Chapter 162 Ma Ben Gangyin

Gao Zhisheng chuckled: "It seems that you two are not pedantic people. Otherwise, you are very favored by Elder Long. Most disciples would not dare to talk about their teacher like this."

Su You smiled and said: "This is called seeking truth from facts. Mr. Long is too lazy to argue with me. The reason why I want to give you this booklet is because I just saw Brother Xian and I have too much admiration for him, which is actually detrimental to learning."

"Before coming into contact with a person's discussion, it is best not to have any prejudgments about him. Studying calmly and without criticism is the right way."

"Wait until you have finished studying before drawing your own conclusions. This is also the principle of seeking truth from facts just mentioned, and it is also the skill of Buddhism to understand the mind. Mr. Long has earnestly warned us."

"I give it to you now to help you understand more comprehensively what kind of person he is. Then when you read his works, you will understand many things and make it easier to understand."

"We should learn from him well, but we don't need to worship him excessively or belittle him. He is just a kind old man who is compassionate about the world."

"When Brother Xian finishes his studies, I still feel that Mr. Long is a great sage, and even admire him more than I do now. Only then will I be happy that Mr. Shan has gained a spiritual confidant and a scholarly colleague in Dali."

Gao Zhisheng was greatly impressed: "To make the body and mind rest without moving, this is 'stopping'; from stopping, one can then obtain 'concentration'; after that, one can see all the laws inside and outside the body and mind, and understand all the realities inside and outside, this is 'contemplation'

.Without likes and dislikes, and being as calm as water, one can reach the state of 'equal concentration, wisdom,' and then study and attain the state of 'Samadhi'."

"It turns out that the ways of learning Buddhism and Confucianism are actually mutually enlightening!"

After saying that, he bowed to Su You again and said, "Today you will learn a lot of things! Brother Yu, you will study hard when you go back. If you have any doubts, I hope Brother Xian will give you some advice."

Su You was also very happy: "Brother Xian Yingda is very intelligent and incomparable, which shows that Dali is also a country of ethics. It seems that Mr. Wang's works are worthy of entrustment."

"It allows teachers' knowledge to spread in Dali and allows Dali scholars to make progress in moral cultivation. This is also the duty of students. Brother Xian, you are completely welcome."

The two of them were polite and humble for a long time, and it really felt like they felt like old friends at first sight.

After sending Gao Zhisheng out, Su You realized that this man might have some background and that a horse team came to protect him.

Gao Zhisheng got on his horse and handed over his hands, said a few words and left. Su You suddenly remembered a question and slapped his forehead: "Damn! I forgot to tell him that I can't stay in Dali for a few days!"

Turning around and returning to the inner hall, the shopkeeper was dumbfounded. He was a genius at making friends! The Lord was his friend, the noble young master of Dali, and he became his friend in the blink of an eye!

Now I can rest assured, you are not here to steal my job, because there is absolutely no need!

After resting for a while, Atunmi and Mr. Fan also came back. Atunmi clapped his hands and smiled and said: "The delivery is complete. Now only the salt left on the ship is the salt brought back. Brother, guess how much we made on this trip?"

Su You smiled and said: "Looking at the prices in Dali, a few times is the minimum."

Atunmi said: "The next few days will be fun in Shanchan Mansion, and my sister will be the host!"

The breakfast the next day was good, and it was the first time in this era for Su You to eat dairy products.

The milk thread itself has a bit of sour taste. I heard that it is made from milk and papaya sour water. After the milk thread solidifies, it is processed into slices, and then wrapped in peach kernel honey and fried in oil.

With the addition of milk, Su You found it delicious, but all the Han people except him found it unacceptable.

After dinner, Atunmi boarded the mule cart and prepared to go to a familiar silver shop to melt silver.

Dali is rich in metal minerals and its metallurgical forging technology is not bad. Dali swords are also one of the important trading materials with the Song Dynasty.

Because of this and the small size of the economy, Dali has no money shortage and does not engage in paper money.

Copper coins and silver are commonly used currencies in trade. Atunmi brought su oil with him, saying that he wanted to exchange some pocket money for his poor brother.

Shi Tong and Li Shuanzhu also followed. Dali's silver and iron workshop is a project worth investigating.

This silver iron shop was familiar with the Erlin tribe, so they were extremely enthusiastic when they saw Atunmi and his entourage coming over.

At this point, you can see the wealth of Atunmi. Once the two boxes were opened, they were full of silver of different colors, large and small.

This was obtained from transactions with various places in Dali. It has been accumulated for a month and needs to be melted into silver ingots of the same specification and color.

