The early autumn morning still feels a little cool, and many early risers subconsciously add an extra piece of clothing to prevent cold.

Before Liu Yuan went out, he was also shivering with cold, and Zhao An immediately took a coat and put it on him, but as soon as Liu Yuan arrived at the alchemy house on the outskirts of Yangzhou, he felt a large heat wave overwhelmingly rushing from afar, and suddenly drove away the little chill on his body.

"Young Master." As soon as he saw Liu Yuan coming, Heiba and two slaves standing at the door saluted Liu Yuan respectfully.

Liu Yuan nodded, then patted Heiba's shoulder and said, "Heiba, it's okay, right?" ”

Heiba patted his chest and said, "Young Master, with Heiba here, there must be nothing wrong, I have been keeping an eye on it." ”

Liu Yuan was afraid that someone would come to steal the teacher, and he was also afraid that the slaves who were refining gold inside would see the money and abscond, so he sent the most loyal Heiba to guard here with two slaves who performed well.

"Well, yes, do a good job, and when this is over, there will be a reward."

"Yes, young master." When the three slaves heard the word of reward, they were all overjoyed and answered loudly.

Liu Yuan nodded with satisfaction, led Zhao An, and walked inside, Zhao An rushed ahead of Liu Yuan, pushed the door open, and waited for Liu Yuan to go in, and then he followed closely.

As soon as they entered the room, the two of them were stunned by the situation in front of them: five special large iron pots were lined up, the bottom was heated by an exhaust fan, and a large human blower was used to blow the air above.

This is the last step of earth alchemy: blowing lead.

Using the difference between the boiling point of gold and lead, the boiling point of lead is low, easy to evaporate first, and blow it away with the wind, which is blowing lead, and after repeatedly blowing lead in this aspect, the highest can obtain more than ninety percent of red gold.

"Boss, you're here, quick, put on a wet towel." As soon as Ayi saw Liu Yuan coming, he immediately put down the work in his hand and took a wet towel for Liu Yuan to cover his mouth and nose.

In the process of alchemy, it is necessary to use highly toxic and harmful substances such as Shannai and mercury, if you are not careful, it is easy to be poisoned, Liu Yuan asked people to put the pot on the downwind outlet, and the blower blew vigorously outside, in addition, a group of slaves are wet towels covering their mouths and noses, although they can't completely isolate the harmful gases, but they also try their best to minimize its damage, which is why Liu Yuan resolutely did not bring Xiaoniang and Du Sanniang to watch, that is, it is useless to go out to coquettish.

In front, Liu Yuan remembered very clearly, there was a boss who opened a gold field in the suburbs, and he also refined the "ground gold" collected back, in addition to charging those handling fees, he also wanted the waste residue that others had refined, because he had a alchemy technique, and others did not refine it thoroughly, but he could refine the gold that others did not refine, so that he could make a fortune in a muffled voice, and in three or five years, he accumulated tens of millions of family fortunes and became a multimillionaire, but he did not expect that he did not pay attention to anti-poison when refining gold in the soil law, and inhaled too much toxic gas. It is said that the lungs are rotten, and the net worth of more than 20 million yuan earned is not enough for medical expenses.

Therefore, it is useless for the second daughter to be coquettish, and nothing will be said in such a dangerous place to let the second daughter get into danger.

After Liu Yuan and Zhao An put on wet towels, they walked around casually and asked, "Ayi, how is it going?" ”

Ayi said as if inviting merit: "Young master, it is really effective, you are really a god descending to earth, so that you can refine gold, smooth, very smooth, we have started refining a large number of the day before yesterday, the river mud sent earlier, ah, no, it is the land gold you said young master, we have refined one-fifth, this batch is eight batches, now we continue to refine day and night, in two days, we can finish refining these." ”

"Young Master"

"Young Master"

"Young Master~~"

Wherever Liu Yuan went, those slaves nodded respectfully and said hello, in their minds, this young master was really a god, in their impression, the gold and silver were all exchanged for labor, blood and sweat, and the silver was given by the owner or the leader, as for how their silver came from, they didn't understand, not seeing Liu Yuan use such a method, the golden gold and silver seemed to appear out of thin air, and their eyes almost didn't fall off.

It's amazing.

