Chapter 121: Wrought Iron
Where is this piece of iron, it is clearly an iron mountain, Lin Chen got up from the ground in shock, and was just about to ask Wang Lao, but the rickety figure had long been missing.
"What the hell is this thing, why is it so heavy?"
Lin Chen pushed the iron block with both hands, and found that it didn't move at all, Lin Chen knocked the iron block with his hand, and found that its sound was not as crisp and loud as other metals, but like a stone, making a buzzing sound.
"Why is this thing so big? It's just a small piece the size of a human head, by the way, go back, Elder Wang, you haven't told me where the library handyman should live?"
Lin Chen yelled forward, but did not receive any response, Lin Chen shook his head, found a rope around to tie to the iron, and then pulled the iron block and hurried towards the library building step by step.
With a distance of just a few hundred meters, Lin Chen spent three hours, and when he arrived at the library building, Lin Chen felt that he was almost about to collapse, but Lin Chen had not yet found where he should live.
Just as Lin Chen was about to lie on the ground and rest for a while, a loud voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Senior Brother Lin is a new handyman in the library, right?"
The person who spoke didn't look very old, about twenty years old, comparable to Lin Chen, Lin Chen glanced at this person and found that the clothes he was wearing were similar to his own, and he suddenly came to his senses, jumped up and said: "Exactly, I don't know who senior brother is?"
"My name is Zongren, you can call me Senior Brother Zong, I am also a miscellaneous servant in this library building like you, but I was not in the Holy Courtyard a few days ago, so I didn't welcome Senior Brother Lin, and I ask Senior Brother Lin to forgive me. ”
"No, no, no, Senior Brother Zong is polite, by the way, Senior Brother Zong, where do the miscellaneous servants of our library live?"
"Hey, isn't Senior Brother Lin coming to the Holy Courtyard for the first time?"
"Exactly, I see that the Holy Courtyard occupies a vast area, but there are not many disciples living in the Holy Courtyard, and I don't see the residence of the students of the Holy Courtyard at all, except for teaching, why is this?"
"Alas, Senior Brother Lin doesn't know, the land of this Holy Courtyard has always belonged to the Holy Courtyard, in addition to teaching, if other people want to live in the Holy Courtyard, they need to build a house in the Holy Courtyard by themselves, of course, the land of the Holy Courtyard is expensive, just one square foot will cost 100 gold. ”
"How much is 100 gold?"
"Hundred gold...... Zong Ren's face showed a hint of envy, "I don't know how much a hundred gold is, because I have never had gold, one or two gold is ten taels of silver, one or two silver is ten copper coins, and there have always been one hundred copper coins, the most prosperous Qinglong Street and Zhuque Street in Chang'an, five dollars can buy a rock sugar gourd, how much do you say is a hundred gold?"
"One million and one flat...... Lin Chen's expression was shocked, this price is about to catch up with the luxury villas in Liangdu, "Where do all these students of the Holy Academy live?"
"Except for the locals and wealthy people in Chang'an who live in Qinglong Street, we are all in Chang'an Civilian Alley, if Senior Brother Lin has no money to live in this Qinglong Street, I can take you to Xuanwu Street. ”
"But Elder Zhang asked me to forge this piece of iron. Lin Chen's face was embarrassed, just a few hundred meters away, Lin Chen felt that he was almost about to collapse, and he didn't dare to imagine that he wanted to pull from this library to Xuanwu Street.
"Hey, Senior Brother Lin, you were deceived by this old man Wang, when I came to the library building, he also asked me to forge this iron lump into a weapon, but this thing almost weighs a thousand catties, who can make such a thing forged? Senior Brother Fang before me was also deceived by old man Wang, let's just ignore it, speaking of which, he is the No. 1 caretaker of the library, and we are also the caretaker of the library, so we don't need to listen to his ...... at all."
"And this piece of iron ......"
