Chapter 4 Artificial Power

The night was dark, but everyone's eyes were shining like night pearls.

Zhang Hao crossed his arms and stood quietly watching - the first step was perfect!

Pieces of forged black iron were placed in front of Zhang Hao, Zhang Shengde, and Zhang Shengye.

"The basic purity is 93%, and after forging, it can basically reach 95%."

"Purity 95%, reward 1 spiritual consciousness."

"Purity 96%. Reward 3 spirit stones."

"Purity 94%... Go back and continue forging."

"Purity 97%. Reward 6 spirit stones."

"Purity 96%..."

Black irons of different purity were classified into different categories, and several hills soon rose up. But at this moment, Zhang Shengde and Zhang Shengye looked calm, or rather numb.

The craftsmen were very excited, they created miracles, and the rewards were very generous.

Zhang Shengye walked around the black iron several times, and suddenly became excited again: "The value of these black irons is enough to buy half of the town!"

Zhang Shengde did not lose his rationality in his excitement: "I'm afraid it will bring us a catastrophe!"

Zhang Shengye calmed down instantly.

Zhang Hao was still a little puzzled: "Didn't it mean that the reserves of black iron are very rich, and everyone can get involved! Right now, the total amount of black iron is only three thousand catties."

Zhang Sheng pulled Zhang Hao and introduced him in detail.

Let’s talk about currency first: low-grade spirit stones, middle-grade spirit stones, and top-grade spirit stones, the three are in base 100.

One catty of black iron with a purity of 60% can be minted with 1,000 black iron coins; two iron coins can buy about one catty of brown rice.

A catty of black iron with a purity of 60% is worth 1 low-grade spirit stone.

A catty of black iron with a purity of 70% is worth 5 low-grade spirit stones.

A catty of black iron with a purity of 80% requires "at least" 20 low-grade spirit stones.

When the purity of black iron exceeds 80%, the price will increase by at least 10 spirit stones for every point of purity increase.

As for 90% pure black iron, because it can be used to refine magic weapons, only middle-grade spirit stones are accepted, at least 10 middle-grade spirit stones; 96% pure black iron is worth at least 70 middle-grade spirit stones!

Black iron with 96% purity is at least 7,000 times the value of 60% purity; if the price fluctuates slightly, it may be tens of thousands of times!

So, this small pile of black iron right now is the real mountain of wealth! Three thousand catties of black iron, worth at least 21 million spirit stones!

Zhang Shengde turned around and shouted: "Everyone, whether it's a guard or a craftsman, each will be rewarded with two low-grade spirit stones, and those who participate in black iron smelting and forging will receive two more.

When Xuantie is sold in the future, everyone... goes up! salary! water! "

"Oh..." The craftsmen and guards jumped up excitedly.

"It's all gone, what should I do?"

Everyone dispersed in a rush and started to get busy excitedly.

When there were only Zhang Hao, Zhang Shengde, and Zhang Shengye alone, Zhang Hao couldn't help asking: "Father, second uncle, these craftsmen won't leak secrets?"

Zhang Shengye smiled: "Don't worry, everyone here has been screened and sworn to. But if there is a leak, the whole family will suffer."

"Ah...this...too harsh, isn't it?" Zhang Hao was surprised.

Zhang Shengye smiled: "This is actually protection. If not, someone will secretly kidnap their family members and threaten them.

And the whole Continent of Fertility is doing it. "

"So it is." Zhang Hao suddenly realized.

Different worlds have different rules, and I need to update my concept.

Zhang Shengde stared at Zhang Hao with burning eyes: "Can you tell me about the smelting of black iron?"

"Father, second uncle, I just thought this way: the main impurity of black iron is iron, but iron will rust. There must be something in the air that can cause the change of iron. So I tried to pass air into the iron. In the water, luckily succeeded.

The rising gray-brown smoke is undoubtedly rust. "

Zhang Shengde looked at Zhang Hao for a while, then nodded: "Very good association ability."

"Father, my mind is very sharp now."

Zhang Shengye said with a smile: "Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise. The Qian family shot themselves in the foot this time!

Little mouse, how do you think we should deal with the Qian family? "

"Second Uncle, I think that the Qian family has obtained new technology, so they must be investing and transforming it on a large scale, just to make a big splash.

We also have to seize the time to transform and produce a large amount of black iron.

When the Qian family is ready to become a blockbuster, let's be a companion. "

"As a companion? That's a good idea! I'll send someone to watch over the Qian family!" Zhang Shengde suddenly burst into murderous intent. He has been victimized by the Qian family during this period of time, and this revenge must be repaid double!

