Chapter 52 Papermaking
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"Xiao Lin... thank you very much."
Aofu looked at his disciple and said with emotion: "If it weren't for you, I don't know when I would be able to break through the Star Glory level."
Star Glory, below Legend, is the level closest to Legend.
Legends and gods are like stars, and the meaning of starlight is that it already possesses part of the legendary power.
And after Xinghui, there is legend.
Level twenty, to level twenty-one.
It was a big hurdle, and countless Xinghui and Yashen were trapped.
Once we cross that hurdle together, the sky is high and birds can fly.
"Teacher, what I just said is not important. What is important is the path you have traveled and those accumulations. That is the key to your promotion."
Lin Ke was sincerely happy that his teacher could make a breakthrough.
Not only because of the relationship between teacher and disciple, it also means that Lin Ke's backstage is a bit tougher.
Xinghui, that is Xinghui level!
It can be said to be the strongest under the legend.
"The road I have walked through before would not have been possible without your push..."
Aof was cheerful and happy, with happiness written all over his face: "Okay, let's go for a walk. Don't you want to make paper out of plant fibers?"
Lin Ke was also very happy, but there were other things that made him happy: "Teacher, maybe I need to trouble you a little bit... Well, I mean, can you stop meditating for a while?"
He was quite embarrassed.
Aof agreed nonchalantly: "Yes, after reaching level 15, or even level 10, meditation is not so important. The important thing is to get professional feedback."
Lin Ke breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, teacher, I suddenly found another thing that may be useful." He pointed to the crystal under Aofu's feet.
"Huh? What happened to the sand?"
Aof looked at his feet in confusion: "It's just some shiny sand. It doesn't have the hardness of diamonds. It just looks better, but not much use."
really.
According to the value of force in this world and the fires, thunder and lightning that occur from time to time, porcelain and glass should have been invented a long time ago.
If Lin Ke hadn't known the purpose of glass in advance, he would probably have ignored those shiny things.
"Teacher, do you want to make a bet?"
Lin Xiao smiled.
"Oh? What bet? What bet?"
Aof looked at Xiaolinke with interest.
"I bet this thing is as useful as diamonds in research, and in many cases is even more useful than diamonds."
Lin Ke pointed to the mixture of sand and glass.
Aof looked at his feet and then at Lin Ke's expectant eyes: "Okay, what's the bet?"
"Bet? If I win, the teacher will promise me to be a worker for four months, specializing in manufacturing this thing. If I lose, um..."
Lin Ke thought about it.
What to do if you lose? He won't lose!
But there must be a stake.
But Off lacks nothing.
It is Lin Ke who needs Aofu, not Aofu who needs Lin Ke.
"If I win, you have to give me the first gold coin you earn." Aofu chuckled and said, "Our Xiao Linke should be able to earn money by himself, right?"
"Teacher!" Lin Ke immediately raised his head, his eyes full of gratitude: "Okay!"
"Tell me, what do you want to do?"
Auf asked.
Lin Ke originally planned to go back and study how to make paper, but now that glass is available, he would just build a glass factory.
But he needs to go back and recall the glass manufacturing process.
"Teacher, you need some tools to make this kind of thing. We will do it tomorrow. Please trouble me to build another factory today."
Lin Ke pointed to the open space next to the paper mill.
This place is extremely spacious. One of the reasons why Lin chooses to locate here is because of its large area.
Off: "Is it exactly the same?"
Lin Ke nodded, and a similar building rose from the ground under Auf's control.
The production processes of the glass factory and the paper mill are different, and in fact the buildings should not be the same, but some details can be adjusted after everything is gathered.
After finishing, Lin Ke and Ao Fu returned to the top of the castle.
The top of the castle is extremely spacious and is a circular platform. Only the top of the arrow tower can be seen. Looking around the castle, you can have a panoramic view. The scenery is good.
It's just that the wind is a bit strong.
In the future, if Garrose gets a few more wives and gives birth to a few more children, then this platform will become the sixth floor, and then it will be built on top.
Auf and Lin Ke landed, and the man on duty on the arrow tower took one look at them before continuing to cast his gaze into the distance. He was very competent.
At this time, there were some boilers, bark mats, wooden sticks for stirring and other equipment on the platform.
The production of the original plant fiber paper was not difficult. What was difficult was the improvement and evolution in several processes before it finally became something like A4 paper in later generations.
Papermaking requires cooking plant fibers to separate raw materials, and then beating them to make pulp.
Finally, the paper pulp is soaked with water to form a slurry, and then the pulp is scooped out with a bamboo mat, so that the pulp is interwoven into thin sheets of wet paper on the paper scooper, and finally dried to become paper.
Off knew this method of making paper was feasible as soon as he heard about it.
If developed, it might even be possible to replace the hard and expensive parchment paper.
This made Off always marvel at Lin Ke's mind.
After all, this kind of thing is just a layer of window paper, and what you need to pierce this layer of window paper is some fleeting inspiration.
And his disciple Lin Ke is just such a person with endless spiritual light.
The master and the disciple landed and started to work.
Aofu went to steam some plants. There were eight small pots in total, which contained some common coarse fiber plants collected by Lin Ke.
Aofu's thunder staff gently stopped on the ground, and a huge fire bird condensed from the air.
The servants around the castle, the people of the Azann Troupe, and the people on duty in the arrow tower exclaimed, and pointed at the fire bird in the sky that was wider than the castle.
Lin Ke felt a burning sensation and laughed and cried: "Teacher, maybe we can use less magic to summon the fire bird."
"Sorry, I just got promoted, and my power control is a little unstable." Although Aofu couldn't see it, he felt that the things he summoned were attracting a lot of attention, and he was still a little uncomfortable.
He immediately waved his hand, and the fire bird in the air turned into eight small birds flying down, wrapping the eight pots.
The fierce flames burned, causing the pots to slowly boil.
Lin Ke prepared the rest of the work, and then paid close attention to the eight small pots, patrolling back and forth.
"Teacher, summon the servants of truth to stir."
Lin Ke suddenly said as he looked at the stagnant water in the pot.
Aufu summoned eight servants of truth with a wave of his hand, and picked up a wooden stick beside him with his lightning arm and began to stir.
When it was almost cooked, Lin Ke started to beat, paper, dry and other steps one by one.
With the participation of Aufu, these steps became much simpler.
After nearly an hour, Lin Ke looked at the eight small pieces of paper in front of him and checked whether they had the characteristics of paper one by one.
For example, whether writing can leave marks, whether the texture is too brittle or too hard, whether the thickness can be thinned, etc.
Unfortunately, in the end, no experimental product could be used!
However, Lin Ke was not discouraged. He recorded the advantages and disadvantages of these plants, and then began to experiment with the next batch of plants.
After the experiment of more than 20 plants was completed, Lin Ke conducted a mixed experiment again.
According to the recorded information, the paper with certain advantages was then mixed, steamed, mashed, and dried, and these processes were repeated continuously.
With the help of Aofu, the process became quick and convenient.
...
After an afternoon, there was finally some results.
"Sedge, reed, wheat, lucky flower are all fine, um... maybe they can be divided into various grades and ways of use."
Lin Ke whispered as he looked at the experimental results in front of him.
Aofu next to him looked at Lin Ke's careful and meticulous look, with a gratified smile on his face.
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