Chapter 68 Sinking Sand
The three shopkeepers were all surprised when they heard Yang Luchan's statement:
"magician?"
"Shang Lao is seriously injured?"
"What's going on?"
"Mr. Yang, are you okay?"
The three people asked anxiously.
Yang Luchan waved his hand and said: "My injury will be cured in three to five days if I take some medicine and transfer my energy and blood. Xiao Shang is having some difficulties. Please summon a pharmacist for consultation as soon as possible. At the same time, the case of the demon must be reported to the county." It’s time to go to the government…”
Chen Ku was in the distance and secretly heard half of the words with his fine dog ears.
"magician?"
He originally thought that the conflict would be easily resolved today.
I thought there were bigger things ahead.
Even an expert like Mr. Yang was injured, and even Mr. Shang was seriously injured...
Suddenly, an invisible sense of urgency and depression appeared in my heart.
"Is something big going to happen in Baojiao County?"
…
I have to say that what happened today was just as Huang Muchia said, and it spread quickly in the city.
Beiyang stood up with a stick, and Huang Muxia tried his best to break it, but he couldn't break it.
This is the most popular story material in many martial arts novels.
Of course.
Everyone didn't feel that Huang Muxia lost face because of this.
They are two very different people.
In addition, Beiyang Yang Luchan's martial arts took a step further and became the only two masters of the inner strength realm in the city, which caused a sensation in the whole city.
After all, in martial arts, a slight difference can mean a thousand miles.
Baojiao County has a population of 100,000 households, and now there are only two masters of the fifth level of strength. Huang Muxia will not be ashamed no matter how he loses.
This is exactly the result Huang Muxia wants.
Originally, he knew that Beiyang was in charge of Yaowangtang. Even if he led a crowd to attack, he would not be able to get any benefits. Therefore, during this trip, Chaibao's bow was broken, and he was defeated by Beiyang in the end. No one can say anything bad about him.
That's it for Huang Gun.
…
The largest courtyard in Baojiao County covers an area of dozens of acres, with a pond in the middle and a small pavilion in the center of the pond.
The most powerful and powerful person in the city - Shangguan Yun.
At this time, the silver chopsticks were placed on the exquisite antique dishes. There was a large table of delicacies, only a few chopsticks were moved, and everything else was intact.
Shangguan Yun wiped his mouth with a fine silk handkerchief and put it aside. The fair-faced, well-raised seventh-grade master closed his eyes and listened to the news from Yaowang Hall:
"Ping An Dao... Talisman? Sorcery? Where did this organization come from?"
Sitting across the table, the master followed, followed Shangguan Yun's movements, put the chopsticks next to him, and calmly analyzed:
"Our dynasty was founded by force. It is the most orthodox martial arts dynasty on this land. It hates the mysticism and heresy the most. However, there are still some cultivation ideas from other countries that have spread in an attempt to corrupt the martial arts orthodoxy and preach the law. If it is in the Central Plains If there is such a heresy in the area, it is indeed necessary to send troops to suppress it as soon as possible, but this is the border, the sky is high and the government is far away, how to deal with it is still a matter of words. "
"I heard from Yang Luchan that the group of people were not in good physical condition, but they were able to obtain some kind of magical power by attaching talismans to their bodies. Some of the talismans could even explode, which was more powerful than gunpowder. With Yang Luchan and Monk Yunfang's Even if I have dozens of talismans thrown at me at once... I am helpless."
Shangguan Yun's eyes fluctuated slightly:
"It sounds like something that can be mass-produced? But I don't know how powerful it is compared to the divine crossbows of our Baojiao City Guards?"
The divine crossbow, the standard weapon of the Daji Dynasty, is not allowed to be forged privately by the people. If you catch it, it will be tantamount to rebellion, and everyone will be executed.
This is because the most common divine crossbow can reach 200 feet away and break through armor.
Even among the Baojiao County Guards, there are only twenty of them. If launched at the same time, no martial artist in Baojiao County can withstand the power. Even Shangguan Yun, who is known as the invincible in the city, cannot guarantee that he will face the two. He can survive if the crossbows of divine power are launched at him at the same time.
But now, although the effect caused by this talisman is less powerful than the divine crossbow, it seems easier to create.
Seeing Shangguan Yun's expression, the master casually guessed what the master was thinking and said:
"Perhaps we will know when the Golden Hammer Grandmaster arrives next spring."
