Chapter 332: A trip to the black market
After entering the Black Market Boat City, the eldest grandson Wuji didn't have time to pay attention to Li Shimin, and looked around curiously, as if everything was very novel.
Li Shimin couldn't help but ask in astonishment: "Brother Wuji, won't this be the first time you have come to the black market?"
The reason why he boarded the ship with the eldest grandson Wuji this time was actually due to coincidence, and the two happened to meet at the pier.
"Of course not, but it's been a long time. β
The eldest grandson Wuji sighed: "I am shy in my pocket, so I can't help it." β
Although his uncle was very good to him, the Gao family itself was not well-off. Although their brother and sister received some money from the eldest grandson's family in their early years, they needed to consider for the future family and a clean dowry. At that time, where did he dare to climb this gold cave?
If it weren't for Li Shimin, a master of assembling ink armor, he would now have a headache for his next stage of ink armor.
And the reason why I came to this place this time is to go to the black market to see if there is a war bow that suits you.
Since the beginning of the year, he has been rewarded by the Son of Heaven and the Empress several times in a row with Li Shimin, and his waist bag has gradually swelled, and the silver money in his hand at this time is as high as 150,000 yuan, and he can already buy a good war bow.
In the mind of the eldest grandson Wuji, the power of this treasure bow must not be too far lower than the 'celestial phenomenon' in Li Shimin's hand, and it must be a high-grade king.
His father, Changsun Sheng, has unparalleled archery skills, and he is powerful in the Northern Regions, and Changsun Wuji, as his son, is naturally beyond the reach of ordinary generals in archery.
The martial arts secret books that the eldest grandson family mastered had always been open to him. The elders of the eldest grandson's family did not treat him differently because he was expelled from the house by his brother, but took good care of him, and provided medicines and the like, and from time to time they would send the masters of the clan to give him guidance*.
Therefore, Changsun Wuji's archery skills are actually by no means inferior to those of Changsun Sheng when he was young. It's just that he hasn't had a suitable war bow all along, and he can't show his abilities, which has always been his deep regret and longing.
Especially recently, his cultivation has broken through to the peak of the fourth order, and he has made great progress in both the fundamental exercises and the archery technique. If he can get his hands on a powerful power bow, he can increase his strength by at least more than fifty percent.
So after he got a big windfall this time, he came to this black market ship city as soon as he returned to Luoyang City, wanting to fulfill his long-cherished wish.
"Then don't look around, Mowgli should come with me. Since I am a novice, the first time I go to this black market, most of them will still be cheated. β
Li Shimin shook his chuckle, and then strode towards the east of the ship city.
In just a moment, he took the eldest grandson Wuji and stepped into Luo Shengxing's building boat.
In the recent period, he has established a relatively close cooperative relationship with Luo Shengxing, even during the winter hunting with him, he has taken a certain amount of time to complete the assembly of a set of handsome ink armor, ready to hand over to Luo Shengxing for sale.
The loss is that he is now able to practice makes perfect, and he has great experience in the handsome level of ink armor. Therefore, in the past ten days of winter hunting, even if most of the time is busy practicing martial arts, and part of the time is in a state of coma, but a set of ink armor with very good performance is assembled - if you want to give this armor a detailed grade, then at least it has the function and quality of the handsome upper grade.
But when Li Shimin carried this armor and came to Luoshengxing. But I found that the attention of the shopkeepers here was not at all on the ink armor he assembled, but on him himself. If a few months ago the attitude of these people towards him was flattering, now the situation is one of flattery.
Even the mysterious proprietor of Luo Shengxing, who has always seen the head and the end of the dragon, also came forward to receive him in person.
ββJust as he heard before, behind Luo Shengxing is the contemporary sword master of the Luohe Sword Sect, Sunan.
Li Shimin was surprised at first, but when he pondered for a while, he already realized it in his heart. This is mostly due to his new identity, an embroidered general who is not in the inner court system, which is enough to reveal the trust of the Son of Heaven and his authority.
For Luo Shengxing, he is not only a big financier, a business partner, but also a superior who can provide shelter for Luo Shengxing to a certain extent.
After thinking about it, Li Shimin accepted it calmly. The Luohe Sword Sect has existed in the Guanzhong area of Henan for more than 200 years, and he is quite well-behaved, and he is only a commercial cooperation with this family, and he has no intention of collecting money from the Luohe Sword Sect or anything. Even if the Luohe Sword Sect asked to come to the door in the future, the help he could help was extremely limited. This family also has its own backstage, even if there is really something, he will not be needed.
He had a very happy conversation with the guests and hosts in southern Sunan, but in fact, there was nothing to talk about between the two, nothing more than polite greetings.
