After a long time, General Nian left the teahouse and came to his own study in the City Lord's Mansion. Sitting in front of the desk, I picked up a pen and paper and wrote a notice. Then a general was summoned and said: "Go and release this notice, and then send someone to monitor the Hong family's every move." Report to me as soon as there is any situation. After saying that, he sent the general to run errands, and the old general picked up the pen and paper on the desk to write something.

On the other side, after a day of rest in Xiyue Tower, at noon the next day, the three of them gathered in the private room to eat.

After Da Zhuang was full, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Ordinary, I thought about it last night, and I think it was not hasty for you to promise Bai Jing to help her kill the Hong family." I know you very well, you won't promise anything easily, but everything you promise will be done. The Hong family can be called one of the two major families in East Stone City. It's certainly not just a casual thing, and that worries me. ”

Ping Fan sighed and said: "If it was really my father who saved the white shopkeeper twenty years ago and gave the white shopkeeper the formula." Twenty years later, the white shopkeeper died again because of the formula. Da Zhuang, you say that this is not considered a cause and effect. Even if it wasn't Dad who saved the white shopkeeper, this Qingzhu wine must have some kind of relationship with Daddy, so it can be regarded as a cause and effect. I promised to help Bai Jing kill the Hong family, and I was also thoughtful, since it was cause and effect and we encountered it again. It's over so well. ”

Chen Yuhan squinted his eyes and said, "Ordinary, I don't see it, you can still say such a truth." But I think what Da Zhuang said is more reasonable, the Hong family must be very strong, and we can still not provoke it. ”

"I remembered what my father said before yesterday because of Qingzhu wine, and he often took a broken fan and told me that scholars are heroic in the world, and Zhu is born with righteousness. Righteousness is also a type of heaven and earth vitality. Zhu Mou's life is because there are too many causes and effects, so he can't be a scholar, and can only be a businessman in a small city on the border sea. Ordinary, you don't always go out to make trouble, otherwise you will grow up to be like your father, and you won't be able to do what you like. Dad doesn't like cause and effect, and since I encountered this incident, I helped Dad end the matter. ”

Da Zhuang nodded and said, "Since it is related to my father-in-law, I also think I should join in the fun." ”

Zhu Pingfan said with a serious face: "You have to join in the fun, Da Zhuang, think about whether the Hong family should be very rich, we spent more than 200,000 taels of silver in Xiyue Building yesterday, if we follow this consumption, the three of us will sleep on the street soon." It's still so far away from Yan Ancient City. We'll run out of money before we reach the eastern capital. It's scary to think about. ”

Da Zhuang also nodded approvingly: "I don't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, and the money is really spent fast enough during this time." ”

Chen Yuhan touched his chest and said, "This girl still has 10 million taels, it's okay, it's okay." Not enough to talk to this girl. ”

Zhu Pingfan and Da Zhuang glanced at Chen Yuhan, meaning that your little money is enough to dry the wool.

"You two should be full, yesterday the master didn't have a good visit to this East Stone City, today we will go shopping more and buy all the things that should be bought. After that, the three of them went out of Xiyue Tower. All the way to the more prosperous city center.

The three of them walked around the street for half an hour, looking east and west, and came to a shop called Shijin Pavilion. Located in the heart of East Stone Castle, the shop is about three stories high. When Zhu Pingfan and the others walked into Shijin Pavilion, they saw many counters, large and small, and behind the counters were shelves, and there were many stones on the shelves, and those stones were large and small in different colors. There are one or two guys talking to customers at the counter. And most of these guests were actually low-level martial cultivators.

Zhu Pingfan said curiously: "Da Zhuang, I see the stone again." Since I was a child, I only discovered during this time that the stone is more valuable than silver, just like a spiritual jade stone, one piece can be exchanged for ten thousand taels of gold. ”

"Ordinary, my Xuantie knife is made of Xuaniron ore, but Xuaniron is not very valuable. And the last time I collided with that martial cultivator, my Xuantie knife had already been damaged, so I said that the sword was a good thing. ”

Ping Fan was puzzled: "Da Zhuang, didn't you say that the sword was also made of Xuantie." ”

"It's made of dark iron, but that sword has other materials added, and the dark iron is equally good and bad, and after studying the sword, I found that my black iron knife should be the purest kind, and it is also mixed with a lot of ordinary metals. And the material of that sword is not very good, and the purity of the dark iron is not too high. ”

Chen Yuhan said: "I heard Uncle Wu Ya say that Uncle Wu Ya often transports stones from Bianhai City to the Shenbing Gate, and those stones are very expensive, the Shenbing Gate is a sect of refining, and they use those stones to create very powerful weapons. ”

"Da Zhuang, we have a long way to go to the Eastern Capital, I think you should get better weapons to defend yourself, so that our strength will be stronger. The danger will also be much lower. ”

Chen Yuhan nodded and said: "What Ping Fan said makes sense, there are so many stones in this shop, let's go see if we can buy better materials, and then get a good weapon out." With that, the three of them walked towards the nearest counter. Come to the counter.

