Chapter 149 Doubt (9)

"The flame in Lu Yang's hand is the real fire of the Nascent Soul Stage, but Lu Yang practiced a peculiar technique, absorbing purple energy to nourish the fire every morning, so his flame is much stronger than the normal Nascent Soul Stage True Fire , the appearance is also different.

The flame in Zhang Xinhan's hand is a special fire unique to Nine Yang Sect, named 'Red Lotus Earth Fire', which can fully display the characteristics of spiritual materials. "

Zhang Hao wrote it down silently. The world of practice is more complicated than it used to be, and there is so much to learn.

"Gilding" is a fine work. Lu Yang finished at noon, while Zhang Xinhan didn't finish until evening.

Everyone gathered together, but everyone looked at Zhang Hao. Although Zhang Haoxiu is the lowest, no one can ignore Zhang Hao. These "steel" were provided by the Zhang family, and only Zhang Hao was the most qualified to speak.

Developing westward was proposed by the Zhang family;

The strategy of boiling the sea was also proposed by the Zhang family;

The high-purity dark iron was also provided by the Zhang family;

And the current person in charge of the Zhang family is Zhang Hao!

The most important thing is that Zhang Hao's status as a "Xuanzhen sect inner disciple" also makes Zhang Hao more unique. It must be admitted that it is good to have a good backer.

Without Zhou Jue, Lu Yang, and Zhang Xinhan, Zhang Hao could ask Xuanzhen Sect for help, or find someone else. But without the Zhang family, everyone is afraid that they will not be able to find a second family for the time being.

Especially Feng Zhiling, who was hanging around next to him, reminded everyone from time to time: Zhang Hao, you can't move!

Zhang Hao's eyes slowly swept across the crowd, very satisfied with their gazes. In the anticipation of everyone, Zhang Hao smiled: "The seal formation is finished, let's activate it to see the effect. Although there is only one pillar, you can see some effects."

The two pillars were quickly activated, and a layer of red flame appeared on the surface of the pillars.

Zhang Hao was surprised. The flame was not in direct contact with the pillar, but suspended on the surface of the pillar, about ten centimeters away from the pillar. In this way, the pillars will not be burned by the flames. Even the flames formed a protective layer.

Zhang Hao's eyes patrolled between the two pillars, and gradually discovered the difference.

The flames of the pillars carved by Lu Yang have chaotic ups and downs; while the flames of the pillars carved by Zhang Xinhan have uniform, orderly undulations like waves, with a faint sense of surging.

As time went by, the true energy injected into the pillars was gradually exhausted, and the flames gradually went out; Lu Yang's pillars were the first to go out; after a cup of tea, Zhang Xinhan's pillars went out.

It is clear at a glance which is better and which is worse.

The pride on Lu Yang's face turned into embarrassment. The most important thing is that a pillar was abolished, which... a sin!

A pillar weighs 100,000 jin and is made of black iron with a purity of 96%. Although the Zhang family did not offer a price for this kind of steel, it is obviously not cheap. Judging from the quality of this kind of steel, it is not a problem at all to increase the price by three to five times.

Even if calculated based on 96% black iron, 100,000 jin is worth 70,000 top-grade spirit stones! And now, it's so useless! Oh, and the pure gold is not counted.

And Zhang Xinhan still has a peaceful smile on his face; but there is a hint of arrogance in this smile, this kind of arrogance is not impetuous pride, but a kind of self-confidence! A pride in defeating an opponent!

This time, he became the winner of the unprecedented seal cutting; and next, he will be in charge of refining an unprecedented, super, Dutian Raging Fire Formation.

Zhang Hao scanned the surroundings slowly, and said loudly: "Now I announce that Zhang Xinhan is invited to be the person in charge of the Dutian Lie Huo formation."

"Thank you." Zhang Xinhan expressed his thanks generously.

"Thank you for your support, senior. Now, let's discuss together the refining of the Dutian Raging Fire Formation. This is how I imagined it:

Use the Dutian Blazing Array to heat up part of the sea area, and in a relatively gentle way, carve out a piece of sea area that belongs to us from the sea. For sea monsters, we drive them away instead of killing them.

We will try to keep the direct conflict with sea monsters as low as possible, or even not.

This time, our purpose of developing the sea is not for the monsters and resources in the sea, but just to 'borrow'! We need to open up the sea channel.

After obtaining a sea area, we will start to build the port and build... a big steel ship!

Yes, it is to build ships with steel, just like these steel pillars, to build an indestructible steel fortress at sea!

These fortresses will be hundreds of meters long and have a displacement of thousands or even tens of thousands of tons. Even if the turbid waves are monstrous, it cannot be shaken at all! "

Everyone was shocked, and some people were already imagining: a castle made of steel, entering the sea... Gudong, it sank!

