Chapter 168: Sudden Change
Anna couldn't help but sigh and muttered, "But that's what is written in novels, and aren't we the protagonists?" How did you die so easily! ”
Bruce patted her on the shoulder: "Read less online novels in the future, you are too deeply poisoned." Oh, and you won't be able to see the novel anymore. ”
Ned said seriously: "Anna's direction is right, no matter what you do, you must first have money." Let's think about how to get the first pot of gold. ”
Bruce's eyes lit up: "Why don't we tie up that little girl today, and ask her father for ransom!" ”
Jones said disdainfully, "You don't see how many guards there are in her house, do you think we can escape alive after we get the ransom?" However, I think that girl seems to be interesting to you, so why don't you marry her, so that you have money and people! ”
Ned agreed: "That's a good idea, we have the territory, and you live a noble life directly." And Juliet's little girl is still so beautiful. ”
Bruce's face instantly darkened: "Hehe, if I go to propose marriage now, I will be hung on the city wall by her father to dry!" ”
Ned smiled: "It seems that you have an idea about that little Lori, it's definitely not okay to go now, let's prepare a meeting gift with enough weight." ”
Chrissy excitedly said, "Artillery! I know the recipe of black **! And the flintlock pistol, I know this too! ”
Jones objected: "No, no, this thing is too invincible in this era, it should be our hole card, not for others." ”
Chrissy was disappointed, "Then what other good things can be used?" ”
Ned spoke up: "Her father is a vassal of Count Germain, a general under King Edwin, and a sophisticated weapon must be something they urgently need, so we can disguise ourselves as a weapon master and help them forge a better sword!" ”
Anna interjected: "Iron weapons were often used in the Middle Ages, but due to insufficient craftsmanship, they were easily worn and broken, so we can use new smelting methods to help them make better weapons. The best weapon at this stage should be the Mo knife of the Tang Dynasty of China! We can give Bruce a dowry with a Mo knife! ”
Chrissy rejoiced, "Great! Dear Anna, you must know how to make Mo Knife! ”
Anna spread her hands: "I'm sorry dear Your Majesty, the method of making the Mo knife has long been lost, and I have only read some general introductions in the novel." ”
Chrissy couldn't help glaring at her angrily, Anna ignored her and continued: "But I know the Hundred Forging Steel Smelting Method, and the knife made by this method should not be much worse than the Mo Knife, anyway, they don't know what the Mo Knife is." ”
Everyone gave a thumbs up and a thumbs up, "Great!" ”
After setting the first small goal, everyone started a discussion around how to build the first Mo knife... It wasn't until the bright moon hung high that they each returned to the nest to recuperate.
The rooster crowed three times, and while the sun was still on its way to work, two tattered, sloppy, dirty little beggars secretly left out of the woods. On closer inspection, one is tall and strong, and the other is thin and tender, it is Jones and Anna.
The two disguised as displaced beggars groped their way to the city of Edinburgh to find out the news. It was from sunrise until noon that you could see the dilapidated walls of Edinburgh. Anna was surprised and said, "Oh my God! How could this be Edinburgh! It should have tall and sturdy walls and neat and clean roads! What the hell is this little earthen wall less than three meters long! And this stinking smell! I don't want to live here! ”
Jones put his arm around her shoulders and said comfortingly, "Honey, this is just the outer wall of Edinburgh, it doesn't need to be built very strongly. The inner city is built on an extinct volcano, and that's where the real Edinburgh is, and believe me, it's absolutely solid, beautiful and clean! We still have a task to complete, so let's do it first, okay? ”
Jones snorted heavily and walked into the dirty city first. The guards at the city gate were sparsely guarded, and the two of them entered the city easily. There was a lot of shouting along the streets, and there were noticeably more people in the city than outside the city, and vendors with carts along the streets were shouting loudly to sell their goods. There is very little business in the houses on both sides, and most of them are residential buildings.
