Mingcheng is one of the first cities developed and established in the whole of Lingnan, and has a history of nearly 1,000 years until now.

After several expansions, Mingcheng is now a well-deserved big city among the fourteen cities in Lingnan.

The tall city gate is four or five zhang high, and after a month and a half of travel, Xing Shengbin and Chen Qingying, walking and stopping, finally arrived at the site of this township test, Mingcheng.

Looking at the long queue waiting to enter the city in front of the city gate, the little girl has completely lost her impatience, after more than a month of tempering, the little girl has grown a lot, so it is still good to go out.

Just when the two of them were waiting in line to enter the city, two horses quickly ran into the city, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, the people on the two horses, did not even look at it.

Chen Qingying, who saw this scene, pouted and said:

"Who is this person! Why don't you have to pay the city tax, and you still ride a horse, it's too ostentatious!"

At this time, it was the turn of the two of them, and listening to the words of the next girl, the officer and soldier at the table said:

"The little girl came to Mingcheng for the first time, just now it was the eldest son of our Mingcheng Qi family, and it costs money to enter the city, just kidding, he doesn't take money from us, it's our luck. ”

Listening to the soldier's words, Chen Qingying just pouted and said:

"Grand Master Qi, hum. ”

Xing Shengbin hurriedly took the student token in Chen Qingying's hand, handed it over together with his own student token, and handed over two coins at the same time and said:

"Big brother, don't pay attention to him, give, this is our proof of being a student. ”

Brother Bing, looked at Xing Shengbin and said:

"It's still a young man who is sensible, just talk about it here, don't talk about it when you enter the city, the whole Ming City is a family of people, be careful to be listened to. ”

Xing Shengbin hurriedly said yes, and the little girl could only pout and raise her head, looking like I was very arrogant.

In Fancheng, the six major families have been in the game for a long time, although they are not as good as Mingcheng in terms of area, but their reputation may not be as good as that of the Qi family. It's just that Fancheng is too small, and it is too far away from the capital of Hengguo, if you want to develop into a scale like Mingcheng, then at least the territory of Hengguo, and then push it out for hundreds of miles to do it, but how can such a thing be possible!

The two paid the entry tax, left their names, and led the horses into the first city in Lingnan.

The wide street is enough for seven or eight horses to go forward side by side, and the blue stone road has been worn away from the edges and corners, although it is not too flat, but in such an era, it is rare to have such a street.

The two walked out for nearly a mile, and on both sides of the street, shops appeared, and the first time they came to such a city, Chen Qingying couldn't help but be stunned.

Looking at all the new gadgets in the shop, I want to buy two of them.

For this reason, Xing Shengbin had to come up with a killer weapon and said:

"Qingying, let's hurry up, hurry up and find an inn to wash, we are both rancid. ”

Hearing this, Chen Qingying looked at Xing Shengbin with wide eyes and said:

"You're rancid, your whole family is rancid. ”

After speaking, Chen Qingying also raised an arm very vaguely and sniffed it.

I haven't taken a bath for a month and a half, and it's summer like this, so I definitely smell on my body.

Xing Shengbin said that when he met a small river and a stream, he could go down to wash it, and he took pity on Chen Qingying, a girl.

A month ago, because it was raining, I washed it, but it was drenched, and there was hardly a dry place on my body. If it weren't for the fact that even if they found a ruined temple, the two would have to spend the night in wet clothes that day. But because of this, the two hugged each other and slept together, and their relationship became closer.

Chen Qingying, smelling the smell of herself, frowned, and pulled the horse forward quickly. I don't care if Sheng Bin keeps up at all.

The two of them arrived relatively late, and after walking through five streets, the two found an inn with rooms left.

However, the consumption of this inn is also high enough, ten taels of silver a month, and one breakfast in the morning, nothing else. But if you need anything, you can tell Xiao Er, some services need to be added, such as taking a bath in the guest room.

Because bathing in this world is in a wooden barrel, or a public bath, bathing in a wooden barrel requires a lot of water, let alone in an inn.

For this reason, the inn charges a service fee of 100 Wen, which is relatively normal.

Xing Shengbin was not so hypocritical, and after knowing the existence of a public bath, he directly inquired about the location and went to the public bath.

Wash the five pennies casually, rub the back and massage the money. It only cost six cents, and Xing Shengbin washed himself cleanly.

When he returned to the inn, Chen Qingying was still washing. Meimei took a shower, and Xing Shengbin began to sit in the room and arrange his hair.

Long hair is especially difficult to tidy up, and there are no hair dryers in this era. Fortunately, it's a boy.,Just tie a ponytail casually.,If you come.,Crossing into a girl.,It's troublesome.。

While arranging his hair, Xing Shengbin was thinking about what to do.

There is still a month before the township test, and I can't stay in the inn every day, the horses are stored, and the daily forage costs money, and the guest house needs to cost money, but twenty taels of silver have been paid.

You also need to prepare a Yuan Soldier, but this time, you can buy a Yuan Soldier that you can take advantage of, and it is best to customize it. However, this requires the use of the gold leaf given by the uncle of the Wang family. If you can, make some iron thumb knives. I still need to buy some pills for the cultivation of soldiers, and the only bottle of pills has been left for Xiao Fang.

