Liu Yang appeared in the courtyard with his head down, and Zhao Jiu's eyebrows furrowed. This is the first time that Liu Yang Xiuwu did not appear here on time. An hour late, to be exact.

"Zhao Jiu. ”

Unexpectedly, Liu Yang had no intention of starting to temper his body, but instead looked at Zhao Jiu who was standing in the depths of the corner.

"Is there a real stone in the house?"

Feeling the heat in Liu Yang's eyes, Zhao Jiu's surprised expression changed to solemnity.

"Real stones are very scarce, so naturally there are no them in the house. ”

He replied truthfully, the real stone contains powerful true power that can help people who practice martial arts to improve their cultivation, which is a rare thing. He had only obtained four or five pieces in the early years, all of which were used to break through the bottleneck of martial arts, so you can imagine how precious they were.

"Is there one in the city?"

Liu Yang rubbed his head, listening to Zhao Jiu's tone, he knew how precious such a thing as a real stone was, but the poison in his body could only be solved by a cat demon, I am afraid it was not an exaggeration. At the moment, I can only try my best to find the real stone and meet its requirements first.

"It is said that at the monthly auction of the Flower Pavilion, there will be a few pieces occasionally. ”

"Listen to the Flower Pavilion?"

Seeing Liu Yang's confusion, Zhao Jiu reminded: "This Tinghua Pavilion is one of the largest business alliances in Puyang City, not only operating all kinds of treasure trading, but also holding a grand auction at the end of each month to facilitate the needs of dignitaries and nobles in the city. ”

"Business Alliance?"

Liu Yang had a big head for a while, if this is the case, even if there is a real stone at this auction, the price is very high, although Liu Mansion is the mansion of a powerful official, but the real income is difficult to compare with the merchants in the city.

When I was in the world of science and technology, I was a poor dick, and I thought that becoming the only son of the Liu Mansion would at least be able to worry about food and clothing, but I didn't expect to worry about money.

"Young Master, you are only in the early stage of quenching, so you don't need to cultivate with real stones. ”

"Just in case. ”

Seeing Zhao Jiu's solemn expression, Liu Yang knew that he thought he was trying to pull out the seedlings to help them grow, so he hurriedly snorted. Then you start your daily workout plan.

Liu Yang sweated like rain, since he created the exercise equipment in the world of science and technology and his reasonable diet, his physical enhancement has become more and more obvious, even if the weight of the iron barbell has increased to three hundred catties, it is as light as nothing in his hands.

According to his judgment, he has a hundred catties of strength with one hand, and three or four hundred catties of strength with both hands combined. This kind of strength is the result of desperate cultivation during this period of time and Liu Fu's unstingy precious herbs, otherwise such an intense exercise would have already made the body unbearable.

Zhao Jiu nodded secretly, Liu Yang's daily progress was very obvious, whether it was the strength of his physique or the increase in strength. Although Liu Fu used a lot of precious herbs, it was thanks to the exercise method proposed by Liu Yang to achieve such a degree. Even, in his opinion, it is very magical, the iron pimple created by Liu Yang's instructions uses different movements and ways to exercise every part of the body, which is very accurate, and the effect is very good.

"Leader, there's news. ”

At this time, a black-armored guard walked over and whispered in Zhao Jiu's ear. His face froze, then relaxed.

By the time Liu Yang stopped exercising, it was already noon.

"Young master, I've found the old man. ”

"Really?"

Hearing this, Liu Yang put down the towel that wiped his sweat, and the tiredness just now was swept away. These days, he asked Zhao Jiu to send someone to inquire about the old man who sold titanium ore before, but he didn't expect that there would be news so soon, which swept away the haze in his heart.

"Out of the house. ”

Liu Yang got up and put on the robe he had just untied aside.

"Yes. ”

Zhao Jiu didn't stop him, but motioned to several black-armored guards to follow secretly.

The stone street was full of people, and an old man stood in front of the palatial shop, with a hesitant look on his face. He had a heavy cloth bag hanging behind his back, and his body was a little rickety.

A moment later, his cloth shoes slowly stepped on the smooth stone steps and walked into the ore shop.

"Old man, you want to sell ore?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the cloth bag on his back, and his eyes were a little more curious. Occasionally, the countrymen near Puyang City will bring a few pieces of ore, some of which are not good in material but have special characteristics, which are liked by many dignitaries. Looking at this old man's dress and demeanor, maybe he is another lucky person who has found a strange ore.

