Chapter 24 The tip of the iceberg

The "Three Treasures Dockyard" has been built to look like a water pavilion, with a ten-foot platform and a green pillar Uwa, which is extremely carved. Rong Hui came closer and turned a mahogany screen carved with a three-dimensional treasure ship, facing a warship. Metal splint, as blue as ink. The artillery was staggered, and the bridge was vertical and horizontal. Although it is only a ten-foot-long model, it can be as large as a mast hull, as small as a nail and a riveting, all of which are exquisitely carved. With a smile, I saw all kinds of ship models in front of the surrounding wall, including warships, passenger ships, cargo ships, and fishing boats, two or three feet big and five or six inches small, full of three walls. It is vivid and reverenced.

He can see that he is surprised, but he is not in a hurry. After a rough look, I turned around and saw two men in cocoons standing behind the counter and smiled shyly: "Are these boats built in your dock?" I'm a little embarrassed.

"Yes, guest officer!" The man and Yourong asked Ronghui with a smile, "Do you want to repair the ship or build a ship?"

"Shipbuilding!" Rong Hui went to the counter and sat down, took the tea cup served by another clerk, and then asked, "How much is your boat?"

"Then we have to listen to your requirements first, and then we will set the size!" The man said step by step: "Our shipbuilding technology is absolutely first-class. As for the materials, it depends on the market. What do you think?"

"Who doesn't know that the more you buy, the cheaper it is!" Rong Hui muttered in his heart that although he didn't care about this little profit, he didn't want to be fooled as a monkey. Thinking about it, he waved his hand and refused: "Don't, just follow today's quotation. If you keep the materials, the price difference will be yours." The implication is to calculate the material money at once.

The two guys were slightly stunned and exchanged glances. One went to invite the shopkeeper, and the other changed the topic: "Don't worry about this, let's set the size first, and then calculate the price. I don't know the purpose of your shipbuilding. How many masts do you want to build?

"I'm going to build a small boat to travel!" Rong Hui made a little calculation, stretched out two fingers and said, "One horizontal, one vertical and two sails, double masts, it's not easy to control!"

"Double mast?" Dude, I've seen monks who traveled sailing. Which one doesn't bring a lot of maids and servants? He was a little surprised. Seeing that Rong Hui didn't seem to be modest, he quickly advised: "The two-masted sailboat sounds simple, but it's not easy to bring a big boat. It's better to be three masts!" The front mast and the main mast use horizontal sails, the rear mast use vertical sails, the front is equipped with a slant mast, and then hang a cluster of small sails, which is interesting. We have built a lot of this kind of boat. You can connect the control winch of each sail to the cockpit, and you can handle it alone!"

He took a big bag and saw Rong Hui frowned and quickly explained, "I'll tell you that you are going out for a trip. You must have a rice cabin equipped with 'Lingmi'. In addition, the living bedroom, the reading room, the quiet room for practicing, the cooking kitchen, the storage warehouse, and the guest's front hall are five or six feet long. It's just three masts.

Rong Hui thought so. As a monk, he can't go out like a fisherman! He nodded and agreed, "Three masts are three masts. Take me to see the style!" Feeling that it was the most stable to run on the river, he stood up and went straight to the back door.

As soon as he took two steps, a middle-aged monk came towards him. When he saw Rong Hui, he bowed his hand and said, "It turned out to be the brother of 'Danxia Mountain'. Are you going to travel? First of all, I wish my Taoist friends great progress and great achievements!" It's the dockkeeper.

Rong Hui saw the other party's " Shaoyang period" cultivation and quickly returned the salute: "Don't dare, dare not!" Move away from the topic: "I'm going to see a real guy, so there's a comparison!" The shopkeeper was kind and gestured to the two guys and personally accompanied Rong Hui to the riverside to see each other.

There is a long bridge wharf built by the river. Rong Hui walked under the five-foot-wide corridor and looked carefully at the boats around him. On the two-mile-wide river, large and small ships stopped in a row against the current. There are barges with four flats and nine feet wide, and passenger ships ten feet long with carp height masts, one thicker than the other and wider than the other.

