king of ros

Chapter 253 External Market
Facing the question of Rostislav, Ilarion said almost subconsciously:

"Just go to Novgorod and Kyiv to buy them. I have some ways to buy them in large quantities."

As the former metropolitan of Ross, even after being away from Kyiv for so long, he has extremely strong ties here, and these ties can help them gain many things.

"The markets in Ilarion, Novgorod and Kyiv are probably not enough. They all use a lot of paper internally. This will not last long, and it is impossible for us to hand over the technology like this."

Luca found something wrong in Ilarion's words. Through his methods, he could indeed get a lot of parchment, but it would not last long. Kyiv and Novgorod also had a strong demand for parchment. what.

Moreover, Luka's words also touched on a point. It is impossible for Rostislav to just hand over the technology of movable type printing in exchange for the supply of paper, otherwise he would not conduct research in such a secret way.

In this small workshop in Rostislav, the people are selected families who are absolutely loyal to the prince. Their families have also moved into the Red City, and there are still a large number of guards here at all times. It can be seen that Rostislav has reserved this technology. Heart.

Luca knew very well what his student was thinking, and he definitely wanted to make a fortune selling Bibles and books. Now that he has this technology in this regard, it can be said that he can do a lot.

"I forgot about that. I'm not the metropolitan now, and the form of the church has changed a lot... Then I can only go to the imperial capital... Sigh, that's the only place where you can place large orders without any scruples."

Illy Leon also noticed the inappropriateness of the plan he proposed. He hadn't been so excited for so many years, but was immediately denied by reality, which made the old man a little depressed.

But soon he came up with an alternative, that is to go to the imperial capital to buy, there is no shortage of these things in the imperial capital.

"Buy it in the imperial capital... This is indeed a good way. It seems that I have to tell the stewards in Kyiv to pay attention to buying parchment paper next time when I go to the imperial capital, and let them buy all the paper on the market within the limits of funds. I’m done, and I’ll also buy the other kind of paper made from miscellaneous things, as much as I can buy.”

The kind of paper that Rostislav said was made from sundries was actually the paper made by the papermaking technology of this era—yes, the Eastern Empire had papermaking technology, and it had been there for many years.

It's a pity that even with papermaking technology, this kind of paper is not very cheap, and the price reaches one-third of parchment paper, but it is a kind of cheap paper after all, and there are many quantities that can be bought.

Regarding papermaking, Rostislav actually thought about doing it himself, but in the end he got nothing because he really didn't know how to make paper.

The imperial capital does have papermaking skills, but after thinking about the cost, he decided to give up.

The reason for giving up is very simple. First of all, buying technology requires a lot of capital investment, and it is not necessarily available.

Then, after obtaining this technology, Rostislav had to find various materials for production from scratch, and it was unclear where the cost would go.

Considering that he is using money everywhere now, and there will be a big expedition in the future, the money must be kept, so now he can only enrich the paper by buying.

Both Luka and Hilarion nodded in agreement with Rostislav's decision.

"Master Ilarion, please mobilize your relationship in the church now and collect a batch of parchment for us as much as possible. No matter what, this machine must start working after it is finished. Let's talk about it for a while."

"I will arrange it as soon as I return to the monastery, and things will arrive in a week or two at most."

For Rostislav's request, Hilarion agreed, which was not a problem for him.

"By the way, there is one last thing, two adults, do you know the attitude of the imperial capital towards believers owning the Bible?"

At the end, Rostislav asked the key question, which is also the question he cares most about, whether believers can have the Bible.

Rostislav saw the vast market behind the Bible. I don’t know how many people and villages will buy this Christian classic. It’s all money.

But if the resistance from the Orthodox Church is very strong, then he feels a little difficult to handle, because he intends to sell these Bibles to Constantinople, which is the largest market for Bibles, so he also ordered to make I got a set of Greek type.

The reason for this worry is that Rostislav knew that hundreds of years later, the Catholic Church would cause a lot of troubles in order to understand whether believers could have the Bible or not.

On the side of the Orthodox Church, he had no idea what was going on, so he asked such a question.

"Don't worry at all. Didn't Constantinople agree to such a trifling thing as the Metropolitan? Even if Constantinople has any opinions, it will compromise when you see your identity as a Ross."

Ilarion replied disdainfully, his words were full of great dissatisfaction with the power of the three-point metropolitan in the imperial capital. After all, he was a former metropolitan. The blow to church authority is clearest.

When he heard the news, Ilarion only hated himself for not being able to influence any major events in the church now. Although he knew that Yaroslav's sons would definitely do something to strengthen their authority in the church, he didn't expect that It's such a bad job.

"Yes, Constantinople will hold back any opinions."

Bishop Luca also echoed Ilarion's words, and his tone was full of disdain for the imperial capital. What are these people doing? The three-point metropolitan has nothing but a blow to the authority of the Ross Church. get.

Having obtained guarantees from the two highest religious authorities in Northeast Ross, Rostislav finally felt relieved. Since the Orthodox Church could not have any opinions, he could just do it without worry.

And then, Rostislav looked at the printing machine, but a different idea appeared in his mind. He felt that using this could satisfy his selfishness. After all, Rostislav wanted to be famous in the world in the name of literary history. leave traces.

Although "The Pioneer of the Forest Queen" is still being written, and the plot of the novel is still being conceived, "The Biography of Yaroslav" is ready to be printed. At that time, a few copies will be printed and given away. When the gap in the Bible is filled, it will be published. Great print.

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(End of this chapter)