Time flashed to noon the next day.

The sky was overcast and it seemed like it was going to rain.

Chen Xu, Niu Dashi and two young people followed Uncle Ma to send the four villagers who were going to participate in the road construction to Qinghe Town.

"The four of you must be together and don't be separated, take care of each other, collect the money closely, and take care of the food, remember not to argue and hate with others, don't worry about the crops at home, I will arrange someone to help you harvest, and the service will also reduce taxes, and your family will pay a lot less food this year......"

Uncle Ma, as the village leader of the village, sent the four of them to the meeting place in the town and reported to the pavilion chief, and then told them repeatedly.

Chen Xu took out a few bamboo tubes that Niu Dashi carried in the back basket and distributed them to the four of them.

"Brother Da Zhuang, inside this bamboo tube is Rendan, remember, if the weather is too hot and you feel chest tightness and breathlessness, you can take one or two grains in your mouth, if it is severe enough to have a headache and dizziness, you can eat three to five grains at a time...... This bamboo tube is licorice tablets, if you eat bad stomach can soak in water to drink, dry chewing can also be, but not too much, if you are injured and bleeding, use the medicine powder in this bamboo tube to stop bleeding and bandage, this is taken internally, eat some of this ...... if you have a cold"

Chen Xu opened each bamboo tube next to each other and explained it carefully to the four people.

"Xiao Xu, I really worried you, we will definitely return the money to you when we come back!" Tian Dazhuang and Ma Erdan were all grateful to Chen Xu.

"Thank you, it's all from the same village, take care of your body, by the way, don't spread these medicines, it's best not to let others find out!" Chen Xu finally gave a special advice.

"Xiao Xu, don't worry, we won't spread it!" All four of them nodded solemnly.

Chen Xu's ability to cure diseases has become the consensus of the villagers, so they respect him very much, what he said will be very important to the villagers, and they have also heard that in order to get these medicines, Chen Xu also braved the high temperature and risked the danger to go up the mountain, and he was busy for two days and two nights, and this selfless help made them very moved.

With these medicines, they are much more likely to come back alive.

The eyes of the four men who were dressed in tatters and carrying large rattan baskets on their backs were a little red, and after turning back step by step to meet the people from the nearby villages, they soon walked in the direction of the county seat under the leadership of several soldiers on horseback.

Qinghe Town is almost fifty miles from the county seat of Pheasant County, and it takes at least four hours to walk, and it is estimated that it will be almost evening when you arrive at the county seat.

"I hope God willingly doesn't rain!" Chen Xu looked at the cloudy sky and sighed, and then went to the blacksmith shop again with Niu Dashi.

But what he didn't expect was that the stocky middle-aged blacksmith was gone, and only a tall and thin apprentice about twenty years old remained.

And this apprentice's expression was very unnatural when he saw Chen Xu, and his eyes kept dodging the two of them.

"What about the master craftsman? Call him in, we've got to buy some stuff this time, and build some custom tools by the way! ”

"My master was recruited by the county order to go to the county seat to build a logging ...... Road tools are gone! I'm the only one left here, and you can tell me what you need! The apprentice stammered.

Although Chen Xu felt that the apprentice's performance was a little strange, he didn't care, now that the people are recruited to build roads, it is normal for craftsmen from various towns and towns to go to the county seat to build road repair tools.

"It doesn't matter if your master is not there, today you help me make two awls, two chisels and a set of knives, the specifications and styles should be ...... like this"

Chen Xu picked up a piece of charcoal from the ground, drew the style of an awl, chisel and knife on a bluestone slab next to him, and carefully explained the size and length.

"These are small things, I can build them by myself soon, Xiao Langjun wait a minute!" The apprentice quickly opened the stove, put several pieces of copper pi of different thicknesses and lengths into the furnace, and then blew violently with the skin of the wind, and the charcoal fire in the furnace soon burned brightly, and several pieces of copper pi began to turn red.

The so-called thief has a weak heart, this apprentice has never dared to look at Chen Xu, and after burying his head in the wind and waiting for a few pieces of copper Pi to turn red, he took it out with pliers and began to beat it with a small hammer.

A few days ago, he already knew that the master and the two senior brothers were greatly praised by the county commander because of the copper saw, and they also went to the county seat together, and then they were praised by the county guard, and the master was promoted to a master craftsman by the county guard, and coordinated the management of more than 200 blacksmiths in the county this time, and guided them to make every effort to build an improved bronze handsaw.

But he knew that the improved copper saw was not invented by the master, but the tattered and emaciated young man in front of him.

Therefore, when Chen Xu and Niu Dashi came in, he was always uneasy, and he almost leaked his mouth.

Once the improvement of the bronze saw was not an invention of Furuyama was spread, the more praise Furuyama received, the worse the consequences would be.

And if the matter is stabbed in Xianyang and is known by the First Emperor, a crime of bullying the king is enough to crush everyone, including himself, to pieces.

It took more than an hour for the apprentice to hammer nervously, and two copper cones, two chisels, and a few tools for breaking the scorn were finally made.

These are all small things, and the copper used is very small, so seven or eight things are only seventy yuan, Chen Xu paid very happily, and when he left, he remembered that the saw at home was too heartbroken, so he asked if there was a new saw this time.

The apprentice was nervous and almost turned his back on his back, nodded hesitantly and said yes, then took out an elongated bronze handsaw from a wooden box, and said with a red face: "Xiao Langjun, this is the one I built according to your style last time, do you think it will work?" ”

Chen Xu took a look and found that not only had it grown a lot, but the density and size of the sawtooth were more appropriate, and the sawtooth had been staggered on both sides, basically meeting his requirements.

"Not bad, good, good, how much?" Chen Xu nodded happily.

"One...... One hundred bucks! The apprentice held out a finger.

"Good!" Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Xu counted another hundred coins and handed them over, then packed up his things and threw them into the back basket, and Niu Dashi and the two left the blacksmith shop.

"Whew~" The young apprentice breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped his head with a sweat and sat on the stone, and his heart couldn't stop beating at all.

Looking at Chen Xu's back, he always felt that the matter of the bronze handsaw would not be as simple as the master said.

This teenager is not simple, and the few items he has created today are not quite the same as the tools he usually uses.

One of the awls even has a small barb, as for the two chisels he has never seen at all, one of them is still semicircular, I don't know what it is used for, and the knife is even more unknown, because at this time, although people have begun to use a large number of bamboo in their lives, it is limited to building houses and making some simple utensils such as bowls, chopsticks, cups and barrels, and has not yet begun to use bamboo to make common things such as mesh screens, dustpans, mats, curtains, mosquito nets and other things.

Do you want to tell the master about these new tools?

The apprentice was very entangled, and at the same time a little scared, once he did this, he would fall deeper and deeper into this matter, but if he didn't tell it, once these tools spread and were reported to the prefectural magistrate again, this layer of window paper would be easily pierced.