Chapter 50: The Horizontal Knife I
"It's too far, it's seven or eight days to go through a mutual market!"
Looking at the yellow sand in front of him, the man's face was full of unhappiness, and he directly laughed at Siqin and Burigude:
"Grandma is a bear, if outsiders hear it, they may think that it is us who are begging you for help!"
"Yes, you complained about buying you weapons, what is this called!"
Burigud nodded vigorously, fifty sheep, in order to change an iron spear, it hurts to think about it!
"yes, I'm complaining about something!"
The man grinned, but he was poured into the yellow sand, and couldn't help but scold:
"His mother, a good grassland, how can it become a sea of sand in a hundred and fifty steps, and it is so soft that you can't take a step directly!"
As the man said, the sand is so soft that even the heavenly horses can't run fast, if it weren't for a narrow stone road, these two hundred miles of land wouldn't be able to go for seven or eight days, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to walk for a month.
"Legend has it that a long time ago, the shepherds and Han people killed each other, and the blood flowed like rivers and the lives were ruined, and even the immortal sky couldn't stand it, so they descended the sand sea to isolate the two sides, leaving only a narrow stone path to connect the existence."
"Since then, the two sides have their own worlds, the herdsmen have disputes in the grasslands, and the Han people have disputes in the Central Plains, and the relationship between the two tribes has been much better."
Siqin explained, the man scratched his head, and said with a smile:
"Don't you all say that the Han people are cowardly and gentle, and the shepherds must have bullied them back then, right?"
"You think badly, most of the time, it is the Han people who bully the shepherds."
Siqin grinned, and the man frowned:
"How is it possible that a horseman can't beat the aisle?"
"Because the Han people have famous generals!"
Burigude interjected, the man frowned, and just wanted to ask again, but Siqin shouted with some excitement:
"I see the shadow of the mutual market!"
"Oh, I've been listening to you talk about the market all day long, and I thought it was a market, but I never thought it was a majestic city!"
Looking at the towering city towers in the distance and the city walls that stretched endlessly, the man was dumbfounded.
"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up, please drink mutton soup when it's time!"
Siqin said with some excitement, and the man pouted:
"Let's pull it down, these days, I eat mutton all day long, and it's not uncommon to have that clear soup and little water."
"You're a fool!"
"The Han people's mutton soup is not comparable to Tara, and it will burn your teeth in one bite!"
Wangshan ran a dead horse, and the three of them drove the sheep to speed forward, and only arrived at the city after an hour and a half, and the man looked at the city tower dozens of feet high and was dumbfounded:
"Old Si, is this really something that humans can build?"
"This is the power of civilization, united as one, can move mountains and seas!"
"Listen to your civilization all day long, what is this civilization?"
The man plucked out his ears, asked impatiently, Siqin pursed his lips vigorously, and finally shook his head helplessly:
"I have little knowledge and can't talk about it, but the scholar once said that the opposite of barbarism is civilization."
"He can make ordinary people who are originally ordinary have fairy-like means, even if they don't have enough food and clothing, they have their own pride!"
Whether the man understands or not, Bu Rigude is full of longing, but he doesn't know what he is looking forward to.
Siqin looked at the two of them and sighed deeply, playing the piano to the cow!
The border city gate of the Han people is very large, and more than 20 people walking side by side are not crowded, that is, no one checks their identities and no one collects fees, which is not much different from what Siqin said.
"Chief, do you have a score or not, didn't you say that the entrance tax is still very strict, and those soldiers don't even look at us."
Burigud grinned, the people of the city were very brightly dressed, even the linen clothes were well-cut, compared to them, he was a little ashamed of himself in dirty robes.
"It's another change of the city's flag."
Looking at the flags fluttering in the wind on the city tower behind him, Siqin sighed and didn't say anything.
The three of them went to drink a bowl of mutton soup first, the man was stunned, he couldn't think of it before he drank it, and after drinking it, he found that what Tara made was swill, which couldn't be compared!
The border city is very large, full of herdsmen driving cattle, sheep and livestock, and many of the necessities of grassland life can only be produced by the Han people.
Siqin bought two large bags of salt, and then walked to the blacksmith shop with the two of them who couldn't take their eyes off.
There are a lot of good things, but there is very little money on you, and seeing too much will only make people angry.
"A spear made of pure steel?"
The blacksmith stopped waving the hammer in his hand and asked in surprise.
Siqin nodded:
"Yes, it is made of pure steel, the thickness is about the same as that of a tea cup, the length of eight zhang, and the front should be a little longer."
"Shepherd, if as you say, the spear must be at least one or two hundred pounds, no matter how strong you are, it will not be able to fall, and if you really go into battle, it will be a way to seek death!"
"Don't worry, but with a weight of one or two hundred catties, a certain hand can dance a spear."
The man grinned, pinched the heavy anvil with two fingers and lifted it up easily, as if there was nothing.
"Hiss~"
The blacksmith gasped, this power is boundless, and he really can't see this somewhat emaciated figure.
"Okay, fifty taels of silver, a month's time, the body of the gun is iron, and the spear is sharpened, and it is guaranteed to be good!"
The blacksmith nodded, and Siqin rubbed his cheeks, which had some toothache, and said with a wry smile:
"There is no silver, it is okay to use sheep tops, we drove fifty sheep from the Kazan steppes."
"Well, it is better to give me sheep than to sell them to cattle dealers, who will kill you."
Waving his hand to the man to take the sheep away, the blacksmith took out the wooden box and counted it, took out a few pieces of loose silver and a large bag of copper coins and handed them to Siqin.
"These are too many to return, and it is not easy to come to the mutual market, so bring more things with your family."
Siqin stared at the money in his hand, stroked his chest and saluted deeply, the blacksmith was kind, the same sheep were sold to the dealers, I am afraid that the money given was not as much as these, not to mention a steel spear!.
"In a month, there is no stock that you can take advantage of?"
The man frowned, and while looking through the objects in the blacksmith's shop, he said that he was familiar with it.
"How can a spear of that weight be in stock, it must be fired now."
The blacksmith began to swing the hammer in his hand again, smashing it in all directions, but from time to time he looked up at the man, who was dressed as a shepherd, but his face was Han Chinese, and he looked very much like him.
Picked up the hoe and danced, the man grinned, why didn't he use it, and Siqin and Burigude laughed.
"What is this?"
Putting down the hoe casually, the man saw that there was an inconspicuous object in the corner of the wall, which was covered with a sack, and the exposed pole was made of fine iron, as thick as a goose egg.
"An oversized horizontal knife."
The blacksmith's eyes twitched, glanced at the man, lowered his head and continued to make iron.
"Horizontal Knife ......"
The man held the pole, but felt very comfortable, opened the sack, looked at the blade covered with ice lines, and a numb crispy feeling surged from the heel to the top of the head, which was also too satisfying!
"Shopkeeper, what is the origin of this knife?!"
The man stroked the blade with his hand, and his heart was uncontrollable joy, he really didn't expect that a thing of steel would make his heart tremble to such an extent!