President Horton found a used wooden billiard ball, then took a magnifying glass and carefully observed the light.

After a long time, President Horton put down the magnifying glass in his hand and spoke, "Peter is right. The billiards made of wood have been used for a long time, and the surface will be uneven. This ball can no longer move according to its normal trajectory."

"President, it seems that Peter has not betrayed you. He has sent such important information this time, which is considered to be a meritorious work. According to the information received by Peter, the down-and-out nobleman planned to use brass instead of wood to make billiards. Do we also want to do this?" the servant asked from the side.

President Horton did not answer immediately, but lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "The metal is harder than wood, which is inevitable, but we cannot just believe Peter's words so easily. Wait for two days to see if there is any new movement on the market. I will make a decision at that time."

A few days later, President Horton received the news that an old magician appeared in various copper mines and smelting workshops, asking about the price of brass, and the old magician was from Luoye Town.

President Horton was relieved and immediately asked the Chamber of Commerce to buy brass and prepare to use brass to make billiards.

...

In Luoye Town, a new shed was set up next to the carpenter's workshop, and old Harry was supervising the work outside the shed.

"Mr. Porter, what are you building?" a passerby asked.

"Our young master plans to build a smelting workshop." Old Harry answered.

"Does Mr. Phil plan to produce iron tools?" a passerby continued.

"Absolutely, almost the same." Old Harry replied with a smile.

Looking at the back of the passerby leaving, Old Harry sighed helplessly. He took out a piece of parchment from his arms, looked carefully at the items listed on it, and his expression became depressed.

Some of the items listed in this parchment are indeed related to smelting workshops, such as stoves, water tanks, etc., but the other part is not smelting tools, but utensils required for alchemy. From another perspective, smelting tools such as stoves, water tanks, etc. can actually be used in alchemy.

Phil asked Old Harry to build a smelting workshop, but gave a purchase list of alchemy vessels. Old Harry immediately guessed that the so-called smelting workshop was just a cover, and what Phil really wanted to build an alchemy workshop.

"Young Master, why can't you quit alchemy? In the past, just studying alchemy in the laboratory, you were about to lose all your family's industries. Now, after finally making some money, you have to make more money and build an alchemy workshop directly! Alas, how can I explain to the dead master!"

Old Harry sighed again and looked at the alchemy workshop under construction in front of him. He seemed to see a gold-swalking beast devouring the last bit of the Knight family's property.

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The capital of the capital, the Holden Chamber of Commerce.

President Horton stood at the pool table with a club in his hand, having a lot of fun.

In fact, President Horton is not playing, but testing the performance of brass billiards.

Compared with wooden balls, billiards made of brass are indeed more textured. The sound of collision between metals is much crisper than the sound of wood colliding. When hitting, the impact feeling brought by brass balls is also heavier than that of wood balls.

President Horton picked up a copper ball, put it in his hand and rubbed it, with a satisfied smile on his face.

"With brass as a ball, the young master of the down-and-out noble family is really smart. The texture of this thing is much stronger than that of a wooden ball! Once the copper ball is put into the market, the wooden ball will be eliminated soon." President Horton paused and turned to ask the servant beside him: "What is that down-and-out noble family doing recently?"

"I specially sent someone to Luoye Town. The down-and-out nobleman was busy building a smelting workshop, probably to prepare for making copper balls." The servant answered.

"Now build a smelting workshop? Hahaha..." The Horton Chamber of Commerce couldn't help laughing: "He was really sharpening his guns in the face of battle. When he built the smelting workshop, our brass billiards would have been sold to all bars across the country!"

...

At Triumph Bar, Peter was in full bloom at this time.

The news of brass billiards made Peter regain President Horton's trust, and President Horton did not treat Peter badly and gave him some money.

"Phil is still building a smelting workshop. When the smelting workshop is officially started, it will probably be half a month later. By then, the Holden Chamber of Commerce has already occupied the market. It seems that the billiards business has come to an end, and it is time to say goodbye to Phil. Why not find an opportunity and showdown with Phil directly."

Peter had decided to part ways with Phil and no longer cooperate.

At this moment, the bartender ran over and said, "Boss, Master Phil, who is 'Return of the Hero', invites you to come over."

"I was thinking that I didn't have the chance to show off with Phil, but I didn't expect that he would find me first. This would be fine. I took this opportunity to make things clear, and we should cut it off in one fell swoop." Thinking of this, Peter stood up and walked towards the Hero Return Bar.

The business of "Return of the Hero" is still very good. The young people in town are far more interested in billiards than fine wine. As long as they can play a few poles, it doesn't matter if the wine tastes worse.

Peter walked over the bar hall and walked into a small private room where Phil was waiting.

"Peter, you're finally here, are you going to have a drink?" Phil picked up a glass and was about to pour wine for Peter.

"Forget it, I just drank it." Peter refused.

As a bartender, Peter is quite picky about fine wine. He has recognized that Phil's glass is just an ordinary rum. This ordinary rum is something that Peter himself has in his bar. He does not want to waste his taste on a regular rum.

"Phil, do you have something to ask me for? I also have something to talk to you about," Peter said.

"Then let me talk first." Phil said directly: "I didn't mention to you a few days ago that wooden billiards are not durable, so I plan to use other materials instead of wooden billiards. This time I came to you for this reason. You have a wide connection. I plan to ask you to help and contact the source of materials. When the source of goods is in place, we can produce them on a large scale."

"I'm still thinking about mass production now, it's too late! The brass billiards from the Holden Chamber of Commerce are about to be launched!" Peter said in his heart, but of course he couldn't say that. He deliberately looked surprised and asked, "Are you going to let me go to the mine to buy brass?"

But Phil shook his head: "No, no, you don't have to go to the mine or not, we don't buy brass."

"Don't buy brass?" Peter's eyes widened for no reason, and he continued, "Don't you want to make billiards with brass?"

"I'm going to use new materials, but not brass." Phil said, taking out a wooden box, taking out a milky white sphere from the box, and then saying, "The new material I'm talking about is this thing."

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Chapter completed!