Chapter 5 The New Standard

Facing the rising sun, Zhang Hao looked at the Peiyuan Pill in his hand, the finger-sized elixir, like the finest pearl, exuding a hazy precious light.

This is an ordinary Peiyuan pill, but it is worth 20 low-level spirit stones, which is equivalent to 20,000 iron coins, which is almost the annual income of ordinary people.

Practicing practice, wealth is the law of the land, wealth is the first!

The elixir melts in the mouth, and a warm breath flows through the whole body.

Glancing at Chaoyang again, Zhang Hao closed his eyes with a smile and began to practice.

Industry needs to be played, and practice should not be left behind.

Feng Xu Yufeng, and the same life as the sky, it is exciting to think about it.

Dimly, Zhang Hao once again entered the so-called 'unity of man and nature' state.

The vast energy between heaven and earth is still surging like ocean waves, Zhang Hao greedily absorbs this huge energy.

In a trance, Zhang Hao found himself on the path full of patterns again, surrounded by flying lights.

A little enlightenment is brewing in the heart: the circulation route of the true essence in the body vaguely follows a certain rule, and this rule runs through the inside and outside of the human body and interacts with the heaven and the earth.

After an unknown period of time, Zhang Hao found that the stone wall in front seemed to be short; Zhang Hao had a feeling that as long as he stretched out his hand and pushed, he could enter the eighth floor of the Qi refining period.

But Zhang Hao smiled and didn't do anything. Previously, he broke through the sixth and seventh floors one after another, but it has not been consolidated yet. Practice does not happen overnight, it takes one step at a time.

When the sun was high, Zhang Hao opened his eyes. The power of the seventh layer of Qi Refining is rolling in the body. Zhang Hao half-closed his eyes, pinched a seal with both hands, and pushed forward suddenly.

A seven-foot flame palm appeared, silently melting a one-foot deep pit on the rock wall.

Zhang Hao stepped forward to touch it gently, the tentacles were hot.

He clenched his fist and blasted towards the rock wall; the fist hit the rock for more than two inches, and the surrounding rocks were broken, and a depression with a radius of one foot appeared.

"Is this the power of cultivation?" Zhang Hao looked a little horrified at the damage he had caused. "Developing technology in such an environment is very challenging!"

Zhang Hao pulled out his own sword again, which was a high-grade magic sword; the sword cut across the rock like fluffy plaster. Zhang Hao was surprised and delighted by the powerful cultivation.

The joy is that cultivation really has a future; the surprise is——with such a strong cultivation environment, how should the industry go?

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After lunch, Zhang Hao came to the smelting area again. I was still thinking along the way: the novel is indeed a lie, not only do the practitioners not indica, but they eat more and eat better.

For this lunch, Zhang Hao ate Lingmi, drank Lingquan, and the dishes were monster flesh or spiritual fruits and vegetables.

"Master." A voice interrupted Zhang Hao's wild thoughts, it was Huang Mingshan.

Huang Mingshan handed over a list with more than 20 names on it.

Zhang Hao looked at it and nodded. "Huang Mingshan, let me put this list first. In the past few days, everyone hastened to produce. After a few days, the matter is finished, and everyone will be called together to study and improve the fan."

Huang Mingshan was overjoyed, but asked cautiously: "Young master, isn't the family some senior craftsmen who refine weapons? Why do you need ordinary craftsmen like villains?"

Because you are so good at controlling and obeying orders; those guys are so arrogant that even their father has to discuss it. Of course, this cannot be said out loud. Zhang Hao's reply to Huang Mingshan is: "I have seen your truth-seeking and pragmatic attitude."

Huang Mingshan stood up straight suddenly: "I promise I won't disappoint the young master!"

Zhang Hao nodded and began to inspect the smelting area. The purity of the black iron to be sold was between 70% and 86%. According to Zhang Hao's requirements, iron ingots of one and a half feet square were poured.

After the black iron ingots cooled, they were carefully polished, the six sides were as smooth as a mirror, and the edges and corners were straight. A kind of 'standardized' industrial atmosphere came over us.

