The carpenter of the Chao family, Lu Tam, is a talent, and in just two months, he has pulled up a team, with twenty carpenters and fifty small workers. Of course, it is mainly due to the high salary given by Chao Gai, and ordinary carpenters also have two wages a month, not to mention the promise of dividends at the end of the year. The carpentry workshop adopts assembly line operation, and the trained workers can independently complete the creation of an accessory, which shortens the working hours and improves efficiency. The tape measure brought by Chao Gai was handed over to the ironsmith to make a few standard one-meter iron rulers, and then a few one-meter rulers and belt tape measures were made of wood for the woodsmithy. millimeters, centimeters, decimeters, meters. This new unit of measurement is used in conjunction with the original ruler and zhang, and will gradually all switch to the new unit of measurement.

The carpentry workshop created two kinds of four carriages, light and heavy freight carriages, and light and heavy passenger carriages. In particular, the light passenger carriage is made of strong wood and iron sheet, the body is light and strong, and the semi-convertible carriage has a tarpaulin that can be retracted, which is very convenient, cheap and quite advantageous, and a donkey or mule can be pulled briskly.

Chao Gai got up early in the morning, practiced a stick of incense with Liu Tang, and practiced knife skills, the two of them had a stinky sweat, and the progress of fists and feet was very slow, but the progress of sparring was very fast, of course, Liu Tang's progress was faster than Chao Gai, and Chao Gai had reached the level of a generation of grandmasters in his fists and feet, and it was difficult to progress.

Chao Gai suddenly asked, "Liu Tang, how do you say that my skills compare to Shi Wengong." ”

"In terms of fists and feet, I feel that Shi Wengong is not your opponent, I dare not say anything else, I think Shi Wengong is definitely not as diligent as his brother." Chao Gai nodded in agreement. Chao Gai is absolutely confident in his own strength, the town demon tower in Dongxi Village, in order to eliminate the estrangement between the east and west villages, Chao Gai ordered people to move away, it is a two-meter-high boulder hollow town demon tower, the weight is not very heavy, only more than 800 catties, but this is enough to show that Chao Gai's strength is not ordinary, and the overlord carries the tripod just like that.

Chao Gai knew that Liu Tang was saving face for himself, and the general's fight was not a brawl in the rivers and lakes, nor was it a ring, wherever there was a fist and foot fight, it was a horse war, but the horse war was Chao Gai's weakness, and the excellent war horse just happened to have it, but the weapon was not yet.

"The brothers of the Ruan family should come back today, you can go to the ironsmith with me again." Chao Gai said.

Liu Tang ordered ten elite guards, and all twelve people in the group rode horses and went straight to the ironware workshop without returning to Dongxi Village. The ironware workshop was built in a mountain nest thirty miles northeast of Dongxi Village, and it was more than ten miles away from the nearest small village, Wenshang Village, and it was infested with wolves and insects in barren mountains and wild mountains.

In the weather in March, the grass grows and the warbler flies, the weeds on both sides of the road are green, the creek is clear, Chao Gai is in a good mood, and Liu Tang talks and laughs. As he was walking, a guard in front of him rode back and reported: "Report to the owner, there is a Taoist in front of him who has fallen on the side of the road, and it seems that he has fainted." ”

"Lead the way." Chao Gai said.

Not far ahead, there was a white-haired Taoist who fell on the side of the road, his eyes closed, and there was a basket next to him that contained a lot of medicine.

Chao Gai dismounted, ordered someone to take a water bag and poured some water for the old Taoist, and patted his chest and back, and screamed a few times.

"Immortal chief, immortal chief, wake up, wake up." Chao Gai shouted.

Lao Dao woke up slowly, patted his head, looked at Chao Gai and the others and said, "What immortal chief, immortal chief, just call me Lao Dao." ”

"Hehe, okay, I'll call you Lao Dao, where is your Taoist temple, why did you faint on the side of the road." Chao Gai asked.

