When Zhang Xiaoxue heard what Yuan Guang said, she was a little deflated, she really didn't expect that just buying some beef tendon and horn would be so troublesome.

Thinking that beef tendon and horn are the main raw materials for making bows and arrows, they are monopolized by the government, and it seems that they are also used to make bows and arrows.

It seems that there is no way to make bows and arrows in large quantities, and I can only occasionally buy some beef tendon and horns.

It's a pity that the ranch is not enough to breed cattle or buffalo, only cows, although you can kill the cow tendon, but the two horns of the cow are too small, and it is definitely not possible to make bows and arrows.

Zhang Xiaoxue was a little unwilling no matter how she thought about it, and thought in her heart, why don't you prepare some gifts and go to the county lord's house to try the relationship?

But after thinking about it again, I felt that this idea was not good, the two of them were not familiar with each other, and it was not easy to open their mouths if they didn't say anything about asking for someone, in case it made the Huayuan County Lord embarrassed, and the faces of the two families would not look good.

Zhang Xiaoxue was a little hesitant in her heart, looked at the two elder brothers, and decided to talk to them, wanting to ask their opinions.

If they also feel that it is good to go to the county lord's mansion, then they will prepare some gifts to go to the county lord's house.

"Big brother, second brother, how about we say that we are going to prepare some gifts and go to the house of the county lord of Li County? Can he come forward and help buy some beef tendons and horns from the manufacturing bureau? ”

"This ...... Isn't this a bribe for County Lord Li?

The manufacturing bureau belongs to the imperial court, and it is not up to the county lord Li to have the final say, and it is probably not a simple matter to transfer the raw materials they purchased from the books of the manufacturing bureau.

We ordinary people have never competed with the government for profit, I don't think this idea is very appropriate, our bows and arrows, anyway, it is not necessary to make them, the big deal is that we will try our luck in the bazaar.

At that time, we can collect as much beef tendon and horn as we can, and we will make as many bows and arrows as we want. ”

After Yuan Guang heard Zhang Xiaoxue's idea, he rejected her suggestion, he felt that the manufacturing bureau had purchased beef tendons, and the horns were also used to make bows and arrows and be used to equip the army.

Yuan Guang also hoped that his national army could become stronger and stronger, and he was unwilling to compete for benefits from this aspect in his heart.

"Xue'er, I think what the eldest brother said is right, the manufacturing bureau purchased beef tendons and horns, which must also be used to make bows and arrows to enrich the army's equipment.

Let's not fight for this raw material from them, let's just collect it slowly, anyway, the bow and arrow are not waiting to be used in a hurry. ”

Yuan Lei also agreed with what Yuan Guang said.

"That's what I mentioned, since the eldest brother and the second brother both said so, let's take the RV and slowly look for it from place to place, just like the brothers said, anyway, the bow and arrow are not in a hurry. ”

Zhang Xiaoxue discussed with Yuan Guang and Yuan Lei, and decided to use a stupid method to run a few more markets in an RV, and make as many bows and arrows as he could.

Anyway, bows and arrows are not indispensable items, and when cattle can be raised in large quantities in the pasture in the future, it is not too late to let cattle make bows and arrows in large quantities.

There is no one in Huayuan County anyway, after Zhang Xiaoxue and Sanbao said hello, they got into the invisible RV with Yuan Guang and Yuan Lei and called up the three-dimensional map.

The three of them checked from the three-dimensional map, started to search from the nearest county seat near Huayuan County, and began to tirelessly go to the market over there to find out if there were any beef tendons and horns sold.

In one day's work, the three of them ran to more than ten markets in the county, and only found five pieces of horn and tendon, and the efficiency can be said to be slow.

After returning home and handing over these horns and tendons to Da Niu, Da Niu said that he could make ten bows and arrows, and Zhang Xiaoxue was quite satisfied with this result.

In the afternoon, Da Tie and the others made a batch of tools needed to dig the cellar, and when they saw Zhang Xiaoxue, Da Tie and the three of them were very excited.

After talking to Zhang Xiaoxue, these large pieces of iron can be molded and made according to the shape of the tools you want after they are directly refined, saving a lot of steps.

In this way, the speed of their tools has increased a lot, and thinking of the newly added graphite in the warehouse, Zhang Xiaoxue took out a copy and asked them to see if they could use it.

Zhang Xiaoxue didn't expect that they could really use some of this graphite iron, saying that it could be used to make molds.

Since it could be used, Zhang Xiaoxue simply took out all three parts of graphite in the warehouse and handed it over to Datie for them to use.

They are also very happy about the big iron, saying that the purity of graphite is also very high like iron ore, and there are basically no impurities in it, which is very easy to use.

I'm also happy about this Zhang Xiaoxue, it's good to be able to use it, although it costs star coins to get it out, this star coin is nothing to Zhang Xiaoxue's current net worth, and there will basically be no distress now.

With the tools of excavation, Tian Sixteen had already gathered a group of slaves and began to dig the underground secret room from the selected place.

Since it is called an underground secret room, it is naturally necessary to carry some people to dig it, so they first put the excavated soil in baskets, and when there are few people in the evening, they pick it up to a rocky ditch at the foot of the mountain.

In this rocky ditch, there is nothing good except for rocks and weeds, and no one will be dissatisfied when the leftover soil is transported here.

And after all the underground secret rooms in Zhang Xiaoxue's house were excavated, the excavated soil filled a large part of the stone ditch, and the area was about two acres of land.

The soft land was seen by Zhang's father, so he simply leveled it again and turned it into a wasteland, and he went to the patriarch to say it, spent two taels of silver, and went to the county to get a land deed, and the family suddenly had two more acres of wasteland.

It is not far from the 100 acres of wasteland newly cultivated by the family, but what should be planted on the two acres of land here? The family also stayed together to discuss it.

Now that the crops are planted a little late, I don't know if they can be harvested before the frost, Zhang Xiaoxue interjected, "Let's just plant some fruit trees on the two acres of land." ”

Everyone unanimously agreed with Zhang Xiaoxue's suggestion, because Zhang Xiaoxue said that she could exchange the fruit saplings in her master's farm, all kinds of fruit saplings, whatever she wanted.

With the family's admiration for Master Zhang Xiaoxue and the deliciousness of the fruits Zhang Xiaoxue took out, the family decided to buy several varieties of fruits.

So on these two acres of land, Zhang Xiaoxue's family planted a variety of fruit trees, including ten apple saplings, ten apricots, ten peaches, ten pear trees, ten cherries, ten persimmons, and ten mulberries.