This chapter is an extra update in thanks for "Little Rui's Kitchen"'s ten-thousand-coin reward.
Tofu had already been successfully developed.
After savoring a splendid tofu banquet, he decided to devote his spare time over the coming period to another important research project.
White paper!
He had had enough of Parchment being expensive, poor in quality, foul-smelling, and so thick that little could be written on it. A thick book might contain only a few tens of thousands of words; even a hefty volume could not hold more than one or two hundred thousand words. Thus, although the bookshelves in his study seemed crammed with books, there was actually not much content in them.
"Although the territory already has a Parchment workshop, white paper is the most suitable writing material." Liszt went to Port Town to inspect the Parchment workshop.
The Parchment workshop had three papermakers. The earliest was Lavagne, a craftsman recruited from Mane City on Iron Hoof Island. The other two had later been recruited from the Eagle Kingdom.
Inside the workshop, Lavagne continuously introduced Liszt to the production of Parchment—one could tell from its name that Parchment was paper made from animal hides. After animal leather was shredded, specially stirred, and mixed with an additive called "Gray Porpoise Glue," it could solidify into paper.
Gray Porpoise Glue was the subcutaneous fat of a creature called the Gray Porpoise Beast. Gray Porpoise Beasts were numerous across the continent, but within the Sapphire Grand Duchy, they were found only on Blue Dragon Island and Iron Hoof Island. These little beasts favored broad plains and could not be domesticated.
As a result, Gray Porpoise Glue was extremely valuable.
This made Parchment very expensive as well; anyone but nobles could scarcely afford to use it.
"I already understand how Parchment is