In the Xuandu view of the back mountain.

The original ruins have long been bulldozed and transported away, a large number of building materials have been piled up, a huge steel cable boom is erected, under the control of craftsmen, thousands of pounds of heavy objects can be easily moved, and the progress of the project has been greatly accelerated.

"The Mo family's ink skills really live up to their reputation, and such a sharp weapon in hand can be described as the gospel of craftsmen all over the world." Yu Wenbo looked at the amount of work that had been accelerated several times, and said with an exclamation on his face, one person controls the steel cable boom, which is comparable to the power of ten people, no wonder Mojia Village can develop so rapidly, and was named the first village in the world by His Majesty, and this ink skill may be indispensable.

Merton nodded and said, "The power of machinery is several times better than manpower, and the efficiency is better than several times, this is the charm of ink skills." ”

In the Mojia machinery, the steel cable boom pulley has become a new profit point, in the Mojia Village, from both sides of the canal steel cable boom orders stacked high, at the same time, the supporting containers are developing rapidly, in addition to the model is smaller, almost not much different from the later generations. 、

It is conceivable that on both sides of the canal in the future, a long boom will stretch into the canal, lift the goods from the barge of the canal, turn directly to the shore, put it on the carriage prepared by the bank, and then pull it to the destination without stopping, which is many times faster than the previous coolie loading and unloading.

Even in some large warehouses in Chang'an City, such booms have begun to be put into use.

Yuwen Boton was thoughtful and said with emotion: "As soon as this boom comes out, I'm afraid that most of the coolies at the dock will lose their livelihoods." ”

Merton was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "No matter how good the machine is, it also needs people to control, after the brick road is opened, the traditional speed can no longer keep up with the needs, the era of rapid is coming, if you hold on to the incomplete, you can only be eliminated in the end." ”

Yu Wenbo sighed, he knew that what Merton said was not wrong, the opening of the brick road has increased the speed of Datang by several times, and the high speed must bring high efficiency, and the boom is just coming into being.

Since the opening of the brick road, a large number of rice has been transported from Luoyang to Chang'an City by four-wheeled trucks, the price of rice in Chang'an City has fallen three times in January, even during the Spring Festival can not save the decline of rice prices, and now the price of rice in Chang'an City is only a penny higher than Luoyang, which is simply unimaginable in previous years.

Even the price of grain and wheat gradually reached the same level as Luoyang City, and the food crisis in Guanzhong was resolved in a very short time, which made the imperial court more determined to build a brick road.

Merton inspected the construction site and nodded with satisfaction, Yuwenbo is worthy of being a descendant of Yuwenkai, and he does have considerable talent in architecture.

"Lord Mo!"

Just as Merton was about to leave after inspecting it, the Immortal Daoist appeared in front of Merton very coincidentally.

"Oh! It turned out to be an immortal Taoist! "Morton and Changshengzi are very familiar, and the secret hair dyeing techniques of the two Modao families are very sought after in Chang'an City, and they are making money every day, so it can be said that the cooperation is quite pleasant.

"In the future, the firearms supervisor and the Waidan faction will live next to each other, and now that the firearms supervisor has not yet been built, it would be better for the Marquis of Mo to go to the cold house to drink a cup of hot tea." The eldest son is still a fairy wind and demeanor, but his tone is extremely warm.

The firearms supervisor was built on the site of the original Shenxiao Dao Chief, and then expanded, the reason why this place was chosen is that on the one hand, it is indeed suitable for this seclusion, and on the other hand, the gunpowder formula is not a secret to the Taoist Wai Dan sect, and it is easy to manage together.

Merton's expression moved, and he laughed and said, "Then disturb the Taoist." ”

The eldest son was far away from the Shenxiao Dao, and when the gunpowder exploded, it was not affected.

Walking into the Taoist temple of Changshengzi, Merton's eyes couldn't help but light up, Changshengzi has the benefit of the secret technique of dyeing hair, which can be described as a continuous source of wealth, and the entire Taoist temple is decently arranged, elegant and generous.

When the two of them sat down, a little Taoist priest immediately offered hot tea, but neither of them was on drinking tea.

Morton took a sip of tea, put it on the table and said, "Immortal Daoist friend invited the kid to come, maybe it's just to taste tea!" ”

The eldest son suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "Mohou is wise, the poor road came today to ask Mohou to show the way for the Waidan faction. ”

"Minglu?" Merton frowned, puzzled.

