The two of them talked about other trivial things in the temple. When it was completely dark and they lit the oil lamp, they ended their conversation.
Smart did not return to his house, but came to the yard behind the house.
The yard is very large, and there are several tile-roofed houses and sheds used as laboratories, which are filled with equipment such as machine tools that he purchased.
Looking at the time, it was already a quarter past ten. He stood patiently in the yard and waited.
Suddenly, a black shadow flew over from the sky, soundlessly, and landed next to Zhi Zhi. It was a huge owl.
The owl is gray-white in color and is about as tall as a person. It carries a box on its back. It also wears a sleeveless shirt on its chest, which reads "Owned by Wushan Mechanical Institute, kill them!", and the signature is a black mountain mark. .
"It's you, Hui Jiu." Zhi Zhi obviously recognized this owl and patted the owl's beak gently.
"I've met Master Golden Hammer." Owl said with a strange accent.
When Yin Zhi was in school, he won the "Golden Hammer Award" three times in a row, and no one has broken it so far. In addition, Zhi Zhi was born as a young monk, so he has the reputation of "Master of the Golden Hammer".
"Send the goods to this room." Zhizhi entered a side room and lit the oil lamp and said.
"Extra work requires extra money!" the owl said, tilting his head.
"...You have to pay extra for this small distance?" Zhi Zhi looked at the owl speechlessly.
"This is what our king taught us. When we go out, people often deceive us into working for free. We work hard and risk our lives to deliver goods, but we still have to be prostituted for free. It's really too much. There are no principles anymore. So our king said, no matter what you do, you must pay for it." The owl said plausibly.
"I didn't expect that classmate Bird from back then would become like this." Zhi Zhi couldn't help but think of classmate Owl Bird when he was in school twenty years ago. He was not good at gears and often copied his homework. He didn't expect that the Transport Bird under his command would all be like this. He looks like he's desperate for money.
"Hey~ Master Golden Hammer, you seem to be complaining about our king." The owl bird known as Hui Jiu's eyes shone and continued: "Master Golden Hammer, you have to pay hush money, otherwise I will file a complaint when I go back ! When the king is angry, no one will send you a message."
"Your Majesty and I are classmates. What do you, a junior, know?" Zhizhi said, "Come in quickly."
Owl Hui Jiu shook his head and said: "No money, no labor! Don't let me move a step."
"..." Zhizhi had no choice but to coax it and said, "Come here and I'll give you money."
"No, I was deceived like this last time."
Damn it, which bastard classmate deceived these courier birds earlier than him.
"I didn't see you asking for more money last time!" With no other choice, Zhizhi returned to the room, took out the silver pattern, and stuffed it into the pocket of Hui Jiu's sleeveless shirt.
The owl suddenly became happy and jumped into Zhishuo's room. I saw it open its wings slightly, then rotate its head 180°, and gently peck out the mechanism behind it with its beak. The box slid down his wings.
This was an exquisite rattan box. He opened it smartly and quickly, and then saw letters written to him by several teachers and friends, as well as a few books. In addition, there are some exquisite parts.
The most advanced equipment of the entire Ming Dynasty's steam power can only be produced by Wushan. Naturally, these parts are very expensive.
Although there are some machine tools here at Smart, they cannot process anything that is too precise, so they still need to be purchased from Wushan. Over the years, the gold and silver he and his senior brother Zhimo had saved, apart from providing it to some dignitaries, the rest was just to buy these things.
He put several letters into his arms first. He eagerly opened several books. These are the internal weekly and monthly magazines of Wushan Mechanical Institute, and they are the latest achievements of Wushan Mechanical Institute.
His steam wooden fish was also published on it as an idea, and received many complaints from his teachers and friends.
His teacher Linglong Jixian commented: "You are such a talented person, why should you become a monk?"
Zhizhi smiled at the comments in the mentor magazine. Fortunately, Courier Bird allowed him to keep in touch with these mentors. If you look at the front page of some monthly magazines, you can see the idea of steam aircraft proposed by some people. I think in a few years, we will have experimental results.
Hui Qi touched Zhi Zhi with his mouth and said: "Master Golden Hammer, if there is no goods, I will go back."
This interrupted Smart's thoughts of reading, and he remembered that this was not the time to read. He said: "Why is there no goods? I have a few letters and a few things that I want you to take back."
"More money is needed!"
"Didn't you take me there along the way?"
"The king said that you will have to pay extra for the goods that come with you in the future!"
"Did your king take the wrong medicine? This costs money, and so does that! He has fallen in the eyes of money!" Zhizhi angrily shouted.
"The king has recently fallen in love with a princess from the Peacock tribe. The bride price demanded by others is quite high!" Hui Qi gossiped about the king of his family.
"Is he stupid? What's so good about a female peacock?"
"But... I think the female peacock is really beautiful." Hui Qi said.
"..."
Birdmen are indeed all birdmen!
"Wait for me for a moment. I'll write a letter and spray down your family's king." After saying that, Zhizhi returned to the room, picked up the charcoal, and began to greet the owl classmate.
Maybe there were too many things I wanted to complain about, so I finished writing this letter. Put it together with other things into a box and give it to Hui Qi.
Under Hui Qi's piercing gaze, he stuffed a few silver ingots into the sleeveless shirt on his chest.
Who knows what these birds want money for!
Oh, yes, I will save the betrothal gifts for their king.
I'm so damn convinced, what kind of thing is this guy asking for a bride price when getting married?
"Master Golden Hammer, I'm going too!"
The owl saw the silver and said with satisfaction, then flapped its wings and took off. Smart knows that this kind of owl, which is native to Wushan, flies silently and can fly more than a thousand miles a night, making it very convenient for delivering goods.
He returned to the hut full of expectations. The monthly magazine just now was very exciting, with many ideas, and it made him feel itchy.
Suddenly, he saw a man in his room under an oil lamp, holding a weekly magazine and reading it with gusto.
"Who are you?" Zhi Zhi looked at the man with red eyes and white hair in front of him alertly. He put his hand on the wall at the door and clicked it secretly. As long as he clicked the button, several fire blunderbuss would hang down from the beam and kill the person in front of him. !
"I'm a curious passerby. I saw the Steam Wooden Fish today. I also want to see if there are any CyberXitian, Mecha Bodhisattva, or PDF scriptures?"
What the hell is this mess! A sudden arrival at night is not a good thing.
With a "click" sound, he pressed the hidden button. The beams of the hut flipped over, and several black firecrackers stuck out.
"Who are you? Tell me honestly, otherwise the fire gun will..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that in the blink of an eye, the person in front of him seemed to be moving and then not moving, while the firecracker tubes were twisted into twists.
With a "pop" sound, he knelt down and said, "The great immortal has come to my humble residence. What do you want to say?"
"..." Tang Yan looked at this monk, he was quite aware of current affairs!
Mouth! It’s unreasonable for a bird to ask for a bride price when getting married!
(End of chapter)
