Price of Paper

Alexander never knew exactly how the individual paper sheets were bound together to form books, notebooks, and such

And thus his interest was piqued at Azijak's request.

"Then lead the way," Alexander hence agreed to Azijak's invitation and was led to another large shed, located right next to the sheet-forming workshop.

"Please my lord," As they approached it, Azijak stood at the door and gestured for Alexander to enter inside first. to which Alexander complied with a light smile.

Inside Alexander could see the whole operation going on at full speed ahead, as a large team of women, were hard at work.

The first team would take the dried sheets and cut them into appropriate sizes, mostly into A3 and A4 sizes from the original A2, using knives and rulers, and then pass them to the next team.

This team consisted of a group of women sitting facing each other with a row of tables in between.