The quality of these papers may not be high in the eyes of the archmages, but such a novel form of dissemination directly broke the original closed teaching structure of the Kingdom of Karen. On the back of the journal, there was a note saying "All mages are welcome to submit their papers". At the same time, it also said that as long as the mages were willing to share their research results, Elsen City would provide points as rewards, and they could use the points to exchange for various magic items such as rechargeable crystals.
This time, the magic circle in the Kingdom of Karen was in an uproar. Countless people gnashed their teeth and cursed Elsen City's behavior!
Because at this time, the dissemination of magic knowledge was still in the stage of "self-preservation", there was not much communication between the various academies. The truly cutting-edge things were all hidden, and it was impossible to form a healthy academic atmosphere. However, the emergence of "Magic" broke this pattern with an external force.
Crohn and the other archmages were very hesitant about this, but after a group meeting and discussion, they all understood a fact: if the academic atmosphere did not change from closed to open, the gap between the Kingdom of Karen and Lassman's fingertips would only widen.
It was not too late to mend the pen after the sheep was lost. Several archmages submitted their papers one after another, which even alarmed Charles II. Although the latter expressed his dissatisfaction with these strange things, he did not realize what kind of changes this nationwide dissemination of knowledge would bring in the future.
Because in the eyes of most people, Elsen City's current behavior was simply "doing good" without asking for anything in return.
However, when the nobles found out that the "newspaper" began to charge fees, they faintly felt that something was wrong.
This paper, which was lighter and easier to sort than parchment, made a very favourable impression upon them, for there were so many uses for it - for copying books, for conveying letters, or for music, plays, or books of account, and all that had to do with writing, could be dispensed from the costly use of parchment. However, when they tried to buy "paper" in the market, they found that this thing was only sold by the trading firm of Paar.
This once unknown trading firm had now expanded into a considerable sales network, and at the same time, the tentacles of the "Elsen Central Intelligence Agency" had also spread.
The previously redundant way of transmitting information was abolished, and in its place, groups of intelligence personnel who had been re-screened and trained were specially responsible for the transmission of information. The nobles, who were completely unaware of this, had no choice but to allow the exclusive sales rights of the "Paar Region" trading company to take root in various places due to their increasing need for "paper." This allowed the originally hard-to-reach sales network to rapidly expand into the hinterlands of the kingdom that had never been reached before …
Every territory in Paar had its own "president", who was in charge of the business owners in each town. The "president" was under the command of the "district presidents" of the five major districts in the kingdom. The district presidents' direct superior was the mayor of Elsen City. When the mayor was not around, Camilla, the guardian, would take over the management.
The CIA Elsen adopted a similar structure, independent of any other department.
A piece of paper was about 100 A3 sheets, and the production cost in Elsen was only 30 copper coins. But after including the transportation and manpower, the cost of transporting the paper to the other side of the kingdom rose to an average of three silver coins. Even so, the low-grade toilet paper, which had been priced at 20 silver coins, was quickly sold out. The market was in short supply, causing the paper price to soar to 45 silver coins in just a few days. Even at such a high price, the cost of a piece of paper was more than 60% lower than the cost of "parchment" of the same size.
Therefore, Eiffta's paper mill was not making paper, but gold coins.
This behavior of not forgetting to expand the export in the face of war made Charles II feel unreasonable. He angrily rebuked the nobles in the parliament, demanding that they immediately expel the trading firm of Paar Region. But when he went to the toilet in private, he still secretly found a dozen pieces of toilet paper for the royal members to wipe their butts comfortably …
Even the emperor was reluctant to admit it, let alone the nobles. On the surface, it seemed that they had closed the trading firm of Paar Region, but in fact, they just let them continue to operate under a different brand. They turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it. So Charles II's order became a piece of paper, and Eiffta continued to make money like crazy.
In this era, the speed of transportation of goods was not considered fast, because most of the circulation of goods depended on individual merchants. It depended on the merchants' willingness to sell what they wanted to sell. But this problem was completely solved in the current Eiffta. With the support of the cabinet, the "Paar Region Trading Firm" now had a transportation network that no other trading firm in the Kingdom of Karen combined could match. The fleet used for transportation added up to more than 3,000 people, and there were nearly 1,200 transport vehicles on the road, and the number was constantly increasing.
Monopolizing the trade of "paper", which transcended the era, not only brought Eiffta an unimaginable income of gold coins, but also sold more unsalable goods at a higher profit to the kingdom that had previously tried to block the trade through the network of shops.
The efficiency of a regime with a high degree of centralization of power in such matters was unimaginable for a feudal lord or king in his lifetime.
As Duke, Sally had never thought that Eiffta, who had spent a lot of money on the war and almost had to tighten his belt for the end of the year, would become so profitable in the blink of an eye. The daily reports from the finance minister made her feel surreal. But after the excitement and excitement, she also felt a little down.
Because Sally felt that the gap between her and Roddy was getting bigger and bigger. The little border scout had now become someone she could only look up to. This made her feel very complicated. But after the complicated feelings, she understood that she could not catch up to Roddy in terms of strength. Being able to completely protect the territory as Duke was her only wish now.
Not long after this thought appeared in her mind, the butler suddenly knocked on the door with a letter in his hand. "It's an urgent letter from the Prime Minister. It's specially sent by … uh, that big bird called 'Kelda Duck'."
Sally quickly took the letter and read it. She found that the handwriting of the letter was messy. It should have been written in a hurry. The content made her frown even more. "Viper Cross … actually wants to take the risk?"
She had already experienced the madness of the heretics. But what surprised her more was the preparation Roddy asked her to do. As the serving priest of the "Rose Cross", she had never thought that she would have to do such a thing …
"Many people will die …"
But thinking of the signal that Eiffta Abbey sent after Roddy's visit, Sally also understood that she had to make this decision.
In her position, she had to plan. If it was only the priest of the Rose Cross, Sally would definitely not agree to this plan. But as "Eiffta" Duke, this was the best solution. When the centralized Eiffta saw the "Rose Cross" as a hidden danger, how could the "Rose Cross" not see Eiffta in the same way?
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