—156 A.D.——

The land of Hexi, known as Yongzhou in ancient times, three years of Han Yuanshuo (126 years ago), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed Yongzhou to Liangzhou because of the cold land, and made the hussar general Huo go to the sick to fight the Huns, and occupied Guzang and Hutu.

After hundreds of years of fighting with the Huns, Qiang people, Di people and other Hu people, Liangzhou governance office was finally set in Guzang, also known as Wuwei, compared with the surrounding areas, Guzang can be called Fuyi, currency Qiang Hu, the city is four, wine shops are everywhere, each person who lives in the county, not profitable for several months, resulting in abundant accumulation.

"There is such a rich land in Hexi! I thought that if I left the Central Plains, I would never see such a beautiful scenery again. Outside the gate of Guzang City, a young man with a big shoulder, a round waist, a tall figure, and a slightly fierce face exclaimed.

"Shut up!" The middle-aged man dressed as a scribe next to the young man reprimanded in a low voice: "My father is here to visit many old people, if you make a mistake, you will lose face for your father, and you will be rejected by your old friends, then——"

"Poop...... How is it? Seeing that his father deliberately did not speak thoroughly, the young man was a little apprehensive.

"I will punish you for not eating meat for ten years." The man said leisurely.

“——！” The boy's eyes widened, but he didn't dare to speak, lest his father take it seriously.

"How can you rest assured of being a father if you are so unstable?" The man said: "Although it is an old friend, it is the limit to raise you to be filial piety, if you act badly, it is impossible to turn around for you." ”

"Father and rest assured, just being a mere official, can it be more difficult to get along with than the Qiang people?" The boy replied disappreciatively.

"Alas......" the man sighed.

The man's name is Dong Junya, originally a native of Longxi, Liangzhou, once served as the lieutenant of Yingchuan County, although he has a brave name, but he has no wisdom, he was used as a gunman in a secret fight in Yingchuan officialdom, and had to resign and return to his hometown, during his tenure, his wife gave birth to two sons for him in Yingchuan, the eldest son Dong Zhuo, and the second son Dong Min (min).

Dong Junya took the words "Zhong Ying" and "Shu Ying" when the two sons were not crowned, hoping that they could get ahead in Yingchuan, but compared to learning, Dong Zhuo prefers rangers, and although Dong Min has the heart to study, his qualifications are insufficient, and he is often ridiculed by Yingchuan students for some reason.

This time back to his hometown, he ordered his second son to concentrate on studying to wait for the governor to conquer, because it is on the border of Han and Qiang, the people of Liangzhou are strong, and because of the revival of the aura, if you are looking for warriors, you will look up, but those who can help Shangguan deal with civil affairs may not be able to find one among thousands of people, so if the people of Liangzhou are willing to be civil officials, as long as they are not too bad, there is almost no hindrance.

The eldest son Dong Zhuo is more troublesome, although some natural powers, but there is no "unparalleled" characteristic, after returning to Xiliang, Zhengri befriended the Qiang people, doing ranger behavior, because he saw that he was still the same as he was in adulthood, Dong Junya had to bring him to the state office to ask the old to find an errand for his son.

After taking Dong Zhuo into the city, Dong Junya solemnly advised: "When you go to visit friends for your father, if you are allowed to stay somewhere and not move, I am afraid that you can't, so that you can play in the city at will, but you are not allowed to go out of the city, if it is late, you will wait for your father in the largest restaurant in the city." ”

"Actually, the son can visit with the father......"

"Llease, if you quarrel with others again without saying a word, and shout and frighten people, and sophistry and deceit, you cannot afford to lose this person for the father." Dong Junya shook her head, gave her son some silver money to make him feel comfortable, and then turned to leave.

"But I've clearly won......" Dong Zhuo said to himself, seeing that his father was far away, he reluctantly turned to look at Gu Zang, or rather, Wuwei City.

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Wuwei is located in Xiliang, but the scenery is different from the Central Plains, because the surrounding are flat Gobi, the wind and sand are quite violent, so the surrounding city walls are built very high, and there are many wind-blocking walls in the city to block the wind, so the market, residence, military camp, shops, workshops and farmhouses are also divided into blocks, which is very easy to recognize.

Wuwei opens four times a month for the Central Plains merchants and Qianghu to communicate with each other, exchange goods, on weekdays called small sets, although there are no distant merchants, but there are also traveling merchants and scattered tribes here to trade.

This time Dong Zhuo went to the bazaar, is to find an excellent saber, although those rangers and scholars all respect the sword, but that kind of narrow weapon is not suitable for the strong Dong Zhuo, the weapon he has been using is from a prison official in Yingchuan in exchange for the "prison knife", the knife is densely covered with fine teeth, enough to intimidate prisoners, if used for chopping, but easy to damage.

After returning to Liangzhou with his father, he was very fond of the wide sabers of the Qiang people, so he deliberately befriended many young masters of small Qiang tribes, but they did not have extra good knives in their hands, and those Dong Zhuo who were randomly built and handed over to the clansmen were not eye-catching.

Dong Zhuo heard that in addition to the sword-casting master from the Qiang people, who could not see the head and tail, those good knives could occasionally be found in the Han bazaar, so he took advantage of his father's visit to a friend, so he came to try his luck, and the silver money he had saved and the ones his father had just given him should be almost enough to buy a good knife.

Dong Zhuo walked in the bazaar that had just passed the big market and was not very deserted, avoiding the outstretched hands of a few thieves along the way.

