"There is no way to make gold out of thin air." Merlin replied with everything he had learned.

Li Ren nodded appreciatively and said: "Yes, it is impossible for time to refine gold out of thin air, but we can refine things that are more valuable than gold through the combination of various metals, so our alchemy is not alchemy in the traditional sense." ”

"Really?" Merlin questioned.

Rihito did the opposite side of him and said, "Have you heard of Ou Yezi and his people? ”

"Huh! Ou Yezi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, who doesn't know who doesn't know! Merlin said with a smile as he looked at Rihito.

At this time, Li Ren picked up the two knives that he had shown Fang Ning in the afternoon from the table and handed them to Mo Lin: "Ou Yezi has been refining swords for decades before forging famous swords such as Juque, let me ask, why does he want to forge swords instead of making swords?" ”

"At that time, the swords were mainly bronze, and if you didn't cast them, you couldn't get a sword." Merlin thought for a moment and said.

Li Ren smiled slightly: "That's right! At that time, it was mainly bronze, and no sword could be cast. But you also know that bronze is not the hardest metal in the world, but Ou Yezi's sword is extremely sharp, and what method did he use? ”

Mo Lin was suddenly asked, and when he lowered his head after thinking for a long time, he saw the secret of alchemy in his hand, and suddenly said clearly: "Could it be that he is also alchemy?" ”

"That's right! Very correct, he used the art of alchemy, but after the descendants passed on the ear and Qin Shi Huang burned books to pit Confucianism, alchemy was lost and mythologized, saying that it could refine gold and so on. Liren called the maid and asked her to change the tea leaves for the two of them.

Merlin stood up at this time, and he bowed and said, "My subordinates, thank you for the teachings of the lord." ”

"Huh! You and I still need to be so polite? Rihito said with a smile.

Merlin's alchemy secret passed on by Rihito had to stay up all night, but Rihito slept soundly because he got a way to make money today.

Seven days later, Fang Ning arrived at the steel mill where Liren was located, and Liren instructed the craftsmen to bring out the finished swords. After Fang Ning tried it, he asked the question that had been held in his heart for a long time: "Lord, you shouldn't be a sword made from the steel we worked so hard to refine, right?" ”

"Yes and no." Rihito said happily: "These swords are made of the worst steel, and these swords, that is, iron, are made by a special method. ”

"Is that the sword we use?" Fang Ning asked with concern.

At this time, a blacksmith interjected: "Mr. Fang, please rest assured, of course not. ”

Fang Ning was only then happy, and ordered someone to carry the sword and leave.

Jia Rudao is now annoyed by the battle in front of him, and the Yuan people have been fighting in this square area for almost half a year, is it the place that our side recaptured, and it will be taken back by the enemy after a while. It's just that thankfully, the local soldiers are obviously not as numerous as ours. However, the Yuan people's cavalry and archery had the advantage in this flat land, and although the soldiers on their side tried their best, their swords and spears were simply a pile of rubbish.

At this moment, someone outside reported that "someone outside the gate sells rare swords, saying that this sword cuts gold and jade, like cutting vegetables." ”

"Oh! Please. Jia Rudao was very happy when he heard this divine weapon, and he hurried to summon him without caring about anything.

This person was holding a sword with a very simple decoration in his hand, and when he entered the big tent of the Chinese army, he didn't care about the threat of the left and right sword and axe hands, and came to Jia Yidao and arched his hand: "The people of the mountains and wilderness have seen the big handsome. ”

"Toot! Why didn't you kneel when you saw the marshal~? The generals next to him roared indignantly when they saw this.

But this person went his own way and said lightly: "People in the mountains and wilderness don't know how to be polite!" ”

Although Jia Rudao was a little angry, he saw that this person was very calm, so he said to his subordinates with relief: "Let him go." The subordinates were a little unwilling to say anything, but at this time, they saw Jia Rudao frowning and looking at himself, and immediately swallowed his words and stepped aside, just looking at the person who came to sell the sword.

At this time, after settling the emotions of his subordinates, Jia Rudao said to this person: "Mr. came to sell the sword, maybe let us have a look?" ”

When this man heard what Jia Rudao said, he immediately glanced around and said, "Since the marshal wants to see it, the people of the mountains and wilderness will be ugly." Then he drew the sword he was holding, pointed to a soldier and said, "Draw out your sword and slash at it." ”

The soldier looked at Jia Yidao suspiciously, only to see his marshal nodding. The soldier pulled out the knife fiercely, slashed at the sword with all his might, only to hear the sound of "dang chang", the soldier looked at the broken saber in his hand in disbelief, and said, "What the hell is going on?" Am I dazzled? ”

This suddenly made all the generals stunned, and Jia Yidao also didn't believe it, looked at the sword in the hand of the mountain and wilderness, and immediately said: "Do you want to take a look at the sword in your hand?" ”

"Why not?" The man from the mountains and wilderness handed it over, not caring whether Jia Yidao was a fraud or not.

