Chapter Seventy-Four: The Tang Knife is Unsheathed
The sea is boundless, the sky is clear, from time to time there are seabirds flying in the air, chirping into the sea, and "fluttering" to fly up, with fish in their mouths, is about to spread their wings and fly high, "bang" sound, the huge fish jumped out, swallowed the bird, smashed the waves on the sea, watched the Faxian master folded his hands, bowed his head and silently recited "Amitabha"
Froze. Gandhi walked over with a smile and said in a blunt official dialect: "The master cultivates his mind and cultivates his character, and his morality is highly respected. ”
"Good, good, the donor praised it!" Fa Xian politely said.
"I have abundant products in many countries, everyone is rich, and there are countless Buddha-honoring rituals, and the master will definitely gain a lot when he goes this time!" Froze. Gandhi's flattering words.
He is like this, when he meets someone who can be used, he will cling, just like two days ago, Lord Thorn Shi visited the temple, and he happened to be there, in fact, he had the intention to go every day, and if he didn't want to, he really met Xie Yu who came.
After discussing how the Buddha was so tall, he couldn't wait to discuss the idea of building a temple with Lord Thorn Shi, not wanting to be made a peace with the other party, saying that it was the responsibility of the Thorn Shi to govern the military, and it was inconvenient to participate in this matter, which made him a little annoyed, and he was really helpless, and he prepared a small box of gold and silver goods and did not send it out.
However, this assassin left a follow-up message, saying that when he came next time, he could introduce him to Lord Taishou, and the construction of the temple was not a big problem, and he was very happy when he heard it.
Although he didn't know what the honorable Lord Arodi meant, with his status, he had to obey and spend those money to build temples in a foreign land, but it was a thankless task, and he was thinking about things, when he suddenly heard the attendants brought by the ship shouting in shock, and when he looked up, he was suddenly shocked and his face was colorless, and he saw several tall building ships and flat-bottomed boats approaching rapidly, and they had formed an encirclement.
On his three ships, there were more than 100,000 horses of silk and porcelain tea, which was all his wealth, and if he was robbed by these bandits, he would become a penniless pauper.
"Dear Lord Shiva, have great mercy and drive away these abominable pirates!" Froze. Gandhi reverently knelt on the ground and prayed.
"Bang bang" The sound of the iron claw hanging boat came, making Froze. Gandhi was frightened, got up and saw that the warships were already approaching, and the flashing figures were clearly Han people, and hurriedly turned around and hugged Master Faxian's leg and said, "Master help, master help!" ”
Fa Xian didn't expect this to happen, folded his hands, read the Buddha's name helplessly, and was about to speak, when he saw the full load of soldiers all set up their bows, and the boat was dragged to the two boats next to each other, and a wooden plank was put in between, and several people came over.
Froze. Gandhi trembled with fright, and stepped forward with a hint of luck in his heart, and said tremblingly: "Dare to ask what the nobles are doing? This is a merchant ship from many countries, and there are customs clearance documents issued by the Jin Dynasty, and you have no power to stop it. As he spoke, he took out the scarlet paper from his bosom and handed it over.
Ma Wenbiao waited for a day south of Jin'an County before he met the fleet coming from the south, and when he saw the other party take out the paperwork, he couldn't help but smile and take it, and then returned it to the other party: "You are a businessman from the poisonous country?" ”
"Exactly! Precisely! "Froze. Gandhi saw that the other party was kind, and quickly replied.
Ma Wenbiao waved his hand, and a soldier stepped forward with a bag of salt, opened the bag and said after the other party saw it: "We are soldiers of Huaxia Kingdom, these salts are given to you, and Huaxia Kingdom hopes to trade with Gupta countries!" ”
"Huaxia Kingdom?" Froze. Gandhi looked at the bag of salt, his eyes widened, this is no different from a bag of silver, especially the level of fineness, it is simply unprecedented!
"Ahem!" Froze. Gandhi straightened his back, coughed twice, calmed down and said: "Venerable warriors of the Huaxia Kingdom, I don't know what business you want to do and where your country is!" ”
Ma Wenbiao pointed to a huge reef not far away and said: "From this stone to the northeast for two days, it is the country of Huaxia, I have heard for a long time that your country has cotton, and all you want to exchange for salt!" After speaking, he gestured to what the cotton looked like.
