Surdak placed three pieces of copper ore on a pedestal in front of the Ferdinand scholars, all of them dark and brown, with dots of red copper particles in between, some of which were as big as sesame grains, and some of which were like fine pieces of coarse river sand, so that the whole copper ore was speckled and bright, looking like a lump of condensed oil, but it was hard and heavy to the touch.

"Copper Mine...... Where did you find these copper ores? Scholar Ferdinand just glanced casually and asked.

"It's in the northern part of the White Forest Plane, in a forest further north of the border town where I'm stationed, and it's an open-pit vein." Surdak touched his nose and replied truthfully.

Scholar Ferdinand smiled: "Hehe, it's really good luck, these ores are of high quality, this belongs to pure copper ore, and you only need beneficiation and refining to get good quality copper ingots." ”

"Scholar Ferdinand, I have come to visit you for this purpose, I want to refine these copper ores into copper ingots." Surdak glanced at the bottles and jars in the lab, and then at Scholar Ferdinand.

Scholar Ferdinand sat on the long sofa in the lounge area, looked up and waved to a magical assistant who was cleaning glass jars not far away, and then said casually, "It's not difficult, Victor, it's up to you......"

The magician's assistant quickly put down the glass jar in his hand, stood in front of Scholar Ferdinand, and nodded earnestly.

The Ferdinand scholar thought for a moment and added:

"Design a robust copper ore screening, purification and refining furnace for Surdak."

The magical assistant named Victor said, "Yes, teacher! ”

Scholar Ferdinand said to Surdak:

"But if you want to get this furnace, you have to wait at least three months, and such a large furnace will have to be customized in the iron casting workshop, and when everything is assembled and debugged, it will take at least more than a month to transport it to the Bailin plane."

Surdak's copper mine was just beginning to prepare, and it didn't matter if he waited for a while, so he nodded and said, "I can wait." ”

Scholar Ferdinand nodded, and said, "If you only need copper sand, you don't need this part of the furnace." In addition, the ore screening is also done by the workers, all you need to do is build a pool near the mine, just pour the ore powder into the pool and soak it with this active agent, the copper sand will soon settle down......"

Surdak listened carefully to Scholar Ferdinand's explanation, he didn't understand many terms very well, and what he remembered most was the bottle of light blue catalyst in Scholar Ferdinand's hand.

Watching Surdak stare at the glass container in his hand with some intent, Scholar Ferdinand explained:

"Don't worry, the cost of this active agent is not expensive, it can break down some rocks, whether it's in Highlandsa or in Bena City, many mining firms sell it......"

Surdak reacted and asked:

"In other words, before the purification and refining furnace, in fact, I can buy some of this active agent to obtain copper sand?"

"That's right!" "But if you're going to run this copper mine for a long time, I'd suggest you build a furnace!" Victor has been working on this lately, and I'll ask him to help you for a while. ”

"In that case, that's great......" Surdak said excitedly, looking at the shy-looking magician standing next to the Scholar Ferdinand.

Scholar Ferdinand instructed the young magician, "Victor, you can show Surdak how to refine the copper ore......

The young magic assistant agreed:

"Okay, teacher."

Victor looked like a hard-working handyman in front of the Ferdinand scholars.

He picked up a piece of ore from the table and took it aside to crush and grind, this laboratory is still very complete with all kinds of magical equipment.

It didn't take long for him to come back with a glass of brown powder, he placed the glass in front of Surdak, and poured some light blue solution into it, only to see countless bubbles of black powder coming out of it, and the powder was quickly dissolved, turning into half a cup of dirty mixed viscous liquid.

"This needs to stand for about six hours, you can pour out the solution in the cup, there will be some viscous paste at the bottom of the cup, these also need to be diluted into a liquid with a diluent, and then filtered in a filter, the liquid obtained can be added to this solution, you can replace the water in the solution to get copper sand." Victor, the magic assistant, explained to Surdak.

Surdak could understand what Victor was saying, but if he was allowed to do it himself, he might not be able to.

