Chapter 19: The Hall of Victory
That night, Li Zhi used tea instead of wine on the grounds that he was young and had to grow his body, Lao Xu didn't care, and he was happy, and when the wine was dry, when he pushed the cup and changed the lamp, he sighed that he was born at the wrong time, and he hated to behead the chicken with Comrade Xiao Li to worship heaven and earth, and become brothers of the opposite sex!
Until late at night, when the housekeeper sent Li Zhi to the guest room to sleep, Xu Jingzong, who was still drunk, was already very sober, and there was still a half-drunk statue there.
"The minister Zhengzhou assassin Xu Jingzong asked His Majesty the Emperor: The minister was born between the micro and the end, although he rarely has a thin name, so he was a small official in the former Sui, until his father died, trying to live alone, and under the notoriety, he was fortunate to be the first emperor Jianba...... However, the ministers are afraid of life and death, like fame and fortune, and dare not live on the way to learn alone, and now there are ministers who have been studying for decades, and those who have wept blood to obtain the three-character scripture do not dare to accept private interests, and dedicate them to our emperor, which is the work of our emperor to educate the people, and it is also a fortunate thing for the ministers......"
The sky was about to dawn, Xu Jingzong had already re-transcribed this piece of music sprinkled with thousands of words, and carefully checked it, and after making sure that it was correct, he stamped his seal, and did not rest, and directly ordered the housekeeper to take care of Li Zhi and others, and hurriedly went out.
For him, time is of the essence, and the decree on the relocation of the left has been issued for more than a month, and there are not a few days left before the deadline for leaving Beijing.
Li Zhi got up early and learned that Xu Jingzong went out early in the morning, so he felt really embarrassed for this old guy, obviously anxious, and he had to waste half a night with him, which made people feel the anxiety in his heart at all.
Shaking his head, Li Zhi beckoned the two brothers of the Zhuang family to leave, I have to go to the master today, but I am not in a hurry, I just happened to be in Chang'an City, and it was not bad to go shopping by the way, in other words, he had never visited the most magnificent city in the world.
Not far from Xu's house is the downtown area, here is Changle Fang, near the Chunming Gate in the East City, but usually the people can only walk a little farther Yanxing Gate, the Chunming Gate is directly on the Heavenly Street, and the non-important national ceremonies are not allowed to open. And this place is too far away from the West Market, but it is very close to the East Market.
Chang'an West City can be called the most prosperous goods distribution center in the whole Datang, with stores lined up one after another, not only Chinese people, but even foreign wealthy merchants have perennial strongholds to facilitate peddling and trading!
The East Market does not seem to be as prosperous as the West Market, but Li Zhi knows that there is meat not on the folds, the East Market is close to Taiji Palace, Daming Palace, Xingqing Palace, and there are Chongren, Anxing, Shengye, Yongxing and other dignitaries and nobles living around, so the shops here are basically luxury-based, and ordinary people have the opportunity to come here to consume!
Li Zhi and the three of them had a casual meal at a wine shop on the street, and they spent three dollars of silver, that is, three hundred copper plates, which is a big difference.
From time to time on the street, there are BMW incense cars jingling bells, each horse pulling the car is tied to the copper bell, and there will be the fragrance and laughter of the female dependents in the car from time to time, Li Zhi and the little fat man, an old driver is well-informed, and a boy who has not yet reached puberty, naturally unharmed, but Zhuang is not good at this goods with his eyes lit up, staring at the frame of others and eager to pounce.
"Brother Zhuang, do you want to give you half a day off? It's so close to Pingkangfang! ”
Zhuang Buyu was clever, and his head shook like a rattle: "If it doesn't work, the old man's eyes are too poisonous, if I lose my pure yang body before the age of eighteen, I have to be killed!" ”
Walking and stopping, the three of them stopped in front of a weapon shop called "Victory Hall", Li Zhi looked up at this maverick plaque style, pure black background, blood red "Victory Hall" three words iron painting silver hook, it looked very imposing.
When I walked in first, unlike the ordinary weapons shop, which is full of dazzling appearances, the whole lobby is just a stone countertop, surrounded by several large paintings, and a coral tree nearly three feet high is placed on the central platform of the hall.
Just for this ingenious arrangement, Li Zhi also secretly praised it in his heart.
There was an old housekeeper standing behind the reception desk with a smile, and when he saw the three of them entering the door, he walked out of the counter, and let them look at the layout of the store without disturbing him, until Li Zhi's eyes moved from him to him, he clenched his fists and asked:
"A few sons are fine, the little old man's surname is Rong, and he is the steward of this victory hall, just tell Rong what you want, and Rong will let someone take it!"
"Your business is doing so strangely, you can't see the goods when you enter the door, how to do business!" The fat man was infected by Li Zhi's wealth myth, this child was only interested in money, and now he is also interested in business.
"So that this little Langjun knows that my master once said that weapons are murder weapons, and the meaning of fighting is too heavy to be used to welcome guests, so all the weapons in our store will be kept separately, unless the guest specifies some kind of blade, it can be taken out to show people!" Rong was not in a hurry, and patiently explained the reason, the little fat man suddenly realized, and suddenly felt that other weapons stores would not be on the table.
"Take a few bows and take a look, it doesn't have to be too expensive, you can't afford it, it's just practical!" Li Zhi can barely pull a six-bucket soft bow now, and as for more than seven buckets, it is called a strong bow, but he is not buying a bow for himself today, but wants to give Master Xue a five-stone big bow.
After several months of long-distance running and physical arm training, coupled with nutrition to keep up, Li Zhi's height has been much taller than before, and his body has become much stronger.
The creation of a good bow, first of all, you need to start from the material, the most basic materials are: wood, tendons, horns, glue, silk, lacquer six, each of which is divided into multiple grades of wood, wood alone is subdivided into: Zhe, 溍, mulberry, orange, papaya, wattle, bamboo seven kinds, "Zhou Li" said that there are seven good bow materials, Zhe is the highest grade.
It is a kind of arbor that grows in the forest area at an altitude of 500 to 1,000 meters, its texture is tough, and the bow made is solid and durable.
Just talking about the time of taking materials, it is very particular: make a good bow, analyze the dry wood in winter, and boil it in the spring of the next year to treat the horns; In midsummer, when the temperature is more suitable, the dry, horn and tendon are combined with glue, lacquer and silk materials.
The one used by Li Tang's soldiers is called a horn bow, which is classified as a riding bow, with a bow power of about seven buckets (about 53 kilograms) and a range of more than seventy steps, that is, one hundred and five meters, which can already be regarded as a strong bow; A longbow made of mulberry wood or Zhe wood, also called a foot bow, has a lot to do with the archer himself and the bow power, and the bow power ranges from one stone to five stones.
The limit range of a stone bow is about 100 steps, that is, 150 meters, the bow power will be exhausted, and no matter how big the bow power is, it will need a special warrior to use, according to legend, the master Xue Li used a three-stone big bow under the city of Goguryeo to shoot the enemy generals on the city wall from 200 steps away with an arrow, plus the battlefield environment and climatic conditions at that time, this can no longer be described by the simple word tiger man.
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