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Everyone saw that Wu Zhongyuan was in a daze, and they thought he was thinking about some important issue. Little did they know that he was thinking of forming a group to go out to steal things.

Stealing is definitely wrong, but Wu Zhongyuan is not too entangled in this issue. If he rises to a moral level at every turn, he will not be able to do anything. The most important thing is that even if it is stealing, it is not for personal gain, but to benefit all mankind. Thieves have various excuses, but I am afraid there is no higher excuse than this.

Of course, if you can exchange it, it's best not to steal it, and if you can steal it, it's best not to rob it. However, the possibility of exchanging it is unlikely. As long as the owner will not share the good things with others, it is estimated that in the end, he will have to rely on stealing to truly benefit the world. Useful things must be brought back by all means, regardless of whether the means or methods are bright.

This matter must be implemented sooner rather than later, but the problem is who to find a partner, and Li Wanzi and the others will definitely not be able to do it. They are too busy and can't get away. To take a step back, even if they could get away, they would not accompany him to do this. Not only would they not accompany him, they would also resolutely stop him.

To form a "criminal gang", you must first have transportation. This is readily available, and there is probably no one better than Dasha.

Then there is the mastermind, who is bound to be the scapegoat.

Then there must be an accomplice, and each accomplice must have a certain skill. The first person he eliminated was Wu Di. Wu Di is now under strict surveillance in the Bear Clan capital and cannot move freely. However, even if Wu Di is free to move, he will not invite Wu Di joined the gang because Wu Di was also the mastermind material. It is enough for a gang to have one mastermind.

Skills are a necessary condition for selecting people to join the gang. The first ones to be considered were the two armadillos who tried to steal the gold slips hidden in Jiang Nanluan's Fengjian from Lianshan City. These two little dwarfs dug holes extremely fast. The matter was revealed. Under the roundup of many purple energy masters of the Niu Clan, it was impossible for them to run away. They should have been caught by the Niu Clan. But I don’t know if the Niu Clan killed them. If not, they must still be in the Niu Clan’s gate. Now, you can go to the Cow Clan to fish them out.

If you can meet Jiang Nan, you can invite her to join the team. Jiang Nan is proficient in pharmacology. If other members of the team are accidentally poisoned, she can detoxify them. In addition, Jiang Nan can also transform into Qingluan. Being able to fly is a big advantage and will definitely be used in the future.

It's best to have a guide. This person must know the tribes outside of Middle-earth very well, otherwise you won't know who to steal when you go out. But this person is hard to find. There is definitely no one in Middle-earth. You have to go to the tribes outside of Middle-earth. Find a place.

It is also necessary to bring a bodyguard. He and Jiang Nan's spiritual energy cultivation is not high. If they encounter a master, they will suffer a loss. This person is also difficult to find. Most purple energy masters have high self-esteem and disdain to be thieves. , if you hire someone from outside and you are afraid of being unreliable, what should you do if you get interested in making money?

While Wu Zhongyuan was in a daze, Li Dashou stood up and began to play. He had previously arranged a job for Li Dashou, asking him to try to create an anti-counterfeiting currency made of metal. Due to the tight schedule, Li Dashou had no time to create a sample, so he only drew a sketch.

The currency designed by Li Dashou is in the shape of a shell, but it is not a flat shell like a scallop, but a shell with inward rolls on both sides. The shape is somewhat like an olive stone. This kind of metal shell has an anti-counterfeiting function, and of course it will not have a discolored watermark. , but this kind of metal shell is made of copper-tin alloy, and its style has been specially designed so that it can be blown. Even if the imitation can be blown, the sound produced will be different from the real thing without knowing the alloy mixing ratio.

Wu Zhongyuan passed the exam without thinking. He majored in archeology in college and knew that shell coins were the earliest form of currency.

Li Taishou designed exactly this kind of currency.

Everyone came from afar and was a little tired. When they arrived, Wu Zhongyuan ended the morning meeting and left everyone to have lunch in Jiumu. After the meal, everyone returned to their base. At this time, the warriors of Jiumu's nine companies were here, and they were in various cities and sieges. If there is no person in charge, they must be allowed to return to take charge of daily work as soon as possible.

Smelting metal is the specialty of the Bird Clan. Each city has a metal smelting furnace and workshop. The so-called workshop is a place where craftsmen work. The workshops are also divided into military and civilian. The civilian ones make daily utensils and agricultural tools, while the military workshops mainly Used to make weapons and armor.

Wu Zhongyuan urged Li Dashou to melt the black iron as soon as possible, but Li Dashou said that he did not have the tools at his disposal and lacked capable assistants. He had to wait for his family members to arrive and his two sons could help before he could start.

In the evening, Li Dashou's family finally arrived. After a rest, the fire was started at the second watch.

There was no blower at this time, but there was a similar device. Its structure was somewhat like the hand-pull bellows used to burn fires and blow air in rural areas, but it was larger and needed to be pushed and pulled by an adult man to use it.

Craftsmen at this time had already begun to use coal, but they only knew that coal burned at a higher temperature than charcoal, but they did not know where coal came from. They also gave it a better name than coal, inkstone.

The method of smelting black iron is also different from ordinary metallurgy. Xuan Iron is too hard and cannot be used as a furnace, so Li Dashou hoisted Xuan Iron about five feet above the ground, from the left and right sides of Xuan Iron. Each stove blows the upper part of the flame by pulling the bellows, causing the upper part of the flame to shift laterally, and melt with the help of the high temperature combined force of the two outer flames.

