Chapter 450： The prelude of the printing era (1/2)

The development of technology often presents a tree-like form. When a key technical difficulty is broken, many products behind this technical difficulty will develop one after another in a logical way. In Gao Wen’s view, Rebecca and Nicholas The "Arcane Transfer Cartridge" made by the egg is such a key technical difficulty. It seems to be only a core component of the printing press, but what is solved behind it is a key step in transforming traditional illusion magic into industrial printing products. .

As long as this key step goes out, the various printing techniques based on the principle of "Arcane Transfer" will develop naturally.

The only thing that is unpredictable is Rebecca’s keen “knowledge of new things” and unconstrained thinking.

He told Rebecca about the concept of fax and network printing. The girl was very happy. She said a lot of her own ideas and follow-up improvement plans. In the end, she even went to Gao Wen’s desk. Grab the pen and draw a lot of sketches to build her imaginary Magic Web fax workflow, and a matching miniaturized printing device with communication capabilities. In fact, Gao Wen thinks that this kind of equipment should be called "printer"...but in the face of the strange working principle of the arcane transfer device, he decided not to entangle this conceptual problem.

"Ancestral adult ancestors, do you think this is feasible?" Rebecca grabbed the sketch he had just drawn and happily ran to Gao Wen. Because the painting was too urgent, the girl’s face was covered with ink. "I think that in addition to machines that can print newspapers in large quantities, places like the Office of Government also need small printing machines for printing documents. These machines can all be connected together..."

Gao Wen looked at Rebecca, looked at the ink that was accidentally contaminated on her face, and looked at her like a happy dance, couldn't help but think of what Herty had said.

Although the relationship between the Cecil family and other nobles is not close, the winds of comparison between the nobles have always been popular, and in the circle of nominations of the nobles in the South, Rebecca has always been known as "clumsy", she is at etiquette. The clumsyness of the course is regarded as a typical example of “natural dullness”, and her enthusiasm for “exploration” in the castle and the study of mechanical behavior always make herself dirty in front of everyone, which especially exacerbates others. The negative impression of this "the late family of Cecil"...

Gao Wen’s mouth is tilted up. Those who can only slowly drink tea and flowers in the castle. How can a noble lady who needs eight steps to touch the scissors be smarter than his nephew?

“What do you laugh at the ancestors?” Rebecca asked curiously. “Is there a problem with the process I designed?”

"No problem, I believe this set of things will play a big role in the operation of the Office of Government Affairs," Gao Wen said with a smile. "But we still have to step by step, first to make a prototype of a large printing press to solve The bottleneck of newspapers and books printing."

At present, the implementation of general education in the territory has been more than a year, and the effect is obviously obvious. However, with the rapid increase of population and the rapid expansion of the territory, the existing general education model will also face challenges, and one of the most important challenges. It is the textbook.

Gao Wen needs a large number of cheap, uniform standard textbooks. Only by letting these textbooks cover the entire South with the general education, can he smoothly remove the obscurity that hangs over the people.

At present, the textbooks used by Cecil General College are still relying on traditional craftsmanship to produce “emergency goods” in small batches. The scale of the current teaching has been stretched, and it has to be printed enough to meet the entire south of the millions or even thousands. The textbooks needed for literacy for 10,000 people... If there is no industrial printing press, it will be an impossible task.

Therefore, Gao Wen will pay so much attention to the press project led by Rebecca.

He turned to Nicholas Eggs: "Nicholas, how long does it take to make a prototype?"

The silver-white ball floating next to it gives a confident voice: "Up to one day and a half counts the time to debug and design the assembly line. I have a ninety-nine-one grasp of success, because the most critical arcane transfer cylinder has been fixed. The rest of the structure is no more difficult for me than pinching a few gears."

“Very good, make a prototype first, the sooner the better.”

The silver-white ball floated up and down slightly: "You will see it soon."

Later, after discussing the work of the Institute of Magical Technology and finalizing the rewards for the members who made outstanding contributions to the research team, Rebecca left the Gaowen study with satisfaction with the sketch she had just drawn.

Taking a casual little tune and taking a brisk pace, the successor of the Cecil family walked through the corridors, whether it was walking and singing, or there was no dignified way of walking. These are not like orthodox. Miss aristocrats did, but everyone in this mansion has long been familiar with the style of the big lady, even the rigorous Heti, has now given up to correct Rebecca's manners.

As she walked across the corner of the corridor, Rebecca suddenly stopped and she saw the door not far from the front slightly open, with lights leaking out.

She recognized that it was Betty's room and walked briskly to see what Betty was doing.

After the door was opened, she saw that the little maid who had escaped from the old territory and followed her to the present was sitting next to the small desk by the bed, looking down at her head and looking at something.

The furnishings in the room are simple, except for the necessary bed tables and chairs, there is only a small closet and two small boxes in the corner.

A slightly old pan hanging on the wall next to the bed looks a bit weird, but it is Betty's baby. Now Betty is no longer the lowest-level kitchen maid, so she puts her most precious pan. Hanging in the room, no one can touch it.

Rebecca tapped on the door panel next to it, and the sudden sound made the little maid startled. The latter looked up and quickly stood up after seeing Rebecca, but Rebecca interrupted her before she was jealous. Her: "I am fine, I am here to see what you are doing."

Betty with the expression of a dull expression, raised his finger to the small desk next to it~www.novelhall.com~ Rebecca curiously took a look and saw a "Witch and Potion Bottle" Spread out on the desk, this is a very easy-to-read book. Although the title of the book carries the word "sorcerer", the actual content is basically a simple story. She remembers that when she was young, she also Such a book, this is one of the earliest enlightenment books that the children of the wealthy class of this era first contacted.

The book is very old, and it has obviously been read many times. The writing in some places has been slightly blurred, and the edges of the paper are also very worn, but it can be seen that it has been carefully treated and preserved.

"This is... Mr. Santis lends it to me," Betty explained the origins of the book. "I'm going to finish it, I will return it after reading."

Rebecca looked at Betty with amazement. At this moment, she suddenly had a feeling in her mind when she was in the state of flying:

Betty is only two years younger than her.

However, this girl who is only two years younger than her, but now she has just learned the basic words, she just can understand an enlightenment book that she has already turned over when she was seven years old, and she is very interested.