Mu Yingying followed Mu Mingchen as she walked around the guild, her eyes full of shock.
Since selling the shipbuilding workshop, Mu Yingying has been studying with Mu Mingchen. However, studying has been a bit tiring recently because the black iron market has changed too much.
As water forging spreads, not to mention the country of Qixia, the black iron market in other countries also fluctuates.
But the one that has the greatest impact is the country of Qixia and Ninghe County.
Especially after the emergence of the Black Iron Guild in Ninghe County, the price of Black Iron and the Black Iron market have been controlled. Black Iron buyers from all over the world can no longer lower prices privately.
Some people say that they should go to other counties to purchase black iron. Anyway, black iron is not unique to Ninghe County.
But the problem is - the price in Ninghe County is still the cheapest, and the quality is really good!
If nothing else, the sharp-edged iron ingots are pleasing to look at.
The big one weighs a ton, and the small one weighs one or two kilograms. But all the iron ingots are square and square, without the weird shapes after forging in the past. This kind of dark iron is also easy to transport.
"The most important thing is that our black iron is smelted with this purity. If you buy it back, you can continue to forge it. This is something other black iron can't do. In terms of price, we are even cheaper."
The shopkeeper of a small family talked eloquently, which made Mu Yingying's heart beat wildly.
The shopkeeper still said excitedly: Let me tell you, not counting the Zhang family, a total of about 500 tons of black iron were sold yesterday, and our family sold more than 60 tons!"
So much? Mu Yingying was a little surprised. Five hundred tons a day, which is 15,000 tons a month! A Black Iron Guild in Ninghe County can actually provide 300% of the Black Iron supply in Qixia Country!
In fact, in addition to part of the black iron being supplied to the interior of Qixia Kingdom, most of it is transported to surrounding countries, more specifically, the remaining five Western countries, and everyone is frantically preparing their armies.
After walking around in a circle, Mu Yingying stopped in front of the stone wall with the patent terms engraved on it, and was inexplicably shocked.
"Are you surprised?" A faint, beautiful voice floated, with a faint fragrance floating around.
"Fairy Mei is here." Mu Mingchen greeted her quickly, "I haven't seen Fairy Mei since the last time I signed the credit terms, but I really can't wait to see her."
"Hmph, that sounds nice!" Mei Qianyun snorted, "If you really want to, you can go to Jade Snow Villa."
"Haha... Then I will have the cheek to visit you next time." After Mu Mingchen finished speaking, he said to Mu Yingying: "Yingying, meet Fairy Mei."
"Hello, Fairy Mei." Mu Yingying greeted respectfully.
Mei Qianyun helped Mu Yingying up and smiled softly: "Young lady is pretty good, don't be like some old guy and be smooth-tongued."
Mu Mingchen touched his nose.
But Mu Yingying was smart and quickly changed the subject, "Fairy Mei also came here to see the terms of this patent?"
"Yes." Mei Qianyun nodded slightly, "This patent clause is a work of genius. Only a dozen days after the patent was born, the Black Iron Guild has already undergone earth-shaking changes.
I think the interior of Jade Snow Villa can also be used as a reference."
Mu Mingchen shook his head: "I guess it won't be ideal. This kind of patented method is not suitable for families, sects, etc.; it is suitable for family alliances, etc. such as this Black Iron Guild.
If the country can also adopt it..."
"That's unrealistic!" Mei Qianyun directly denied it and changed the subject, "Fellow Daoist Mu, can I ask you something?"
"Fairy, please speak."
"Then I'm going to take the liberty. We have an idea to unite the families, businesses, etc. in the field of magic weapon forging, and also set up a guild. I wonder what you think of it?"
Mu Mingchen was shocked.
As Mei Qianyun was talking, there was a huge noise outside the door, which was as continuous as the waves.
Mu Mingchen retracted his words, "What happened outside?"
When they arrived at the gate, they saw thousands of people besieging the Black Iron Guild.
To be precise, most of the people were attacking with various tools, while the guards of the Black Iron Guild were defending.
Most of the people are at the sixth level of Qi Refining, or even below the fifth level of Qi Refining; many of the guards are in the foundation stage. Temporary defense is no problem, but this is the first time that so many people are causing trouble.
