Chapter Eighty-Six: Yaoyu

When it comes to the auction, everyone knows the basic routine, so they let go of their hands to bid. In addition, Xu Qing asked everyone to pour a bowl of immortal brew before, and everyone used the strength of the wine to bid for it, which was even more amazing.

Yang Wen went from being half embarrassed at the beginning to boiling with enthusiasm later, completely like two people. After a break in the middle of the intermission, Yang Wen said to Xu Qing that in the future, this form should also be used for selling immortal brew!

In the evening, all the 230 jars of wine were sold, and Xu Qing went away from the eight highest bidders and gave another jar. The average price is not much different from Xu Qing's estimate, there are forty taels of jars, which is simply sky-high. More than 9,000 taels of silver arrived, and Xu Qing was in a very happy mood. put 5,000 taels in Hongshan Town, 3,000 taels to Yang Cheng, and 1,000 taels to a few people who were cows and graze as hush money, and he only took more than 100 taels. More than 100 taels is ten catties, and ten catties of silver are still not good to hold in your hands. So Xu Qing took the box again, kept it well, and only went to two silver bars and put them in his hands, one for one catty, twenty taels in his hand, and he could go all over Chang'an City.

That night, Xu Qing didn't rush back to the house, and stayed directly in Hongshan Town. Due to the auction, there are more people in Hongshan Town than usual, and at night, the street lights are also bright.

"Master, there's a businessman outside asking to see you," Yang Wen said from the side of the door.

Xu Qing returned impatiently: "Didn't you say that I didn't have any wine in my hand, why did I come again, I don't see it!" ”

Yang Wen immediately turned around and left, after thinking about it, he turned back to Xu Qing and said, "Master, it seems that the merchant is not buying wine, but wants to make friends with the master, and give him a gift......

Xu Qing sighed and said, "That's it, then let him in?" ”

After a while, a businessman was brought up, and when he saw Xu Qing, he knelt, Xu Qing did not help him, but asked directly, "What's the matter?" ”

The man replied: "Uncle Xu's villain is the auction, the first to bid, knowing that the price of wine behind is so high, he knows that he can get cheap, so he prepared a thin gift and hopes that Uncle Xu will smile." ”

Xu Qing asked him to stand up, and then said with a smile: "The auction is cheap, and the loss of capital is all based on your ability, you dare to be the first to bid, you are really a little bold, you will buy it, and what else will you give......"

These words were naturally polite, and the merchant gave a gift, and Xu Qing accepted it without blinking his eyes.

Looking at the gift box, there were only eight pieces of jade in all directions, and Xu Qing put them aside unconcernedly. Gold has a price and jade is priceless, but jade is a thing that can't be used as a money maker, and Xu Qing doesn't like it.

When the merchant saw Xu Qing like this, he explained: "Uncle atonement, the villain doesn't know that Uncle doesn't like Yaoyu." ”

"Yaoyu? Hehehe, I haven't heard of it yet......" Xu Qing smiled awkwardly, he really didn't know what medicinal jade was, was it the same as medicinal wine?

"Uncle Xu, this medicinal jade is a transparent jade, not a precious thing, but these pieces of mine are clearer than other medicinal jade, so I gave it to Uncle,"

When Xu Qing heard this, he picked up a piece and looked at it, and glanced at it casually just now, thinking that this was ordinary jade. But now that he picked it up and looked at the candle flame again, Xu Qing was shocked, isn't this a glass block! Xu Qing hurriedly asked, "Where did you get this thing?" ”

The merchant replied, "This, I got it when I was a merchant in Huguang,"

Xu Qing looked at the glass, and suddenly laughed, and he asked the merchant in front of him: "This thing is very good, you give me this, do you still have something to ask for?" ”

The merchant groaned for a moment and said timidly: "I can't hide it, the villain does have a little thing to ask for." ”

Xu Qingxin said sure enough, but now he was in a good mood, so he nodded and said, "You can tell me about it......"

The merchant hurriedly knelt down and said, "Uncle, I want to open a shop in Hongshan Town, but unfortunately, the person who opened the shop must have Luonan's household registration, so I want Uncle to help." ”

To open a store, you need to buy a house and land, and the ancient household registration management attaches great importance to it, and it is even more difficult for businessmen to move. However, if Xu Qing accepted this merchant as a vassal, it would be easy to move.

Xu Qing nodded and agreed without thinking about it, and told Yang Wen to do it.

He agreed so readily just because this medicinal jade was so useful! He didn't know at first that medicinal jade was actually ancient glass, and glass was available in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it was only used as a substitute for jade at first, but later it was used to build a palace to ensure that the roof was clear. During the Tang Dynasty, the skill of making medicinal jade had been greatly improved, and the output was not small, with more in the south and less in the north. Neither the merchant nor Xu Qing knew that this medicinal jade was actually a relatively expensive building material, not a valuable item.

The eight pieces of medicinal jade in Xu Qing's hand were one finger thick and half a palm's size, and there was no flaw in the medicinal jade, which was extremely transparent. What Xu Qing thought was, isn't this glass polishable, and after polishing, it can become a convex mirror? With convex mirrors, soon you can make telescopes?

Xu Qing already has a gun in his hand, if he has a telescope to cheer him on, wouldn't it be even more rebellious?

It's just that the accuracy of the gun in Xu Qing's hand is far from enough, and it can be used as a scatter at most. Play. Guns are just used. The telescope, at most, helped him detect the enemy's situation, but it was extremely useful to give it to Yang Cheng Yang Xin.

Thinking of the gun, Xu Qing thought about it again, the kind of gun he made before couldn't hit anyone at all if it wasn't within ten steps. Of course, within ten steps, there was no one who missed. This kind of gun can only defend itself, but Xu Qing wants to grab people's heads and play again. Especially before the two armies are in battle, and I kill your main general with one shot, wouldn't it be cool and crooked?

To sum up, Xu Qing felt that the gun he was using now was mainly because the barrel was not long enough, in order to conceal it, and the other reason was the flint, so he could only take the way of breech charge. The barrel is short, the gas cannot be condensed, the range is close, and the bullets are relatively scattered. The front hall is charged, and the steps are more troublesome, so it is necessary to load the ammunition in advance, and when the dry frame is dry, it is necessary to bring several handfuls.

What Xu Qing wants to improve, that is, these two aspects, is to lengthen the barrel and increase the range. In addition, he also wanted to change the flint to a firing, and to change the irregular bullet to a fixed medicine bullet to be reloaded in one piece.

In fact, it is very difficult to create something because you don't know how to go in the future and what it will look like. But it's much easier to imitate, even if it's a novice, it takes a lot of effort to make things.

What's more, Xu Qing still understands the principle, and there are still a lot of resources to mobilize. Before Xu Qing chose to skip the arquebus and burst fire. Guns, pear blossom guns, that's the reason. If I know something better, why bother to start from scratch?

In the past two years, Xu Qing has put the configuration on fire. The method of medicine has been mastered, and he has optimized a lot in the process of configuration on weekdays.

Now that the time is right, it's time to optimize the barrel of the gun.