Ye Shu, Yan Changlan, and Xiao Ming were sitting in the carriage and heard some noise outside.
Xiao Ming said: "I'll go out and take a look."
Yan Changlan nodded to him: "If you have any doubts, you can come back and discuss it with me."
Xiao Ming agreed and went out.
Not long after, Xiao Ming got in again, with an album in his hand, and handed it to his beloved: "Senior Brother, Fellow Taoist Shi, please take a look." He opened the album for the two of them and explained, " Those who blocked the road just now were a few casual cultivators. Due to lack of resources, they made a living near the iron mines. This atlas is the solution they came up with."
It turned out that on the atlas, several streets were drawn in detail, each street had a number of shops, and several lines of small characters were written near the shops, describing the names and general operations of those shops.
This picture occupies two full sides. After turning this side, there is a picture on each page. The picture depicts the scene inside the shop. On the back of the picture is dense writing, which is a detailed explanation of the specific operation of the shop. What it is, how it is run, and its price are all things that guests who come here want to know.
After Ye Shu saw it, he also secretly praised the thoughts of these casual cultivators.
They are also good at seizing opportunities. With this album, at least until the iron mine is dug out, they can exchange for a certain amount of money to maintain their practice.
After Yan Changlan admired the album, he couldn't help but sigh.
The album is extremely exquisite, which shows that those casual cultivators are particularly hardworking... If he had never joined the Baixiao Sect and never met A-Zhuo, he would probably have lived like this without the protection of the sect and had to work hard to make a living? After all, he is different from A Zhuo. Apart from a little bit of martial arts, he has no knowledge of general knowledge. Not to say he is useless, he also has no skills.
Thinking about it, he was really useless.
Later, Yan Changlan asked the price of the album.
Xiao Ming replied: "Two taels of silver per volume."
Yan Changlan found it increasingly difficult to make money - he could only earn forty taels of silver from selling twenty copies, which became increasingly difficult.
However, this thought only passed by in a flash, and his attention was still on Tie Jing.
After the iron ore is calcined, it is smelted into iron, the iron is smelted into refined iron, and the refined iron is smelted into iron essence.
Since this town was formed due to the concentration of iron mines, most of the shops are mainly selling iron. The skills of the shopkeepers are very different, so the types of iron sold are also different.
Some of the most common iron shops only sell ore mined directly from the iron ore, sold by the pound, and you have to refine it yourself after buying it; high-end ones buy the refined iron directly, but there are also some in this kind of iron. Impurities, if you only make tools, it's okay. If you want to refine magic weapons, you have to refine them several times; the higher-end ones are refined iron, which can be used to make magic weapons used by ordinary people; the highest-grade ones are iron Essence is usually used to refine magic weapons.
It's just that iron essence also has quality differences. If it is calcined for a hundred times, it is a low-grade iron essence; if it is calcined for more than five hundred times, it is a medium-grade iron essence; if it is calcined for a thousand times, it is a top-grade iron essence. And not all types of iron can be forged more than a hundred times. If not, the iron essence cannot be refined, let alone a thousand-forged top grade.
The reason why this iron mine has attracted the attention of so many monks is that in addition to being a rich mine, there is also another very important reason. It is precisely because this mine is not a single vein, but has multiple mineral veins. It is made from a combination of iron ores, including a large amount of Ziyang iron. Ziyang iron is the best type of iron and can reach a thousand forging strength.
Xiao Ming had never been here before. After reading the album, he couldn't help but ask: "Fellow Taoist Shi, what kind of iron essence does the master want?"
Ye Shu said without hesitation: "It's Ziyang Tiejing."
Xiao Ming understood.
In other words, it requires Qianxu's top quality.
It's not surprising. A craftsman with such superb craftsmanship naturally strives for perfection in crafting. How can he be satisfied with an ordinary iron spirit? Of course you have to buy the best iron essence.
After making up his mind, Xiao Ming said: "Ziyang Tiejing is only available in three or four stores, and the total number is not that many. If you want to buy it, you will have to go to several stores."
Yan Changlan said: "It doesn't matter, there's still plenty of time, I'll just pick it up slowly."
Ye Shu deeply thought so.
After talking for a while, several people arrived in front of the town.
Therefore, this place was originally a suburb with a huge land area, so the roads in the small towns gathered together were also very wide.
The carriage went straight in without anyone blocking it.
Thinking about staying here for a few days, the group first stayed at the largest inn in the town. After leaving the horses and vehicles with the inn, they took a short rest in their respective rooms, then walked out and went directly to the various railway stations. The shop was gone.
In many low stone houses around many iron shops, the sound of forging iron can be heard endlessly.
If there were too many sounds like this in the ordinary mortal world, it would be very noisy, but in this town it is so constant, and it seems to have a special rhythm, which is somewhat pleasant to the ears.
Ye Shuxian walked into the iron shop that the album said belonged to the Chen family, one of the major forces that divided up the iron mines.
As soon as I entered the iron shop, it looked exactly like what was pictured in the album.
