The development of technology often takes the form of a tree branch. When a key technical difficulty is overcome, many products behind this technical difficulty will naturally develop one by one. In Gao Wen's view, the "arcane transfer cylinder" made by Rebecca and Nicholas eggs is such a key technical difficulty. It seems to be just a core component of a printing machine, but what it solves behind is a key step in transforming traditional illusion magic into industrial printing products.

As long as this critical step is taken, various printing technologies based on the principle of "arcane transfer" will naturally develop.

The only thing that unexpected to Gao Wen was Rebecca's keen "exploration of new things" ability and his wild and unrestrained thinking.

He told Rebecca the concept of fax and network printing. The girl seemed particularly happy. She said a lot of her own ideas and subsequent improvement plans. At the end, she even ran to Gao Wen's desk, grabbed the paper and pen, and drew a lot of sketches to build the magic network fax workflow she imagined, and the miniaturized printing equipment with communication functions that matched it. In fact, Gao Wen felt that this kind of equipment should be called a "printer"... But in the face of the unique working principle of the arcane transfer device, he decided not to worry about this conceptual problem.

"Ancestors, do you think this is feasible?" Rebecca grabbed the sketch he had just drawn and happily ran to Gao Wen. Because he was too impatient, the girl had ink on her face and hands. "I think in addition to machines that can print newspapers in large quantities, places like the Government Affairs Department also need small printing machines for printing documents and other documents. These machines can all be connected..."

Gao Wen looked at Rebecca, looked at the ink that was accidentally stained on her face, and looked at her cheerful dancing and dancing, and couldn't help but remember what Hetty had said.

Although the Cecil family and other nobles did not have close interactions, the trend of comparing each other among aristocrats has always been popular. In the evaluation circle of the Miss Aristocrats in the Southern Region, Rebecca has always been famous for her "clumsy". Her clumsy in etiquette courses are regarded as a typical example of "naturally dull". Her keen on "exploring" in the castle and studying mechanical behavior always makes herself appear dirty in front of everyone, which particularly aggravates others' negative impression of her, the "last generation of the Cecil family"...

Gao Wen's mouth curled up, how could the noble ladies who could only drink tea and grow flowers in the castle slowly, and even take eight steps to touch the scissors, be smarter than his roe deer?

"Sir, why are you laughing at?" Rebecca asked curiously, "Is there any problem with the process I designed?"

"No problem, I believe this set of things will play a big role in the operation of the Government Affairs Department," Gao Wen waved his hand with a smile, "but we still have to do it step by step, first to create a prototype of a large printing machine to solve the bottleneck of newspaper and book printing."

At present, the territory has been implementing general education for more than a year, and the effect is of course obvious. However, with the rapid increase in population and the rapid expansion of territory, the existing general education model will inevitably face challenges, and one of the most important challenges is textbooks.

High-level essays require large batches of cheap, unified and standard textbooks. Only by allowing these textbooks to cover the entire southern border with general education can he successfully eliminate the ignorance and haze that covers the people's heads.

At present, the textbooks used by Cecil General College are still "emergency products" printed in small batches based on traditional craftsmanship. The current teaching scale is already very difficult to deal with. It is necessary to print textbooks that are sufficient to meet the literacy needs of millions or even tens of millions of people in the southern region... Without an industrial printing machine, it would be an impossible task.

That's why Gao Wen attaches so much importance to the printing press project led by Rebecca.

He turned to the Egg General Nicholas: "Nicholas, how long does it take to make the prototype?"

The silver-white ball floating beside it made a confident voice: "At most day and a half, I count the time for debugging and designing the assembly line breakdown diagram. I am 99% sure to succeed at one time because the most critical arcane transfer cylinder has been completed, and the remaining structure is not more difficult for me than pinching a few gears."

"Very good, make a prototype first, the faster the better."

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

Afterwards, he discussed the work of the Institute of Magic Technology and finalized the reward plan for members who made outstanding contributions to the research team, Rebecca left Gao Wen's study with satisfaction holding the sketch she had just drawn.

Humming casual tunes and taking light steps, the heir of the Cecil family walked through the corridor, whether it was humming songs while walking or walking without any dignity, which was not like the orthodox noble lady. However, everyone in this mansion had long been familiar with the lady with this style, and even Hetty, who had always been rigorous, had given up correcting Rebecca's behavior.

As he walked through the corner of the corridor, Rebecca suddenly stopped. She saw the door not far ahead slightly open, and there was a light leaking inside.

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

After pushing the door open, she saw the little maid who followed everyone out of the old territory and who has been following her until now is sitting at the small desk beside the bed, looking at something with her head down with her head focused.

The furnishings in the room are simple. In addition to the necessary beds, tables and chairs, there is only a small wardrobe and two small boxes placed in the corner.

A slightly old pan hung on the wall next to the bed, which looked quite weird, but it was Betty's baby. Now Betty is no longer the lowest-level kitchen maid, so she hangs her most precious pan in the room, and no one can touch it.

Rebecca gently knocked on the door panel next to her, and the sudden sound scared the little maid. The latter raised his head and stood up quickly after seeing Rebecca, but before she bowed, Rebecca interrupted her: "I'm fine, I'm here to see what you're doing."

