Ji Chan watched as Ding Chuan led people to bring in a bunch of strange utensils, some like bowls, some like lamps, some like pipes, etc. They were basically made of glass.
"Are these decorations?" He had seen glass decorations in the palace.
"Haha, I'm not fit to live that kind of luxurious life right now." Ding Kui picked up a bottle, took the firebrand from Ding Chuan and lit it.
"What a lamp. Well, it smells like wine." Ji Chan leaned over and took a whiff, "What's in it? Just like water, there is no oily smoke when lighting a fire."
Ding Kui placed the lamp on the table, then unscrewed a large bottle, poured out a small half bottle of transparent liquid, connected it with a copper basin, then lit a small wooden stick and threw it into the copper basin. Boom, a fierce flame rose from the copper basin.
rise.
Ji Chan's eyes lit up and he shouted: "Okay! What a fire potion!"
As a fire magician, how could you not be excited to see such a flammable liquid!
"This is the latest thing I developed. Because it smells like alcohol, it is called alcohol. It is an extremely flammable and volatile liquid. It has many uses and can be used by any family." Ding Kui spared no effort.
Promote alcohol.
He hasn't introduced alcohol to He Lianyu yet because he doesn't want to put all his eggs in the same basket. If the Siren Emperor turns against him, his financial resources will be reduced by more than half.
"Okay, okay! Is it alcohol? It will definitely become an item that fire magicians chase. I want as much as you have!" Ji Chan immediately mobilized his mental power to sense alcohol and flames.
Very few magicians use their mental power to observe wine. High-purity alcohol has just appeared in this world, and no one has seen it except those around Ding Kui. Ji Chan, who is a famous teacher, is no exception.
Observing alcohol gave him a new understanding of the elemental world.
"I have a lot, you can't use them all. These are people's livelihood supplies..." Ding Kui explained the uses of alcohol in detail, focusing on disinfection and sterilization.
The disinfection methods in the Shenyuan world are very backward and very advanced. They are basically performed by water magicians. Folk doctors also use herbal medicine, but the effect is not very obvious. The upper class people all use magicians to disinfect and heal injuries.
"So effective?" Ji Chan didn't know much about medicine.
"Haha, just ask your sister-in-law to find out. She will definitely be able to tell." Ding Kui smiled slightly and could understand Ji Chan's thoughts.
There is no concept of microorganisms and bacteria in this world, so it is difficult to explain some of the wonderful functions of alcohol.
"You mean ordinary people can also use alcohol? It can be sold to all families in the Guyuan Empire?" What Ji Chan said before contacting Ding Kui.
"Yes! That's what it means. To put it simply, if 100 million families buy one kilogram of alcohol, it will be one million gold coins. If they buy it ten times a year, it will be ten million gold coins. How many businesses have a transaction volume of ten million a year?
gold?"
Ding Kui's words are very tempting, and tens of millions of gold coins are quite a lot, which is enough to make Nanping Demon Prince Ji Chan's heart flutter.
Alcohol is a consumable item and you have to buy it again after you use it up. This is a long-term business. Another key point is that there is no such thing elsewhere. At present, there are no competitors.
Ji Chan shook his hand, and two large glass bottles filled with alcohol were missing from the floor, and said: "This business cannot be done by the Lu Chamber of Commerce. I will arrange for a general manager to come to you to buy it, and I can just bring a group of war horses over, and then fill it up."
To transport alcohol back, you can make at least four or five trips a year."
He calculated excitedly and found that there was a very considerable profit.
"Hahaha, brother's business acumen is not bad either." Ding Kui felt relieved and placed a huge foreign trade order.
"You can sell to other countries but you must not sell to the Tongbei Empire! Well, the Lu Kingdom cannot sell too much, the quantity must be stuck." Ji Chan began to plan his business blueprint.
"You are my eldest brother, you have the final say!" Ding Kui agreed readily.
The production of alcohol is also limited, and he has to take into account the domestic market. Only a small amount can be supplied to foreign countries.
"If my dear brother is dedicated to doing business, he will be able to rival the Lu State. In the future, the Ding Chamber of Commerce will definitely be bigger than the Lu Chamber of Commerce." Ji Chan was so impressed that he fell into admiration.
"Let's go, I'll show you around." Ding Kui walked out of the hall, jumped into the air with a lifelong leap, and a fighting spirit dragon grew out of his feet.
Ji Chan didn't make any move, his body floated up and shot up into the sky like a big bird.
The two of them flew over Giant Sheep City and looked down at this new type of city together.
Ding Kui waved to Hua Juan in the garden below, gesturing for her to fly up too.
"Sister-in-law, go quickly, I'll prepare a dinner for you." Shao Dianluan let go of Hua Juan's hand.
Although she envied flying in the air, she couldn't fly due to her strength limitations, so she could only watch the masters show off in the sky. Hua Juan apologized to her, and then flew up to the sky to meet Ding Kui.
"Is it okay to leave my siblings like this?" Hua Juan said as she waved her hand, and a cloud of mist enveloped the three of them.
A magician can fly without alerting ordinary people. Hua Juan seems to have received orthodox magic education and knows how to restrain her whereabouts.
"It's okay. This will stimulate her desire to practice. If she wants to fly, she should quickly become a Dominant Knight."
