In fact, the main reason why Li Shiyi was so anxious about the fact that the other party wanted a ballista was that he was worried that the other party might make this weapon for war. However, if the other party clearly wants it, it means that most of them are thinking too much.

"Brother Eleven, will they really exchange so much cloth?"

"I don't know, the main thing is that I want so much cloth, as for whether they give it or not, we can talk about it. It's best to be able to get a thousand, but if you can't get a thousand... The bottom line is set at 200 horses. When the time comes, you just have to talk to the other party, because we may go for a long time this hunt. By the way, I will definitely give them a new ballista when the time comes, and as for the new ballista, I will draw a picture of it in a while, and it should not take a few days to make it. Remember that these increases are all counted on the head of the city lord, and of course the cloth changed will be directly handed over to him for distribution. ”

"Huh? Wouldn't a thousand and two hundred amplitudes be too much? ”

"Haha, then I'll explain it to you. Knowing our new metal raw materials, that material is more suitable for ballistas than the current materials, and although the opposite side is better than us in metal processing technology, it will definitely not produce such a good raw material as ours. Even if the ballista is changed to them, they still won't be able to make it. In the end, we will definitely beg for metal raw materials, and there are many products suitable for this metal raw materials, which may directly lead to the replacement of most metal products. When the demand is definitely higher than our production, we have to do a few simple things.

First, the lion opened his mouth widely, and asked the city lord to calculate the bearing capacity of the opposite side and increase the amount of exchange as much as possible.

Second, it is enough to continue to maintain the output that can be achieved by one furnace, after all, the population base is too small, and if you rush to meet the demand, you may lose more than you can gain. The water flows for a long time

Third, to improve quality, raw materials are still mainly focused on improving quality. or to produce other metal materials of higher quality.

Fourth, this fourth is a small operation, but it must be controlled well. The amount of raw materials exchanged for the other party must be well controlled, just as the other party does not know how we produce high-quality raw materials, and we also have no way of knowing what the other party will do with these raw materials. According to my calculations, a maximum of 100 catties in ten days is enough for them, so the yield is so low. Of course, it is ultimately up to the city lord to decide.

Bring me pen and paper, I'll write it all down, and draw a new ballista by the way. "Although Li Shiyi is not confident enough to think how perfect his plan is, there are still city lords who check it. All you need to do is come up with an idea.

Li Shiyi finally delayed Li Ersil for a long time, because he not only wrote some recent thoughts, which was equivalent to making a written report to the city lord. In addition, he drew two drawings of crossbow arrows, one was slightly improved, more suitable for new materials, and the crossbow arrows that could only be made by new materials, which were to be given to the other side. The other is to dig out everything you know about crossbow arrows in your head, and design the ultimate version of crossbow arrows that is just like the one in a tomb robbery game. Coupled with the full explanatory text next to him, Li Shiyi was finally finished when it was almost dark.

Before leaving the suspension bridge, Li Shiyi thought of one more thing:

"Did you put the melon seeds that I let you accidentally put occasionally?" Li Shiyi suddenly turned his head and asked after walking for a while

"I let it go, but it seems that the other party didn't eat it, and there has been no news." Li Er smiled stupidly, probably thinking that no matter how delicious a small bag of melon seeds was, the other party would not take the initiative to propose it in exchange, after all, the other party was much richer than them in terms of food.

"Then put it again another day, if it doesn't work, forget it."

"Okay"

Li Shiyi felt that sooner or later the other party would definitely propose to add melon seeds to the exchange, which was richer than the food, and his previous world was much ahead of here. In that environment, there are so many melon seeds with a salty taste, and no one here is good about it, he doesn't believe it. As far as he knew, there was no salt on the other side of the river, so he wasn't afraid that they could copy it, just to see when their first person to introduce this flavor would appear. As long as the salt melon seeds enter the other party's market, then other products can be launched. As for the origin of the discovered salt? I don't know how long it will be before the nostrils on the other side of the river. Besides, even if you find it, it's not a big deal, these things are originally gifts from nature, and they are not unique to him Li Shiyi or the guards, and it is also a good thing for everyone to be happy.

