Xu Maocheng was really anxious this time, he knew that Xu Ying could strike iron, but being able to strike iron was not the same thing as being able to refine ore.

He was afraid that Xu Ying would be greedy for a small advantage, and finally pulled two carts of useless stones back.

In the face of Xu Maocheng's doubts, Xu Ying was unmoved, the price of forty-five pounds of crude iron is a little high, even if he can refine the impurities in it and then make it into a farm tool, the price will be high, and if the price is high, the people who don't have much money will not buy it!

At that time, if these thick iron are pressed in his hands, Xu Ying will really have to drink the northwest wind.

"Yes, it's not easy to refine iron ore into crude iron, so the price is ......" Xu Ying looked at the excited expression on Zhang Tao's face and knew that the other party probably wanted to dispose of this batch of iron ore as well.

"A thousand catties of iron ore can probably smelt three hundred catties of crude iron, and a thousand catties of iron ore will be good even if you have thirteen taels of silver, you see how much you need!" Zhao Tao quickly calculated in his heart, it was difficult for them to refine iron ore, and they tried several times, but in the end, not only did they refine very little crude iron, but also took time and effort, and all the iron ore they got in the end was piled up here.

If you don't buy crude iron, you have to buy a part of the iron ore, so they won't want the iron ore.

For them, these iron ores are a burden, and now that Xu Ying wants them, they wish Xu Ying would get them all!

"Brother Zhang, don't I be a fool, this price is not calculated like this!"

"Although 1,000 catties of iron ore can smelt 300 catties of crude iron, it takes a lot of labor and firewood, which is time-consuming and laborious.

"And you have so much iron ore here, you just don't bother to refine it yourself!" Xu Ying's face showed a hint of unhappiness, just a little pondering could guess Zhao Tao's thoughts.

Although iron ore is good, it must also be able to turn into iron.

"Ahem...... I forgot about it just now, and the 1,000 catties of iron ore are counted as ten taels of silver for you, which is all right! ”

"If this price is lower, I won't be able to pay the difference!" Zhao Tao said with an embarrassed expression.

Hearing that the other party had lowered the price to ten taels of silver, Xu Ying knew that this was the other party's bottom line.

"Okay, then it's 1,000 catties and 10 taels of silver, but my iron and stone management right only stipulates the limit for buying crude iron, so what do you say about buying iron ore?" Xu Ying showed a smile on his face, since you want to sell iron ore so much, you have to express it a little!

"These iron ore piles are useless here, it doesn't matter if you want to take them all, but now that the government is strictly controlled, you can't break the rules, and there is a lot of loss if you want to smelt iron into crude iron, even if you have 1,000 catties of iron ore worth 200 catties of crude iron, you can buy 5,000 catties of iron ore at most!" Zhang Tao rolled his eyes and instantly thought of a countermeasure.

Five thousand catties?

Even Xu Maocheng, who had always been against it, was shocked when he heard this number, this number had far exceeded their estimates!

Xu Ying's heart was ecstatic!

If 5,000 catties of iron ore were placed in the previous life, it would not be possible to smelt 3,000 catties of refined iron, although the current technology is far inferior to the previous life, there is no problem at all in smelting 1,500 catties to 2,000 catties of refined iron!

Moreover, what he smelted was fine iron, not crude iron sold in the market!

"Good! Then I'll need 5,000 pounds! ”

"But 5,000 catties of iron ore is really a lot of money, I have to make some preparations, allow me some time!" Xu Ying said excitedly.

"No problem, no one wants these iron ore piles here anyway!" Zhao Tao waved his hand casually!

He is the only one in Lingshan County who can buy and sell iron raw materials, and if Xu Ying wants to eat this bowl of rice, he will inevitably be unable to bypass him.

After a few simple greetings, Xu Ying pulled Xu Maocheng back towards the inn, just out of the courtyard, Xu Maocheng couldn't hold back, although the money was Xu Ying's own, but as an elder, he couldn't watch Xu Ying waste money so badly!

Five thousand catties of iron ore is fifty taels of silver!

"Xu Ying, what do you want to do? Although iron ore looks cheap, it is very difficult to refine crude iron, and if you get those iron ores back, you will get a bunch of broken stones back! Xu Maocheng persuaded with an anxious face.

"Third uncle, don't worry, since I dare to ask for those iron ores, there is naturally a way to smelt them into crude iron, not only will I not waste the silver, but I may also be able to make a profit." Xu Ying said confidently.

"I'll tell you more when I go back, I'll go find a few wagons first, five thousand catties of iron ore, just our two donkey carts are far from enough!"

A donkey cart can transport a thousand catties of things at most, and if he wants to get 5,000 catties of iron ore back, he has to find at least three wagons!

Xu Maocheng saw that Xu Ying was so confident, and his heart was also a little shaken, could it be that Xu Ying really had a way to smelt iron ore into crude iron?

Although he still had concerns, Xu Maocheng could only think about persuading Xu Ying with Xu Maozu and others after he went back.

Shortly after Xu Ying and the others left the courtyard, a figure quietly walked out of the back door of the courtyard, acting sneakily, looking afraid that others would find out, and disappeared into the alley while there was no one.

Lingshan County is so big, there are often caravans coming and going, Xu Ying spent a price of 100 Wen, easily rented three carriages, and made an appointment to go to the Fulai Inn early the next morning.

It wasn't until the evening that Xu Ying returned to the Fulai Inn with a tired face, and drove more than forty miles during the day, and then worked hard for iron ore for another day, Xu Ying was also quite tired, but as soon as he returned to the inn, Xu Maozu and the three surrounded Xu Ying.

"Xu Ying, five thousand catties of iron ore is not a small amount, how sure are you?" Xu Maozu said with a solemn face, after Xu Maocheng came back, he told Xu Maozu and others what happened, and wanted the two of them to follow together to persuade Xu Ying, so that there is now a "three-hall trial"!

"Second uncle, although I, Xu Ying, don't have any skills, I never do things that I am not sure of! Since I dare to take those iron ores, I naturally have my own reasons. Facing the questioning of the three people, Xu Ying said with a solemn face.

The knowledge he has is too far ahead of this world, and the more he talks, the more he will be exposed, and he can still throw the blame on his grandfather for simply refining iron, but refining refined iron and steel, these are too exaggerated, and now is not the time to be exposed.

Xu Maozu and the others were silent, although they didn't know where Xu Ying got the confidence, but Xu Ying was right about one thing, Xu Ying had a calm temperament and never did things that he was not sure of, which was obvious to the three of them.

"Since you have your own plans, then we old things don't ask too much, we just help you get this batch of iron ore back safely!"

……

Just when Xu Ying was being "interrogated in three halls", in the Tianzi room of the Fulai Inn, the three men Xu Ying saw during the day gathered in one room.

"Big brother, I have no money in my hand, I have to find a fat sheep to slaughter tonight!"