Humph! Isn’t it amazing? When I advance to the master level, I will show it to you every day.
Sure enough, what Shaodian Luan below thought was pretty much what Ding Kui expected.
It is much easier for Ding Kui to receive guests who can fly. He can have a panoramic view of the whole city from the lord's mansion. Some confidential places are far away from the city, such as the shipyard, which cannot be seen.
The dock area, market area, warehouse area, industrial area, etc., the more important areas of Juyang City are clearly distinguished and can be seen clearly in the sky.
The alcohol factory is located on the outskirts of the county and is still under construction. Ji Chan didn't find anything he wanted to see in the industrial zone.
"The large-scale production of alcohol will be a few months away, so we can't see it now." Ding Kui had no intention of letting guests visit the alcohol refining array.
"What's over there?" Ji Chan pointed to a row of smoking factories in the distance.
"Cement factory."
"Cement?" Hua Juan was interested in words with water in them.
"Well, something similar to magic mud can build solid buildings." Ding Kui tried his best to use words that a magician could understand.
Hua Juan continued to ask: "Is it as strong as a magic tower?"
"Of course not, but there is a special construction method that can resist low-level magic attacks and is stronger than ordinary city walls."
"Really?" Ji Chan didn't quite believe it.
Fire magicians advocate offense and look down on defense.
"Go and have a look!" Ding Kui took the lead and flew to the cement factory.
There was an open space outside the cement factory. A low wall was built in the middle of the open space. It was about one person tall and one meter thick. It was a reinforced concrete wall. Ding Kui specially arranged for craftsmen to build it.
He brought Ji Chan and Hua Juan here, pointed at the low wall and said, "Use low-level magic to blast it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Chan raised his hand and released a fireball, which was twice as big as the ordinary fireball technique.
Ping, the low wall remains motionless.
The three people came forward to take a look, and found only a shallow pit the size of a fist on the wall, about three or four copper plates deep.
"Hoo! Is this a whole rock?" Ji Chan's eyes widened.
The forbidden magician's fireball technique. If the robed magician shoots a fireball, there won't even be a trap.
Of course, Ji Chan did not use all his strength. If he spent more energy, the magic power could increase the temperature and speed of the fireball, and the destructive power would be doubled.
"Let me try." Hua Juan asked Ji Chan and Ding Kui to retreat.
She took out her magic wand and cast a spell, shooting an ice arrow bigger than a knight's spear, which made Ding Kui's eyelids jump.
Holy shit, this is the rhythm of tearing down walls!
Poof, the ice arrow cracked when it hit the low wall. The broken ice cubes did not splash away. Instead, they all stuck to the surface of the low wall as if they were absorbed. As a result, the low wall was wrapped in huge ice cubes and frozen inside.
Hua Juan glanced at Ji Chan, who understood what he meant, and then shot a fireball, hitting the center of the ice.
Bang, bang, bang.
The ice cubes were shattered and scattered on the ground.
Damn it, hell, it's both ice and fire! Who can bear it if it hits someone?
Ding Kui was frightened by the couple's joint attack.
From extreme cold to blazing heat, two completely opposite extreme attacks are superimposed. The destructive power is not as simple as one plus one, but one plus zero!
The three people focused their eyes on the low wall together, and saw cracks all over the wall. Under the combined attack of the Water and Fire Forbidden Laws, the reinforced concrete could not withstand it. The entire wall cracked into countless pieces, but with the steel bars pulling on it, the low wall did not stop.
Did not fall.
"Wow! I can't hit him like this with all my strength." Ding Kui ran forward, grabbed some cement blocks, and checked the steel bars inside.
With the protection of concrete, the steel bars did not break or deform in some places, which did not affect the main structure.
Ji Chan and Hua Juan looked at each other with shocked eyes. They jointly attacked a low wall, but they didn't knock it down. Such a strong building could only be compared to the magic tower.
Bang, Ji Chan slapped the low wall hard and knocked down some cement blocks. "It really can't be pushed down. The wall should have collapsed long ago." He verified his idea.
"It's only one meter thick." Hua Juan didn't try it because she didn't have enough strength.
"Hahaha!" Ding Kui suddenly laughed.
"What's going on? Brother Xian." Ji Chan was frightened by the laughter. Hua Juan also patted her chest gently. That laughter was so loud!
"The main body of the outer wall of the Lord's Mansion is at least five meters thick. I don't think ordinary forbidden spells can break it." Ding Kui said the reason for his laughter.
"Hey, five meters! Our attacks can't cover such a big fortress." Hua Juan took a rare breath of air.
"Brother Xian!" Ji Chan grabbed Ding Kui, "I want this cement too!"
His face turned red, and when he saw the low wall in front of him, he thought of his own prince's palace.
The Ancient Yuan Empire had a large area of grassland. Although there were also mountains, the area of the mountains only accounted for a small part of the country's land area. This meant that there were no mountain rocks in many places, and large pieces of city wall stone in those places were very expensive.
Just think about the shipping cost of huge rocks. How many manpower does it take to transport a huge boulder a thousand kilometers? The transportation cost is an astronomical figure.
The materials used for this low wall are only fine sand, gravel, cement and steel bars. The first two are found all over the Ancient Yuan Empire, but the latter two are at least better than boulders.