Chapter 41: Miss Sugar's New Hobby
Tangtang saw Lu Jingzhi patting his chest and promised himself, and said happily: "Brother Jing, I want to learn to be a knight." ”
Lu Jingzhi was chewing sweet radish in his mouth, and when he heard this, he gasped, choked on the broken radish and coughed.
Tangtang hurriedly came over, patted Lu Jingzhi on the back, and said, "Brother Jing, are you okay?"
Lu Jingzhi coughed a few times, spit out the broken radish in his throat, took a breath of relief, and said, "Why did you suddenly remember to learn from the undead to be a knight?"
Sugar Candy flattened her mouth and said, "Who rarely goes to learn the undead! It's so ugly, and none of them are pretty." I just want to learn to be a knight, and knights are so majestic. ”
Lu Jingzhi suddenly smiled and said, "I'm also a knight, so majestic? ”
Sugar Candy said, "You're a knight, but I'm not." I don't want to be raised in a castle by you. Although you are strong and strong now and can protect me, who will protect you when you are injured or sick?"
Lu Jing's heart was inexplicably moved, when Tangtang was more serious, she was really a bit like her brother Li Boyang. That guy was dull in school, but if he was serious, even the teacher would give him three points.
"Okay, you can try to be a knight, but you have to learn martial arts first. And since you want to be a knight, you have to get used to a life of servants. Where are you going to ask me to find a child as old as you to be your servant?" Lu Jingzhi said, glancing at his sister Rong'er, how old she was, and thinking about protecting herself, this idea is really cute.
Tangtang said disapprerovingly: "I have already had it." Silverheart!Go get my armor. Hearing this, Yinxin hurriedly turned around and went to the inner room. In the past, under Bergo's rule, Lu Jingzhi only had one suite, so he let Tangtang sleep in the inner room and sleep in the outer room by himself. Now Lu Jingzhi is a knight herself, so she directly set aside a suite for Tangtang, but Tangtang doesn't want to, she doesn't want to be separated from Brother Jing, she still wants to live in Lu Jingzhi's room. Lu Jingzhi also agreed with this way of living, in his opinion, Tangtang and himself have long been a family, and he is afraid that he will worry about her safety if he lives separately.
After a while, Silver Heart walked out of the room with a suit of armor, the size and style were completely made for a female knight as big as Sugar Candy, but in terms of weight, it seemed to be a lot lighter.
"Miss, I'll wait for you to dress. Silverheart picked up the helmet and carefully placed it on Sugarcandy's head, lowering the armor so that only a pair of beautiful eyes were exposed. Sugar Candy laughed behind the mask, waiting for Brother Jing to praise himself.
Lu Jingzhi picked up an arm armor, which should have been cold and heavy, but it felt light and thin to the touch, and after a closer look, he suddenly realized that it was a thin wooden board made like armor on the outside of the thin cotton clothes. This thing is very imposing to wear, and it is light and warm, which is much more fun than real knight armor.
"This craft is awesome!" Lu Jingzhi praised, "Uncle carpenter made it for you, right?" Lu Jingzhi knew the carpenter's craft, and he learned the bending process of this plank from himself.
Sugar Candy snorted and nodded, her round helmet against her young body, shaking and looking funny.
It didn't take time for a cup of hot tea, and Silver Heart had already finished dressing sugar candy from head to toe. Although it is a wooden board and a cotton coat, the whole set is also a bit heavy to wear. Especially the cuirass, in order to prevent Sugar Candy from being injured while playing, Uncle Carpenter deliberately thickened it a little. In this way, even if you do fall, you will be protected from injury because of the raised shape of the cuirass.
Lu Jingzhi looked at Sister Rong'er, who looked a little faltering in the armor, and couldn't help but laugh, and asked, "What about your weapon?" Future Miss Knight, you don't want to use this armor to hit the enemy, right?" ”
Tangtang nodded, and replied angrily behind the mask, "Brother Jing, you wait a minute." Without waiting for her to command, Yinxin had already run to the inner room and came out with a slender sword. Lu Jingzhi looked distressed for a while, this sword is a real sword, and it is a thin sword used by people with little strength, but even if it is such a thin sword, Sugar Candy is still holding it.
"Sister Rong'er, this is not for you. Lu Jingzhi looked at Sugar Candy, who couldn't even hold a thin sword, and said softly: "Give Brother Jing a little time, Brother Jing will make you a weapon that suits you, okay?"
