The Strange Count Edmund

"That's interesting!"

Victor closed his eyes and carefully recalled the scene.

He led the visiting nobles to the paper mill, where the workers were busily and methodically operating various tools and materials to produce a new type of paper never seen before.

Seeing all this, most of the nobles showed their appreciation and congratulated and praised Victor.

However, only Count Edmund stood quietly to the side, his Count fixed on the papers rolling on the production line, seemingly pondering some important matter.

Victor noticed Count Edmund's reaction but didn't think much of it.

He figured the Count might simply not like this new thing or had other ideas of his own.

Finally, after concluding the tour, Victor waved his hand and led his large group away in a grand procession.

For him, the event was a complete success. Whether anyone was willing to buy the paper was not his concern. After all, the paper mill was still in the trial production stage, many technical problems had not yet been solved, and the production cost was relatively high. Compared with Papyrus Paper, which was already widely available on the market, it did not have much of an advantage.

Moreover, as a newly launched product, whether it will be accepted by the market is still unknown.

Therefore, Victor secretly figured that these nobles would at most buy some as gifts for their relatives and friends out of politeness.

As Victor had predicted, things unfolded exactly as expected. Compared to popular commodities like flour production equipment, White Sugar, and wool, most nobles seemed uninterested in paper, showing little interest, and Victor paid it little further attention afterward.

As for the paper produced by the paper mill, Victor had his own unique plans.

He decided to buy up all the paper products and hand them over to the territory government for unified procurement.

In this way, the special funds can not only cover the paper mill's production costs, but also have the capacity to promote technological innovation and process optimization.

In fact, Victor had already revealed his knowledge of various papermaking equipment to the research institute and the Machine Factory long before.

Based on the current progress, it is expected that the first batch of key equipment will be put into use in the second half of this year, including pulpers, digesters, disc mills, dryers, and paper winding machines, etc.

Once these devices are officially operational, the entire paper mill will achieve a qualitative leap—transforming from a traditional small workshop into a paper factory that meets modern industrial standards!

At that time, not only is production capacity expected to increase significantly, but manufacturing costs are also very likely to drop to between 10% and 20% of the original cost. That will be the time for the new type of paper from the Two Rivers Territory to truly shine!

"I never expected to receive such an order at the last minute. I doubt I have any personal dealings with Count Edmund!"

This batch of paper wasn't cheap to begin with, and Count Edmund bought almost a year's worth of production. At the current price per unit, it's worth at least two thousand gold. Surely not all the nobles in the Raine Kingdom are so rich they're burning their brains!

Victor pondered for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution. Since he would be traveling to the Raine Kingdom in August anyway, Victor planned to have a proper talk with Count Edmund then.

Victor glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "It's getting late, time to get some rest!"

After saying that, Victor tidied up the documents on the table and left the room alone.