Mei Qianyun opened her spiritual consciousness, and within the scope of her spiritual consciousness, there were all angry people.
The people chanted the Zhang family's name and cursed them constantly; they even insulted the Xuantie Guild.
Mei Qianyun listened carefully and gradually frowned: in the final analysis, it is still the problem of black iron; the advancement of black iron production technology has led to the continuous depreciation of black iron coins.
First, the Zhang family disclosed the water forging technique, which caused the price of black iron coins to drop; later, although the black iron trade union appeared and raised the price of black iron, the value of ordinary low-level black iron did not change much - and black iron coins are made of low-level black iron.
Made of black iron.
In recent days, the Dark Iron Guild's technology has improved again, causing the value of 60% pure Dark Iron to drop again. The value of Dark Iron coins has of course also dropped.
This makes ordinary people stop working! This is really a situation where people are sitting at home, and disaster comes from the sky - we have done nothing, and the money is worthless, depreciating by as much as 30%!
And the most serious problem now is - regardless of devaluation, the black iron market is still unstable, and people's confidence in the currency has begun to waver.
Mei Qianyun and Mu Mingchen looked at each other. They may not understand the market significance of currency very well, but from a high position, they also know this:
Trouble!
Mu Mingchen clicked his tongue, "If we don't handle this matter well, we won't go on an expedition, for fear that civil strife will break out!"
Mei Qianyun thought for a while: "I think this matter is not simple. When did the people become so united?!"
Mu Mingchen looked at the soldiers coming around and frowned a little.
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In the city lord's mansion, Zhang Hao and Zhou Jue (Yun Juezi) were talking.
Zhang Hao was very moved. What is meant by a "rich family" is vividly reflected in Zhou Jue. He himself is the young master of the 'Xinglin Hall', and he is still the head disciple of the Jiuyang Sect.
In a sense, Zhou Jue's status is comparable to that of a crown prince!
Wait, will the Great Navigation Plan bring new opportunities to Zhou Jue?
Zhang Hao was thoughtful.
Because of these ideas, when he heard Zhou Jue ask the Zhang family if they could produce black iron with 99% purity, Zhang Hao immediately said: "I need five days to answer this question!"
Zhou Jue was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhang Hao's answer, and then laughed loudly: "This is the most sincere answer I have ever heard! Then I will wait... for 10 days!"
Zhang Hao asked: "I wonder how much Brother Zhou needs? Can I ask what it is used for? Are there any special requirements?"
"It's used to make alchemy furnaces. The more the better, of course. There don't seem to be any special requirements..."
Zhang Hao immediately showed his professional side: "Since it is used for alchemy, there are some impurities that cannot be included, right? For example, sulfur ingredients, realgar ingredients, and cinnabar ingredients?"
Sulfur is sulfur; realgar contains sulfur and arsenic; cinnabar mainly contains mercury. In order to make it easier for others to understand, Zhang Hao uses common substances to refer to these elements.
Hearing Zhang Hao's question, Zhou Jue stopped smiling: "I didn't expect Shidi to know this. The Zhang family's black iron smelting technology is very exciting. How long will it take Shidi to answer this kind of black iron?
"
The relationship between the two parties is getting closer and closer, Zhang Hao thought for a while...
But at this moment, a guard rushed in, supported a man covered in blood and shouted, "City Lord, it's bad, someone is besieging the Zhang family, we can't stop it!"
Zhang Hao suddenly stood up, his expression suddenly changed.
City Lord Liu Jingming gritted his teeth: "What a man who built the plank road secretly to infiltrate Chencang. It turns out that the other party's target is the Zhang family! Feng Dongyuan immediately led the inner guards to set off. He must ensure the safety of the Zhang family, especially to ensure that the technology is not leaked to the outside world!"
"Yes!" Feng Dongyuan did not hesitate.
Later, Liu Jingming said to Zhang Hao: "Zhang Hao, you wait here, I will go over and take a look."
Zhang Hao expressed his thanks. His current level of cultivation is not high, and he will not be able to help much when he returns.
Liu Jingming was about to leave, and Zhou Jue stood up: "I'll go take a look too, I haven't done anything for a long time."