When he got up the next day, Xia Yu came to invite them to breakfast again, and then arranged for a subordinate to accompany them to arrange everything, and he took people to patrol the border. He said that the weather is cold early this year, and there may be a big cold in winter, and the Xianbei people may invade in advance, and he has to check the defense in the jurisdiction, and he can't accompany Lu Min more. He asked Lu Min to stay a few more days and talk about it again when he returned.

After saying goodbye to Xia Yu, Lu Min took Liu Xiu and them to Hu City outside the city. Probably because of yesterday's incident, Liu He was a little unnatural, and went on his own with a few people who were close. Lu Min knew it and didn't care.

The Hu market is very lively, some of the Hu people have already set up stalls to start doing business, some are still eating, there is a fire in front of the tent, roasting sheep, the big man with a beard sits cross-legged on a leather, holding a wooden bowl in one hand to drink milk, and the other hand is holding a knife to cut the mutton and stuff it into the mouth, some people eat the common food of the Han people.

In addition to the Hu people, there are also many Han people, and their style is similar to that of the Hu people, they do not pay attention to it when they are in the mainland, they sit on the ground, talk loudly with their neighboring partners, speak Chinese for a while, speak Hu for a while, laugh a few times from time to time, talk in their mouths, and are not idle in their hands, packing up their goods, arranging for the guys to tidy up the place, and preparing to open the door to do business.

Liu Xiu: They came early, there weren't too many shoppers, and the Hu market looked relatively empty, and there was no lively scene like the one I saw yesterday. But this is also good, Liu Xiu can calmly observe the situation of those Hu people, and understand their economic situation from their diet, clothing, and the abundance of goods they put out.

The goods laid out by the Hu people are much the same, there are all kinds of animal skins, bright bird feathers, indescribable herbs, some Zhemu bows, and the more precious ones have horns of unknown animals. Xian Yuyin said that this is the end of the horn, and it is the best to use it to make a bow.

Since Liu Xiu learned the halberd method from Zhao Yi, he wanted to build an iron halberd to play with, and had the intention to buy some iron in the Hu market, but after looking at it for a while, not only did he not see the Hu people selling iron, but even the Han people did not sell it, so he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

After hearing this, Xian Yuyin smiled dumbly.

"There is no iron here, salt and iron are monopolized by the government, and there are special places to trade, and they rarely appear in the Hu market. If you want to buy iron, you should go to Yuyang, Yuyang produces fine iron, and there are many blacksmiths with good craftsmanship, so if you buy it there, wouldn't it be better to find someone to fight directly? If you have the opportunity to go, you might as well go to my brother Xian Yusuke, who is very familiar with Yuyang and knows where there is good iron and which craftsman has the best craftsmanship. ”

"yes, that's good." Liu Xiu hurriedly asked about Xian Yufu's situation. Xianyu's family was originally from Shanggu, but later because the family business became larger and the population increased, some people moved to Yuyang. became a person from Yuyang County, so he naturally wanted to serve in Yuyang.

"My lord, do you want to buy iron?" An old man with a beard in half a sheepskin approached, smiling in the weather-beaten wrinkles and speaking in a stiff Chinese language. Liu Xiu didn't understand, and turned his head to look at Xian Yuyin.

Xian Yuyin talked to him for a few words, and the old man nodded and said a few words, turned around and hurried away. Xian Yuyin said with a smile: "Brother Deran, you are so lucky, this old beard said that he has a piece of fine iron, which fell from the sky, and happened to hear what we just said, so he will sell it to you." ”

Liu Xiu suddenly came to his senses, the iron-making technology of the Han Dynasty has made great progress, but it has not yet reached the point where it can make alloys, if there is meteorite to make weapons, it is definitely the best choice.

As soon as they heard that there was a meteorite, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei also came around, and even Mao Yan, who was accompanying Lu Min, glanced over a few times. Just as he was waiting, Zhang Fei's eyes suddenly lit up, he pulled Liu Xiu's arm, and shouted as if he had found a treasure: "Sir, look." ”

Liu Xiu looked in the direction he pointed, his eyes lit up, and blurted out: "What a Persian cat!" ”

A blonde girl in a pure white dress slowly paced over from a distance. She is tall, her skin is fair, her face is delicate, but her body is bumpy and convex, her curly hair like gold is loosely tied with a ribbon, draped over her shoulders, like a golden shawl, her sleeves are half rolled, revealing a slender arm, holding a snow-white cat, a pair of blue eyes like sapphire looking curiously left and right, revealing a little childishness, a little elegant, looking from afar, it is like a princess in a fairy tale.

