When he arrived at Yamen, Feilong had already been sentenced to be sent to the army and escorted on the way to build the Yongji Canal.

After paying the ransom, taking the official document of pardon, hiring a carriage, and hurrying out of the city, without even bothering to eat lunch, at last in the afternoon caught up with the escort procession.

When he saw the fat dragon, he was unkempt, his clothes were ragged, and his lips were chapped and miserable, and his fat body had lost a lot of weight, and he walked with a top-heavy appearance, which was even worse than when he was a beggar.

With his physical condition, let alone repairing the canal, it is already a miracle that he can insist on going to the place where the canal is repaired.

When Feilong saw Zhen Mingku holding the release document to negotiate with the officers and soldiers who were escorting, and stuffing silver into their hands, coaxing those officers and soldiers to smile, his eyes turned red, he bit his lips tightly, and the corners of his mouth became a figure-eight.

"You! It's good to go! ”

A servant approached, unchained him, and pulled him out of the ranks of prisoners.

The fat dragon walked in front of Zhen Mingku, and suddenly knelt on the ground with a puff, kowtowing to Zhen Mingku.

Zhen Mingku hurriedly helped him up, saw him wiping his snot and tears, couldn't help laughing, patted his still fat belly, and said, "What? Do you remember the days when you were a beggar? What to cry about, go back and go back to be your beggar. ”

The fat dragon cried and laughed, and followed him into the carriage.

"Brother Zhen, where did you get so much silver?"

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly and said: "I took a big job, but if I mess up, you will have to suffer dozens of sticks for me, but I have made a military order, and if I mess up, I will have to receive sixty sticks, if I am beaten down, I will have to be crippled if I don't die." ”

"Brother Zhen, don't worry, I have thick meat, I will suffer for you!"

"There is no need to say so strongly, as long as you help to get this thing done, maybe you can get another hundred taels of silver, and then set up a shop and do some small business, maybe you and your fellow countrymen will not have to beg for a living in the future."

Hearing this, Feilong perked up, patted his chest and said, "Brother Zhen, as long as I can help, even if you tell me, even if you lose this life, I will do it properly for you!" ”

Zhen Ming smiled bitterly: "Why did I spend so much time to redeem you for your life?" It's better for you to dig a canal and make some contribution to the Chinese nation. ”

Then, Zhen Mingku took him off the bounty list and briefly told him about the military order.

"I really don't have much experience in refining alloys, but I still know something in theory, you are more familiar with the land in Luoyang than me, and when you recover from your injuries, you can take your fellow villagers and help me find some ore back, as for what the ore looks like, I will describe it to you in detail at that time."

"Brother Zhen, don't worry, this matter is on me! I'm sure I'll find you the ore you're looking for! ”

"This matter is not in a hurry, if you have time, go to Sun Langzhong to say hello first, and by the way, let Sun Langzhong prescribe you a few doses of medicine, Miss Yue'er is for the sake of your imprisonment, and she will not hesitate to sell all her belongings to redeem you."

The fat dragon's expression darkened: "I don't have the face to see her again." ”

"What's so faceless about this, I don't think that Yue'er girl is like a woman who hates the poor and loves the rich, who is sincere to her, she can still see it somewhat."

"Really?" An irrepressible look of joy appeared on the fat dragon's face.

"Fake, it's just to comfort you, how can a woman be unrealistic, let alone a beauty like Yue'er, don't think about it."

The fat dragon's face immediately turned the color of pig liver.

……

Weichi blacksmith shop.

Wei Chi Jingde stood in front of the window of the room, silently watching a group of drunk, drunk, and swaying big men praising how generous and bold Zhen Mingku's hand was, and happily walked in from the back door of the blacksmith shop.

Zhuzi stood behind him, with a look of indignation: "Brother Wei Chi, do you really believe that Zhen Mingku can refine an alloy that is better than refined iron, you see what he did with the silver, you know to invite the brothers to drink and win people's hearts!" ”

Wei Chi Jingde said: "It's better than when you took a hundred taels of silver to go to the Red Apricot Courtyard every day to wave Zhai clean, right?" ”

The old pillar blushed: "Aren't I young and vigorous." ”

Wei Chi Jingde was silent for a while, and said: "Zhuzi, there is a sentence you remember, never mess with a person you can't see through, he dares to spend my money, there are only two reasons, either he is not afraid of death, or he is confident." ”

He paused for a moment and said slowly: "He is the only person I can't see through so far, even when I first met Brother Liu, I didn't feel this way. ”

Zhu Zi said angrily: "It doesn't matter if he's a mystery or not, as long as I'm here, he won't want to refine anything!" ”

Wei Chi Jingde shook his head: "Don't do anything this time, I also want to see what he can do, once he really succeeds in refining, you should know what this means to us, this is something that may not be able to be bought for five thousand taels." ”

Zhuzi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I understand, is there any news from Brother Liu recently?" When are we going to do it? I can't wait! ”

Wei Chi Jingde looked out the window, a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes, and muttered, "It should be soon." ”……

Since Zhen Mingbitter invited the craftsmen of the blacksmith shop to have a big meal, although the craftsmen of the blacksmith shop did not have a good impression of him, they did not deliberately make things difficult, except for the pillar who would be sarcastic and sarcastic every time he saw him, Zhen Mingku's work in the blacksmith shop was much less hindering.

He humbly asked the craftsmen for advice, and inquired with them about the origin of various metal minerals, perhaps Wei Chi Jingde secretly instructed them to cooperate with him as much as possible, so he would patiently help answer his questions.

And Zhen Mingku's way of asking for advice also makes them very useful, Zhen Mingkuhui will first take them to a high-end restaurant, open to drink, and when they are full of food and drink, their tongues are a little big, and then he slowly asks for advice, and spits out the truth after drinking, and occasionally the news that they have raised a few concubines outside breaks out, but these are not what he wants to know.

Gradually, the craftsmen of the blacksmith shop have such a consensus, those who can be invited to the restaurant by Zhen Mingku, it means that the skills are recognized by him, and later, those who were not invited to the restaurant by Zhen Mingku alone, but looked forward to Zhen Mingku's daily consultation with them.

Soon, Zhen Ming painstakingly inspected the detailed operation methods of each process in the Weichi blacksmith shop, and he spent one hundred taels of silver quickly.

It's just that about hand-refining alloys, there is not a word in sight.