Alchemy Greater China

Zheng Gongxiao behaved cautiously in front of Wise. He smiled reservedly: "With the help of the young master, there is no serious problem. Besides, the more rest time, the better for me? Karanka, you Stop thinking about it and worrying about it!"

Seeing that Long Hao and Zheng Gongxiao were full of confidence, Kalanka couldn't say anything more. That night, Wise and his party stayed in Ridge House.

Since it is a garden-style hotel built by the C Luo family for their own "enjoyment", the accommodation conditions are naturally needless to say, and there is nothing to do overnight until dawn the next day.

After dawn, Long Hao went to find Zheng Gongxiao after eating breakfast, and found that Zheng Gongxiao was also alone, and Kalanka, his daughter, and Griffith were all gone.

"What about people?"

Long Hao asked strangely.

"I was called away by Kaman early in the morning!"

Zheng Gongxiao put his hands on his neck and pushed it left and right, looking a little stiff, as if he didn't sleep well last night.

"Hey, old Zheng, I see that your mental state is not good!"

Long Hao looked at his head of the SS regiment curiously, and said with a smile, "Why, don't you get along well with my father-in-law?"

"So-so, the old man was cured by you, young master. No matter how upset he is, he can't shake my face."

Zheng Gongxiao replied vaguely, but with his gloomy face, everyone could see his displeasure.

Long Hao: "Didn't you shake your face? That means your father-in-law hasn't communicated with you yet?"

Zheng Gongxiao: "Hey, young master Huiyan, this old man, I take the initiative to talk to him, but he always nods, and he is stingy with every word!"

Long Hao: "Maybe it's because he's recovering from an illness, so try to move his mouth as little as possible?"

Zheng Gongxiao: "Master, please don't block that old man! Others treat me coldly or hotly, and my old Zheng's food for so many years is not in vain... Can you see it? My heart is clear, he. To me Not very satisfied!"

"..."

Long Hao pondered for a while: "Old Zheng, being a son-in-law is like this, not to mention that the current era is rich and weak, and it is common for white people to discriminate against our compatriots, so don't take it too seriously!"

Zheng Gongxiao: "What's the big deal, if it weren't for the young master, you would take action. Isn't he still like a dead man now? Shake me, Old Zheng, and treat me as if I dare not divorce that thief woman?"

Zheng Gongxiao was excited, and he punched down, knocking off a piece of Ridgeshe's wooden railing.

Long Hao: "Divorce her? Old Zheng, the West is no better than the East. Women are still easy to remarry. You can't threaten them... Wait and see, after all, someone else was once the patriarch of a family with assets worth hundreds of millions of pounds. Take it for a while." Airline. It's understandable, isn't it?"

To be honest, Long Hao really doesn't care whether Zheng Gongxiao and Kalanka's marriage is long or short, but as the saying goes, he would rather demolish ten temples than destroy one marriage. The investment has not yet seen the return!Now is the critical stage of the game.I still advise Zheng Gongxiao to calm down, don't get angry and ruin the good situation.

Zheng Gongxiao took a few deep breaths.He grinned: "Hey, look at my head, I've troubled you young master so early in the morning! I, Old Zheng, want to be enlightened by the young master. I'm really ashamed and ashamed!"

Indeed, Long Hao is under 14 years old.Zheng Gongxiao is now an adult standing above him, and the relationship of persuasion is reversed.

I have been a human being for two lifetimes, but my actual age is no less than yours!

Long Hao smiled inwardly, and patted Old Zheng's shoulder with his hand: "If you figure it out! By the way. Closer to home, why did Kaman call Kalanka away? Let's chat, this Kaman seems to be right. Kalanka is a bit thoughtful!"

"Dare he?!"

Zheng Gongxiao glared angrily, took off another piece of finely carved ornament, and said, "Ah, ah, I have long felt that there is something wrong with the look in this foreign-haired man's eyes... No wonder the thief woman didn't let me touch her last night, it turns out This pair of adulterers and women have already secretly communicated with each other!"

Can the idiom "Darkness and Songs" be disassembled and used in this way?

