In Noah's laboratory, Noah, who has worked hard for Noah's airship for several months, is decadent, and he doesn't have much confidence in transforming Noah's airship.

"General Noah! I'm really worried about you! Lan Xian'er looked at the sullen Noah, and said worriedly, "Your master, Master Altai, handed you over to us because I want you to be more adaptable to the needs of this era and do what you want to do!" Actually, you did it too! Noah's airship is not a failed work, it is a combination of all high-tech technology, and its success shows that the first person in the world to be a real master of manufacturing is no longer Altai, but you, General Noah! We are all impressed by your bold imagination and practical actions! We know you hate war and don't want your hands to be bloody, and so are we! But the great era is coming, this is an era of heroes, no one can avoid this era, you and I are the same! Since you hate war, choose something that has nothing to do with war and can benefit people! ”

Noah said: "Sister Lan Xian'er, I understand what you said!" But war is the frontier of science and technology, and all high-tech processes are the first to serve war, which is inevitable! The reason why I want to follow you is not only because of the war, but also because many of my inspirations are always prompted by you! Skis, sleds, crossbow chariots, airships, ...... These things, first of all, served the war, except for the snowboards and sleds, which were transformed by me and the Altai masters, and could be used for civilian use, and the others, I racked my brains, and I didn't think of how to transform them into tools that are beneficial to the people! ”

Lan Xian'er sighed, "You're right! War is at the forefront of craftsmanship, because both sides of the war have gathered the most elite talents, gathered the most wealth, gathered the highest power, and the ridiculous thing is that all of these are not used to develop the national economy and people's livelihood, not to benefit the people, but only to destroy and destroy! Either side of the war aims to destroy the other at all costs! A lot of fresh creations are by-products of the war that was forced out, just like your repeater chariot! So you're conflicted, war isn't what you want, but away from war, you're going to lose inspiration, right? ”

Noah asked puzzledly, "What does my sister want to tell me when she tells me this?" ”

Daniel and Nicole were also puzzled, what did Blue Fairy want to say, was it to encourage Noah to stay by her side, or to keep Noah away from strife?

"Noah, what do you think this is?" Lan Xian'er said, took out a pale yellow thin leather-like thing, and handed it to Noah!

Noah took the leather suspiciously, it was in his hand, light and fluttering, completely weightless, more like a completely dried leaf than leather, thin and light, just pulled with his hand, but failed to tear it off, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "What is this?" Thinner and lighter than the sheepskin we made with a special process, do you want me to use this to transform Noah's airship? ”

Lan Xian'er shook her head and smiled: "This thing, we call it paper!" It is made through many complex processes and has nothing to do with your airship! ”

"Paper?" Noah stared at the piece of paper in his hand silently, completely unaware of why Lan Xian'er gave him something, "What's the use of this thing?" What do you want me to do? ”

"What's the use?" Lan Xian'er laughed and said, "This thing can raise the civilization of Middle-earth to a new stage, and the entire Middle-earth world will undergo earth-shaking changes because of the advent of this piece of paper!" ”

"What?" Daniel was not calm, snatched the piece of paper in Noah's hand, looked at it carefully, and found nothing special, and sneered: "Isn't it just a thinner, lighter leather?" ”

"I don't see much use for this piece of paper!" Nicole said puzzled.

Lan Xian'er said: "I'll just give you an example, and you will know the significance of this piece of paper!" All of our books now are scrolls made of parchment, which are heavy and inconvenient to carry, not to mention, and have a peculiar smell, if not processed well, the grease on them will slowly corrode the text. The magic guild also uses this kind of sheepskin scroll for magic, because of the age, the handwriting has disappeared in blur, resulting in the loss of many magical skills in the magical world of Middle-earth, isn't this a loss of civilization? Of course, there are also words written on silk cloth, which is light but expensive, and only the aristocracy can afford it! But have you ever thought that if the text is recorded on this piece of paper, anyone can carry it at will, and anyone can afford to use it, then reading and learning magic will no longer be the patent of the aristocracy, no longer the patent of the rich, but everyone can read and learn! And that's just one of the surprises that paper brings to the world! ”

"You mean, the paper is cheap?" Noah asked, surprised.