Thinking of these things, Xing Shengbin couldn't help but start scratching his head, these things all need money, and with the only one hundred taels of silver in his hand, and five taels of gold, it may not be enough at all.

Thinking about the remaining objects on his body, it seems that only the magic weapon dagger is the most valuable, and it is not convenient to control it by himself anyway, so he simply sells it directly.

After thinking about everything clearly, after saying hello to Chen Qingying, who was taking a bath, Xing Shengbin walked out of the inn again.

Under Xiao Er's guidance, Xing Shengbin went directly to the nearest blacksmith shop in the city.

There are many Yuan Bing shops and magic weapon shops in the city, which sell some basic standard equipment. If you want to customize the Yuan Bing, you can only go to the blacksmith shop, or go to the Yuan Bing shop to leave drawings.

Yuanbing shop is basically the business of some big families, although his drawings are not very special, but they are not something he wants to easily leak out, and he also needs to build some thumb throwing knives, so he simply goes directly to the blacksmith shop to save the back and forth.

From afar, Sheng Bin saw the big signboard of He Ji's blacksmith shop, and at this time, a young man was shirtless on the iron felt at the door, clanging and tapping.

After inquiry, it turned out that this young man was just an apprentice here, and the boss was talking to people in the shop at this time.

When he said thank you, Xing Shengbin opened the curtain and walked into the blacksmith shop, and as soon as he entered the store, Xing Shengbin saw an unexpected person.

The eldest prince of Qi who saw him at the gate of the city, how could he be here.

The blacksmith shop owner and Grand Prince Qi saw Xing Shengbin's arrival and consciously stopped the conversation, and Grand Prince Qi sat on a chair drinking tea.

The blacksmith shop owner stood up and asked:

"This guest officer, but you want to customize something. ”

Xing Shengbin said hello and said:

"Boss, I want to customize a Yuan Bing, this is a pattern, and the weight is about one pound and two taels. ”

The blacksmith shop owner looked at the pattern and said:

"No problem, this is a trivial matter, such a dagger doesn't use much material, it's almost eighty taels for you, when will you ask for it!"

Xing Shengbin calculated the time and said:

"Naturally, the sooner the better, but there is no hurry, a month is not enough. ”

Unexpectedly, the boss smiled and said:

"Hey, young man, such a little dagger won't take more than a month, I can make it for you in ten days and eight days, we can guarantee the quality, it is definitely better than the store sales." ”

Xing Shengbin nodded and said:

"Then I'll rest assured, in addition, I want to make a hidden weapon, ordinary materials are fine, I don't know if you can do it. ”

The blacksmith shop owner touched his chin, looked at Xing Shengbin and said:

"Hidden weapon ~ can be done, but it can be done, but ~"

At this time, the eldest prince of Qi, who was sitting on the side, came over and said:

"Lao He made it for him, I also want to see what kind of secret weapon this little brother wants to make. ”

Xing Shengbin looked at the two of them suspiciously:

"You guys~"

Grand Prince Qi opened his mouth and said with a smile:

"Lao He is the craftsman of our Qi family, what do you say!"

I didn't expect it to crash into the hands of the big family.,But it's nothing.,The thumb knife is just an ordinary hidden weapon.,It's because it's easy to use.,That's how to build it.,Unless you can make a high explosive charge.,Or research out the materials of tear gas and red phosphorus incendiary bombs.,Thumb darts are just ordinary hidden weapons.。

Xing Shengbin smiled embarrassedly and took out the drawings in his arms:

"This kind of hidden weapon is relatively small, only four points in weight, and the materials that may be required are more cumbersome, and I can pay more. ”

The blacksmith shop owner took the drawings and looked at them for a long time before saying:

"This thing is delicate enough, how much does it take. ”

"A hundred. ”

The blacksmith shop owner didn't say anything, just looked at Grand Prince Qi.

Grand Prince Qi took the drawings and studied them for a long time before saying:

"Four cents weighed! This has to be made of a hundred steels! A hundred, and with the size of this blacksmith's shop, your hundred darts will keep them busy for a year. If you want more, you don't fit, and if you want less, the blacksmith will have to lose money. Trust me, give me the drawings, within three months, I will give you a hundred of these darts, and I don't want your money, this drawing will be mine, how. ”

As soon as Xing Shengbin heard it, he knew that he had met an expert, but he didn't expect that a wealthy son would be interested in thumb darts. But since there is such a cheapness, the bastard will not take advantage of it!

Xing Shengbin habitually stretched out his right hand, but quickly reacted, this is not modern, there is no so-called handshake ceremony, and hurriedly said:

"Deal. ”

I didn't expect to get acquainted with the eldest prince of Qi unexpectedly, which should be a good thing!

Xing Shengbin just wanted to leave his name and the inn where he was temporarily staying, but the eldest prince of Qi said with a smile:

"In this Ming City, there is nothing I don't know, little brother, just go back, and the first batch of darts will be sent to you in a month. ”

This kind of self-confidence is the first time that Xing Shengbin has seen it in such a young person.