Some people are also thinking that the ship made of steel is besieged by countless sea monsters, but it remains motionless and cleaves the wind and waves. But...how does this heavy steel ship drive? Tens of thousands of tons, not tens of thousands of catties, even the Nascent Soul Stage would be jaw-dropping.

Zhou Jue was the first to speak: "Brother Shi, I have a few questions. Even if the ship is made of steel, it can float, but to drive such a huge ship, it also needs a large amount of spiritual stones.

So, even if we could get access to the ocean, the cost alone would be enough to wear us down.

According to some technical indicators we have sorted out recently, we have calculated that to drive a ten-ton, lowest-level weapon of war, it will consume about a thousand lower-level spirit stones per hour.

If one wants to drive a 10,000-ton ship, it will consume at least one hundred high-grade spirit stones per hour; one voyage is calculated based on one month, and the cost of round-trip spirit stones is as high as 72,000 high-grade spirit stones. If you calculate labor, defense and other expenses, it can easily exceed one hundred thousand top-grade spirit stones.

Also, as of now, we don't know what the price of steel is. "

"The price of steel... is three times that of black iron of the same grade!"

Hiss... There was a sound of air-conditioning all around. While there is speculation, the research is astounding to hear this answer.

Zhang Hao looked around.

The market price of black iron with 96% purity is 70 middle-grade spirit stones per kilogram, and the contract is 14,000 low-grade spirit stones per kilogram.

Three times the price is 42,000 low-grade spirit stones per kilogram. If this is to build a 10,000-ton ship, then...the number is too exaggerated!

Obviously everyone thought of this.

But in Zhang Hao's heart, he was calculating another account:

Because of technological progress, the Zhang family produces one ton of black iron with a purity of less than 96%, and the cost price is less than 10,000 low-grade spirit stones. Without the machinery and equipment and related technical personnel, the rest is the cost of materials and so on.

But now Huang Mingshan and others are studying the use of oil to replace Lingshi, hoping to further reduce the cost price.

And in steelmaking, because a large amount of oil is used, not counting the oil itself, the cost of steelmaking is only about 10,000 spirit stones—mainly due to the formation of formations and the consumption of flames.

In other words, the cost price of one ton of 96% pure steel produced by the Zhang family does not exceed 30,000 low-grade spirit stones.

But technology is valuable!

But Zhang Hao also knew that if he wanted to cooperate, the Zhang family obviously couldn't follow the market price; but how to reduce the price was also a very serious issue.

For thousands of years, the price system between black iron and spirit stones has been relatively stable; if there are fluctuations, it's okay. But if the Zhang family suddenly launched black iron at a cabbage price, Zhang Hao couldn't guarantee what would happen to the market.

But the biggest possibility is that a tsunami will occur, and countless people will block the gate of Zhangjia, demanding to disclose the technology. Some people will even shoot directly to destroy the Zhang family!

Therefore, Zhang Hao is also considering and deciding how to quote. If one is not good, the Zhang family will fall into the abyss.

The practitioners around were still shocked.

The few people who participated in the seal carving formation before, they looked at the carving knife in their hands, and silently felt the elite of the carving knife. They... recognized the price! However, something always felt wrong.

Zhou Jue was the first to ask: "Brother Shi, this price...seems reasonable. But there is one thing I don't understand."

"Brother, please tell me." Zhang Hao stopped saying 'Brother Zhou'.

"Based on the price of black iron, the Zhang family may not be able to produce so much black iron right now? I am very puzzled, how much is the cost of the mysterious iron in the Zhang family?"

As soon as Zhou Jue said this, everyone's eyes turned to Zhang Hao.

Everyone is not stupid, although they were shocked by a series of miracles by the Zhang family. But when Zhou Jue pointed out this question, everyone reacted:

Even if the cost price of black iron is half or even a quarter of the market price, your Zhang family is not capable of producing so much black iron.

Don't talk about anything else, let's just talk about the fourteen steel pillars right now, which weigh 1.4 million catties. According to the market price, even if you sell the entire Qixia country, you won't be able to afford it!

Zhang Hao coughed twice: "This...brother, at the price agreed on the market, 96% of the black iron is 70 middle-grade spirit stones per catty, right?"

"Yes!" Zhou Jue nodded.

"Then I will calculate according to this price, no problem! I admit that the technology of the Zhang family has improved. But the improvement of technology is the result of our hard work, not given by everyone!" Zhang Hao said with a little confidence.

Everyone was stunned. Yes, that's the truth.

Zhou Jue covered her head in pain: "Brother Shi, what I mean is that if the Zhang family continues to calculate at this price, it will be difficult for us to continue to cooperate."

"Oh... how do you say?"