Li Shiyi took the drawings and hummed a little song towards Li Dongxi's shop, thinking that he wondered if Captain Tiger would not like the big knife he designed, after all, the style of the big knife was actually a little too simple in the end. In case Captain Tiger is the kind of person who likes to inlay a golden dragon on the back of the knife, or the handle of the knife is directly a tiger head, the size of the blade is not too exaggerated, this style is too niche, and it may be normal to not like it. Li Shiyi was thinking about some of the things that he didn't have, and on the other hand, he thought that the crossbow arrow he designed seemed to be imperfect in some places, and he didn't know if Dongxi's father would be able to understand his meaning and improve it at that time. Before I knew it, I walked to the door of Li Dongxi's house. It's strange that I saw the lights in the house from a distance just now, how did I get closer and find that not only was there no light in the shop, but there didn't even seem to be anyone.

Just as Li Shiyi was about to knock on the door, he suddenly felt a force explode behind him. There is also the sound of a large object sliding through the air. Li Shiyi instinctively turned his head to look first, but it was too late, and the white cold light was about to cross his shoulder. But just as he was about to cut his shoulder, the blade turned upwards and dodged Li Shiyi's body. Li Shiyi was not stupid by the sudden attack, and the reason why he avoided it was also because of his instinctive short body to dodge. But before he could look up to see who had attacked him, he felt that the shadow of the knife just now had cut through the sky and then turned down and slashed. Li Shiyi, who was short behind, took advantage of the situation to prop up the ground with both hands, and jumped away to the left, only to hear a loud noise in the place where he was at the time, and the dust was flying, Li Shiyi looked up at the place where a tall figure slowly appeared, and he was still holding a big knife in his hand. Li Shiyi was just about to speak, but the figure was short. First of all, the tip of the big knife pierced the air and pointed straight at Li Shiyi, followed by the tiger captain who was full of excitement and fighting intent and pushed the big knife out of the dust with one hand. Although he didn't understand what the situation was, Li Shiyi's desire to try his hand in his heart made him finally take action involuntarily.

Li Shiyi stretched out one palm and stabbed the big knife, and at the moment when he was about to touch the tip of the knife, he shifted slightly to the side, and his palm touched the blade of the knife and continued to rush forward. Captain Tiger was going to turn the edge of the blade to cut Li Shiyi horizontally, Li Shiyi's hand against the big knife pressed downward, and at the same time turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and the other hand held down the heel of the knife, and the arm that originally pressed the knife was raised and blasted at the elbow of Captain Tiger, who had been hiding behind the knife. Although the Tiger Captain has a lot of experience and has already predicted, but the speed is too fast to dodge, holding the knife with both hands and jumping back, he is hesitating and simply stopping playing. found that Li Shiyi's action just now was not finished, and the turn was not only an elbow blow, but also a roundabout kick, Captain Tiger fortunately had a big knife in front of him at this time, and he tried his best to let the knife move towards the soles of his feet at the last moment to block this fierce kick. However, Captain Tiger definitely didn't expect that the moment Li Shiyi saw the big knife blocking Captain Tiger's chest at the end, he remembered the fate of the kitchen knife they used for experiments, so he retracted his strength. However, even with the retraction of his strength, the Tiger Captain was still repelled several meters by this kick.

"I really didn't expect that the eleven brothers are so good at kung fu. I thought you had no actual combat experience and wanted to play with you. Captain Tiger smiled awkwardly as he walked towards Li Shiyi and hooked Li Shiyi's shoulder. At the same time, Li Dongxi's family also came out from the side.

