Golden Summoner

Xia Pingan opened his eyes and found himself in a workshop. Looking around, he saw a large amount of malachite and charcoal piled in the yard of the workshop.

The heat wave was rolling in the underground kiln not far away. A group of technicians were busy smelting malachite on the burning charcoal. The smelted copper water was flowing into the mold that had been cured long ago along the channel on the ground. , those molds are all bronze mirrors.

Seeing the malachite and charcoal, Xia Pingan's mind calmed down. This is the fire method for smelting copper, a metallurgical method that appeared in the Shang Dynasty of China.

When he saw the two characters "Yang Sui" before, he was not completely sure what the world bead was used for, because there was a surname of Yang in ancient China. Who knew if this world bead was the name of a certain person, but when he saw it After arriving at the workshop here, Xia Ping'an felt confident.

Xia Pingan looked at the clothes he was wearing, and then at the clothes worn by the people around him, and he probably made a judgment in his mind that the era he was living in at the moment should be the Western Zhou Dynasty. There is a record in "The Rites of Zhou: Qiu Guansi Kou" that "the Si Xuan family held a firewood in their hands and took the open fire from the sun".

At this moment, he and several people who looked like craftsmen were lowering their heads and listening to a person who looked like an official lecturing.

"... In a few days, it will be Dazai-sama's birthday. All the princes and the internal affairs department have expressed their opinions. Lord Sikong ordered our work office to cast exquisite utensils and present them. Dazai-sama likes exquisite tools the most. You are all members of the work office. Master craftsmen, this time the errand will fall on you. If it is done well, Lord Sikong and I will both be generously rewarded. If it is not done well!" The lecturing official's face darkened, "Don't blame me then. No mercy..."

There was no prime minister in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the position of Dazai was equivalent to the prime minister in later generations. Sikong was also called Si Gong in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Sikong was responsible for managing hundreds of workers and building civil engineering, water conservancy and other projects. This work office should be a "state-owned factory" affiliated to the Western Zhou Dynasty. , the official-looking person lecturing in front of me should be one of the "staff members" who manage this place.

At that time, the division of official positions was not as detailed as that of later generations. The so-called "staff members" were assistants, subordinates, and followers who worked with the big shots. For example, Sikong's "staff members" would be assigned to manage the work of smelting copper. Department.

"We can cast some bronze mirrors as tributes..." a craftsman said.

"Bronze mirror?" The staff member looked a little unhappy, "Is there still a shortage of bronze mirrors in Dazai-sama's house? I don't know how many people from various princes and civil servants will give this thing. Dazai-sama always uses bronze mirrors to reward us and others. It’s for the staff, are you asking Master Sikong to send the same thing as others?”

Bronze mirrors didn't work, so the other craftsmen spoke one by one, some talking about wine vessels, tableware, copper lamps, copper stoves, copper pots, copper sheep...

These suggestions were all rejected by the staff officer, who shook his head and said that they were too ordinary. Giving these things did not show Lord Sikong's ability to manage hundreds of workers.

Xia Ping'an sighed secretly in his heart. Sure enough, gift-giving has been a major subject from ancient times to the present.

"Can't you come up with something ingenious? It'd be best if it's something Dazai-sama has never seen before. It's unique. If any of you can come up with it, I'll reward you with a hundred catties of gold and ten slaves..." The staff member's eyes were waiting for Xia Ping'an. Scanning people's faces one by one, all the craftsmen were silent and looked embarrassed, "There are still a few months, you can think about it slowly!"

Seeing that the subordinate officer was about to leave with a disappointed look on his face, Xia Ping'an spoke, "I thought of something unique, maybe I can dedicate it to Lord Dazai!"

The subordinate officer suddenly became interested, "Oh, what did you think of?"

"I thought of that thing that can make fire against the sun on a sunny day!" Xia Pingan said calmly.

"Mu Sui?" The subordinate official's face immediately darkened, with a look of anger on his face, "You don't want to live anymore, yet you dare to make jokes and deceive me at this time..."

"Wooden firewood is the one that drills wood to make fire. What I am talking about is not wood firewood, but gold firewood. It does not require wood, but is made of gold and copper. It is like a bronze mirror, but it is different from ordinary bronze mirrors. After the golden sui is pointed at the sun, it can focus the sun on one point and ignite the moxa to make fire..."

The subordinate official was not completely pig-brained. Light was hot, and he knew that bronze mirrors could reflect light. Hearing Xia Pingan's eloquent words, he could focus the light in the bronze mirror to a point, and he suddenly became energetic. The whole person suddenly became excited, "You can really create this thing. If you can really create it, it will be a great achievement!"

"I have never made this thing before, but after thinking about it these days, I think this method should be feasible!"

"How did you get the idea?"

"Last time I saw a bronze mirror placed in the warehouse that was dented by heavy objects. When I used the dented bronze mirror to calibrate the light, I found that the light it reflected was no longer as straight as before. I thought Maybe we can use this method to make a special bronze mirror for making fire..."