The shop is huge, with dozens of tall shelves on both sides. Most of the shelves hold iron embryos, iron ore and other items, while a few shelves hold refined iron and iron essences of different qualities. It's really quite complete.
Ye Shu walked directly to the iron essence that looked at it with the fullest color and asked, "What's the price of Ziyang iron essence?"
The iron essence here is mostly condensed into beads, each one is about the size of a thumb and may not be perfectly round, but if you weigh it, each one is about a pound.
Logically speaking, the price of thousands of refined iron should be a thousand times the value of the extracted iron, but I don't know how it will be calculated here.
When the store manager saw Ye Shu's attitude, he could see that he really wanted to buy it, and the smile on his face became more attentive: "Ziyang Iron Essence is the best iron essence. One piece costs ten taels of silver. Tong Sou No deception.”
Ye Shu nodded: "How many iron spirits are there in your store?"
The steward was moved in his heart, and after a little calculation, he replied: "Iron essence is rare, but one or two hundred thousand jins can still be obtained in the store."
Ye Shu said: "Since there is only one or two hundred thousand catties, I will eat them all."
The steward was suddenly surprised.
Where did this rich man come from and want to eat one or two hundred thousand catties? I don’t know what to use it for? After calculation, one or two hundred thousand catties costs one or two million silver, which is not a small amount.
Ye Shu directly took out a stack of banknotes.
The proceeds from the earlier sales of the array disks have not been used up yet, and can be used now.
When the manager saw that this man was able to get it, he didn't dare to neglect it. He quickly asked a few guys to go to the secret warehouse at the back and take out all the high-grade iron essence. The densely packed iron essence beads were placed in the storage bag. After Ye Shu looked at them, he transferred them to the Hunyuan beads.
Then, all the banknotes returned to the steward.
The object of the transaction is 180,000 catties of iron essence.
Ye Shu naturally knew that there must be some left in the store, but he didn't care.
Anyone who opens a shop must keep something in mind, otherwise if another customer comes and there is no corresponding gift, the shop will lose face...
Next, Ye Shu and his party walked through the remaining big stores.
As expected, the Ziyang Iron Essence in each store only amounted to more than 100,000 jins. When Ye Shu bought it all, it amounted to 600,000 to 700,000 jins, costing 6 to 7 million in silver notes.
So after buying all the Ziyang Tiejing, Ye Shu only had more than one million in banknotes on hand. The rest are all gold leaves, stored in Hunyuan beads.
Before this was over, Ye Shu went to those small shops again.
Not only did he have to buy Ziyang Iron Essence, but he also bought some other very few iron essences that were not produced in large quantities and could reach high-grade quality. After he had gone through all the shops, he had spent nearly a million taels.
Afterwards, Ye Shu had more than 400,000 yuan left in banknotes.
Such a large-scale purchase naturally attracted the attention of many people. After checking their origins, interested people found out that Xiao Ming was a member of the Xiao family in Baishi City, and also knew that Yan Changlan was probably from the Baixiao Sect. As for Ye Shu, his origin is unknown, but since he has friendship with the Xiao family and the Baixiao Sect disciples, he must be an outstanding person... Don't think that a few million taels of silver is a lot for ordinary people, but if that big force comes to purchase , not too strange.
Later, Xiao Ming took the initiative to take over the matter, saying that it was just purchasing for the Xiao family, which caused the attention to weaken a lot.
Ye Shu and Yan Changlan looked at each other and knew what the Xiao family was doing.
Xiao Ming was secretly happy when he saw the two of them showing appreciation.
After making a purchase, someone suddenly came to the door.
Xiao Ming wanted to make friends with Ye Shu, who was also Junior Brother Yan Changlan, so he took the initiative to contact the stranger.
After being very polite, the man asked, "Is there any of you who are interested in prospecting?"
Xiao Ming raised his eyebrows: "What is prospecting?"
Ye Shu and Yan Changlan didn't know either - the album didn't mention it.
The man narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Although this mine is an iron ore, some strange things have also been produced deep in the mine, wrapped in heavy iron stones. It is difficult to mine these strange things. After all the effort to extract them, there are some strange things. If you are lucky, you will get precious things, but if you are not lucky, you will get rubbish. If it is the former, it is naturally good, but if it is the latter, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not worth it. Therefore, the owner of the iron mine will make several seemingly strange things. The mines where these things are born are outsourced to some rich people. Those rich people come up with this prospecting trick. If someone is interested in this, they can go to a mine and look for a piece of strange things on their own. Mine walls are mined, and everything excavated belongs to the prospector... Of course, if the thing is precious, it is also feasible to sell it on the spot." His voice was a little confusing, "Earlier, a monk found a piece of red gold in the mine. , some people found iron amber, and some even dug up iron beard grass, and they all made a lot of money. I see that some of them are quite wealthy, I wonder if they are interested in prospecting? "
Yan Changlan was really interested, but he came here to accompany Ye Shu. If Ye Shu didn't go, he wouldn't go.
Xiao Ming was also interested, but he also followed the plans of the other two people.
Therefore, the one who has to make the decision now is Ye Shu.
He thought for a moment: "Then let's go."