The middle-aged shopkeeper guessed that Rong Hui was a painstaking man and lost no time to introduce: "The tugboat is driven by the formation, and it usually stops for a few days before driving for a day. A barge has to go from here to Yangzhou, and almost every time it arrives at a port, it has to change a tugboat. Although ordinary passenger ships are also equipped with magic arrays, they mainly rely on sails and water flow. There are also those who use tugboats all the way, and the tickets are much more expensive!"

Rong Hui saw the boatman going up and down the bridge like ants moving on the barge, and the maid cleaning the dust on the passenger ship. His eyes lit up and asked the shopkeeper with a smile, "Is there any bigger boat than this?"

"Yes!" The shopkeeper said bluntly and said, "In Yangzhou Port, there is a big dragon boat going to and from Dongying, a hundred feet long and can carry thousands of people. There are also turtle boats that specialize in transporting raw materials, one of which is 100 meters, like an island, and can hold 20 million. There are also whale ships specializing in trafficking business with the West, all in Guangzhou, which can also hold 10 million yuan!"

Rong Hui was in awe: "How many things should be loaded on such a big ship!" My mind moved and I couldn't help laughing: "The shopkeeper is the shopkeeper. It turned out that he wanted to order a big ship to see me so enthusiastically! High, you are really high!" He didn't move and smiled and responded: "It's a blessing to sit on such a big boat once in my life. I don't expect it!" He also talked about his boat: "Let's go and see the boat type!" After saying that, he turned around and went straight back.

In the model hall, Rong Hui chose the smallest three-bard boat. The shopkeeper was a little surprised and asked with a smile, "What are the requirements of Taoist friends on materials, such as keel, mast and hull plate?"

Rong Hui had thought about it for a long time and said: "The keel and mast are made of Xiangnan, the hull plate is made of iron wood, and the century-old iron wood!" As soon as the words fell, the sound of the beads sounded, and the two guys began to record and calculate.

At the end of the discussion, the shopkeeper asked, "What kind of array should be added? Our array mage will definitely satisfy you."

"I happened to have dabbled in the array, so just do it yourself!" Rong Hui smiled and refused: "How soon will it take to complete such a billet?"

The shopkeeper remembered that the other party was a disciple of "Danxia Mountain" and quickly made a smile: "With the inheritance of your school, you are indeed playing with an axe at the door after work!" While talking, he handed a wink. After hearing the man's offer of "10,000 taels", he nodded and responded: "According to the usual practice, you have to pay a 20% deposit in advance. We have ready-made materials. If you agree, we can start work tomorrow and finish it within two months.

"Isn't it just a ship? Why is it so expensive?" Rong Hui muttered in his heart and took a closer look at the list. After a little comparison, I felt that it was almost the same. I took out 2,000 "big and medium-sized banknotes" on the spot. As soon as the shopkeeper saw a play, he immediately took out a rune from his arms, signed the document, and put in a spiritual mark to make this deal.

When Rong Hui walked out of the "Three Treasures Dock", it was already dusk. The rainbow in the sky is blurred, the sunset glow is lingering, and the city is also lit with various lights. In the splendor, there is an stream of carriages and horses, and people come and go. Although it is lively, it has its own business.

The river wind is cool and the fishing fire is swaying. He climbed the embankment and looked into the distance. Only then did he find that he was a passer-by. A burst of melancholy, and the long breath of hot air came out: "Anyway, it's coming. Let's go and have a look!" Suddenly, I heard the horse's hoof "banging" and followed the sound. A dark flat-roofed carriage was coming towards me, so I greeted the driver: "Go to Yipintang!"

"Yipyi Hall" opens on the street of the commercial city, with three-storey attic and nine facades. White-walled blue tiles, elegant and extraordinary. The store is open all day, and Rong Hui is on time for dinner. In the ice and snow-like hall, there are neither welcome girls nor tea attendants. There are only ice-condensed booths, which are really like "first-class officials leaving Beijing" and never look at others.

