Coming from the opposite side was an old man of an alien race with deep eyes and a high nose, about fifty years old. This person is dressed in Han clothes, and his speech is also pure Middle-earth Chinese, with a kind expression on his face, quite an elder's style.

But when Yu Tianlai saw this old man, he was vigilant in his heart, just because although the old man made a frivolous step, shortness of breath, and seemed to be physically weak, Yu Tianlai's extremely sensitive ears caught the sound of his heartbeat slowly and powerfully, so as to judge that this old man of a different race was actually a top master with extremely high internal and external skills, and was very good at hiding.

The old man walked in front of Yu Tianlai, his eyes first fell on the long sword on Yu Tianlai's waist, and then he smiled and said: "Your Excellency rides a red rabbit horse and carries a green sword, could it be that this year's famous 'Tianshan Divine Sword' Yu Daxia?"

At this moment, Yu Tianlai had already hidden a little doubt in his heart without revealing the slightest trace, and bowed his hand and said: "Don't dare, it is Yu Tianlai below." Presumably, the old man is the proprietor of Ma, and there is a lot of trouble today. ”

Ma Baoha said with a smile: "The arrival of Yu Daxia is making the humble house shine, please come in to serve tea." ”

After that, he personally led the way in front and introduced Yu Tianlai and Wang Xiaoshan into the hall.

After sitting down and serving tea, Ma Baoha asked, "I don't know what kind of goods Yu Daxia wants to buy here?"

Yu Tianlai said: "Don't hide it from the old man, in the rough way of casting swords, recently I intend to refine a few swords to decorate the façade, I heard that the old man has a lot of rare metal minerals from overseas in this 'Treasure Garden', so he took the liberty to buy it." ”

Ma Bao Haro groaned and said with a smile on his face: "I see. It is good to say that although the old man is a foreigner, he has also heard the name of the hero for a long time, and since he is the hero of Yu in person, the old man naturally does not dare to let the hero return empty-handed. Please wait here for a while, and the old man will go and get a few things, and the hero will see if it is suitable. ”

Yu Tianlai arched his hand and said: "The old man is at his own convenience." ”

Mabaoha turned around a moment after leaving the door, followed by five men, each holding a tray in his hand. He commanded the five men to line up the trays on a long table in the hall, and then smiled at Yu Tianlai: "Hero, please take a look." ”

Yu Tianlai had already seen the things in the tray clearly, and couldn't help but sigh that he had indeed come to the right place this time, and a fist-sized black lacquered stone was placed in the five trays. The stones are irregularly shaped, and the smooth surface shimmers with the cool glow of metal.

Ma Baoha's face showed a smug expression: "These are five pieces of Haixin cold iron ore with extremely high purity, if it is smelted properly, it should be able to refine more than three catties of cold iron." ”

Yu Tianlai stepped forward and picked up a piece of ore, feeling the weight of several times heavier than the same volume of steel and the slightest coolness it emitted from the inside out, and determined that this was really an excellent quality cold iron ore. If he could refine about three catties of cold iron, supplemented by the essence of hardware, he was sure to cast seven or eight swords, even if it was not as good as the "Green Sword", but it would not be too different.

"The Treasure Garden is worthy of its name, and I admire it below. Yu Tian turned around and gave Ma Baoha a thumbs up, "These five ores are all here, please ask my husband to make a price." ”

Ma Baoha smiled: "In front of Yu Daxia, the old man doesn't dare to bargain, so let's take a whole number of the price, how about tattooing ten thousand taels of silver?"

There was a "knock" next to him, but it was Wang Xiaoshan who heard that these five inconspicuous rotten stones cost 10,000 taels of silver, and he fell to the ground in shock.

Yu Tianlai also shook his head secretly, this old guy was polite, but the asking price was really not polite, this price did exceed the value of the ore itself. But with his current net worth, he can almost say the sentence "money is just a number", since it is what he needs, he will not be stingy with money.

"Deal. He happily agreed to the price, and then took out a small bag from his bosom, and poured out five round and smooth pearls from it, "These beads have been appraised by someone below, and the sum of the five beads is roughly worth ten thousand taels of silver." If the old man has no objections, he will use them to pay the bill. ”

"There is no objection, it is all up to Yu Daxia. Ma Baoha smiled from ear to ear, if these five pearls were resold by his own hands, the price would definitely exceed 10,000 taels.

Yu Tianlai sent the pearl to the other party, and then casually wrapped five pieces of cold iron ore in his hand with a piece of cloth, and bowed his hand to Ma Baoha: "Money and goods, don't pass it here." ”

Mabaoha was about to get up to send him off, when suddenly a fellow came to report that a group of merchants who had just returned from overseas had come to sell goods. He confessed to Yu Tianlai at that time and asked a guy to send off the guests instead of him.

Yu Tianlai first rewarded Wang Xiaoshan with an ingot of silver, and then went out with the guy.

When they walked into the courtyard, two businessmen-looking people staggered past them. Although he had already walked more than ten steps, Yu Tianlai inadvertently heard a few words of a whispered conversation between the two.

"The man surnamed Wen is really a 'bad luck man', everyone goes to sea and returns with a full load, only he is empty-handed. ”

"It can't be said that he is empty-handed, didn't he bring back a rare thing?"

"Ha, I want to laugh when you say that, he actually picked up a huge turtle shell from a desert island. What can that thing do, is it really as he said, to get it home and use it as a bed to sleep on?"

Yu Tianlai heard it in his ears, and there was no surprise on his face, and then he continued to walk out quietly. When he got out of the "Treasure Garden", he grabbed Wang Xiaoshan, who was about to leave, and asked, "Do you want to make another reward?"

Wang Xiaoshan was quite clever, and hurriedly bowed down and said, "What does the son command, the villain should serve himself." ”

Yu Tianlai said in a low voice: "You go to the 'Treasure Garden' again, and find a person who should be surnamed 'Wen' and called 'Unlucky Han' among the seafarers who just came, and said that I want to negotiate a deal with him, and invite him to meet him at the restaurant 'Yunlaiju' not far in front." Just pay attention to one thing, you must do things quietly and not alarm others. ”

Wang Xiaoshan understood, and also whispered like a thief: "Don't worry, the villain will definitely do this well." After that, he ran back to the door of the "Treasure Garden", talked a few nonsense words to the person on the door, and was easily let in

Yu Tianlai nodded and smiled, led the horse to the "Yunlai Residence" first, asked for a clean and elegant seat upstairs, first ordered a pot of wine and a few fresh dishes to be prepared, just waiting for the guests to arrive.

After a while, Wang Xiaoshan really came, and behind him was a young man in his twenties and plainly dressed.

After entering the door, he smiled and introduced Yu Tianlai: "Childe, this is the Wen Ruoxu Wen Gongzi you are looking for." ”