"Bring things in."

As soon as Pan Xiaogu's voice fell, eight strong men carried two large boxes to the lobby.

The contents of the box were very heavy, and the flat poles that picked up the boxes were bent into a bow, and the strong man carefully put the boxes in the middle of the lobby, and then retreated.

"What's in it?"

Cheng Yun did not hide his curiosity, stood up and walked to the box, reached out and knocked on the edge of the box, and the echo was very muffled, which was a manifestation of being full of things.

Yang Wenxing was also very curious, but after all, he was older and much calmer than Cheng Yun, so he sat quietly in his seat, waiting for Pan Xiaogu to reveal the answer himself.

Pan Xiaogu smiled slightly, stepped forward and opened the lid of a box, revealing the contents inside, and stepped aside for the two of them to see clearly.

Yang Wenxing couldn't help but be curious at this time, and stood up and looked into the box with Cheng Yun.

The boxes were filled with metal ingots, neatly stacked.

"Iron ingots?" Cheng Yun asked suspiciously

Pan Xiaogu smiled but said nothing, and motioned for Cheng Yun to take out a piece and look at it carefully.

Cheng Yun reached out and took out an "iron ingot" from the box, and Yang Wenxing also took a piece of it curiously.

The iron ingot is about the same size as the green brick, weighing fifteen or sixteen catties (about 667 grams), which is not much different from ordinary iron ingots at first glance, but a closer look can reveal some fine crimson lines, like the annual rings of wood covering the entire iron ingot.

"You try it with battle energy?" Pan Xiaogu reminded on the side

When the two of them heard the reminder, their eyes flashed, and they hurriedly mobilized their battle qi and sent them into the iron ingot

"Iron Spirit! It's actually an iron spirit! Yang Wenxing and Cheng Yun exclaimed at the same time, as soon as the battle qi entered the iron ingot, the two of them immediately felt unusual, there was no longer the feeling of stickiness and sluggishness in the past, the battle qi in the "iron ingot" was running much smoother than before, and the consumption became less, and the two of them thought of something almost at the same time.

"All of these are iron spirits?" Cheng Yun pointed to the two large boxes, his face was full of shock, Yang Wenxing was not much better, and his eyes widened in shock.

It's not that the two of them haven't seen the iron spirit, both of them are from big families, and they are in the border army, whether they ask for it from their families or seize it from other races, they can get some.

But even if you get it, there is only a small piece at most, which is used to mix it into ordinary fine iron to make weapons, who has ever seen such a smelt into iron ingots, a whole box of iron essence.

Cheng Yun couldn't believe it, and grabbed a few more "iron ingots" to try.

"It's really an iron essence..."I tried a few pieces in a row, and the results were the same as before, and Cheng Yun believed it.

In contrast, Yang Wenxing was much calmer, and after getting through the initial shock, he quickly calmed down, and turned to think about Pan Xiaogu's intentions, the preciousness of the iron essence was well known, so he didn't believe that Pan Xiaogu would give the iron essence to him for nothing.

"I wonder how much iron is here?" Yang Wenxing didn't ask about the source of these iron essences, it must be the core secret of the Pan family.

"The unit of weight used by my Pan family is different from that of Middle Earth, and the basic unit is called kilograms, which is about half more than Tang Jin."

Pan Xiaogu picked up an iron ingot and pointed to the mark on the iron ingot for the two to see, and the two noticed that each iron ingot was engraved with the words "ten kilograms".

"We call this thing spiritual iron, each of which has ten kilograms, and there are a total of 100 such iron ingots here, a total of one thousand kilograms of spiritual iron." These spiritual irons are equivalent to the output of Tietong in a month, of course, Pan Xiaogu will not tell the two of them.

"I don't know if the spirit iron is the same thing as the iron essence you are talking about, but the two of you have tried it just now, and the effect of the two should be no different, am I right?"

Pan Xiaogu looked at the two of them with a smile, Yang Wenxing and Cheng Yun were not good at cheating in this matter, and nodded solemnly.

"Commander Pan wants to use this item to trade with my Tocharian army?" Yang Wenxing asked tentatively

"Exactly, my Pan family has some channels in Persia, and they can get a similar amount of spiritual iron every year." Pan Xiaogu didn't mention the transaction, but the meaning of the transaction was undoubtedly revealed, and the Pan family would provide 1,000 kilograms of spiritual iron to the Tocharian army every year.

Yang Wenxing and Cheng Yun were shocked, and then quickly calculated in their hearts.

This thousand kilograms of spiritual iron is about equivalent to 1,500 or 600 catties (Tang) of iron essence, according to the current market price in Anxi, one kilogram of iron essence is worth at least 100 taels of gold and more than 10,000 yuan, which is a big business equivalent to tens of millions of yuan per year.

Don't be surprised that the two Tang Anxi officers are so proficient in business economics, you must know that this Western Regions region has been a developed commercial culture since ancient times, and people who live here all year round will have a little business acumen.

Yang Wenxing and Cheng Yun are both tempted, although both of them are from wealthy families, but they are not valued children of the family, otherwise they would not have come to Anxi to develop, if the two can promote the cooperation between the Tocharian army and the Pan family, they will definitely be able to share a share of the benefits in this business.

It's not that the two of them didn't want to swallow the Pan family directly, but the sudden appearance of 2,000 cavalry and more than a dozen government soldier-level officers this time made the two of them a little confused about the details of the Pan family, especially the style of those cavalry orders and prohibitions, which was similar to that of the Tang army.

Before finding out the details of the Pan family, the Tocharian army will not act rashly.

"I wonder what the Pan family wants to exchange these spirit irons for?" Now that the intention to trade has been decided, the next step is to negotiate the conditions.

"I want to use this batch of spiritual iron to buy the land within a hundred miles of Panjiabao, after all, my Pan family occupies the land of Datang. After the purchase, my Pan family nominally belongs to the rule of Huozhou, and will also pay a tax every year, but must have complete autonomy to establish the government and army on their own, thinking that it is the Anxi domain. ”

"What kind of condition is this, it's no problem to sell the entire Five Rivers Valley to you, the Governor's Mansion has long planned to give up..."Before Cheng Yun finished speaking, he was glared at by Yang Wenxing

"I can agree to this condition instead of Zhao Dudu, just like Captain Cheng said, the entire Five Rivers Valley can be given to you." Yang Wenxing gritted his teeth and agreed, he had already guessed Pan Xiaogu's thoughts and was about to slaughter him, but Cheng Yunzui was about to leak the details.

"If the Pan family wants to become an army, they must need weapons, and there are still a lot of weapons in the arsenal of the military government?" Yang Wenxing kindly suggested

"Thank you Yang Duwei for your kindness, but these weapons are still not needed, and it is enough to be able to exchange these spiritual iron for such a large area, and my Pan family is not the insatiable one."

In fact, Pan Xiaogu really wanted to exchange some weapons from the Tang army, especially the heavy crossbows of the Tang army. But he didn't dare, he was now pulling the tiger skin of the Pan family, making people think that the Pan family was a powerful hidden family, once people found out that he couldn't even provide for weapons, the tiger skin would be punctured.

"By the way, there is still a small matter to bother your colleagues in the Folding Mansion."