"That's what you're talking about?"

Half an hour later, the shopkeeper raised his head and said in a somewhat low tone.

"Don't underestimate this black stone, someone bought two pieces for a hundred taels a few days ago. ”

Seeing that there was an impatient look on the shopkeeper's face, the old man hurriedly spoke. It's a pity that he doesn't understand the role and characteristics of these ores, and after talking for a long time, there is nothing that can impress the other party.

"Come on, get out. ”

The shopkeeper waved his hand like a fly, and immediately two tall men set up the old man and walked towards the door of the store.

"This is really the best ore!"

Before the old man could shout this sentence, the whole person fell heavily on the hard stone slab, and he covered his ass in pain and howled.

"The ass is blooming. ”

"You bastards. ”

Rubbing his buttocks, the old man blew his beard and glared at the two big men at the door of the store, but seemed to remember something and sighed heavily. This is the fifth shop he has found, but he has not been able to sell the ore, and if he continues like this, he will not have the face to return to Dagu Town.

Thinking of the way I swore in front of the villagers two days ago, and then looking at the current appearance, it is simply unacceptable. He picked up the cloth bag and planned to look at other shops, but if he couldn't do it, he had to try his luck the way he did last time.

"Uncle, let's meet again. ”

As soon as the old man turned around, he saw two figures standing behind him. He looked incredulous, his mouth widened, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

These two people are none other than Liu Yang and Zhao Jiu in civilian clothes.

His eyes fell on the old man's cloth bag, and Liu Yang did not hide the heat in his eyes. This is a raw material for making high-strength titanium alloys, and I can't imagine that there are still a lot of them.

"You're the little brother who bought my ore last time!"

The old man showed his big yellow teeth, thanking God for allowing him to meet these two big customers again, and it seemed that the promise he made to the villagers might have come true.

"Take a step to speak. ”

Liu Yang signaled, and Zhao Jiu comprehended and took the lead in one direction.

There are a number of pubs near Stone Street, which are places for business travelers and business dealers. At this moment, in the private room, Liu Yang looked at the old man who was eating and drinking like a starving ghost, and his face was shocked.

"I haven't eaten for a day, I'm sorry. “

Half an hour later, the old man drank the last sip of hot soup and laughed dryly.

"I remember last time I didn't exchange a hundred taels of silver for your two pieces of ore?"

Liu Yang couldn't help but ask, the old man was obviously hungry like this, maybe he hadn't eaten for two or three days, maybe he didn't tell the truth because he didn't tell the truth.

"Well, the money has already been spent. ”

Speaking of this, as if he remembered something, the old man patted his head and said earnestly to Liu Yang: "Little brother, I still have the last batch of ore, can you still buy it?" ”

"The last batch?"

Liu Yang frowned, and Zhao Jiu next to him also looked solemn when he heard this.

"There's only one last batch of this ore left?"

"Little brother, you don't know anything. Saying this, the old man shook his head and sighed, his expression a little older.

"Uncle, if there is any difficulty, just say it. ”

Next to him, Zhao Jiu couldn't help but answer. In his opinion, this kind of ore is simply a priceless treasure, thinking of the indestructible little sword refined that night, his heart is very hot, if Liu Fu can get a large amount of this ore, he can refine more weapons and even armor, which will be the most direct help to their black-armored guards.

"Don't hide it from the two of you, my name is Cheng Yi, and I am from Dagu Town. ”

"Big Lonely Town?"

Zhao Jiu seemed to think of something, and his face was shocked. Liu Yang looked sideways, not knowing why he was so surprised.

"It seems that this little brother has heard about the situation in my big lonely town. Cheng Yi sighed.

"What's going on?"

Seeing Liu Yang looking at him, Zhao Jiu glanced at Cheng Yi and said, "Dagu Town is less than thirty miles away from Puyang City, and I heard that there was a plague two months ago, and many people died. ”

"Not only did a lot of people die, but they were almost all dead. Cheng Yi was a little excited, he gritted his teeth and said: "The officials of Linzhou County have not been effective in disaster relief, and now the people in the entire town are dying of illness, and the rest of the people have almost no way out, as early as last month, the only remaining surplus food was eaten. ”

"How is that possible!"

Zhao Jiu was shocked, if the truth was really as Cheng Yi said, it would definitely be a big thing.

"Didn't you go and report to the officials in Puyang City?"

Liu Yang frowned, realizing the seriousness of the matter.