Scholar Ferdinand seemed accustomed to this, and casually asked, "Dark, how long are you going to stay in the city of Highlandsa this time?" ”

Surdak thought about tomorrow's itinerary and said, "About two days, if it goes well, I plan to return to Vol Village the day after tomorrow." ”

"Would you be interested in helping me with a transplant?" Scholar Ferdinand asked tactfully.

Surdak asked curiously, "Huh...... Scholar Ferdinand, aren't there water magicians among these assistants around you? ”

Scholar Ferdinand smiled awkwardly, lowered his voice and said to Surdak, "I think the Holy Light Technique is a little more reliable than those hydrotherapy techniques. ”

Of course, Surdak could not refuse, so he readily agreed: "Well, if you can set a time, you can come to the Square Garden Hotel at any time to find me." ”

Unexpectedly, Scholar Ferdinand waved his hand and clapped his hands and decided: "Don't bother so much, then this transplant operation will be tentatively scheduled for tomorrow night." ”

"All right, Scholar Ferdinand." Surdak agreed.

It was late to emerge from the Ferdinand Scholar's magical laboratory.

Lance had an important magical experiment at night, and he couldn't get out, but he sent someone to tell Carl from the guard camp that Surdak had arrived in the city of Hylanza, and it was said that Karl was coming from the guard camp.

Surdak did not linger in the Magic Guild any longer, and he walked out of the first floor door of the Magic Guild.

……

Highlandsa is a mountain town.

In the middle of the summer night, a cool breeze blows, which is refreshing and pleasant.

Surdak was standing across the street from the Magic Guild, looking east and west, when a magic caravan sped by, the magic caravan was so close to the street that it was almost crossed by Surdak's nose.

The speed of the car was very fast, and the two Gubolian horses pulling the cart looked very majestic as they galloped, with their manes flying in the wind.

Surdak saw a young nobleman sitting in the carriage, hugging a noble lady and kissing passionately, the light in the carriage was soft, it was getting close to evening, the curtain of a window was not drawn, and the moment he passed by Surdak's side, he could just peek into the scene in the carriage.

Although he couldn't see the young nobleman's face, just the side face made Surdak feel a little familiar.

But he couldn't remember who the young nobleman was, and when he looked up again, the magic caravan had already run away.

"Duck, what are you looking at?" Karl patted Surdak on the shoulder from behind and followed his gaze to the traffic on the long street......

Surdak looked back at Karl, then retracted his gaze and said, "It's nothing, I just think there are a lot more magic caravans in the city than half a year ago......"

Karl and Surdak stood side by side in the street, a magic caravan parked aside.

"Although the war on the south side of the tower has not spread to the city of Hailanza, many of the noble lords over there have taken refuge in the city of Hailanza." Karl sighed and said helplessly.

However, he immediately cheered up again, put his arm around Surdak's shoulders and said: "Without the harassment of the bandit group here, it can be said that it is the most stable city near the northern part of Tarapakant, and there are more nobles living in the city, so there will naturally be a lot more magic caravans......"

After saying that, he took Surdak to the magic caravan beside him, and the two sat in the comfortable carriage, where a young maid poured two glasses of fruit wine for the two, and then took out two warm towels and let them wipe their faces.

Karl spread the warm towel in his hand over his face, lay his head on the soft leather sofa, and said to Surdak:

"By the way, have you heard about that?"

"What?" Surdak asked, confused.

Karl took the towel away from his face, sat up straight and smiled at Surdak and said, "Darcy. Christie has become the new consul of the city of Highlandza, having just given an inaugural speech in the House of Representatives of the city of Highlandsa earlier last month. ”

Surdak immediately thought of Marquis Bernard, who had a good impression of the Archon of the city of Highlandsa.

"Bernard. What happened to Marquis Christie? He asked.

Karl smiled heartlessly and said:

"It is said that he was recuperating in the manor, and the transfer of power of the Christie family was also very reluctant, and the appointment was barely approved by half of the people at that time......

“…… Hey, Duck, if you had succeeded in your pursuit of Darcy, you would have been the husband of the Lord of Highlanza by now......"

Surdak didn't think the joke was funny at all.

