Xie Changgui was frightened by the man in front of him who shouted loudly that he wanted to smelt copper.
Even though he was wearing official uniform, he was still too bold!
"My lord, we don't want to smelt this copper! We are a serious blacksmith shop and we don't smelt copper."
There was no reason why Xie Changgui was not afraid of smelting copper secretly. If he was caught, he would lose his head. Therefore, even though Ji Yi threw a bag of gold ingots and hit it on the table with a dull sound, he did not dare to take it without permission.
This life.
Ji Yi didn't care about his rejection and said calmly: "The shopkeeper is so humble. I believe you have the strength, right?"
As he spoke, Lin Yi took out a piece of gold ingots from the bag, scratched the middle with his fingernail, and divided the gold ingot into two pieces.
Mr. Xie Changgui was dumbfounded. Is this gold or mud?
Ji Yi threw one of the pieces to him and said slowly: "This half is the deposit. After the matter is completed, I will give you the other half. Is there any problem?"
Lin Yi also knows that casting copper is more difficult than casting iron. It is definitely illegal to smelt copper privately, but this blacksmith shop is so prosperous that it is breaking the law. As long as you add money, there is nothing else you can't do.
Of course, it is also necessary to show one's own force.
This technique of dividing gold with one hand made Xie Changgui stunned for a moment. He put the gold in his mouth and bit it. It was true that the texture was soft, but this official could cut gold with one finger, so he was definitely a powerful person.
He could only apologize and said with a smile: "My lord, you have misunderstood. This is not a question of money. The main reason is that casting copper is taboo and the raw materials are hard to come by. It is not easy for us to smoothen our relationship."
"Tell me, how much does it cost?"
"One thousand pounds of copper will be exchanged for three hundred gold."
Lin Yi silently calculated in his mind that the copper coins of this era weighed about three grams, of which only one-third was copper. According to this ratio, one tael of gold equals ten thousand coins. Not counting losses, it would also cost twenty
Kilograms of copper.
One hundred taels of gold can be exchanged for two thousand kilograms of copper. This profiteer has doubled the price six times!
Excluding production costs and labor costs, if he triples it, he will make a big profit; if he triples it, it will be a win-win situation.
They won twice.
Lin Yi looked at Xie Changgui with an unkind expression, smiled slightly and said, "Can the price be negotiated?"
"Master, there is nothing we can do. Copper smelting is a serious crime that involves destroying a family and exterminating a clan. Who is willing to sacrifice his life if he is not given enough money?"
"What you said makes sense. In three days, I will see the things on these two drawings. Remember, don't adulterate them. Otherwise, the money I give you to buy your life will really kill you."
After that, Lin Yi handed the drawing with the Faraday cage and lightning rod to the shopkeeper, took out half of the gold ingots from his wallet, put it on the counter, and calmly turned around and left.
Xie Changgui looked at Lin Yi's drawings and suddenly felt confused.
The lightning rod is okay. Although it looks a little strange, it's not impossible to do.
But this cage...
Yes, let the craftsmen work overtime!
He summoned a servant and ordered: "Let the craftsmen temporarily stop other work and work in two shifts day and night to make these two utensils. In addition, find someone to find out who the person just now is."
"yes."
The servant quickly went to work. Being able to open such a large blacksmith shop naturally has a lot of energy behind it. Not long after, the information about Lin Yi was sent to Xie Changgui.
"A policeman from Jingyesi is so rich? There must be something fishy in this."
Xie Changgui knew that this matter was not easy, so he told his craftsmen to work hard all night to make the thing, and he went to the county governor's house.
This blacksmith shop is nominally his property, but in fact, 40% of the profits from this shop go to the county guard, 30% goes to the county magistrate who is in charge of the county soldiers, and the other 30% is owned by the wealthy gentry.
Therefore, in Changsha County, no one can touch this blacksmith shop as long as the county governor and the squire do not fall together.
