Lord of Arcane

Chapter 893 The Loyal Butler Embraces Progress
Xia Duo had tried papermaking in the past, but at that time he was a bit negligent in thinking about the problem, and was actually approached by the princess' teacher, Master Byron.

Byron reminded him that some people are paying close attention to new technologies with far-reaching influence such as papermaking. Some people support and some people oppose. Fortunately, Byron is not an opponent.

But even so, Xia Duo never made paper again, even if it was inside the Tower of Time, it was not discovered by people through magic.

However, the current situation 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 Pagodas are famous for him, and both Greta and the princess have directly or indirectly expressed their respect for him, although Xia Duo himself has doubts, outsiders don't care so much.

Now that he has the identity of the Seven Towers, even if he does something slightly out of line but not too much, will the Seven Towers still have nothing to do with him?
Of course, Xia Duo's greatest reliance is his own strength.

The trip of [Projection Plane Dark Area] made Xia Duo truly feel the power of the high elf mage, breaking his past blind confidence in himself.

But at the same time, that kind of power is very real and limited, and it is no longer like the unfathomable fantasy that he sometimes frightened and imagined.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles. Xia Duo realized that the gap between himself and the high wizards of the elves or the great arcanists of humans, although there is a big gap, but this gap is visible, tangible, and can be effectively avoided. of.

This can also be regarded as a kind of self-confidence re-established in an alternative way!

With this understanding, Xia Duo is naturally not as wary of conservative forces on the human side or extremists on the elves' side as before.

Even the refining of mithril is on the agenda, so what's the point of papermaking!

Furthermore, whether it is refining mithril or papermaking, Xia Duo does not plan to disclose it to the public in a short time, and only uses the finished product inside the Tower of Time.

If you are still timid like this, then why talk about attracting the trend of the times!

……

Looking at Cecily in front of him with a slightly resentful expression, Xia Duoming didn't say anything on the face, but he also knew in his heart that he was a little negligent in terms of finances and materials.

"I will solve the paper problem, and tell me in advance next time you find any problem. I am not a person who is blind and arrogant and cannot accept other people's opinions."

Hearing what Xia Duo said, Cecily was a little surprised at first, but she no longer had that resentful expression. She hesitated, and whispered:

"Actually, I mentioned this to Niya before. She told me not to cause trouble for you. I thought she would tell you, but in the end—"

"This--"

Xia Duo was suddenly very surprised. He didn't expect that there would be such an episode, but Niya was wrong this time. Covering up the problem doesn't mean it's solved.

Only by facing the problem squarely can the problem be solved, and that is the truth.

"Next time if you have any questions, remember to tell me in advance, I don't think you want Nya to suffer losses because of this!"

Cecily nodded, but didn't answer directly. Xia Duo only thought it was interesting. Maybe she still wanted to report to Niya first?
What a loyal little housekeeper!
Skipping this section, Xia Duo took out some wood pulp paper he had made before from his portable space, put it on the desk, pushed it towards Cecily, and motioned her to pick it up and have 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 in doubt, "Does your lord want it to replace parchment?"

[Paper] and [Parchment] in Netherian are not the same word, but two completely different words. The former often has a prefix - [Elf].

The so-called "elven paper" refers to the existence of wood pulp paper. Netheril can also produce it, but it is expensive and cannot be used to make magic scrolls, so it is not popular.

This is where Cecily's doubts lie, but Xia Duo 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 taken aback for a moment, but then her eyes glowed with joy, "My lord, is what you said true? Is there really a way to make cheap paper?"

"of course it's true!"

"That, that—"

Cecily was not happy for a long time after getting a definite answer from Xia Duo. She quickly realized the problem. If there is really a way to make paper cheaply, and it is produced in large quantities, the spread of knowledge is almost inevitable.

What impact will this have?

For some reason, Cecily suddenly connected this with the changes that Shaduo had made to the Tower of Time before, and a terrible guess gradually emerged in her mind.

"My lord, I can't decide on this matter, I have to report to Niya."

"can."

Xia Duo didn't stop her, and couldn't stop her.

However, in his daily relationship with Niya, he had revealed his plan more than once, and he had also described to her the kind of future he envisioned.

Niya didn't show any resistance. If she really wanted to refuse, she didn't have to wait for Cecily to inform her, she would have already shown it.

In a sense, Niya can also be regarded as his comrade, and Xia Duo believes that the more talented a spellcaster is, the less he will resist such a future.

And in the same way, the more talented the spellcaster, the more powerful they will be able to obtain, which is also the biggest booster for change.

Only those who feel that progress is hopeless, or who are satisfied with the status quo, will resist progress, but once progress appears, who can really resist it!
Unless the gods destroy the world, otherwise, the trend of progress may have twists and turns, but the general direction must be forward, and the threshold for longevity in this world is not high, and moving closer to the real mainstream of progress is what the wise and able to do. who did.

……

After Cecily left, the material department also became deserted. Xia Duo didn't stay any longer, and continued to go to Horst's laboratory.

However, he already knew the material application situation of Horst's research laboratory, and had already estimated the progress of their mass production design research.

When he went there, he found that, as expected, most of the new projects were still on paper, and hadn't reached the stage of trial production.

After a few words of encouragement, Xia Duo left without putting too much pressure on them.

At present, the Tower of Time is already on the right track. Of course, there will be pains of change. As long as the internal stability is stable, it will always be in a stage of rapid development, and everyone will benefit from it.

And once results show, 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 the problems that were not noticed before or that were exposed during the development process.

(End of this chapter)