What happened in the imperial capital has not affected Zhang Hao yet.
Within the Weapon Refining Guild, a grand celebration was held after Ouyang Si left.
Mu Yingying's face turned red because she drank some wine. When the banquet was about to end, she bit her teeth lightly and walked up to Zhang Hao with two teacups suspended in her hands.
"Brother, I... and on behalf of the Mu family, would like to express my gratitude to you for your contribution to the Weapon Refining Guild.
My little sister couldn't bear the power of alcohol, so she drank tea instead of wine."
Zhang Hao held a tea cup in both hands and looked at the red-faced girl in front of him, with a flash of appreciation in his eyes. In Mu Yingying, Zhang Hao saw the shadow of a modern girl, one who pursues herself and one who dares to pursue her dreams.
girl.
It can be said that in this world of practice, at least in the Kingdom of Qixia, Zhang Hao has not seen any real feudal ethics; but there are still some shadows of feudal ethics, which are formed by the self-development of society.
This is a world of practice and a world that respects the strong. The concepts of strength, weakness, inferiority, rank, seniority, master and disciple are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. So although there is no 'clear feudal ethics' here, there are already some concepts.
and affected social life.
In particular, there are obviously more strong men than strong women, which inadvertently makes many women naturally have a more or less humble mentality.
Just like princesses, people like Mu Yingying are in the minority after all.
But the princess was too strong, and Zhang Hao vaguely felt that the princess also had political ambitions. This made Zhang Hao stay away from her.
There is no political imprint on Mu Yingying. She is a pure girl, a girl who just wants to express her self-worth.
Zhang Hao looked into Mu Yingying's eyes, showed an appreciative smile, and drank the tea in one gulp. "Thank you."
"Well..." Mu Yingying drank the tea and lowered her head to look at her toes.
"Yingying, come back!" Beside him, Mu Mingchen said in a bad tone, what are you saying to a girl?
Mu Yingying glanced at Zhang Hao, turned to Mu Mingchen and snorted, then returned to her seat with a blushing face.
Zhou Jue came over and came to Zhang Hao with a smile but not a smile: "Brother, come on, let me toast you too. On behalf of the Artifact Refining Guild, I would like to express my gratitude to you. However, this is strong wine, not tea, so be careful.
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Zhang Hao grabbed the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. However, he felt a stream of fire flow into his abdominal cavity. In the next moment, powerful heat penetrated his whole body, and the strong medicinal power swept through his body like a stormy wave.
Zhou Jue chuckled, sipping the wine glass little by little, "Xinglintang's Baicao Niang, a cup of Baicao Niang is equivalent to the medicinal power of a foundation-building pill. It has the effect of detoxifying, extending life, and purifying the body. However, the alcohol is a bit strong.
"
Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier? Zhang Hao felt as if his body was on fire, sweat oozing out instantly; but at the same time, there was also some dirt inside his body.
This is not the power of alcohol at all, it is the nature of medicine, and it is also the medicine of tiger and wolf. The body is like fire, but the effect is also very significant. Zhang Hao just built the foundation, and it was still a perfect foundation, and he was able to force out some dirt.
After about a cup of tea, Zhang Hao let out a long breath.
The pain in the body suddenly receded like a tide, and the inside and outside of the body seemed to be washed by a clear spring, smooth and comfortable.
Zhou Jue smiled: "Brother, please forgive me, this Baicao Brewing is only the best the first time. And the more you drink, the faster you drink it, the better the effect will be."
"Actually, if you tell me, I will drink more."
"Ha ha……"
Zhang Hao laughed a few times, but then asked the question he was most concerned about: Star Gold.
Judging from everyone's performance, the Weapon Refining family should all know about it. However, the Zhang family was just a small family before and had never heard of this thing.
Zhou Jue was very easy-going and sat down with Zhang Hao to explain.
“The reason why star gold is called ‘star’ is because it comes from the sky.
Meteorites from the sky, as well as some meteorites buried underground, may contain some silvery-white, vaguely yellowish-white, tiny metal particles.
This is a strange spiritual material that is born with spatial properties; it is also very hard and can leave scratches on the surface of the best magic weapons without any treatment.
And its spatial attributes establish the unshakable position of the star gold."
"Spatial attributes? Storage magic weapon?"
"It's not just about storing magic weapons. In fact, all magic weapons require the use of star gold! The reason why magic weapons can be enlarged or reduced is that there is a formation called "Magic Weapon Formation".
There are many kinds of magic weapon formations, including flying swords, swords and guns, crossbows, seals, shields, jewelry, accessories, etc., all of which have different magic weapon formations.
But no matter what kind of magic weapon formation, you need to use star gold!
Star gold is the ‘finishing touch’ in the refining process of magic weapons and is indispensable.”
That's it! Zhang Hao suddenly realized. It turns out that to refine a magic weapon, not only high-quality black iron is needed, but also the more precious star fine gold. But isn't the star fine gold very small? So how many stars are needed to refine a magic weapon?
Fine gold?
Faced with Zhang Hao's question, Zhou Jue explained: "Star fine gold is very rare. The total annual output of the entire Qixia Kingdom, including the royal family's, our Jiuyang Sect's, and other large and small families and sects, add up to
Just six hundred kilograms!
Among them, the royal family exclusively owns about 500 kilograms. The Jiuyang Sect has about fifty or sixty kilograms.
However, one magic weapon does not cost much. An excellent flying sword generally requires two points of star fine gold."
Two points?
Zhang Hao silently calculated in his mind that one pound was 10 taels, one tael was 10 qian, and one qian was 10 cents.
Two halves of fine gold is one-fiftieth of a tael.
It's about 1 gram.
1 gram is indeed very small, but it is only about 600 kilograms per year in the country, or about 600,000 grams.
Could it be said that the entire Qixia Kingdom can only add 600,000 new magic weapons a year? How can this be wrong? As far as I can see, almost everyone has magic weapons on their body, and magic weapons are sold everywhere in the streets and alleys.
"There is another source of star gold. In the northeast, the 'Zhongshan Kingdom', which is also one of the six Western countries, can produce about 4,000 kilograms of star gold every year. It is almost equivalent to the total of the star gold of the other five Western countries.
We exchange elixirs, black iron, etc., and we can get about 700 to 800 kilograms per year.
Coupled with thousands of years of accumulation, there is no shortage of magic weapons."
That's pretty much it. But how much does star gold cost? Is there a clear price?
"Usually it's barter. If you calculate it, one kilogram of star gold costs almost... 20,000 high-grade spiritual stones!"
Zhang Hao analyzed calmly: "Calculated in this way, the average price of a magic weapon is 20 high-grade spiritual stones, which is equivalent to about 2,000 spiritual stones. But I see that there are many low-level magic weapons that are sold for less than 100 spiritual stones.
?”
"Those that use two cents of fine gold are all top-grade flying swords.
And you are talking about low-quality flying swords. These flying swords use very little star gold.
Also, some magic weapons will be scrapped every year, and we will recover the star gold from them.
But the star gold that has been refined once has been contaminated. The price of such star gold is extremely low."
Got it, Zhang Hao understood it completely this time.
Suddenly, Zhou Jue squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Brother Shi, after everyone visited the Zhang family smelting base, everyone was full of praise, which made me feel itchy.