Chapter 18 Mine Lines

The early morning sun did not linger in the distance, and it shone into the courtyard of the blacksmith shop early in the morning, and after treating Li Moru's injuries, Lao Yang Tou came back and began to recuperate.

Fortunately, the prescription prescribed by Huiyang Daoist is really good, the chickens born and raised in the ancient town and the water of the ancient town, it didn't take long for Lao Yangtou's qi and blood to slowly recover.

It's just that it may be because of the internal force that was transmitted to Li Moru, it seems that he doesn't have the energy as before, and he is more sleepy than before.

Yang Juan was making breakfast in the kitchen, Zhao Wumian was practicing swords in the yard, Li Moru ran to the yard with the bookcase on his back, and when he knew that Lao Yang Tou was still resting, he hurriedly put down the bookcase and ran towards the room where Lao Yang Tou was.

He crept around the room, cautiously approaching Lao Yangtou's bedside, watching the sun shine on Lao Yangtou's gray beard, Li Moru's heart felt a little more sour.

When Lao Yang woke up sideways and found Li Moru sitting next to him, he quickly got up and pulled Li Moru into his arms to check repeatedly.

He also asked Li Moru to move his arms and legs, and he was relieved to see Li Moru's lively appearance, and then snapped a chestnut on the top of Li Moru's head, and said: "Stinky boy, did you run to my bedside early in the morning, did you have bad intentions and want to inherit Lao Tzu's inheritance quickly?"

Li Moru rushed to Lao Yangtou's arms and said, "Master, Moru misses you." ”

Lao Yang touched Li Moru's head and smiled: "Why are you crying like a woman, it's good to come back, and when you come back, hurry up and practice, if you dare to be lazy again, I will never be able to help you anymore if I am beaten to death in the future." ”

Li Moru rubbed his head in Lao Yang's arms and said: "Don't worry, I will practice hard, after I practice martial arts, I will protect you, and when I become a peerless hero and a Salvation Sword Immortal, I will take you around, so that everyone can take a good look at who the master of the Salvation Sword Immortal is." ”

Lao Yang touched Li Moru's head like stroking his own child.

After breakfast, Lao Yang Tou lay on the rocking chair and began to teach Li Moru how to run the internal force in his body, and taught him how to transport the internal force to the limbs.

Then he taught Li Moru boxing, Li Moru asked Lao Yang what the name of the boxing method was, and Lao Yang Tou replied: "Blacksmith boxing." ”

Li Moru said with a disgusted face: "Master, how do you feel that your name is so good that it is not on the stage, you look at the names that Huiyang Immortal Master gave to his martial arts are very poetic, his body is like a bird's wings, and it seems that there is nothing to step on the branches." ”

Lao Yang knocked a chestnut on Li Moru's head and said: "You know a fart, as the saying goes, the louder the name, the faster you die, those who sound bells and whistles are finally killed, and my blacksmith fist is killed, and the blacksmith, of course, makes the blacksmith fist." ”

Li Moru didn't refute again, for fear of being hit by the chestnuts of the old Yang head again.

Since then, Li Moru's daily affairs, in addition to practicing the boxing techniques and internal skills taught by Lao Yang Tou, is to learn "Magpie Treading Branches" in the courtyard according to the teachings of Huiyang Taoists.

This kind of days lasted for more than a year, until one day Lao Yang Tou told Li Moru to let him and Zhao Wumian go to buy some iron ore, and he said that he would give Li Moru his ability to strike iron.

When he thought of buying things, Li Moru's first thought was naturally Zhang Fugui, in order not to be deceived by profiteers, he decided to abduct Zhang Fugui from the school.

In the morning, Zhang Fugui got up and stretched lazily, put two books in the bookcase and prepared to go to the school.

He left home and walked towards the school along the bluestone road in the ancient town, originally wanting to find Zhang Qingshan, but after thinking about it, Zhang Qingshan must have gone to the school a long time ago, so he walked alone and walked weakly.

It turned out that Li Moru was with him, but now, Li Moru hasn't been to the school for a long time, he always feels a little lonely alone, and sometimes he is a little envious of Li Moru.

He also thought about simply going out to learn business with his father, but his father just didn't agree, saying that the status of a businessman was too low, and he hoped that he would study hard, even if he was a casual fame in the future.

Zhang Fugui has long understood that it is impossible for him to have anything to do with the word fame in this life, and the only ones in the school who can have anything to do with fame are Zhang Qingshan, Long Chen, Mu Mingxuan, and Ding Wei, who he has never liked too much.

Although he doesn't like Ding Wei, he has to admire Ding Wei's brain is really easy to use, many articles taught by the teacher are memorized after only one study, which is like himself, I always feel that reading those books is not getting along with myself.

Just when Zhang Fugui was staggering on the road, Li Moru suddenly jumped down from the tree and jumped off Zhang Fugui.

