Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 68 Sinking Sand
The three shopkeepers were all surprised when they heard what Yang Luchan said:
"magician?"

"Master Shang is seriously injured?"

"What's going on?"

"Mr. Yang, are you okay?"

The three people asked anxiously.

Yang Luchan waved his hand and said, "My injuries will heal in three to five days if I take some medicine and move my blood. Xiaoshang is in trouble, so let's call a pharmacist for consultation as soon as possible. At the same time, we have to report the matter of the demon to the county government..."

Chen Ku was far away and secretly heard a few words with his sharp ears.

"magician?"

He originally thought that the conflict was easily resolved today.

Think of bigger things to come.

Even a master like Master Yang was injured, and even Elder Shang was seriously injured...

All of a sudden, an invisible sense of urgency and oppression appeared in my heart.

"Is something big going to happen in Baojiao County?"

……

I have to say, what happened today was just as Huang Muxia said, and it quickly spread throughout the city.

Bei Yang held up a stick, and Huang Muxia used all his strength but couldn't move it.

This is the most popular story material in many martial arts novels.

Of course.

No one felt that Huang Muxia had lost face because of this.

There was a huge gap between the two people.

In addition, Bei Yangyang's martial arts skills had improved further, making him one of the only two inner strong realm masters in the city, which was a sensation in the whole city.

After all, in martial arts, a slight mistake can lead to a huge gap.

Baojiao County has a population of 100,000 households, but now there are only two masters at the top five levels. No matter how Huang Muxia loses, it is not shameful.

This is exactly the result Huang Muxia wanted.

Originally, he knew that Bei Yang was in charge of Yaowang Hall, and even if he led his men to attack, he would not be able to gain any benefit. So on this trip, he broke Chai Bao's bow, and in the end it was natural that he would be defeated by Bei Yang. No one could say a word against him.

That’s the end of Huang Gun’s matter.

……

The largest courtyard in Baojiao County covers an area of ​​dozens of acres. There is a pond in the middle and a small pavilion in the middle of the pond.

The most powerful and influential person in this city—Shangguan Yun.

At this time, the silver chopsticks were placed on the exquisite antique bowls and plates. There was a large table of delicacies, but only a few chopsticks were moved, and the rest were intact.

Shangguan Yun wiped his mouth with a fine silk handkerchief and put it aside. This fair-faced, well-fed seventh-rank lord closed his eyes and listened to the news sent by Yaowang Hall:
"Heian Dao...Talisman paper? Witchcraft? Where did this organization come from?"

Sitting across the table, Master Sui You also followed Shangguan Yun's actions, put his chopsticks aside, and calmly analyzed:
"Our dynasty was founded on martial arts, and is the most orthodox martial arts dynasty on this land. We hate heretical occult arts the most, but there are indeed some cultivation ideas from other countries that have spread here, attempting to corrupt the orthodoxy of martial arts and spread teachings. If such heresy were in the Central Plains, we would have sent troops to suppress it immediately. However, this is a border area, and the situation is far away. How to deal with it is still up to you, sir."

"I heard from Yang Luchan that the group of people didn't have very good physical conditions, but they were able to obtain some kind of divine power by sticking talismans on their bodies. Some of the talismans could even explode, which was more powerful than gunpowder. With the skills of Yang Luchan and Shang Yunfang, they were helpless even if they were thrown dozens of such talisman papers at once."

Shangguan Yun's eyes fluctuated slightly:
"It sounds like something that can be mass-produced? But I wonder how powerful it is compared to the divine crossbows of my Baojiao City Guards?"

The Divine Crossbow was the standard weapon of the Daji Dynasty. Private casting was strictly prohibited among the people. If anyone was caught doing so, it would be considered as treason and the entire family would be executed.

This is because the most common divine crossbow can penetrate armor from a distance of two hundred feet.

Even among the Baojiao County City Guards, there are only twenty of them. If they were fired at the same time, the power would be too powerful for any warrior in Baojiao County to withstand. Even Shangguan Yun, who was known as the invincible in the city, could not guarantee that he could survive if twenty divine crossbows were fired at him at the same time.

But now, although the effect of this talisman paper is less powerful than the divine crossbow, it seems easier to make.

Seeing Shangguan Yun's expression, Master Suiyou guessed what this gentleman was thinking, and said:

"Perhaps we will know when the Golden Hammer Grandmaster arrives in the spring of next year."

"Then we can suppress the rebellion next year. There is no rush."

