Chapter 7: John's Selling of Equipment
When Simon Sr. and his son Simon Jr. were gone, John lay on the bed, thinking about what Simon Sr. had said.
Old Simon's intention was very simple, because he had already seen John's level, and coupled with John's standard Nimitz, Old Simon had already decided that John was a blacksmith in a big city, and even a master of a famous blacksmith and weapons shop. With this premise, the treaty negotiated by the two no longer applies, so Simon Sr. is ready to give up his share of profits, only hoping that John will be able to let little Simon watch when he can build weapons before leaving.
There was nothing wrong with that, and John agreed without hesitation. Simon Sr. and Little Simon looked very happy, and the smiles on their faces did not disappear as they left.
It's amazing today, eating for the first time and feeling pretty good. John thought back to how he had felt and decided that he would continue to eat if he had a chance in the future.
As he sighed, John suddenly felt that something was wrong. As far as humans are concerned, after eating a lot of food, they will feel a clear feeling of fullness, but as an immortal who has never experienced this feeling, they do not feel the slightest difference from before. I checked it, but found that the soul amount had increased by two points.
"Huh. John sat up from the bed in surprise. Thinking of Eldridge, the title of the Shadow Sage Eldridge, it seems that eating has a special meaning for the undead.
Soon, while John was still thinking, night was gradually replaced by day, and the crowing of the neighbor's rooster could be heard outside the window. John simply stopped sleeping, and got up to go to Old Simon's blacksmith's shop. Yesterday Simon Sr. said that he was going to auction off two weapons. Although John knew the process of the auction in exchange for common sense, he was still curious about what he had never seen before, so he was ready to take a look.
As a result, John didn't remember until he was almost at the blacksmith shop, and this was too early for the average person, especially for the biggest buyers of weapons, mercenaries and adventurers. After all, these two professions like to splurge in taverns, casinos and other places after getting money, and rarely get up early.
John shrugged his shoulders and turned to the bazaar, ready to buy some food for breakfast. The market in the border town is the same place where John sold his fur game yesterday, and it won't be impossible to find it. On a breakfast bunk. John bought a coarse wheat cake and bought a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast.
After breakfast, John walked around the market two more times, and when he saw that the time was almost up, he set off for the blacksmith's shop. When I arrived at the blacksmith shop, I saw Simon Sr. and realized that I had misunderstood, this kind of weapon auction is not a direct auction, but there will be a process of publicity, and it will generally take two to three days to release rumors in taverns, inns and other places, so that people will know that there is such a thing first, and then more people can be gathered to participate in the auction.
John nodded after hearing this, thinking that although he already had a lot of common sense, he couldn't connect common sense with reality without much insight.
Now that he's here, John doesn't have much else to go, so he just builds himself a little more equipment.
After telling Simon that he was going to build some equipment for his own use, Simon quickly called Simon Jr., who was still busy in the ore warehouse, and asked Simon Jr. to give John a hand.
By the time little Simon came to the fire with the ore, John and old Simon had already lit the fire. John glanced at little Simon and said, "I have no experience in teaching others, so you can watch me build it carefully, and if you understand it, write it down, and ask me again when I'm done." Then you'll build it yourself, and I'll give you some advice. As for what you can learn, it's up to you. ”
When old Simon heard John say this, his face almost burst into laughter. originally thought that little Simon could only steal the master when he was building, but he didn't expect John to prepare such a meticulous professor, which is much better than some blacksmiths and apprentices in blacksmith shops. He thanked John again and again.
After that, John offered to go and see what materials were available, and Simon Sr. immediately asked Simon Jr. to take John to the warehouse to have a look.
In the storehouse, John saw a bundle of short sticks tied to a corner, in addition to various ores. After asking Simon Jr., he found out that these wooden sticks were intended to be used to make arrow shafts. John picked up one, as thick as a little finger and about half a meter long, which was also quite suitable as an arrow shaft. There are also a few one-hand-thick and two-meter-long barrels used to make spears. John thought for a moment, and was ready to give himself a shield and then a spare weapon. The shield is made in the style of the Linde shield, and the short gun is made according to the style of the gun in the Eastern country recorded in the Great Library, using the collar pattern, that is, the slender handle under the head of the gun is embedded in a hollowed-out hardwood pole or a bamboo pole cut into thin seams, and then tightly tied with a cowhide string in a circle, and finally wrapped in a painted bamboo pole, and the whole wooden pole is painted to make it waterproof. The gun made in this collar mode has a heavier head part, which can be used to slap and stab the opponent's weapon before stabbing into the mending knife. And because the tip is longer, it can also be used for cutting.