The soot blowing method is used to dissolve silver, so it usually contains lead. Re-refining and purification will cause losses. Moreover, this batch of silver is very valuable and must be watched carefully.

Su You was very interested in this technology. This was the first time he actually observed the purification and casting of silver. It was a rare opportunity, so he and Li Shuanzhuo watched the silverworking operations while listening to Shi Tong's explanation with great interest.

Many of the workers had already started work before, and Atunmi and his party were doing something special, so they were busy.

Workers hammered the silver into pieces, crushed it, put it back into the crucible, and then added lead to speed up the melting of the silver.

Soon the silver dissolved and white smoke began to emit from the furnace, indicating that the lead began to oxidize.

Silver is heavier and lead is lighter. After a while, lead oxide dust piled up on the crucible. After stirring with an iron rod for a while, snowflakes began to float on the stove. This was lead oxide flake powder.

At this time, iron rods must be used to continuously stick out impurities, and at the same time, part of the snowflakes must be taken away by the hot air, so that the solution in the furnace becomes clean again.

Snowflake silver Snowflake silver, countless people know this saying, but they don't know that this term actually comes from the art of blowing ashes to refine silver.

Then turbidity began to appear in the solution again, and Shi Tong said: "The lead gas has been purified and it has begun to turn over."

The nest is the crucible, and turning it over is when the residual lead in the silver begins to oxidize.

Silversmiths began to spread ashes. Because lead is afraid of ashes, they used ashes to capture the remaining lead in the silver.

Then fish out the lead ash, which is a traditional Chinese medicinal material.

What is left is clean silver that can be cast into silver cakes and ingots.

Shi Tong himself was an expert at this game. After explaining the process to Su You and Li Shuanshuo, he went to appreciate the swords with the shopkeeper.

Dali swords are mainly made of mineral materials, which contain not only sulfur but also rare earth elements and other metal elements, so their performance is quite good.

Meishan's technology a year ago was not as good as others until the furnace temperature and desulfurization process were improved.

Shi Tong only used an air preheating pipe to discover the technology of using pine charcoal to smelt iron ore.

Several silversmiths had some silver materials lying around, which seemed to have been sent by previous merchants to be melted. Among them were several large silver plates, shaped like a large winding plate, and there seemed to be writing on them.

Su You was overjoyed. If this was some kind of antique cultural relic, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to pick it up?

When I walked to the silver plate, I found that the writing was very rough and had been struck with an iron blade.

Chinese characters. When Su You carefully recognized the content, his heart skipped a beat.

"Ma Bengang silver on Guangnan West Road, Emperor You Ji Chou Sui. Song Qi, a military official. Forty-nine taels of money picked up the cong. Du Jianfu, a pedestrian, and Liu Zhongxing weighed it."

Just by looking at the text, you can tell that this is not something that can be seen in the ordinary market.

Gang is similar to special financial subjects, such as the birthday gang in Water Margin, which is the property designated for Cai Taishi's birthday. The flower and stone gang is specially used for gardens built by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

Ma Bengang is a special money used to buy horses. The time was four years ago. The person who put it into the warehouse was the military promotion officer of Guangnan West Road at that time. The inspector should be a professional in the local banking guild.

There was a serious money shortage in the Song Dynasty. Silver was mainly used for intergovernmental fiscal allocation and reserves, and a small amount was used for circulation.

In fact, local governments purchase foreign military horses mainly through barter exchange, such as silk and porcelain.

The main function of Gangyin is to use it as a deposit to keep the treasury. Its existence is to allow the local government to use it as a principal to induce merchants from all walks of life in the Song Dynasty to collect silk porcelain and go to Guangnan West Road to exchange troops and horses with the barbarians.

Throughout the entire process, most of the silver has actually been stored in warehouses. It determines the scale of trade and the size of the economy, but does not participate in the actual exchange behavior.

This was also the concept of commodity economy that was in its infancy in the Song Dynasty. Meishan Sitong Banknote Bank recruited many talents, and Su You now knows these skills very well.

Even if it is used for emergency purposes, when the silver comes out of the warehouse, it must go through a complicated and rigorous procedure and be re-melted and turned into small ingots.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, there should never be an original version of Da Song Dynasty Ku Yin appearing on the Dali market!

With a thunderous chest and a calm face, Su You asked the silver shop owner who was having a heated discussion with Shi Tong: "This board is so special. Is this your own inventory?"

The boss smiled and said: "No, this was sent for smelting by a wealthy businessman from Luo Xiong's tribe."
Chapter completed!