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Chapter 161 It doesn’t matter if you can’t afford it
Seeing the look on the face of the Black Hammer chief, Zhang Jingyi felt secretly amused in his heart. The dwarves were obviously not as scheming as humans. He showed almost all his emotions on his face. It would be very easy to be cheated if he did business with people like this.

Maybe, he doesn't care about being cheated!
Zhang Jingyi said: "If you can't refine it, then if you want to get this kind of steel, you can only buy it from me."

Chief of the Black Hammer Clan: "You probably don't have a lot of this exotic alloy, right? Can you sell us a large amount?"

Zhang Jingyi: "A lot? What do you want to use it for? If you just want to make a clockwork frog, you won't need much spring steel."

Black Hammer Chief: "Oh! Such a precious elastic metal... Ahem! It's called spring steel, right? This is a good thing. It's a waste to use it on a clockwork frog. As long as we get a large amount of this spring steel, we can use it to make a large 'clockwork machine'."

Zhang Jingyi secretly found it interesting: "For example?"

The Black Hammer leader had obviously thought about this problem seriously before coming here, and hummed: "For example, use it to make a clockwork carriage to replace the carriage."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out the clockwork frog, pointing at it and saying, "I've taken it apart and studied it. When the spring is unwound, it drives the gears to rotate. As long as the spring is big enough and strong enough, the gears can be connected to the axle. The power from the spring can pass through the gears, drive the axle, and then drive the wheels... This way, a car can be made to run."

Zhang Jingyi: "And every time you travel a certain distance, you wind it up again?"

The Black Hammer tribe leader chuckled and said, “Yes!”

Zhang Jingyi thought: The idea is good, but it feels a little weird. Is it the clockwork car on Taobao?

Black Hammer Chief: "This is just one of the uses I thought of. As long as I have a clockwork, I can make all kinds of machines move."

He pointed to a large wheat field outside the town and said, "For example, make a clockwork harvester to harvest wheat."

He pointed to the forest outside the town and said, "Make a clockwork lumberjack."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but think of those strange machines in WOW...

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. The dwarf's idea was really interesting.

"Your idea is very good." Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "I really hope to see you make them and put them in front of me."

The Black Hammer tribe leader was delighted: "You mean, you are willing to sell the spring steel to me?"

Zhang Jingyi: "Of course, I said at the beginning that I could sell it to you."

Chief of the Black Hammer Clan: "A large amount is also okay? You just heard me, what I want to make is very big, not this small jumping frog. I need a lot of spring steel."

Zhang Jingyi smiled and waved his hand: "Guards, bring out the things I prepared a long time ago."

Soon, a group of guards, in groups of four, came out from the back of the town, carrying heavy packages. The red light of [Strength Enhancement] was on their bodies. With this skill activated, their strength would be much greater, but four people carrying one package still looked very strenuous.

When he arrived in front of the dwarves, he put down the package and opened the bag.

The Black Hammer clan leader looked inside and was immediately delighted: "All spring steel? How many bags this big?"

All the dwarves rushed over, gathered around a few packages, opened the bags and looked inside. Each bag was filled with spring steel, some thick, some thin, the thinnest being only 0.1mm thick, and was used to make power cores for small machines.

The thickness is as high as 50mm, so it can be used to make the core of large machinery.

These spring steels are all rolled into rolls, which are very convenient to cut, and people will like them at first sight.

The Black Hammer chieftain was completely shocked: "Oh my god, so many spring steels? Oh my god! I can play with them for a whole year." After being happy, the Black Hammer chieftain became embarrassed.

He wanted all this steel, but the price was so high...

The Black Hammer Chieftain asked guiltily, "How much gold and gems do I need to pay you?"

Zhang Jingyi laughed like a cunning fox: "A dwarf who deals with metal all day should understand the value of these spring steels. I don't think you need me to quote a price. You know their value better than me."

Zhang Jingyi was actually too embarrassed to make an offer.

These spring steels were very cheap on Taobao, the prices were ridiculously low, and he bought several tons, which was just a small order for the steel factory, but even so, the store still gave him a discount...

There was no way around it. This spring steel was a rare and valuable commodity in the Middle Ages, but in modern times it is called a "sunset industry", which made him deeply lament that it is not easy for small steel mills to survive.

It was too cheap to buy, so he felt embarrassed to ask a high price against the dwarves, but... the dwarves themselves didn't think so.

In their eyes, this is a rare treasure! More precious than gold.

The Black Hammer tribe leader glanced at the spring steel and could tell visually that these large packages weighed at least several thousand kilograms. He wanted them all and was reluctant to give up even a kilogram.

Thousands of kilograms of gold? Even if you kill him, you can’t get it out.

Chief Black Hammer turned to his subordinates. A large group of dwarves gathered together, their heads pressed against each other, and whispered, "What should we do? Can we buy less?"

"No, no, no! Now that I've seen them all, I want them all. How can I buy less?"

"Yes, we can't buy less! We need a lot of spring steel to make a large clockwork core. The less we buy, the smaller the machine we can make."

"Oh, this is unacceptable."

“We must buy them all.”

"But surely the gold and gems we have are not enough?"

"Gold won't work! We can't produce thousands of kilograms of gold. Maybe we can only desperately look for gems."

"If I can find a gemstone vein and dig hard for half a year, maybe I can afford these spring steels..."

"Oh my goodness! Will it take another half a year to make a large clockwork? I can't wait."

"No, it doesn't have to be half a year. If we can't find the gem mine, forget about it after half a year."

The dwarves were all impatient and were all jumping up and down in anxiety.

Their voices were very loud. They were clearly discussing in a low voice together, but everyone around them could hear it clearly. I wonder what the point of discussing in a low voice is?
Zhang Jingyi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you can't afford it. You can still use other methods to get my spring steel."

The dwarves all turned around and asked, "What's the solution?"

Zhang Jingyi: "Enchanting! I am very interested in the technology of enchanting weapons and armor. If you are willing to enchant my weapons and armor and teach me the enchanting technology, I can give you these spring steels."

(End of this chapter)