In the days that followed, Li Yu began to concentrate on making 'magic weapons', or 'sealed objects'.

Facts have proved that the short sword of 'Hu Po' was just the result of an outburst of character. After the connection failed four times, Li Yu finally created another magic weapon. It can be said that the success rate is very touching.

A pair of wolf-skin boots, this is the second 'magic weapon' made by Li Yu. The raw material comes from a generous wolf demon, and its function is 'quietly' and 'walking on flat ground'.

Silent: no footsteps are heard while walking; smooth as walking on flat ground: able to maintain high-speed movement in harsh terrain.

The side effect is that the feet wearing shoes cannot sweat, so if they are worn for too long, their feet will be 'burned' due to the high temperature. However, for Li Yu, who has amazing fire resistance, this side effect can basically be ignored.

Although it has no offensive ability, it can be regarded as a good auxiliary magic weapon. Especially in the mountainous terrain of the middle Guizhou Road, it can play a lot of roles. At least it will prevent Li Yu from being called a "little loli flying squirrel" every day.

The 'lagging behind' young master.

With the speed of Momonga and Winnie, they could run back and forth at full speed, but Li Yu was still trudging through the jungle halfway.

There is no way, the 'Gold-Melting Iron-Smelting Hand' skill basically focuses on improving strength, physique, and fire resistance. It has little effect on speed. Li Yu has not learned any light kung fu skills, resulting in a constant movement speed.

Is the target of criticism.

The reason why Li Yu did not continue to immerse himself in making magic weapons was that, unknowingly, his Qi had already reached the middle level of level C.

On the other hand:

"We have no money."

In the house where three people lived, Li Yu, who was sitting in front of the wooden table, supported the table with both hands and spoke with a serious face.

"...Master, do you want half of my chicken legs?"

The little blond loli Momonga was holding a roasted chicken and gnawing on it. After hesitating for a few seconds, he pulled off a chicken leg and handed it to Li Yu reluctantly.

"I appreciate your kindness, but this thing is not even a drop in the bucket."

Li Yu waved his hand. In fact, apart from being poor when he first traveled through time, he, Winnie, and Flying Squirrel had never been short of money:

While in that tomb, I got hundreds of copper coins from the supplies of the bandits, and later helped the Zhou Dynasty defeat the scholar in mourning and the rebellious armor captain. In addition to the books on craftsmanship, the star officer of Qingluo Division sent him

, and there is a reward of 10 taels of silver.

Don't underestimate 10 taels of silver. Under Zhou Dynasty, one tael of silver was equivalent to 1,000 copper coins.

A dou of rice costs 15 cents, and a stone costs 150 cents, which is less than 160 kilograms. The purchasing power of 10 taels of silver translates into nearly tens of thousands of kilograms of rice, which is 3 to 4 tons of grain, enough for a family of four to eat for 5,000 kilograms.

6 years!

For ordinary people, it is naturally a huge sum of money. In addition to the materials, money, etc. later harvested by Li Yu and others from "field hunting", theoretically speaking, the three of them can be said to be rich men.

but--

"Craftsmanship is indeed a costly profession,"

Li Yu sighed. If you just forge an ordinary sword, the cost is not high. But the various raw materials for making magical weapons: high-grade iron and steel powder... It costs hundreds or even thousands of coins. Plus four times

The failure of the 'embedding' almost wiped out all their accumulation during this period.

In comparison, Flying Squirrel's daily consumption of large amounts of fish and meat is nothing to mention!

"If this 'tiger amber' is sold,"

Winnie placed the ferocious short knife that exuded coldness on the table,

"You should be able to get a lot of money."

"No, the reason why I want to forge the magic weapon is to improve everyone's combat effectiveness. If I sell the finished magic weapon, what will be left?"

Blacksmithing proficiency?

This is not nonsense!

"Don't worry, I already have a plan."

Li Yu waved his hand to reject Winnie's proposal and looked at the little blond loli next to him who was still eating.

"Flying Squirrel, you must also work hard to improve yourself. My next plan to make money will require transportation and flying abilities."

"Why?"

Faced with Li Yu's request, the blond lolita was shocked.

"Young Master, I have just been promoted to the third-level middle position. How can I be promoted again so quickly?"

And who knows what abilities will appear next time the bloodline awakens? It’s too difficult to be a human if you have to awaken the ability to fly... No, it’s difficult to be a monster.

"What's wrong with just being promoted?"

Li Yu knocked on the table, with a look of hatred on his face.

"When I met you, I wasn't even a warrior. Now, aren't you a third-class middle-ranking person?"

