Zhou Shu looked at the stack of silver notes in his hand. He didn't even need to count them in detail to be sure that Yin Changhao had not lied to him. This was definitely fifty thousand taels of gold!
He felt like scolding his mother.
Who is Yin Changhao?
Who is running around with fifty thousand taels of gold notes on their back?
Do you want to be so rich!
What he said just now was just a casual remark. He originally thought that since Yin Changhao couldn't get 50,000 taels of gold, he would just give him a few hundred taels of silver and then run away with the Heavenly Alchemy Stone.
Who would have thought that Yin Changhao would just throw out a wad of banknotes without saying a word!
For the first time in his two lives, Zhou Shu felt like he had been knocked unconscious with money!
Fifty thousand taels of gold!
With Shen Yue's status, it is difficult to raise ten thousand taels of gold, but fifty thousand taels of gold is definitely a huge sum of money for anyone.
He now feels like he won a hundred double-color balls and emptied the prize pool.
Suddenly rich!
No, why do you feel like you’re at a disadvantage?
Do you really want to give him the Tianlian Stone?
Everything Zhou Shu knows about Tianlian Stone was just told to him by Yin Changhao.
Zhou Shu had no clear idea of how valuable this thing was.
But looking at Yin Changhao's appearance of taking advantage, Zhou Shu felt that he might have suffered from information asymmetry!
"Brother, next time something good like this happens, call me and let's go together!"
Yin Changhao laughed and said.
Zhou Shu has a black head, do you think I make a living by robbing?
"Goodbye, see you."
Zhou Shu threw the Heavenly Refining Stone to Yin Changhao, turned around and left.
"Don't follow me anymore, otherwise I won't be polite."
Zhou Shu put down his harsh words.
Yin Changhao chuckled, but he had no intention of exploring Zhou Shu's identity.
The masters all have their own secrets. The other party has no ill intentions towards Daxia, so there is no need to anger him just for a little curiosity.
Yin Changhao tossed the Heavenly Refining Stone up and down, with an extremely bright smile on his face.
His feet shook slightly, and his body turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared in the direction of Chang'an City.
Zhou Shu circled Chang'an City several times and used various counter-reconnaissance methods learned from TV series in his previous life to make sure that Yin Changhao was no longer following him.
Then he changed his clothes and returned to the Duke's mansion quietly.
Zhou Shu gave the Heavenly Refining Stone to Yin Changhao. Although he was not sure whether he made a profit or a loss, Zhou Shu did not regret it.
Even if you sell it cheaply, it doesn’t matter, it’s all for nothing.
Obtaining 50,000 taels of gold out of thin air was far beyond his expectations. Is there anything unsatisfactory about this?
……
Back at the Baron's Mansion, Zhou Shu slept until daylight.
After getting up, Zhou Shu called over some of the servants assigned to him by the Mi Mansion, and then arranged for them to purchase some things that the Baron Mansion needed.
Now that he is rich, the Baron's Mansion naturally has to take care of himself.
After making these arrangements, Zhou Shu went directly to the Yamen of the Casting Department.
The Weaponry Division is a huge organization, and the workshops outside the city are just a part of it.
In the capital, there is also its headquarters, which is also where the offices of the Forging Division are located.
In addition, the 36th workshop in front of the Weapon Casting Department is distributed in all states in Daxia, and there are also some departments responsible for purchasing and collecting materials for forging weapons, etc.
The headquarters of the Zhubing Division is also where Chief Sikong Yin Wuyou and the four major commanders of the Zhubing Division spend their time.
Zhou Shu came here not to look for them.
He came to the library of the Military Casting Department to check information.
Yesterday's experience made him know that it is not enough to rely solely on the Divine Weapon Atlas to forge weapons. The Divine Weapon Atlas can only let him know how to forge a weapon, but it will not let him know the principles.
In other words, Zhou Shu now knows about the formation of soldiers but does not know why.
So he decided to supplement his weapon-making knowledge to avoid the embarrassment of not knowing the materials for weapon-making like yesterday.
"Excuse me, why is there no information about imported weapons here?"
Zhou Shu looked through the library for a long time, but didn't see anything about imported weapons. In the end, he had no choice but to ask for help from the scribe who managed the library.
"The information on the imported weapons is on the second floor. Only the Weapons Forger can go up there." The scribe glanced at Zhou Shu. Although Zhou Shu was considered a celebrity within the Weapons Forge Division, there were no photos in this world. This scribe
I only know his name but not his person, so I don’t know Zhou Shu.
