There are many shops, crowds of people, and the sound of selling comes and goes, so it is a lively market scene.

Today, on the fifth day of the first lunar month, five days have passed since Chen Changhe went to Qinglong Mountain to ask for help, and there are still ten days before the deadline for the little devil to hand over fifty women to Chen Changhe.

coincided with the opening of the Matou Town Market, so it was very lively, Zhang Qingshan took the assault company, taking advantage of this opportunity, quietly mixed into Matou Town, and came to connect with Chen Changhe. In this regard, Zhang Qingshan is not in a hurry at all, after all, Luo Yingjie's investigation of the specific details of the little devil's reinforcements and the authenticity of what Chen Changhe said will take time, and recently it is the deadline for Zhang Qingshan's investigation to Luo Yingjie.

Besides, although I believe that Chen Changhe still doesn't dare to trick the commander of the assault regiment into his home to arrest him, so as to ask for credit for the little devil, but he is not afraid of 10,000 in case, and now in this world, it is better to be careful.

Therefore, Zhang Qingshanran's assault company scattered to all parts of Matou Town, and he took some people to go shopping, just to buy something for Xiang Xueqin and other female comrades, coax them to be happy, and thank them for their efforts.

Although Matou Town only has a main street about 300 meters long, because there is no city wall, it is convenient to enter and exit and escape. It is precisely in view of this that Zhang Qingshan and others are also at ease shopping.

Although Matou Town is lively, whether it is population or economy, in terms of prosperity, it cannot be compared with Weijia Wharf in Sanqiao County. But there is one thing that is definitely stronger than Weijia Wharf, and that is the blacksmith shop. At first, Zhang Qingshan didn't understand why, and felt that Weijia Wharf itself was much stronger than Matou Town, with so many ships and so many places, and the business of the blacksmith shop was also stronger than that of Matou Town.

However, after inquiring curiously, I realized that the key is that mining requires too many iron tools such as shovels and shovels, and the consumption is also very huge, so even if it is not comparable to Weijia Wharf in other aspects, but in terms of the consumption of iron tools, it is much more than Weijia Wharf...... In this era, there are no very good machines for mining. Basically, it is fried with *, and then it is mined by manpower. Besides, even if it is a good machine with this cigarette, the price must be very high. In order to save costs, the mine owner will never spend such money. Anyway, the labor cost is low, and it is very easy to find, even if there is an illness or death, it is cost-effective for the mine owner to buy the machine. It's a big deal, just recruit, buy, and grab a group of laborers again. It's brutal, but that's the reality.

As a soldier, Zhang Qingshan habitually looks at problems from the perspective of a soldier, both in behavior and thoughts. No, when he saw the blacksmith shop, his first reaction was not to mine or farm, but to think of the broadsword and spear: after several battles in succession, especially in the last battle of Pigeon Mountain, the assault regiment ate more and fought with the little devils in white-knuckle battles, and the loss of broadswords was very huge. In normal times, I may not pay much attention to it, or because of the constraints of the conditions, everyone will sharpen the big knife that cuts the roll or cut out the gap, and it will be enough! However, now that he has seen the blacksmith shop, Zhang Qingshan naturally can't let it go.

Anyway, when he went out, Hu Yingze also specially instructed: If you have a rare opportunity to come out, you will take a look at what the commando can use by the way, and buy more, so as not to be too late to purchase when you want to use it in the future. Therefore, the money Zhang Qingshan brings now is very sufficient, and he is not afraid to spend it hard.

At this time, Zhang Qingshan, dressed in a silk robe, wearing a small black hat, and holding a cane, looked like a fifty or sixty-year-old landlord Lao Cai, but he was obviously only in his twenties, but he had two mustaches on his upper lip and a pair of very rare sunglasses, which made people know at a glance that he was either a landlord or a nouveau riche, and he was a bit nondescript...... By the way, this sunglasses were definitely snatched by him. Because its previous owner was the second son of the traitor Jia family, Jia Weiquan, was confiscated by Xiang Tao when he was captured alive on Qinglong Mountain. But Xiang Tao didn't show off with his comrades for five minutes, he was bumped into by Zhang Qingshan, and then, Zhang Qingshan used the excuse of "all seizures must be returned to the public!", so he took it for himself in such an open and honest manner, for this reason, Xiang Tao didn't pay attention to Zhang Qingshan for a full day, and finally Zhang Qingshan said that this thing is expensive, and no one is allowed to hide it privately, and whoever needs it in the future will lend it to whom, so that Xiang Tao has no resentment.

And Sun Bingcheng, who followed him to the left, was in a black vest, bloomers, and two box cannons, and he only paid attention to Zhang Qingshan and his surroundings, and at a glance, he knew that he was a good dog. Zhou Baoyu on the right is basically the same as Sun Bingcheng's dress, but this guy's eyes are aimed left and right, and he looks very smart, plus his age, people can know at a glance that he is a puppy with a bad head - Zhou Baoyu has actually been observing where there is good food around, otherwise, he would not be like this.

Of course, there is no need to mention the civilian clothes of a class scattered around it in various costumes.

At that time, as soon as Zhang Qingshan, the three nouveau riche, came out with two dog-legged people wandering around, a room of people, including Xiang Xueqin, laughed crookedly, but Zhang Qingshan himself liked to dress up like this, and he had to ask Sun Bingcheng and Zhou Baoyu to do the same, otherwise he would resolutely not take them down the mountain together, what can you do with him? Even if Sun Bingcheng and Zhou Baoyu were so ashamed that they were red-faced, they could only compromise in order to finally have a chance to go out to 'play'.