……

Except for a few words overheard by Chen Ku, the other apprentices were unaware of Shang Yunfang's serious injury, and Chen Ku did not dare to ask... He just watched that Ke Yansheng's face looked very heavy in the next few days.

I can only keep guessing in my mind:
"No way. Yaowangtang is the largest pharmacy in the city. Can it save its own master chef?"

But he could only guess based on Ke Yansheng's expression and emotions.

Two or three days later.

He saw that Master Ke's expression seemed to be relaxed, and he felt relieved. This proved that Master Shang Yunfang's condition should be stable.

It is normal for Chen Ku to be concerned about this matter. After all, Yaowang Hall has three large courtyards. If the Tujie Courtyard loses Shang Yunfang, the backbone, his life will not be easy.

After I no longer have to worry or be anxious about this.

Chen Ku then shifted his focus back to himself.

"Last night, the greyhound came back empty-handed, but according to the memories it sent back, it had indeed smelled a bait rat den in the past ten days or so. There were at least seven or eight bait rats in it. From now on, we just need to send the greyhound to that den and wait there. There is no need to patrol the whole mountain anymore.

Seven or eight...let's say eight.

If I could bring them all back, it would be a huge sum of money worth two or three thousand taels, which would be enough to sell, use as a sacrifice to the Transformation Diagram, or buy a house in the inner city, or even open a shop..."

Chen Ku walked out of Yaowang Hall:

"Now let's go ask about the origin and price of Wuchensha."

How much money would it cost to buy 10,000 kilograms of Wuchensha?

Soon, they arrived at a medium-sized blacksmith shop in the outer city.

Salt and iron are two important assets, but if you get approval from the government, you will be qualified to open a mine. However, this definitely requires connections with the court. Only with the court's approval can you buy mountains, land, rivers and other court lands to open mines and smelt.

And because iron has so much meaning behind it.

Therefore, Chai Tie Pu is the only one that cannot monopolize the 'iron' business.

Otherwise, if the firewood and iron shop rebelled, that would be disastrous.

Therefore, in order to maintain a balance of power, while Chai Tiepu had the right to smelt iron, there were also many private mines and caves inside and outside the city. However, more resources were actually still in the hands of official kilns and mines.

"You want to buy Wuchensha? Yes, how much do you want?"

The signboard of this iron shop was not under Chai Tiepu, but was opened by a man named "Liu Mazi". He had a small mine in Huifengzhuang, Baojiao County, so this shop was called Liu Mazi Iron Shop.

I don't make iron, I just sell iron materials.

"What's the price of Wuchensha?"

Chen Ku only knew that there was black sand in his iron nugget stick, but he didn't know the specific price.

The iron shop attendant took him directly to the chaotic backyard and pointed to a stone trough filled with gravel the size of an inverted bowl:
"This bowl-sized amount is five hundred catties. According to the market price, one catty of black agarwood is three taels of silver. Five hundred catties here is one hundred and fifty taels of silver... If you want all of it, I'll give you a discount and charge you one hundred and forty..."

Such a bowl-sized substance actually weighs 500 kilograms. This is the characteristic of Wuchensha. The word "heavy" explains everything.

When Chen Ku heard the price of Wuchensha, his heart trembled.

This means that ten thousand kilograms of black sand would cost three thousand taels of silver.

"So expensive?" Chen Ku looked at the waiter.

The clerk said: "Wuchensha is originally a top-quality material for smelting weapons. It is a very heavy iron sand that was washed down from Tielao Mountain by the Longjiang River thousands of years ago after the crust changed and then precipitated under the Longjiang River.

Later, the Longjiang River changed its course in the Yuan Dynasty and no longer eroded the area. Therefore, the amount of black sand that we can now pan out from under the silt of the Longjiang River is small.

In addition, the black silt that has accumulated in some places has long become silt mines and has been divided up. Those waters all have owners, and our 500 kilograms of black silt were also obtained through transactions.

If you think it's too expensive and you want too little, why don't you get a sieve and go to the riverbank to dig for it yourself and see if you can get a pound a year?"

Chen Ku said nothing, turned around and walked out.

"Shop it yourself?"

Just shop for yourself...

Isn’t it just going underwater to look for minerals?

What’s the difference between this and going into the mountains to collect herbs?

Although he himself did not have the talent for finding sand mines, there were animals under the water. He still had an crocodile in his possession.

(End of this chapter)