"This thing is just like a ghost-drawing talisman. Someone will pay for it!??" Zinian held a pile of papyrus in his hand and murmured to himself as he flew towards the capital.
When we arrived at the gate of the city, we passed the routine inspection and then stood on the bluestone paved and bustling Beijing Avenue. Looking up, we saw a huge crowd, hawkers everywhere, tall buildings stacked up, and brick lanes. Compared to the prosperity of Xuzhou,
Even worse, and this is just the eastern suburbs of the city...
Zi Nian was like a child who had just entered the city from the village. He didn't know where to go or where to look. He grabbed a few passers-by and asked where the nearest blacksmith shop was.
But he spoke with an authentic Jingzhou accent and asked several times in a row. The other party either didn't understand and waved away, or he had only a half-understanding and pointed blindly. He ran from Dongcheng to Nancheng, but accidentally found a blacksmith's shop.
shop.
And what a coincidence, it happened to be the shop that Yan Bing once rented for twenty taels...
At this time, the owner of the shop, Niu Da, was blowing the cowhide left by Yan Bing at the mouth of the stove, while his youngest son, Erxiao, was having a great time rolling mud balls on the dirt road in front of the shop.
Suddenly, the father and son were busy with their own affairs, and no one noticed this timid young swordsman...
"Take...the pot, can you shake it? Yesu said to Enyouyongli..." (That...brother, do you want this thing? Maybe it will be useful to you...")
Zinian asked with a smile.
Niu Da was also very straightforward and replied directly with three words:
“What did you say??”
Zinian frowned... He simply took out a piece of straw paper from his arms and handed it over...
Niu Da took the straw paper and looked at it, and also frowned...
He can't read!
"Second child! Come here! Show dad what's written here?"
With Niu Da's meager income, it is obvious that he cannot afford to send his children to private school, but fortunately, there is an old scholar who is over 60 years old living at the entrance of the alley. He often teaches the children in the alley to read and read, and the neighbors also use their own methods to teach the children in the alley.
By planting objects or copper plates in return, the old scholars could make a living, and the children could also receive some education. In this way, a certain mutually beneficial relationship was reached between the neighbors.
This situation was the most common method in ancient times when there was a serious lack of educational resources.
Erxiao stood up after hearing the words, ran to the water tank, flushed his hands, wiped his clothes on his clothes, then jumped up to Niu Da, took the straw paper and read aloud, his face full of pride.
"First mash the coals and test them with water. If there are too many coals, gather them into a furnace, seal them around and burn them with a big fire. After half an hour, open them, pour them with clean water, then mash them into slag and grind them into slag.
After the cake is dried, it is ignited and blown by the wind to produce green flames. The intensity of the fire can turn iron into water and gold into clay..."
"Hiss..." Niu Da took a breath of cold air and shouted repeatedly: "Is there anything more!?? Keep reading!"
The second child looked at his father who was turning a little blue, blinked, and continued to read: "After the wrought iron has melted into water, put the scraped pig iron into the crucible, stir it repeatedly, and when it has first melted into one, pour it in immediately.
When you enter the clay embryo, you can get something far beyond ordinary iron, which is called steel. Dad... the following are some hours and measurements, do you want to read them too??"
"No need! Give the paper to dad, you go and play..." Niu Da waved his big calloused hands, lowered his head and fell into deep thought...
After a long time, he raised his head to look at Zi Nian, who had a silly smile on his face, and asked in a low voice: "How much is it?"
Zinian was about to speak, but he was afraid that the other party wouldn't understand what he was saying, so he simply raised three fingers...
"Three! Three hundred taels!??"
Zi Nian originally wanted three copper coins, but when he heard it was three hundred taels, everyone was so frightened that he opened his eyes and shook his head desperately!
"Three thousand taels?? Haha... I don't know whether it's true or not. What's more, I can't even get three hundred taels for my small business, so you should do something else..."
Niu Dagang wanted to return the paper, but saw that the other party was still shaking his head desperately!
"Is it...three taels!??" Niu Da took a chance and plucked up the courage to lower the price to a range he could bear.
The young man in front of him had an extremely troubled expression. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and nodded...
Three taels!??
How could it be possible to only sell three taels!?? It can’t be fake!??
Niu Da frowned, squinted his eyes, and carefully examined the young man in front of him...
Zi Nian was also confused at this moment, thinking that this thing can really be sold for money!?? And it can be sold for such a high price!?? Three taels of silver!! Oh my god! This pile of paper is sold, I am so excited
My mother is so rich that she can rival the country!!
The thoughts of the two people were completely unrelated to each other, and the deal was about to go south, but the unwilling Niu Da still didn't want to let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he even started to think crookedly.
…
"Hehehe... How about this? Brother, let me refine this piece of paper first. If it turns out to be something good as it says on the paper, I will give it to you right away without saying a word!" www.
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But what Niu Da actually thinks is, whether it’s true or not, I just need to practice it once and memorize all the procedures, and I can save these three or two!
But Zinian raised his head and looked at the sky, and thought to himself, when you finish the furnace, it will be dark, when will I be able to sell out this pile of papyrus?
So he stopped talking nonsense, snatched the papyrus back from Niu Da's hand, turned around and left.
The speed of his movements was a hundred times faster than that of ordinary people, but this unintentional hand made Niu so shocked that he never dared to hesitate again!
"Young hero, stay! I'll get you some money right now!!"
Seeing the young man stop and turn around slowly, Niu Da quickly took out a small scale and scissors from the cabinet, and took out an ingot of broken silver from his arms. He weighed and cut the silver in one go. His movements were so fast that it was unbelievable...
a piece of straw paper
Three taels of broken silver
make a deal!
Niu Da was undoubtedly betting that since the other party had such skills, he would not make a living by extorting money.
He won this bet, but he also lost...
Because what he didn't know was that there was still a large handful of such papyrus in the boy's arms. By the next day, not only had he made steel, but almost all the blacksmith shops in the city had made steel.
He made his capital back within a short period of time and made a huge profit, but it was far from the honor of "the best blacksmith in the world" that he originally envisioned...
After Zinian made his first sale, his self-confidence greatly increased. Basically, he just found a blacksmith shop and without saying a word, he just took out a piece of straw paper and handed it over.
After the other party saw the content recorded on this piece of papyrus, they were all shocked and regarded it as a sacred object. After some bargaining, they decided to make a bet.
And Zi Nian gradually figured out the other party's thoughts, and the price kept rising again and again, and by the time the last one was sold, it had risen from three taels to a full one hundred taels of silver...
Zi Nian held the pieces of silver and thousands of taels of silver notes in his arms, and was so happy that he cried...
I directly found a very famous restaurant in the capital, ate and drank a lot, and even didn't forget to pack a few portions of the most delicious dishes and bring them back to my master and senior brothers, passing by the jewelry
I went to the stall and bought two more hairpins...
Give one to junior sister Yan Bing as a thank you.
One for Senior Sister Lan Xin, self-explanatory...
