Suldak placed three pieces of copper ore on the stone base in front of Scholar Ferdinand. These copper ores were all dark brown, with some scattered red copper particles in them. The larger ones were close to sesame seeds.
The grains are as big as some, and the smaller ones are like some fine coarse river sand, so that the whole piece of copper ore is speckled with bright spots. It looks like a clod of oily soil, but it feels hard and heavy.
.
"Copper mine...where did you find these copper ores?" Scholar Ferdinand just took a casual look and asked.
"It's in the northern part of the Bailin plane, in a forest further north of the border town where I'm stationed. It's an open-pit mine vein." Surdak touched his nose and answered truthfully.
Scholar Ferdinand smiled and said: "Haha, you are really lucky. The quality of these ores is very high. This is a pure copper ore. You only need to be beneficiated, purified and refined to obtain copper ingots of good quality."
"Scholar Ferdinand, this is why I came to visit you. I want to refine these copper ores into copper ingots." Surdak glanced at the bottles and jars in the laboratory, and then looked at them again.
A glance at Ferdinand Scholar.
Scholar Ferdinand sat on the long sofa in the rest area, raised his head and waved to a magic assistant who was cleaning a glass jar not far away, and then said casually: "This is not difficult, Victor, this is
It's up to you to do it..."
The magician's assistant quickly put down the glass jar in his hand, stood in front of Scholar Ferdinand, and nodded seriously.
Scholar Ferdinand thought for a moment and then added:
"Design a sturdy and durable copper ore screening, purification and refining furnace for Surdak."
The magic assistant named Victor said: "Okay, teacher!"
Scholar Ferdinand said to Suldak:
"But if you want to get this furnace, you have to wait at least three months. Such a large furnace needs to be customized by the iron foundry. After everything is assembled and debugged, and then transported to the Bailin plane, at least one
Many months."
The preparations for the copper mine in Suldak had just begun, so it didn't matter if they waited for a while, so they nodded and said, "I can wait."
Scholar Ferdinand nodded and added: "If you only want copper sand, you don't need the furnace part. In addition, the ore screening is also done by workers. All you need to do is build a pool near the mine.
, as long as you pour the mineral powder into the pool and soak it with this active agent, the copper sand will soon settle down..."
Suldak listened carefully to Scholar Ferdinand's explanation. He didn't quite understand many terms. What he remembered most was the bottle of light blue catalyst in Scholar Ferdinand's hand.
Seeing Suldak staring at the glass container in his hand, Scholar Ferdinand explained:
"Don't worry, the cost of this active agent is not expensive and can decompose some rocks. Whether it is in Helensa or Bena City, many mining companies sell this stuff..."
Only then did Suldak react and asked:
"In other words, before there was a purification and refining furnace, I could actually get copper sand if I bought some of this active agent?"
"That's right!" Scholar Ferdinand said: "But if you plan to operate this copper mine for a long time, I suggest that it is more cost-effective for you to build a furnace! Victor is currently engaged in research in this area, I asked him to help you first
a period of time."
"In that case, it would be great..." Surdak looked at the shy magician standing next to Scholar Ferdinand and said excitedly.
Scholar Ferdinand told the young magician: "Victor, come and show Surdak the copper ore refining process..."
The young magic assistant agreed:
"Okay, teacher."
In front of Scholar Ferdinand, Victor seemed like a hard-working handyman.
He picked up a piece of ore from the table and took it aside to crush and grind it. The laboratory was quite complete with all kinds of magic equipment.
Not long after, he came back with a glass of brown powder. He placed the glass in front of Suldak and poured some light blue solution into it. Countless bubbles emerged from the black powder inside, and the powder quickly
It was dissolved and turned into more than half a cup of turbid, viscous liquid.
"This needs to sit for about six hours, and then the solution in the cup can be poured out. There will be some sticky paste at the bottom of the cup. This needs to be diluted into a liquid with a diluent, and then filtered through a filter.
, adding this solution to the obtained liquid can replace the water in the solution and obtain copper sand." Magic assistant Victor explained to Suldak.
Suldak could understand what Victor said, but it might not be possible for him to do it himself.