Called Simon Jr., took the ore, and the two began to build. This time, with little Simon watching, John slowed down and spent two days building and teaching. On the second night, old Simon came to John with wine and meat, and said, "Tomorrow the auction will be open, and the world will be set at two o'clock in the afternoon, what do you think?" John himself had nothing to do these days, and he had an indifferent attitude towards the start time, so he agreed. When he returned to the courtyard, John brought with him the freshly built Lindun and a spear.
"Linde's Shield: A small shield made in the style of the Linde's shield in the memory of the fireless ashes, and is often used to direct the opponent's attacks away. Little Shield (Ordinary)"
'Oriental Lance: Crafted from the bizarre spear described by the Eastern Samurai Shiba in the Great Library. The head of the spear weighs more than a normal spear, and it is impossible for ordinary people to handle it easily, but the skilled can turn this disadvantage into a means of attack. Weapon (Mundane)'
Back in the courtyard, John took Lin Dedun and waved it twice. It's ok, it doesn't feel much different than before. However, due to the material, the durability will be much worse than the original Linde Shield. Then he picked up the Oriental spear and danced. Although it was the first time he had used the weapon, John was able to find a way to use it quickly. In addition to being able to use stabbing like the spears of the past, this weapon also had a certain function of a halberd, and after finding a similarity, John tried to use it in the same way as a halberd.
This is no problem for John, whether it is the Black Knight's Sword Halberd or Gooda's Halberd, John can play very well. In the past, John had tried to use only halberds and guns as weapons to transmit fire, and he had also tried to use whips, and even those two smoke-filled swords as double knives, and John had tried all kinds of strange ways. Compared to the previous ones, this weapon is already very friendly and ordinary.
Another night passed, and it was time for the small auction to begin. Speaking of which, there are only two weapons, and the provenance is only a well-known local blacksmith shop, so it can be said that it is not qualified to carry out an auction at all. However, this time it was different, the weapons that could be blessed were already scarce, and most of them were concentrated in the hands of the nobles, and there was not one out of ten who were left behind. This time, there were suddenly two opportunities in front of them, and the guys who licked the blood from the knife edge waited for the auction to start with their eyes shining. At noon, when John arrived at the blacksmith's shop, there were already many people gathered at the door, standing or leaning, waiting for the auction to begin. Seeing this, John didn't plan to go in, so he learned from the others to find a place to sit down, took out the bread and meat, and ate it slowly.
This is very conspicuous. Most of the people waiting here are mercenaries and adventurers, and most of them take weapons very seriously. While waiting for the weapons to be sold, there is basically no desire to eat. At this time, a person who was eating and drinking appeared in the middle of the crowd of people who were waiting, and at once attracted the attention of most of the people. However, looking at the coarse cloth clothes on John's body, coupled with the fact that he hadn't seen John and didn't want to be an insider, it was estimated that John, who was a nearby resident, came to see the excitement, so he didn't care. Many adventurers watched John eat sweetly, and saw that there were still a lot of cooked meats next to John, and unconsciously felt the hunger that Yuan Ben ignored due to nervousness, so some of them came over and asked John if he could sell some to himself.
John naturally wouldn't refuse, so he watched as the food he bought to be eaten on the road was bought by everyone. Since most of the people around him knew each other, he couldn't pull his face to bargain with John, and he wouldn't stand there waiting for change for a few copper horns when he took a large amount of copper coins, and after John only had the bread and meat pieces in his hand, he calculated carefully, in addition to the original cost of buying things fifty-two copper corners, there was actually a balance of more than thirty copper horns, and the profit actually made more than half.
The merchant next to him looked at the door and knocked on the door, why didn't he think of such a good thing. Don't look at the more than 30 copper horns and think that it is very little, you must know that at this time, a farmer's annual harvest can have 300 copper horns, that is, three silver coins, after paying taxes, it is already a rare harvest year, if it is a small town to do odd jobs during the slack time, it is very good to have five copper horns a day. And the food John brought was bought at random in the bazaar, and he made so much money by walking a few steps, so he naturally regretted that he didn't expect this stubble.
John didn't care what these people thought, and seeing that the time was not yet up, he got up again to buy food. When John got up, he thought he was going to go shopping, so he took out some copper horns and asked John to help him buy some meat, and he would also let John bring some wine. Which weapon with blessing potential is not priced in silver coins, and naturally no one is embarrassed to bid with copper coins, so it is relatively generous to sell. John was bored and ready to go shopping for food, so he didn't refuse, and walked towards the market with a bag of copper coins.