With that signature expression, Betty raised her hand and pointed to the small desk next to her: "...reading a book."

Rebecca leaned over and took a look curiously, and saw a book called "The Witcher and the Potion Bottle" spread out on the desk. It was a very easy-to-understand reading. Although the title of the book contains the word "Witcher", the actual content is basically a simple short story. She remembers that she also had such a book when she was young, which was one of the earliest enlightenment readings that children of the wealthy class of this era came into contact with.

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

"This is...Mr. Santis lends it to me," Betty explained the origin of the book. "I'm almost finished reading it, and I'll pay it back after reading it."

Rebecca looked at Betty in surprise. At this moment, a little thought suddenly appeared in her mind, which was often released at that time:

Betty is only two years younger than her.

However, this girl, who is only two years younger than her, has just understood the basic words. She has just understood an enlightenment book that she had been tired of reading when she was seven years old, and she read it with relish.

If it weren't for his ancestors' insistence on promoting general education, this little maid would probably have never had the chance to come into contact with this book in her life.

Rebecca blinked. She had never regarded Betty as a "lower person". She got along with everyone in the castle like family, including the lowest servient manure who shoveled horse manure and kitchen maids like Betty. When she was very young, she even pulled Betty and several other little maids of the same age to organize a small castle adventure. They played like sisters.

But why had she never noticed... Betty didn't even have a book.

Rebecca was a little confused. She couldn't understand why she hadn't paid attention to this in her life for more than ten years, but she felt that the reason she noticed today was because the success of the "arcane printing machine" was in sight.

The ancestors once said that when printing presses become popular, the printing era will come, and the monopoly of a few people on knowledge and the ways of disseminating knowledge will be completely broken. By then, even the most ordinary and poor families should have their own books at home.

Industrial printing is an indispensable part of promoting Cecil's "general education" to the entire southern border.

"Betty, do you want books? Your own books."

Betty was a little confused, but she thought about it carefully and nodded vigorously: "Yes."

Rebecca laughed: "I'll give you a few books in a while!"

In fact, she can give Betty a lot of books now, whether it is simple enlightenment books or real magic books, but she feels that those books do not meet her requirements. She wants to wait until the printing press is practical and after the first batch of books made by industrial mass production are printed, she will select the right one from it and give it to Betty. This will make sense.

After hearing Rebecca's words, Betty was confused for a longer time, and then he said blankly: "But books are very expensive..."

"No, books will no longer be so expensive. My ancestors said, knowledge can be precious, but it should not be noble, and it should not be expensive," Rebecca shook her head, noticed Betty's confused eyes, "It's okay, it's okay if you don't understand, you will soon see with your own eyes. From now on, every ordinary person on this land can not only read, not only read newspapers, but also own their own books! Many, many books!"

Betty opened his eyes wide and looked at the "Miss Viscount" in front of him, who could be said to have grown up with her, and after a long time he said: "Miss... this way of speaking is a bit like a master."

Rebecca scratched her hair: "Hey, yeah, I think it's like that."

...

The completion time of the first available industrial printing press was a little earlier than Gao Wen had expected.

The next afternoon, he saw this large machine that was personally processed, assembled and debugged by General Nicholas Egg on the "Mechanical Round Platform" of the Mechanical Research Institute.

Those who came to the Mechanical Institute to inspect the equipment with Gao Wen were Hetty and Rebecca, who was the general manager of the project, as well as the president of the Cecil newspaper and head of the press and publishing department, Godwin Orlando.

The new printing press is like a steel monster crouching on the ground, with long metal grooves extending from front to back. The grooves should be a structure for conveying paper. The crucial "arcane transfer cylinder" can be seen in the center of the machine. It is fixed on a flat plate in the center of the machine by a movable bracket. The outline of the gears and connecting rods can be vaguely seen on the inside of the bracket.

Below the transfer device is a guide groove for the paper to pass through and an ink plate at the bottom.

In addition to these main structures, there is also an "attachment structure" on the side of the printing press that looks like a single machine. At the top of the square, half a person-high metal box, Gao Wen saw the "large palette (keyboard)" mentioned by Rebecca, and the "editor" used to control the projection crystal inside the arcane transfer cylinder. The dazzling dozens of keys are arranged in a fan shape and are installed on an inclined metal panel. On the top of the metal panel, a small projection crystal can also be seen.

That projection crystal should be used for "preview".

Judging from the appearance alone, the complexity of this device is far greater than any magic machine made in the territory before.

If it weren't for knowing the total ability of Nicholas Egg, Gao Wen wouldn't believe that this thing was made in one day.

"Look, I'll say you'll see it soon!" Nicholas Egg said with a strong pride in her tone.

Gao Wen looked at the industrial printing press in front of him in amazement, but what was even more surprised was that the shape of the Nicholas egg was originally a spherical silver-white metal ball, which now looked a bit square.

Although it has not reached the level of edges and angularity, it is indeed a bit square.

"How did you...the shape becomes like this?"

"Oh, I've been tossing this printing machine for a while. I'm fine when I'm tired. Just go back and sleep."

Gao Wen: "…"
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