Scholar Ferdinand seemed accustomed to this and asked casually: "Duck, how long are you planning to stay in Helensa City this time?"
Suldak thought about tomorrow's itinerary and said, "About two days. If everything goes well, I will return to Wall Village the day after tomorrow."
"Are you interested in doing a transplant for me?" Scholar Ferdinand asked politely.
Surdak asked strangely: "Um... Scholar Ferdinand, isn't there a water magician among the assistants around you?"
Scholar Ferdinand smiled awkwardly, lowered his voice and said to Suldak: "Compared with those hydrotherapy techniques, I think the Holy Light Technique is more reliable."
Of course, Suldak could not refuse, so he readily agreed: "Well, if you can set a time, you can come to the Plaza Garden Hotel to find me at any time."
Unexpectedly, Scholar Ferdinand waved his hand and clapped his hands and decided: "There is no need to go to such trouble, then the transplant operation will be tentatively scheduled for tomorrow evening."
"Okay, Scholar Ferdinand." Surdak agreed.
It was already very late when I came out of Scholar Ferdinand's magic laboratory.
Lance had a relatively important magic experiment at night and had no way to escape. However, he sent someone to tell Karl the news of Suldak's arrival in Helensa City to Karl at the guard camp. It was said that Karl was on his way from the guard camp.
come over.
Surdak did not continue to stay in the Magic Guild. He walked out of the first floor door of the Magic Guild.
…
Hilanza is a mountain town.
There is a cool breeze blowing late at night in summer, which is refreshing and pleasant.
Surdak stood at the intersection opposite the Magic Guild, looking east and west, when a magic caravan sped past. The magic caravan was very close to the street, and the carriage almost passed by Surdak's nose.
The carriage was traveling very fast. When the two ancient Bolai horses pulling the carriage were running, the manes on their necks were flying in the wind, making them look very majestic.
Surdak saw a young nobleman sitting in a carriage, hugging a noble lady and kissing her passionately. The lights in the carriage were soft, the sky was approaching evening, and the screen curtain of one window was not closed. He passed by Surdak.
For a brief moment, he could just peek into the car.
Although the young noble's face could not be seen, just the side profile made Suldak feel familiar.
But he couldn't remember who the young noble was. When he looked up again, the magic caravan had already run away.
"Dak, what are you looking at?" Karl patted Suldak on the shoulder from behind and followed his gaze to the busy traffic on the long street...
Surdak looked back and saw Karl, then withdrew his gaze and said, "Nothing, I just feel that there are many more magic caravans in the city than half a year ago..."
Karl and Suldak stood side by side on the street, and a magic caravan parked beside them.
"Although the war in Tarnan did not spread to Hiranza City, many noble lords there ran to Hiranza City to take refuge." Karl sighed and said with some helplessness.
But he immediately cheered up, put his arm around Suldak's shoulders and said: "There is no harassment from the bandits here. It can be said to be the most stable city near the northern part of Tarapagan. There are more nobles living in the city.
, there are naturally many more magic caravans..."
After saying that, he held Suldak in his arms and boarded the magic caravan nearby. The two of them sat in a comfortable carriage. A young maid in the carriage poured two glasses of fruit wine for the two of them, and then took out two warm towels.
, and asked the two of them to wipe their faces.
Karl spread the warm towel on his face, laid his head on the soft leather sofa, and said to Suldak:
"By the way, have you heard about that?"
"What?" Surdak asked doubtfully.
Karl took the towel away from his face, sat up straight and smiled at Suldak and said: "Darcy Christie has become the new governor of Helensa City. At the beginning of last month, she just made a speech at the House of Representatives of Helensa City.
An inaugural speech.”
Suldak immediately thought of Marquis Bernard, and he had a good impression of the governor of Helensa City.
"What happened to Lord Bernard Christie?" he asked.
Karl smiled heartlessly and said:
"It is said that he was recuperating in the manor. The transfer of power of the Christie family was also very reluctant. At that time, the appointment was barely approved by half..."
"...Hey, Dak, if you had succeeded in pursuing Darcy, you would probably be the husband of the Lord of Halanza now..."
Surdak didn't think the joke was funny at all.
