The venue of the Artifact Conference is located on the central square of the inner city, compared to the square of other cities is a flat land, the central square of the boiling city is surrounded by a fence, inside is tens of thousands of square meters of open space, but now it has been divided into thousands of dozens of square squares of small squares, each square is placed with a shelf and a platform. The perimeter of the square is made into stone steps, all several meters high, for the audience to sit and watch.

Ming Xuan and the group of Zuojia Tiezhuang found a stone step and sat down, and there were also people from other Tiezhuang sitting next to them, the owner of Zuojia Zhuang couldn't help but greet each other, it seemed that they were all familiar people, and the whole venue was already full, full of people, and it was very lively.

"How many people must be here now?" Ming Xuan couldn't help but ask, looking at the crowded crowd in this huge square, and the people were constantly squeezing in.

"I guess there are nearly 70,000 or 80,000 people. Liu Dali wiped the sweat on his face and said.

"Seventy or eighty thousand!" Ming Xuan couldn't believe his ears.

"I'm afraid it's not yet, think about it, thousands of shops in the city basically came to participate, how can each family have to come to a dozen people, there are fifty or sixty thousand people here, plus sellers from other places, as well as some ordinary people in the city, how can it be counted more than this!" Liu Dali was startled when he calculated.

"Then what are we sitting here doing now? "Ming Xuan didn't understand the process of this artifact conference.

"The order of the Artifact Conference is to start with the evaluation of common utensils, then jewelry, and finally weapons. After the conference starts, there will be a gong sound, and each Zhuang shop will go to the square that has been divided before, put the work they participated in the competition on the table, and then write its production process in detail, and hang it on the shelf for everyone to watch, while appreciating the advantages and disadvantages of the work, understand the difficulty of his production, so as to make the most pertinent evaluation. Liu Dali explained in detail on the side.

"People like me who can't understand it can't make any pertinent evaluations at all. Ming Xuan joked self-deprecatingly on the side, he didn't think he had the ability to give a proper evaluation of someone else's hard work.

"What the public says is definitely not counted, they lack professional vision, and they may also represent their own personal preferences, and the evaluation will be biased to some extent, so the conference has its own professional jury, which will evaluate each work and select the best ten of them. Liu Dali said with a smile, if you let people who don't know the goods give evaluations, it won't be messy.

While he was talking, he heard a gong sound, and the product conference began!

The shopkeepers of household utensils began to walk down the stone steps one after another, came to the open space, found their own squares, put out their selected works, and hung out the instructions for making zuò written in advance, and some even carefully wiped them there, in order to be perfect, which can be seen from the importance of Cheng dù.

When the shops were ready, the venue fell silent again, followed by another gong.

"Brother Gu, the public appreciation has begun, let's go down and have a look?" Liu Dali invited with a smile.

"If you're here, you must go and see it!" Ming Xuan had this intention.

The two of them followed everyone down the stone steps, and at this time, nearly ninety and a half of the people had already come to the square, and for a while the square was surrounded by water, and there was no way to move freely, so they could only follow with the movement of people, Ming Xuan came to the nearby squares, and began to appreciate them one by one.

Although everyone is in accordance with the requirements of the conference, the shovel is made, although the shape is roughly the same, but in the details have put a lot of effort, not only in the materials are very exquisite, but also in the use of the ultimate pursuit of convenience, after all, this is a shovel is a common item at home, not only durable but also easy to use, Ming Xuan while appreciating the work, while carefully comparing the instructions, after looking for a long time still can not distinguish which is better or worse, in his opinion, these are all works of ingenuity, each has its own unique place, are exquisite; after touching more than an hour Ming Xuan finally read all hastily, but I really can't see a high level in my heart。

"Brother Liu, what do you think?" From the beginning to the present, Liu Dali has followed Ming Xuan's side, but he has no intention of following Ming Xuan carefully to appreciate it.

"In the eyes of those who cast weapons, these are extremely simple things, with no technical content, and they are not worth looking at at at all. "After all, they are all commonly used things at home, mainly because of practicality and cheap price, so there is really no such detail in the production of zuò.

Two hours later, another gong sounded, and the crowd that was still appreciating just now returned to the stone steps one after another, and now the authoritative jury is out!

The jury began to carefully observe each work one by one, and then gave its own opinion, said the advantages and disadvantages of the work, and gave the corresponding grade positioning one by one.

