Chapter 121: A Weapon for Self-Defense

In the following days, Zheng Liuyi was quite leisurely, practicing martial arts, drinking tea, and shopping with Wushuang every day, but he was also at ease.

Yun Xuening originally returned to the capital to promote the three-spindle spinning wheel, which had already been completed at this time, and when she saw the ginning machine in Deyun Cloth Village, she couldn't help but feel a little itchy in her heart, but waiting left and right, Zheng Liuyi had no intention of returning to Chengdu.

In desperation, she copied a copy of the drawings and sent Yuncan back to Chengdu and handed them to Yunying, who went to Kyoto Wuxiangju every once in a while to eat, and accompanied Wushuang and Zheng Liuyi to go shopping.

On this day, the three of them wandered around the West Market, passing by the iron market, Zheng Liuyi stopped and carefully observed the characteristics and smelting methods of iron in this era.

After some investigation, it is already clear in my heart that the iron law of 100 refining into steel is still believed here, and a finished iron still has to be tempered thousands of times.

Under the dominance of this process, the price of pig iron is ridiculously high, and wrought iron is too low because of its low hardness, and few people care about it.

Majoring in metallurgy, he couldn't help but sigh: The industrial foundation is too poor, and if you want to build a strong ship and a sharp cannon, it is estimated that it is more difficult than climbing to the sky, right?

Along the way, Zheng Liuyi was full of interest, but he suffered from the two women around him.

Girls go out on the street just to see rouge gouache, beautiful clothes, and what to eat and have fun. But Zheng Liuyi was good, and took them to see these cold iron bumps.

In order to cater to Zheng Liuyi, Yun Xuening showed elated appearance all the way, how could Wushuang fall behind, and also showed great interest.

Fortunately, Zheng Liuyi and Yun Xuening are no longer as close as they are in Chengdu, which makes Wushuang feel a lot more comfortable.

Although Zheng Liuyi kept saying that she only liked her, she knew that she was just a concubine, even if Zheng Liuyi was unwilling, Zheng Zongwen would marry him sooner or later. But when she saw other women approaching Zheng Liuyi, she still felt uncomfortable.

Last time Bai Moyu asked for help, she said that she wanted to marry Zheng Liuyi, and she blurted out that she didn't care in order to save people, but in fact, how could she not care? No woman wants to share her husband with others.

It's just that these women Zheng Liuyi met, one of them was more beautiful than the other, and the other was more wealthy than the other, which made Wushuang more and more worried about his future.

Will he not be able to speak without words, and really regard himself as a concubine? Will he like the new and hate the old, and marry back many women? said that I had to nod and approve of which woman I liked, and he couldn't see Yun Xuening's thoughts, why didn't he say it?

Wushuang was thinking about it all the way, but saw Zheng Liuyi stop in front of a shop.

"Shopkeeper, is there a ***?" Zheng Liuyi shouted at a big man who was striking iron.

The big man put down the hammer, rubbed his palms, and said, "This son, we only have sickles and kitchen knives here, you can't be a weapon, right?" You know, in our Daliang, it is illegal to make weapons privately. ”

Also known as the Gurkha saber, it was even called the world's strongest saber by later generations, and the recurve shape of the blade is very in line with the principles of mechanics, but it is a very sharp melee weapon.

The shopkeeper naturally doesn't know what *** is.

Zheng Liuyi smiled and said: "This *** is naturally used to eat dog meat, brother, I love this bite." Shopkeeper, I think your craftsmanship is good, can you make me a few? ”

Judging from the samples placed in front of this store, in addition to those cheap agricultural knives, there are really a lot of high-end kitchen knives, judging from the fine lines on the blade, many of them are no less than fifty refinements. In the end, it is the capital, and there are many rich people.

If you can customize a few to take on your body for self-defense, it is a good choice, usually those swords are too big after all, it is inconvenient to carry on the body, and it is too eye-catching.

As soon as Zheng Liu's words came out, he immediately attracted the suspicious eyes of the two women, this kid has always done things unexpectedly, I don't know what kind of moth is going to come out.

I just listened to the shopkeeper: "What's so difficult about this, as long as you give a pattern, you can build as much as you want." ”

Zheng Liuyi asked for a pen and paper, drew the shape and size, and informed the thickness.

The shopkeeper saw that the knife was about a foot long, and it was really not a weapon, so he didn't care. I was about to turn around and go to the blanking, but I heard Zheng Liu: "The shopkeeper wants to refine steel." ”

"Hundred refined steel is very expensive, what did you just do if you want to eat dog meat so well?" The shopkeeper was surprised.

Zheng Liuyi smiled and said: "Not bad silver, not bad silver!" Whoever doesn't have a hobby is a toy. ”

The shopkeeper said: "Although this knife is small, it costs a hundred taels of silver, you don't want to be too expensive after you build it, let's talk about the ugly words first." ”

Zheng Liuyi was too lazy to talk to the shopkeeper, took out three hundred taels of silver and handed it over, "Let's hit three first." It depends on your craftsmanship, if you don't play well, I'll regret it. ”

Although the price of 100 refined steel is not expensive, but it is not so much, each knife shopkeeper at least falsely reported at least thirty taels of silver, seeing that Zheng Liuyi did not bargain, his heart was happy, and he turned around and went to work.

The business of this shop is very good on weekdays, and all kinds of steel are stocked, so it doesn't take too long to build. The vigorous spirit of the shopkeeper, taking out the unique art of striking iron, was completed in a moment.

I have to admire the craftsmanship of this shopkeeper, only by hammer strike, the shape of this knife can be made to be the same as the drawing, and the back is thick and thin, as long as it is slightly polished, the blade can be used.

Zheng Liuyi was very satisfied, walked to the shopkeeper, pointed to the root of the knife and the back of the knife, and gestured: "Open a small hole here, open a groove here." ”

The shopkeeper usually secretly builds weapons for people, and his face immediately changed when he heard it, "This is a bloodletting tank, Childe's knife is not used to eat dog meat, right?" I'm afraid I won't be able to fight. ”

I didn't expect that this shopkeeper was still an expert, Zheng Liuyi laughed and said: "The shopkeeper knows a lot, I'm afraid that I usually help others, right?" ”

When the shopkeeper saw Zheng Liuyi's sharp eyes, he couldn't help but panic, and he didn't know what this person was about.

I saw Zheng Liuyi take out another twenty taels of silver, stuffed it into the shopkeeper's hand, and said: "It's convenient for you to be with others, and if you don't earn money, it's a bastard." I quenched the fire and put the handle on the knife, and if I did a good job, my son will be rewarded. ”

After a while, the three knives were completed, and the slightly darkened blade was covered with fine satin, and the bronze handle made the knife look more domineering.

Wushuang and Yun Xuening are both martial arts practitioners, and they can't take their eyes off when they see this knife for a long time.

The shopkeeper smiled and said to Zheng Liu: "Childe, do you want to open the blade?" ”

"There's no hurry." Zheng Liuyi took the hammer from the shopkeeper's hand, put the knife on the anvil, and picked up the hammer like a fine raindrop falling on the blade.

When the shopkeeper saw it, he couldn't help but be shocked!