After Ma Shuo and Qi Jing left the City Lord's Mansion, they didn't say hello to Feng Zheng again, and went straight to the trading area of the outer city.

The trading area is really lively, and although it cannot be said that there is everything, it is also very rich. There are silk, porcelain, cloth, wine, etc. from the mainland, as well as furs, ores, medicinal materials, horses, cattle and sheep from outside the border.

The south-to-north tone is constantly flooding the trading area. Of course, the smell of this place is not good, and some places are noticeably a little messy.

Qi Jing, after all, grew up in the General's Mansion, so she is obviously even more uncomfortable with such an environment. Seeing that Qi Jing's expression was indeed a little uncomfortable, Ma Shuo hesitated for a moment, and then took Qi Jing to find an inn in a slightly quiet place nearby. After settling Qi Jing and the two horses, as well as the carriage, Ma Shuo traveled lightly and came to the trading area again.

This time, Ma Shuo came to the wine area first. From afar, Ma Shuo could smell the faint smell of wine in the air. After some scrutiny, Ma Shuo found that all kinds of drinks sold here were all very low degrees, and the highest and highest ones could not reach 20 degrees.

It is estimated that the clothes on Ma Shuo's body were very ordinary, and those merchants did not take the initiative to come over to solicit Ma Shuo, and let Ma Shuo look there.

After reading the drinks, Ma Shuo had an idea that these drinks could allow him to pour something out. However, this requires some supporting tools. So, Ma Shuo went to other areas to hang out.

Wandering along the way, most of the things didn't actually interest Ma Shuo. The things in this place are relatively rough.

However, when Ma Shuo slipped into an inconspicuous corner, something from a small stall suddenly caught his attention. On this stall are a few small bags of seeds, about six or seven of them.

Cotton seeds!

From these seeds, Ma Shuo actually saw the existence of cotton seeds. According to common sense, there is no such thing within the Great Qin Kingdom.

"Uncle, what kind of seed is this?" The person who bought the seeds was an old man in his fifties, who was not very well dressed, with a dusty face and deep folds.

"This, in fact, the little old man is not very clear. It's my restless son, who got it from somewhere, and left it at home for a long time! I saw that it was a waste to still be there, so I took it out and saw if I could buy it for a small amount of money! The old man didn't hide it, and told Ma Shuo 1510.

"Oh! Uncle, if I want all these seeds, how much money do you think you can sell? "There are many seeds that the old man put out, in fact, Ma Shuo doesn't know, but the ones he can recognize, in addition to cotton, there are also several oil crops and grain crops, which are very suitable for the environment here at the border pass, and they are very valuable.

"All of them! That, you, how about you give me one hundred and fifty copper coins? The old man silently counted it, and finally came up with a number. One hundred and fifty copper coins, equivalent to one and a half silver coins, are not very high.

"Or, one hundred and twenty!" Seeing that Ma Shuo didn't agree immediately, the old man took the initiative to lower the price of thirty copper coins.

"Forget it, it's just one hundred and fifty copper coins! You clean it up for me, I'll take it in a moment! Ma Shuo didn't respond to the other party immediately just now, in fact, it wasn't for the other party to reduce the price, but he was searching from the fusion memory to see if there was any information about the seeds he didn't know. Thirty copper coins are really nothing to Ma Shuo now. And, in fact, the value of these seeds is much more than a hundred and fifty copper coins, except that no one knows the goods.

"Thank you, little brother, thank you, little brother! By the way, this thing was also brought back by my son, so I'll give it to you too! As he spoke, the old man began to help Ma Shuo clean up the seeds, and then suddenly remembered his side, and took out a few rhizome-like things from the sack beside him, and put them among the seeds.

Potato!

Ma Shuo looked at the things that the old man took out, and couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart. Unexpectedly, the old man's son would be able to find such a good thing as potatoes, and judging from the old man's reaction, he obviously did not realize the value of potatoes.

"Uncle, ask more, I don't know if it's convenient for me to talk to your son." After packing up the things, Ma Shuo suddenly asked the old man.

"Ah—" the old man sighed. "Dissatisfied little brother, my son! No, after the last time I came back, I didn't stay at home for a few days and went out again, but then the news came back that something happened! “

"Old man's Day mourning!" Ma Shuo didn't expect this to be the result.

After giving the money to the old man, Ma Shuo went straight back to the inn with a bunch of seeds, and stored the seeds first, and then asked for a meal with Qi Jing and had a good meal. During the meal, he took the opportunity to ask the shopkeeper where to find a better blacksmith shop, and he needed to build something.

According to the instructions of the shopkeeper, Ma Shuo quickly found the blacksmith shop that looked inconspicuous on the outside and walked in directly.

After entering the store, Ma Shuo directly found the person in charge and put forward his own requirements. He wanted to build a set of distillation equipment with good sealing, which at present seemed to be made only from thin iron sheets. It's just that Ma Shuo is a little disappointed that the blacksmith here doesn't know what distillation equipment is. In desperation, Ma Shuo had no choice but to draw a general appearance of the distillation equipment on the spot.

After looking at it for a while, the blacksmith in charge told Ma Shuo that they could build things, but they would have to wait a few days, and the price would not be low, at least five taels of silver.

Five taels of silver, but it didn't stump Ma Shuo. Hearing that the other party could take over the job, he immediately took out two taels of silver as a deposit without hesitation, and agreed to take it three days later. After settling the matter at the blacksmith shop, Ma Shuo went to the trading area again, and continued to wander around in another area.

This time, Ma Shuo found something like coal in this area. Unexpectedly, someone in the Great Qin Kingdom had already started selling coal, which made Ma Shuo feel a little surprised. Ma Shuo found that the coal sold here was a very good high-quality coal as long as it was slightly processed, and it was no problem to use it for iron smelting. It's just that at the moment, it is impossible for Ma Shuo to make iron himself.

The trading area was huge, and it took Ma Shuo nearly three days to make it around. After three days, Ma Shuo almost had an idea in his heart.