Lianggong Sword Shop is one of the three major weapons shops in Bianjing, occupying an area of two acres of land on the Royal Street, covering such a large area in the Royal Street, which is also relatively rare, which is also because the Lianggong Sword Shop has the background of the Cao family. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Song Dynasty's ban on weapons basically followed the Tang Dynasty, that is, bows, arrows, knives, short spears, and shields were forbidden for the "five soldiers", and other weapons and equipment were all prohibited, especially spears, armor, crossbows and other military weapons were strictly prohibited.

But it is not a generalization, generally speaking, the north of the Yellow River is more relaxed, the south is more strict, but the strictest is Kaifeng Prefecture, except for the soldiers and public officials, the rest are only allowed to carry bows and swords, and ordinary civilians are not allowed to carry weapons.

That is to say, weapons can be placed at home to prevent thieves, but they are not allowed to be taken to the street, which can be regarded as a recognition of the relaxation of the military ban in the early stage, but the ash stick is an exception, and the ash stick is the only weapon that ordinary people are allowed to carry in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Lianggong sword shops generally only sell swords and bows and arrows, a large number of ash sticks, and a small number of knives, which are generally purchased by the forbidden army.

Li Yanqing walked into the sword shop with his hands in his hand, there were no customers in the shop, a guy was sleeping soundly on the table, and the corners of his mouth were drooling, and it could be seen that the business was very bleak, Li Yanqing looked at the shop, and saw that the walls around the store were full of all kinds of bows, swords and knives.

At this time, the shopkeeper of the sword shop came out of the back room, saw Li Yanqing, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, stretched out his hand and slapped the back of the guy's head, and scolded: "I know how to sleep all day long, how many guests have been driven away by you!" ”

The guy was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up, and the shopkeeper pushed him away, personally stepped forward and said with a smile: "What do you want to buy from the little official?" ”

Li Yanqing thought for a while and said, "I want to buy a good bow!" ”

Li Yanqing is going to accompany Zhao Kai out hunting tomorrow, he doesn't want to carry copper bows and iron arrows, just bring a pair of ordinary bows and arrows, but his use of bows is already relatively profound, and he can't look down on ordinary bows.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "There are a lot of people who have bought bows and arrows recently!" Is the petty official also going to participate in the bow and horse competition? ”

Li Yanqing was stunned, "What kind of bow horse conference?" ”

"Don't the little officials know? The bow and horse conference is held once every three years, it has been almost a hundred years, but it used to be a competition of the army, from the last time, civil warriors are also allowed to participate, generally held in August, a few days ago the documents of the military department have just come down, so there are a lot of people who buy bows and arrows these days. ”

"What are the benefits of attending the Bow Horse Tournament?"

"Get promoted and get rich! What other benefits could there be? Ten people are taken each time, the first three officers are promoted to two levels, the latter officers are promoted to one level, and there is money and rewards, if the petty officials are interested, they can go to the military department to sign up. ”

Li Yanqing secretly thought that it was best to go back and ask the master about this matter, and he asked again: "When is the registration deadline?" ”

"It's only due in July, it's still early!"

At this time, the guy brought more than a dozen pairs of good bows, but none of them were wound, generally the bow was picked first, and then wound to try the feel, the shopkeeper glared at the guy and scolded: "You should not be active when you are active, you should not be active when you are active, you run fast backwards, do you know that the petty official needs to step the bow or ride the bow, and you need a few bows, do you know?" ”

The guy lowered his head and whispered, "I've taken a few handfuls!" ”

"Get out of the way, I'll talk about it when I'm done!"

The shopkeeper scolded the guy, and then put on a smiling face to explain to Li Yanqing: "This guy is too stupid, he always does business yellow, he can't do it if he doesn't scold!" ”

Li Yanqing smiled slightly, "I want a two-stone riding bow!" ”

The shopkeeper's face was suddenly full of surprise, "The little official actually wants to be able to open two stone bows, it's amazing!" ”

"It's just a few pounds of stupid strength, let the shopkeeper laugh!"

The shopkeeper thought for a while and said: "There are also two stone riding bow shops, but there are a few words I want to say in front, the bows and arrows in the small shop are all made by good craftsmen, and the worst is also the standard bow used by the army, the price of an ordinary foot bow in the state and county shop is 1,500 Wen, the price of a riding bow is 2,000 Wen, a pot of arrows is 1,000 Wen, and a pot of arrows in the shop costs 2,000 Wen. ”

Li Yanqing knows in his heart, the shopkeeper is right, Tangyin County is this price, mainly because the Song Dynasty successively implemented the armor protection law and the bow and arrow society, which led to a sharp rise in the price of bows and arrows in various places, and the price of bows has not fallen until today, it takes two or three years to complete a good bow normally, of course, the price is expensive, Li Yanqing has enough psychological preparation.

"How much does it cost to ride a bow with two stones?"