Zhang Hao said again: "Father, Second Uncle, I have another idea."

Zhang Shengye was curious: "Little mouse, what do you think?"

Zhang Hao opened his mouth and said, "Large quantities of low-level and mid-level artifacts are sold at low prices! Hmm... I think it would be better to use the word 'sell'."

"Tell me about it." Zhang Shengde said.

"Selling magic tools is obviously more profitable than selling black iron; we have enough room to cut prices, so we can fight price wars and seize the market."

"Heh..." Zhang Shengde smiled, touched the top of Zhang Hao's head, and said earnestly: "The idea is very good. But I'm in a hurry. For the time being, we should sell black iron in large quantities."

"Why?" Zhang Hao asked.

"Because...we still need to unite some 'friends' to open up the situation.

You can't eat alone until you are strong enough!

Besides, we also lack the craftsmen needed to refine magic tools and magic weapons! "

Zhang Hao understands: enter the village quietly, don't shoot people~~~

In the end, Zhang Shengde made a decision: Use good black iron to arm the family; sell it to the outside world, the maximum is no more than 86%.

Bows, arrows, weapons, etc. need to be replaced and supplemented in large quantities. The arrows and blades are covered with a layer of high-purity black iron to increase the armor-piercing ability.

Zhang Shengde is in charge of arming, Zhang Shengye is in charge of the mine, Zhang Hao... a temporary guest engineer!

By dawn, the craftsmen could directly refine black iron with a purity of 70% to 86%, saving the forging in the later stage.

At Zhang Hao's request, the iron ingots were poured into a foot and a half square (half a meter), and they were built piece by piece like city bricks.

After confirming that the craftsmen had mastered the skills, Zhang Hao approached the craftsman Huang Mingshan to learn about fans.

To be honest, Zhang Hao was surprised and delighted when he saw the fan earlier.

If you want to develop industry, what is the first element?

Power!

Artificial power!

Man-made power that is no longer bound by nature, can liberate people's hands, can be controlled and reproduced!

The industrial revolution in another world is not so much started with the steam engine as it is started with artificial power.

Huang Mingshan was very reserved, with a smoky look on his face, and he could only see his snow-white teeth when he smiled foolishly from time to time.

"Sit down, don't be restrained."

"Yes yes yes." Huang Mingshan sat down carefully, only lightly sat on half of the chair, put his hands on his thighs, bent slightly and lowered his head.

Zhang Hao smiled gently, and took out ten low-grade spirit stones and put them on the table: "Huang Mingshan, I'll just ask you a few questions about the fan. After answering, these spirit stones are yours."

Huang Mingshan calmed down instantly, staring at Lingshi with burning eyes. Ten low-grade spirit stones are almost equivalent to Huang Mingshan's net income in the past six months. Now, they lie quietly in front of them, within reach.

Zhang Hao took out a sticky note, asked questions one by one, and Huang Mingshan answered one by one.

The fan is driven by spirit stones, a one-inch low-grade spirit stone can make the fan run continuously for half a day.

In everyone's perception, this price is a bit high-just blowing the wind, 60 spirit stones a month! It's too extravagant. Generally, a bellows is sufficient.

As for the structure of the fan, it is very simple, there is only a low-level wind formation, there is no mechanical structure, only the formation rune structure.

But this kind of structure generates a lot of heat, and the pattern is made of low-grade black iron, which has a very high resistance value, so the pattern is often fused.

Moreover, this kind of clumsy fan is not new, but it is not very useful in the world of self-cultivation, so it has not been developed.

"I still have a question. The patterns made of low-grade black iron are easy to burn off. Why not use better black iron?"

Huang Mingshan blinked, but was a little confused: "They are just clumsy guys, good black iron is so expensive."

"Does everyone do this?" Zhang Hao asked.

"Yes!" Huang Mingshan took it for granted.

Zhang Hao smiled: "Very good. These ten spirit stones are yours now."

"Thank you, young master." Huang Mingshan picked up the Lingshi, his face was full of joy, and finally he smirked at Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao nodded: "Huang Mingshan, I have a task and I need your help."

"Master, please tell me, as long as Huang Mingshan can do it, he will go through fire and water and die!" Huang Mingshan stood up excitedly.

"Okay!" Zhang Hao expressed his appreciation for Huang Mingshan's attitude, "It's nothing, you can make a list of all the craftsmen you know, all those who know wind turbines, formations, and weapon refining, and the more Be as detailed as possible.

If this thing is done well, another 10 spirit stones will be rewarded! "

"Yes!" Huang Mingshan's eyes lit up, and he vaguely felt that the opportunity to change his fate seemed to have come.