Pieces of black iron ingots were built like city bricks. In one night, more than 20 iron ingots have been poured. It is foreseeable that with the transformation of the smelting furnace, the production speed will continue to increase.

There is a smelting area where arrows are being poured, including small sleeve arrows, ordinary bows, continuous arrows, and thick crossbows. The arrows of these arrows will be dipped in 93% pure black iron solution to cover a Layers of high-purity black iron; after post-processing, the armor-piercing ability of the arrow can reach the 'magic level'.

"Little mouse." Zhang Shengye greeted Zhang Hao from afar.

"Hey...Second Uncle, let's discuss something, can this name be changed?"

"Then call you a big mouse."

"Uh... let's be a little mouse, this sounds better~~~" Zhang Hao raised his head and asked the sky speechlessly.

Zhang Shengye stared at the black iron ingot in the distance, and asked, "Little mouse, you made the black iron ingot too big, it's hard to sell."

"Oh? How do you usually buy it?"

"One is for cultivators to buy personally, and it's a few catties or even a few taels at a time.

There are also purchases by the army, government, commercial firms, families, mercenary groups, etc., more or less. When it is more, it is several thousand catties, and when it is less, it is hundreds or tens of catties. "

"Second Uncle, I have an idea, let's lower the price to seize the market."

"It's hard to lower the price!" Zhang Shengye disagreed. "The profit of Xuantie is almost transparent, and everyone earns hard money. If the price is lowered, it will offend many people and disrupt the market."

"Second Uncle, if we don't do retail, we only do wholesale, and it's a large-scale wholesale."

"Wholesale?" Zhang Shengye's eyes suddenly brightened.

There is also the concept of wholesale here, but it is mainly for ordinary materials. Most of the materials for cultivation are rare, and it is difficult to form a scale, so Zhang Shengye didn't think of it for a while.

Zhang Shengye began to calculate by himself: "Our production efficiency has almost increased by a thousand times, and the cost is not even half of the past. In the future, as the scale expands and the efficiency increases, the cost will be further reduced.

So, we have plenty of room to cut prices. "

"With such a large-scale production, the cost can be reduced by half?" Master Zhang Hao had a question.

"The biggest cost of smelting black iron comes from broken spirit stones. Although these broken spirit stones are inferior spirit stones, they are still spirit stones."

"I see." Zhang Hao nodded, "Second Uncle, I have another suggestion, which is to set up a new weight standard.

The general units of measurement are: Jin, Jun, Shi, etc. Thirty Jin is one Jun, and four Jun is one Shi.

Such a measurement method is relatively confusing, which is not conducive to large-scale wholesale and statistics.

Besides, the black iron is very heavy, and the 'one stone' of black iron is only six or seven inches square.

Moreover, the establishment of a new unit of measurement, or the establishment of our own standards, is itself a sign.

If you want to become a first-class family, you must set your own standards. "

"Well said!" Zhang Shengde walked over, "So, what kind of standard do you want to set?"

"Father, Second Uncle, there is a kind of 'big catty', also known as kilogram, on the market. I want to use 1000 kilograms as a unit and name it 'ton' (Note ①).

One ton of black iron, 10% off the market price for wholesale.

More than 10 tons of black iron, the market price is 15% off wholesale.

More than 50 tons, 20% off.

Not only for sale, the minimum batch size: one ton.

I measured it, and a black iron ingot with a square foot and a half is exactly one ton. "

"Okay, little mouse, you have planned this for a long time." Zhang Shengye laughed, and turned his head to look at the neatly stacked black iron ingots, his eyes flashed with joy.

These dark irons have been polished and polished like mirrors, and the surface exudes a light blue precious light, like huge gemstones. With just one glance, it's heart-pounding!

It's just that Zhang Shengde looked at Zhang Hao, but he was a little puzzled: Is your head a little off-line?

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Note ①: Ton is a foreign word, which comes from English tun. Originally, I wanted to use "Tun" instead in the book, but after thinking about it, I'd better stick to my daily habits for easy reading.

The units of measurement thereafter will follow this example and will not be explained separately.