"I'm sorry, Captain Tiger, I'm not sober after I started to move. You just wanted to have fun, but I couldn't help but use all my strength. Although Li Shiyi finally regained his strength, his mind was not completely unconscious. But it's also true, when he was an adolescent kid, he didn't fight a lot, and he was easy to go berserk after three or two hits. As for why he fights everywhere with social gangsters all day long at a young age, he has to talk about his first love. Two years after the young man who was in love with the goddess in his heart for two years, he actually saw that the goddess was very close to the gangsters in the society, and even heard that the goddess with excellent character and learning had opened a room with the gangster. So when he had already been in the local bureau twice because of the fight, he went to confess with joy after learning that the goddess was single again, but was told that she hated gangsters the most... Then the times have changed, relying on fists not only to not be able to hold up in front of your family, but also to be ridiculed and naïve at school.

"It's okay, although you are physically strong and incomprehensible, but with this knife, it is not so easy for you to hurt me." As he spoke, he couldn't put it down and touched the big knife in his hand.

Li Shiyi was finally relieved to see that Captain Tiger loved this knife so much, and he also set his eyes on the knife and began to appreciate it. The blade of the broadsword is more than a meter, which is basically twice as long as the blade commonly found here. The style is not pretty, Captain Tiger's machete used to be like an extended version, but now this one is like an extended version of a kitchen knife. The handle and back of the knife are cast at one time, and the anti-slip treatment is made by winding the belt. Although the overall shape is extremely simple, due to some adjustments in size and ratio, no matter how you look at it, it makes people feel very domineering. And the simpler the thing, the more durable it is, and I believe that Captain Tiger should like this knife more and more.

However, as everyone stared at the broadsword and stopped at a hollow in the blade of the knife with Captain Tiger's hand stroking the broadsword, the air seemed to stop flowing.

"Tiger... Li Shiyi was about to apologize.

"It's okay, there's nothing flawed. It's good to have such a mark here. Captain Tiger's smile was a little incomprehensible, whether it was sincere.

"You really don't need us to fix it for you? Or should we, as foundries, also leave a little mark on it. Li Dongxi joked on the side.

"I'll leave tomorrow, so forget it. There is a seal that is not tight, and maybe in the future, Mr. Eleven will become more famous, and my mark will make my knife more valuable. Saying that, Captain Tiger threw the knife behind his back and stuck it in the buckle that Li Shiyi had carefully designed for the knife. Originally, because there was space, there was no need to carry a big knife on his back all day, but Li Shiyi felt that if it was himself, he would definitely be willing to carry the knife on his back to show off rather than put it in the ring, so he also designed one for Captain Tiger, it seems that the hero sees the same thing.

"But I think it's good that you want to leave a mark on the knife, and many famous shops will put their own marks on some products, and eventually form a brand effect. Your family can think about it. Li Shiyi didn't know if other manufacturers in this world would do this, but since it was a good idea, he should remind his friends.

"And what do you use as a mark?" Li Dongxi thought about making a notch in the back of the knife, but obviously he didn't have experience in this area, so he really should listen to Li Shiyi's advice.

"Anything goes, but it has to be unique. The simplest and most direct is to engrave your signboard, but not too conspicuously, otherwise not everyone may like to help you advertise. Of course, it can also be a certain word or a pattern of some kind of animal or plant. Li Shiyi wanted to simply say everything he knew, but then remembered that they were a shop that made gadgets and metals. I don't have much contact with this part, so let them think for themselves.

"By the way, Captain Tiger, do you want to give your big knife a name?" Li Dongxi thought about it and thought about popping up such a sentence.

Captain Tiger turned his head to look at Li Shiyi, wanting to ask him for his opinion.

"No, of course you'll have to name your own knife. Swordsmith can also be named, but I'm half a designer at best, and I don't have the right name. ”

"What's half?"

"Because this knife has actually been designed in our hometown for a long time" Actually, half of it doesn't count, I'm just a plagiarist. Li Shiyi was embarrassed to tell the truth, otherwise the name would have been known for this knife, and it would have been called 'Cutting the Moon'.