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"No." Ou Chuyang shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The fabric used for this baby's swaddling clothes is extremely exquisite and luxurious, not affordable by ordinary people. This means that this baby was born in a wealthy family, not abandoned by a livelihood. And that person threw the baby on our carriage, and none of you could notice it, that means: this person must have a lot of skills and must be a master of swords."

"A sword master with wealth in his family, why do you have to abandon your own flesh and blood?"

"It's hard to say, either the grudges of wealthy families, or some shameful scandal." Ou Chuyang took the baby from Gongsun Cheng and took a closer look.

The baby girl's skin was pink and tender, with her eyes closed and her mouth opened, and she kept sucking in big mouths. After taking a few sips, she burst into tears without eating.

"It's okay, let's go and have a break first." Ou Chuyang walked back to the lobby with the baby in his arms and ordered: "Go and invite a nurse as soon as possible. This child is very hungry."

Gongsun Yan followed behind and asked, "Brother Ou, are you planning to adopt this child here?"

"What else?" Ou Chuyang asked back: "The children are always innocent. We can't refuse to save them when we die. We will adopt them here for the time being. It's no problem to let the nurse take care of them."

"I have no objection to this matter." Gongsun Yan smiled and said, "I just saw Brother Ou holding the child in a decent posture. Brother Ou, you must have done such a thing before."

Ou Chuyang smiled faintly and did not answer. If the senior sister was still there... I don't know how many children they already have...

Soon, Gongsun Cheng hired a bunch of people such as nurses, maids, and old women, and carried the baby girl into the back hall to clean and feed her.

Ou Chuyang went out and went to Tiangong Pavilion to look for third-level sword ore.

Zheng Zhihua heard Ou Chuyang explain his purpose and laughed, "If we don't even have a third-level sword ore, our Tiangong Pavilion can also close the door.

"It's easy to deal with if there is." Ou Chuyang asked, "I wonder if I can sell some to me."

Zheng Zhihua did not answer, but asked, "Master Ou is planning to try to melt it?"

Ou Chuyang replied: "That's right, after hearing Master Cui say that, I really want to give it a try."

"Then I wish Master Ou a success first." Zheng Zhihua said: "Master Ou needs ore, sword materials and other materials, but it doesn't actually cost money to buy them."

"Can you still get it in vain?" Ou Chuyang asked with a smile.

"Master Ou was joking," Zheng Zhihua said, "Our Tiangong Pavilion is very loose and free in the management of talents such as sword casting and smelting, and will never feel restrained or depressed."

"That's right, this is indeed done well." Ou Chuyang nodded.

"But our Tiangong Pavilion is a chamber of commerce after all." Zheng Zhihua said: "As a chamber of commerce, it naturally needs production materials to make profits, so we have adopted a contribution system."

"I hope to hear the details."

"It's very simple. Anyone who joins our Tiangong Pavilion's swordsman and smelter will get a waist card. The waist card records the owner of the waist card and the current contribution points he has." Zheng Zhihua introduced in detail, "These contribution points can be exchanged for ores, sword materials, tools, furnaces and other smelting and making swords. Even finished swords can be exchanged for often."

Ou Chuyang took out his waist sign and looked at it. On one side, the mahogany carved the two big characters "Tiangong" in starry silver, and on the other side, the four characters "Smelter Master Ou" were engraved like a square seal.

"There is no contribution point recorded here... Ou Chuyang asked in confusion.

"That's because Master Ou has not yet obtained a contribution point, so it has not been shown." Zheng Zhihua explained with a smile.

Ou Chuyang then asked: "How can we get a contribution point?"

"It is also very easy to obtain contribution points." Zheng Zhihua replied, "Sword-casting masters can obtain corresponding contribution points by handing in the sword he has cast. Then the same is true for smelters. They can submit their own smelting sword materials and obtain contribution points based on the level and quantity of the sword materials."

"I understand, it's really simple and direct, and it's easy to accept." Ou Chuyang highly appreciates this more humane management method. He feels a bit like a freelancer, relaxed and unrestrained.

Tiangong Pavilion is not like a company factory, but more like an industry association. It provides a comprehensive communication and mutual assistance platform, which is very attractive to senior smelters and sword-casters. After all, the higher the level, the more difficult it is to collect strange materials. With a contribution point system, it can save a lot of time when purchasing materials, as long as you accumulate some contribution points in your daily life.

"I have a contribution point redemption table here, and Master Ou will take it and you will see it clearly." Zheng Zhihua handed Ou Chuyang a booklet, which records in detail the acquisition and redemption price items of contribution points, which are basically evaluated according to the market price of the sword material or sword.

Ou Chuyang probably browsed it.

One pound of first-level sword material can be exchanged for 1 contribution; the contribution points of one pound of second-level sword material float around about one hundred; while the contribution points of one pound of third-level sword material are at least 10,000 points...

If you cast a sword, a good craftsman can get eight points of contribution; a rare craftsman can make for forty points; a unique craftsman can make two hundred points; the highest grade that Ou Chuyang can cast now: a rare craftsman can be exchanged for 5,000 contribution points.

"Is there any difference between super high purity special-grade second-level sword material and ordinary second-level sword material?" Ou Chuyang asked a very concerned question.

"Of course." Zheng Zhihua knew what he meant very well, "95% purity of extra-grade cloud rebar and 84% purity of extra-grade black steel can be exchanged for 300 points of contribution per kilogram."

"Very good." Ou Chuyang noticed that the third-level sword ore only requires one-fifth of the contribution point of the third-level sword material: 2,000 per catty. In other words, ten kilograms of special-grade cloud rebar can be exchanged for one and a half kilograms of third-level sword ore. This ratio is completely acceptable to Ou Chuyang.

Moreover, Tiangong Pavilion has been using the contribution point system for many years, and it is definitely fair and just. Ou Chuyang did not raise any questions. "Shopkeeper Zheng has already made it clear, so I won't delay much. After going back, I will send someone to send some sword materials here."

Zheng Zhihua called Ou Chuyang, "Master Ou came here in person, how could I let you return empty-handed? This way, Master Ou, see what ore you need? Just take it first. As for the contribution point, it will be settled together in the future."

"That's great." Ou Chuyang thought for a while, "Then give me ten kilograms of Star Meteorite ore first."

"No problem." Zheng Zhihua immediately asked someone to get the ore and hand it over to Ou Chuyang.

Ou Chuyang bowed and said goodbye, "Thank you, Shopkeeper Zheng, I've said goodbye."
Chapter completed!