West Market, Thirteenth Block, Nine Road, Tiehang.

The east and west are the streets, the north and south are the roads, and the ninth road in the thirteenth block is where the iron line is located.

The apprentices pulled the bellows whirring, the charcoal (coal) burned to perfection, the iron tools burned red and white in the fire, and put them on the cutting board, and the master master who was covered in meat picked up the hammer, and a rhythmic sound of striking iron was heard.

Of course, iron tools don't all give people a stupid and coarse feeling, for example, some workshops are making steel needles, which is much quieter. Wrought iron is forged into thin strips, heated and drawn, then smoothed and pierced through the eyes, then put into an iron pot to stir-fry and anneal, and finally use pine, charcoal, and tempeh to make carburizing agent mixed with fine mud, cover the needle and heat it for carburizing, until the needle is hardened in water. The whole process is relatively calm, not like a large iron tool, and it is very particular about the capture of the heat.

There are not many customers on this street, because few people come here to buy things, these blacksmith shops are mainly wholesale, customized, and undertaking, and occasionally there are also those who come directly here to buy goods, mainly the people of the towns and villages near Chang'an.

At this time, in the sixth house on the ninth road, at an arms shop, there was a customer with a foreign accent who was buying a knife.

The knife is a horizontal knife, that is, a Tang knife, which is improved on the basis of the ring head knife of the Han Dynasty, removing the ring at the end of the handle of the Han knife, and extending the short handle, changing it to a long handle for both hands, it becomes a long straight knife with a narrow blade and thick ridge, and the basic shape is very similar to the Oriental knife of later generations.

Because the Oriental knife is an imitation of the Tang horizontal knife style, but the blade and blade of the Tang horizontal knife are basically straight, unlike the Oriental knife also has a small arc curve, so once it is sheathed, it is easy to be mistaken for a sword, because it is straight.

The guest was in his thirties, looking like a martial arts practitioner, with a neatly tied belt, and the whole person was burly and strong.

He drew his knife, tried it with his fingers, danced a few more times, and nodded slightly. He turned around and asked, "Shop, this knife is indeed good, but I don't know how much the price is, can it be cheaper." ”

At this time, two pedestrians happened to pass by here, and when they saw that the knife was shining in the sun, the steel pattern on the knife was exquisite, and the knife style was extremely beautiful, they couldn't help but shine in their eyes, and immediately greeted them and said: "Shop, how do you sell this knife?" ”

The guest glanced at him and said, "I'm also a customer who buys knives, and the shop is inside." ”

The man immediately shouted to the store, "Shopkeeper, how did you sell this knife?" ”

A short, sturdy shirtless man walked out of it, and said lazily: "This is a fine iron knife, two thousand wen." ”

The stranger exclaimed, "This is the iron knife?" ”

The shopkeeper stroked his beard and said smugly: "That's nature, you look at the steel pattern formed in the quenching and polishing on that knife, have you ever seen it on other iron knives." If it weren't for that, how dare I ask for 2,000 Wen, this knife is as sharp as clay, and it is a treasure knife that can be heirlooms! ”

At that time, the price of goods was low, and a bucket of rice was only three or five yuan, or two thousand yuan, which was a huge expense. However, the treasure knife is rare, if it is a good iron knife, two thousand dollars is a very fair price. The local guest said happily: "Two thousand Wen? Bring me a bite. ”

The shopkeeper said: "It is not easy to make an iron knife, and I only have this one bite in my store now, and there is no second one." ”

The guest said, "In that case, I want this bite." ”

The shopkeeper immediately turned to the stranger and said, "This guest officer, please return the knife." ”

The guests from other lands had long known that the iron was the best fine iron from the big food countries in the West, but this was the first time they saw it, and they suddenly felt extremely precious, and they couldn't help but be a little annoyed when they heard him ask for a knife, and said: "Shop, how do you do business?" There's always a first-come, first-come, right? This knife is the first thing I fancied. ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Guest officer, don't be angry. Isn't it like you didn't bid, but someone else did. ”