Hearing Carl say this, he suddenly remembered the young man in the magic caravan just now, who was clearly Darcy's husband, Armand. Baron Bulvoir.

No wonder he felt so familiar to the nobles in the carriage......

……

Surdak followed Karl to the tavern.

The tavern was still the same, there weren't many customers in the tavern, and it was quiet inside, probably because the price of alcohol in the tavern was holding back a lot of people.

Madame Mariana was still sitting in her old seat next to the bar, holding a glass of wine, and whispering to the proprietress in the bar.

Not far away, the tax collector of Bird and Miss Hoyle, now Mrs. Bird, sat in the corner of the bar, with a chessboard in front of them, seemingly playing chess seriously.

Surdak and Karl walked over to greet everyone.

The Bird tax officer quickly stood up and gave Surdak a big hug.

Lady Mariana glared at Surdak and said with an angry expression, "I didn't know that the commander of the plane garrison would be so idle......"

Surdak knew that she was still haunted by the matter between him and Darcy, so he could only explain: "There was a beast tide over there just now, and things have calmed down, and it has become a little idle recently......"

Carl seemed to be very interested in the dimensional life, and asked with great interest:

"Beast tide...... Is the monster leather you brought back from the White Forest Plane the one you hunted in the beast tide? ”

He knew that this beast tide, Surdak had bought a lot of materials in the city of Highlandsa, and at the same time, he had a lot of gains, high-grade magic beast materials, magic herbs, hard armor skin, everything.

Surdak sat down at the bar and said:

"Those were all hunted at the beginning of the beast tide, and then these monsters were all eaten by red ants, so we could only hunt some ghost red ants......"

The lady at the bar brought Surdak a glass of amber cider, which Karl put in front of him and casually said, "Just pour him a glass of ale, and by the way, give him a plate of nuts......"

The tavern's lady smiled slightly, turned around and poured Surdak a glass of ale.

Karl said to Surdak, "I know those red ants, you also asked Luke to bring so many hard armor skins, I heard that you made a lot of armor for war horses?" ”

Surdak sat between the Bird tax collector and Karl, took a sip of his glass, and then said, "It's light and strong enough. It's just that the plasticity is not good enough, once it hardens, it will produce huge deformation, and the final shaping process is difficult to guarantee, otherwise I am going to change the full reloaded armor to silver armor. ”

"By the way, why did you suddenly come back from the White Forest Plane?" Karl asked, somewhat curiously.

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Surdak smiled and said, "This time I brought back a batch of ironwood from over there, and I am going to sell it to the trading house here in Highlandsa City. ”

Karl screamed, barely able to suppress his tone, and said, "Ironwood? You're kidding, this thing is pretty much the magic metal of wood, and you've got some of this? And brought them back to Highlandsa? ”

"That's it...... Such wood. With that, Surdak pulled one out of his magical belt.

When Carl picked it up, he only felt heavy in his hand.

The Bird tax collector and Miss Hoyle approached from the side, and Karl asked the tavern lady to take out her personal dagger.

It was a delicate dagger with a black grip, but the grip had been pulped out, and it looked very shiny.

Karl compared, and scraped Surdak's ironwood with his knight's sword, and listened to the sound of ironwood before he grew his mouth and said, "It's really ironwood!" ”

At this time, Lady Mariana, who was sitting next to Carl, couldn't help but ask:

"Duck, you said you plan to sell these ironwoods to the trading firm in Hylantha City, have you chosen a partner?"

Surdak scratched his head and said honestly: "Not yet, isn't this just going to walk around the city tomorrow to see which merchant is interested in this thing......"

"What other firms are you looking for! Mary is now in charge of the largest Christie family trading firm in Hailanza, and it would be nice if you could take out as much ironwood as you want, and everyone would sit here and drink while the matter was settled? Karl reached out and stopped Lady Mariana's soft waist, and said to Surdak with a wink.

Surdak looked at Lady Mariana.

"I don't know how many of these ironwoods you have?" When Madame Mariana was talking about business, she immediately became shrewd, and even the tone of her voice changed.

"This time I brought ten carriages ......"

Surdak replied casually.