In the East China Sea, an old man in green clothes walked to a small fishing village and stopped. The old man had nothing to look at, but he had a flute at his waist and a jar of wine in his hand.

Looking at the somewhat dilapidated villages, the old man's eyes were full of emotion and nostalgia, and there were also memories of the passing years.

In the blink of an eye, so many years have passed.

"I'm afraid that in a few years, this village will no longer exist. ”

The old man stood outside the village for a long time, turned and walked towards a nearby grove, but stopped after a few steps.

"Come out!" the old man said in a deep voice.

As the old man's words fell, two men in coarse cloth clothes came out of the grove in front of them, with the same face, the same height, a strong body, a bald head, and a simple look.

However, the long knife on the shoulder made the two of them full of a murderous aura.

"Lu Pinghai, the eighth in the world, my brothers have been waiting for a long time. The two of them spoke at the same time, and their voices were a little urn-like.

Lu Pinghai looked at the two of them, his eyebrows not moving.

The ancient people rarely appear in several other countries, and they came here specifically, not knowing whose order they were on.

"Your Majesty said that I want to exchange Lingyuan Dan with you, and the conditions are up to you. The two continued.

Really.

Lu Pinghai suddenly turned out to be Qi Zixiao.

"Tell Qi Zixiao, the old man doesn't have anything he wants, you go back. Lu Pinghai shook his head and said.

"Your Majesty said that if you do not agree, I will come to you myself. The two of them said, the empress's words are actually that if you don't give it, you will be killed.

But if he said so, Lu Pinghai was afraid that he would turn his face on the spot.

No matter what, it is the eighth in the world, how can others be allowed to threaten like this.

"Then let Qi Zixiao come to me. Lu Pinghai laughed and walked directly past the two of them, without even looking at them.

Although Qi Zixiao is the fifth in the world, and there is also a ninth red martial artist in the world, he is not necessarily afraid of them.

As the eighth in the world, he must have his own confidence. I haven't fought, who knows what will happen?

Qi Zixiao turned out to be the seventh, didn't he also kill the fifth Hua Sanliu?

I don't have any hole cards.

"Lu Pinghai, do you really want to offend our Majesty for a Lingyuan Dan?" the two turned around, their hands already on their knives.

Although Qi Zixiao is powerful, she will not let the old man give away her things to others with a word. Today, for Qi Zixiao's sake, let the two of you leave, don't know whether you are alive or dead. Lu Pinghai snorted coldly, and threw his sleeves behind him, and suddenly the sleeves stretched out a few meters like a spiritual snake and rolled directly on the hilts of the two people.

"Qiang!" the two long knives came out of their sheaths and slashed at their sleeves, but there was a sudden strong push on the sleeves, and the two long knives slashed directly at their own necks.

"Roar!" the two bowed their heads at the same time, and slashed at each other's sleeves on the hilt of their knives, and then slashed directly into the air.

The sleeve loosened the handle of the knife like a living thing, and struck the two of them hard in the chest, and the two of them couldn't help but retreat, and only stopped after retreating seven or eight steps, blood flowing from the corners of their mouths.

"Huh?" Lu Pinghai sighed lightly, even a master who had just entered the Divine Wheel level couldn't take this blow, let alone hit it directly in the chest, and the two of them could still stand there.

Just the two people sent have this strength, and the ancient clan is really a lot of masters.

"It's not easy to practice, so I'll let you go today. Lu Pinghai left a word, and his figure disappeared into the forest.

The two looked at each other, turned and left.

Since the two of them are not his opponents, then he has to go back and tell the general about Lu Pinghai's refusal.

Lu Pinghai entered the forest, came directly to the body, and finally sat down in a clearing.

My old friend has lived here for decades, and now he can't even find the grave.

But that's fine, no one bothered him.

I know where he lives with my eyes closed.

"I'm coming back to see you again......" Lu Pinghai opened the wine gourd, took a sip of himself, and sprinkled a little on the ground.

......

Ren Baqian looked at the silver mirror in his hand, and then looked at the few craftsmen and Jiao Zuo in front of him with expressions of invitation, "Just such a silver mirror reaction, how many days did it take you to make it? How stupid are you? The black-faced men are smarter than you!"

The black-faced lang is the name of the wild boar.

"Two days!"

Ren Baqian squinted at the craftsman who answered.

"Even if you give a black-faced man, you can make these things in two days. ”

Several people shrugged their heads down and listened silently. A row of tall men stood there with their heads bowed as if they were blocking a wall.

Ren Baqian chattered for a long time, and finally said: "Each person will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and the monthly case will be increased by one level." ”

These people are incorrigibly stupid, but they have done it. If you should be scolded, you should be rewarded.

"Thank you, sir!" everyone immediately smiled.

Ten taels of silver topped their monthly case for more than two months, and the monthly case increased by one level, which was a lot of money.

"Let's all go down. Ren Baqian asked the craftsman to go down first, and then instructed Jiaozuo to do the main things to be done next.

