MCA was very interested in Xu Guanzhong's dagger, and tried the blade eloquence and reluctantly returned it to Xu Guanzhong. Ma Hua said: "Is this kind of dagger sold?" ”

Xu Guanzhong shook his head and said: "I am a soldier, and I can't sell it with equipped weapons." However, there should also be a small number of weapons sold on the caravan's side, so if you are interested, you can also check it out. ”

Ma Hua said: "Where is the caravan, is it far from here?" ”

"To the south, not too far, maybe sixty or seventy miles."

"Then let's go check it out now."

Xu Guanzhong said: "Okay, no problem. Let's leave now and be there before dark. ”

MCA gathered twenty villagers, took weapons and equipment and some animal skins and other belongings and followed Xu Guanzhong to the port of temporary docking. It turns out that MCA is a person who carefully studies machinery and is very obsessed with machinery, steel and other things, but he is a complete layman for things like training and fighting, so he naturally suffers from the enemy.

Xu Guanzhong said: "The quality of your Zhuang guest is too poor, even if the caravan sells you some weapons, I am afraid it will not be able to deal with the Goryeo army." ”

"So what do you have to do? We have now been driven into the mountains by the Koreans, and the plains are not afraid to live, and the two thousand people are divided into three villages, and they are worried all day long. MCA said.

Xu Guanzhong said: "Let's wait until I see the caravan's goods, I don't know what weapons the caravan has." ”

"Are these things still secret?" MCA asked in surprise.

"It's not a secret, but we do our part. The caravan is responsible for trading and doing business, and we sailors are responsible for security, so naturally we cannot be confused. Xu Guanzhong explained.

When I came, the speed of exploration along the road was naturally slow, but when I went back, I followed the road signs and went back quickly, and I was already back at the port before the sun turned west.

Hu Cheng had already led the caravan to set up a simple camp on the shore, and the sailors were stationed on the shore and on the ship.

Hu Cheng said from a distance: "Captain Xu, you guys have been in a hurry for two days, and they are talking about going to find you." ”

Xu Guanzhong said: "The island is still very large, and we have only explored a small part. I didn't expect that there were immigrants from the Han Dynasty in this island mountain, and he was still a descendant of the master craftsman Ma Jun, and he wanted to purchase a batch of bronze, iron and other tools, so I brought them over. ”

"There are some on the ship, but there are not many, I just don't know what this horse brother needs to purchase." Hu Cheng asked.

"Hammers, chisels, saws and other tools that blacksmiths and carpenters can use, as well as knives and guns and other weapons. ”

Xu Guanzhong arranged for the Zhuang guests brought by MCA to rest on the shore, and Hu Cheng and the men of the caravan took MCA to the merchant ship and opened a warehouse, which was full of various tools. This kind of tool is the main project of the iron factory, and you must know that the value of processing steel into tools is several times higher. There are hammers, chisels, saws, nails, and steel drills, and MCA can't put it down, and I have seen one after another.

Hu Chengdao: "Brother Ma, please come here, take a look at this warehouse." ”

The man opened another warehouse, which was filled with stacked shovels, hoes, axes and other farm tools, and hundreds of civilian knives. Majia Village has lived on an isolated island for a long time, and due to the restrictions on trade with Goryeo, it is difficult to obtain a lot of steel and such tools on its own.

"This, this, isn't there much to be called?" MCA was surprised.

Hu Cheng said: "This is just a little more, the total number is not thousands." When we were doing the Nanyang Maritime Trade, sometimes a tribe would ask for tens of thousands of shovels. I don't know how much you're going to get. ”

Ma Hua said: "There are only more than 2,000 people in our village, so naturally we won't want too much. Blacksmith's tools, carpenter's tools, fifty sets. 500 shovels and hoes, and 200 knives. It's just that we don't have any money, but we can pay for it with animal skins or medicinal herbs. ”

"Well said, well said. Our prices are reasonable, and the exchange methods are also diverse. I just don't know what hides you have here. Hu Cheng said.

Ma Hua asked people to hand over the samples of animal skins he brought, and Hu Cheng was a little disappointed when he saw them, all of them were roe deer skins, goat skins and a small amount of wolf skins.

"These three kinds of horses are also produced in large quantities by Jingdong, for example, this kind of goatskin is only 20 wen for a local purchase, and it takes 20 to exchange for a Pu knife, which is still the local price of Jingdong. Coupled with the risk of sea trade, the price is definitely more expensive. So it's not a good deal for you. ”

Ma Hua said: "Your iron tools are all high-grade and worth the price, but our village really can't get so many animal skins." You may not be in a hurry to find things like food, but I have a handful of things you might like. ”

Ma Hua said that he took a crossbow from his entourage that was much larger than an ordinary crossbow arrow, and the weight was very overwhelming, at least more than ten catties.

"This is called the Zhuge Repeater, it can fire seven or ten arrows in a row, it is fast, powerful, it is a rare weapon on the battlefield, presumably this crossbow has been lost in the Central Plains, how about I exchange this crossbow for these things?" MCA said.

A Zhuge crossbow was exchanged for blacksmith tools and carpenter's tools for fifty sets. Five hundred shovels and hoes, and two hundred knives.

"I'm afraid the crossbow may not be worth that much." Hu Chengdao.

Ma Hua said: "The importance of this crossbow is the most clear to the soldiers, I think you also have senior craftsmen, and you can imitate it by disassembling and mapping it." ”

Hu Cheng said: "Okay, I'll ask Xu Guanzhong, you can wait." ”

Hu Cheng went to Xu Guanzhong to inquire, and only came back after a stick of incense.

Ma Hua said: "The shopkeeper, how to discuss." ”

Hu Cheng said: "Zhuge Lian crossbow is a thing passed down from generation to generation in the late Han Dynasty, and it has long been lost, and the craftsmen may not be able to make it with a handful of samples, if it is really so simple, I am afraid it would have been made long ago." In this case, I will give three hundred shovels and two hundred sets of hoes. You come back to Yuncheng with me and teach our craftsmen in person. By the way, the god arm crossbow on our warship will be converted into a burst fire, and when it succeeds, we will give you some more things you want, as long as it is not too much, I believe that our team training will definitely agree. ”

"This." MCA didn't expect Hu Cheng to make this request, "Do you have a giant crossbow on your warship?" Can you show me? ”

Hu Cheng said: "Okay. ”

MCA is an expert in making crossbows, and Zhuge can even make crossbows, so he will naturally drummer giant crossbows. Xu Guanzhong and Hu Cheng accompanied Ma Hua to the centipede boat, and they were also very surprised to see the giant crossbow, this giant crossbow is really big, the light crossbow arrows are more than two meters, and the shooting person penetrates directly.

When MCA sees a giant crossbow, it is like a long-lost person seeing a lover, and he can't put it down. watched carefully, didn't speak, and watched the whole time there was a stick of incense.

Ma Hua said: "It's a good crossbow, but it's a pity that it's just a single shot, I can transform it into a ten-arrow burst." ”

Xu Guanzhong's eyes lit up, and the giant crossbow of the ship battle was changed to ten arrows in a row, which was equivalent to ten times more powerful than the original, and the enemy's ship was pierced into a hedgehog before the battle with the enemy ship was close.