The stranger said angrily: "Who said I didn't make a bid? Cheng, isn't it two thousand Wen, I bought it and brought the sheath. ”

When the guest heard this, he couldn't help but sneer: "Hey! I said you, I don't bid, you don't bid, don't you want to raise the bar? Shopkeeper, I'll pay 2,100 Wen, and bring the knife! ”

The stranger became angry: "I will give me two thousand two hundred wen, and give me the scabbard." ”

Seeing that the local guest raised the price to 2,500 Wen, the foreign guest quietly touched the pocket wrapped around his waist, hesitated slightly, and did not shout the price again, and the local guest said triumphantly: "Tian Sheer, you can't afford the price, shopkeeper, bring me the knife."

At this time, the friend of the local guest pulled it and whispered: "You are crazy, you have brought all this money out today, if you buy this knife, there will be no surplus in your pocket......

Before he could finish speaking, the local guest had already interrupted him and whispered, "What do you know, good knives are rare." Just this knife, just in this Chang'an City, as soon as I turn my head and find a connoisseur who knows the goods, I can also sell it for 3,000 Wen, and it will be more expensive when I get out of Guanzhong. ”

The two of them spoke, although the voice was small, but the foreign guest also faintly heard the approximate situation, and immediately slapped the knife on the counter, and said loudly: "Shopkeeper, this knife, I will pay 2,600 yuan!" If you can afford a higher price, take it, but if not, don't bother with it. ”

The local guest was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously touched the bag, and his face swelled into the color of pork liver.

The shopkeeper was also clever, and when he saw the expressions of the two of them, he knew that the dust had settled on the deal, so he hurriedly took out a scabbard with extremely solemn and gorgeous ornamentation, presented it to the guest with both hands, and said with a smile: "Deal, this knife, please put it away." ”

The stranger poured the money in his bag on the cabinet, counted out the seven papers, put it back in his arms, held the knife in his arms, and glanced proudly at the local guest, who was red-faced and pulled away by his friend.

The shopkeeper called two guys and quickly counted the money on the counter, which happened to be two thousand six hundred yuan, and it was obvious that the foreign guest had already known the amount of money in his bag. After the two exchanged words, each rejoicing, the guest took his precious knife and drove away.

He came to this West Market, and wanted to buy something else, but this time he only spent seven cents, and there was nothing to shop, so he excitedly held his treasure knife and wanted to leave the city as soon as possible and go home.

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Li Yu took Chen Feiyang, the big account room, the chief of the house, Xu Shi, Jia Shi, Si Violence, Si Ji, Hostage, Dianren, Simen, Siguan, and the tax collector, and ......, and a large number of people, all the way to the thirteenth block. There are a total of nine roads in the thirteenth block, and they come from their side to get to the ninth road first.

Because it is an iron line, the road is spacious, there are not many pedestrians, the streets are also clean, each shop sells ironware, there are sample shelves at the door, and the top is the iron samples placed in accordance with the requirements of the government, most of them are weapons, so it is also a weapon shelf, and the iron tools inserted and hung on the top are all facades, and the aluminum polished is shiny.

When Li Yu saw it, he had a good impression, and nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad." Who takes care of this iron shop? Very good. ”

The chief of the iron bank, Master Xu, and Master Jia smiled with their eyebrows, and Si Swenwen stepped forward and saluted: "Lord Mayor, this piece is taken care of by us." ”

Li Yu smiled, these people are hanging the positions of the Fang City formulated by Taichang Temple, although they are not making up small officials, but they are exquisite, but they really have some styles of people in the officialdom.

Li Yu smiled: "Let's go, let's go inside and take a look." ”

Li Yu stepped forward, everyone was just about to follow, a person suddenly rushed over from the oblique thorn, the pace was extremely fast, his line was like the wind, originally he was going to insert the gap between the people in the past, everyone walked forward, this person hurriedly stepped to dodge, just this flash, the shoulder suddenly hit Li Yu.

