After a while, the fifth man rode his horse to the west wall of Chang'an Town.
Min Zhuang, who was busy with everything, immediately reported to Zhu Renxia: "Tell the mayor that the fifth master is back."
Zhu Renxia, who was directing the people to carry the "Golden Dragon" on the city wall, immediately waved and said hello: "Fifth brother is back. Come to the city wall to talk?"
"Where did this golden dragon come from?"
The fifth man was stunned on the horse and couldn't believe his eyes.
"This is the necklace of fellow Taoist Tianzun. I accidentally dropped it into our Chang'an Town."
Zhu Renxia kept waving at the city wall, "The outside is only a small part, and there is a huge gem on the city wall. There is still two-thirds of the length inside. You can see it clearly when you enter the city."
"Just a small part out there? Oh my god!"
The fifth person was almost stunned, "Such a long gold necklace, I'm afraid it weighs more than ten thousand kilograms, right?"
The fifth man rode his horse into the south city gate, dismounted, and climbed up the city wall in a flash.
Arriving in front of Zhu Renxia, he met Jiang Guanjun, Jin Zhu, Zhao Yun and others one after another, and then walked around the huge ruby like a carriage, praising it, which was an eye-opener.
"It is indeed a piece of jewelry from the gods. This ruby is big and bright. If it were sold to the capital, it would only cost millions of taels of silver!"
"Ah... the golden dragon hanging inside the city wall is much longer than the one outside. Adding up the inside and outside, it must be more than twenty feet long, right?"
Zhao Yun, who was standing next to him, replied: "Replying to the fifth master, after our measurement, the accurate length of this golden dragon is twenty-four feet and six feet."
The dragon-snake cart has been pushed to the foot of the city wall. At this moment, a two-foot-long "golden dragon body" has been hoisted under the control of the craftsmen of the Carpentry Bureau.
Even if there is a dragon and snake chariot to help, it can only lift a weight of about 4,000 kilograms, and cannot drag the entire golden dragon down from the city wall. Therefore, the craftsmen still need to transport the "golden dragon" in sections.
"Is this a dragon-snake car?"
The fifth person is worthy of being a master. He has seen a lot and recognized the dragon and snake chariot at a glance.
Zhu Renxia nodded and said: "Exactly, thanks to Brother Zhao Yun's book "A Summary of Dragon and Snake Carts", the people of the Carpentry Bureau worked day and night to create such a Dragon and Snake Cart."
The dragon-snake truck hoisted a section of the "golden body" about three feet long. Blacksmith Jiang and Blacksmith Wang moved the blacksmith furnace to the site and were responsible for disconnecting the hoisted section from the "dragon body" through constant heating and hammering. .
There were several carriages parked nearby, used to transport the broken gold from the western city wall to the vacated warehouse.
"It's a pity that such a magnificent golden dragon has to disconnect it!"
The fifth man looked at the busy Minzhuang under the city wall and felt heartbroken, "It would be great if the whole thing could be preserved."
Jin Zhu next to him immediately scolded him: "How about our Mr. Ban Zhuge come up with a solution?"
Jiang Guanjun concluded: "If it weren't for the help of the dragon and snake truck, it would probably have to be broken into about three feet before we could move such a strong thing. In that case, it would probably have to be cut into hundreds of pieces before it could be transported into the warehouse.
With the dragon-snake cart, we can hoist a length of more than three feet and only need to cut it into seven or eight sections to send it to the warehouse, which has saved a lot of effort. "
Just as Zhu Renxia and others were talking, a section of gold lifted by the Dragon Snake Car had been disconnected and slowly lifted into the air with a "squeaking" sound.
Yesterday, the carpentry bureau rushed to make a scale overnight to measure the weight of this golden dragon.
One side of the scale is filled with stones, and the other side has a rectangular bamboo basket used to hold gold.
"Fall, fall, fall again!"
Under the command of the carpenter Chen Gui, the gold necklace, which was three feet long and as thick as a tree, requiring a strong man to hold it, slowly fell into the bamboo basket.
After the necklace fell, the scale quickly shifted to the gold side. Obviously, the weight of this "golden dragon body" was greater than the stone on the other side.
"Continue to add stones." Chen Gui waved his hand and ordered,
A dozen people on standby picked up the stones prepared in advance, weighed them first and then put them on the scale. After adding about 400 kilograms, the two sides finally reached the same weight.
"Get up, get up, get up again!"
After the weighing was completed, Chen Gui directed the Dragon Snake Cart to hoist the "golden dragon body" and place it on the carriage, and then controlled the Dragon Snake Cart to continue hoisting the next section.