"Now the paper in your hand is a priceless treasure, whether it is cheap or not, it depends on whether our General Noah can develop cheap paper!" Lan Xian'er said, "The materials used for papermaking are all over the mountains, bamboo and trees, so the raw materials are cheap!" However, the papermaking process is complex, simplifying the papermaking process, or increasing mass production, can greatly reduce the cost of papermaking! General Noah, it's up to you how to simplify the process, how to make better paper, and how to make paper popular in the world! ”

"But I don't even know how to make this paper!" Noah was surprised and said, "How do you tell me to improve the technology of papermaking technology?" ”

"Didn't I just make this piece of paper?" Lan Xian'er said, "Come and see me! ”

Noah, Daniel, and Nicole looked at each other with curiosity, and followed Blue Fairy to a huge pond.

Lan Xian'er pointed to the pond and said, "I told the dwarves to soak hundreds of bamboos in the pond two months ago, and these bamboos are all over the mountains and fields in the forest country!" Bamboo should not be allowed to grow too old or too tender, and generally the best bamboo is a month after the summer! ”

Lan Xian'er ordered someone to pick up a bamboo, only to see that the bamboo had been soaked into a dark green, and there was a faint unpleasant smell.

Then Lan Xian'er took the three of them to the lime kiln, the quicklime originally burned here was used to extract water for Noah's fire oil raw materials, but Lan Xian'er built a huge hydrated lime pond here, a huge liquid clear water pool, next to the lime pool, a large boiler was also built, the boiler was bubbling with bursts of white gas, and several dwarves were making a fire and boiling something with the boiler,

Lan Xian'er said: "The bamboo that has been soaked in the pond for more than a month has been softened, and then mixed with lime water, put it in the boiler to boil, it needs to be boiled for a few days, and then the bamboo is taken out and put into the clear water pool to be cleaned, and then continue to mix with lime water after cleaning, continue to boil in the boiler, repeat this several times, and then take it out and clean it with clean water!" ”

Daniel, Nicole and Noah were dumbfounded, the first two processes alone took more than two months, and the raw material was still bamboo, and there was not even a shadow of paper at all.

Lan Xian'er continued to lead the three of them to the small river, a huge waterwheel was erected by the river, and three huge stone pestles were connected to the waterwheel, and below each stone pestle was a huge stone mortar, and the bamboo that had been softened and broken after cleaning was placed in the stone mortar, and the waterwheel drove the stone pestle, and repeatedly beat the bamboo in the stone mortar up and down.

The bamboo in the stone mortar was slowly beaten to pieces, and the dwarves added buckets of water to the stone mortar, and then repeatedly let the stone pestle beat it. The bamboos in the mortars were completely beaten into mud and mixed with the water to form a yellowish liquid, and the dwarves scooped the liquid out of the mortar, put it in wooden barrels, and poured it into a tank not far from the waterwheel.

An elderly dwarf was holding a sieve, scooping the liquid into the sieve with a wooden spoon in the sink. The sieve was square, woven from thin bamboo strips. The old dwarf moved very gently, inserting the whole sieve into the liquid, constantly scooping the yellowish liquid into the sieve, and then gently lifted the sieve again, and after careful observation, he shook his head and repeated his sieving action again.

Finally, after a few repetitions, the old dwarf smiled with satisfaction, put the sieve aside, removed the jar from his waist, took a sip, and continued to pick up an empty sieve with great enjoyment, and put himself into his own work again.

The three of them were surprised to find that there was a thin transparent film on the sieve made of fine bamboo. The three of them, who were completely attracted by this process, actually watched the old dwarf sift through it for two or three hours, until a few dwarf craftsmen came over and carried away dozens of sieves that already had film on them, and the three of them followed with Lan Xian'er!

