Chapter 30: Using a Trick to Make Zhang Rang
In a blink of an eye, summer vacation is over.
Qin Mo has also entered the second year of high school, and his study tasks have become more arduous. Fortunately, after the last incident, his parents have become more indulgent towards him and basically don't care about him anymore.
Blackwater tribe, alchemy room.
"Can we start the furnace today?" The great wizard was more nervous than Qin Mo.
"certainly!"
Qin Mo flew up and jumped onto the alchemy furnace. He grasped the top button with one hand, easily lifted the lid of the cauldron weighing hundreds of pounds, and placed it aside.
Looking inside the alchemy furnace, there were more than a hundred red pills lying around.
Each one is only the size of a soybean.
Qin Mo put them into ten pre-prepared porcelain bottles, ten pills in each bottle, and gave the remaining eight pills to the great wizard as compensation for borrowing the alchemy furnace.
The Great Wizard took it and asked, "What is the effect of this Blood Explosion Pill?"
"The Blood-Exploding Pill, as the name suggests, can improve qi and blood and invigorate the spirit in a short period of time. If taken for a long time, it can also reverse aging to a certain extent." Qin Mo said.
"So magical?" The great wizard was surprised and puzzled.
Qin Mo smiled and said, "Although this pill is good, it is poison. The so-called increase of Qi and blood is actually consuming one's own lifespan in advance, drinking poison to quench thirst. If you don't have to, it's best not to take it."
"So that's how it is." The great wizard understood.
…
After leaving the ancestral temple, Qin Mo went to the blacksmith shop again.
The Qingfeng Sword was destroyed when killing the Black Water Mystic Snake. Qin Mo wanted to buy a sword as a backup. "Boss, as usual, bring out the best sword in your store."
"Okay!"
The blacksmith had a smile on his face and turned around to take out a sword. The scabbard was made of fish-patterned leather, which looked very delicate, and the hilt was made of high-grade mahogany.
Qin Mo frowned, feeling that the man looked familiar.
"Young man, this is the Qingfeng Sword, the treasure of our store. Thank you for 7 gold coins." The blacksmith smiled.
“…”
Qin Mo's face was dark, and he gritted his teeth: "Uncle, you said before that this is the treasure of the store, and there is only one, how come there is one more now?"
"Now that you've bought it, of course I'll forge another one." The blacksmith said calmly.
Bah, profiteer!
Qin Mo suddenly remembered something and took out the weapons of Liu, Guan and Zhang from the dimensional space, the double-edged sword, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, and the Zhangba-long spear, lined them up and placed them on the counter.
"Huh?" The blacksmith was a connoisseur of goods. "This is a rare heavy iron."
"You're such a prodigal son, what a prodigal son." The blacksmith shook his head. "You used such good materials, but the weapons you made are so crude. What a waste."
Qin Mo's heart moved. Judging from the meaning, the blacksmith was indeed an expert.
He had long realized that although the Blackwater Tribe looked like a novice village, it was actually full of hidden talents. Just the ones he had come into contact with, such as the great wizard, the tailor boss, the blacksmith uncle, the owner of the zoo, etc., were all hidden talents with extraordinary skills.
They are much better than the craftsmen from the Three Kingdoms subcontinent.
"Uncle, can you melt these three weapons and forge a sword, a spear, and a piece of armor for me?" Qin Mo estimated that the weight of the heavy iron should be enough.
"That's a bit too much." The blacksmith was a little embarrassed.
Qin Mo took out more than twenty palm-sized snake scales from the dimensional space. They were hard in texture and were the reverse scales he peeled off from the seven-inch part of the Black Water Snake.
"Good stuff!" The blacksmith also knew what was good, and said with a smile, "That's enough for now."
Qin Mo breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, by the way, please pay the labor cost. Seven gold coins." said the blacksmith.
“…”
Qin Mo was very upset.
After paying the money, Qin Mo left the Black Water Tribe and appeared on the outskirts of Luoyang.
Then he went straight into the city.
After finding an inn to stay in, Qin Mo followed the contact information given by Li Bingyun and handed a visiting card to the residence of Zhang Rang, one of the Ten Attendants, saying that he had a treasure to present.
After waiting for five days, he was finally received by Zhang Rang.
What a grand style.
The meeting place was chosen to be a teahouse, in a private room on the second floor.
The teahouse owner seemed to be an acquaintance of Zhang Rang. Before Zhang Rang arrived, the entire second floor had been cleared out, and the owner himself was waiting at the stairs to serve him.
Qin Mo waited for a full hour before Zhang Rang came leisurely.
