Meeting a spiritual friend is a very good thing for Liang En. For example, after that visit, the two of them were able to exchange some issues related to spiritual practice and strengthen each other.
For example, when he practiced the "Green Lotus Sword Technique" before, he found that he could not make the sword resonate with him. After asking Huang Yongnian, he realized that if he wanted to truly practice this sword technique, he must use the sword.
Matching sword.
"Looks like I have to go back to being modern again."
After checking the refining method, he realized that he had to go to modern times next, otherwise it would be difficult to get enough raw materials to make this sword.
According to Chinese tradition, ancient Chinese swords can be divided into literary and military swords. Wen swords are generally used as decorative swords or sword dance instruments for literati. They are generally 80-90 centimeters in length and weigh about 500 grams.
As for the sword, it is a practical weapon. It is longer and thicker. It is basically about 1m in length and can even weigh up to 1kg. When the blade is sharpened correctly, it can cut through five or six copper plates without curling the blade.
According to the records in the Sword Jue, the sword required for the Qinglian Sword Jue is 96cm long and weighs 650g when converted to current weights and measures. Judging from the weight and shape, it should be an enhanced version of the scholar's sword.
However, it is not easy to make this sword, because the most basic material for making a sword embryo is steel, and the minimum raw materials that need to be prepared need to be one in a hundred. The highest is one in ten thousand.
In other words, he must prepare at least 65 kilograms of steel, and at most 6.5 tons.
If you really can't get it together, you can complete the most basic preparation by preparing 65kg of iron. However, if you want the quality of the sword embryo to be good, the weight of the raw materials and the proportion of steel will increase.
Perhaps to modern people, whether it is 65kg of iron or 6.5 tons of steel, it is not really a big number. In many cases, even if you want to get a wholesale price for steel of this weight, you have to discuss it with a merchant for a long time.
However, considering that the total steel production in the entire Chinese territory in the early Ming Dynasty was only more than 10,000 tons, and only 45,000 tons in its peak period, it was definitely not easy for ordinary people to obtain a few tons of steel under such circumstances.
In particular, steel was a standard pipe product in ancient times. No one might care how many kilograms you buy, but it's hard to say if you buy dozens or hundreds of kilograms.
You must know that the spearheads of weapons commonly used in this era may only weigh forty or fifty grams. If you get one ton, you can even arm 20,000 people, and you will 100% think that you are preparing for rebellion.
In addition to steel, the Qinglian Sword that matches the Qinglian Sword Technique also requires bronze, silver and other metals. Although the amount of these metals is not as good as steel, the total amount is not a small number.
This is why Liang En chose to purchase goods in the modern world. Compared with the ancient world, the price of most metals and metal products in the modern world that has completed industrialization is much cheaper than in the ancient world.
The most important thing is that in modern times, no one will care about purchasing this amount of metal. He can purchase the raw materials he needs without alerting anyone.
Considering that he might need to spend a lot of money in the modern world, Liang En made a special trip to Duobao Zhai in the city before setting off to see what could be sold in the modern world.
As the only store in the city that sells all kinds of luxury goods, Duobao Zhai naturally has a lot of good things. Although these good things are not as good as the good things in nearby Suzhou and Liangxi, there are still many exquisite ones.
It's just that Liang En has never entered this shop before because he has been busy with things.
Crossing the threshold, Liang En found that there were many antique shelves in the store, and various antique treasures were placed in different categories on the antique shelves. However, after a simple scan of the whole thing, he found that most of them were not suitable for purchasing by himself.
Time and space trade.
For example, this is the case with various antiques. Because this world has always been extraordinary, many things in the two worlds are slightly different from the modern world.
Considering that if these antiques are sold, they can only be sold as if they have no inheritance, so even slight differences in similar antiques from the two worlds will be considered to be characteristics of fakes and cannot be sold.
Things like tiger skins, rhinoceros horns, and ivory are not suitable for time and space trade. Although the prices of these things are not low, for an ordinary person like Liang En, as long as he dares to take action, he will most likely go to jail.
As a result, there were not many things for Liang En to choose from, and some of the things that could be sold in modern society were unprofitable.
For example, this is true for various gemstones, precious metals, or spices such as fragrant wood and ambergris. After a simple conversion, you will find that their prices are not much different from those in modern society.
It is true that there were more natural resources in ancient times, but the problem is that it was much more difficult for ancient people to obtain these things than in modern times. Once the two are offset, reselling this thing in the two worlds becomes
An unprofitable thing.
"Sir, what do you want?"
After seeing Liang En looking around in his store without any movement for several minutes, the boss standing behind the counter first bowed and then asked.
"Oh, I just took a look around to see if there are any novelty things. Of course, the price should not be too expensive, no more than 35 taels of silver."
Liang En returned the favor to the boss, and then said the words he had prepared before.
"Well - I really have it here." After listening quietly to Liang En's request, the boss thought for a few seconds, then took out a box from under the counter and opened the box to Liang En.
"The items in the box were brought by a caravan from southern Yunnan. My jewelry craftsmen tried to use these newly discovered stones to make a pair of bracelets. Unfortunately, the previous customers were unwilling to buy them because they had never seen this raw material before -
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"How much do these...these bracelets made of beautiful stones cost?" After lowering his head and taking a deep breath, Liang En asked in as calm a tone as possible.
Because the moment he opened the box, he discovered that it contained a pair of emerald green and translucent jade bracelets.
As an ordinary person, Liang En could not accurately classify the pair of bracelets in front of him, but he could tell from the almost green color and translucent texture that this was definitely a top-quality jade bracelet.
Realizing what this bracelet was naturally caused some fluctuations in his spirit. Fortunately, after practicing, his ability to control his spirit became much stronger, so the boss opposite did not find any clues.
"Twenty-five taels—no, twenty-three taels of silver is enough."
After thinking about the bracelet for a few seconds, the boss offered a price.
"To tell you the truth, Master. At that time, the caravan just thought that the stone was crystal clear and thought it might be a good thing. However, they did not expect that the stone was so hard that the master craftsmen could only make a plain bracelet.
"After the results are completed, people in the Song Dynasty will not recognize this, and no one is willing to buy it. So now I no longer expect this thing to be sold at a high price, as long as you can pay me the labor and travel expenses. I will buy it later.
I won’t buy this thing again.”
"Okay, 23 taels of silver is 23 taels of silver. Who made me like something I have never seen before? To be honest, if I didn't have this hobby, I would never buy such a useless thing."
After taking down the pair of jade bracelets, Liang En went to the pawn shop again. Unfortunately, there was nothing worth selling in the pawn shop this time, so he could only take the box with the bracelets out of the city, and then found an unmanned pawn shop.