaking became the next priority.
However, he had almost no idea about the actual operation process.
I remember learning and reading it before, but I can't remember it anymore.
If papermaking fails, bamboo slips will have to be used on a large scale in the future.
The results affect more than just efficiency.
It’s more about the loss of convenience in knowledge dissemination.
The development of human civilization will be dozens of times slower as a result.
Maybe because of the difficulty of inheritance, it will always remain at the most basic stage.
Therefore, Lowe found that he had no room for compromise and papermaking had to succeed at all costs.
Even if I only do this one thing in my life.
"Master, Master," the maid Lan Lan called softly in her ear.
Lovi looked up and saw Lodel striding towards him.
"What did you do?"
"I'm busy with official business."
"Give me some more wine."
"Your quota for this month has been used up. Wait until next month." Lovey hated seeing Lodel drinking. What's the point of being drunk like a dead fish?
"I can do without it, but the sisters in the Guards Corps really need it! Good wine can speed up the circulation of qi and blood, which is extremely beneficial for cultivation. Many people are just one step away from breaking their limit." Lodel gave a legitimate reason.
Luo Wei groaned for a moment, "In that case, I won't be stingy when the production volume increases."
"That's more like it." Lodel walked up to Lovey and took his arm intimately.
The two walked into Fortune House and headed for the restaurant.
Many people were not at home at dinner time today.
Evelyn and her people had gone somewhere unknown, and Lovi did not sense her presence in the castle. Not only that, Mossophie, the scholar Bruno, and the head maid Triss were also not there.
Except for Xiqi and Misha, even Zoe didn't come. There were only a few people there, and Lovi's eyes, in addition to looking at Luodel, inevitably met Xiqi's eager eyes.
"Ma'am, do you have anything to say?"
Xiqi, who is in her forties or fifties, already has a lot of beauty left. She is much more pleasing to the eye than the image of an old woman with gray hair and chicken skin.
I have also regained some confidence.
After the aging appearance weakened, Lovi was no longer affected. In front of him was a young and beautiful girl.
"My Lord, I heard that you brewed a new wine? Would you mind telling me about its commercial value?" Xiqi asked in a consulting tone.
The strong aroma of wine and the chatter of the servants and guards. She couldn't have failed to notice it while she was in Fulin Castle.
"Of course, but we don't have it in stock right now. Please wait a day or two."
Lowe attached great importance to the channel of the Riley Chamber of Commerce. If the stock had not been exhausted, he would have taken it out immediately to ask the professionals for their opinions.
Xiqi's face was filled with a very charming smile, "I'm really looking forward to it."
It's been over an hour since night fell.
The dark restaurant suddenly lit up with glaring lights.
Evelyn sat carelessly in the lord's seat, urging Mosophie to go to the kitchen to prepare meals.
With the distilled wine business, she is confident that she will not be short of money in the future. It is time to loosen up a bit.
You can use the magic crystal lamp as you like, at most you can buy a bunch of magic stones. You can eat as much steak as you want, at most you can open another cattle farm.
Head maid Triss and scholar Bruno are still discussing the construction of a winery.
The most troublesome part is making the distiller.
This matter is not suitable for outsiders to interfere, so we can only rely on the butler Mosophie who has experience in blacksmithing.
"Son, are you reading? Have you eaten?" Evelin thought.
"I've eaten." Lowe responded in his mind.
He is in the study now, but he is not reading.
Instead, he is using the meditation mirror to search for the memory of papermaking.
The first memory that came to my mind was a popular science video I saw on a two-dimensional website.
I only watched it once at the time and was not very impressed. But the meditation mirror can replay the process over and over again.
Gradually, I went from having no idea what to do to feeling confident.
Lowe's mood gradually calmed down.
From a process perspective, papermaking is not a simple task.
There are at least two technical barriers.
It takes ten days to soak the bark and then pound it into pulp.
Making bamboo screens for papermaking is also a technical challenge. It is said that the quality of the bamboo screens directly affects the quality of the paper.
Lowe knew that he could not complete a very complicated process, so he planned to find a usable filter cloth or gauze to replace the bamboo screen for papermaking.
Finally, it’s production.
If only a few sheets of paper are produced in a batch as shown in the video, it would be meaningless.
Lowe needed an almost unlimited amount of paper, not only to meet the needs of his rulers, but also to sell it to all parts of the world.
Therefore, assembly line technology is imperative.
To prevent the precious process from leaking, Lowe decided to separate each step of papermaking.
From collecting bark and straw, soaking them, mashing the soaked fibers into pulp, filtering the pulp, and drying them. Different people are assigned to each link, and the key links are controlled by trusted people.
Only by piecing together the entire assembly line can we obtain the complete papermaking technique! It's getting late.
Lovi blew out the oil lamp and moved the meditation mirror back to Evelyn's magic warehouse. The mirror was really heavy, so he had to take a break after moving it for a while.
After finishing, I returned to the bedroom to rest.
Lodel hugged the quilt and kept muttering something.
"Why did you bring this thing again?"
“I want to try it again.”
"It's useless, don't try, it's a dead egg."
"Wait until the day of my coming-of-age ceremony. If that still doesn't work, I'll just put it in my mom's magic warehouse forever."
"Okay, whatever you want."
Luo Wei pulled up the quilt carelessly. The dragon egg between the two of them was icy cold and chilly, like a piece of cold stone.
It was only thanks to the temperature of their two bodies that they gradually warmed up.
This dragon egg was a gift from Lodel's biological mother, and it once brought Lodel endless fantasy in her childhood.
Lodel had boasted to Lovi more than once that if this dragon egg hatched one day, she could become a powerful dragon rider and soar in the sky.
Unfortunately, year after year passed, no matter what method Lodel used, the dragon egg could not hatch.
Maybe this is a dead egg, suitable only for use as a magical ingredient.
Lodel gently stroked the smooth eggshell and vaguely felt the dragon egg tremble slightly.
illusion?
Lodel subconsciously hugged the dragon egg tighter, like a gentle mother.
The dragon egg responded again, throbbing slightly.
A faint spiritual fluctuation spread from within, and Lowe clearly sensed it.
"No way."
(End of this chapter)
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