Hearing what Karl said, he suddenly remembered that the young man in the magic caravan just now was clearly Darcy's husband, Baron Armand Bulwer.
No wonder he felt that the nobles in the carriage looked so familiar...
…
Suldak followed Karl to the tavern.
The tavern was still the same. There were not many customers in the tavern and it was very quiet inside. Maybe the price of the wine in the tavern kept many people away.
Mrs. Mariana was still sitting in her old seat next to the bar, holding a wine glass and chatting quietly with the proprietress inside the bar.
Not far away, Tax Collector Bird and Miss Hoyle, who has now become Lady Bird, were sitting in the corner of the bar. There was a chessboard in front of them, and they seemed to be playing chess seriously.
Suldak and Karl walked over and greeted everyone.
Tax Collector Byrd quickly stood up and gave Suldak a big hug.
Lady Mariana glared at Suldak and said angrily: "I didn't know that the plane garrison commander could be so leisurely..."
Suldak knew that she was still worried about the matter between him and Darcy, so he could only explain: "We just experienced a beast tide over there, things have calmed down, and I have become a little idle recently..."
Karl seemed to be very yearning for the plane life, and asked with great interest:
"The Beast Tide...were the monster leathers you brought back from the Bailin Plane hunted by the Beast Tide?"
He knew that during this beast wave, Surdak purchased a lot of supplies in the city of Halanza, and also gained a lot, including high-grade monster materials, magic herbs, and hard armor.
Suldak sat down in front of the bar and said:
"Those were all hunted at the beginning of the beast tide. Later, all these monsters were eaten by red ants, and we could only hunt some ghostly red ants..."
The landlady at the bar got a glass of amber golden cider for Suldak. Karl put the glass of wine in front of him and said casually: "Just pour him a glass of ale, and by the way, give him a plate of nuts...
"
The tavern proprietress smiled slightly, turned around and poured Suldak a glass of ale.
Karl said to Suldak: "I know those red ants, and you asked Luke to bring so much hard armor. I heard that you made a lot of armor for war horses?"
Suldak sat between Tax Collector Byrd and Karl, took a sip from the wine glass, and then said: "That thing is light in texture and strong enough. But the plasticity is not good enough. Once it hardens, it will undergo huge deformation. Finally,
It’s hard to guarantee the shaping process, otherwise I’m going to change all the heavy armor to silver leather.”
"By the way, why did you suddenly come back from Bai Lin's plane?" Karl asked a little strangely.
When Surdak saw everyone staring at him, he chuckled and said, "This time I brought back a batch of iron wood from there, and I'm going to sell it to the trading firm here in Helensa City."
Karl screamed strangely, barely able to suppress his tone, and said: "Ironwood? Are you kidding? This thing is almost a magic metal in wood. Did you get some of this ironwood? And you brought them back to Hailan.
Is Sa here?”
"It's... such wood." As he said that, Suldak took out a piece of wood from his magic pocket.
When Karl picked it up, he felt it was heavy.
Tax Collector Byrd and Miss Hoyle also approached from the side, and Karl asked the tavern proprietress to take out her personal dagger.
It was an exquisite dagger with a black handle, but the handle had been stained and looked very shiny.
Karl made a comparison and scraped hard on the iron wood of Surdak with his knight's long sword. Hearing the iron wood make the sound of gold and stone, he said with a big mouth: "It's really iron wood!"
At this time, Mrs. Mariana, who was sitting next to Karl, couldn’t help but ask:
"Dak, you said you plan to sell these ironwoods to the trading firm in Helensa City. Have you chosen a partner?"
Suldak scratched his head and said honestly: "Not yet, I am planning to go around the city tomorrow to see which business houses are interested in this thing..."
"What other trading firm are you looking for? What Mary is in charge of now is the largest trading firm of the Christie family in Helena. You might as well take out as much iron wood as you have. Let's sit here and drink and solve the problem at the same time, isn't it?
Is it good?" Karl stretched out his hand to stop Mrs. Mariana's soft waist, and said to Suldak with a wink.
Suldak looked at Lady Mariana.
"I don't know how much ironwood you have?" When Mrs. Mariana was talking about official matters, her face immediately became shrewd, and even her tone of voice changed.