Chapter 009: Huangsha City a hundred miles away
There is a kind of knife in Ma Shuo's paintings, but the style of this knife is not the same as the knife currently used by the border army of the Great Qin State, but from his fused memory, a war knife that is more suitable for cavalry combat.
A war knife prepared by Ma Shuo, of course, was given to Mark. With the new saddle, Mark could become a real cavalryman, the kind that could be ridden in battle. If you want to play the role of cavalry, of course, you must be equipped with special weapons.
In addition to the sword, Ma Shuo was also going to prepare a horse lance with enough weight for Mark. Mark has a lot of strength, which is suitable for guys with large portions. As a cavalryman, you need not only melee weapons, but also long-range weapons. Weapons of long-range warfare are especially important, one inch long and one inch stronger.
These things were not available before the Great Qin Kingdom. However, the old blacksmith still saw the value of what Ma Shuo said at a glance, and he was happy to see the hunt, this is the old blacksmith's mood at the moment.
Although, haven't seen it. However, the old blacksmith felt that he could still build it. Therefore, when Ma Shuo asked if he could build it, he happily gave an affirmative answer. However, he also immediately pulled Ma Shuo and asked Ma Shuo to give him a good introduction to the things on the picture.
During Ma Shuo's introduction, the old blacksmith also raised some of his questions from time to time. He is worthy of being an old blacksmith who has been working for many years, and every question is asked to the point. Ma Shuo answered the old blacksmith's questions patiently.
After some exchange, the old blacksmith's face lit up.
"Alright, boy, I'll take this job!" The old blacksmith finally gave Ma Shuo an affirmative answer. "I'll pick it up in half a month!" After the date was agreed, the old blacksmith stopped talking to Ma Shuo and began to study the drawings intently, obviously, from this moment on, the old blacksmith's mind was attracted by what Ma Shuo had taken out.
Ma Shuo saw that the old blacksmith was like this, so he didn't stay any longer, and left professional things to professional people, and it was enough to provide plans and requirements by himself. Although the more you learn by yourself, the higher the degree of development of the primitive brain domain, after all, personal energy is still limited. Moreover, Ma Shuo found that even if he practiced it himself, when he explained the relevant knowledge to the old blacksmith, his original brain domain development and intelligence value also improved slightly.
When he came out of the old blacksmith, Ma Shuo found that his primordial brain domain development had increased to 3.015, and his intelligence value had increased to 1.2.
After the matter of building a weapon for Mark was completed, Ma Shuo arranged two things for himself. One is to strengthen the physical exercise, in addition to the daily Tai Chi to enhance physical fitness, but also to practice a basic martial arts in the unsealing memory.
In the Great Qin State, especially living in a small border village, it is obviously not possible to do without a certain amount of combat effectiveness. The poor living environment in places like Border Villages is not only reflected in the lack of sufficient food sources, but also in the presence of many potential dangers.
Sometimes, wild animals from the mountains may also run into the village and attack humans. Sometimes, barbarians outside the gate will sneak in and wreak havoc, and although this is not too frequent, no one knows exactly when it will happen.
In addition to wild beasts and barbarians, in fact, there is a very dangerous group in some deep mountains and old forests in the border areas, that is, mountain bandits. The origins of the mountain bandits are very complicated, including deserters from the border army, wicked people sent from the interior, wandering bandits or barbarians from abroad, and other people of all kinds who have been coerced.
Although, the main targets of the mountain bandits are those who pass by merchants. However, at some point, some mountain bandits will also run into the village to rob them. Ma Shuo can remember that the village where he lives has encountered this at least twice.
However, mountain bandits are generally not too willing to come to such a village, firstly, there is not much oil and water here, and secondly, many of the people living here are disabled border soldiers, these people don't look at the disabled, but the blood is still there, and the combat effectiveness is not very weak, so the resistance is also very fierce.
As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what if. Therefore, it is still important to practice some martial arts.
Another thing is to see if there is a suitable way to make money, increase a little income, and in the future, his old mother and Qi Jing can live a better life. If possible, it will also promote the overall development of the village, so that the whole village can live a better life.
Now, the main source of survival for the entire village is hunting. This is very risky, and there are a lot of accidents, and it is also affected by the obvious season.
The way to make money, there are a lot of memories of unblocking. However, Ma Shuo had to see if there were any suitable resources around him that could be utilized. Therefore, he decided to take Qi Jing to Huangsha City, a hundred miles away, in a few days.
Huangsha City is the closest city to the border village where Ma Shuo lives, and it is also one of the few cities in the border pass. In fact, many of the resources of Zhenmanguan had to be transported through Huangsha City.
At the same time, because it is located at the border gate, it has also become a distribution center for internal and external material exchanges. Merchants from the mainland bring a large amount of resources from the mainland, and those who go outside the customs also transport resources from outside the customs here, and both sides trade here.
Huangsha City, a commodity distribution center, is of great significance to businessmen inside and outside. Every transaction between the two sides will yield huge gains. However, comparatively speaking, businessmen who come from outside the customs are more profitable, but they are also more risky.
These people must go deep into the barbarian zone and profit from the network of relationships they have built up with the barbarians over the years, but danger can occur at any time, and the barbarian world is even more chaotic than in Great Qin.
Half a month later, after explaining to the old lady, Ma Shuo took Qi Jing and the two of them sat in the carriage pulled by Dahongla together and started their trip to Huangsha City. This simple carriage is the masterpiece of Ma Shuo in the past half month.
Due to the limited conditions, the carriage was not perfect, especially the shock absorption problem of the wheels, which could not be solved well. Moreover, the reason why he was able to make a simple carriage so quickly was due to the fact that Ma Shuo's father used to have a broken carriage, and although it broke down, the wheels were still left, and it could still be used after a simple cleanup.
Otherwise, it is just a pair of wheels, no matter how simple it is, it may not be able to form in half a month.
In order to absorb the shock as much as possible, Ma Shuo processed the beast skins he could find at home, wrapped them around the wheels, and slowly added a leather coat to the original wooden wheels.
Don't underestimate these two humble carriages, their successful restoration has increased Ma Shuo's intelligence by 0.1 to 1.3. At the same time, after this period of continuous practice of Tai Chi and basic martial arts, the physical strength value has increased to 1.5 and the energy value has increased to 1.4.
Although it is not comfortable to sit for a long time, it is still much easier to ride in a carriage than just relying on a pair of feet. In fact, Ma Shuo and Qi Jing could also choose another way, and the two of them rode a horse together. It's just that, judging from the current relationship between the two, they haven't been able to get close to this point.
The road from the village to Huangsha City is not good at all. So, although there was a carriage, the speed of the two was not very fast.
It took about two days to complete the journey, and this was almost two-thirds of the way.
On this day, when the sun was about to set, Ma Shuo and Qi Jing were about to stop and rest, when several uninvited guests suddenly appeared in front of the two and blocked the way.