I was switched at birth after transmigrating into a book, but I used my superpowers to wreak havoc!

Chapter 319 The True Turning Stone into Gold

On the other side, in Xie Xiu’s study, two people, one big and one small, looked at each other, with a sense of tit-for-tat.

Xie Xiu didn't say anything, and Situ Yuan didn't ask either. The two of them just looked at each other and started to compete with each other without any prior agreement.

After looking at him like this for a while, Situ Yuan finally spoke first: "Uncle Xie, if you have anything to say, just say it."

It’s not that he can’t hold on, he just doesn’t want to waste any more time.

Xie Xiu's eyes were deep, but he didn't speak. Instead, he wrote directly on the paper and handed it to Situ Yuan.

Situ Yuan took it and looked at it, then his expression changed.

He became visibly nervous: Xie Ying actually knew about mind reading. With that girl's temper, she would definitely not let him go!

Xie Xiu had been observing his reaction the entire time. Seeing him suddenly tense, he couldn't help but feel a pang of alarm: This kid, with his extraordinary background, was so nervous about something like this? What was he so nervous about? Was he worried his identity would be exposed?

Thinking of this, Xie Xiu found it amusing again: He was still a child, otherwise why would he need to worry about him exposing him? Exposing Situ Yuan's identity would not benefit him in any way, so why would he do such a stupid thing?

But he didn't know that this was not what Situ Yuan was worried about at all!

Situ Yuan knew that Xie Xiu was a smart man and would never reveal his identity.

So he was only worried about Xie Ying's revenge after she became angry and humiliated.

As for the other things Xie Xiu wrote on the paper...

Situ Yuan took out a small notebook and charcoal pencil from his bag and started writing.

After writing it, he handed it to Xie Xiu.

Xie Xiu's attention was attracted by the charcoal pencil in his hand as soon as he took it out to write.

When he saw the handwriting on the paper, he was secretly shocked, and then he read it carefully.

Xie Xiu had previously written three sentences on paper:

I know you can hear Yingying's thoughts. Can you tell others about this?

I will keep your extraordinary origins a secret.

Can you make coke, glass, cement and telescopes?

Situ Yuan responded one by one:

Never, not even my parents know.

I believe you.

Can do it.

His reply was very concise and to the point, but it shocked Xie Xiu.

Xie Xiu carefully observed the beautiful child in front of him, somewhat curious about how much he knew. In the end, he sighed, "Having you is a blessing for Daxia."

Situ Yuan smiled slightly and accepted the compliment without any modesty: "Indeed."

Xie Xiu: “…”

This guy is really hard to like!

He pointed at the coke, glass, cement, and telescope on the paper and whispered, "Can you explain it to me in detail?"

Situ Yuan said calmly, "Coking coal is just a type of coal that can be refined into coke, which is used to make iron and steel. However, the production of coking coal is not large. It is difficult to say how much coking coal this coal mine can produce."

Xie Xiu couldn't help but feel disappointed when he heard this. He was a little puzzled: "But I heard Yingying say that coal can be turned into coke..."

Situ Yuan couldn't help but laugh. "She was mistaken. Although she is quite capable, she is not good at this. Ordinary coal can indeed be used to refine things, but it cannot be turned into coking coal."

I've seen some recently unearthed coal, and it's mostly lignite, which can be distilled at low temperatures to produce coal tar, coal gas, and wax."

"Wax?" Xie Xiu suspected that he had heard it wrong, or he had misunderstood it. It shouldn't be the wax he was thinking of.

He had never heard that wax could be extracted from coal.

Situ Yuan said, "It's the kind you're thinking of. It can be made into candles. I've asked around, and I've learned that candles are difficult to make and are produced in small quantities. A candle costs two or three hundred coins. A good quality candle can fetch four or five hundred coins. If it's a dragon and phoenix candle, the price is even higher."

The price of coal was controlled by the imperial court. In order to make coal affordable for the people, the imperial court restricted the price of coal, making it cheap and collecting low taxes.

But if coal is sorted and refined into coke, candles, and coal tar, the value of the raw coal can be greatly increased. The asphalt extracted from coal tar can also be used for paving roads.

Xie Xiu was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly understood why Xie Ying said Situ Yuan was professional.

Seeing how calmly and eloquently this kid was talking, he didn't seem like a fake!

If this person can really turn cheap raw coal into coke and candles, then the value will be enormous!

The imperial court controlled the price of coal but not the price of candles.

Candles are expensive, not to mention that ordinary people cannot afford them. Even many scholars are reluctant to light candles and use lamp oil instead.

I just don’t know how much coal is needed to make candles, and how much it costs to make them.

Xie Xiu had too many questions in his mind, so he quickly asked Situ Yuan for advice humbly.

Situ Yuan didn't like being chased and questioned, but for Xie Ying's sake, he still solved his doubts and taught him a lot of knowledge about coal chemical industry.

Xie Xiu was like listening to a foreign language!

He had never known before that those black coal blocks could be refined into so many useful things!

Unfortunately, according to Situ Yuan, due to the current insufficient conditions, it is impossible to achieve fine refining, and we can only roughly extract some usable things.

Xie Xiu was extremely disappointed when he heard this, but after he carefully asked Situ Yuan what he could extract now, he was completely speechless.

What is this kid trying to do?

How can the world compare to heaven?

Being able to extract these is like turning stone into gold!

Turning cheap coal into coke and candles, and using it as fuel to burn glass and porcelain, isn't that turning stone into gold?

According to Situ Yuan, he can also produce colorful glass, which is more expensive.

After Xie Xiu heard him say this, he suddenly understood why Xie Ying was able to hang out with him.

It turns out this guy is also a money-grubber!

Little did he know that Situ Yuan was not actually money-obsessed at all. He said that to him simply because Xie Ying was too money-obsessed and Situ Yuan wanted to use these to please Xie Ying.

Xie Ying's wood-related abilities were extremely useful to him. Even though he was a brain-based ability user, he could find a way to make some medicine.

But how could those medicines be as effective as Xie Ying's wood-based abilities?

So you must not offend this girl!

Seeing that the light in the room was getting dimmer and dimmer, Situ Yuan decisively ended the conversation and said, "It's getting late. I'll go see Yingying first, and then I'll go back."

Although Xie Xiu was a little reluctant to let Situ Yuan and Xie Ying come into contact, but when he thought of what Situ Yuan had said before, he couldn't say no, so he could only take Situ Yuan to see Xie Ying in person.

He had already decided that he would personally watch from the side later. He didn't believe that this guy could still abduct his daughter in front of him!

Situ Yuan guessed what he was thinking and pressed the corners of his lips speechlessly: "..."

Since Xie Xiu insisted on seeing it, he could only give him a little Sakura shock.