In the past few days, Ling Xiao has also lived a good life in his own small world. Every morning, I practice my various archery skills; in the morning, I look at Liu Dashao's changing the law ** The dozen or so newly harvested seedlings, if you are interested, you can also give you some advice; in the afternoon, I go to the Ming Jing Hall to read books as usual, and improve my understanding of the world.

As for the position of the commander of the guards, it is just a fictitious position, just go to the military department every month to order a mao, and you can also get a lot of money!

As for the exploration of the spirit, Ling Xiao put it aside for the time being. Because his spirit basically originates from that mysterious ring, it is too easy for people to discover their peculiarities in an environment where there are many masters in Kyoto. Anyway, I couldn't find any spiritual refining exercises to cultivate, so I had to stop there!

The most important thing in front of Ling Xiao was to replenish supplies. Since leaving home, he has consumed a lot of all kinds of things, especially the less than ten Wind Feather Arrows that he is used to. In addition, looking at the small clothes, Ling Xiao also felt that he was a little sorry for others, so it was better to steal half a day and go shopping!

The old saying is still true, shopping is a woman's nature, whether it is in the past life or in this life, whether it is modern or ancient! Hearing that Ling Xiao planned to take her shopping, the beautiful Xiaoru was excited, but fortunately remembered the rules of master and servant, and did not cheer!

When Liu Dashao heard the news, he summoned Abbe as if he were in the fun, formed a shopping quartet, and went to the market on South Street in Kyoto!

Since she and Xiao Ru **, although she has adhered to the duty of a servant, Ling Xiao does not let Xiao Ru do any subordinate work, but treats her as her own woman, and carefully cares for the simplicity and beauty of this girl.

No, he and Liu Dashao made a living as coolies along the way, closely following the two girls who were chattering non-stop in front. However, Xiaoru glanced back at Ling Xiao from time to time, for fear that his master would be angry.

After shopping for an afternoon, after harvesting a lot of colorful dresses, finally under Xiaoru's persuasion, Abbe reluctantly led the way to a craftsman's workshop area, looking for the arrow workshop that Ling Xiao urgently needed.

Fortunately, although the status of bows and arrows is not high in this world, the demand is indeed not small, and there are still four or five bow and arrow workshops in the workshop area known as the most complete in the empire. It's just that compared to the neighboring knife workshops, swords, guns and other weapon workshops, both the scale and the flow of people are far from the same!

What gave Ling Xiao a headache was that he entered three or four workshops and found that the craftsmanship here was too inferior. Not only is it far inferior to his own Lingjiabao's craftsmanship, but even the arrows made can only be called waste in Ling Xiao's opinion! And the arrows that the shopkeeper who always laughs at Mimi and claims to be the treasure of the town store are only equivalent to the defective products of Lingjiabao!

Seeing this situation, Liu Da volunteered to lead his master to a few more bow and arrow workshops that were said to be for the army, but the result only disappointed Ling Xiao again!

Ling Xiao, who was full of resentment, thought to himself, isn't there a workshop in Kyoto that can be seen to be eye-catching? At this time, the boss who saw these uninvited guests rummaging through and not buying anything for a long time was a little angry, and he couldn't help blurting out the muttering voice that attracted Ling Xiao's attention!

"If you want to buy it, buy it, if you don't buy it, don't delay my business here, you and I are the territory of the water master, what peerless magic can you turn up?" The boss of the broken thoughts made a gesture to invite them out while sorting out the goods that had been turned over by Ling Xiao and them. Look at the posture of others, meaning, a few people, we can't do your business!

Liu Dashao wanted to beat people with his hands, but his sweetheart was next to him, so it was better not to expose his savage side. As for Ling Xiao, his attention is focused on the water master, maybe it's worth taking a look!

This water master's territory is easy to find, in this part of the workshop, just find someone to ask. It's actually in a remote alley not far from this South Street, the innermost courtyard. There was a slightly old sign hanging at the entrance of the street, and there was only a big iron word written on it!

can be called a master, presumably a person with two hands, Ling Xiao does not want to lose his manners. However, before a few of them could come forward to call the door, several officials rushed out from behind them and walked to the door, patting the door while pulling their necks and shouting, "Old Zhangtou, this year's taxes should be paid! Don't always pretend that you are not at home, and you will send them to you tomorrow! If you delay it any longer, don't blame the brothers for not being affectionate, and demolish your house!"

Well, what's the situation? A master can't afford to pay taxes? To say that the taxes of the Li Empire have not been much since the founding of the country, as long as they work hard, they can pay for others to work for a long time. This water master is so famous, it is said that this situation will not appear at all!

After the official scolded and walked away, Ling Xiao stepped forward again to call the door, "Is there anyone?

I heard that the business came to the door, but the door opened quickly, and a thin little old man came out, first looked Ling Xiao and his group up and down, and then, in a very fast voice, said a large number, "The deposit is one hundred taels, you must pay it first, and the salary will be fixed according to the requirements, and the deposit will not be refunded regardless of whether it is full or not after completion!"

As long as the craftsmanship is good, Ling Xiao doesn't care about money. It's just that Liu Dashao on the side was not happy, "Oh, you're robbing money! Are you doing this business? Pay the deposit ...... first?"