After leaving the palace, Zhang Rang took off his eunuch uniform and wore a brocade robe. He looked very noble and arrogant. There was no trace of the servile behavior of a court eunuch.
"My Lord!" Qin Mo stood up and bowed.
This was what Li Bingyun instructed before he left, saying that Zhang Rang liked others to call him that.
"Um."
Zhang Rang nodded arrogantly, sat down leisurely, and said in a hoarse voice: "Sit down!"
"My Lord, please take a look at this." Qin Mo didn't beat around the bush. He took out a porcelain bottle containing Blood Explosion Pills and placed it on the table in front of the two of them.
"Is this the treasure you were talking about?" Zhang Rang raised his eyes slightly.
"My Lord, this is an elixir made by the immortal Nanhua. After taking it, it can promote blood circulation and double your energy. If taken for a long time, it can also reverse aging and regenerate the body." Qin Mo boasted a little.
Rejuvenation is somewhat possible, but muscle regeneration is absolutely impossible, and it is not a panacea.
Anyway, Zhang Rang didn’t understand.
"An elixir that can restore youth?" Zhang Rang was not an inexperienced person, so he obviously didn't believe it.
"You will know once you try it, Lord Marquis." Qin Mo said.
Seeing Qin Mo so confident, Zhang Rang finally became interested and poured out a blood-bursting pill. The pill was red and shiny and looked really good.
It also exudes a strange fragrance.
He was not afraid of Qin Mo's poisoning. He put the Blood-Exploding Pill into his mouth and immediately smelled a strange fragrance. A warm current slowly rose from his lower abdomen and spread to his limbs, making his whole body warm.
A feeling of heat unexpectedly came from the damaged parts of my body.
"Is this... is this really the elixir made by the immortal Nanhua?" Zhang Rang was both unbelieving and believing.
For a eunuch like him, if he could become a perfect person again, he would have no regrets and would be willing to pay a huge price.
What's more, Qin Mo needed his help.
"This elixir was bestowed by the immortal Nanhua to Zhang Jue, who then gave it to me." Qin Mo used the name of the immortal Nanhua to increase his credibility.
"Then, how long does it take to take this elixir to regenerate limbs?" Zhang Rang asked nervously.
"One hundred or eighty pills will be enough." Qin Mo also invested a lot of money.
"But there are only ten pills in this bottle." Zhang Rang stared at Qin Mo.
"As long as the Marquis does what I wish, I can naturally make his wish come true." Qin Mo said lightly.
"What do you want, Governor?"
Zhang Rang thought that Qin Mo was probably not satisfied with the county magistrate position he had promised him last time.
"Not enough." Qin Mo shook his head, "I want the court to appoint me as the governor of Youzhou."
"You're crazy!"
Zhang Rang stood up quickly and looked at Qin Mo as if he was a fool. The governor of a state was not something that could be easily appointed. Most of them were relatives of the Han Dynasty or old officials in the court.
Qin Mo, a traitor, actually wanted such a good thing.
If this isn’t crazy, then what is?
"As long as the Marquis wants to, he can definitely do it." Qin Mo knew too well the power of the Ten Eunuchs.
Zhang Rang shook his head decisively: "Not to mention me, even the current emperor can't do it. If I really grant you the post of governor, the ministers in the court will definitely stand up and oppose it. How can I stop them from talking?"
Although Emperor Ling of Han was absurd, he was not so absurd as this.
Seeing that the situation was not going to work, Qin Mo took a step back and said, "Then let's give him a Jiedushi, the Jiedushi of Liaodong, to govern the six counties of Liaoxi, Changli, Xuantu, Liaodong, Lelang and Daifang. How about that?"
The area he demarcated was historically the territory of Gongsun Zan .
Although there were six counties, in reality only Liaoxi, Changli and Xuantu counties were still under the jurisdiction of the imperial court. Liaodong County was controlled by the Wuhuan, while Lelang and Daifang counties were occupied by the Koreans.
"Just think of it as guarding the north for the court." Qin Mo added.
"That won't work either. The imperial court has no precedent for establishing military governors." Zhang Rang still shook his head.
Qin Mo did not back down. "My Lord, why don't you take this bottle of pills back and try it out? Take one pill a day. I'll come to see you again in ten days. How about that?"
"Okay." Zhang Rang put away the porcelain bottle.
…
While Qin Mo was stranded in Luoyang, Huangfu Song had already led a large army to Quyang and officially launched a decisive battle with Zhang Bao's troops, becoming the focus of attention from all parties.
The situation in Youzhou became increasingly unstable.
