"Lord Baihu, the vest style you want, the small one can be made, but it is a little troublesome and will take some time. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn addition, it costs a lot of wrought iron, but it costs a lot of money. ”

Standing in front of Li Xiao was Zhang Tongzhu, a craftsman who opened a blacksmith shop in Jinzhou City, dressed in coarse black clothes, with half-white hair and a black and red face, and his face was full of knife-like vicissitudes of life. At this time, in his rough hand, he was holding a piece of brown paper with the style of the vest he needed for Li Xiao, and said to Li Xiao with a hesitant expression.

"How much silver does it cost to make such a vest?" Wu Liang asked on the side.

"My lord, now in the land of western Liaoning, the price is expensive, a pound of wrought iron purchased from the iron shop costs 2 dollars and 5 cents of silver, I have seen the amount of iron used in the armor of the adult, at least 65 catties, plus the production loss, but it takes nearly 80 catties of wrought iron to be made, plus the tendon of the iron armor, paint, lining and other objects, and then counting the labor and production costs, the price of a vest like this is more than 130 taels of silver." Zhang Tongzhu finished speaking in a low voice, carefully watching Li Xiao's reaction.

After listening to Zhang Tongzhu's words, in fact, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this Zhang Tongzhu seems to be a real person, and the price quoted is much less than he expected.

"You don't have to worry about the price, the official will pay it in full, you wait for it to be prepared as soon as possible, but our army is in urgent need now." Li Xiao said calmly.

"Don't worry, adults, the small ones must be made as soon as possible, and they can be completed within two weeks." Zhang Tongzhu said repeatedly.

Li Xiao frowned, this time, in his opinion, is still a bit long. However, now that it is the first sample of trial production, Li Xiao doesn't want to say anything, so let this blacksmith and his craftsmen try to do it as well as possible.

Li Xiao and the others left the pattern, paid the deposit, and left the blacksmith shop, ready to buy some goods, and then returned to the pier of no return.

The two walked through the bustling streets of Jinzhou, and suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting next to them: "Yo, isn't this Li Baihu, I didn't expect to meet here today." ”

Li Xiao turned his head and saw the shopkeeper Zhang Degui who was in the big light cloth, walking towards him with a bright smile on his face. Next to this Zhang Degui is Zhou Qi and others who robbed his horse last time.

"Oh, it turned out to be a shopkeeper, but I haven't seen him for many days."

"Ahem, Li Baihu is now promoted to the top of the ranks, and he is busy with affairs, even if Zhang has the heart to ask to see, he is not too bothered." Zhang Degui smiled unabated, and then asked in a low voice: "Li Baihu, I heard that you have been transferred to the Pier of No Return now, but I don't know if you are okay?" ”

Li Xiao's heart moved, and Zhang Degui's words seemed to have a faint irony and sarcasm in them.

He looked directly at Zhang Degui's smiling face and said calmly: "Li is doing very well in the Restless Dun, but thank you to the shopkeeper Zhang." ”

"That's good, that's good." Zhang Degui was stunned, then rubbed his hands and smiled.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, if there is nothing else, Li will leave." As soon as Li Xiao arched his hand to Zhang Gui, he wanted to leave.

"Li Baihu, if you are a busy person, it is inconvenient to disturb you more. By the way, Li Baihu, it is almost late autumn, and the population in your pier must need to buy fabrics to make winter clothes and thick quilts, you can come to our place to buy, and you will definitely give the hundred households the greatest discount. At that time, Li Baihu can come to my store and talk to me in detail. Seeing that Li Xiao was about to leave, Zhang Degui said hurriedly.

"Thank you, we'll talk about that later." Li Xiao and Wu Liang left without looking back.

Watching the two gradually walk away, the smile on Zhang Degui's face disappeared and was replaced by a solemn look.

"Shopkeeper, just now you said this about him, then Li Xiao is estimated to be embarrassed to death. Now he has been sent to the deserted mound, without food and salary, how can he have the money to make winter clothes and quilts. Zhou Qi sneered on the side.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone burst into laughter.

"Shopkeeper, I look at Li Xiao's guy, and he still looks like a tiger can't fall down on his face, but it's infuriating." Another strong man snorted coldly and said.

"Hmph, this person is just trying to save face. He hasn't tasted the real bitterness yet, and when the bitter cold winter in Liaodong comes, and his soldiers have no pay and no clothes, and they all come to make trouble, Li Xiao will know what it means to be desperate and what it is to regret not being at the beginning! At that time, this shopkeeper will see what else he can do to recharge the big-tailed wolf! Zhang Degui finished sneering, his face was full of smugness that he couldn't hide.

After Li Xiao and Wu Liang returned, they happened to see Tian Wei and the others training the cavalrymen on how to use horses.

"Attention you bunnies! Let's learn the most basic content of cavalry from Lao Tzu, how to protect horses and train horses. Tian Wei's loud voices roared like thunder, and he yelled loudly at the cavalrymen who were standing in a row with horses in front of him.

Every cavalryman immediately showed a solemn look on his face, everyone was pricking up their ears to listen to Tian Wei's teachings, and Li Xiao and the others also stopped and listened with interest.