The guy hurriedly asked, "What kind of ore do you need to buy, and what kind of weapons are you going to build?" ”

Da Zhuang looked at the guy and asked, "I need to make a knife, and the knife needs to be heavy and sharp enough." ”

The guy thought for a while and asked, "What realm martial arts cultivation are you, this guest, how heavy do you need to be with the knife, and how sharp do you need the knife to be." ”

Da Zhuang thought for a few breaths and said, "I am the third layer of the body refining realm and the realm of the fourth layer. As for the weight of the knife, it is best to be about 200 catties, and the sharper the better. ”

The guy thought for a moment, turned around and took down a few stones from the shelf behind him, put them on the counter and said, "Guest officer, these pieces of dark iron are infinitely close to the lower grade dark iron, if you use all of these dark iron to make a larger knife, the weight can definitely reach more than a hundred catties or even heavier." Sharpness can cut through all weapons that are not entirely crafted from Darkiron. ”

Da Zhuang grabbed a stone and looked at it, "Ordinary, these stones are much purer than the Xuantie knife I use, and if they are all made of Xuantie without mixing with other metals, the sharpness is comparable to that long sword." ”

Zhu Pingfan looked at a few fist-sized stones on the counter and said, "Da Zhuang, why does the master think that just a few stones don't seem to be enough to make a knife." ”

The guy hurriedly answered: "This guest, this is the counter, how can you put such a big stone, and the dark iron rough stone is very heavy, and the fist-sized piece is more than a dozen catties." The most important thing is that when refining the weapon, it is necessary to smelt the dark iron rough stone and extract the dark iron in the rough stone. A rough stone can only extract less than half of the black iron, or even less of the black iron. ”

Da Zhuang asked suspiciously: "Then how to sell this dark iron, how many dark iron rough stones do you have?" And I'm done buying where I need to go to build weapons. ”

The guy smiled and said, "This guest is not a native of East Stone City at first glance, and the origin of the name of East Stone City is because there are many rough stone veins in the East Stone City area, and these rough stone veins can be mined from various refining materials. Therefore, many merchants and martial artists came to Dongshi City to look for materials. As for how many rough black iron stones you asked, a rough stone of such quality as you have in your hand, our mine can provide you with the materials to make more than a dozen knives in a short time. The price, the quality of the dark iron rough in your hand is one hundred catties and five thousand taels of gold. When it is counted into silver, it is 500,000 taels of silver. If you want to build weapons, there are many shops in East Stone City. Once you've purchased the materials, you can ask your favorite alchemist to create a weapon for you. As for the cost of refining, you need to negotiate with the refining master yourself. ”

Zhu Pingfan said excitedly: ", it's so expensive, I'll just say that the stone is ridiculously expensive." 500,000 taels of silver can be exchanged for a hundred pounds of stone. Isn't it a bit outrageous. ”

The man said patiently: "You can't say that, guest, not all of the mined are black iron ore, but also gold ore, silver ore, and better materials, or materials worse than iron ore, and the veins are all hard rocks that are difficult to mine." Rare things are expensive, and you can use silver to craft weapons. ”

Da Zhuang said with a black line: "Take the weapon made of silver to fight against the weapon made of Xuantie, it is estimated that you will die a miserable death." ”

Chen Yuhan thought for a while and said: "You can smash the opponent to death with silver, and 500,000 taels of silver will definitely be able to smash the opponent." ”

Zhu Pingfan said with a black line: "An idiot will carry ten thousand taels of silver to fight." ”

Da Zhuang looked at the ordinary and said, "Ordinary people, if I find a refining master to refine the Xuantie Knife again, it will be much better." ”

Zhu Pingfan pondered for a long time before saying, "Da Zhuang, just like I said just now, no one will carry ten thousand taels of silver to fight. In order to make the journey smoother after that, I mean buy the best if you want to. ”

Zhu Pingfan stared at the guy and said, "Man, what is the best material for you, give me a few hundred catties." ”