Chapter 5 New Standards
Facing the Chaoyang, Zhang Hao looked at the Peiyuan Pill in his hand, the size of his fingers, like the best pearls, emitting a hazy treasure light.
This is an ordinary Peiyuan Pill, but it is worth 20 low-level spirit stones, equivalent to 20,000 iron coins, which is nearly an annual income of an ordinary person.
In practice, wealth is the first priority!
The elixir melts immediately after entering the mouth, and a warm breath flows through the whole body.
After looking at Chaoyang again, Zhang Hao closed his eyes with a smile and began to practice.
Industry needs to be played, and practice cannot be left behind.
Feng Xu is yufeng and lives with the sky, which is exciting to think about.
Hazy, Zhang Hao once again entered the so-called "harmony between man and nature".
The vast energy between heaven and earth is still surging like waves, and Zhang Hao greedily absorbs this huge energy.
In a trance, Zhang Hao found himself coming to the path full of array patterns again, surrounded by flying streams.
A little enlightenment brews in the heart: the circulation route of true energy in the body obscures a certain rule, which runs through the inside and outside of the human body and interacts with the heaven and earth.
After a while, Zhang Hao found that the stone wall blocking in front seemed to be shorter; Zhang Hao had a feeling that as long as he reached out and pushed, he could enter the eighth level of the Qi Refining Stage.
But Zhang Hao smiled and did not take action. He had broken through six or seven levels in succession, but had not yet consolidated it. Practice is not achieved day and night, and it requires one step at a time.
At the beginning of the sun, Zhang Hao opened his eyes. The power of the seventh level of Qi Refining rolled in his body. Zhang Hao narrowed his eyes, pinched a magic seal with his hands, and suddenly pushed forward.
A seven-foot flame palm appeared, and silently melted a foot deep pit on the rock wall.
Zhang Hao stepped forward and gently stroked his tentacles, and his tentacles were hot.
He clenched his fist and blasted towards the rock wall; his fist hit the rock more than two inches, and the surrounding rocks were broken, and a sag of one foot was appeared.
"Is this the power of cultivation?" Zhang Hao was a little shocked when he looked at the damage he caused. "It is very challenging to develop technology in such an environment!"
Zhang Hao pulled out his sword again, which was a sword of a top-grade magic weapon; the sword streaked across the rocks like fluffy plaster. The powerful cultivation made Zhang Hao both surprised and happy.
What I am happy about is that there is a future in cultivation; what I am surprised is that with such a powerful cultivation environment, how should industry go?
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After lunch, Zhang Hao came to the smelting area again. Along the way, he was thinking: The novel is indeed a scam. Not only does the cultivator not fast, but instead eats more and eats more.
For this lunch, Zhang Hao ate spiritual rice, drank spiritual springs, and the dishes were also flesh and blood of monsters or spiritual fruits and vegetables.
"Young Master." A voice interrupted Zhang Hao's random thoughts. It was Huang Mingshan.
Huang Mingshan handed over a list with more than twenty people's names on it.
Zhang Hao looked at it and nodded. "Huang Mingshan, let me put this list first. We will hurry up and produce it in the next few days. After a few days, the matter will be processed. We will gather everyone to study and improve the fan."
Huang Mingshan was overjoyed, but asked carefully: "Young Master, aren't there some high-level craftsmen in the family who refine weapons? Why do you need to find ordinary craftsmen like villains?"
Because you are so controlful and obey the command; those guys are so arrogant that even their fathers have to discuss it. Of course, they cannot say this. Zhang Hao's reply to Huang Mingshan was: "I saw your attitude of seeking truth and being pragmatic."
Huang Mingshan suddenly stood up straight: "I promise not to disappoint the young master!"
Zhang Hao nodded and began to inspect the smelting area. The black iron that was about to be sold had a purity of between 70% and 86%. According to Zhang Hao's requirements, all iron ingots of one and a half feet square were poured.
