Peter looked at the milky white ball, and he could be sure that it was definitely not brass.

"What material is this?" Peter couldn't help but ask.

Phil directly handed the ball to Peter, and the moment Peter got the ball, he immediately understood.

"This is a ball made of ivory!" Peter exclaimed softly.

"It's ivory, why? Are you surprised?" Phil asked back.

"It was a bit unexpected." Peter was a little confused. He suppressed the anxiety in his heart and said calmly: "What you showed me before was not ivory, but balls made of brass. And you even built a smelting workshop. I thought you could make balls with brass."

Phil took the ivory ball and explained: "At the beginning, I did plan to use brass to make billiards, but after a series of tests, I found that although brass is wear-resistant than wood, it cannot withstand strong impacts. If the force is greater when playing, two brass balls will also have slight dents, so I went to look for other materials. I originally planned to use brass to make billiards if I couldn't find other materials, so the smelting workshop did not stop working, so I bought an insurance. Unexpectedly, I was lucky enough to find ivory materials."

"Is ivory more suitable for billiards than brass?" Peter asked.

"That's of course, do you know, where is the strongest bone in the human body? It's teeth, so the hardness of ivory is absolutely fine. You can imagine that you will never polish your teeth for a lifetime, so the wear resistance of ivory is also fine. We eat, talk, open our mouths and breathe every day, and we don't know how many times we will collide, but our teeth will never deform, which means that ivory will not be afraid of collision and cause depression."

Phil listed the advantages of ivory, which sounds very reasonable, but the more reasonable what Phil said, the colder Peter's heart will be.

"I told President Horton before that Phil planned to use brass as a ball, but this guy Phil didn't play according to common sense and made this ivory ball. And the ivory ball has so many advantages, which is obviously much better than brass. What should I do? The Holden Chamber of Commerce is already selling brass balls on a large scale. How should I explain to President Horton!" At this time, Peter was panicking like a dog. He just gritted his teeth and forced himself to pretend to be calm.

Phil opposite continued, "I have already planned to make billiards with ivory, so of course I have to buy a large number of ivory. Peter, you have worked in the capital royal city and have a wide connection. You must know the Hunter Chamber of Commerce who sells ivory, so I want to invite you to the royal city and buy a batch of ivory."

"No problem, I do know a few people from the Hunter Chamber of Commerce. I immediately rushed to the royal city to help you contact the hunter who sells ivory!" Peter agreed without hesitation.

Peter walked out of the gate of the Hero Return Bar and found that he was sweating profusely. At this moment, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had survived the disaster.

"I'm really going to die. I thought President Horton would definitely not be able to spare me, but I didn't expect that the idiot Phil would hand over the purchase of ivory to me. Phil, don't worry, I won't buy a single ivory for you! By the way, now I have to go to the royal city and tell President Horton about ivory billiards."

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In the room, Old Harry was playing with ivory billiards and asked, "Master, is this ivory billiard really as good as you said? Why do I feel like you are fooling Peter?"

"The advantages I mentioned are true. This time I did not deceive Peter. Among all the known natural materials, ivory should be the most suitable material for making billiards." Phil said.

"Young Master, although ivory is really suitable for making billiards, I still feel that the purchase of ivory should not be given to Peter. This guy is unreliable. The Hunter Chamber of Commerce is not difficult to find. There are some connections in the city. And this time we are going to buy things, not selling things. We go shopping with real money and silver. Any hunter Chamber of Commerce treats us as guests of honor. Why do you need Peter to mix it in? This guy didn't get enough pockets to get a kickback from it, thank God." Old Harry said.

Phil smiled and shook his finger: "Harry, don't worry, I guess Peter can't even buy an ivory. Even if he really bought it, it's still some defective products."

"Master, I don't understand what you mean." Harry said.

"Don't worry, you will understand then. I have my own plans." Phil said mysteriously.

Seeing that Phil refused to say anything, Old Harry didn't ask any more questions, and continued, "Master, since we don't plan to make billiards with brass, can we stop the construction of the smelting workshop?"

"No, you must not stop." Phil immediately rejected.

"But we no longer have to smel the copper, so we..." Old Harry retorted.

Phil directly interrupted Old Harry: "That's right, just transform it into an alchemy workshop!"

When Old Harry heard the words "alchemy", he almost cried.

"I knew that Master Phil was drunk and didn't want to drink. He was originally planning to meet an alchemy workshop! What should I do? The alchemy workshop is a bottomless pit. The Knight family is really going to be defeated. Will he beg for food from the young master in the future?"

Phil noticed the strangeness of Old Harry. He knew that Old Harry was full of disgust with alchemy, so he quickly patted Old Harry on the shoulder and said, "Harry, do you know, it is not that easy to make billiards with ivory. Under normal circumstances, an ordinary ivory can only make five billiards, but because the mass and density of each ivory are different, even for billiards of the same size, the weight and size of different ivory are different. Do you know what this means?"

"What does it mean?" Old Harry asked cooperatively.

"It means that only by purchasing ivory on a large scale can we make billiards in batches. I estimate that if all bars use ivory billiards, hundreds of thousands of ivory can be needed to make enough billiards. After that, tens of thousands of ivory can be needed to make new balls every year." Phil answered.

"Young master, we can't afford hundreds of thousands of ivory at all. Why don't we stop the alchemy workshop and save money to buy ivory!" Old Harry immediately advised.

Phil sighed: "It is precisely because we can't afford so many ivory that we need an alchemy workshop!"

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Chapter completed!