"Persian cat?" Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment: "How do you look at cats and not people?" ”

Liu Xiu rolled his eyes, and said in his heart The lazy cat closed his eyes, how do I know what kind of cat it is, I am talking about the woman. However, there is no need to explain these to Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei is not in the mood to listen to his explanation, so he began to evaluate it professionally.

"Sir, the curves of this bearded girl are different from those of my Han people, you see, her breasts seem to be firmer, her waist is thinner, and the proportions of the whole person are closer to the golden ratio you said. Alas, these long legs ......"

Liu Bei dragged him puzzled: "She is wearing a long dress, you can also see her leg length?" ”

"Stupid!" Zhang Fei unceremoniously gave him a roll of his eyes: "You can't see her legs, you can't look at her waist and ass?" ”

"And! It's rude. Liu Bei was a little faceless, his mouth was disapproving, but his eyes involuntarily looked at the woman's waist and hips. He has always liked to look at beautiful women, and now he follows Liu Xiu and Zhang Fei, two partners who use the excuse of practicing painting skills to see women, and they are even more unscrupulous behind them.

"Hey! Where do the dog's eyes look? A medium-sized Hu man of about twenty-five or sixteen years old strode over, pushed Liu Bei's shoulder with his hand, and scolded: "Where did you come from, such an uneducated dog?" ”

Liu Bei was angry, stretched out his hand to remove the Hu man's hand, and scolded: "What kind of dog are you, master, I look at beautiful women, it's about your birds?" If you have nothing to do, just shrink to the side and count the hairs to play, dare to take care of your master's business, you are impatient, right? ”

That Hu man is probably also arrogant, as soon as he heard Liu Bei's words, he immediately sneered angrily, took a step back, pulled out a knife from his waist, and beckoned at Liu Bei: "Boy, don't be hard-mouthed, if you have a kind of you, you will come over and make two moves with Lao Tzu, and see if Lao Tzu doesn't beat you all over the ground looking for teeth." ”

Liu Bei saw that the guy had drawn a knife, but he had no intention of backing down, he turned his head and looked around, as if only Xian Yuyin had a knife on his body, so he arched his hand and said: "Brother Boyu, borrow a knife, I will teach this dog a lesson." ”

Xian Yuyin frowned, glanced at the Hu man, hesitated for a moment, pulled out the knife and sheathed it, handed it to Liu Bei, and patted him on the shoulder: "Xuande be careful, this person ...... I'm afraid there are two hits. ”

"Thank you." Liu Bei responded, pulled out his knife and rushed forward, and the two didn't talk nonsense, and the "ping-pong" fought. Liu Xiu was taken aback, his heart was really strong, he moved the knife without saying a word, and the people next to him didn't even have the intention of persuading him at all, but instead surrounded him, hugged his arms, and began to watch the play with relish.

However, after he looked at the Hu man a few times again, he couldn't help but be a little suspicious. Although this bearded man was wearing clothes made of sheepskin, he did not have a beard, but a black hair, but he pierced it on the top of his head and pinned it with a hairpin, and the texture of the hairpin did not seem to be bad, and it shone with a warm light in the rising sun, but it looked like a hosta. His face was also different from that of the strong men standing behind the blonde woman, and he looked a little whiter, as if he was not exposed to the wind every day. What's more, this person speaks fluent Chinese, a bit like the Luoyang official dialect spoken by Lu Zhi.

This guy isn't a Hu man, is he?

Just when Liu Xiu doubted the origin of this person, Liu Bei had already gained the upper hand. Although his strength is not as good as Liu Xiu, but he is flexible, recently he first learned martial arts from Gongsun Zan and Mao Zong, and then followed Liu Xiu and Zhang Fei every day to exercise, and his martial arts have made great progress, although the person opposite is several years older than him, but he has no fear. In less than a few breaths, he suddenly shouted, and with a knife he slashed the knife in the man's hand, flew up with a kick, kicked the man to the ground, and with a wave of his hand, the knife was on his neck, and he pouted, and shouted with disdain:

"Hu Gou, do you want to accept it?"