Du Zhongxiao pondered for a while, then went back to sit down and said, "I don't have money in my hands, but it's hard to see people. The first time we bought something from others, we couldn't pay, and if we ruined the trust, who would dare to come here to do business?"

A thousand guan is not a small amount. Where did Du Zhongxiao change it? It's all investment now, and he has no profits to see. He has no place to move it. Du Zhongxiao's family can now take it out, but how can he spend his own money for business? As an official, it's good not to take it from his own family.

After thinking for a while, Du Zhongxiao said to Chairman Dong: "Chief, the chief clerk, can't he move a thousand guan in such a large county? If you buy things, you will soon see the money. It will take a few months. I remember that I have confiscated Ma Meng's wealth and there are more than two thousand guan."

"The case was handled by the state. Liu Tongzhe is here to save the property from the state. Where can we leave it?"

Seeing that Chairman Dong looked bitter, Du Zhongxiao had to comfort him: "If you have a way, there will always be a way."

Even though he said so, Du Zhongxiao was also worried. He had just thought about the national affairs and the world situation for a long time, and even had to guide the world trend. In the end, he found that he could not even get a thousand guan of money. No matter how far your heart flew, his feet were still here honestly.

After sitting for a long time, he couldn't think of a solution. Du Zhongxiao was a little upset and said to Chairman Dong: "No matter what, let's go and see how the goods are. It's just that the merchants wait for two more days in the county, and they said that we are busy with official business and cannot get out of it for a while. How many people have to go through to buy things in the yamen and inspect goods? How can we get the money so easy?"

Chairman Dong thought, why is it not easy? Now that Curry has money, the magistrate has done the business in one sentence.

The two changed into casual clothes, took their followers out of the yamen, and came all the way to the dock. As soon as they left the city gate, they saw the shops on both sides being renovated, bringing a lively scene. But these shops were to make money, and they didn't know when they would have to wait.

The peach blossoms are rising, and it is the busiest time of water transportation. Dozens of large and small ships gathered at the pier. In the Bian River, there are official ships transporting grains slowly passing by, connecting from beginning to end, and can’t see at a glance.

Let Chai Xin disperse with his followers, Du Zhongxiao and Chairman Dong approached the dock to see the iron transported by ship. Yingtian Mansion was upstream, and it was very convenient to transport 30,000 kilograms of iron along the Bian River. He saw the ship transported by the iron at a glance. Du Zhongxiao did not stipulate what kind of iron to buy. It was not so particular to build agricultural tools, but he saw various iron ingots, iron bars and scrap ironware on the ship, which was very messy.

As we got closer, we saw a circle of people in front of us, not knowing what the fun was watching.

Du Zhongxiao called Chai Xin and asked him to go to the front to see what happened there. As the head of a county, there are still many people who know Du Zhongxiao here. When they get to the crowd, they are recognized and are always bad for iron traders to see.

After a while, Chai Xin ran back, a little excited, and said, "Officials, there are two guests in front of him who are competing with their knives. They each made their bets, so they surrounded many people to watch. Two BMWs are really rare!"

Du Zhongxiao nodded. As an engineering student in his previous life, he was not interested in any sharp knife. When he was working, he would just take a piece of tool steel and polish it to make a good knife, let alone those special alloy steels.

Seeing that Chai Xin was very enthusiastic, Du Zhongxiao was about to let him go and see him, but suddenly he thought about it and stopped, "Let's go and have a look together."

He squeezed into the crowd quietly and saw a big man standing in the middle, holding his arms and closing his eyes slightly. Two people stood beside the big man, one of whom held a knife, and was bragging about his knife in various ways.

I don’t know how many saliva was sprayed, and said, “It’s true to say it, but seeing it is true! Let’s compare, each of our swords can cut off a few copper coins! Take a hundred coins out as bets, and take away the money if you win!”

The man on the other side just sneered: "I bought this knife for 300 guan. It would be a joke with you for a 100-yuan gambling battle!"

The one who couldn't stand it and said loudly: "A hundred quotas are still too little, how much do you want to bet?"

"Who is betting on you? Judging from your appearance, I can't get a few pennies. If you lose, just kneel on the ground and call me grandpa three times. If you win by chance, I will buy your knife for fifty knots."

The man who was yelling to gamble and laughed: "I won your knife of 300 guan, but I have to buy my one for fifty guan. Do you think I'm crazy?!"

The man just sneered: "How much copper coins are cut, not only to have to be good at the knife, but also to work hard. This big man is a local, who knows that he is not colluding with you to cheat me of money? If you want to deceive me from a foreigner, I have seen many tricks. Don't talk nonsense, whether you are willing to bet, you just need to say one word! I have to do so much, and I will swear with you here!"

"Okay! If you don't gamble, wouldn't people underestimate my Niu Er's sword?"

As soon as he said this, he colluded with the man and went to cheat money together. It was just that he could not cheat money. He could sell his knife and think that he could make a lot of money, but he couldn't bear to leave it alone.

When he pulled out his knife, the man from another countryman took out a copper coin and sprinkled it on the ground, and said loudly: "This hero starts with a copper coin. My knife can cut five foreign copper coins. If you can cut even a copper coin, I will report it to the government!"

The big man opened his eyes, looked at Niu Er, nodded slightly, responded in a muffled voice, and picked up the copper coins on the ground.

After taking the sword from a foreigner, the man turned around and looked at it, saying, "Good knife!" He put a copper coin on the tree stump next to him, put a pose, and shouted. He raised his hand and fell, slashed the copper coin in half, and cut the knife into the wooden stake.

The person who spilled money waved his hand and said, "The knife was chopping there, try that guy's knife!"

The big man responded and took Niu Er's knife. The two of them winked and placed a copper coin on the wooden stake. They shouted loudly, cutting off the copper coin on the wooden stake.

When Chai Xin saw this, he couldn't help but whisper: "Officials, you are carrying a good knife! You can cut copper coins so neatly that you can cut iron like mud!"

Du Zhongxiao glanced at Chai Xin and shook his head: "I have some skills. I can cut off copper coins even with a kitchen knife, what's so strange?"

The hardness of steel is greater than that of copper, and after surface quenching, it is far more than that of copper coins. As long as the blade is good, there will be problems if the copper coins are cut. What is more important is the blade technique, and whether the person who cuts will cut, the speed and force of the knife. Of course, uniform steel is rare in this era, and such a competition is not useless. The outsider also knows that the person who cuts is important and does not want to be a sucker.
Chapter completed!