This method can indeed melt the black iron, but the progress is very slow. Since the height of the two furnaces is fixed, after the bottom metal is melted, the height of the black iron from the ground can only be lowered to continue melting.

When Li Dashou and his son were busy, Wu Zhongyuan had been watching from the sidelines. He was worried about disturbing Li Dashou. Wu Zhongyuan did not talk to them, but just observed from the side. Li Dashou's previous inference was correct. This metallurgical method can only When the black part of the meteorite is melted, a small amount of golden metal remains in a solid state.

The shape of this yellow metal is irregular, some are flakes, some are granular, and the sizes are different. Since they cannot be melted, they will fall off and separate after the black metal melts.

Li Dashou would carefully collect these yellow metals. He also knew that this kind of metal was extremely rare, and even the smallest particles were not missed.

"How long will it take to melt everything?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Li Dashou lowered his head and was busy, "The fastest is before sunrise."

"If it's finalized, how long will it take?" Wu Zhongyuan asked again.

"It depends on what you are building. Dark iron is very hard. If you are building a pair of warrior armor, it will take at least a month." Li Dashou said, and then added, "I said at least."

Wu Zhongyuan nodded and did not ask any more questions.

It was already approaching the third watch, and Dasha had not returned yet. Wu Zhongyuan concentrated on sensing and found that Dasha was located eighty miles away from Dasha. Even though it was extremely powerful, it was not easy to open up a road of hundreds of miles. Fortunately, it was not easy. Although Dasha was loyal to his ministry, he did not forget to sleep and eat. This guy was not hungry and had food in his stomach. He should have stopped to eat in the evening. He ate until he was five minutes full every evening. This was the order given to Dasha when he left the river that day. Dasha will abide by the rules he lays down, whether he is there or not.

Li Dashou and his son had been busy. Wu Zhongyuan only said three sentences to him throughout the second half of the night. The first was to ask what was the difference between this black iron and the black iron they had come into contact with before. Li Dashou replied that the black part should be the same. , but the yellow metal has never been seen.

The second sentence asked how powerful armor made of black iron would be. Li Dashou replied that it would be indestructible.

The last sentence asks about the potential impact that carrying or using weapons made of black black iron will have on people? The reason why he asked this question was to determine whether the radiation affecting Dasha came from the black black iron or the yellow part.

Li Dashou replied that the common black iron would not have any adverse effects on people, but he had never seen yellow black iron before, so he was not sure whether it would have an impact on people.

Li Dashou's answer eliminated Wu Zhongyuan's concerns. If the radiation source was black black iron, Dasha could not stay away from it. If it was yellow black iron, he could carry it with him.

Li Dashou's estimate was very accurate. Before sunrise, the melting of the black iron was completed. At this time, weighing tools were already available and they were weighed separately. Since the impurities inside the meteorite were removed during the melting process, the weight was reduced. The net weight of the black black iron was Three hundred and sixty kilograms, nine kilograms and nine taels of yellow black iron.

Although Li Dashou and his son were very tired, Wu Zhongyuan did not let them go back to rest. Instead, he ordered them to wrap yellow black iron with copper and make a copper belt with cloud patterns for decoration. This copper belt was prepared for Dasha. When it is put around its neck, copper and black iron merge into one. Even if someone sees it, they will not find any clues. If they want to make weapons in the future, they can melt it again and separate it.

"How much black iron is needed to build a set of armor?" Wu Zhongyuan asked.

Li Dashou wiped his eyes that were filled with tears due to the fire, "Bronze armor weighs about thirty or forty pounds. Men and women have different body shapes, so the weight will be different. However, black iron is not as strong as bronze. It is very hard and can be reduced..."

Before Li Dashou could finish speaking, Wu Zhongyuan interrupted him, "Can you build eighteen sets of armor?"

Li Dashou was not a fool. He immediately guessed why he asked this question. After careful consideration and estimation, he looked shocked and said, "If there are nine men and nine women in the eighteen sets of armor, no more and no less, it will be just right."

"Thank you, as soon as possible." Wu Zhongyuan said.

Li Dashou nodded and suddenly remembered something, "Creating armor that can be summoned by warriors requires Xuanjing, but we don't have it."

"Is there a bird tribe?" Wu Zhongyuan asked. The black crystal that Li Dashou mentioned was undoubtedly the amethyst metal mentioned in the laboratory report of the 18th Branch.

Li Dashou nodded.

Considering that it would be difficult to go to the Bird Tribe to ask for amethyst metal, Wu Zhongyuan asked again, "Can the Xuan Jing be melted and extracted from the armor of the Bird Tribe warriors?"

Li Dashou shook his head, "No, once the Xuan Jing is combined with the warrior's blood, it cannot be used again."

Wu Zhongyuan nodded slowly. In modern times, a bird warrior tried to kill him. After the bird warrior was killed by the little wizard, the color of his armor changed. This incident indirectly verified Li Dashou's statement. That kind of Amethyst metal cannot be reused.

After handing Xuan Tie to Li Wanzi for safekeeping, Wu Zhongyuan bid farewell to Li Wanzi.

Li Wanzi asked where he was going. Wu Zhongyuan didn't lie to her, but he didn't tell the truth either. He told Li Wanzi that he was going to the Niu Clan, but he didn't tell Li Wanzi what he was going to the Niu Clan for...

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