Despite this, Xie Changgui did not directly take Lin Yi's money. He arranged for someone to do the work first and immediately came to the county governor's house to report.
The transaction amount of three hundred gold is not a small amount, so the big boss must know about it.
When he arrived at the governor's house, the housekeeper led him to the governor's study from the side door. Xie Changgui always bowed his head slightly and remained respectful enough.
After entering the house, he made another long bow: "Xie Changgui, a common man, pays homage to his parents."
"You are so expensive, you don't need to be polite."
The county governor, Wang An, is a rather elegant middle-aged man with a Chinese character, a handsome face, electric eyes, dignified and restrained, and looks gentle and approachable, but also makes people dare not be scorned.
"What brings you here, Changgui?"
"Sir, there is indeed a small matter that ordinary people can't make up their mind about, and I would like to ask you to clarify it."
Xie Changgui did not delay, and explained everything that happened today in a clear and coherent manner. After finishing his speech, he presented the copied drawings and the collected gold.
Wang An simply looked at the drawings and didn't understand what this thing was for.
Of course this cannot be a weapon, it may be some strange magic weapon, but asking a blacksmith to make a magic weapon is not something a monk in the world can do.
Wang An simply stopped thinking about it, other information was more important.
Isn’t Jing Yesi Lin Yi the one who saved Wang Liang?
Wang An was still impressed by this. He picked up the gold ingot and played with it again, and couldn't help but sneer.
"These gold ingots all come from the Sheriff's Mansion."
He found it as soon as he touched it.
There are regulations for gold ingots, but when Wang Liang was kidnapped, Wang An had to consider multiple situations, including the gold itself, which he had tampered with.
This is specially made by the Sheriff's Mansion. It looks no different from ordinary gold ingots. In fact, the gap in the middle of the horseshoe gold specially made by the Sheriff's Mansion is not in the middle.
With the naked eye, you can't see anything at all. Only by touching it with your hands can you feel the slightest difference.
In other words, this bag of gold ingots was the ransom from the night before yesterday.
To consume it so quickly, and to specifically choose a shop he controls to consume it, is definitely a provocation!
"Then Ji Yi is so bold that he dares to steal things from the Sheriff's Mansion?"
Xie Changgui was also shocked. Before, he only thought that Lin Yi was bold and wore public clothes to smelt copper. How arrogant was this?
The county guard doesn’t even dare to do this, okay?
Now it seems that his situation is still small.
Using the money earned from kidnapping the governor's son to buy things from the governor's family, he is really an outlaw.
"Do you think it's Ji Yi you saw?"
Wang An held the gold ingot and didn't analyze it too much for him. He just said: "The deadline he gave you is three days. So, after three days, you just deliver the goods on time. I want to see who it is."
, dare to insult me."
"yes."
Xie Changgui accepted the order and retreated, while Wang An looked at another secret letter.
"The second young master met Lin Yi and had a great conversation. They went to Yunyu Tower to have a drink together."
This secret message was sent by my spy an hour ago.
Because of the ransom issue, he had already beaten Wang Liang, but the money was still missing.
Five thousand gold, for the governor's house, was not a big deal, but it was still painful. What made Wang An even more angry was that the Wang family was hit in the face.
Although Wang Liang failed to live up to his expectations, he was still his son. If he beat Wang Liang, he would be beating Wang An.
If he doesn't get his place back this time, how will he be able to hang out in Changsha County?
Before he had any clues, he first stared at his stupid kid.
What if he is really cheating...
Without further ado, let’s break one leg and let him lie down for half a year.
I just didn't expect that there would be clues so soon.
He was also worried that it was a gangster who would run away after robbing someone, so there was really nothing he could do.
However, when Xie Changgui was talking about Lin Yi, when he should have appeared in the blacksmith shop, there was another Lin Yi who was drinking with Wang Liang.
"Oh, interesting. I want to see what tricks you are playing!"