···

Hearing this, the blond Loli was stunned and felt that the roast chicken in her hands was no longer fragrant.

Obviously when they first met, Li Yu was still an ordinary person with scattered energy and blood. Now he has caught up with Momonga and entered the 'C-level middle position'. He has also created a bunch of powerful props and magic weapons. His strength is

You can definitely hang her up and beat her, so that the little blond loli has to admit that human beings are worthy of being the spirit of all things.

"Forget it, I'll figure it out."

Li Yu didn't really expect Flying Squirrel to awaken his 'flying' ability immediately, so he had to prepare for his 'big money-making business' first.

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I believe any time traveler will consider the question of how to make use of their own advantages.

Traveling back in time, the predecessors made glass, made soap, made noodles, sold candied haws, or copied poems and published books, deceived the powerful, etc. However, these ways were not realistic for Li Yu, because this is central Guizhou, which is famous for its poverty.

road!

The entire Leyuan County once had nearly a thousand people, 99% of whom were farmers.

Farming is their life all their lives, and all they need is some silk.

Glass soap is meaningless to them. Only larger towns will have demand for these. This is why Li Yu asked Flying Squirrel to awaken his 'flying ability' quickly.

As for poetry and poetry... Magistrate Li, the only "literary man" here, now holds a long sword every day to train the "country warriors" he recruited in preparation for rebuilding Leyuan County's armed forces.

What's more, he doesn't have much money: Don't even think about Leyuan County's "taxes" this year. If he can survive the difficulties smoothly, it means that County Magistrate Li is shrewd and capable.

Therefore, Li Yu could only find a solution from himself.

He follows the 'Craftsman's Way'. In theory, as long as he makes a hoe, he can sell it for about 50 Wen; if he makes an ordinary sword, he can sell it for 75 to 100 Wen; if he makes a patterned one out of iron,

The price of the 'Baijian' fine product immediately soared to more than 2,000 yuan, which is 2 taels of silver.

If it is a magic weapon with magical functions like 'Tiger Amber', the price starts from double digits of silver.

Therefore, blacksmithing in this world is definitely regarded as an 'aristocratic profession' in the eyes of ordinary people.

but--

Li Yu has personally experienced the success rate of magic weapons. It is almost as good as playing card games in his previous life. And ordinary swords... ordinary blacksmiths can make money using this method. As a 'dignified time traveler', Li Yu

It's too condescending to think that you can only do the same thing.

So during this period, Li Yu asked Magistrate Li about the prices of various commodities in other places, and settled on a commodity that was most suitable for making money:

Needle!

"Needles, aren't those things only worth 5 cents each?"

Regarding Li Yu's plan, the blond Loli Momonga looked puzzled.

"And it's very troublesome to make a needle. Master, will you spend the rest of your time sharpening iron rods?"

Grinding an iron rod into an embroidery needle is not a proverb in this world, but a real production method: this is how the needles used by ordinary people come from.

"Hey, hey, your young master, I am not an ordinary person."

Although this world has extraordinary power, metal processing is still limited to the "hammering, forging and grinding" of the blacksmith shop.

If you ask about metal processing, time-travelers will probably think of mechanized mass production, turning, milling, planing and grinding, and casting, forging and stamping.

This gave Li Yu a huge space to play: although his 'gold-melting and iron-melting hands' could not melt soldiers with bare hands, and could not even use the flames of both palms, after he broke through to the middle level of C-level

, the hot 'qi' can completely soften the metal, making it as soft as plasticine in a short time.

"Look, this is the metal drawing workshop I made!"

Next, Li Yu took the two of them to the room where the 'money brushing' machine he had prepared was located.

Flywheels, levers, gears... three metal mechanical platforms are lined up, full of technology and mechanical beauty.

But not to mention that Momonga was confused, even Winnie's eyes flashed with confusion. The two of them knew everything about mechanical engineering and knew nothing about it!

This made Li Yu, who built the wire drawing machine based on the structure diagram on his mobile phone, couldn't help but curl his lips. It's a shame that no one can appreciate such a strong hands-on ability.

Closer to home, metal wire drawing, as the name suggests, is a technical processing method that forces metal through a mold under the action of external force, compresses the metal cross-sectional area, and obtains the required cross-sectional area shape and size. This is called metal wire drawing process.

"This machine can not only draw wire, but also make thin knives and other items."

While talking, Li Yu began to direct the two people to help:

To make a needle, you need to first forge the steel ingot into a flat steel bar, then use the iron bar to draw wire, and finally cut it and punch it. Therefore, in theory, a forging machine, a wire drawing machine and a punching machine are needed.
To be continued...