Long Hao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Don't, Lao Zheng, don't think about it, maybe Kalanka wants you to recharge your batteries and prepare for the trial because your injury hasn't recovered yet?"

"Get ready! I know my body, Ma De, it's killing me!"

Zheng Gongxiao howled loudly, the hair on his head was about to explode.

Why bother? If I had known earlier, I wouldn’t have mentioned Kaman’s matter. It’s really... asking for trouble!

Long Hao regretted it in his heart, and secretly said that his head was pinched by the door panel early in the morning, and a man with a green hat can't tolerate it, let alone Lao Zheng who wants to beat his wife for his purpose?Isn't that the same as throwing sparks into a powder keg?

Self-inflicted evil, can't live!

After finally persuading the runaway Zheng Gongxiao, Long Hao heaved a sigh of relief and calmed down for a moment: he was drenched in sweat!

"That bastard Kaman didn't explain it, but Kalanka mentioned it to me before leaving."

Zheng Gongxiao had already calmed down, but Long Hao noticed carefully that the mahjong face was terribly calm: No, he didn't even call him a thief, but instead called Kalanka by his real name.

What volcano is the scariest?

A volcano that doesn't erupt!

"What is it?"

Whether the 'Volcano' needs to sleep or spray, Long Hao has made up his mind not to get involved, so he focused on the main topic.

"Kakapoulos wanted to see them, Wise and Karanka, and Griffith didn't miss it."

"Oh?"

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Long Hao didn't know the purpose of Kakapoulos' meeting with Wise's lineage, and he didn't want to find out. After parting with Zheng Gongxiao, he walked out of Ridge House with a breeze.

Of course, the good time should not be wasted. Long Hao plans to take a stroll in Prague today and visit this industrial city.

Zheng Gongxiao did not follow, he originally wanted to accompany the young master, but now his identity is different, as Wise's son-in-law, some entertainments followed, and he couldn't even push him away.

Because Kalanka's father and daughter were not there, in the eyes of outsiders, Zheng Gongxiao was the representative of Wise's lineage, and provocative greetings were nothing more than ignoring them, but it was hard to refuse an invitation to show kindness.

Therefore, Zheng Gongxiao had no way to escape.He had no choice but to cast an apologetic look at Long Hao.

Of course, Long Hao didn't mind this, because he felt the same way: the feat of flying alone in an airship and killing thousands of people in a short time also made Long Hao a big celebrity in the eyes of some forces.

Although Long Hao's Earl status is not yet known, this does not prevent these forces from taking advantage of the "gambling interval" to tentatively win Long Hao over. Among other things, the "liquid bomb" alone is enough to make people's eyes red It's going to be purple!

Long Hao pushed left and right.Still unable to 'lonely', he finally expanded his team to visit Prague to ten people, besides him and Breeze, there were eight 'guides'.

Having a guide is a good thing and a bad thing. The bad side is losing some freedom and freedom, but the good side is having a carriage and a reasonable route.

The first stop, Long Hao went to the ancient dynasty buildings in Prague.

Well, it's beautiful.It's very artistic and has a sense of vicissitudes. It's a pity that in this era, there is no mobile phone to take pictures with you, so you can't compare scissorhands.

The second stop, Long Hao went to the folk alleys in Prague.

Well, it is very beautiful, very artistic, and the asking price is not expensive.It's a pity that it's broad daylight, and there is no condom to prevent accidents in this era.It's not very good to go in and have fun with the people.

At the third stop, the carriage left the center of the ancient city and came to a steel factory.

A member of the Ronaldo family introduced: "Mr. Long, this is the largest steelmaking plant in Prague. Would you like to go in and visit it?"

Steel is the 'industrial gold' of this era.Whether it is to build a strong ship or a long gun and a giant cannon, it is inseparable from steel, high-quality steel!

Therefore, every industrial country on this planet attaches great importance to steel, and even regards steel production as the primary factor in measuring a country's national strength, and this concept.Until more than 60 years later, it was also used by some newly liberated countries as the "golden rule" to mobilize the whole people to smelt steel recklessly.

This is also why Carnegie, the steel king, can have such a high social status in the United States!

