Xu Su brought six followers with him, carrying a total of eleven boxes. The boxes contained Feng Shui arrays, items that suppressed luck, and six golden toads and Pixiu statues.
A group of people followed Wei Yuan into Yong'an City and all the way to Fangshi District in the east of the city. Now there are only a few roads and a patch of weeds in Fangshi District, and there is not a single shop or restaurant.
Hundreds of men in ragged clothes were digging trenches on both sides of the road. Another group of people was laying bluestone cut into strips in the dug trench, and then building the two walls. Several monks with completed casts were standing beside them.
Supervise and guide, and also work on my own from time to time.
The followers of the caravan looked at this scene with some curiosity. The cast body already had a small status. Even if it was a hopeless Taoist priest, he could still be a ninth-level official in the world, such as the head of the county government office or the warden.
Wait. How can they do such a despicable job?
Xu Su paused and took a closer look at the ditch and piles of rocks before continuing to move forward.
After looking at the urban area, Xu Su quickly selected the location of the branch of the Chamber of Commerce. On the spot, he began to delineate the scope of the courtyard, determine the luck and feng shui, and then choose a good array and bury the feng shui array.
Wei Yuan and Cui Yu left first to select the specialties of the realm for Xu Su to take back.
Xu Su held the Feng Shui formation disk in his hand, re-measured the distance of the formation from time to time, and finally put down the six house-protecting mythical beasts one by one, completing the first step.
A girl next to him said: "Master, this city is in shabby condition. There is not even a decent house, and there are not many people. I made a rough calculation and found that there are only 20,000 people in the city at most. With such a small number of people,
In such a poor place, is it worth setting up a Six-Auspicious Fortune Gathering Formation? This formation costs thousands of taels of immortal silver! How many years will it take us to earn back?"
Xu Su patiently said: "Observe carefully and don't just look at the surface. What you see are just shanties and people in rags. What you see is that there is not a single tall house in the whole city. But if you
If you look carefully, you will find that the road in front of us is quite straight and can accommodate four carriages. In the future, it will be paved with hard stones and it will immediately become a galloping road.
If you look carefully, you can also find that many vacant lots covered with weeds are actually planned blocks. And there are bluestone-based drainage channels on both sides of the main road. Another detail is that each block has at least
There are two public toilets, and they are cleaned regularly. Therefore, we have never encountered a smelly situation along the way. This is rare in the capital."
The girl thought about it carefully and said, "It's true!"
Xu Su smiled slightly and said: "Wei Yuan is young, but his plans are huge. This city is planned to house at least 200,000 people, and there is room for subsequent expansion. I don't know if it is his own idea or the idea behind it.
There are experts and teachers to give guidance, but it makes no difference to us. For this kind of person, a mere county guard cannot stop him. If Chen Dao goes all out, he may be able to do it. Unfortunately, Chen Dao has many constraints, and this place is not
It’s his ideal place and he won’t put in too much effort.”
But the girl listened with no interest and said: "Master, we are just running a caravan. Those big shots are fighting here and there for no reason. What does it have to do with us?"
Xu Su was still very patient: "Don't underestimate the caravan. If you do it successfully, you will have to participate in the disputes between these big shots sooner or later. If you can't figure out the subtle relationships between everyone at that time, you may die without knowing what to do."
Damn it. Just think about it, why did I go through all the trouble and take huge risks to bring the caravan to this barren land?"
The girl finally became interested and said, "Isn't it because there is no choice?"
Xu Su laughed angrily and said: "You unlearned girl, I taught you so many things, and I gave them back to Duke Zhou in your dream! I turned a little eastward, Chen Dao, Li Weisheng, who has no future?
Can I invest?”
The girl said helplessly: "Okay, you always have a sharp eye and a clear understanding of the world's situation, okay?"
Unexpectedly, Xu Su shook his head: "No!"
"What is that?" The girl finally became curious and began to ask.
Xu Sudao: "A big shot sent a message and designated me to make this trip. Otherwise, how would I know that there is such a treasured Feng Shui land?"
"Big shot, how big a shot?"
"I don't know either. I only know that the news came from the palace."
At this time, the base of the formation has been set up, Liu Rui is in place, and several followers begin to dig the foundation at the designated boundary. A group of people from the caravan will stay to continue the construction. Once the basic framework is completed, they can
More local manpower is hired to build courtyard houses.
Xu Su was already envisioning the prosperous scene in the future, and said with a smile: "I don't know what kind of goods they can come up with tomorrow."
The girl curled her lips and said: "Isn't it just those things brought from the master's door? It's not like we don't have channels in Taichu Palace."
"That's true." Xu Su's smile faded a bit.
In the early morning of the next day, Wei Yuan arrived at the caravan station. Behind him were several monks, each carrying a cargo box.
Xu Su had been waiting for a long time, and several young deacons from the caravan were also present, wanting to see what Wei Yuan had brought.
Wei Yuan ordered the monks to open the cargo boxes. Each of the two cargo boxes contained a one-foot-thick steel block with a strange shape. The other two cargo boxes contained a pile of neatly stacked parts.
Wei Yuan took matters into his own hands, peeling off a thin piece from each of the two steel blocks, and put them together, and it turned out to be a pair of breastplates. He then put a few more pieces on, and in a blink of an eye, a complete sleeveless breastplate was ready.
Appear in front of everyone.
Xu Su and several deacons gathered around and inspected them carefully. The girl became curious about the two steel blocks. When she went over to look at them, she realized that they were actually pieces of breastplates and backplates stacked together, but they were too tight.