Tangtang hummed again, although it was still behind the face armor, but the voice sounded a little brighter, which showed that Tangtang was very happy when he heard this.
What kind of weapon do you want to use for Sugar Candy? She has too little strength, she can't use a spear or a sword, she can't use a bow, she can't pull it twice, and she's afraid that she will run out of strength. Then use a crossbow. The crossbow was a knight killer in the Middle Ages, and a farmer could become a good crossbowman after half a year of training, but it was more laborious to wind than to use a bow. It needs to be improved. Moreover, the crossbowman must not only use a crossbow, but also a short sword, otherwise he will be the priority of killing by knights and even infantry.
"Silver Heart, help Miss take off her armor. "Lu Jingzhi said, "Come with me to the trading post after lunch, I will choose a short sword for the young lady, and then choose a teacher to come back." ”
Yinxin was busy removing the armor from Tangtang's body, and Sijiu answered and went to work for lunch. Since this strange young master inspected his two mining villages, his requirements for food have become higher and higher, and only the meals prepared by Sijiu himself will be eaten. This morning, Lord Gasuo sent someone to bring a small bottle of ice fruit wine, saying that it was for the young master to drink it to refill the corpse insect ice pill in his stomach, and this pot should be drunk in three times, each time seven days apart.
The corpse insect ice pill is also full of magic, after being attached to the stomach, there is no feeling at all, but when you touch it with your hands, there will be a faint numbness. Since it can't be cracked, Lu Jingzhi doesn't care about it anymore.
Arriving at the trading post in Shanqian Village, Lu Jingzhi saw the goods left behind by the undead caravan. Those iron ores and nitrates are used to make weapons and leather armor, and there are no such craftsmen in the Duke of Wensha's castle, so naturally they can only be resold to other families. Weapons and armor can be sold to the Duke, and I believe that the goods I have hoarded will be delivered to the Duke a few days later, and they will be slightly higher than the last transaction, or even a tenth. There are rumors that large-scale operations will begin next year, and weapons and equipment are in short supply. It would be nice to buy a few craftsmen from there, and these low-priced iron ores could be made into steel swords and iron shields, which would be ten times the profit at a glance, and pigskins could also be purchased from the villages of Shanqian and the Black Forest, both of which were raised, and if they were made of hard leather, if they were coarsely sewn, they could be used as leather armor for low-level infantry and auxiliaries, and the profits were frighteningly high.
"Sijiu, where do you say we should go to get some blacksmiths and leathermen?" Lu Jingzhi asked Sijiu, who was following behind him.
Sijiu thought for a while and said: "This young master, the leatherman doesn't know, but the blacksmith has heard of it, in the village where I used to live, there was a family, I heard that it was a blacksmith in the past, and then the craft was lost, so I planted ice fruit trees for generations. ”
Lu Jingzhi couldn't help but knock on Sijiu's head again, and scolded with a smile: "Stupid, the craftsmanship has been lost, can you still be called a blacksmith?"
Sijiu rubbed his head and said in an aggrieved voice, "This young master, don't patronize and beat people, listen to the little one." ”
Lu Jingzhi urged: "Say it quickly, say it quickly." ”
Sijiu said: "The little one wants to go to his house and ask, maybe you will know where there is a blacksmith who can make iron." ”
Lu Jingzhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "This sentence is like human words. Don't blame the young master, I'm heavy, you can't open your elm head if you don't hit it. ”
Sijiu said with a smile: "It turns out that this smart idea was typed by you, this young master, and I think I came up with it." Why don't you go to that village?"
Lu Jingzhi pondered for a moment and said, "It's not us who goes, it's you who goes." Young master, I want to do a current account here to see the profit and loss. Although it seems that this trading post is only profitable and not losing, you also have to know how much you have earned. Since you are familiar with that area, take my sign and ask which village the blacksmith is from, and if it is the territory of the Duke, I have a way to come here. ”
Forty-nine responded, but I thought in my heart that eighty percent would run in vain. If there was a blacksmith, it wouldn't be in the duke's domain, otherwise he would have been conscripted into the castle. However, since this strange young master let him run for a trip, there must be a reason for a trip. Now Sijiu has learned to do things first and then ask why.