"Only the Weapon Master can see it?"
Zhou Shu frowned, "I'm the head of the workshop, so why not?"
"No."
The scribe said firmly, "Unless there is Da Sikong's permission."
"Must have Da Sikong's permission?"
"Must!"
There was no other way, so Zhou Shu had no choice but to leave the library and look for Yin Wuyou.
Yin Wuyou is not as laid-back as Zhou Shu. She has already arrived at the headquarters of the Casting Division early to work.
Zhou Shu soon met Yin Wuyou who was immersed in copywriting.
Yin Wuyou is at work, with a strand of long hair hanging down from his forehead, deeply engaged, and his perfect side face exuding a charming light.
I have to say that some people are really loved by God, as if every good thing belongs to them.
Zhou Shu said secretly in his heart.
Yin Wuyou had already raised his head, looked at Zhou Shu and said, "Do you have anything to do with me? I have official business to deal with today, so I can't accompany you to collect stories."
The veins on Zhou Shu's forehead twitched twice. Do you really take collecting wind seriously?
"No, I just want to ask Da Sikong to write me a note."
Zhou Shu changed the subject and said, "I want to go to the Cangshuge to check some information about imported weapons. The Cangshuge said that only the weapon masters can see it, otherwise I need your consent, Da Sikong."
"Do you want to check the information of imported weapons?"
Yin Wuyou put down the copywriting in his hand and looked at Zhou Shu with some surprise, "Are you going to be promoted to Weapon Master?"
"It's not——"
Zhou Shu said, "It's not that easy to be promoted to a weaponsmith. I just want to learn more knowledge about weaponsmithing to prepare for becoming a weaponsmith in the future."
"That's it."
Yin Wuyou muttered, "There are no good things in the library of the Forging Department. The really good things are all in the small library of the thirty-sixth workshop."
The organizational structure of the Forging Department of Daxia, the former No. 36 Workshop, is an almost independent existence under the Forging Department.
If we must describe it, the Forging Department is equivalent to an alliance, and the first 36 workshops are the various sects.
The former No. 36 workshop is not only responsible for the task of casting weapons, but also the training system for the Daxia weapon casting division. Each of their workshops has its own heritage of casting weapons.
Most of the weapon casters in Daxia were trained there, and the workshops after the 36th were just simple factories.
Of course, the actual situation must be much more complicated than these.
"You want to know the information about imported weapons, let me find a way."
Yin Wuyou said.
"When I finish handling these things, I will go and get some information for you. Just go back and wait for me!"
Yin Wuyou directly took over everything, and then drove Zhou Shu out of the Weaponry Division, which made Zhou Shu feel like he was eating soft rice...
Yin Wuyou was very efficient in doing things. In the afternoon of that day, she asked Haitang to deliver a bunch of books to Zhou Shu.
"Sir, your highness borrowed these from the royal library. You must not destroy them, otherwise, your highness will suffer."
Haitang asked worriedly.
"I know, Haitang, why are you more verbose than your princess?"
Zhou Shu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, it won't be damaged. I'm reading, not eating!"
After sending Haitang away, Zhou Shu couldn't wait to dive into the sea of books.
Soft rice is better.
The treasures of this royal library are really invisible to ordinary people!
Zhou Shu immersed himself in reading until it got dark. He lit a lamp and continued reading, forgetting to even eat.
It wasn't until midnight that he raised his head from the pile of books and let out a long breath.
"It turns out that this is a top-grade weapon."
Zhou Shu couldn't help but sigh, "I really don't know who created the first-class weapons, it's amazing!"
Zhou Shu sighed sincerely.
Until now, he didn't know what happened to the weapons.
He had always thought that the weapons in this world were not much different from the earth in his previous life. At most, they just used better materials to make the weapons sharper and stronger.
Only now did he realize that he was wrong, so wrong!
Whether the weapon is of high quality or not has something to do with the casting material, but that is not the most fundamental thing.
The reason why top-grade weapons are top-grade weapons is because they have meridians!
That’s right, it’s the meridians!
This world also has the theory of meridians. The twelve main meridians of the human body and the eight extraordinary meridians are very similar to the traditional Chinese medicine theory that Zhou Shu was exposed to in his previous life.
According to this theory, there are 720 acupuncture points in the human body.
I don’t know which great power created the theory of high-quality weapons based on the human body.
The so-called high-grade weapons are the internal parts of the weapon, which have veins similar to the meridians of the human body. In the terminology of the weapon maker, it is the star path!