"Listen, as cavalry, if we only know how to ride horses, we don't necessarily know how to use horses. If you want to be able to use a horse, you must first train it. Although Ma Tong is human, he is a beast after all. In order to make it better accept our intentions and make the power of the war horse better used by me, it should be people-oriented, try to communicate the relationship between people and horses, and need to carry out meticulous and patient training of the war horse, that is, to receive the horse's heart, know the horse's intentions, and finally achieve the best effect of the horse-body. ”

Seeing that the cavalry below listened attentively, Tian Wei showed a satisfied look on his face, he cleared his throat, and continued to shout: "Rabbit cubs, taming horses is not an easy task, you need to keep close and caring for the war horses at all times. Even if the war horse is fierce and has a strong temper, it should be caressed from time to time, and it is necessary to relieve itching, catch lice, provide clean drinking water, add grass and materials, and wash it from time to time, so as to relieve the horse's vigilance and increase the affection of people and horses. Now our army does not have a veterinarian, you need to take care of it even more. ”

There was a burst of laughter among the cavalrymen, and a mischievous cavalry monster laughed and said, "Damn, the squire's broken horse is more troublesome than a person." ”

When Tian Wei heard this, his face sank, and the horsewhip in his hand swung vigorously towards the cavalryman: "Enter your mother!" Do you know that including the reins of the saddle, this is a war horse worth more than sixty taels of silver, which is worth much more than you stinky boy! This precious horse will go to battle with you, with swords and spears, for you to gallop back and forth, and live and die with you, it is really like a brother, how dare you say that! ”

The cavalryman didn't dare to say anything after being whipped, Tian Wei turned his head, affectionately stroked his majestic mount, and then said slowly: "In the battle of the Daling River that day, our army was ambushed by the Tartars, and the son of the Red Banner Lord Daishan, Belle Yuetuo, personally commanded the elite cavalry, and chased and killed my Ming army along the road. ”

"Captain, we will love War Horse like brothers, you can teach us well." The beaten cavalryman shouted.

"Okay, let's do a simple human-horse communication and train the horses to lie down. You see, I take my own mount as a demonstration, pull the reins on one side, through the conduction of the stirrup and the bit, will have a strong sense of pressure on the horse's gums and mouth corners, so that the horse can be forced to lie down, after lying down, pay attention to immediately ease the reins, relieve the pressure of the hip on the mouth corners and gums, if possible, also give the horse a reward, including food and comfort, etc. That is, as the "Book of Horses" says: Kill its ears and eyes, and there is no shock. Xi is relaxed, closed to its advance, people and horses go on a blind date, and then you can make 。。。。。。 ”

Li Xiao left the cavalry training ground with a smile on his face, feeling extremely comforted. With such excellent cavalry instructors as Tian Wei and Wang Yishou, Li Xiao was sure that in the near future, these more than 30 cavalrymen would become outstanding talents in the future cavalry troops.

Li Xiao returned to his room, and before he could sit down, someone suddenly came to report, saying that a famous person had come to see him.

Li Xiao was very suspicious in his heart, he was all down, how could he still have any old people.

As soon as he went out, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the group coming.

The person who came was Zu Wan'er, whom Li Xiao missed day and night.

Looking at Zu Wan'er, who was wearing a light pink placket in front of him and a tender green silk tunic tied around her waist, describing her as a little restrained, but looking more and more graceful and moving, Li Xiao felt that her heartbeat doubled.

The sergeant was quite clever, and hurriedly left with Chen Abel and several other servants of Zu Dale's family, who accompanied Zu Wan'er, but sat in a side room and drank tea.

Zu Wan'er and Li Xiao looked at each other, and both of them saw infinite affection in each other's eyes, but they didn't know how to express it for a while.

Some family members who passed by saw them looking at each other with such affection, and they all covered their mouths and snickered.

"Wan'er, why are you here?" Li Xiao finally said this sentence to break the silence.

Zu Wan'er didn't answer him, and then walked to her own horse next to her, turned over and got on the horse.

With a long neigh, the horse turned and ran to the east to the sea.

A faint smile appeared on Li Xiao's face, and he immediately stepped on his snowhorse and chased after Zu Wan'er.

On the seashore with the sound of waves, the soft sands of the beach are lifted up by the hooves of the horses, like a harmonious song.

Eventually, the hoofs stopped, and the two horses stood side by side. The two dismounted silently.

The sea and sky are open, the blue waves are surging, and the two people gradually get closer, and finally hug each other tightly.

"I thought you had forgotten about me." Wan'er's voice was like a faint insect chirping.

Li Xiao breathed in the sweet fragrance of Wan'er's girl, and gently stroked her emaciated and trembling back, and her heart was surging and uncontrollable.

"I won't forget you until I'm dead."

Zu Wan'er sobbed softly, and she muttered to Li Xiao, "Li Xiao, I really didn't expect things to turn out like this. I thought that my father would accept you as a family member that day, but I didn't expect that because of the family's opinion, I would say goodbye so unhappily. These days, I miss you day and night, it is difficult to eat, I don't know how many times I cry, but my parents and brothers are anxious. Later, when I heard that you went to Zhongtun to join the army and rose to 100 households, I was slightly relieved. Later, I heard Uncle Chen say, you were arranged to be stationed in this pier of no return, and I begged my parents for days to let me go and see you. My mother couldn't hold me, so I asked Uncle Chen to take me over to see you once today, but fortunately, I finally met you smoothly. ”

Zu Wan'er's strange words made Li Xiao's heart feel even more sour, everything that day seemed to be reflected in his mind in an instant, making him sigh again.

Li Xiao cupped her white jade-like face, gave her a warm smile back, and then said his heart.

"Wan'er, when I make a name for myself again and become a knight, I will definitely marry you, and at that time, your parents will not be able to stop me."

Hearing Li Xiao's warm and powerful words, Zu Wan'er's face turned red, but her eyes wanted to cry, she sighed and hugged Li Xiao tighter.

Time has melted, and everything around it seems to have stood still. Only a flock of seagulls circled in the blue sky, silently watching the pair from the sky。。。。。。