Li Yu was stepping forward, his center of gravity was already moving forward, and he hit him again, stumbled, and rushed into the blacksmith shop next to him. The shopkeeper was dialing the abacus, Li Yu crashed in, almost overturned the counter, startled the shopkeeper, grabbed a bone dissolving knife on the desk, glared and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

The two guys in the store picked up a sledgehammer and a steel fork on the wall, and looked at them.

Li Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said with a dry smile: "Uh, it's nothing, it's nothing, I'm ...... Crashed in. ”

The shopkeeper's brows furrowed: "Crashed in?" ”

Li Yu didn't explain to him, and had already turned around and walked out. The man who hit him outside hurriedly said "I'm sorry" and walked over quickly. Li Yu came out, and a group of big and small leaders hurriedly greeted him and condoled: "Big brother, are you okay?" ”

"That person is too unreasonable, how to walk."

"Arrest him back and kowtow to the boss to apologize."

Li Yu hurriedly said: "Forget it, what a big deal." ”

Li Yu said, looked up and looked forward, just to see the person who hit him hurriedly walked into a store, Li Yu said: "I think that person is in a hurry, don't pay attention to him, let's go." ”

Li Yu took the lead in walking forward, and those people saw that the boss didn't want to pay attention to the matter, but they didn't say much, so they all followed behind.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the first house, holding a knife in his hand, led the hammer and steel fork to rush out of the store with high spirits, and when he saw this big ticket person, he couldn't help but be frightened, and quickly hid the knife behind him, nodded to the front inspector and said, "Uncle Bai, what are you doing here?" ”

The Si Ji surnamed Bai pointed to his lips, made a silent gesture to him, and whispered: "The new Mayor Li inspects the neighborhood, what are you doing, get back!" ”

The shopkeeper turned his head to look at the young man who had just "crashed" into his shop, and quickly turned around and fled back to the store.

Li Yu strolled forward, looking left and right, the iron shop is not as good as other places, and does not deliberately arrange people to come out to solicit business, some shops are just the façade in front of them, and there is nothing to see. Some blacksmith shops are located in front of them, which is actually a means of soliciting business, so that you can look at them and know that their ironware is made of real materials and made on the spot.

Li Yu saw that he had reached the sixth storefront, and a light wheel suddenly roared out of the store, drawing an arc, and stomped into the ground in front of Li Yu's feet with a "poof". Li Yu raised his feet tremblingly, and his five toes peeked out from the toes of his boots.

Horror!

What stomped on the ground was a knife, and it was only a fraction of a second, and Li Yu's five toes had to be separated from his body.

Chen Feiyang screamed: "Murder!" Catch the assassins! ”

With Chen Feiyang's scream, a figure "pounced" out of the store, opening his teeth and dancing claws in mid-air, extremely terrifying, Li Yu didn't want to think about it, flew up with a kick, preemptively, and a side kick, sweeping the person towards a row of weapon racks on the side of the store.

Li Yu's subordinates who wore robes and hats, and pretended to be Sven along the way, the chiefs, Xu Shi, Jia Shi, the treasurer, the tax collector, and even the big account office, were frightened by this, and they appeared in their original form, and then it was the time to witness the miracle!

I saw that from the sleeves, belts, robes, and boots, they quickly conjured up various weapons of different lengths and shortness, both soft and hard: tiger claws, double slings, measuring rulers, mandarin ducks, judges' pens, water splitting thorns, short daggers, soft swords, nine-section whips, sleeve arrows, nunchucks, humming and hazy......

The most exaggerated is Chen Feiyang, who actually turned into a great magician, pinching the blinding technique (lime powder) in his hands, hiding behind Li Yu and singing the cup bewitching technique: "Rush, kill!" Protect the mayor and step on the ...... of the West City"

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