Only after Bethany finished speaking did Rhaella take out a list and hand it to Danyla.
"Your Highness, this is the inventory of goods seized from the ships belonging to those thieves from Volantis. Please take a look."
"All right, thank you!"
Danyla took the sheets of pale yellow paper Rhaella handed her and examined them carefully.
This pale yellow paper had taken nearly two years of effort to produce, with Danyla guiding the craftsmen in her service.
The paper they first produced had been so rough that it was barely fit for writing, though it worked well as toilet paper or wrapping paper.
That was why toilet paper had already become a common household necessity in Dragonstone Castle and White Sheep Town. Danyla distributed it to everyone as a benefit alongside their wages.
Of course, even toilet paper was subject to Danyla's strict controls, and buying or selling it was still forbidden.
The pale yellow paper suitable for writing had only been developed a few months earlier. Production remained limited, so Danyla had no intention of putting it on the market just yet. Besides, she had longer-term plans for it.
Danyla had Earl Tarth purchase a large number of highly educated enslaved scholars from the slave traders this time because she intended to establish her own Citadel on Holy Flame Island. Her new paper would play a crucial role when the time came.
After all, the significance of this new paper went far beyond reducing the cost of paper. Its true historical importance lay in giving more people the opportunity to acquire knowledge, while allowing that knowledge to spread and develop rapidly.
Throughout history, the introduction and development of paper had played an enormous role in the Western Renaissance and several great cultural explosions.
At present, the Citadel held