After Zhang Qingshan and the others wandered the streets for a long time, they finally came to the largest blacksmith shop.

I looked left and right, saw no suspicious people, and looked at the half-open-air, half-façade blacksmith shop.

As soon as he saw Zhang Qingshan's nouveau riche appearance, he watched at the door again, and a guy who was about the same as the inn shopkeeper hurriedly ran over, nodded and smiled: "This boss, please come inside." ”

Zhang Qingshan glanced at the guy, and then looked at the blacksmiths who were striking iron around him, and then raised his legs and followed the guy into the shop.

There was a shopkeeper about thirty years old in the shop, and when he saw Zhang Qingshan and the three of them walking in, he hurriedly came up to greet him.

After serving tea and toasting cigarettes, the shopkeeper sat down and asked with a smile: "The villain's surname is Zhang, and he is the shopkeeper of the store...... Dare to ask what your guests are called?"

Zhang Qingshan ignored him, but got up and walked to the wall of the store, carefully looking at the various weapons hanging on the wall...... In today's terms, he is full of pretending.

But whether it was in that era or now, some people still recognize this kind of pretending, the more you pretend to be forced, the more he will slap you and respect you.

No, this shopkeeper Zhang was about to accompany him to introduce, but he was grabbed by Zhou Baoyu, a clever ghost, and sneered: "Shopkeeper Zhang, don't be close to our boss." To tell you the truth, our lord is well-read, knowledgeable from the past to the present, from the top to astronomy, and from the bottom to the geography, there is nothing in this world that my master will not ......

After a lot of boasting, the honest Sun Bingcheng lowered his head, and Zhang Qingshan couldn't help but rejoice in his heart: I didn't expect Baoyu to be so shameless when he patted his ass, but fortunately, Lao Tzu wore sunglasses and turned his back to them with foresight, otherwise, tsk!

"Ahem, ahem!"

Finally, after Zhang Qingshan couldn't listen to it and couldn't help coughing twice, Zhou Baoyu ended his bragging, and didn't forget to wipe his mouth with his sleeve, before continuing lightly: "Hurry up and bring up the treasure of your store, my lord is going to take a look, and the price is easy to say." If you don't look at it, you just say that it's a waste of saliva. ”

As soon as these words came out, Shopkeeper Zhang almost couldn't resist calling the guys outside to come up and beat these three guys out - he stared at the box cannon on the waists of Zhou Baoyu and Sun Bingcheng, endured it very hard, and finally restrained the plan to fight.

Just because of Zhou Baoyu's words, as soon as he came up, he had to look at the treasure of the other party's town store, which was not a brainless second goods or came to smash the field.

Annoyed, he didn't even take out the handkerchief, and directly wiped the spit Xingzi that was sprayed all over Zhou Baoyu's face with Zhou Baoyu's saliva with his sleeve, and then swept the box cannon on Sun Bingcheng's waist fiercely - he felt that these two guys were unreliable, and only this tall man was normal. After all, he is a bodyguard, and this calm bearing knows at a glance that he is a good hand and is not easy to deal with.

Then, he asked in a deep voice, "Don't make fun of the shop." The small shop is small and thin, and it is not easy to eat with a mouthful of food, and I hope that a few people can raise their noble hands. ”

Now, it was Zhou Baoyu's turn to be puzzled: I just want to see the quality of the weapons you build in this shop, and as soon as I come up, I want to see the best weapons in your shop, so naturally I want to determine through this weapon, why did you turn your face so fast and still tell me such things?

Fortunately, before Zhang Qingshan participated in the revolution, he had been learning crafts outside and had some contact. Although I don't understand what happened to Zhou Baoyu's words just now, which made the shopkeeper's attitude change all of a sudden, but he also vaguely guessed that Zhou Baoyu's words just now must be inappropriate and committed the taboo of this industry.

At that moment, he put his hands behind his back, and said lightly without looking back: "Baoyu, speak well." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

After Zhou Baoyu gave Zhang Qingshan a slight bend in agreement, he straightened up to Shopkeeper Zhang and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zhang, no matter what happens, can you call the shots here?"

As soon as he heard Zhang Qingshan's words, Shopkeeper Zhang felt a lot more comfortable, and nodded immediately: "The small shop is a century-old ancestral craft, and it is also the largest and oldest store in Matou Town, and its reputation is definitely the first." ”

This can be regarded as a euphemistic admittion...... The reason why he didn't dare to say it directly was because Zhou Baoyu's words just now aroused his dissatisfaction and vigilance.

"Actually, we want to do a big deal with you, order a large number of weapons of the highest quality, but it is the first time to do business with you, so we want to see the quality of the goods in your store first. ”

As soon as he heard this, the shopkeeper Zhang finally regained his previous professional smile: "It's easy to say! It's easy to say! The goods produced by this store, I dare not say anything else, but in this Matou Town, the goods produced by this store are said to be second, and no one dares to say first." ”

Then he asked tentatively, "I wonder what you need to order?"

"Big knife!" Zhou Baoyu said proudly, "and the best quality." ”

"Broadsword?"

After the shopkeeper Zhang muttered, he looked at a few people with some doubts: In these years, although there are many people who order weapons, the number will definitely not be much, because there is so much money, it is better to buy guns directly. Looking at the dress and bearing of several people, it definitely doesn't look like they are short of money, so ......

Shopkeeper Zhang didn't dare to think about it, but asked tentatively, "I don't know how much you need to order?"

"At least two hundred, if it is easy to use, it will be doubled in the future, and it can be cooperated for a long time. ”

Shopkeeper Zhang couldn't help but make a swing: not excited, but startled......