When Ma Xian heard this, his face turned red. He shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Sir, don't be sarcastic to me again. From now on, I will never touch this thing again."

Ma You's face was also a little bad, thinking that although he had just said he was willing to fight and punish him, it would be enough to ask him for some compensation, but what happened to humiliate him like this? You said just now that you should forgive others, it seems that this young man's mind is still not broad enough.

However, I had promised the other party just now that since I was willing to fight and punish me, there was no way. The other party had the final say and could not stop him even if he really humiliated me.

Ma Mingfeng knew that they had misunderstood when he saw the two of them. He hurriedly said with a smile: "Two, I think you probably misunderstood. I didn't mean to humiliate my father-in-law. Let's say that, although Ma Xian did something wrong, he made a great contribution inadvertently, and then extracted aluminum. This aluminum is a silver-white light metal, which is very wide. Under the same volume, it means that a small piece of silver of the same size is about to be close to aluminum.

Quadruple, on the other hand, aluminum weighs only one-quarter of silver and one-third of copper, less than half of iron, but it is also durable, so it can replace many iron and copper and even silverware, especially after making alloys with metals such as copper and zinc, its hardness is no worse than iron, and it will not rust! I believe that in the near future, aluminum will definitely become a metal that is more widely used and more popular than iron."

"What?" After hearing Ma Mingfeng's words, Ma You was fine, but Ma Xian's face was extremely shocked. He who was well versed in refining weapons could understand better than others what changes the properties of aluminum would bring to life?

It is light in weight and will not rust, so it can replace many iron tools in humid environments, such as iron pots, iron bowls, iron cabinets, etc. In this way, these tools will no longer have the worries of rust, and can also replace many utensils that should have been light but can only be made of copper and iron for the sake of durability, such as gates, sacrificial utensils, armor, etc. In this way, the soldiers have sufficient defensive power on the battlefield and the burden is greatly reduced than before.

But Ma Xian knew that it was too difficult to achieve this. He only got a little aluminum by chance. He had to produce it in a wide range of large quantities, and there was almost no possibility of this.

Ma Xian told Ma Mingfeng about his concerns. Ma Mingfeng smiled faintly. He was already confident about this and told Ma Xian very confidently that as long as you can find aluminum ore, that is, alumina, he will have a way to create pure aluminum.

Ma Mingfeng's high school elective chemistry naturally knew that modern aluminum production was mostly formed by electrolysis, and there was no electricity at that time, so the conditions for electrolysis could not be achieved at all. However, Ma Mingfeng could fuse ice crystals and aluminum ore to reduce the melting point of aluminum ore, and then purify it by finishing work. Although this process will be much slower, the purity will not be particularly high, and it is almost impossible to produce in large quantities, as long as it can be developed, its value will be immeasurable in the future.

Although ice crystals are not available locally, they can be synthesized manually, and are roasted with soda ash, fluorite, and silica sand, and then crushed and reacted with aluminum sulfate. As for aluminum sulfate, they can also be obtained by reacting sulfuric acid and bauxite. Therefore, there are always methods, but only the length of time.

So Ma Mingfeng wrote the production method on a piece of paper, told Ma Xian in detail the production method of various materials, and told them not to worry, and it would be normal to wait for three or five years.

In addition, in order to prevent Ma Xian from operating funds, Ma Mingfeng gave him another 100 taels of silver, and he also needed compensation for building silver bracelets before.

After hearing this, Yang Wencong's face turned dark. He originally wanted to give Li Zhenli the silver bracelet, but it seemed that he had been miserable again this time. If someone else doesn't cheat on this nephew, why would he cheat on his uncle?

However, Yang Wencong also knew what it was to take into account the overall situation. He endured his complaints and did not make it happen, and he had to have an admiring smile on his face...

Ma Xian also knew that this was difficult to do, but on the one hand he had agreed to the other party, he would definitely not have any reason to go back on his word. On the other hand, Ma Xian's skills in refining weapons have already been perfect now, but he did not expect that there would be such interesting and challenging work in refining weapons, so he was naturally eager to try it out.

So Ma Xian happily agreed to Ma Mingfeng's request and made an oath to never give up no matter when.

This matter is naturally indispensable. As the successor of Ma Xian, Ma Liang is also very proficient in refining weapons, and even tends to be more outstanding. Now that he sees his father atonement in this way, he can't help but join the ranks of research on aluminum. Moreover, Ma Liang is different from Ma Xian, the latter is for atonement, while Ma Liang is purely for learning technology. So when Ma Mingfeng rests the technique of refining aluminum, Ma Liang takes the initiative to propose to worship Ma Mingfeng as his teacher.

Both Ma Xian and the village leader Ma You agree very much with this, because Ma Mingfeng's skills are indeed shocking. They never dreamed that it would be normal for Ma Liang to reveal such a big secret without reservation.

Ma Mingfeng did not refuse this, because this way Ma Liang will work harder and be more loyal to himself.

With Ma Liang's apprenticeship, this matter ended. Ma Mingfeng's tolerance, sincerity and erudition were also recognized by the Miao Village. In this case, Ma Mingfeng proposed to ask the people from the Miao Village to help transport the goods. Ma You, the leader of the Miao Village, agreed and promised Ma Mingfeng that as long as it is his goods in the future, they could be transported at any time and ensured that they were transported at the fastest speed.

Ma Mingfeng was very happy. It can be said that this time he completed the task successfully. Then Ma Mingfeng asked Yang Wencong and Wu Jing to stay and rest. He returned to the inn and took his friends to transport the goods to Miao Village. He then asked the villagers of Miao Village to help transport the goods. It took only four days.

Of course, Ma Mingfeng would not let them work in vain. He knew that working in vain was overdrawing his favors, and he would have nothing after one or two times. Ma Mingfeng would definitely go to business often in the future and need to establish long-term contact. In this case, he would rather give the other party more rewards to consolidate the contact between the two parties.

So when Ma Mingfeng settled the remuneration, he not only did not give him less, but he calculated 30% more. In fact, even 30% was not much. After more than a dozen large trucks and tens of thousands of kilograms of salt, it only cost less than thirty taels of silver!

After arriving at Miao Village, Ma Mingfeng's carriage was useless. Because there was no possibility of climbing over Phoenix Mountain with the carriage, these carriages were left in Miao Village and were fed by Miao people. Originally, Ma Mingfeng insisted on giving them a reward, but Ma You insisted on noting that because feeding horses was just a few handfuls of fodder, which was as cheap as air for Miao Village guarding the mountains. Seeing that the other party's attitude was very firm, Ma Mingfeng did not persist.

After crossing Fenghuang Mountain, it was already the territory of Guizhou, but Ma You and the others did not leave, because Ma You were also familiar with the Miao village opposite Fenghuang Mountain. He personally took Ma Mingfeng and others to visit Long Jiu, the leader of the Miao village in Guizhou. He also introduced Ma Mingfeng's character and friendship with Ma Mingfeng. Long Jiu was also very happy after hearing this and immediately proposed to rent the best carriage to Ma Mingfeng's caravan. When he crossed Fenghuang Mountain from Guizhou, he would not only help transport goods as quickly as possible, but also provide free rest and water.
Chapter completed!