"Okay, let's go in and have a look. I heard that Europe's iron and steel smelting technology is the best in the world, and the United States is also a notch behind..." Long Hao said as he walked.

"That is, what is the United States? They are just lucky and find more ore..."

This iron and steel factory occupies a large area. There are one-stop equipment for making steel. From ore storage to molten steel condensation, the workers in the continuous workshops are busy. Amidst the roar of the machines, iron bars are loaded into the factory. library.

Long Hao and his party toured around, and were accompanied by the person in charge of the factory the whole time. Just by the deliberate compliment on the person in charge's face, one could tell that this steel factory must be in the hands of the Ronaldo family.

"I want to walk by myself, don't you mind?"

Long Hao glanced at the eight 'nails'.

"Of course I don't mind, Mr. Long, please do what you want, but we have to go to the coal mine in the suburbs in half an hour, please pay attention to the time."

After staring at them all morning, the nails shouldn't go too far, half an hour of free time can still be spared.

Shaking off the nails, Long Hao walked to the steel warehouse with a breeze, and greeted the guards in the warehouse with a smile, and the two walked in swaggeringly.

This is a big man brought in by the factory manager. How dare the guards stop him? It's too late to make a smile!

The warehouse is very large, with several entrances and exits, all separated by partitions, and various steel materials of different qualities are placed one by one in different categories.

Slightly black steel bars, piled up like a mountain, in the eyes of military experts, this is gold and silver, better than green water and green mountains.

In fact, these steel bars are the same in Long Hao's eyes.

The green waters and green mountains of this era are worthless, but the war machines that can reap life and expand territory and crack the soil are valuable. These simple steel bars represent battleships, rifles, and artillery. The war is won. , The golden mountains and silver mountains obtained will be countless.

Long Hao's eyes were shining, he stroked the iron bar that was still slightly warm, and said affectionately: "It's a good thing, tsk tsk, if only it all belonged to me!"

Breeze was startled by Long Hao's 'nasty' expression, and hurriedly said: "Master, are you okay? If you like these iron bars, you can buy them with money. I just heard that they are not expensive!"

Long Hao turned his head and gave Weifeng a vicious look, which scared the little boy back a few steps: "You know what a p, Weifeng! You let me buy things that don't cost money? You are really a prodigal!"

"No money?"

Breeze's little head was confused: Could it be that the young master is going to rob?But, but... there are so many iron blocks, the two of us can't move them away!

Not to mention that the breeze is confused, the judges are probably a little bit at a loss, don't worry, just let me tell you the whole story.

The era when Long Hao was born.It is the era of reconstruction after World War III, when all industries are waiting for prosperity. Because nuclear wars have caused too much damage to the earth, large and large continents are competing to sink, and more than [-]% of the entire planet is an endless ocean. .

The surviving people plus the surviving land left relatively little metalwork.However, in the more than 100 years of reconstruction and the more than 100 years of alchemy becoming mainstream, all the metals that can be found on the ground have been used up, and there is no "fish that slipped through the net" anymore.

These 'ground metals' belong to the four major national powers of China, the United States and Australia, Germany and Africa, and the defeated island. If an individual hides metals, it is a felony that can be punished with the death penalty!

Someone is going to ask, alchemy and alchemy, so what should an alchemist do if he wants to find metal?

The answer is simple: go to the sea to find it!

There are sunken cities and war-damaged aircraft and warships in the sea.There are also small islands that provoke the anger of the sky and people, and there are endless metal raw materials in them.

After alchemy was invented, some early alchemists discovered that the cultivation of gold sources could be done not only by absorbing rare metals such as gold and silver, but also by absorbing common metals such as copper and iron.

Gold and silver are rare and valuable items in any historical period, and even the noble alchemists did not get much allocation, so in the early days.The large chunks of residual metal on the ground became the target of these alchemists.

After metals such as copper and iron are absorbed, although they will not disappear like gold.But its hardness will be greatly reduced, and it will corrode into gravel within three months at most.

After several bridge and building collapse accidents that caused a world sensation, the four countries jointly declared that no citizen on earth is allowed to absorb ground metal!To absorb, go to the sea!