, it looked like a complete steel billet. She counted and found that this nearly one-foot-thick steel billet was made of fifty decks.
After looking at it carefully, Xu Su pulled out his long sword, and the sword burned with fire, and then the sword pierced the breastplate. He pulled out the long sword, and all the deacons came over to observe the wound.
After a while, Xu Su breathed out and said: "The steel of this breastplate is quite good. What's rare is that dozens of pieces have the same shape. Wearing it can strengthen the military's power. Well, it also has some ability to withstand Dao forces, which is not as good as the other side."
The military-style heavy armor is slightly inferior and is close to a low-grade magic weapon. The Realm Master should still have a lot of this set of breastplates, right?"
Seeing the nearly integrated front and rear decks, Xu Su knew that these armors must have been mass-produced.
Wei Yuan nodded: "Yes, there are some left, but I'm afraid you won't be able to move them all at once. What price does Mr. Xu plan to give for this set of armor?"
"Such a breastplate is close to a low-grade magic weapon. The purchasing price among the armies of the Nine Kingdoms is about the same, about fifty taels of immortal silver. The price I can give the world master is... twenty-three taels."
The price was higher than Wei Yuan expected. Not to mention Xu Su's long journey, he couldn't sell it directly when he got it back. He would definitely have to go through a lot of hard work. Military armor, such an important thing, was in Chaoyan Zhengshi Hall.
Those big shots will intentionally intervene.
Fortunately, if the border troops want to resist foreigners, although they will inevitably be exploited at all levels, there must be a limit. After all, they are in the minority like those in the Western Jin Dynasty.
Wei Yuan said: "Twenty-two pairs."
Xu Su almost thought he heard wrongly.
"Twenty taels." Wei Yuan repeated it again, then pointed to the two boxes of spare parts and said: "These two boxes of spare parts are included. Mr. Xu can find a craftsman to make them according to this style after he returns, and complete a complete set of armor.
.I only sell breastplates and back armors here, which cost twenty taels of silver a pair."
Xu Su was surprised and delighted. He had also looked at the parts carefully. The craftsmanship was excellent and the craftsmanship was exquisite, but it could be made by his own craftsmen. The techniques of these parts were obviously different from those of the breastplate and back, but the final quality was roughly the same.
According to preliminary estimates, it would take about one or two halves of fairy silver to create all the dozen or so parts. After taking it back, this would be a business that would double the profit.
In fact, the craftsmen of the Chest and Back Armor Chamber of Commerce can also make them, and they can even make them of higher quality and more exquisite and gorgeous. However, such a complete and integrated piece of armor requires a lot of man-hours. A craftsman with a master's degree in casting may need more than ten
Only a genius can create one piece. And it is absolutely impossible to achieve the precision of dozens of pieces as one.
Xu Su bowed deeply and said: "Thank you very much, Lord! I wonder how many pairs of armors the Lord has here?"
"How much can you take?"
Xu Su picked up a pile of neatly stacked armor plates, weighed them, and said, "We currently have nine trucks, which can transport two thousand sets if they are full."
Wei Yuan nodded and said: "Then two thousand sets will be delivered to you early tomorrow morning."
Xu Su was surprised again. It would probably take a skilled craftsman a month or two to make such a set of armor. Qingming has only been established for a few months, but it can have one or two thousand skilled craftsmen?
However, Xu Su then thought about it. Wei Yuan heard that with the strong support of Taichu Palace, it was not impossible for the master's sect to directly send thousands of craftsmen.
Xu Su said: "This time Xu is only bringing an exploration caravan, and the things that can be transported are limited. Next time, it will be a regular caravan, and the transport capacity will be more than ten times. How much armor the world leader has here, the Six Realms Chamber of Commerce can press
Eat twenty taels."
Wei Yuan was a little surprised: "The border army is so short of armor?"
Xu Su said with a smile: "The Realm Lord doesn't know something. The demand for weapons and armor is endless. There is no shortage of people. We can form as many armies as we have armor and weapons, so no matter how much you have, we can all eat it!"
Wei Yuan's heart skipped a beat. The iron forging machine was not difficult to make. With the special hammer head mold, it was a hammer forging machine that could make the front and rear breastplates. When there were a few more batches of Taoist monks in the realm, the one placed in front of Xu Su
Instead of thousands or tens of thousands of breastplates, there could be more than ten or two hundred thousand sets!
Wei Yuan didn't know how much such a breastplate cost in the hands of outside craftsmen, but there was quite a surplus of molten steel in the realm. Many Taoist monks usually worked to stabilize the Taoist foundation and improve their aspirations. It was part of the practice and did not require payment.
The biggest cost of this set of breastplates is actually that it is mixed with some fairy silver, which has better toughness and is slightly resistant to Taoist forces. Wei Yuan estimated that a set of breastplates costs only one or two cents of fairy silver, six of which should be added in
of fairy silver.
The dozen parts are small and trivial, and many of them can only be made by hand. Taking into account various expenses, they cost almost one or two cents of silver. With the few craftsmen who have become monks in the realm, just supplying them is very expensive.
It was difficult, so Wei Yuan directly lowered the price by three taels and got rid of this part of the business.
Returning to his residence, Wei Yuan rummaged around and found an exquisite jade box. He then asked his master to use his sword energy to carve the four ancient characters "Houde Carrying Things", which made it look very extraordinary. Then Wei Yuan placed it on the box
He carefully packed three kilograms of hell soil in the box, pressed flowers on it, sealed the lid, and sent it to Yu Zhizhuo.
Uncle Yu has worked hard and has great talents. It's time to feed him.
Chapter completed!