After the black iron ingots are cooled, they are carefully polished, and the six sides are as smooth as mirrors, with straight edges and corners. A "standardized" industrial atmosphere comes to the face.
The black iron ingots were built like bricks. In one night, more than 20 iron ingots had been poured. It can be foreseen that with the transformation of the smelting furnace, the production speed will continue to increase.
There is a smelting area where arrows are poured, small sleeve arrows, ordinary bows and arrows, pearl crossbow arrows, and thick crossbows, etc., all of which are available; the arrows of these arrows will be dipped in a 93% pure black iron solution and covered with a layer of high-purity black iron; after later processing, the arrow's armor-breaking ability can reach the "magic weapon level".
"Little mouse." Zhang Shengye greeted Zhang Hao from afar.
"Hey... Uncle Second, let's discuss something. Can you change this title?"
"Then call you a big mouse."
"Uh...it's still a little rat, this sounds nicer~~~" Zhang Hao raised his head and asked the sky speechlessly.
Zhang Shengye looked at the black iron ingot in the distance with a burning look 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 it individually, which is a few pounds at a time, or even a few taels at a time.
There are also procurements for the army, government, business, family, mercenary groups, etc., which are as many as there are. When it is more, there are thousands of kilograms, and when it is less, there are hundreds of kilograms, and when it is less, there are dozens of kilograms."
"Uncle II, I have an idea, let's cut prices and seize the market."
"It's difficult to reduce the price!" Zhang Shengye disagreed, "Xuan Tie's profits are almost transparent, and everyone earns hard money. If the price is reduced, it will offend many people and disrupt the market."
"Uncle II, what if we don't do retail, we only do wholesale, and it will be large-scale wholesale."
"Wholesale?" Zhang Shengye's eyes suddenly lit up.
There is also a concept of wholesale here, but it is mainly aimed at ordinary materials. Most of the cultivation materials are very few, and it is difficult to form a scale, so Zhang Shengye did not expect it for a while.
Zhang Shengye began to calculate himself: "Our production efficiency has increased almost a thousand times, and the cost has 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 reduce prices.”
"The cost can be reduced by half in such a large-scale production?" Mr. Zhang Hao had a question.
"The biggest cost of smelting black iron comes from the broken spirit stones. Although these broken spirit stones are all inferior spirit stones, they are also spiritual stones."
"So that's it." Zhang Hao nodded, "Uncle Second, I have another suggestion, which is to set new weight-based standards.
The general units of measurement are: jin, jun, stone, etc. Thirty jin is one jun, and four jun is one shi.
Such a measurement method is relatively chaotic, which is not conducive to large-scale wholesale and statistics.
Besides, the black iron is very heavy, and the black iron "one stone" is only six or seven inches square.
Moreover, setting up new units of measurement, or setting up 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 came over, "So, what standards do you want to set?"
"Dad, second uncle, there is a kind of 'big kilogram' on the market, also called kilograms. I want to name 'ton' with 1,000 kilograms (Note ①).
One ton of black iron, 10% off the market price.
More than 10 tons of black iron, the market price is 15% off.
More than 50 tons, 20% off.
Not only sold, minimum batch volume: one ton.
I measured it and it was exactly one ton of black iron ingots that were one foot and a half square."
"Okay, little mouse, you have been planning for a long time." Zhang Shengye laughed loudly, turned to look at the neatly built black iron ingots, and a glimmer of joy flashed in his eyes.
These black irons have been polished and polished, like mirrors, with a light green gem light on the surface, like huge gems. Just one glance makes people feel heart-pounding!
But Zhang Shengde looked at Zhang Hao, but he was a little confused: Is your head a little bit off-line?
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Note ①: Ton is a foreign word, from English tun. I originally wanted to use "Tun" instead in the book, but after thinking about it, it would be better to maintain daily habits for easy reading.
The units of measurement thereafter will not be explained separately according to this example.
Chapter completed!