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He pondered for a while, and then said: "My lord, don't rush to agree, casting a spiritual stove requires a lot of spiritual gold. When our Jiangu people still had a kingdom, they almost used the power of the whole country to forge a spiritual stove." Spirit furnace."
Ji Xia remained silent, smiling at Jiugong and the anxious Gu Xuan.
Jiu Gong said again: "Although the spiritual stove is expensive to make, it is absolutely worth the money, and I did not ask for the spiritual stove in Jiangu for my own use. What did Cang do, Gu Li Erlang, I was very frightened!"
"It was only after some discussion that we decided that if we have a spiritual stove in the future, we will be dedicated to forging and constructing spiritual weapons for Tai Cang. This can be regarded as our contribution to Tai Cang."
Ji Xia listened quietly to Jiugong's words, then looked at Gu Xuan who was anxious in hope, and smiled, "Jiugong, don't say any more, I have already agreed."
Flipping his hands, he found a small leather pouch in his hand.
Lingyuan wrapped the small bag, floated in front of Gu Xuan, and said: "You personally hand over this Xuanfang bag to Lu An, this bag is full of samples of spirit gold, let him report any spirit gold he needs, and don't need to do it for me Save material."
Gu Xuan was startled, and hurriedly took the bag, looking at the small bag the size of a palm, he was still a little dazed.
"The lord agrees now? But to forge a spiritual stove, it really requires a lot of spiritual gold...
Maybe the king doesn't know the amount of spirit gold needed?Shall I talk to the king in detail? "
Gu Xuan hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Let's talk to the king in detail, otherwise if the domestic spiritual gold is not enough, it will be bad if the king loses face..."
He was about to pluck up the courage to raise his head to explain, but he heard Grandpa Ninth standing up and saluting, saying: "Respectfully send off the lord."
Gu Xuan hurriedly raised his head and found that the king had already entered the bedroom of the palace.
The shy young man wanted to cry without tears, looked at the small bag in front of him, and thought to himself: "How many samples of spirit gold can be contained here, at least thirty kinds of spirit gold are needed to smelt the spirit furnace..."
He couldn't help looking at Jiu Gong as if asking for help.
Jiugong smiled wryly and said: "Forget it, let's go to the Craftsman's Mansion to find Mr. Lu An, and see what he has to say."
Chapter 178 Daxing is just around the corner
Jiugong and Gu Xuan went out of the palace alone, and there was heavy snow outside the palace, and the road that had been cleared in the morning was now covered with thick snow.
Fortunately, the streets of Taicheng today have been neatly assembled with many bright light runestones, illuminating the streets like daytime.
Jiugong and Gu Xuanxiu were weak and could not completely withstand the severe cold, so they huddled up and walked under the heavy snow.
After walking for a long time, they finally came to the Craftsman's Mansion. They entered the mansion and were told that Lu An had gone to Lingyun Pavilion.
With the help of the stone spirit giants in Lingyun Pavilion, plus many young and strong people with a little bit of cultivation, the main body has been completed in more than a month.
At the request of the Lord, Lingyun Pavilion still needs to be carved with many fine cloud patterns, and the craftsman's mansion needs to be fired with many colorful bricks and tiles to decorate the entire Lingyun Pavilion. It can no longer be as monotonous and lackluster as the previous buildings in Taicheng .
Therefore, the most important task of the Craftsman's Mansion is to excavate the kiln mentioned by the king, and to test it with various soils.
Fortunately, many areas in the Boundless Wilderness are very strange, and there are many completely different geology and soils in an extremely narrow area.
In the land of Taicang, Zhouqing, and Jiugou, there are more than ten different kinds of soil, which made Lu An, who wanted to fire all kinds of bricks and tiles, heave a sigh of relief.
Jiugong and Gu Xuan waited for a long time, about three or four hours, and even had a meal in the middle, before Lu An hurriedly led many officials from the craftsman's mansion into the gate of the mansion, and Lu An's extremely fast words were also heard by the two of them. middle:
"There are already twelve kinds of colored tile samples today, and I ordered people to observe in detail the hardness, waterproof and many other attributes of each kind of brick and tile, and list them in detailed reports for filing."
"How is the process of recruiting artisans across the country? If the number is not enough, we will recruit teenagers and teach by ourselves. Now there is too much to do, and our artisan mansion cannot be left behind!"
"The three editions of the spear and armor blueprints submitted by the Killing Academy are for the Cangshou Army. Let them go through it several times. There must be no mistakes. We must do our best. If someone proposes a better smelting method, the previous three editions You can also give up!"
"Dinner? What to eat? Immediately, the renovation of Tai and Cang two cities will be put on the agenda. It doesn't matter if you don't eat dinner, there is no harm to the human body!"