"Leave him alone, if he sees you in a few days, he'll take it himself. Zong Ren waved his hand indifferently, "We have all done this before, Senior Brother Lin, I told you that although we are forced to become miscellaneous servants in the Holy Academy, the main purpose is to continue to practice Confucianism and Taoism in the Holy Academy, especially in three or four months, the Forest of Steles will begin, this time the Heavenly Monuments in the Forest of Steles will be opened, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we must seize this opportunity and let Xiuwei break through to the Gentleman's Realm as soon as possible." ”
Lin Chen thought about it, what Zong Ren said seemed to make sense, this piece of iron had no other value except for its weight, he threw the piece of iron on the ground and wanted to leave with Zong Ren, but before he took two steps, Lin Chen thought of Wang Lao's rickety figure for some reason.
Lin Chen turned around and went back again, sitting on the iron block with one butt, "Senior Brother Zong, go back to Xuanwu Street first, this piece of iron was also given to me by Elder Wang, I will find a place to hide it first, and then go to Xuanwu Street to find Senior Brother Zong." ”
"Senior Brother Lin, you don't have to be like this, Old Man Wang's iron lump is useless at all, he has nothing to do with this iron lump. ”
"Senior Brother, you don't need to say more, I have made up my mind. ”
Lin Chen's face slowly turned cold, and Zong Ren's face also turned iron blue when he saw this, and he snorted coldly, "I want to see how you can forge this iron lump, if you can't forge it, you won't be able to stay in the Holy Courtyard either." ”
After Zong Ren finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and flew towards the outside of the Holy Courtyard without looking back, Lin Chen squinted and watched Zong Ren disappear into the darkness, his face gradually showed a sad color, "What's wrong with these students of the Holy Academy, I'm just a miscellaneous servant in the library and it's worth his calculations?"
"That's because you took his mission. At this moment, Lin Chen's familiar old voice sounded again, Lin Chen seemed to have expected it, without any surprise, and said in a low voice: "Then there is no way, it is so difficult to even be a handyman these days, Wang Lao, don't you say?"
"It's really difficult, if you don't have a place to sleep now, I will have a spare room, but the rent is ten taels a day. ”
Wang Lao leaned over and squinted at Lin Chen, and the folds on his face were piled up into a chrysanthemum.
"Ten taels a day, why don't you grab it?" Lin Chen looked at Wang Lao with an ugly face, the old man in front of him had a shrewd face, but Lin Chen was not afraid, after all, people who were poor and white didn't have to worry about being calculated at all.
"Hehe, this is much faster than grabbing it, you can't afford the land of this holy courtyard, boy, the old man sees that you are a talent from the military department, and it is cheaper for you. ”
"Elder Wang, you don't need to say more, I don't have any money in my hand. Lin Chen stood up from the iron block, his eyes rolled lightly, "Elder Wang, I think if this is not the case, I will forge your iron lump, how about it cover my daily accommodation fee?"
"Are you sure?" Wang Lao looked at Lin Chen, and the smile on his face was even worse, "If you can really forge this iron ore into soldiers, the old man will give you all my houses in this holy courtyard." ”
"Elder Wang, you have a lot of real estate in the Holy Courtyard?" Lin Chen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly came to Elder Wang's side.
"Probably quite a bit. Wang Lao tilted his head and thought for a moment, "But if you can't forge it, you still have to make up for the accommodation fee of ten taels a day!"
"This is nature, where are all the properties in the Holy Courtyard, Elder Wang?"
"In the forest of steles. Wang Lao looked at Lin Chen with pity, with a sarcastic smile on his face, Lin Chen's face suddenly froze, everyone knows that the stele forest is a forbidden place in the Tang Dynasty, and no one can enter it at ordinary times, and the property there is a fart for Lin Chen!
"Forget it, Elder Wang, do you still tell me where I live now?"
"Boy, come with me!" Wang Lao whispered, Lin Chen sighed, and dragged the iron block behind Wang Lao with difficulty, and after a while, two simple grass huts appeared in Lin Chen's eyes......