After listening to Richard's words, the old man in the wheelchair flashed his eyes, as if he was trying to distinguish the truth from the false. After a while, he slowly put down the gun in his hand and said slowly: "That guy Sherlock... Humph, okay, What help do you want from me?"
Richard did not hesitate and said straight to the point: "Sherlock has a clock you made in his hands. The outer shell is a special silver-white metal. I wonder if you have any impression. I need some of this metal now to conduct some research. .”
"The silver-white metal of the clock case?" Lawrence asked, "Are you talking about Toso silver?"
"Toso silver?" Richard blinked, "I put it in Balas silver, or metal palladium. But it doesn't matter, I think we should be talking about the same thing, and I do need it, if Lawrence Master, if you have enough words here, I hope you can help give me some."
"I do have some here, and there are enough." Lawrence said, and then changed his tone, "But the question is, why should I give it to you? Is there any benefit to me from asking you for silver? Huh, boy, But don't tell me that you will give me money. Do you think I am short of money?" As he spoke, Lawrence pointed to the numerous wooden frames.
"This -" Richard raised his eyebrows, glanced at Lawrence, thought for a moment and said, "How about I exchange knowledge for, for example... help you improve your existing technology?"
"Help me improve the existing technology?" Lawrence was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world, "Hahaha, boy, are you stupid, or are you arrogant? What do you think? , you don’t understand anything? Do you think you can improve my technology? That’s ridiculous!”
"If you don't give this kind of thing a try, how can you know whether it's true or false?" Richard said calmly without getting angry. He looked around at the wooden shelves and saw a clock with a black shell nearby. He reached out to take it off and put it on the On the table in front of Lawrence.
Richard pointed at the clock with a black shell and said seriously: "Master Lawrence, this clock is one of your proudest works, but have you noticed a problem with it? That is, the movement of the hands is unstable. . Sometimes it’s faster, sometimes it’s slower
Although some of this problem can be solved through finishing, it cannot be completely improved. And I can help you basically solve the problem through technical upgrades. I don’t know if you want to know how to do it. If you're wondering, there are three things I need right now, a quill, ink, and paper. "
After hearing what Richard said, Lawrence looked at Richard, staring into Richard's eyes, as if he wanted to see through Richard.
After a while, Lawrence made a decision, turned to look at the two students next to him, and shouted: "Give him what he wants!"
"Uh, yes." After hearing this, Mutuo and Lake didn't dare to say anything, and quickly brought a brand new quill, a bottle of ink and a papyrus scroll to the table.
Without saying much, Richard unfolded the papyrus scroll, dipped his quill in ink, and started drawing quickly, drawing each part and a schematic diagram of how the parts work together.
After spending dozens of minutes, he finished an extremely complicated painting. He stretched out his hand and pushed it in front of Lawrence, making a gesture of invitation.
Lawrence lowered his head, his eyes fell on the scroll, and he observed it carefully. There was a slight repulsion at first, with an expression on his face that seemed to say: "Nonsense!"
Then the expression changed a little and turned into: "It seems a bit interesting."
Then: "How can this place be made like this?"
After that: "This place is a bit hard to understand, but it seems very powerful."
Finally: "This... this... this... is everything true?! If this can really be realized, it would be really awesome and can completely solve all problems!"
Lawrence kept looking at the picture, making no other movements for more than half an hour, as if he was petrified, because his eyes were blood red because he had not blinked for a long time.
Reike and Muto were a little worried next to them. They couldn't help but leaned over and whispered: "Teacher, you... are you okay?"
"Well-" Lawrence then moved, as if he had regained consciousness.
"call-"
Lawrence took a long breath, turned to look at Richard, with a strange expression on his face, and said, "Boy, did you come up with this way of improving clocks yourself?"
Richard was noncommittal: "In any case, I have helped you improve your technology, haven't I? As agreed, Master Lawrence, can you give me the Toso Silver?"
"Okay, here it is for you." After hearing what Richard said, Lawrence didn't waste any time. He looked at his student and quickly ordered, "Give him all the silver in the warehouse."
"All, teacher?" After hearing the voice, Muto and Reike couldn't help but confirm.
"Everything!" Lawrence was sure.
"Uh, okay." Mu Tuo and Leike ran into the next room along a small door. After a while, the two of them jointly carried out a heavy iron box and placed it in front of Richard, making a "bang" sound. There was a muffled sound.
Richard opened the iron box and saw pieces of cast metal palladium placed inside, neatly arranged like gold bars.
Nodding with satisfaction, Richard closed the iron box with a "pop" sound. He looked at Lawrence and said, "Master Lawrence, thank you very much." After saying that, he picked it up and left.
"Walk slowly, please wait!" At this time, Lawrence shouted.
"What, Master Lawrence?" Richard stopped and looked at Lawrence, "What's the matter?"
"Well... it's still the same problem as before." Lawrence spoke up, then paused and continued, "I admit that your way of improving the clock is effective—it can be said to be very effective, far beyond my expectations. Because of this, I also Very curious how you came up with the idea.
According to my opinion, this should definitely not be researched by you alone!
After all, I have spent a lifetime studying with the help of blueprints, and I have only reached this level. How can you be better than me at such a young age? Plus, you don’t have the drawings yet!
Tell me, how did you get this technology? "
Richard looked at Lawrence and smiled: "Master Lawrence, this issue seems to be beyond the scope of our transaction. It has touched my privacy."
Lawrence said: "Since you said that, it means that you can actually tell me, right? Then what do you want me to exchange for? I gave you the Toso Silver. I really don't have any more, but I still have There are many other things, such as gold, silver, and precious stones, that can be given to you if you want them.”
"I have these too." Richard said with a twinkle in his eye, "If you really want to know my secret, Master Lawrence, why not exchange it for your own secret."
"My secret?" Lawrence was stunned.
"Yes, your secret." Richard nodded and said with certainty, "Aren't you very curious about how I got the technology to improve clocks? In fact, I am also curious about how you know how to make clocks and firearms. Things. Whether it’s clocks or firearms, they don’t exist in this world. How did you make them, and why did you make them?”
"This-" Lawrence made a sound, leaning in the wheelchair, his expression became a little uncertain, and he didn't speak for a long time.
The atmosphere in the room became a little dull.