He walked into the hall and couldn't help shivering. Looking around, I found that the whole store was condensed from ice. The ingenious prohibition made his eyes bright.

"Interesting!" Rong Hui smiled happily and walked to the freezer. They are all brilliant and spiritual, and they are indeed the best of the treasures. He smiled more brightly: "There is no place to break the iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort!" I was so excited that I was about to cry.

"What's wrong with you, son?" In response, a silver fir girl came with a light posture and moved gently, like a fairy in the ice palace.

"Good thing, what a good thing!" Rong Hui was half perfunctory and half accepted: "Nothing, a little excited!" Looking up, he saw that people were just building foundations, so he pointed to the red "flying sword" and said, "Can you show me!"

The girl nodded and agreed, "Yes!" With a gentle move, the "flying sword" flashed, but appeared in the girl's palm at the same time. If you don't be a thief, you will be really aggrieved!" Rong Hui smiled, took it over and looked at it carefully. While looking at it, he asked, "Isn't this the refining of 'blood coral'? Others also use 'blood coral', why is it not so spiritual?

The girl only smiled and waited without saying a word. Rong Hui didn't care. He looked at the "Flying Sword" and continued to ask, "This 'fire array' on the sword is too rough. Can this be stimulated?"

The girl squeezed her lips and smiled: "You can try it!" There is still not much explanation.

Yong Hui did as he said and slowly injected spiritual power. The coral sword shines red, condenses out of the body, and a three-foot long sword. He held the hilt of the sword and spit out the fire spirit, which was like an arm, without any stagnation. A moment later, the "fa array" was stimulated, and a flame floated on the blade. The heat stirred, and even the cold in the hall forced back a little.

He felt the yang breath in the flame and asked the girl, "You don't use 'ground fire', do you?" Fire is divided into yin and yang, and "Pearl Peak" is to extract the "fire of the earth and lungs" refiner. No matter how pure the firepower is, it will also kill the spirituality of the material.

A trace of surprise flashed in the girl's eyes, but asked Rong Hui, "How can you see it?" Still don't say whether or not.

Rong Hui asked himself, "Do you need to say this? Coral grows at the bottom of the water and is originally Yin. If it is refined with 'Yin fire', it will only suppress its own spirituality. Only by using 'yang fire' can we stimulate the spirituality of materials. The more he talked, the happier he became, and asked the girl, "Are there any goods from your total number?" I'm an admirer. I don't want the magic weapons I received from other shops!"

"Thank you for your love!" The girl's eyes lit up and she squeezed her lips and smiled: "What our store sells is all sent from Nanjing's main number, which is on 'Zianmen Street' in Nanjing City. If you don't believe it, you can go to Nanjing to compare!"

Rong Hui asked clearly about his doubts, nodded, and asked the girl, "If I go to Nanjing, can I visit your host?"

"Son, are you here to buy things or talk about business?" The girl felt fooled by the guy in front of her, frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.

"Buy things, of course!" Rong Hui said brazenly, "But the magic weapon is really a drop in the bucket. If you can negotiate this deal with your employer, you will buy more!" He added, "What's the price of this 'flying sword'?"

"The owner has never seen outsiders. If the prince has a business, he can go directly to Nanjing to talk to our big shopkeeper." The girl also only explained one sentence and took the opportunity to quote the price: "150 taels of gold!"

Without saying a word, Rong Hui took out 15 "big and medium gold tickets" from his arms, took the take-off sword and strode away. After going out, he didn't stop and floated straight back to the "Pearl Mount". In the middle of the sky, stepping on the clouds, my heart surged: "Bad woman, give me back my Xiaoxuan!" After returning to the "mountain gate" and suppressing his mind, he regretted it again: "Oh, why did you buy the magic weapon? I have become a poor man again!"