The shopkeeper didn't answer him, and went back to the back room for a while before he came out with two dusty wooden boxes, "Don't hide it from the little official, the small shop only has a total of three two-stone riding bows, the last time was sold seven years ago, it was bought by the old general Seed Master, and the other two have not been sold, and they have been put for almost ten years, this is the rule of the small shop for these two bows, if you can open the bow, you can only sell it, and the little official will show me it later, otherwise I will not sell it." ”

Li Yanqing understood his hint, that is, these two riding bows were very expensive, and ordinary people did not sell them, so he smiled, "Let's take a look first!" ”

The shopkeeper immediately blew off the dust, opened the box, and two very exquisite riding bows appeared in front of Li Yanqing's eyes, one was bronze, the other was pitch black, and the two bows were carved with animal heads at both ends, Li Yanqing picked up the two bows and tried them, and the feel was excellent, so that he couldn't put it down, and it could be seen that it was made by a famous craftsman, and the whole body was pitch black was an eagle's head, and the bronze one was a leopard's head, relatively speaking, Li Yanqing preferred a leopard's head.

"How much does this leopard head bow cost?" Li Yanqing picked up the bronze bow and asked with a smile.

"This bow is called a cheetah, 120,000 yuan, I can give the petty official a minimum price, 100,000 wen a price, less than this price we will not sell, at most two pots of arrows."

100,000 Wen is 100,000 taels of silver, this price is not expensive for a good bow, of course, these two bows can only be regarded as exquisite bows, not to mention the best bow, the best bow can be met but not sought, for example, the copper bow and iron arrow given to him by the master is the best bow, unique in the world, and it is by no means casual to build.

Li Yanqing took out ten taels of gold from his arms and put them on the table, "Let's make a deal!" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head, "I can't say that the deal is made now, I will put a string on the petty official, and the petty official must open the bow to show me, and I can only sell the bow when I pull the bow." ”

The shopkeeper took the bow to the inner room and installed the bowstring with a special winding utensil, the bowstring was made of silk, which was very strong, and the shopkeeper gave Li Yanqing a few spare strings at the same time.

At this time, the guy also brought two pots of good arrows, Li Yanqing put on his wrench, pulled the bow three times in one go, and finally only listened to 'Collapse!' It was a good bow, the arrow was made of good birch, two feet and five inches long, hard and straight, the arrow was prismatic, extremely sharp, and the wind feather arrows used by the general army were different, these arrows were all big feather arrows, very lethal, suitable for heavy bows, worthy of being the arrows of famous shops.

The shopkeeper smiled, "The little official can open two stone bows, this is the second person I have met, congratulations to the little official, we made a deal!" ”

He put the bow into the shark skin bow sleeve and handed it to Li Yanqing, "The little official has put it away!" ”

Li Yanqing put the bow and arrow on his back and said with a smile: "Thank you, I also want to buy a women's sword." ”

"Yes!"

The shopkeeper took out a few swords for Li Yanqing to choose, considering Xiao Qing'er's figure and arm strength, Li Yanqing picked a jade girl sword weighing three and a half catties, made of good fine iron, exquisite workmanship, this sword shopkeeper only needs ten dollars, almost half sold and half given to Li Yanqing.

Li Yanqing registered his name and identity on the roster, then put away his bow and sword, hugged his fists and saluted, turned around and walked quickly, the shopkeeper looked at his back and walked away, looked at the registration book again, and couldn't help but say to himself: "A student can actually use a two-stone bow, it seems that this year's bow and horse conference will be unexpected." ”

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The next day, before dawn, Li Yanqing rode a horse and waited beside the Liang Gate, which is the west gate of the inner city, and yesterday afternoon Zhao Kai had sent someone to inform him that they would go out of Beijing together after meeting at the Liang Gate.

In a moment, the city gate opened, a team rushed out of the city, and there were more than a dozen hunting dogs in the team, Li Yanqing saw Zhao Kai at a glance, he was wearing a golden crown today, wearing a white tight-fitting samurai uniform, wearing a scarlet daze, carrying a sword at his waist, holding an eagle bow, and he was even more heroic, and more than 20 guards were tall and burly, with a strong posture, all of whom were strong martial artists.

In addition to the guards, Zhao Kai was accompanied by three young yameni, all of whom were about twenty years old, also wearing samurai uniforms, holding bows and swords, and having an extraordinary appearance, while the other was a little petite and turned out to be a little girl.

"Li Shaojun!"

Zhao Kai saw Li Yanqing waiting outside the city gate, and waved to him happily, Li Yanqing rode up to meet him, hugged his fists on the horse and said: "Li Yanqing See His Royal Highness!" ”

Zhao Kai was happy when he saw Li Yanqing coming on time, and hurriedly introduced three companions to him, he pointed to one of them and said: "This is Cao Sheng, after the famous family, he is my best friend!" ”

Cao Sheng is the little master of the Lianggong Sword Shop, the descendant of the famous general Cao Bin, who is tall and majestic, and looks dignified, he glanced at Li Yanqing's cheetah bow, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything, smiled and hugged his fists and said Luckily.

The other young man was of medium stature, although he was also wearing a samurai uniform, he was a little weak, his skin was fair, his cheeks were thin, and he was also around twenty years old, Zhao Kai introduced him to Li Yanqing again: "This is Cai Ying, Cai Xiangguo's fifth son!" ”

Cai Yan smiled with a smile on his face, and greeted Li Yanqing warmly, at this time, the little lady next to him was already waiting impatiently, "When is the imperial brother going to grind, the sky is going to be bright!" ”