"Third master, this is not good!"

Ding Baojun is not afraid of anything else, he is afraid that Yang Meng will kill the shoemaker, as far as he knows, several shoemakers in Kunming City are not smokers, in case the third master has a temperament and kills the good people, the old man is not easy to explain.

"What's bad? I'm not here to kill, I'm just making a pair of boots, is it that hard? I have to do these boots today! ”

Your reputation must be corrected, otherwise your own business will not be easy to do, no one dares to do things for yourself, then it's a fart!

Seeing that Yang Meng was angry, Ding Baojun no longer insisted, he knew where the best shoemaker in Kunming City lived, and it was really not possible to go, so he took a knife and dragged Yang Laosan back.

The group walked around the city of Kunming, and Yang Meng twitched his nose several times, and in the wings of his nose, Yang Meng was very familiar with the smell, although it was weak, but he could tell what it was.

His reputation in Kunming City is too bad, and he can't let Lao Ding know how to touch opium, so he wrote down the approximate location and the surrounding buildings, and Yang Meng resisted the urge to find some opium and study it.

In a short time, the group came to a somewhat dilapidated house, Ding Baojun turned over and dismounted, and went to knock on the courtyard door of the house.

"Leathersmith, the third master of the Yang family is here to make boots, open the door!"

After shouting, there was a sound of 'Xi Xi Suo' in the courtyard, and it took a long time for a crack to open the broken courtyard gate.

"What are you afraid of! Lao Tzu doesn't eat people, where is your store? Lao Tzu wants to make a good pair of shoes! ”

The reaction of Kunming City also made Yang Meng angry, as for it? Isn't it nonsense that there is only one person who can scare the whole city into closing up?

"The third grandfather spares his life! I'm not a big smoker, I'm not a big smoker......"

As soon as Yang Meng lost his temper, the leatherman knelt down directly, ignoring the hard stone steps at the door, and kowtowed while crying, and blood oozed from his forehead in just a few clicks.

"Get up! Why are the bones so soft, can you make shoes, if you can't do it, Lao Tzu will kill you now! ”

What are these things, and are they scared like this? It seems that the defeat of the Qing Dynasty at the hands of the British is not without reason.

"I can do it! Can do! ”

As soon as he heard that the third grandfather of the Yang family was going to kill himself, the leatherman stopped kowtowing, and nodded vigorously with old tears.

"Where to do it? Take me there, Lao Tzu has orders, remember! If you do a good job, you will be rewarded, but if you don't do well, you will pick your skin! ”

This person's bones are softer, don't threaten it, I'm afraid it won't be able to do things, Yang Meng is very good at doing this, and Zhang Leatherman also put away his old tears tremblingly, and nodded vigorously.

"Where? Say a word! ”

"It's at home."

"Then let's go inside!"

"I ......"

This paused again, Yang Meng was also anxious for him, is it so difficult to make a pair of shoes?

"Zhang cobbler, don't be afraid, the third master just received the master's enlightenment a few days ago, and he has already opened his mind, he will not be easy to kill in the next few days, if you grind and provoke the third master to anger, I dare not guarantee it."

Ding Baojun, who was helpless, could only come out to play a round game, his third master already had green tendons on his head, and this cobbler would ink again, in case it caused the ferocity of the third master, it would not be good.

"But the wife and children are at home? Here's it for you, send them out of the way. ”

can make a soft bone a little tough, Bacheng is a family, Yang Meng took two silver dollars from the leather bag, and threw them in front of the leatherman, this one did not hesitate, picked up the silver dollar on the ground, and went home.

This one was also careful, and got his wife and two children next door from the wall, and then walked out slowly.

"The shoes I'm wearing, you're going to make them!"

Yang Meng got off the cart and slowly walked into the somewhat dilapidated yard.

"What style of boots does the third grandfather want, or is it the same as the one on his feet?"

The cobbler still looked frightened, and his voice was still trembling!

"Just call me the third master, the third grandfather has a little longevity, and then call me to be careful of Lao Tzu's fists and feet without eyes, I have a style here, can you do it?"

Yang Meng doesn't know, they are all people, why are the bones of this product so soft? Back then, he was powerful in the Golden Triangle, and he was extra careful when he went out, and the border people there might dare to shoot themselves if they knew which one of them, but this Qing Dynasty person, Yang Meng, who was hard-boned, really didn't see a few.

"The third master said let's talk about it, I can do general leather work."

"See these boots on my feet? It needs to be changed here, it must be changed here, the iron nails are not needed, and they are replaced with leather, can they be done? ”

Yang Meng pointed out a few things to be changed, but the cobbler was confused.

"Do you have a pen?"

The cobbler shook his head.

"Is there any burnt wood?"

The cobbler nodded.

"Then go get it, stupidly dry hair?"

Yang Meng was a little speechless, the best leathersmith in Kunming is so, but he is sad to death.

Holding half a wooden stick, Yang Meng roughly drew the appearance of military boots, although the painting was nondescript, but this cobbler understood it.

"The sole should be soft, the upper should be breathable, it is best to have strong laces, add a steel plate in front of the sole, and wrap the toe with a steel plate, can you do it?"

Yang Meng said his requirements one by one, but the cobbler Zhang showed a look of embarrassment.