"It's okay, it's okay, I fainted on the side of the road today because I was in a hurry to walk. I am a Taoist from Qingyunlu in the east, and today I went to Dongxi Village to sell medicine, and I picked some sand ginseng and sold it for dozens of dollars to buy some rice and grain. ”

Chao Gai said: "Don't sell it after you are not in good health, I will ask the guys in the store to collect it from you." This time, I will give you 500 wen for these medicines, and you can go back and buy some rice grain. Chao Gai asked people to take out a large string of copper coins.

Lao Dao smiled and said: "I don't think you are like a mortal, you are really Chao Baozheng, otherwise there is no one on the ground for dozens of miles around here with such a strong body as you." So I took the money. But you'll have to trouble Bao Zheng to send me back. ”

One of the guards said, "Our owner still has something to do, so you can go back by yourself." ”

Chao Gai said: "It's not in the way, it's along the way anyway." Old, you can sit on my horse. ”

The old Taoist on this road can quite say, "It is not difficult for the owner of Chao Zhuang to merge the east and west villages, but it is not enough to overthrow the town demon tower, and he has to build an ancestral hall to worship the ancestors of the east and west villages, and this matter is settled." ”

"How do you know that?" Liu Tang asked next to him.

Lao Dao pouted: "I Lao Dao travels around, I don't know anything." I also heard that Zeng Tou City went to the horse market in Baozheng to make trouble. ”

Chao Gai was secretly surprised, and secretly said that this old way is not simple, maybe it is to make some tricks and do some moth things.

Qingyun Lu, this old Taoist temple is a grass house built by three reeds, it is very suitable to call grass reed, although the house is very poor, but the environment is very good, there are stone seats in the yard, a more than ten years old Taoist boy is cleaning it, the Taoist monks of this year like to hire child labor.

"Tong'er, serve tea." Lao Tao said.

Chao Gai said: "Since we have sent you, we should also go, if the old Taoist wants to cultivate the Taoist temple, I can pay for it." ”

Lao Dao smiled: "Since you are here, don't leave in a hurry, drink some of my fragrant tea." ”

The old man is smiling, where is there still a little sickness.

If you come, you will be safe, Chao Gai will also sit down to drink tea, and Liu Tang will take the guards to guard nearby.

"Good tea, it tastes great." Chao Gai looked at Lao Dao with a smile.

Lao Dao said: "Lao Dao, I have been traveling for half my life, and I have never seen anyone practice any free reading and free medical treatment, although there are many rumors that Chao Gai is a fool and spends money indiscriminately. But I don't think it's a thing in the pool after all. ”

"Hehe, Chao Gai just doesn't want the people in the village to suffer, he has no other intentions."

Lao Dao waved his hand: "Don't say dark words in front of the Ming people, it is not easy for Chao Baozheng to gain a foothold in Yuncheng County, the so-called temple demon is big, the small Yuncheng has Song Jiang, the charge and the two heads almost control the county government, and there is a strong neighbor of Lingzhou Zengtou City, thousands of mercenaries, the two teachers Shi Wengong and Su Ding are all brave and inappropriate, Chao Baozheng wants to come out, it is difficult." In addition to money and food, you also have to have excellent skills. I'll give you a weapon here. ”

"This, I don't know if you have any weapons for me." Chao Gai asked.

Lao Dao waved his hand: "Follow me to the house, this is what I came out of the Taoist temple in my early years, and now I can't take it anymore, so I'll give you some wine money." ”

Next to the table of the thatched house, there is a long guy, a bronze unilateral square sky painting halberd, and a dragon on the pole with teeth and claws that seems to swallow the sky. What is called a halberd, this weapon is actually very simple, that is, there is an extra half-moon-shaped blade on the head of the spear, the pole of this halberd is more than three meters long, the head of the spear is one and a half feet, and the crescent moon next to it is half a foot, so that this halberd has become a multi-purpose weapon, it can be used as a spear when stabbing, it can be used as a knife and axe when chopping, and it can also be used as a hook sickle when hooking.