Officials in a kind of craftsman's mansion responded repeatedly, Jiu Gong in the mansion nodded deeply, and said in his heart: "With such conscientious and dedicated officials, it's no wonder that Tai Cang can develop at a speed visible to the naked eye."
Without hesitation, he stood up with Gu Xuan and faced Lu An and other officials.
When Lu An saw the old man and the Biwu badge pinned to his chest, he remembered that this was Jiu Gong from Jianguli.
He didn't dare to be negligent, he walked towards Jiu Gong with a few steps, and saluted, "Lu An has met Jiu Gong."
Jiugong did not rely on the old to sell the old, and took Gu Xuan to salute deeply, saying: "I came here this time to bother Mr. Lu case."
Lu An hurriedly asked Jiu Gong to take a seat, and ordered someone to bring some vegetable snacks that were extremely cherished and not often eaten by the masters of the craftsman's mansion, and then asked: "Jiu Gong came to my craftsman's mansion, but what advice?"
Jiu Gong shook his head and said: "My Craftsman's Mansion is an important government office for Taicang. I only have the advantage of being older so I can talk to Master Lu An. How can I give you any advice?"
"I came here this time to ask the Craftsman Mansion to help me forge a special spiritual stove in Jiangu. I have met the king before, and it was the king who asked me to come here to meet Lord Lu An."
Before Lu An could speak, a small official immediately brought a jade slip and whispered a few words to Lu An.
Lu An solemnly took over the jade slips, and after reading them carefully, he ordered someone to put them away, and then said: "I already know the purpose of Jiugong's visit, but I don't know if Jiugong has the blueprint for forging the spiritual furnace? The original drawing is best. , otherwise if there is a slight difference, I am afraid it will have an impact."
Jiu Gong was startled, and looked at Gu Xuan who was at the side.
Gu Xuan hesitated, and took out about a dozen blueprints from his pocket that had been folded in half.
He slowly opened one of them, and there was an extremely complicated huge furnace drawn on it, as well as multi-directional anatomical drawings, which looked extremely clear.
Gu Xuan said: "Lord Lu An, the original drawing has been lost. This drawing was drawn by me recently. I have made a lot of improvements on the basis of the original drawing. Please rest assured, my lord. If you strictly follow this drawing, there will be no problems. .”
Lu An took a handful of blueprints, walked into the hall, and spread them all out on the huge table used for drawing blueprints on weekdays.
He and many officials looked over one by one in detail, and looked at each other with a bit of surprise in their eyes.
Just listen to Lu An asking: "There is such a sophisticated spiritual furnace? There are 29 furnace openings, which can be operated separately or together. If I guess correctly, this spiritual furnace is used to build spiritual weapons. right?"
Gu Xuan nodded heavily, and saluted Lu An again: "Sir, the spiritual weapon is the most proud inheritance in Jiangu. I want to use this inheritance to do my part for Taicang, and please fulfill it."
Lu An appreciatively glanced at Gu Xuan, then took a closer look at the drawings, and said, "Even if the Craftsman's Mansion ordered all the craftsmen to forge such a complicated spiritual stove, it would probably take more than ten days."
Gu Xuan was overjoyed, and secretly said: "The adults in the Craftsman's Mansion are really powerful. My improved version of the spiritual stove is five times more complicated than the one that was destroyed by the Hog Ya clan. It will take two years to build, even if you have enough spirit gold!"
Immediately he thought of something again, and said with a dark expression: "My spiritual furnace consumes too much spiritual gold. If it really doesn't work, I will draw the original spiritual furnace and smelt the original spiritual furnace first, and it will barely work..."
Lu An smiled and said, "Just now Wang Ting gave me a jade slip, and the jade slip said that you have brought back the sample of spiritual gold, why don't you let me see it?"
Gu Xuan untied the palm-sized leather pouch from his waist, handed it to Lu An, and said with a wry smile: "Spiritual gold is rare, I thought it was too simple before, there is no spiritual gold mine in Taicang..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw the line of the mysterious animal head on the leather pouch in Lu An's hand.
Immediately after...
On the huge table with a width of three feet and a length of five feet, pieces of completely different spirit gold began to appear!
In just a dozen or so breaths, hundreds of spirit golds were neatly arranged on the table, covering the huge table!
Gu Xuan was tongue-tied, looked at the Xuanfang bag in Lu An's hand, then at the various types of spirit gold, and then exchanged a glance with Jiu Gong who was equally astonished, and then smiled wryly in his heart.
"It turns out that the reason why the lord didn't want to listen to my explanation is here. There are so many spirit gold, and this is just a sample. Thinking about it this way, a mere spiritual furnace really won't make the lord care too much!"