In this way, Liu Yuan is Wenqu Xing descended to earth, just burned a few spells, and even the powerful ghosts that the official master had no way to drive away also let him be destroyed, and the more the house slaves spread more and more, the most lull came to the conclusion that the young master is not an ordinary person, and if he follows him, he will definitely not suffer, plus Liu Yuan has always treated his subordinates well, so those slaves are very loyal and obedient.

As soon as Liu Yuan walked away, he nodded to them, showing the image of a kind master.

Walking, walking, Liu Yuan suddenly stopped, looked at the front with interest, there was a young man in front of him who still had a childish face, while looking at the fire, he was holding a brush and writing something on a piece of paper, his eyes were always staring at the things in the pot, very focused, even Liu Yuan and his party walked next to him, and they didn't notice it.

This person is one of the apprentices under Liu Yuan's key training: Ah Zhong.

"Ah Zhong, Leng or something, you still don't salute when the young master comes, do you still have a young master in your eyes?" Ayi saw that Ah Zhong was still staring like a fool, so he couldn't help but step forward and push him.

"Ah~~ Young Master" Ah Zhong only saw Liu Yuan coming at this time, and hurriedly walked over, while looking at Liu Yuan's luggage, he said honestly: "Young Master, the little one is guilty, please punish the young master, the little one is not in sight, the villain~~ The villain didn't notice that you were coming." ”

Liu Yuan smiled, waved his big hand and said: "It's okay, don't be afraid, you are concentrating on your work, I have seen it, not only is there no fault, but also merit." ”

Liu Yuan saw the performance of the two in his eyes, Ah Zhong was honest and honest, stable in his work, and worked hard when studying, especially in jewelry, and Ah Yi was very talented, and Ah Yi was a clever ghost, eloquent, and very good at observing faces, but when he was studying, his attention was not enough, and the move just now was obviously inviting merit and favor, but he was still a little tender, this little bit of caution, where could he hide it from Liu Yuan.

Well, in the future, it will be good to have one outside the main and one inside the home.

"Young Master, let's take a look at the results of our refining first, and put them in that corner." Seeing that Liu Yuan had no intention of blaming Ah Zhong, Ah Yi was slightly disappointed, but he immediately calmed down again and pulled Liu Yuan's refined finished products.

"Oh, let's go check it out."

A few people in the group walked into a large wooden box in the side of the force, and as soon as Liu Yuan approached, Ayi said happily: "Young master, the gold and silver we have refined are all in it." ”

"Open it and take a look."

"Yes, young master." Ah Yi hurriedly opened the big wooden box at once.

As soon as the box was opened, everyone present felt that there was a golden yellow in front of them, and the yellow and clear gold, and the white silver, shining brightly in the sun, made people's eyes shine.

Liu Yuan was full of joy, the gold and silver that had just been refined had not yet been inverted, like a gold cake and a silver cake, he picked up two pieces and weighed them in his hand, heavy, knocked each other, and made a dull sound, judging from the color and weight, these guys were not lazy, and they did enough work according to their own requirements.

A rough estimate, there are about two hundred taels of gold in it, and five or six hundred taels of silver, all of which are of the best quality, just now Ayi said that it was about one-fifth, one tael of gold to ten taels of silver, and two hundred taels of gold is about two thousand taels of silver, adding up to a total of two thousand and five taels of silver, and one-fifth is more than two thousand, so after all the refinement, isn't it more than ten thousand taels of silver?

Over 10,000 taels, Liu Yuan's little heart couldn't help beating a few times, this is a huge amount of money, with this income, he suddenly made up for the silver spent on buying a big house, and there are thousands of taels to earn, Ma Wuye grass is not fat, people are not rich, just like ten days and eight days, the silver earned is worth his hard work in the Jinyu family for a year, he not only made a lot of money, but also fished an official plaque and a lot of good reputation.

That's what kills three birds with one stone.

"Good, good, all rewarded!" Liu Yuan said loudly to a few slaves: "Give me a good job, and when this thing is over, if you behave well, one person will be a Silla maid to be a lady, and I don't want to beat a bachelor to cheer me up." ”

What the? Silla maid? Be a lady? When these slaves who sold themselves into slavery and never had the opportunity to touch a woman in their lives heard this, their eyes lit up, and they were excited, as if they had inexhaustible strength in their whole bodies, and they made the blower furious, as if they were going to break it.

"Yes, young master~~" several slaves responded loudly together, and in that voice, there seemed to be endless hope for the future.