A few dwarven craftsmen also moved the sieves to a clearing, and then turned them upside down on a large flat stone, and the yellowish almost transparent film fell lightly on the boulder, and then one after another the sieves were upside down, and the films were also stacked layer by layer.

Four or five dwarves lifted a flat stone and pressed it against the layers of membranes. Gradually, the film seeped water. When the dwarfs had finished pressing the stones, they all left, leaving only a few people in place.

Noah, who was still unsatisfied, asked Lan Xian'er, "That's it, the paper you said was made?" ”

Lan Xian'er shook her head and said with a smile: "There is still one last process left, which is baking!" ”

Looking at the curious eyes of the three of them, Lan Xian'er pointed to another open space not far away, and said: "There is a human-shaped sandwich road made of bricks, you can make a fire in the sandwich road, after heating the brick wall, remove the fire, and then use a metal clip to gently paste the pressed paper film on the brick wall one by one, rely on the residual heat of the brick wall, dry the paper, and you will get the paper in your hand!" ”

Daniel looked up to the sky and sighed and said: "My God, what kind of heavenly creation is this, what kind of demon is this, to think of such a way, to turn the mountains of bamboo into pieces of paper, pieces of paper that can carry civilization!" ”

"Demons?" Lan Xian'er continued to shake her head and said, "Do you think the demon came up with the solution?" These crafts are the crystallization of the wisdom of all people in a civilization, and they are not something that any demon can imagine out of thin air! In the process of production and life, people continue to discover various laws, and constantly summarize, pass them on by word of mouth, and continue from generation to generation. All the accidents and inevitability will create a demon, and the experience of the previous generations will be comprehensively summarized and repeatedly improved to obtain this complete set of technology! Higg told the Altai master that he would not make anything strange by closing himself in the workshop! In the same way, the real treasure is in the people, and in terms of this process of collecting the labor of several generations and directing the crystallization, any treasure in the world is dwarfed in front of it! ”

Noah gripped the piece of paper tightly in his hand and sighed, "Just this piece of paper, it took many months and several complicated processes!" Although the raw materials are worthless, the hardships and sweat paid are definitely not the cheap things you say, and it seems that there are still many things to be improved! ”

"So, you've got something to do! Our predecessors have passed on the craft to us, can we improve it even more, make the part that our generation should improve, and also pass on our experience to our descendants? Lan Xian'er said, "I originally wanted to wait for you to complete your airship, and then slowly study ways to improve the level of craftsmanship with you, but I didn't expect that Benjamin asked us to provide 20 million gold coins within a month, and tomorrow Daniel and Nicole will go to Madeya City, since you don't want to go, I want to hand over the work here to you, I believe that your talent will definitely be able to discover mysterious secrets in these complex processes and simplify the manufacturing process." Would you like to take over? ”

"You're going to leave this to me?" Noah was surprised and said, "But you've done a good job, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it!" This thing is too great, I'm afraid I can't bear the expectations of my predecessors, I'm afraid I will live up to the expectations of future generations! ”

"Noah, you can do it, in the whole world, even you can't do it, I'm afraid no one can do it!" Lan Xian'er stared at the dwarven craftsmen who were still toiling in the distance, and said, "Yes, I have already done my part, what about you, what about you, are you not willing to bear it?" Unwilling to do something for this great cause, dripping into your sweat? Don't forget, when it comes to the civilization of this dimension, your responsibilities are generally greater than mine! Heroes are everywhere, Noah, if you do this thing, in this heroic era, you will be able to stand out from the crowd, and your name will forever be recorded in history! ”

Noah's hand holding the paper trembled, his eyes were filled with tears, and he said word by word: "Since my sister thinks I can do it, then I can definitely do it!" Compared to those repeater chariots, compared to Noah's airships, this is what I Noah wants to do, to do! I don't want to be a hero, I don't want to flaunt the annals of history, I just want to do what I love to do with peace of mind and dedication! ”

Lan Xian'er nodded and said, "We're leaving tomorrow, if you don't lock yourself in the laboratory, we will be much more relieved!" We are waiting for your good news! ”