"Anton, what's new today?"
As Sean spoke, he stuffed a piece of tender steak into his mouth with his fork.
On his first day as a housekeeper, the valet Anton replied in a panic:
"Sir, Lord Windsor came here just now. Let me tell you that his injured arm can now be moved. It will be completely healed after two or three days of rest."
"Is Windsor's fracture finally healed?" Sean was very pleased.
I feel like I haven't leveled up for a long time. After Windsor fully recovers, I still have to put leveling up first.
Without strong strength as a guarantee, all economic construction is empty talk.
…
The valet Anton wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "With Lord Anduin's treatment, all injuries can be recovered quickly."
Sean nodded: "Is there anything else?"
"One more thing." Anton thought for a while and replied:
"Master Musoni just asked me to tell you that he went to the pond in the south this morning and carefully studied the bamboo soaked in the pond. He came to the conclusion that it will take at least 100 days to soften."
"100 days!? So long?" Sean frowned.
The "Master Musoni" that Anton calls is the "mad scientist". Yesterday Sean handed over all paper-making related matters to him.
If the bamboo needs to be soaked for 100 days as Musoni said, this will seriously affect Sean's plan!
Papermaking takes a long time to produce cheap paper;
Without cheap paper, the cost of education would remain high;
The high cost of education will lower the expected level of education for the territory's citizens, which will indirectly affect the arrival of the territory's "demographic dividend".
If soaked for 10 days, Sean can still accept it after 20 days, but after 100 days...
Sean sighed helplessly and looked at Anton: "Where is Musoni now?"
Anton thought for a while and replied: "The master went to the place where the dwarves stayed."
"What was he doing there?"
"I don't know either."
"Call him back, I have something important to ask him." Sean ordered.
"Okay!" Anton bowed respectfully to Sean and left the restaurant.
...
After Anton left, Sean quickly finished his breakfast and walked into the study.
Ten minutes later, Sean met the undead scientist Musoni in the study.
Musoni has no memory of his past life, but because of his passive skills, the system has retained all knowledge about science. Musoni mentioned in a chat with Sean that all his scientific knowledge came from his father.
Musoni also carried a wooden box with him. Before he opened his mouth after entering the study, Sean asked first:
"Musoni, I heard from Anton that you went to the dwarves. What were you doing there?"
Musoni replied: "Sir, Ockham Sparks and I just helped two blacksmiths make flintlocks, mainly instructing them on how to ensure the accuracy of the rifling, and how to make lead mini bullets, etc.
wait."
The "Occam Spark" in Musoni's mouth is the [Shrinking Ray Engineer]. Occam Spark is a dwarf engineer after all. He even has more say than the two blacksmiths in gun manufacturing.
"You did a good job!" Sean praised: "I will give you more rewards after the firearms are made!"
What Sean is most satisfied with about the system is that the followers are very proactive!
There is no need for Sean to order them to do anything, the followers will do some extra things spontaneously in their free time.
Musoni touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "Sir, I don't need gold coins. After all, I am an undead. I don't even need to eat. It's just my scientific research funds... Hehe."
"Don't worry! You are my confidant, and the research funds can definitely be guaranteed." Sean nodded: "I will ask Anduin to grant more research funds to the Artisans Guild later!"
"Thank you very much, sir." Musoni said happily.
"There's no need to be polite between us!" Sean waved his hand:
"I called you here this time to discuss the issue of papermaking. I heard from Anton that you have just seen the bamboo soaked in the pond?"
"Yes, I have already seen those bamboos."
Musoni nodded: "My lord, you may not know the old-fashioned papermaking method, but I happen to know a little bit about it."
Musoni took a seat opposite Sean and continued:
“In the old-fashioned papermaking method, bamboo needs to be soaked for at least 100 days, and then the bamboo and lime are mixed together and boiled for eight days and eight nights. It also has to be crushed, pressed into paper, and dried by fire. The cycle is very long.
The cost of such a long production cycle is naturally very high, and it will take about ten years to bring the cost down."
After hearing what Musoni said, Sean was speechless:
"I finally understand why other time-travelers don't make paper. Ten years from now, my children will all be doing it! I only know the paper-making process, but I didn't expect the actual paper-making cycle to be so long. So, Mosononi, do you have any good suggestions?
?"
Musoni organized his thoughts and replied:
"I think it would be best to invent a steam engine and use the steam engine to drive the machine to press the bamboo into pulp. If there is no steam engine, we can also use the water wheel to drive it. After all, the Chenxing River is fast and wide, and the water resources are very rich."
Sean sighed: "It's not impossible to invent a steam engine, but we haven't discovered coal mines yet, and we can't use it even if we produce a steam engine."
After Sean finished speaking, he recorded the word "coal mine" in the notebook in front of him in the most prominent position on the first page.
Finding and mining coal mines must also be put on the agenda. Coal is the food of industry. Coal is needed for iron-making, power generation, and steam engines.
Sean closed the book and looked at Musoni: "Then let's use water power first!
Some time ago, I asked Anduin to build a waterwheel, mainly to use water power to build mills and grind crops, but he probably hasn't started yet... Let's do this! Go to the administration hall to find Anduin and ask him
I will provide you with gold coins and manpower, and then I will leave all the work of making the waterwheel to you. Make the paper as soon as possible!"
"No problem, don't worry, Lord!" Musoni replied confidently.
Although he is a "nuclear scientist" and has no use in the research field for the time being, he is still very confident in this simple mechanical manufacturing.
…
"Then go and get busy!" Sean said to Musoni.
"Sir, don't worry, I researched this yesterday!"
Musoni took something out of the wooden box and handed it to Sean and explained:
"This is a small telescope. Yesterday a glass craftsman came to the town. I copied this small telescope after the telescope on the ship's artillery."
"This is a good thing!" Sean's eyes lit up.
Chapter completed!