The road was a hastily paved road with stones, and a lump of yellow mud was mixed with some brown and black unknown substances, and the people in the city walked without looking at the ground at all, regardless of whether there were stones, mud, or unknown substances under their feet, and their big feet stepped on it. The stench of the street intensified a little more.
Anna was about to collapse, and she struggled to distinguish between the stone and the unidentified substance, jumping forward on one foot after another, but after taking a few steps, she realized that her feet were already covered with the unknown substance. I haven't eaten since the morning, otherwise I might have to add a unique taste to this street. Anna simply closed her eyes and pulled Jones forward, typical "out of sight and out of mind".
Although Jones is also disgusting, he is a stinky man after all, and he quickly adapts to the environment here. At the end of the road, I found a mission target - the blacksmith shop. Their first task was to see where the current manufacturing process was so that they could come up with a concrete plan of action.
In the blacksmith shop, five or six shirtless men wielded hammers, two apprentice-like boys sat on the ground and pulled bellows playfully, and a few farm tools were placed at the door. A fat woman sits on the steps and dozes off.
Jones and Anna looked into the room and saw not a single weapon, and they couldn't ask more questions now lest they be suspected. I had to go to a corner to discuss, Jones: "Honey, do you see the weapon?" Anna shook her head: "No, except for farm tools, farm tools, not even a kitchen knife." ”
Jones: "I don't see it either, let's go further, this should be a shop specializing in making farm tools." ”
Anna seemed to think of something, grabbed Jones and said: "Since ancient times, weapons have been ** controlled items, I think there should be no shops to build weapons in places like the outer city, where the guards are loose, we should find a way to find it in the inner city." ”
Jones nodded: "Okay, there's the inner city ahead, let's go in and have a look." ”
The two of them went around to the front of the inner city, and sure enough, the walls of the inner city were made of solid boulders, and the guards were also powerful and full of spirit. The two were about to enter the city when they were stopped by two guards. One of them scolded: "Where did the beggar come from so ignorant of the rules!" Is the inner city where you enter? Don't get out of here! ”
Anna trembled with fright, pulled Jones and hurried away, and returned to the corner where she had just discussed before she breathed a sigh of relief and said: "I'm scared to death, the inner city is very well defended, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter at will, what should I do?" ”
Jones smiled: "It's okay, I just secretly photographed their weapons and equipment, and I have also looked at their spears carefully, they are badly worn and cracked, and they should be cast in pig iron." The armor on the body is of better quality, it is made of wrought iron, and the sword can only see the hilt, which is probably also an iron product with a very high carbon content, and none of it meets the standard of steel. ”
Anna gave a thumbs up and praised: "It's really you, I was scared to death just now, I didn't expect this at all!" ”
Jones proudly raised the phone in his hand and said, "The first task has been completed, the next step is to find a way to get some tools to go back." Anna confidently said, "Hmm! With a bang, he dragged Jones around the city and continued to wander around.
It's a pity that they didn't get the tools they wanted near sunset, and the main problem was "no money!" "A penny is hard to beat a hero" is actually just talking? Even if they have more than a thousand years of knowledge beyond the world, they can't get what they want without money!
The two of them returned to the camp in a gloomy way, and walked quickly after knowing the way, and returned to the camp in more than an hour. But there was no sign of Ned in the camp. Jones looked at his watch, it was seven o'clock in the evening, and it was supposed that the three of them should have prepared dinner by now, but the fire had not risen and the fish had not been caught, but the three of them had disappeared without a trace!
The two immediately raised their vigilance, and Jones drew the dagger from his belt and handed Anna an improvised wooden gun. Quickly withdraw from the camp and slowly search the vicinity. After confirming that the camp had not been attacked, the two men lit a fire to analyze the current situation.
Jones: "Their mission today is to find useful substances in the forest, we have also explored this forest, there are no large beasts, and there are no traces of attack in the camp, indicating that the three of them should be safe now, it is possible that they have gone too far to find something so they have not come back yet." ”