"Hey, what is he doing?" was as old Sopas was thinking about it, the overseer suddenly shouted, and looked at his finger to see a young man standing by the fire, clutching the scrap of the rock in his hand thoughtfully.

Alchemy workshops are generally not open to the public, especially when the workshop has mastered some advanced technology, and it will pay special attention to defense for the sake of secrecy.

But the guy in front of him was obviously not a staff member of the alchemy workshop, and the silk clothes he was wearing were not affordable by the craftsmen.

This should be a nobleman.

Through a simple observation, the elder Sopa could tell the young man's identity by the way he was dressed.

But even nobles are not allowed to enter the smelting room without permission.

Old Sopa's face was a little ugly, and the young man was still standing next to the smelting furnace, looking a little distracted.

It's rare for a nobleman to care about this kind of stone......

"This is a private place," the overseer walked up, with a clear warning in his words, no nobleman in the Imperial City dared to violate the system, like the kind of guy who relied on his family background to be arrogant and arrogant, he had already been killed by the Duke of Winton, so he was not afraid in his heart.

"I'm sorry, I saw no one at the door, so I came in. The young man smiled, his tone very gentle, and he was not annoyed by the overseer's words, "This kind of stone is rare, I have never seen such a hard ore, this is newly mined?"

"I'm sorry, but this is a secret of the workshop, so I don't have anything to say. The overseer waved his hand, "If nothing else, please leave, we will continue to work!"

Hearing that the other party had given the eviction order, the young man was a little embarrassed, and he reluctantly put the rigid rock waste in his hand on the table, ready to turn around and leave.

"Wait a minute!" said old Sopa, and the craftsmen were a little surprised, and they did not understand why the master craftsman called out to the young man, "you just said that you have never seen such a hard ore, and you have studied it very well?"

"I can't talk about research, but I've seen a lot and will always be familiar," replied the young man with a smile when he heard old Sopa's question, "If I'm not mistaken, you're now troubled by the difficulty of dissolving this thing." ”

Old Sopa's pupils shrank, but then he asked in a steady tone, "Do you have a solution?"

"Shall we talk here?" the young man shrugged.

The temperature in the smelting chamber was indeed a little uncomfortable, and a smile appeared on the corner of Old Sopa's mouth, "Please come with me." ”

......

"Can this guy solve the problem of Gangyan?" said a craftsman with a frown, "I don't think it's possible, even the master craftsman is at a loss for it." ”

"Isn't it a liar?" said someone worried.

"It's a possibility," said the overseer, "he's too young to show any signs of working in the workshop, and how can we trust such an inexperienced fellow?"

"Do you want to report to the master craftsman?"

"Bastard, what we can see, can't the master craftsman?" the overseer gasped and glanced in the direction of the office, "Wait and see what he says!"

......

"Sit down," said old Sopa, spreading his hands, "what shall I call you?"

"Rand," the young man smiled, "just call me Rand." ”

"Well, Lord Rand, have you ever been in the ore business before?" Old Sopa didn't directly ask Rand if he could solve the problem of rigid rocks, "Or are you an apprentice of some great alchemist?" ”

"I have a few mines in my territory, and I am also in the business of making weapons, and I have a little experience in smelting steel. Rand didn't exaggerate what he meant, this kind of rigid rock did surprise him a little, the melting point was not high, and there were very few impurities.

Ignoring the fact that it is difficult to melt, this thing is indeed the best choice for making armor weapons and even artillery barrels.

The raw materials required for the manufacture of the first grade are higher than the quality required for the manufacture of flintlock pistols, first of all, the repeating gun mechanism is more precise and needs to withstand greater reaction force, so that the new type of iron extracted from the rigid rock with stronger hardness and less easy deformation shows its advantages.

"Are you a lord?" Old Sopa raised an eyebrow, an answer that disappointed him, he had thought Rand was from some famous alchemy workshop, "Forgive me for my rudeness, I really can't imagine what being a lord has in common with alchemy." ”

"It seems that you don't believe me. Rand tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and he thought about what powerful reason he should use to convince the other party, this time he came in too much hurry, and neither Oak nor Andy was with him, and it was probably not an easy thing to smelt the rigid rock.

Although it is possible to use the decomposition relationships between the elements to find the molecular composition of the material contained in the rigid rock, Rand is distressed that he has not yet established even the most rudimentary chemistry laboratory.

And those messy periodic tables......

Just thinking about it gave him a headache.

Chemistry isn't my forte.

"I don't like empty talk and indifferent promises," Rand thought for a moment and decided to convince old Sopa with the facts: "I would like you to take that new ore with you and follow me to my territory." ”

"Your territory?" said Old Sopa frowned.

"Yes, there I can prove my strength, and the problem in front of you is nothing to me. Rand was confident that he had seen Oak's abilities, a flame that could ablate even diamonds, and believed that it would not be a problem to dissolve these ores.

"Sounds a bit like a fantasy. Old Sopa was expressionless, and had no hope in his heart for Rand, who seemed to him nothing more than a man who liked to talk big and tried to deceive him with lies.

The melting point of nearly 4,000 degrees is enough to stump most alchemy workshops, and even I, an old craftsman who has been dealing with ore all my life, can't come up with a good solution.

You actually said lightly, this is nothing to you?

If the big talk is too big, it's easy to goof.

Old Sopa shook his head, "It seems that I was mistaken, and you can't solve my predicament." ”

It's hard to convince people without a factual basis, and Rand knows exactly what old Sopa is worried about, but there's no way he's going to bring Oak and Andy to the Imperial City, especially in this special time.

A large number of families have come to the Imperial City, in case one of them is mixed with the eyes of the Holy See......

No, there is no in case, there must be the eyeliner of the Holy See in it.

Rand thought for a moment and stood up.