While the old man was helping Li Qing pack the jade, Li Qing suddenly stopped his gaze on one of the jade slips. "Old man, what is this?" Li Qing pointed at the jade slip that was about the size of two fingers put together and asked. The old man just looked up and shook his head and said, "It should be a jade talisman or something like that left by our ancestors..." He was not sure, after all, these things were passed down too long ago, and they were separated from him by generations. If it were not for the lack of food, he would never sell it for rye mushrooms. Li Qing took the jade slip in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at it carefully. There seemed to be a trace of lines on it. The jade slip was smooth in color and very warm in the hand. No matter which world it was placed in, it was definitely a top-grade jade. As the old man finished packing the jade, Li Qing also took more than three pounds of rye mushrooms from his cloth basket and gave them to the elderly stall owner. After the transaction was completed, Li Qing continued to stroll around the market. In the polar night world, he was familiar with many things, but he could not recognize some of the special products grown here.
For example, the mushrooms that looked like meat, with the mycelium mixed together, looked like fat meat! The name was quite appropriate, called white meat mushrooms, and the value was much higher than that of black rye mushrooms. Three catties of black rye mushrooms could only be exchanged for one catty of white meat mushrooms. Of course, Li Qing had no interest in these fungi. He came to the market in Obsidian City this time to exchange the black rye mushrooms in his hand for some refined iron, and to see if there were any other special ores. Since he started to learn the ancient mysterious hammer, he had an urgent need for a handy hammer. The hammer used for blacksmithing now was the one used when he was a blacksmith apprentice, and it was specially used for blacksmithing. If it is used for fighting, then the blacksmith's hammer will definitely not work, and a new one must be cast. Thinking of this, Li Qing touched a piece of cold metal with a texture like black jade hidden deep in his arms. It was the black gold that the school officer Li Gui had given to Li Qing to melt into the axe! Because of the sudden attack by the bandits, Li Qing, who was in the tent at the time, was definitely unable to complete the forging of the axe. But he was surprised to find that the black gold he threw into the forge had not melted yet. You know, that is the area with the highest temperature. The color around is extremely red. Even the hardest metal should melt. And this piece of black gold is still intact. So before he fled to the granary, he did not forget to take this piece of black gold with him. After taking it in his hand, he also found that after such a long period of high-temperature smelting, this piece of black gold not only showed no signs of melting, but even the surface temperature only increased a part, from the previous cold and warm to slightly hot. ‘The bandits attacked the military camp, so Officer Li’s black gold was a bargain for me, but since we all have the last name Li, Officer Li shouldn’t mind it too much.’ Thinking of this, Li Qing’s mood inevitably became cheerful. He planned to buy some high-quality refined iron and then continue to try to see if he could smelt this black gold. If possible, he planned to use this black gold as a hammer head to make a high-quality war hammer. After walking around the market twice, Li Qing quickly found a blacksmith shop.
There was no clanging sound of iron forging inside, and the temperature around was not as hot as expected. It didn’t look like a normal blacksmith shop at all. When Li Qing walked in, a young man who looked like an apprentice sat next to the gray anvil and said weakly: “Sir, what do you want to forge? Weapons or farm tools?” Hearing this, Li Qing’s mind moved. Just taking this opportunity to find out about the current blacksmithing market in Obsidian City, he asked: "How many cutting knives do I want to make? How should I calculate it?" When the apprentice said this, his eyes lit up. He stood up and said: "If you bring your own iron ingots, two cutting knives will be counted as half a catty of black mushrooms!" "If I provide the materials, one cutting knife will be half a catty of black mushrooms. If you want more, we can discuss it again!" Sure enough... When the Yan family asked me to forge the cutting knives, they did lower the price. Before, I helped them forge cutting knives, and they only gave me half a catty of black mushrooms for three knives! But this blacksmith shop is in the market after all, so it's normal to be a little more expensive. "Ahem, I came here to buy some fine iron. How much do you sell this fine iron for?" Li Qing asked with a cough. "One catty of black mushrooms and twenty catties of iron ingots, how much do you want?" The apprentice in the blacksmith shop suddenly lost interest. However, Li Qing's next sentence made his eyes widen. "Then give me 300 kilograms!" Li Qing said in a deep voice. "What? 3... 300 kilograms?" "Well, is there a problem?" Li Qing observed the man's expression carefully and said with a smile. "No... of course not, I'll go find it for you!" The man's steps suddenly became agile. Buying 300 kilograms of iron ingots in one go, that's the business of 15 kilograms of black rye mushrooms, this is not a small amount. For his blacksmith shop that has not been open for a long time and is almost starving to death, it is too important! There are actually many mines around Obsidian City. If you want to obtain iron ore, you can mine it outside the city and then smelt it into iron ingots. The few blacksmith shops in the city do this. According to the current laws, no one will control these. If you dig it, it is yours. Unlike Maple Country, the control over salt and iron is very strict and will not allow the sale of private salt or the outflow of iron tools, so that the price of iron has always remained high. After a long time, the blacksmith apprentice finally walked out of the warehouse at the back, looking disgraced. "Sir, the inventory is over. I still have more than 300 kilograms of iron ingots. I'll give you a total of 15 kilograms of rye mushrooms!" He rubbed his hands and stared at Li Qing closely, for fear that he was here for entertainment. my own. boom! Li Qing threw down the basket on his back. There were about fifteen or six kilograms of rye mushrooms in it, all of which were inside. The blacksmith's apprentice's eyes widened when he saw it. He swallowed and said, "I'll pretend it for you right now!" Soon, the three hundred kilograms of iron ingots were all put into a stronger and larger basket. The blacksmith apprentice pushed the basket into the shop with difficulty. "Huh! Sir, do you want me to help you take it back together?"
However, Li Qing shook his head and refused his kindness. . "No need, I can just carry it myself." After speaking, Li Qing squatted down and directly carried the iron ingot carrying more than three hundred kilograms on his back, looking very calm. After feeling the weight and his own endurance limit, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief. It's not bad, I can barely bear it, it's not very strenuous, just treat it as a way to exercise my body. Li Qing is very satisfied with his current physical strength. He can still walk steadily on the road with more than 300 kilograms of iron ingots on his back. This was something he would never have dared to imagine before. Under the horrified eyes of the blacksmith apprentice, Li Qing walked out of the blacksmith shop and prepared to leave Fangshi. ...