It's ridiculous, he thought, this kind of trick has been played out when he was still in Yingchuan, although he is noble, he is not stupid, if he wants, he can even turn around and touch the belongings of those thieves who are not skilled enough to focus on themselves.

However, there are some problems with this, if they admit it, in case they gather to make trouble for him, and then they are all put down, and finally reach their father's ears, and then they may be like Confucius said, "March does not know the taste of meat".

After several failed attempts, the thief gradually dispersed, no longer paying attention to the stubble, and Dong Zhuo arrived at the blacksmith shop in the bazaar.

To his disappointment, the weapons here were still dominated by flashy swords, as well as bulky long-handled broadswords and guns, and the rest were all farm tools, and perhaps a large axe for chopping wood was barely a weapon.

"Don't laugh at this little man, if I can play such a good sword and sword, how can I open a blacksmith shop here?" When Dong Zhuo asked, the blacksmith shook his hand again and again: "Even if it is repaired and strengthened, I don't dare to touch the higher-quality things." ”

Thanks to the revival of the aura, in addition to wild beasts, plants and trees, even minerals and stones have also changed, when the sword is handled without the corresponding high-grade materials, everything is fine, but if its quality is excellent or above, they will be broken into scrap metal in a kind of "rather for jade than for tile" attitude.

Dong Zhuo also knew this, and did not force it, but just handed his saber to the blacksmith: "Then repair and strengthen it, to what extent can it be done, and how much money does it cost?" ”

"This ......" the blacksmith shook the prison knife twice, frowning slightly: "Its quality has been reduced to 'dilapidated', with my skills, I can repair it back to 'normal', if you want to improve it to 'excellent', you need additional materials, you can't be sure of success, but at least you can guarantee that it won't break." ”

"Oh? What do you need? When I consulted with the blacksmiths in the Central Plains, they said that they didn't need any other materials to be promoted to 'excellent'. Dong Zhuo wondered.

"Heh, what they call 'strengthening to excellent' is most likely to strengthen the weight of the blade to increase damage, or reduce the weight to make the movement faster, or simply make it more ornate to make it look more delicate," said the blacksmith, "My enhancement will make this knife - add 'matchless'." ”

"Oh? That's the effect of a 'fine' weapon, and you've just declared yourself an ordinary blacksmith. Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes.

"Attaching a 'sophisticated' effect to a 'normal' weapon to advance to 'excellent' is a bit of my skill, don't you think this strange weapon will be favored by the unparalleled warriors?" The blacksmith spread his hands.

"Isn't my 'peerless warrior' just a fancy to it? Hahaha! Dong Zhuo laughed.

"Hehe......" The blacksmith couldn't cooperate with Dong Zhuo, laughed dryly, and shouted to the back of the blacksmith shop: "Ma Teng! Stop chopping wood! Come to the front! ”

The small crackling sound that had been present in the backyard was interrupted, and then a boy about ten years old, who was taller than the average child, walked out of the backyard with a logging axe: "Father. ”

"Go find the boy of the Jia family and tell him that someone wants his 'Yanyu fragment'." The blacksmith commanded.

"Whoa." The boy named Ma Teng glanced at the tall Dong Zhuo and walked outside the shop.

"Xiliang Ma's house? It's no wonder that this technology exists. Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes and looked at the blacksmith in front of him.

"It's just a side branch," the blacksmith arched his hand: "In Xiamasu, many years ago, he was the lieutenant of Tianshui Langan County, but he lost his official position due to the dumping of the peak, and his savings were exhausted, so he had to return to his old business. ”

"Oh? My father is also a county lieutenant, and he lost his official position for some reason a year ago," Dong Zhuo felt a little kindly: "I don't know what those big guys are doing, let my subordinates dispose of low-level officials at will, if I have a chance to deal with them, I will definitely hang them up and beat them one by one." ”

"Hehe, just talk about it here, if it is in the inner abdomen of the Central Plains, I am afraid that if I turn my face, I will be told to the yamen by the ear of the wall." Ma Su shook his head and said.

"Father, I called Jia Xu." Dong Zhuo and Ma Su exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then saw that Ma Teng led the little boy who looked smaller than him, his eyes turned straight, and his face was shrewd.

"It's this strong man who wants to strengthen his weapon, and your 'Yanyu' that the gods are talking about and won't sell directly can take it out?" Ma Su said.

"It's a 'small piece' on the 'splinter' of 'Yanyu'," the boy Jia Xu said: "If someone misunderstands Uncle Ma's words and arrests and tortures me, can Uncle Ma conjure up a complete Yanyu to redeem me?" ”

"Don't be noisy," Ma Su picked up Dong Zhuo's prison knife and showed it to Xiao Tong: "I'm going to add the 'flame' attribute to these sawtooth, how much do you think you need?" ”

"Hmm......" Jia Xu didn't look at the knife, but just looked Dong Zhuo up and down for a long time, and then said, "Two thousand dollars." ”

"However, the amount is too large to carry, I need to go back and exchange it for silver taels," Dong Zhuo's face was expressionless, but his heart was quite shaken, counting the savings on weekdays and the silver money given by his father today, a total of only two thousand five hundred yuan.

"In this way, I will repair this knife first, and the matter of attaching attributes will be carried out when the Dong family Xiaolang comes again," Ma Su nodded and said: "The repair and enhancement fee can be four hundred yuan." ”

Years of savings are gone, I just hope that this Wuwei will have enough opportunities to make contributions, Dong Zhuo looked at Ma Teng and Jia Xu again, hugged his fist at Ma Su and turned to leave.