Chapter 70: How to make a crossbow

As soon as the words fell, a man who had been sitting in it drinking tea suddenly walked up very enthusiastically. He waved the young man away and asked with a smile on his face, "I wonder what weapon this guest wants to build?"

According to the rules of our forging shop, as long as it is a custom-made iron tool, regardless of the size, it must add a confidentiality fee of ten taels of silver, and I can guarantee that you will never leak out this weapon. ”

Mu Xiwen glanced at the other blacksmith who had been silent since they entered the house, and asked, "What is the charge for this custom weapon?" My role is just self-defense. ”

When the man saw that Mu Xiwen didn't brow when he heard ten taels of silver, he knew that he had met a fat sheep today, and the smile on his face suddenly became more real.

"If the little boy wants to defend himself, then it is better to fight a machete. Do you think that three-foot-long iron machete is going to be thrown there, and no one else dares to get close? ”

Mu Xiwen's approach was not to say a word, and directly pulled Wei Ziyin to the blacksmith who was immersed in iron.

This man wants money and wants to go crazy. She is currently 1.6 meters tall, can she carry a one-meter-long machete? is also self-defense, it's almost the same as erecting that to make people cut.

The man still followed behind him, not wanting the beaked duck to fly away.

"Don't go, little boy, if the machete doesn't work, I'll hit an iron whip. That dance, swish, isn't it majestic? ”

Tsk, does this person treat her as Zhang Ying'an's stupid white sweet rich young master who doesn't distinguish between grains and grains?

"Get out of the way, since you don't really want to take my order, don't stop me. Could it be that your forging shop still wants to buy and sell? ”

The man unhappily got out of the way, "Go and go, you look like a poor ghost." Go and eat the dumb loss of the dumb man! ”

Mu Xiwen ignored his words and walked straight to the blacksmith known as Tu Dumb.

"Hello, I want to build a weapon for self-defense, how much does it cost?"

The blacksmith didn't raise his head, "It depends on the difficulty, size, and the amount of iron used." ”

After the last beating, he finally raised his head and glanced at Mu Xiwen and the others. As his gaze swept over the bows and arrows behind them, he said expressionlessly, "Bows and arrows are enough for self-defense." If it's a close-quarters counterattack, it's not as practical as hitting a dagger. ”

In just a few words, Mu Xiwen had initially figured out his character, and she smiled reassuringly.

"I wonder if I can take a step to speak?"

The blacksmith lowered his face in some resistance, and his rugged appearance made him look like he was about to lash out at any moment.

The owner of the forging shop walked out in time at this time, and scolded a little unhappily: "Lao Tu, what are you doing to the guest?" The guests let you go, and Lao Liu is watching here. ”

The blacksmith could only reluctantly stand up, "Let's go." ”

The three of them entered a separate room, and Mu Xiwen took out a pen and paper. She had already quietly flipped through books on how to make a crossbow in her mind, and at this time she was drawing on paper from memory while explaining to the blacksmith how to make a crossbow.

The more the blacksmith listened, the more excited he became, and he clenched his sandbag-sized fist, and even his fierce eyes showed a look of surprise and love.

"This ...... This is what you came up with? He asked, in a loud voice.

"No, I saw it in a miscellaneous book by chance, and this weapon is called the Wanjun Crossbow. The book has since disappeared. I don't think Da Wei has ever seen this kind of weapon, so I wonder if I can create it for self-defense. ”

Mu Xiwen wanted to say that it was called the Yellow Emperor's crossbow, but the word emperor was sensitive in ancient times after all, so he could only retreat and change his name.

The blacksmith listened with pity: "Oh, why is this strange book gone?" ”

"Can you fight?" Mu Xiwen didn't have time to listen to his sighs, so he hurriedly asked.

"It's not too difficult, it's just very detailed, and you need to study it well for the first time. How about 10 days? ”

"No, I need it urgently, seven days at most. If it doesn't work, I'll find someone else. ”

If it was in the past, the blacksmith would definitely have turned around and left without saying a word. Are you a blacksmith or is he a blacksmith? Who's the specialty?

But at this time, the blacksmith who was nicknamed dumb had more words, "There is no one in Anyang County who has better forging skills than my old butcher, and they are definitely even worse." Seven days for seven days, I tried to get out. ”

After handing over the drawings to the blacksmith and asking the other party to keep the production method a secret, the two returned to Youranju.

On the way, Mu Xiwen and Wei Ziyin chatted: "Aren't you going to repair the house?" I'll introduce you to the craftsmen who repair the leisurely residence, it must be reliable. And I'm going to live in it in the future, can I give a little advice? ”

She clasped her hands together and made a gesture of relief.

Who knew that Wei Ziyin didn't eat this set at all, but watched a good show, "You are a man now, be normal." ”

Mu Xiwen looked around, and sure enough, some passers-by were deeply suspicious of her.

She hurriedly folded her hands and changed them to arch hands, "Brother Wei, I wonder if I can put forward some very constructive suggestions as a partner on the long-term residence in the future?" ”

"You mention."

"First, I wanted my own study. Second, we are all so rich, is it okay to build a tile house? Thirdly, we have one bedroom for each person. Fourth...... I haven't figured it out yet, so let's leave it at that. ”

"The study room is okay, but the tiled room is not, and the money is not exposed, especially when turmoil may break out; Of course, the bedroom is one person, who is more unsafe for us to live together? ”

Mu Xiwen gritted his teeth and squeezed out a smile and said, "Of course it's you, so I'm thinking about your innocence." ”

The two parted ways for the time being, although Mu Xiwen also wanted to follow Wei Ziyin to purchase the things she asked for when she proposed marriage, but the other party politely rejected her very unceremoniously.

She had no choice but to go back to the leisurely house.

After instructing Mu Xing'er and Mu Jianyong to study with Steward Luo in Leisurely Residence, Mu Xiwen went to West Street to hire a few strong laborers.

This year, the three acres of land belonging to Sanfang have been returned, that is, they need to harvest five acres of rice.

The original body is hard-working and hard-working, and she can't do it anymore. And it's not bad for this amount of money anyway, so why let Mu Yue and the Zhao family work tirelessly to harvest rice.

It just so happened that Mu Fuyang's big purchase was over, they drove the carriage, the wind valley cart was placed on the ox cart, and the five hired helpers also consciously carried a few bags of rice. Several people rushed back to Xihe Village.

Walking on the village road back to the village, there are golden rice on both sides, and countless farmers are bent over and hunched over, busy harvesting in the rice fields.

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village at the junction of Dongxihe Village, the villagers who were harvesting not far away saw it, and many people stopped their movements and looked at them.

"Uncle Li," Mu Xiwen shouted, "My family has bought two wind valley carts, and all of you can come to my house to thresh after harvesting the rice." You go back and help spread the word, so that everyone can harvest the rice as soon as possible in the next two days, and it may rain again in the next few days. ”

Uncle Li, who was holding a sickle in the field, responded happily: "Okay! Thank you Awen, thank you Lizheng! ”