"Then we'll suppress the rebellion next year. There's no rush."
…
Except for Chen Ku who overheard a few words, no other apprentices knew about Shang Yunfang's serious injury, and Chen Ku did not dare to take the initiative to ask...
Just looking at Ke Yansheng's face in the next few days was very heavy.
I can only keep guessing in my heart:
"No way. As the largest pharmacy in the city, Yaowangtang can still save its own master?"
But he could only guess based on Ke Yansheng's expression and emotions.
Two or three days later.
He saw that Master Ke's expression seemed to be more relaxed, and he felt relieved, which proved that Master Shang Yunfang's condition should be stable.
It's normal for Chen to be concerned about this matter. After all, there are three large courtyards in Yaowangtang. If Tu Jieyuan loses Shang Yunfang as its backbone, his life will not be easy.
After no more worries and anxieties in this regard.
Chen Ku then moved the center of his thoughts back to himself.
"Last night, the dog came back empty-handed, but the memory it sent back showed that in the past ten days, it had indeed smelled a bait rat's nest, which contained at least seven or eight bait rats. Next, we just need to let the dog wait in that nest, and there is no need to patrol the mountain.
Seven or eight... let's say eight.
If we can bring them all back, it will be a huge asset worth two or three thousand taels, whether it is sold, used as a sacrifice to the Transformation Map, or used to buy a house in the inner city, or even open a shop, it is enough..."
Chen Ku walked out of the Medicine King Hall:
"Now let's go and ask about the origin and price of the black sand."
How much does it cost to buy 10,000 kilograms of black sand?
Not long after, they arrived at a medium-sized blacksmith shop in the outer city.
Salt and iron are important assets, but if approved by the government, you will be qualified to open a mine, but this definitely requires a relationship with the court. Only with the court's approval can you buy hills, land, rivers and other court lands to mine and smelt.
And because iron has too much meaning behind it.
Therefore, Chai Tiepu is the only one that cannot monopolize the "iron" business.
Otherwise, if Chai Tiepu rebels, it will be terrible.
Therefore, in order to balance, while Chai Tiepu has the right to smelt iron, there are many private mines and caves inside and outside the city, but more resources are actually controlled by official kilns and mines.
"You want to buy Wuchensha? Yes, how much do you want?"
The sign of this iron shop is not under Chai Tiepu, but opened by a man named "Liu Mazi". He has a small mine in Huifeng Village, Baojiao County, so this shop is called Liu Mazi Iron Shop.
Don't make iron, just sell iron materials.
"What's the price of Wuchensha?"
Chen Ku only knew that there was Wuchensha in his iron stick, but he didn't know the specific price.
The clerk who entertained him took him directly to the chaotic backyard and pointed to a stone trough with gravel about the size of an inverted bay:
"This bowl-sized one is 500 jin. According to experts, one jin of Wuchensha costs three qian of silver. Here, 500 jin is 150 taels of silver... If you want all of it, I'll give you a discount, 140 taels of silver..."
So a bowl-sized one actually has 500 jin, which is exactly the characteristic of Wuchensha. The word "sinking" explains everything.
After Chen Ku heard the price of Wuchensha, his heart trembled.
So, 10,000 jin of Wuchensha can only be bought with 3,000 taels of silver.
"So expensive?" Chen Ku looked at the clerk.
The man said, "Black sand is a good material for making weapons. It was washed down from the Tielao Mountain thousands of years ago by the Longjiang River after the crust changed, and the heavy iron sand was deposited under the Longjiang River. Later, the Longjiang River changed its course in the Yuan Dynasty and stopped washing. So now we can only wash out a little black sand from the mud of the Longjiang River. In addition, the black sand that has accumulated in some places has long become sand mines and has been divided away. Those waters have owners. Our 500 kilograms of black sand are also traded. If you think it's too expensive and you want too little, why don't you take a sieve and go to the river beach to dig it out yourself and see if you can wash out one kilogram a year?" Chen Ku turned around and walked out without saying anything. "Dig it yourself?" If you want to dig it yourself, then dig it yourself... Isn't it just going into the water to look for minerals? What's the difference between going into the mountains to collect herbs? Although he himself does not have the talent to find sand mines, there are animals under the water. He still has a crocodile.
