Rui Xue stepped forward and asked softly, "Uncle Qian, why didn't you play cards with them?" Is there something that is short of silver? ”

Old Qian is thin and looks a little rickety, but his eyes are very bright.

glanced at Li Yu and them with some disdain.

"I don't do anything all day, I have money to play cards, and I don't have money to buy some good materials with me."

muttered a few words in a low voice, turned his head to look at Ruixue very kindly, and lowered his posture.

As soon as Rui Xue saw his appearance, she knew that Lao Qian was going to ask her to borrow money to buy those expensive and terrifying materials.

It's not that Ruixue doesn't support Lao Qian's inventions and creations that others can't understand.

It's too expensive, if it is left in normal times, Rui Xue is willing to encourage this kind of behavior of Lao Qian.

But now that a money can't be broken in half and spent, Zhuangzi really can't afford it.

Besides, the things that Lao Qian wants to study are not only expensive, but many of them are difficult to find on the market.

Rui Xue pinched her purse with some embarrassment, and there was not much left in it.

Just wanted to take it out and block Lao Qian's mouth, I saw Lao Qian holding a few shiny small iron rods and coming up.

Ruixue picked one up and looked at it, and there was still some weight in her hand.

Look, the material is not ordinary iron nails, nor is it silver.

It looked like some kind of alloy that Ruixue had seen on another plane.

But the smelting technology that could forge this alloy could not have appeared here.

The technology and manufacturing process are simply not up to the level of being able to make this metal.

Ruixue was slightly shocked.

"Uncle Qian, did you make this thing yourself, or did you find it from somewhere else?"

Seeing that Rui Xue was interested, Lao Qian became excited and pulled Rui Xue and Xiao Tao to the house to talk.

"Miss also thinks this thing is not bad, let's go to a warmer place, and I'll talk to you slowly."

Xiao Tao gently tugged at Ruixue's sleeve and gave her a look.

That seems to mean again, Miss, don't let him cheat again.

Rui Xue pointed to her purse, there was not much left, even if she was pitted, she couldn't do anything.

She was still more interested in the metal rivets in Lao Qian's hand.

The three of them entered the house, and Lao Qian looked out vigilantly before closing the door.

It felt like the three of them had discovered some incredible secret.

Ruixue, who was making trouble, couldn't help lowering her voice.

"Uncle Qian, what the hell is going on."

Lao Qian put all the metal sticks in his hand on the table.

Said to Rui Xue with some pride: "Miss, look at these gadgets, what's the difference." ”

Rui Xue was confused, picked it up and studied it with Xiao Tao for a long time, but she didn't see any difference.

Xiao Tao is an anxious child, and if she can't see it, she is a little impatient.

"Uncle Qian, don't sell it, let's be honest, how much money do you want Miss to pay this time."

The little old man smiled, scratched his untidy hair with his hand, and gestured two fingers to Ruixue.

Ruixue pinched the purse on her waist, as if it was at most three or five taels of silver, and didn't wait for her to speak.

Xiao Tao shouted: "Uncle Qian, do you really dare to ask for it, Miss Pit was twenty taels last time, and said that she was going to change the firearm, but in the end it was not as good as it was before." ”

The words fell, pulling the metal stick on the table, and there was a loud bang.

"We don't know what this is for, so you can't help it."

Xiao Tao didn't know, but Rui Xue saw some doorways.

Eighty percent is that this little old man has researched the secret recipe of iron smelting, and he has made some of it himself, and compared it with the things on the side of Bishui.

There are too few things to have any reference value, so I want to expand the scale and study it well.

But if this thing is not good, it will be a violation of the law, and Dalan has strict control over iron tools.

It is not something that anyone who wants to study can study, and even the blacksmiths and blacksmiths who make agricultural tools and kitchen utensils must be registered and controlled in accordance with the laws of Dalan.

On the one hand, there is the problem of taxation, and on the other hand, there is the fear that someone will make weapons privately, rebel and make trouble, and so on.

Even if Zhao Fengnian wanted to develop the mineral deposits in the north and improve the technology of iron smelting, he had to think of secretly cooperating with Bishui.

But this is indeed an opportunity for Ruixue.

Didn't Zhao Fengnian ask for the secret method of iron smelting from Li Jiuchen?

If the old man is successful, this iron tool can not only be used to make weapons.

Civil use is the greater market and prospects, rivets for making cars, iron pots for cooking, don't these all use ironware.

This proposal, Rui Xue could not refuse.

Lao Qian pouted at Xiao Tao: "What do you know about this girl, you don't know the goods." ”

The words fell and said to Rui Xue with a smile: "Miss, lend me two hundred taels." I'm sure I'll be able to crack the secret method of smelting iron with clear water. ”

As he spoke, he took out a few metal rods from the leather bag around his waist.

These are clearly different from those on the table.

"This is what the people from the north brought to me a few days ago, and the level is like this, if you still smelt according to the existing method, it will be difficult to improve anything."

"Although I can refine metal at the same level as clear water, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and I can't mass produce it, let alone put it into use."

Ruixue probably knows what Lao Qian means.

"Uncle Qian, do you want to go to the north?"

Lao Qian smiled with some relief: "I knew that Miss would definitely understand what I meant." ”

"The last time I sent grain, I came back from the north, I had this idea, the north has a strange landform, rich mineral deposits, if it is not developed and utilized, it is a pity. There was nothing in his hand, so it was not good to speak to Miss about it. ”

"Now that I'm sure, I hope Miss can give me this opportunity."

Rui Xue was a little hesitant, the northern realm did have the conditions to let Lao Qian carry out his whimsical ideas.

It doesn't have to be as constrained as in Kyoto, so it saves you a lot of trouble.

But the conditions are also difficult, thinking that the last time Lao Qian came back from the north, he almost lost half his life, Rui Xue felt a little sorry for this elder.

"Uncle Qian, don't you want to go back to Bishui?"

Lao Qian smiled freely, and his thin body seemed to stretch out.

"Bishui is a place where I have lived, and Dalan is the same. My heart is at peace, it is my family, I have reached this age, and doing things that can make me feel at ease is the same everywhere. ”

Rui Xue had some tears in her eyes, met Lao Qian's calm and firm gaze, and nodded lightly.

"Okay, let's go to the north."

The atmosphere was just right, and I was about to sensationalize when I remembered something.

"By the way, before Uncle Qian leaves, help me untie the few cipher cylinders left by A-Niang. No one but you can solve it. ”

Lao Qian coughed lightly with some arrogance: "That's what I said, take it." ”

(End of chapter)