Jia Yidao took the sword and looked at it carefully, only to see that the sword did not even have a single opening in the whole body, and it was still so cold and shining. At this time, he looked up at the people in the mountains and asked, "I have long heard that the rare sword can blow hair and break hair, I wonder if the discount sword can do it?" ”

"The marshal will know if he has tried it~!" The man of the mountains and wilderness said calmly.

Jia Rudao immediately pulled off a hair from his head, gently put it on the edge of the sword, and with a gentle blow, the hair broke into two. Surprised, he shouted in distraction: "Good sword, really good sword~!" ”

The generals who were watching from the side were also talking to each other, and some of them even had greed in their hearts and wanted to take the sword for themselves. At this moment, Jia Rudao asked: "Such a good sword, Mr. is not afraid of us taking it by force?" ”

The man in the mountains and wilderness said with contempt: "If you are afraid of your robbery, you will not come!" ”

"Oh! Is the gentleman really so sure? Jia seemed to squint his eyes and said with a murderous aura.

The generals next to them saw their marshal's fierce eyes, and immediately drew their swords with confidence, just waiting for the marshal to give an order to cut down this person.

The eyes of the mountain and wild man swept around, "Hahaha~~!" He laughed wildly and said, "If the marshal cuts me, a man from the mountains and wilderness, to this sword, then your marshal has no vision." It proves that I am blind, and I am unlucky! ”

"Am I not going to do anything to you for the sake of such a sword?" Jia Rudao suddenly said with a tight heart.

The people in the mountains and fields didn't say anything anymore, just smiled and looked straight at Jia Rudao. Jia Rudao's face turned red for a while, his face turned blue for a while, and his face turned black for a while, his face was like a colorful lantern constantly changing colors, and finally regained his original face and sighed deeply and said: "Okay! Sir, you won~! As soon as these words came out, the generals under him immediately looked at him in puzzlement.

Jia Rudao waved his hand to signal the generals to put away their swords, and calmly said to the people in the mountains and fields: "Sir, what is the price of the sword?" ”

"This sword doesn't charge money!" The people of the mountains and fields said lightly.

Jia Rudao asked in surprise: "Why doesn't Mr. take the money?" ”

The people of the mountains and fields said: "The marshal resists the invasion for the country and works hard, so this sword does not charge money~!" ”

This person said that he would fight for the second time, and Jia Yidao seemed to understand something, and asked, "Could it be that Mr. still has such a sword?" ”

"Yes!" The people of the mountains and wilderness still said plainly.

"How much more, how much more?" Jia Rudao wanted to change the current situation of his army being beaten, and hurriedly asked.

The people of the mountains and fields said at this time: "There are nine such swords, and one hundred second-class swords~!" ”

"Wow~! Really? The generals below immediately talked about it, because in this day of licking blood from the knife, a good sword will become a good weapon to save their lives.

Or Jia Rudao calmed down and asked repeatedly: "Sir, how much do these things cost?" ”

"A total of 10,000 taels of gold." The man of the mountains and the lion opened his mouth.

"Si~~~" Suddenly, all the generals took a breath and watched how their generals bargained, but they still had a little realization in their hearts that these things were more than that.

Jia Rudao forcibly suppressed his excitement and asked: "Mr. knows that we are now fighting for the country, and we don't have much gold and silver on our bodies, can we have less?" ”

"Can't!" The simple two words have expressed all the feelings of the people in the mountains and wilderness.

Jia Rudao looked left and right at the people in the mountains and fields and thought for a long time, and said, "Okay, we want it, but how to cash in these gold and silver?" ”

"You can collect as much money as you want, and if you don't have enough, you can use money to mortgage it, but it must be calculated according to the price in the market." The people of the mountains and fields said with great certainty.

Jia Yidao gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! I don't know what Mr. is delivering? ”

"Two days later, the west mountain will go down." When the people of the mountains and fields said this, they hugged their fists at Jia Rudao and said: "Since this is the case, the people of the mountains and fields have retired." ”

"Send! Mr! Jia Rudao is now anxious to discuss with his subordinates, and hurry up to see off the guests.

As soon as the people in the mountains and wilderness left, those generals suddenly exploded, and some said: "General, after we launched a large army to ambush, we robbed him in one sentence!" ”

Some said: "General, after the delivery is made, I will lead the army to recover the money." ”

Jia Rudao calmed down and waved his hand and said: "People who can do such a big deal will not be defenseless, I'm sure there must be a considerable force behind them to protect, if ~~in case~~"

At this point, a general interrupted: "Doesn't the marshal know that the imperial court is now practicing a monopoly on salt and iron?" Besides, these swords are also controlled products, and when the time comes, we will eat black and black, and my old Zhu Baozhu will not dare to speak out. ”

When Jia Rudao heard this, he suddenly became greedy, but when he saw the cold sword in his hand, he thought about it and said: "If they can make such a sharp sword by themselves, they will definitely make more, if we eat black this time, then we will only get this time." But if we trade fairly, we will definitely get more of the same thing. ”