In the summer of Nanjing, it is as hot as a furnace.

Knowing how to chirp wildly in the trees. The shops on both sides of the street are either half-covered, or the shopkeepers are lazily shaking their fans and nibbling melons to cool off.

Only the shop that strikes iron, if you want to test the heat with the heavens, you are still angry.

Xu Danling felt that he was about to be evaporated into a puff of green smoke by the scorching heat in the shop. Maybe he'll be able to return to his homeland.

The boss of the iron shop looked at the dozen or so carving knives he had drawn, frowned, and said, "It's not easy to make such a delicate thing!" ”

Xu Danling smiled and said, "Your Boss Liu is the most famous blacksmith in Nanjing. I heard that even the imperial doctor's golden needles have been made, what are these carving knives? ”

Boss Liu laughed: "Childe lifted me." He weighed it in his heart. What is this engraved for? ”

Xu Danling responded: "Wood." ”

"Wood." Boss Liu pointed to a row of iron blocks and asked, "How many materials do you want to use?" ”

Xu Danling stretched out his hand, and in his palm was a fist-sized black stone with a little golden light.

Boss Liu's eyes widened instantly, and he lost his voice: "Xuantie - where did you get it?" "This large piece of dark iron is worth a thousand gold! He scratched his ears and cheeks excitedly! The smile on his face was a little flattering. "Childe's surname?"

The word "Xu" blurted out by Xu Danling was difficult to turn into: "Practice." In the east of the city, practice white begonia. ”

Boss Liu opened his mouth wide in surprise. There is no way to associate the refreshing and handsome young man in front of him with the legendary Lian family's absurdity, who likes male style, and is so angry that the old man Lian separated from his original wife, and was expelled from the house.

"It turned out to be Young Master Lian." Boss Liu hid the surprise on his face, "You can just make a few carving knives and mix a small amount of dark iron." There's still a lot of this piece of dark iron left—"

"How much do you need?" Lian Baitang is not nonsense.

Boss Liu suddenly squeaked and didn't dare to speak: He wants it all! But he also understands that he can't eat this piece of dark iron alone!

Lian Baitang smiled with a smile in his eyes: "Boss, you have to think about it carefully." ”

Boss Liu carefully took the Xuantie, Rao was prepared for a long time, and he was also excited by its heavy coldness. In an instant, he almost saw the picture of himself casting a famous sword in the world with dark iron, and since then he has been on the same level as the cadre Mo Xie and has gone down in history!

Boss Liu gritted his teeth: "How do you want to sell it?" ”

Lian Baitang's eyes lingered on the Xuantie reluctantly: "My remaining one-third will be passed on to future generations." For the rest, take ten thousand taels of silver. ”

Boss Liu gasped: "Ten thousand taels of silver? ”

Lian Baitang's slender phoenix eyes swept darkly: "Boss thinks it's expensive?" Dark iron is obtained from the falling stars in the sky, also known as meteoric iron. Although meteors are common, they can generate a piece of meteorite iron with extremely high purity, which is a once-in-a-lifetime event. ”

Boss Liu originally thought that Lian Baitang was young, and he had such a ridiculous reputation, so he must be ignorant. may be able to coax him, who knows that he will be able to explain the origin of the dark iron clearly. I didn't dare to underestimate him anymore in my heart: "Ten thousand taels of silver, I need to raise something." But before that, Young Master Lian can't sell it anymore. ”

Lian Baitang smiled and asked, "Okay." How many days? ”

Boss Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Three days!" ”

Stepping out of the furnace-like iron shop, Lian Baitang's clothes were already wet. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked up at the blue sky, and missed the air conditioning and cold beer of his previous life.

He still can't accept it, how did he join the crossing army and come to the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty?

Prop up an oilcloth umbrella and return home under the scorching sun. In the distance, I saw a group of women and children who were not afraid of the heat around the door of their house, chattering non-stop. His eyes were momentary, and the crowd saw a well-dressed and delicate-looking woman - He Miaolian?

Lian Baitang's long eyebrows tightened slightly, and then let go: Hmph, I actually came to find trouble with the original owner's mother again. Maybe today, he will teach this white lotus slut a good lesson.

He walked to the door, and when someone saw him, he made a way: "Yo, Baitang is back!" ”

Lian Baitang's pace is slightly wrong: what name did his father and mother give him! Bai Tang, white sugar, and surname Lian! Practicing white sugar?! I don't know if his family runs a candy shop!

"Bai Tang!" He Miaolian's aggrieved face suddenly showed a hint of joy, "Help me persuade your mother!" It's so hot, I kindly sent ice cubes to the car, but she didn't accept it, and she didn't even let me in! ”

"Su Shi is really." There was a lot of discussion among the neighbors, "I didn't bring a good son, I couldn't manage the house well, and I was divorced by a man." People kindly sent charcoal and ice, but she refused to be thousands of miles away! ”

"I'm old, and I'm still so ignorant. Deserved to be suspended—"

Bai Tang's mother, Su Yu'e, who had never come forward, could hear the discussion outside, and her face was already swollen with shame, she grabbed the handkerchief and gritted her teeth. The youngest daughter Lian Bailan was red-eyed and kept comforting her on the side.

"Mother, don't listen to their nonsense. What do they know? ”

has already been passed on, the family doesn't need He's to send any "heart", she is still shameless at the door and is so aggrieved that she sheds tears, who is wronged?

Lian Baitang raised his eyebrows, his face was surprised, and he stared at He strangely: "Mrs. Lian." Bai Tang has something to understand, can you solve a puzzle for Bai Tang? ”

He Miaolian covered the smugness in the corners of her eyes and said busily: "What did Bai Tang say!" ”

"That's it." The corners of Lian Baitang's thin lips hooked slightly, "Madame was born in a family of eunuchs, and unfortunately suffered from the Battle of Jingjing. Are there any eggs left under the nest? It was my mother who took pity on your official daughter and wanted to become an official prostitute, so she bought you as a servant at home. ”

He Miaolian's face changed slightly: Why did he bring up this dusty past?!

Everyone immediately looked at her with a little more meaning: How come they haven't heard of this in the past!

"Then the Su family, isn't it the benefactor of the He family?" Someone immediately asked.

"Exactly." Lian Baitang looked at He with complicated eyes.

"It is precisely because of kindness that I would rather be scolded and resented by my sister, but also send some heart." He's pear blossoms bring rain, and Chu Chu is pitiful. "I know my sister hates me, but—"

"Mrs. Lian." Bai Tang interrupted her, "You have served my mother for many years. and my mother are also sisters, and the relationship is always not bad. Let me ask, after so many years, have you really treated my mother? ”

He Shi opened his eyes: "Naturally, it is sincere!" ”

"That is, sincerely, you say, what is my mother's character?" Lian Baitang glanced at the onlookers, "My mother's temper, you also know it, right?" ”

The neighbors suddenly said one by one: "The Su people are really good, but their temper is straighter." ”

"Yes. To put it bluntly, there is no room for sand in the eyes. ”

"Su's temper is a little more irritable, but he is straightforward and generous, and he has one thing to say."

He Miaolian muttered, not understanding why Lian Baitang asked her this question.

Bai Tang waited for everyone to finish, and was moved to give a deep salute to everyone.

"Alas, Bai Tang, what are you doing!"

Although the neighbors didn't understand his actions, they also felt that this kid was different from the past and was much more sensible!