Therefore, the alchemist wants to improve his own strength and expand the gold source.The only way is to go to the sea for adventure, absorb trace elements from seawater, and absorb a large amount of copper and iron metals from underwater ruins.

Before Long Hao came back from time travel, he hadn't ventured into the sea or searched for ruins, but this did not prevent him from knowing that metal elements can be absorbed from iron blocks.Strengthen Jinyuan!

Although the efficiency of absorbing it from iron blocks is not as high as that of absorbing it from gold, the cost performance is definitely higher than that of several floors!

Before in Alaska or San Francisco, Long Hao never had the opportunity to come into contact with large quantities of iron in the warehouse as the storage unit. Now that he sees it, it is like an empty stomach mouse entering a full-stock granary, and his saliva is about to flow down!

"Iron blocks can also absorb?!"

After listening to Long Hao's rough explanation, Breeze's small eyes immediately shone brightly like charged lights: "Master, what are you waiting for, there are so many iron lumps here, hurry up and absorb them!"

"How can it be that simple?"

Long Hao thought in his heart that I thought about it too, but his face stiffened, and he scolded: "Breeze, your thoughts are too simple, there are so many pairs of eyes staring here... Besides, there is not enough time!"

Faced with this at least a thousand tons of steel bars, Long Hao is also greedy, but he knows that time is one aspect of the constraints when using gold sources to absorb copper and iron metals, and the most important reason is: when absorbing, Jin Yuan is too dazzling!

Yes, it is dazzling!

Numerous alchemists have experimented. When they stick copper and iron metals on their hands to absorb, the light of the palm can't be blocked at all. It's like a lighthouse on the sea, which is extremely conspicuous!

It's easy to control the light that absorbs gold, because it can be held in the palm of your hand, but the iron block is so big, unless you have a pair of giant hands...

It is precisely because of this shackle that the protection of ground metal in the four countries in the future can be foolproof.

If you want to steal copper and iron metals, unless the people next to you are blind, you will be waiting to go to jail!

"Ah, what a pity!"

After Breeze understood it, she also sighed and regretted: If it could be absorbed silently and without light or light, how wonderful it would be!These iron bumps can become the energy of the young master!

"Okay, don't think about it too much, there is no free lunch in the world, at worst, I will use the money to buy steel in the future!"

The 'cost-effectiveness' of steel absorption is much higher than that of gold, and now Andrew Carnegie is also engaged in steel smelting in San Francisco. Steel...Long Hao is not worried.

After feeling for a while, half an hour was up, Long Hao and his party left the steel plant, and their next destination was a coal mining area.

Prague has abundant coal reserves, advanced mining equipment, and a large number of miners. After an explanation from the person in charge of the mine, Long Hao got a 30-minute 'leisure period' as usual.In the coal mine warehouse, Long Hao still inspected the power source of this era!

Coal, after replacing firewood, has always been the most important source of human power. Even in the era when petroleum energy dominates the world, coal is indispensable.

Breeze asked: "Master, can coal ore be absorbed?"

Long Hao laughed and said: "Yes! Jinyuan can 'squeeze out three taels of oil' even from sea water, and coal ore is of course also fine, but the price/performance ratio is too low, not worth it! This efficiency is better than putting you in an iron cage Soak it in the sea for a day!"

Breeze: "Oh, what a pity, I wanted to save some money for the young master!"

Hearing that the price of coal is not high, Little Breeze started thinking about buying coal with his own pocket to cultivate gold resources.

Long Hao patted the annoyed Breeze: "What are you saving? In the future, you can use gold to practice and become an alchemist one day earlier, which can help me a lot! Well, when this gambling game is over and I return to the United States, I will give it to you." Enough quota of gold to practice!"

After going through the European continent, Long Hao felt the pain of not having enough manpower. Only one "Alchemy Apprentice" Breeze was far from being able to help him share the work of an alchemist!

Long Hao decided not to be 'stingy' with gold anymore, and to make Breeze an official member of the Alchemy Sect as soon as possible. For Long Hao's career, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages! (To be continued..)