The sonorous and powerful sound of forging lasted for more than half an hour. No one blinked, fearing to miss any detail.
Finally, the first group of craftsmen stopped, and there were no more sparks flying from the black iron in their hands.
The shiny iron piece with light cyan luster lies quietly on the anvil. The light cyan luster is pure and elegant, as bright and clear as the clear sky after the rain.
Zhang Hao saw it and smiled at everyone: "Who is willing to come over for appraisal..."
Before he finished speaking, a middle-aged man in the foundation-building stage jumped up. He bowed his hand to Zhang Hao and hurriedly stepped forward to identify it. After a while, he shouted in a sharp voice: "Purity 89%!"
Wow... there was an uproar all of a sudden.
Zhang Hao also narrowed his eyes. Such a high purity? Doesn’t it mean that if you work harder, you can forge black iron with a purity of 90%!
When the purity of black iron reaches over 90%, you can refine magic weapons!
Why can the family only forge products with a purity of 85% using the same method? But the first test here produced an product with a purity of 89%?!
This gap is so large that it is by no means an accident; there must be some decisive factor in it.
So, what exactly causes it?
Zhang Hao glanced around and quickly focused on the flames. The flames here were generated by spiritual stones and formations, not earthly fire!
Zhang Shengde sent a message: "Xiao Hao, what's going on? I got such high-purity black iron."
Zhang Hao is not yet in the foundation building stage, has no spiritual consciousness, and cannot transmit sounds. He can only smile at his father, shake his head slightly, saying that it is okay! Maybe, this will be a good thing.
Soon, the second group also stopped. The purity of black iron was 88%.
"Hey..." Everyone sighed, a little regretful that they could not reach 90%!
Zhang Hao squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly shouted to the remaining craftsmen: "Increase the flame temperature, add another set of spiritual stones. Also, replace it with a higher-level spiritual spring."
Zhang Hao's words were immediately implemented, and someone immediately took out the spirit stone. The temperature of the flame increased rapidly, and the flame turned a mellow golden yellow because of the spiritual energy, with wisps of brilliant bright blue in the golden yellow.
A new spiritual spring was delivered, the hammer fell again, and sparks flew again.
Under the trading desk, heavy breathing began to be heard, and everyone's eyes widened, staring closely at the remaining craftsmen.
Two moments passed quietly, and finally there were no more sparks flying, and the three groups stopped almost at the same time.
This time, before Zhang Hao could speak, someone rushed up and made an appraisal first.
"The purity of the third group is 93%!"
"The fourth group has a purity of 92%!"
"The fifth group has a purity of 93%!"
Everyone was scrambling to identify it in person, and it was a bit confusing for a while.
"Quiet!" Zhang Hao suddenly shouted, "Everyone, line up for identification!"
Everyone hesitated for a moment, but actually lined up honestly. At this moment, even the masters in the foundation building stage obeyed the command of Zhang Hao, a boy who was only in the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage.
Everyone lined up and walked past the five anvils to personally identify the black iron on them, exclaiming one after another.
This time, everyone could see clearly: Zhang Hao used other people's craftsmen, other people's tools, and other people's materials to forge black iron with a purity of up to 93%. This shows that the Zhang family really has no secrets!
Another two moments passed, and everyone stood under the trading table again. Only Zhang Hao and the craftsmen were on the table.
Zhang Hao spoke slowly: "I will announce some decisions of the Zhang family. This is the second thing mentioned before.
Starting today, the Zhang family will withdraw from the black iron retail field and fully shift to the black iron wholesale field.
In order to facilitate wholesale transactions, the Zhang family created a new unit of measurement: tons.
One ton is two thousand catties.
In other words, the minimum minimum quantity is two thousand catties. If you purchase less than two thousand catties, please do not bother.
Thanks."
Having said that, Zhang Hao held his head high and was about to step off the trading desk.
"Wait a minute, Master Zhang!" someone shouted, "We were instigated by villains earlier and caused trouble to the Zhang family. We deeply apologize."
Zhang Hao smiled and said: "It's okay, we can't be like villains."
Everyone burst out laughing.
Someone else asked: "Master Zhang, the Zhang family has disclosed the black iron smelting technology, what are the requirements?"
Everyone fell silent instantly and looked at Zhang Hao quietly.
Zhang Hao turned around, glanced around, and said in a deep voice: "As for the requirements, there is really one requirement. That is... I don't know since when, everyone has become accustomed to low-price competition.
Low prices lead to poor quality, and poor quality leads to further lower prices.
I hope this vicious cycle ends today.
I even hope that the future black iron industry will be a competition of quality. We should do our best to provide high-quality black iron to the market."
These words were sonorous and powerful, and they also spoke to everyone's hearts.
Everyone was silent for a while.
"Just leave these five pieces of black iron on the trading desk as a warning."
Zhang Hao walked down the trading desk step by step and joined Zhang Shengde and others; everyone consciously made way out of the way and watched the Zhang family go away.
After Zhang Hao and others disappeared around the corner, the scene was silent for a while, and suddenly someone shouted: "Please leave the Qian family, you are not welcome here."
"Yes, please ask the Qian family to leave."
"leave!"
"Get away!"
"Get out of Ninghe County!"...
Qian Shaoxian's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He was finished!
The technology that the Qian family had obtained from the Zhang family through all possible means has now been made public, and it has gone a step further and can actually directly smelt black iron with a purity of 93%.
In other words, everything the Qian family has done before has been in vain! Now they have been expelled by everyone, and they don't even have a foothold.
how so?
Qian Shaoxian led everyone in the Qian family back to the store in a daze, looking at the smashed store with a blank expression.
After a while, Qian Shaoxian suddenly roared: "Zhang family, let's wait and see!"
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"My dear nephew, isn't it good?" Zhang Hao received countless compliments when he returned to the store. Zheng Changqiu was the first to give the compliments, but behind the compliments, there was Zheng Changqiu's frightened eyes:
This young man's performance today made Zheng Changqiu a little frightened; he was definitely a monster. Especially Zhang Hao's counterattack against the Qian family made Zheng Changqiu faintly frightened.
After thinking for a while, Zheng Changqiu pointed to the 75 tons of black iron around him and asked: "Xiannephew, you see we have been arguing here for a long time and there has been no progress. Do you have any suggestions?"
Zhang Hao did his part: "Since Uncle Zheng asked, then my nephew will make a fool of himself.
Why don't you buy a piece or two first and go back and think about it. At noon ten days later, the Zhang family will host a banquet here to entertain you."
"That's how it should be!" Zhu Yuantang said, and stepped forward to order two pieces of black iron, one with 86% purity and one with 75% purity, and paid at a 10% discount. Because it was a large transaction, Zhu Yuantang paid directly with medium-grade spiritual stones.
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Then everyone took action one after another. Finally, Zhang Shengde left three pieces of black iron and did not sell them anymore, saying that they were kept for display.
In the blink of an eye, the Zhang family received millions of spiritual stones; Zhang Shengde's eyes were a little dizzy: "It's been a huge turn of events these days, isn't it?"
After arranging his men to send Xuan Tie away, Liu Xian from Yunying Trading Company suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Zhang (Zhang Shengde), today is a 'big day' for your Zhang family, we must treat you.
I heard that a batch of rare treasures have recently arrived at Jiuzhen Tower, but it makes my mouth water."