Before Liu Dashao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ling Xiao, "The deposit can be paid first, but my requirements are a bit high, I don't know if your family can accept it?"

The dry old man was happy, and first said to Liu Dashao, "Robbery is illegal, the little old man never does it, and as for business, he can't starve me to death!"

Then he turned his face to Ling Xiao and said, "As long as it's a matter of striking iron, there is no job that my water master can't take!"

Ling Xiao and Liu Dashao were taken aback, originally thinking that this dry old man was just a janitor, but they didn't expect it to be Master Shui himself. Liu Dashao was a little unimpressed, but Ling Xiao thought more, seeing that this water master's style is not like the kind of person who cheats and abducts, maybe there is some reason why a lot of money is needed to deal with it!

After thinking about it, Ling Xiao agreed to the seemingly unreasonable request of the water master, and followed the old man into the courtyard. After coming in, I found that this small courtyard was actually a cave. The heat wave in the stone room in the front is rolling, and I think it is where the iron-making furnace is located, but the well on the side is bubbling with a hint of cold, which should be a place for quenching!

The yard is full of scraps, semi-finished products, and so on. And under the shed next to the courtyard gate, there are more than a dozen finished swords!

Ling Xiao has been making arrows for three years and making bows for three years, and he is no stranger to these things, just by looking at them, he knows that they are all high-quality works, and even a sword still exudes a trace of coldness, which is of good quality. It seems that this old man should not be short of money at all, and he can pay the taxes by selling a handful of the dozen or so finished products on the wall.

And the old man saw that Ling Xiao readily agreed to his unreasonable conditions, but after all, he was a little reluctant, and it took a while to explain the reason to Ling Xiao.

It turns out that this water master has always been a businessman and is very fair. I don't want to think that half a month ago, a group of people who claimed to be from the Three Princes' Mansion came to order swords, but because of their arrogant attitude, Master Shui did not take this business. Who knows, that group of people said that if they don't take their business, they won't want to take on business in the future!

In the following half a month, no one really came back to visit. Usually, the old man has always been generous in spending, but now he can't even pay the taxes, and the taxes he owes are exactly the hundred taels of silver proposed to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao thought to himself, this is obviously a trap set by the three princes and their family to occupy Master Shui for a long time, first forcing people into desperation, and then opening up the net and bringing Master Shui into the account, and from then on there is a good free craftsman to make swords for them!

Having made up his mind, Ling Xiao explained the problem to the old man openly and honestly, and finally gave the old man two ways, one was to help Ling Xiao finish this business, and then run away with the heavy money promised by Ling Xiao, so that he could find a place to hide his name or go to Lingjiabao to be a deacon;

Ling Xiao believes that this water master is also an old man, and he has not agreed to the request of the three princes for such a long time, but he is also raising his own value to see if he can have better conditions. As soon as Ling Xiao's conditions came out, the old man agreed to join the Arrow Sect and become a full-time blacksmith!

It seems that the logistical strength of the three cornerstones of the sect has made a good start, and there is a good craftsman! Ling Xiao thought so, and arranged for Liu Dashao to find someone to help the master move immediately, in case there were too many dreams at night.

Not long after Ling Xiao and the others left, a group of thugs in the mouth of the water master came to this small courtyard, and after forcibly breaking down the door, they found that the house was empty, and even the well had been buried, so they couldn't help but look at each other. It wasn't until I inquired with my neighbors that I found out that it was the handiwork of Liu Yinghui, a well-known young man in Kyoto! These people couldn't help but laugh anymore.

It wasn't until later that Ling Xiao knew that Liu Wenyuan had sent someone to do it, intending to blame the three princes and the first family, but he didn't expect that the time to act was a little late, and he was actually robbed of the master by his own son and Ling Xiao halfway! Fortunately, it finally fell into the hands of his own family. It's just that after the water master heard about this, he was so angry that he didn't start making a weapon for a long time.

Fortunately, Ling Xiao is a good person, and after Master Shui arrived at the Arrow Sect's office in Kyoto, he took good care of him, and all his requests were met! The master saw his face before he promised not to pursue the matter again! However, the original attitude towards Liu Dashao, which was not bad, suddenly became ignored!

However, it was after this old Zhang Tou, known as the water master, lived in the small courtyard of the Arrow Sect for a long time, that Ling Xiao learned that the reason why all forces were searching for a good hand at making swords was because the triennial martial arts performance in front of the palace would start in less than half a month. And the samurai who were selected by the current emperor to perform martial arts were able to directly enter his personal guards, and the treatment was so good that they were nicknamed the royal honor guard!

The participants in this military performance in front of this palace are not limited to imperial military attachés, but civilians can also participate, but they need to be recommended from all over the country! while military attachés in service do not need to be recommended to participate at will. In the end, there will be an internal competition between the selected candidates to determine the top three, and they will be personally received by the emperor and rewarded with the official position of the personal guard!

Originally, Ling Xiao was not interested in this kind of intrigues, but he wanted to show his own crown prince in front of his father and emperor, but he didn't ask his opinion at all and signed up for him.

After hearing that many people in the Three Princes' family also signed up, Ling Xiao finally realized that this competition in front of the palace may not be as simple as it seems on the surface. Maybe it's a real problem for yourself!

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