Froze. Gandhi understood after hearing this, and said happily: "Venerable warriors of the Chinese Kingdom, this is the unique white cotton of Gupta country, I don't know how much you need?" ”
Ma Wenbiao saw that the other party knew, so he put down his heart and said: "How much you want, the most important thing is the seeds, the next time you come, you can bring as much as you can, and Huaxia Kingdom will buy them all." After saying that, he asked the soldier to bring a small bag and hand it to the other party.
Froze. Gandhi opened it and immediately smiled and said, "No problem, no problem, Froze will collect it as soon as he returns home, and he can go to your country in two months at most!" ”
Ma Wenbiao nodded with satisfaction, looked at the merchant, looked at the monk standing behind him, didn't say much, turned around and returned to the boat with the soldiers, released the four-claw hook, and sailed away.
A bag of salt is nothing, there are many on the island, and that bag of gold, silver and jewelry is worth a lot of money, if this guy runs away with it, if he doesn't come back, it will be worth the loss, but Xu Yanzhi is like this, since he has finished the matter, he will start to return, and when he meets the ships patrolling around the island, inform the other party that if there is a foreign ship coming, he will bring Taipei County, and after explaining the matter, he will go home.
Froze. Gandhi would never have thought that he would find such a thing on the way, looking at a bag of salt and a bag of jewelry, his heart was overjoyed, although he asked Master Faxian where the Huaxia country was, the other party shook his head and said that he did not know, he was really happy to think about how to return to China to collect white cotton, mark the reef on the chart, and set sail and returned home
Taipei County Ware Genus
"Bang bang bang" three crisp metal impact sounds, let everyone around see the power of the shining Tang knife, the iron long knife placed on the stone table has been broken into two, Zhao Ziwei, who is holding the steel knife, danced excitedly: "It's done, it's done!" ”
"Is there a curling blade?" The craftsman of the Xie Family Bingzhuang hurriedly asked.
Zhao Ziwei put it in front of him and took a closer look, the hexagonal Tang knife was thick and thin, and the blade was thinner, and he used all his strength to chop the iron knife, but it was not damaged at all, and everyone who watched hugged each other and shouted: "It's done, it's done!" ”
After countless days and nights of experiments, they finally made a qualified steel knife, how could they not be happy in their hearts, and they all fell silent in joy, wiping their tears.
Zhao Ziwei scraped the blade with his fingers and exclaimed: "The general is really omniscient, such a wonderful iron refining method is really unheard of, especially the battle armor, which is also eye-opening!" ”
The craftsman of Bingzhuang nodded and said, "Now that there is this iron refining method, the weapons and equipment are even sharper, and of course, there are also the 100,000 yuan!" Hey! ”
Zhao Ziwei saw the other party's greed for money, and said with a smile: "This is just the beginning, Taishou said, let the subordinate officials pick some people, move the artifact to the north, transfer 5,000 people, and start digging minerals, from today onwards, stop the work in your hands first, and move all the tools and things that can be used in the genus, and the new artifact genus has begun to be built for us with bricks and stones." ”
"Made of masonry?" Everyone was excited, this is a treatment that only rich and noble families can enjoy, how can they not be happy.
"Not only are the tools made of bricks and stones, but every new instrument is made, whether it is used in agriculture or war, there is a reward of 10,000 to 100,000 yuan.
"Really? Make your own copper coins? The craftsmen said in amazement.
"Well, it is said that it is made of silver taels and copper coins, there are big and small, one penny of silver can be exchanged for a hundred copper coins, it should be a small silver coin, and one tael of money can be exchanged for a thousand copper coins, which should be a large silver coin, and the production must be exquisite, so that it is difficult for outsiders to imitate." Zhao Ziwei conveyed Xu Yanzhi's order.
The artisans began to talk about each other, and all sorts of whimsical ideas, some feasible and some completely out of tune, naturally caused a burst of laughter, but this atmosphere of self-expression and self-expression undoubtedly provided the most fertile ground for these craftsmen, and it was only a matter of time before they had the real material at their disposal, and it was only a matter of time before they could make a unique coin.
Zhao Ziwei asked everyone to discuss, inserted the Tang knife into the matching scabbard, and then sent it to the Taishou Mansion, and then turned around and packed up his things with everyone, preparing to move to the place where the minerals were found in the north.