"I'm afraid this halberd is some years old." Chao Gai asked.

"This painted halberd has been around for hundreds of years, called the Golden Dragon Swallowing Heavenly Halberd, and the Heavenly Dragon Breaking Halberd used by the legendary Overlord was built by a craftsman." Lao Dao introduced, "In addition, I have a book of the halberd method of the Golden Dragon Swallowing Heavenly Halberd here, you can take it to practice, not to mention that you have learned it all, even if you have a fur, you can dominate the world." ”

Ah, this is a charlatan, Chao Gai scolded secretly, as if he sounded the liars who were peddling around with martial arts cheats on the streets in the future.

However, the golden dragon swallowing halberd is really attractive, Chao Gai couldn't help but reach out and grab the halberd body, a chill came, as if holding a thousand years of ice, the golden dragon swallowing halberd seemed to make Chao Gai fall into a dream, the vast grassland is endless, a young and handsome military general led a team of cavalry is slowly moving forward, suddenly the horn sounded in front, overwhelming, black pressure grassland barbarian cavalry swarmed. The young military general held his halberd high, shouted loudly and led the cavalry to rush towards the enemy soldiers several times his size, fighting in the dark, the sky was full of blood, and the stumps were everywhere.

"This." Chao Gai was shocked into a cold sweat.

"Chao Baozheng, do you want this Golden Dragon Swallowing Heavenly Halberd and this Halberd Method?" Lao Dao asked.

"Yes, yes." Chao Gai hurriedly said that the halberd method is a thread-like parchment book, and it has been some years, hand-drawn, just as simple as a dozen tricks.

Lao Dao said with a smile: "Chao Bao is a person who understands, the master is a judge of death, and the emphasis is on quick killing, if someone blocks the first three moves of your halberd, I'm afraid you won't be able to win this person within thirty times." ”

Chao Gai understood that he had met a master, so he hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "Thank you, old immortal." ”

"Hey, for your sake, I'll give you one more thing, you lift the bed." Lao Dao sighed.

Chao Gai lifted the bed board, and inside was a dazzling mahogany box, and when it was opened, there was a one-meter longbow inside, and the pitch-black bow was actually all metal, non-copper and non-iron.

"It is said that this is made of extraterrestrial meteorites, and I don't know what it is. This bow has a name called the Cloud Piercing Moon Chasing Bow, it can't be opened without the strength of three stones, and if you want to use it well, you must have at least five stones of strength, although it is not particularly heavy, but this bow has a long range. ”

Chao Gai picked up the bow, the bow body was actually very heavy, and the golden dragon swallowing halberd was only about forty catties, but this bow was estimated to be at least fifty catties. Chao Gai tried hard, pulled the bow and tried it, and sure enough, the strength was extraordinary, and this arrow was almost three hundred meters away.

"It's a pity that there are no arrows." Chao Gai said.

Lao Dao said: "Use arrows to find it yourself, Lao Dao, I don't open an armory shop." ”

"It's me who is greedy, don't be angry, when I go back, I will definitely send someone to rebuild a real Qingyun Temple for you tomorrow."

Lao Dao said impatiently: "Let's go, let's go." It's nap time, I'm going to sleep. ”

Chao Gai said goodbye, took the golden dragon swallowing halberd, and went out with the bow of chasing the moon through the clouds, and when he got on the horse again, the horse couldn't bear the weight, and screamed. Chao Gai itself is too strong, almost two hundred catties, plus the golden dragon swallowing halberd and the cloud chasing moon bow are at least more than three hundred catties, ordinary horses naturally can't bear it, and the dark clouds and snow are still recuperating their bodies.

Chao Gai had no choice but to let people take their weapons separately, and then he got on his horse and rushed to the ironsmith workshop.

After Wenshang, I walked along the path for more than ten miles to the ironware workshop in the north mountain nest, and there were two people standing guard with a simple knife in front of them, shouting from a distance, don't let people advance. I saw clearly that it was Chao Gai before I let it go.