Last month, I and more than a dozen villagers in the town went to the city's supervision department to report the Linzhou county officials, but they were not accepted. I went to the city lord's mansion, but I didn't even enter the gate. ”

"How can it be!"

Even if Liu Yang is an outsider, he can't help but be angry when he hears it, the plague is not a trivial matter, if it is not controlled well, it will kill countless living beings, even if the medical means in the world of science and technology are developed, talking about the plague also makes people look different.

"The officials of Linzhou County have backers in the city, and they have already had a way to deal with it. The villagers in the town have no way to continue, so they can only find a way to save themselves. This ore was discovered by the villagers by chance, and since no one knew about it, I had the idea of trying it out and selling it, hoping to exchange it for some money and food. ”

"No wonder. ”

Liu Yang nodded, thinking that Cheng Yi was an old man who was greedy for money, but he didn't expect that there was such a reason.

"Cheng Lao, is there any ore left?"

"The situation in the town is getting more and more difficult, and the villagers don't want to dig for rocks, so I'm left with my cloth bag. ”

Liu Yang frowned, according to Cheng Yi's meaning, there are indeed titanium minerals in Dagu Town, but no one is willing to mine it is also a big problem. He thought for a moment and said to Cheng Yi: "If we make a big purchase, will Cheng Lao have a way to let people mine more ore?"

"Aggressive acquisitions?"

Cheng Yi's eyes widened, if this is the case, it will be tantamount to a relief for the entire Dagu Town.

"Really?"

He couldn't believe it, many ore merchants felt that this ore had no use, and couldn't figure out why Liu Yang needed this kind of stone.

"Uncle, our young master's words are true. ”

Zhao Jiu next to him, seeing Cheng Yi wavering, also echoed and said.

"It's not that I'm looking down on people, but you don't look like a rich businessman. ”

"One hundred taels of ore per catty, help me mine a hundred catties of ore first. ”

Seeing that Cheng Yi still didn't believe it, Liu Yang directly stated his price and demand.

"One hundred taels, do you want a hundred catties?" Cheng Yi was a little sluggish, that was 10,000 taels of silver! If there were really 10,000 taels of silver, then there would really be hope for Dagu Town!

"Zhao Jiu. ”

Liu Yang looked at Zhao Jiu, who realized and took out the silver on his body, which was a thousand taels of silver.

"This is a deposit, and the balance of 100 catties of ore will naturally be sent in person. Liu Yang said with a smile.

A pile of silver glittered, making Cheng Yi gasp.

"I did this deal, old man!"

After a moment, he swallowed and nodded like garlic. With this silver, you can bring back a lot of food to alleviate the situation in Dagu Town first.

At this time, there was silence in the hall of the Supervision Division. The night owl fell to one knee, and the cold on the ground did not feel the slightest coolness, but he was covered in sweat. He raised his head slightly, and saw that the figure behind the desk was hidden in the darkness without any sound.

His pupils constricted, and there were scattered stumps and severed arms under the desk, all of which were subordinates who participated in the West City Gate operation last night. But at this time, they have all turned into lonely ghosts.

"Are you guilty?"

Cao De's voice was a little hoarse, as if he had not slept all night, and his tone was tired and cold.

"Please give your subordinates another chance. ”

The night owl's head slammed to the ground, shattering the hard bluestone slab.

"Opportunity?"

Cao Desen smiled, and he suddenly got up. The wide official robes whistled like a hurricane, and the tables and chairs in the hall trembled, suppressed by an invisible force.

Feeling the abyss-like aura behind the desk, the night owl was sweating, but he didn't dare to resist in the slightest. After following Cao De for so long, he knew best how amazing the ability of this cool official in front of him was.

"Where's the escape?"

Cao De snorted coldly, but the tumbling breath calmed down.

"Xicheng District has been searched, and there is only one place left. ”

"Liu Mansion?"

Cao De's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a fine light crossing.

The night owl was relieved, and it seemed that this cool official was not going to kill him. He had some complicated feelings in his heart, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad.

"Take me the token and go to Liu's Mansion after a while. ”

The silver token fell to the ground with a "clang" and rolled down in front of the night owl.

"Wouldn't it be better to go now?"

The night owl was shocked and couldn't help but ask. In his opinion, last night, the secret guards searched the entire Xicheng District, and only the Liu Mansion had not been searched, after all, that demon was poisoned and it was difficult to go far.

"Do as I say. ”

Cao De's unquestioning tone silenced the night owl.