The subordinate official thought for a while and it seemed that this was indeed the case. The bronze mirrors they produced here had to be carefully polished, so that the surface of the mirror could not be uneven. Once there were dents and bulges, it would not be possible to shine on people. Just shine it against the light. Light also distorts, "How long can you make it?"

"Give me a few manpower and we can build it in a few days!" Xia Pingan said directly.

"Okay!" The subordinate official high-fived excitedly, "I will give you one month. Within this month, you can dispatch all the craftsmen and slaves in this department!"

"yes!"

It would be easy if there were craftsmen at his disposal. Xia Pingan asked several craftsmen to make several different new molds. The new molds were like the bottom of a pot, with curvature. When the molds were ready, they would directly use the process of making bronze mirrors. , pour copper liquid into the mold, and several strange-looking concave "bronze mirrors" are produced.

The manufactured bronze mirror also went through polishing and polishing processes, etc. It only took a few days to complete it quickly.

After the Yang Sui was completely polished, in the afternoon of the next day, the subordinate official also came. All the craftsmen and slaves of the Work Office gathered in the open space outside the Work Office. They were all shocked and curious to see the strange appearance. How does the bronze mirror draw fire from the void.

Xia Pingan held the bronze mirror, faced the sun, looked for the focal point of reflection, and then placed a ball of moxa velvet on the focal point of reflection.

In front of everyone, in less than a minute, the ball of moxa started to smoke and then burned.

"The divine object...the divine object...it is indeed a divine object..." Seeing this magical scene, everyone screamed, and the staff officer almost jumped with joy.

No one has ever been able to make fire from light before, but this strange-looking bronze mirror made by Xia Ping'an can actually make fire from light. This is much simpler than making fire by drilling wood. It is not an exaggeration to call it a divine object. point.

The process of making Yang Sui went smoothly without any twists and turns.

Xia Ping'an didn't know how this Yang Sui was finally given to Master Sikong and how it was finally presented to Master Dazai.

The world formed by the Boundary Pearl was shattered again.

This time fifteen points of divine power were added, and Xia Pingan's body's upper limit of divine power exceeded 420 points and became 425 points.

The body changes even more!

Xia Ping felt that his body was being continuously washed by the powerful energy pouring in from the void. Faintly, his body seemed to be no longer completely closed, but had opened a portal to create a connection with the void of the universe outside his body. made some connections.

This feeling is amazing.

In the caisson of the secret mandala temple, there are 15 more points of divine power, and in the temple, there is an additional relief. The relief is exactly the scene where Xia Ping'an invented the Yang Sui to make fire against the sun. A ray of light shoots from the sun to the sun. The light on the stove was golden, as if it were real.

The characters "Yang" and "Ju" on the mountain of golden characters were lit up and stood out from the mountain.

In the room, Xia Pingan opened his eyes and looked at the time. He found that just over an hour had passed. He stood up and moved his hands and feet. He felt that his body at the moment had entered a whole new realm. It was even better than before. It was more than twice as strong. When he breathed, the cells in his body seemed to be able to freely absorb a trace of outside energy.

Xia Pingan punched out, and the air in the room exploded, like a popcorn machine blasting a cannon.

A figure flashed outside the house, and Man Zijin had already rushed outside.

"I'm fine..." Xia Pingan said.

After hearing Xia Pingan's words, Man Zijin retreated again.

Xia Pingan used his remote viewing ability to look outside.

Damn, more than an hour has passed. Those demon rats and big spiders are still more than 20 kilometers away from the base of Yunwan Mountain. Those monsters are walking slowly on the road. It seems that they have no specific goal and are just following the path. Came along the highway to investigate.

As for the base, they are already waiting five kilometers away from the entrance, and the two sides have not exchanged fire yet.

Xia Pingan curled his lips. He still had plenty of time and he was not in a hurry.

Xia Pingan took out the second boundary bead he got. There were only four divine words on that boundary bead - Boyi Zuojing.

With blood dripping on it, Xia Pingan's body was quickly wrapped in a ball of light again.

The last world bead was the invention of Yangsui. This world bead is about digging a well. The legendary Boyi was the first person among the Chinese ancestors to use underground water. He was the first to dig into the ground to draw water and dug a well.

This world bead is quite simple for Xia Ping'an, it's completely a score question.

But Boyi's other achievement will be more eye-catching. After Boyi assisted Dayu in flood control, he wrote "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". In addition to being the first person to build wells, Boyi may also be the first person to complete a round-the-world journey in ancient China. Man, the ancient book "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is actually Boyi's notes on his global travels...

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This second world bead merged faster. In less than ten minutes, Xia Ping'an opened his eyes again. The divine power in the caisson of his temple increased by 10 points, and the upper limit became 435 points.

Xia Pingan used his remote viewing ability to see that the monsters hadn't come yet.