"Third master, there is no steel plate, but find a coppersmith who can wrap it with copper plate."

"The copper plate is also made, is there no steel plate in this Kunming city? What is a sword made of? ”

There is no good knife without a steel plate, and this good knife is also what Yang Meng needs.

"Leatherman Zhang, you do what the third master says! I sent people to the coppersmith. Third master, I'll tell you about the sword! ”

Ding Baojun came out in time to relieve the siege of Zhang Leatherman, and seeing that the third master was talking to this person hard, this old Ding had to stand up.

"Uncle Ding, there is no iron factory near Kunming?"

In Yang Meng's impression, it is very easy to make steel, and only with steel can there be good knives, doesn't it mean that there were good knives in ancient China?

"Iron is all smelted by blacksmiths, but there is an iron factory in the government, but it is just a larger blacksmith shop, and there is not much good steel! Look at the knife hands in our Zhuangzi, where there are steel knives, they are all wrought iron knives, a good knife to get out, at least a year or two, but the knives in our Zhuangzi are much better than the Qing army, and these are all expensive to do. ”

Wrought iron knives? Isn't that? Although Yang Meng said that he didn't understand steelmaking, he still knew the difference between Dao steel and iron.

"Uncle Ding, when you were in Guangdong, did the Inglis you saw also use iron knives?"

There should be an Eight-Nation Alliance! Yang Meng doesn't know how to do it, the tracks of the train are made of steel, he knows this way, and when he starts trading, opening a steel mill is also a business that makes a lot of money.

"It should be a steel knife, I've seen it from afar, it doesn't look like an iron knife, and the iron knife is not so bright no matter how much it is sharpened."

Ding Baojun made a judgment based on his own experience.

"Then our family is trading with Inglis? Can you get some knives and guns for me to see? ”

Yang Meng used to smuggle and manufacture firearms, and he still knows some general things, and he plays with guns well, so he may be able to find some ways to make a fortune.

The most important thing is that the Eight-Nation Coalition is here, and if you play with big knives and spears, you will definitely be beaten, and you must get some of these firearms.

"Guns? You're talking about something like a bird! That's not as good as a bow and arrow! The accuracy is too poor, and it is easy to explode, the old man has made a batch of them before, and they are all thrown in Wuzhuang! That's it, if you don't hit anyone, you have to hurt yourself first, what's the use? It's powerful to lift a gun, but that thing is too big, a person can't play at all, the bigger the gun, the greater the danger of exploding. ”

For the gun that Yang Meng said, Lao Ding was a little scoffing, Inglis's gun is powerful, but the Qing Dynasty didn't have it, just those things used by the Qing army, the target will be enough, and it is not as good as a bow and arrow to hit people!

"Oh...... Are there coal mines and iron mines near Kunming? ”

As soon as he heard that there was no steel mill in the Qing Dynasty, Yang Meng's heart became alive, no matter when and where, the only business is a profiteering industry, if he can get some guns from foreign devils, he will not be afraid of the imperial court, and this Yunnan will not be his own territory at that time?

"If you want to talk about minerals, the most in Yunnan are copper mines and silver mines, and our family's trade route to Sichuan is the copper road. Tin, lead, coal, iron and many other things are found near Kunming, and there are countless in the mountains of Yunnan. ”

Lao Ding said happily, Yang Meng listened even more cheerfully, with these things, it is difficult for him not to get rich, he bought off the smuggling of minerals by Qing officials, this is a big deal, if such a deal is done, it is not a dream to be rich and rival the country, and then raise an army, he can be the king and hegemon.

Thinking of this, Yang Meng didn't care about making shoes, sat in the yard of the leatherman, and began to plan his career.

One is to take revenge on the powers, and the other is to live like a fairy, and when the drug factory is built, he will start to prepare, these big deals, the more money he has, the greater the power, and the officials who are not afraid of the Qing Dynasty are not greedy or afraid.

Drugs, minerals, guns, and the army have become the foundation of Yang Meng's career, and with these, they should also be able to compete with the imperial court, and it is not impossible to turn Yunnan into the territory of the Yang family when the time comes.

The more he thought about Yang Meng, the happier he became, thinking of the gold mountains and silver seas in the future, as well as the two beauties around him, one big and one small, he couldn't help but feel a little fluttery.

"Third master, do you think this is the style you want?"

The cobbler interrupted Yang Meng's daydream, and a pair of boots wrapped in copper skin also appeared in front of him.

"What the is this! What I told you, you should have all farted? ”

This product is also a strange thing, I got a pair of copper shoes, and it didn't talk like that.

"Third Master, I did everything you ordered!"

Yang Meng felt that he couldn't communicate with Zhang Leatherman at all, you said he was a fool! These bronze shoes also have the smell of military boots.

"Cen Yuying, I'll tell you, you tell him, let him make a pair of shoes for the third master."

Yang Meng treats Cen Yuying as an indigenous, since he can't understand it, let's take a look at Cen Yuying's ability!

Told Cen Yuying his thoughts one by one, and asked him to communicate with Zhang Leathermian, Yang Meng threw a bag of silver dollars given by Lao Ding to Ma Qinghu, and asked him to take Tang Meiyi and Ma Qinglian to go shopping, while he himself was on the chair and continued to plan his great cause.