But then, Luo Shengxing's eldest grandson Wuji took out a war bow 'magic machine', which made Li Shimin quite satisfied. This bow is priced at 130,000 yuan, but if it is auctioned in public on the black market, 180,000 yuan can be easily sold, which is not inferior to his 'celestial phenomena'. And weapons of this level are often hard to find.
The key is that the eldest grandson Wuji himself likes it, and after getting it in his hand, he can't put it down and refuses to put it down. So the favor sent by Luo Shengxing made him unable to refuse.
Then Li Shimin also easily gathered the ink armor parts needed for the 'Dragon Bone Dao Soldier'.
The Luohe Sword Sect has been rooted in Henan for hundreds of years, and Luo Shengxing is currently the leading business in Luoyang City, and the wide range of channels is naturally not comparable to the current Li Shimin.
If Li Shimin went to find it himself, he might not be able to get such a suitable set of components together in a month or two, but the Luohe Sword Sect was able to finalize this matter in just one hour, and the price was very affordable.
Of course, this is also related to the sufficient budget given by Zhang Yurou, and this person's financial resources are naturally needless to say. The richest person in the world, except for the royal family, no one dares to say that he is the second.
Soon after Zhang Yurou returned to Luoyang, she had been practicing in retreat under the guidance of Zhang Kongming, and it was said that she was practicing an extremely powerful Heavenly Master Dao technique, so she couldn't go with her this time. However, this woman directly took out a million yuan of money to him, and clearly said that everything in her own Dao soldiers must use the best, and it is best to assemble a king-level ink armor, if it really doesn't work, the quasi-king-level can also be accepted, but it must have a combat power similar to that of the king-level ink armor.
Li Shimin is actually very puzzled, why Zhang Yurou must ask him. If this 1.5 million guan is handed over to those master craftsmen, it will be possible to directly tailor a set of king-level ink armor for this 'dragon bone dao soldier'. If these master craftsmen are asked to buy parts and assemble them for her, they are much better than on his side. But Zhang Yurou didn't know why, she had to ask him.
Although Li Shimin didn't know the reason, he was happy. This is a rare opportunity to be generous to others, and use other people's money to study the King-level battle armor.
And this time the ink armor assembly, what he has to do is not just to assemble the purchased parts together, before that, he must have a careful body design in advance, and forge a small part of the parts.
After all, the 'Dragon Bone Dao Soldier' is still very different from humans, and the ink armor that is suitable for humans is not suitable for the 'Dragon Bone Dao Soldier'.
Therefore, some of the parts must be made by Li Shimin himself, or he can design the drawings and hand them over to those clever forgers to refine.
Contemporary Qianjizi has said that he can't become a master craftsman just by relying on assembly. And this half-assembled and semi-self-made form, especially with him as a novice.
So Li Shimin is also speculating that Zhang Yurou did not mean to fulfill it, so he deliberately gave him this good deed cheaply?
This made Li Shimin feel that the beauty was not only gracious, but also wanted to give back.
Li Shimin was extremely attentive to the purchase of parts this time. The 1.5 million yuan was carefully selected. The vast majority of the top-of-the-line parts are from the Warring States period.
Before Great Qin, it was also the source of the remnants of the vast majority of king-rank ink armor. At that time, the ink armor was at its peak, and after the Great Qin swept through the Six Kingdoms, the number of king-level ink armors forcibly collected from all over the country was as high as 15,000, and the number of those that were damaged before was privately buried and hidden by the nobles of the Six Kingdoms is not known how many.
At that time, it was not like now, and there were probably no more than 1,600 king-level ink armors in the entire world.
After these two things were done, Li Shimin left Luosheng Xing and wandered around the black market ship city, trying to find a high-level martial artist worthy of his recruitment.
He didn't dare to entrust this matter to Luo Shengxing, although the reputation of this business house was very good. The previous agreement between him and Luo Shengxing, the latter was also well completed. But after all, this is a matter related to his own net worth, and Luo Shengxing is a commercial house after all, and Li Shimin does not dare to gamble. Who knows if this firm, or the people behind it, will calculate him for some reason?
It's just that what disappointed him was that Li Shimin went around the whole circle in this black market and didn't find a suitable candidate. That night, Li Shimin returned to his other courtyard disappointed. But at this time, Shakshasa brought him good news.
"If there is a shortage of people around the Lord, I actually have a good candidate here. Not only is the person reliable, but also the strength is good, most of them are higher than the faceless arrow, but the price of this one may be a little more expensive, and there are some additional conditions. β
"Monk, you should have said it earlier, you are not unclear about my situation here, of course there is a shortage of people,"
When Li Shimin said this, his heart suddenly moved slightly, and he looked at the great monk carefully: "Monk, the character you said is also from your Songshan Shaolin Temple?"