Coming out of the warehouse, Xiao Hanzi and Baghdadi were already standing outside waiting. Lu Jingzhi patted Xiao Hanzi on the shoulder, this child is getting more and more like an adult, if he grows for another two years, someone will believe him if he is the shopkeeper, but now he is still too young, he can only be a buddy.
"Little man, I made a lot of money. Lu Jingzhi smiled, "I don't see it, you are really a piece of business material." ”
"Your praise, my lord, this is your strategy. "The little man didn't dare to take credit, and said modestly.
"Good strategies have to be used by smart people, so that they can be fully effective. You're a smart guy, and I like you. "The way of Lu Jing.
was praised by his lord like this, and the little man's bones were also lightened, and he grinned: "My lord, you are really too famous." Suddenly I remembered that what the adults said was so familiar to me? Wasn't this what I had said to Baghdadis? Although it was not the original words, it was also very different.
"Adult...... "Little Hanzi's face suddenly became twisted, "Little Hanzi...... No...... Don't dare to be. ”
Lu Jing was stunned and asked, "What's wrong?" Seeing that the little man was silent, he asked Baghdadia, "What's wrong with him?"
Baghdad replied honestly: "My lord, he told me the same thing the other night. ”
Lu Jing was stunned for a moment, and then laughed non-stop, the little man's face flushed with a hint of shame, and he glanced at Baghdad hatefully, and scolded in his heart: This dead guy, can't you stop being so honest?
After Lu Jingzhi laughed, he asked again: "Baghdadia, which of the four knights is more proficient in using a sword? He showed the dismounted knight a dagger he had taken out of the storehouse.
Baghdadi took the short sword and looked at it, and asked, "My lord, this is the short sword of archers, do you want to train sword archers?"
Lu Jingzhi shook his head and said, "Just teach some hand-to-hand combat skills, and you don't need a bow and arrow." ”
The light in the sockets of Baghdad's eyes lit up, and he said: "My lord, Bonni is fine, he has been an archer for more than sixty years before becoming a knight, and his short sword is used very well, like a fish. ”
Lu Jingzhi clapped his hands and smiled: "Okay, that's him." Let him go to the castle to teach swordsmanship as my servant, I don't know if he will be unhappy. ”
"No, sir. Baghdadi said: "Although you have always regarded us as knights, we have disgraced the title of knight by giving up our knighthood ourselves. By letting us serve as your servant, you are giving us another chance to become a knight. Although I don't think much of the status of a knight, I still have a sense of honor in my bones, hoping that I can become a recognized knight, not this kind of dismounted knight.
Lu Jingzhi was still worried that these guys would be a little unbalanced when they heard that they were going to change from knights to servants, but when he heard Baghdadi say this, he was relieved. As for the Duke of Winsha, he still has to say hello. Fortunately, the soldiers under the fat knight were all taken away, and Lu Jingzhi could appoint two infantry as his subordinates. Now only one slot has been used. A servant could have two slaves, and if Bonny made himself a servant, then he could arrange for a charcoal maker and his wife to be under Bonny's hands. In this way, the family of the charcoal craftsman brought back from the border village can be regarded as settled.
"What do you mean by Bonnny?" Looking at this sturdy undead ranger, Sugar Candy was not afraid at all, but took his hand and asked. It's not that Tangtang is very bold, but he hasn't established the concept of fear of the undead, and when he arrives in the world of the undead, he doesn't look up every day, and he gets used to it when he looks at it.
Bonny Leviatan was not used to such close contact, especially with humans, and could not help but feel a little embarrassed. It's just that since he is an undead, no emotion will be reflected on his face, so everyone can't see it.
"Miss Sugar, Boney means ebony. The slightly dull undead ranger replied, "It's a very heavy, hard wood. ”
Tangtang shook his head and said, "It's not good at all, Ebony, it's too ugly." It's like your face. She thought for a moment, and exclaimed happily, "I'll call you Leviatan, it's a nice name." ”
Actually, Leviathan is not good, it comes from an evil sea monster, and only the undead like to use this surname.
Leviathan nodded in acceptance of the title, and he also liked to have more of his last name.
"Leviatan, you're going to train me to be a knight!" Sugar Candy exclaimed, and seeing Leviatan seriously agree, she added in her heart: "Be a knight who can protect Brother Jing." ”
If you want to know what happens next, let's see the next breakdown.