At this time, the main ones are concave mirrors and flat mirrors, which are used to make solar stoves. After completing these things, the Damoshan Iron Mine can be solved before you can sell the circle money to other countries through the caravan.

For the next period of time, Ren Baqian would go to the glass factory every morning, return to the palace at noon, and practice martial arts in the afternoon.

After the glass and silver plating matter was settled, the rest went a lot smoother. Although the production speed of the glass factory is not fast at present, it is much faster than at the beginning, and the ratio of materials is now well found, and the number of problems is getting less and less, and the concave mirror and silver mirror made a week later have filled the two rooms.

Next, Ren Baqian led people to make square shelves out of wood and rattan in the glass factory every day, and the shelves were also concave.

The next step is to fix the mirror to it.

A few days later, at noon, a convoy of hundreds of people came out of Lancheng and went straight to the glass factory outside the city.

But instead of entering the newly built brick house, he went to a vacant lot next to the glass factory.

At this time, there was a wooden platform, and on the top of the platform, a huge shelf six meters high and twelve meters wide stood there, on which a concave mirror was fixed, which looked white and swaying from a distance, making people unable to open their eyes, and many people put their hands on their eyes to block the white light.

The empress got down from the chariot, and behind her were Shi Qing, Discount Hai, Tu Wan, Tong Zhenye, Qin Chuan and other six ministers, as long as they were fine, they were all pulled by the empress.

Everyone also speculated in their hearts about what the empress was calling so many people to see.

At this time, seeing the tall shelf and some distorted scenes reflected in the concave mirror above, Shi Qing, Discount Hai, Tong Zhenye and others immediately knew what it was, and it was really made, but I don't know if it was like what Ren Fucheng said, if so, it would be a great joy.

The others looked at the large mirror in front of them with a look of novelty.

"That's a mirror, right?"

"I don't know what it's made of, it's not like a bronze mirror, it's so bright. ”

"But it's not right to look at the stones, you look at the stones in the mirror, they're all deformed. ”

"Hey, look at the person in the mirror, his body is so short, he laughs at the old man. ”

The empress looked at a large mirror in front of her and looked at it for a moment before she said to Ren Baqian: "You can start." ”

Ren Baqian's expression was very relaxed, after such a long time, he finally made this. Now is the time to showcase.

I hope those idiots don't mess it up.

As he said hello, the thirty guards who were usually in charge of his arrangements ran to the side and lifted out thirty mirrors two meters long and one meter high, and then lowered them on the ground in the direction of the shelf.

Then someone lifted out an iron pillar four meters long and the thickness of the bowl, and stood on the ground.

Ren Baqian walked in front of the thirty flat mirrors, adjusted the angle of one of them, reflected the sun's rays onto the concave mirror on the shelf, and then shone on the top of the iron pillar after the concave mirror was focused.

As he adjusted the angle, the others also began to adjust with his movements, and Ren Baqian helped everyone adjust the mirror from time to time.

At first, many people focused on him, but as the empress, Shi Qing and others stared at the top of the iron pillar, more people also looked at him, wondering what they could see in this way.

But immediately, they were shocked.

The top of the pillar suddenly burst into flames for no apparent reason.

You must know that this is an iron pillar, and everyone is not blind, judging from the footsteps of carrying this iron pillar and the situation of standing up, it must be an iron pillar. But how could an iron pillar catch fire?

What surprised everyone even more was that the top of the iron pillar was not only on fire, but also melting, and dark red molten iron flowed down the pillar.

Soon, the top of the iron pillar was missing.

Not only those who saw it for the first time were shocked, but even Shi Qing and the others were surprised.

Last time, it was just a disc that burned a hole in the steel knife.

Now, it is to melt the iron rod with the thickness of the bowl directly, which is ten times more difficult.

Therefore, when they saw the effect in person, several people were shocked.

"The old minister congratulates His Majesty, congratulates me Dayao, Ren Fucheng made this thing is a great achievement, and I will no longer have to worry about iron shortage in a hundred years. Shi Qing said loudly with a happy face.

As he spoke, everyone also reacted, and they all said the words of His Majesty.

Although they didn't know what was going on, one thing they could see was that the iron pillar with the thick mouth of the bowl was melted directly.

Then, Damoshan Iron Mine will soon have a steady stream of refined iron ore mined, and no longer have to be trapped by the lack of ordnance, which is indeed a happy event, a great joy.

And the biggest hero in this matter, Ren 8,000, has also improved some positions in the hearts of many people.

Before, His Majesty said that he would let him run a school, and there were disciples with average talent in the family who could be sent in, but everyone didn't take it too seriously, and many people didn't even think about it.

Later, when His Majesty asked, he said that although the disciples in the family were not talented, they could just practice martial arts.

But at present, this person really has some ability.

If there are ordinary talented disciples in the family, it is better to send them to see what they can learn.