And casting a star path for weapons is called a fixed star!
In layman's terms, Dingxing is to establish acupuncture points one by one inside the weapon. The more acupuncture points established, the more powerful the weapon will be!
This is the foundation of high-grade weapons!
As for the casting material needed for fixing the star, it is the heavenly refining stone!
Without the Heavenly Refining Stone, it would be impossible to fix weapons, and naturally it would be impossible to cast high-grade weapons.
The more stars there are, the more Heavenly Refining Stones are needed.
This is also the reason why Tianlian Stone is so precious.
"According to the number of star positions and star paths, the grades of weapons are distinguished."
Zhou Shu murmured to himself, "Weapons have a star path. After the spiritual energy enters it, it can circulate as if it were in the human body, thus exerting many magical powers. What a genius idea!"
Whether it is true energy or spiritual energy, traveling through different meridians in the human body will have different effects on the human body. This is the principle of martial arts.
The star paths in weapons are similar to the meridians of the human body. When the spirit element walks among the star paths, it can stimulate the power of the weapon. The more star paths there are, the more power the weapon can exert.
Theoretically, when a weapon has a complete set of twelve regular meridians and eight extraordinary meridians, its power will be incredibly powerful.
But for now, it seems that no one has been able to forge such a weapon.
Even for heavenly weapons, the highest record is only 600 star positions.
"When I fought against Xiao Shunzhi last time, if I could exert the full power of the heavenly weapon, I might not lose to him."
Zhou Shu murmured to himself that although he had a heavenly weapon before, he didn't know how to use it.
Only now did he realize that at that time he was simply wasting his wealth and using his rifle as a stick!
But having said that, Xiao Shunzhi is the Great Wei State Preceptor, so he may not have heavenly weapons in his hands.
Even if Zhou Shu knows how to use heavenly weapons, he may not really be able to take advantage.
"No wonder it is said that ordinary weapon-casting apprentices can never be promoted to weapons-casting masters if they cannot pass on the inheritance. This is not a question of pure weapon-casting skills at all."
Zhou Shu said to himself, "If there is no inheritance of this thing, who can realize it by himself?"
"Even if I now know that high-grade weapons need fixed stars and I actually do it, I don't know how to start."
The information that Yin Wuyou had sent to him was already very detailed, and even included some of the weapon-making experiences of some of the master craftsmen.
But Zhou Shu still had no idea how to assign stars to weapons.
Each family has its own secret method for determining the stars of high-grade weapons. These are all secrets without written words and cannot be passed down. It is impossible to guess.
Unless there are enough heavenly refining stones for him to try, he may be able to find a way to fix the star.
However, the Heavenly Refined Stone is extremely precious, and even the Weapon Casting Division cannot be so generous.
"According to the description of these materials, Tianlian Stone should be a non-renewable resource. Nowadays, the more it is mined, the less it is. There is no guarantee when it will be gone."
"Brother Mi's family is so wealthy because they actually own a vein of heavenly refining stone!"
"The ancestors of the Mi family made an agreement with Xuanhuang, the founding emperor of Daxia, to give up their founding achievements and chose to own a vein of celestial stone. This choice is truly remarkable."
"A heavenly stone the size of an adult's fist can be sold for 100,000 taels of gold. Brother Mi's family has a mine. How much money does this cost?"
Zhou Shu simply couldn't imagine it. No wonder Mi Ziwen was so heroic. As soon as they met, he gave Zhou Shu thousands of taels of pocket money and directly gave him a mansion in the capital.
This is where the family really has mines, some of which are diamond mines!
Heavenly stones are much more expensive than diamonds!
"In the future, when I forge high-quality weapons, will I be able to get closer to the water first and get the moon first?"
Zhou Shu secretly thought that there would be many benefits to having a rich man who became a sworn brother.
"The information also says that on top of the heavenly weapons, there are also artifacts. I don't know what kind of existence they are. But it seems that artifacts are just a theory. Just like the magic craftsmen who can cast artifacts, there are only
This name has never appeared."
"Let alone divine weapons, no one has even forged perfect heavenly weapons."
"Why do I want to do so much? I'm still an apprentice weapon maker. Let's wait until I can forge high-grade weapons first."
Zhou Shu laughed at himself, "A yellow-grade weapon contains one to five star paths, and can have up to 180 star positions. The difficulty of casting this is already quite high. No wonder the status of the weapon master is so high, and the casting process is so expensive."