Changshengzi smiled bitterly and said, "Don't hide it from Mohou, the Waidan faction has now reached the end of the road. ”

In the complaint of the eldest son, Merton suddenly realized that a large explosion caused heavy losses to the Waidan faction, and the establishment of the firearms prison reduced the support from the imperial court by half.

Today's Waidan faction has withered talents, is in financial shortage, and has no achievements, so it can be said that it is stormy and in the midst of life and death.

"It can be said that if it weren't for the financial support of the secret technique of hair dyeing, it would not be able to support the operation of the Waidan faction." The eldest son sighed.

Merton suddenly said: "In this way, the Waidan Sect urgently needs a Dao technique that can replace the refining of gunpowder, which can not only reinvigorate the confidence of the Waidan Sect, but also provide financial support to the Waidan Sect. ”

Changshengzi suddenly said with a little weakness: "If that's the case, then it's the best." ”

Merton laughed loudly and said, "What's so hard about this? ”

The eldest son was suddenly pleasantly surprised: "Please also ask Lord Mo for advice." ”

Merton smiled mysteriously and said: "The Waidan faction is sitting on the treasure mountain and doesn't know it, and I don't know that the Waidan faction has always had a secret skill that allows the Waidan faction to make gold every day, and that is the secret art of alchemy of the Waidan faction." ”

"The secret art of alchemy!" The eldest son was puzzled, it can be said that every alchemist is extremely familiar with the secret art of alchemy, and the alchemist uses true fire to refine gold in order to seek eternal life.

However, since Merton proved that alchemy for immortality was a mistake, the alchemy secret art has sunk, and he can't figure out how the alchemy secret art can become the key to saving the Waidan faction.

Morton said: "As the saying goes, no one is perfect without gold, and the alchemy technology of the Waidan sect can refine the impurities in the gold and make it infinitely close to pure gold. ”

Changshengzi wondered: "But what's the use of this, even if the gold is refined, the gold is still gold, but because of the sundries extracted, the weight is reduced, but the loss is increased, and the gold is lost in vain."

Merton smiled slightly and said, "What the Immortal Dao Elder said is indeed true, in the eyes of ordinary people, the value of ordinary gold and purified gold is indeed equal, but in another place, the value of purified gold will increase greatly." ”

"That's jewelry!" Merton didn't sell it, but directly said the answer.

"Mohou said that it is made of pure gold to make jewelry." The eldest son wondered.

Merton nodded and said: "Yes, the purest gold ingot on the market today is only ninety percent pure gold, if the Wai Dan faction uses alchemy secret techniques to further purify on this basis, it can get ninety percent hardware, ninety percent nine gold and even pure gold, which will definitely make Chang'an City jewelry stores rush to it." And the Waidan faction only needs to move their hands, and they can sit on the ground and collect money. ”

The same is jewelry, but Merton knows that the pure gold and thousands of pure gold in later generations are not only the difference in price, but also the difference in the psychology of buyers. Even if the actual value is almost the same, more people are more willing to buy a higher purity of pure gold.

"Let Waidan send alchemy to the jewelry store?" The eldest son frowned and said, although Merton's suggestion made him excited, but letting the Alchemy Sect put down the shelf and serve the merchant really made him unable to pull his face.

Morton said: "Whether it is Taoist alchemy, or the development of material immortality, it is the most money-consuming thing, if the Waidan faction wants to develop, money is the first place, if the Waidan faction is willing, Modon can pull the strings from it and sell the alchemy secret technique to the jeweler, but this is a hammer deal, but it is not comparable to the secret technique of dyeing hair." ”

Thinking of the wealth brought by the secret technique of dyeing hair, Changshengzi gritted his teeth and said, "Just do what Lord Mo said!" ”

If the alchemy secret technique is firmly controlled in the hand, the entire Wai Dan sect will not need to be supported by the hair dyeing secret technique independently. With sufficient money, those Waidan sects that do not distinguish between grains and grains can devote themselves to scientific research and experiments.

Seeing this, Morton not only practiced and sighed, who would have thought that the eldest son who had been swaggering and deceiving before would independently support the beam of the Waidan faction with his own strength.

Merton's heart moved: "If the Waidan faction succeeds in developing the secret technique, it can cooperate with the Mo family, and everything is modeled after the secret technique of hair dyeing." ”

"Thank you, Mohou!" The eldest son said gratefully.

Although Merton was the main culprit of the Waidan's fall here, when the Waitan faction was in crisis, it was also Merton who pointed out another broad road for the Waitan faction.