"These people are all masters in the casting industry, and the evaluation they give is undoubtedly the most intimate and pertinent! Basically, everyone will be convinced, no one has any objections, and when he points out the bad points of your work, he will also tell you how to improve and help you improve your casting technology, and this is the real purpose of the product meeting. Liu Dali sighed while explaining.

"This can be called a real product conference" Mingxuan couldn't help but sigh, it is this continuous exchange and improvement that has achieved the reputation of Boiling City as a famous city.

"The year before last, it was the owner of the Ou family who gave us the construction of Zhuang to improve the toughness of weapons, and our Zhuang had to completely get rid of this bottleneck, which made our Zhuang stand out at the product conference the year before last and was honored to enter the top ten. Now speaking, Liu Dali is still grateful to Oujiazhuang.

"Master Ou Family Zhuang, is he one of the jury, isn't their Ou Family Iron Village going to participate in the competition, how can he be the jury?" Ming Xuan was puzzled.

"Hehe, this is the reason why I didn't make it clear to you, Oujiazhuang does not need to participate in the competition, in Boiling City, but any Zhuang shop can cast the top ten weapons like the best weapons, you can be included in the list of non-products, beyond it, or Zhuang Shop can win the top of the product conference for three consecutive years, and can also be among them. Liu Dali also said with a yearning face, which is the highest honor that all the shops in Boiling City are eager to get.

"Oh, I see. "Ming Xuan understood, this was the highest reward for the Casting Master.

"Not really, only the Zhuang shops of the jury who have entered are eligible to participate in the five-year selection of the city lord of Boiling City, and at that time, each member of the jury will refine a weapon to evaluate, and the things they cast are definitely super-grade products, and the one with the highest rating can serve as the city lord of Boiling City for five years. "Boiling Castle, which is famous for its casting, even the selection of the castle lord has to be decided by the casting technique, and everyone is constantly encouraged to improve their skills.

"Look! the results are out!" Liu Dali's exhaler interrupted Ming Xuan's contemplation.

"The top ten Zhuang shops have Zhao family iron shops...... "Peng Shiye, the city lord of Boiling City, loudly announced the top ten Zhuang shops of commonly used utensils, and cheers rang out in the squares, but there were more helpless sighs and regrets.

"Although the casting technology requirements of household utensils are not fine enough and not perfect enough, but in terms of actual use and price, they are considered by ordinary sellers, and the objects are ordinary people, I have to admit that they are the real backbone of Boiling City. "Ming Xuan was just an ordinary mountain man before, and he knew very well that a good household utensils were very important to an ordinary family, and he felt a lot of feelings for a while. Liu Dali pursed his lips on the side, but did not say anything to refute.

After the results come out, it does not mean the end of the household utensils competition, at this time, a large number of buyers poured into the venue, began to compete for purchase, after all, the utensils that can be placed here to participate in the evaluation are the meticulous masterpieces of each shop, it is definitely worth buying, especially the top ten utensils, but it is directly attracted to the auction of everyone, and the venue is boiling for a while, but it is also very fast, nearly 1,000 works on the venue were snapped up. The shops began to clean up one after another, and emptied the square for the next show.

The next is the evaluation of jewelry, the process is still the same as that of household utensils, but the necklace is not as strict as the shovel, giving the foundry a lot of room to play, each foundry is almost exhausted, and strive to be perfect while being different, can attract the public's eyes at a glance, for a time the golden light, silver shining, jewelry, colorful competition! Even a layman like Mingxuan, seeing those necklaces that are exquisitely carved and shiny, each one is like a work of art, his eyes are shining, and he can't put it down, not to mention those noble ladies who love beauty like life, as soon as they put it out, they began to scream again and again, and they couldn't wait to rush off the stage immediately, although there were not many women present, but the momentum of the table was not weaker than that of the men in the audience, and as soon as the gong of public appreciation sounded, he rushed into the venue like crazy, and pulled the necklaces tightly in the palm of his hand, and refused to let go, if it weren't for the restrictions of the conference, it is estimated that he would start to rob like crazy。

In the end, the top ten evaluated caused a burst of madness among the women, and finally after more than a dozen rounds of fierce auctions, they were all sold at sky-high prices, and the price of the transaction made Mingxuan is dumbfounded, it seems that women are far more crazy than men.

With the end of the jewelry competition, the atmosphere of the venue has gradually entered a climax, and everyone is gradually becoming active, because they know that the finale of the Jewelry Conference is about to start.