Zhao Yun, who was in charge of statistics, walked up to the city wall and reported to Zhu Renxia: "Report to the mayor, after weighing on the scale, the weight of this three-foot-long piece of gold is 1,900 kilograms."
Zhu Renxia nodded slightly: "Hmm... I visually estimate that this section is about one-eighth. Calculated based on this ratio, the weight of this gold necklace is about fifteen thousand kilograms?"
Zhao Yun nodded: "That's true. Although this golden dragon is thick and long, each section is hollow inside, and the gaps are larger after being woven into patterns, so it is half the distance from the four thousand kilograms we estimated."
"Even if it's fifteen thousand taels of gold, that's a big deal!"
The fifth person sighed with emotion, "One tael of gold is exchanged for 10 taels of silver. Our golden dragon can be sold for at least 150,000 taels of silver."
"Hmm...so few?"
Zhu Renxia frowned, feeling that the calculation of the fifth place was wrong. Yesterday, it was roughly estimated that it was at least two million taels of silver. How come it was only one-tenth of the value left in the fifth place.
"Hehe... you are still half a Zhuge. I think your brain was stabbed by the light of the golden dragon, right?"
Jin Zhu reacted first and couldn't help but clapped his hands and laughed, "Mayor, we can't let the fifth master take charge of the business in the future, otherwise we will probably lose our pants."
The fifth person was puzzled: "What, did your fifth brother make a mistake in your calculation? According to the market price, is there a problem with converting fifteen thousand taels of gold into one hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver?"
Zhao Yun also discovered the misunderstanding of the fifth place, smiled and did not answer, and watched Jin Zhu argue with him.
"My fifth master, based on your calculation, there is no injustice at all for not winning the exam!"
After Jinzhu finished laughing, he pointed out the mistake to the fifth place, "Mr. Banzhuge, please pay attention to this: the weight of the weighing just now is 1,900 kilograms, which means that the weight of this golden dragon is about 15,000 kilograms. About a thousand catties, not fifteen thousand taels, how much do you think it can be converted into silver..."
"Well……"
The fifth man was speechless. He scratched his scalp in embarrassment and turned around to leave. "Your fifth brother has been traveling so hard all the time, which has exhausted his brain."
Jin Zhu hurriedly pretended to stay: "Hey... Fifth brother, why are you going? No one can make mistakes without being a sage. If you make a miscalculation, it's a mistake. You can't think about it!"
"Go! Go! Go!"
The fifth one opened the folding fan with a "swish" sound, "I'm going down to the city wall to greet the guests. Which of your eyes can see that your fifth brother can't think about it? It's true that a dog's mouth can't spit out ivory!"
"Okay, okay, you two must not quarrel as soon as you meet. Let's stop it."
Zhu Renxia stood up and stopped the two people who were facing each other, and asked the fifth person, "Is the customer mentioned by the fifth brother a merchant who came to purchase goods? I will go with you."
The fifth man laughed stupidly and bared his teeth and said: "To be honest, the guest I'm talking about is the old madam Ye Sanniang from Tongren Mansion. He brought fifteen girls this time, the oldest one is no more than twenty-five years old. .
Hehe... Although he can't be said to be as beautiful as a flower, he is still pretty and handsome. We bachelors in Chang'an Town will be lucky in the future, and we will no longer have to live the lonely life! "
"snort!"
Jinzhu stamped his feet, "I think you are a lecherous person who works for the public good. I asked you to go out to contact merchants and buy calligraphy and paintings, but you put the construction of a brothel first."
The fifth person quickly defended: "Miss Jin, please don't wrongly accuse a good person. I am willing to bear the infamy for the harmonious development and long-term peace of Chang'an Town. It's okay for others to misunderstand me. As the second-in-command of the Minzhuang Camp, you don't understand either." , It’s really sad, deplorable, and pitiful!”
"speak English!"
Jin Zhu glared, "I asked you to practice being a merchant and buy ancient paintings. Did you buy them?"
"Ahem..."
The fifth person cleared his throat, shook his head with a folding fan in hand and said: "The merchants have contacted seven or eight, and they are all interested in the goods in Chang'an Town. However, because of the war in Liping, they are afraid of being intercepted on the road, so these merchants are temporarily Don’t dare to come and buy goods.”
Jin Zhu raised his eyebrows and said proudly: "Fifth Master, do you know that in the more than half a month since you left Chang'an Town, we have done a big thing."
"What's the big deal?"
The fifth person tried to guess, "Did you do the robbery in Jinping County?"
Jin Zhu said proudly: "Not only that, Liping Prefect Tian Zongren was also killed by us!"
"Well……"
Jin Zhu's words were like a bolt from the blue, making the fifth person stunned and almost fell off the city wall.