For more than a year, Li Moru has practiced stepping on the branches every day, and now he has made a lot of progress in this light skill, although he can't do it like a few feet like the Huiyang Daoist, but the shorter branches can still jump up, after all, he has half of the power of the old Yang head in his body.

Now Li Moru is also a person who practices martial arts, this year's practice, he has almost been able to master the skills in his body, that is, Lao Yang Tou warned him not to overuse, saying that his muscles and bones have not fully developed, and if he uses too much, it is easy to hurt himself.

Zhang Fugui was surprised and delighted when he saw Li Moru suddenly appear in front of him, and said with a smile: "Moru, why are you here, are you going to go to the school with me?"

Li Moru smiled: "I'll take you to skip class." ”

Zhang Fugui stepped forward and touched Li Moru's forehead and touched himself again, "You don't have a fever, so why did you start talking nonsense?"

"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm not only going to take you to skip class, but I'm going to take you out of the house. ”

As soon as he heard that Zhang Fugui was going away, he obviously didn't believe it.

Li Moru said: "Fugui, I'm serious, the master wants to teach me how to cast a sword, but the blacksmith shop hasn't bought iron ore for a long time, so let me and Senior Brother Zhao go to the mines outside the town to buy it, I thought that if the two of us went to do business, we would definitely be cheated by those profiteers, so I thought of you, how about it?"

Zhang Fugui asked, "Moru, are you serious, don't lie to me?"

Li Moru replied: "When did I deceive you about this kind of thing." ”

Zhang Fugui smiled: "Okay, let's go, let's set off now, but I'm afraid that it will be difficult to explain to Mr. at that time." ”

Li Moru said: "Don't worry, I've already told Mr., and Mr. Mo also knows that you don't want to attend the class, so you are allowed to go with me, so you can rest assured." ”

Zhang Fugui put his right hand on Li Moru's shoulder and said, "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up, you don't know, I'm really uncomfortable when you're not in the academy these days......"

The three of them rented a carriage in the ancient town, and the three of them set off along the road out of the ancient town towards the mine.

After about five hours, the three of them arrived at the mine, and after running around for so long, they decided to stay in the inns around the mine for a while, and then go to the government officials who managed the iron mine to buy some iron ore.

Since ancient times, salt and iron have been operated by the government, so Li Moru and others need to buy iron ore from government officials.

After eating in the afternoon, Zhao Wumian took Li Moru and Zhang Fugui to find the managers here, although he had been here occasionally, but it had always been purchased by others, he rarely cared about these things, he only struck iron.

After arriving at the mine, Zhao Wumian, under the leadership of the management personnel, first selected the iron ore, and then came to negotiate the price after the selection.

The shopkeeper was a small bloated man, most notably a black mole on his face, a little to the right of his nose.

There are also these black and long beards on it, surnamed Chen, and one of his favorite actions is to grind his beards from time to time as he speaks.

Zhao Wumian pointed to the iron ore he had chosen, saying that he had already chosen, he touched his beard and said to Zhao Wumian: "The guest is really a good eye, this is a good iron mine, I see that you are also a frequent customer, and I will give you three taels of silver according to the original price." ”

Zhao Wumian replied: "Okay, Shopkeeper Chen's then follow the original price, let's buy five thousand catties." ”

When Zhao Wumian was about to pay, Zhang Fugui hurriedly stopped him, and Zhang Fugui said to the man: "I'm sorry, uncle, let's go shopping first, and then come back to you." ”

As he spoke, he pulled Zhao Wumian and Li Moru away.

Although Zhao Wumian and Li Moru didn't know why Zhang Fugui did this, since Zhang Fugui pulled the two of them away, the two had to leave temporarily.

After leaving the shop just now, Li Moru asked, "Fugui, why did you pull us out?"

Zhang Fugui said: "When you were resting in the inn before, I walked around casually, asked the people here, and learned about a general situation here, although this mine is owned by the government, but the things sold to the people are distributed to a total of four shops. ”

"It's still early, let's go to other stores to have a look, anyway, they've already come out, and I can't go back today, so it's better to go and see if there are any cheaper ones." ”

Li Moru smiled: "You didn't even rest after eating? ”

Zhang Fugui shook his head in the face of Li Moru, "Alas, it is said in "Tao Zhu Gong's Business Classic" that business must be diligent, don't be lazy, laziness will be wasted. Since we came out to buy things, of course, we have to understand the basic situation here, although I am lazy, but I am not lazy in business, doing business, the most afraid is lazy, laziness will lose money. I'm just lazy in life, not in business. ”

Li Moru smiled: "It seems that you didn't pull in vain this trip." ”

Zhang Fugui smiled proudly: "Come with me." ”

Then they went to two more shops, and the prices were about the same as the first one, but when the third one saw that Li Moru and the others were leaving, they said that it could be cheaper, and they could only pay them two taels or eight dollars of silver.

Li Moru was about to agree, but Zhang Fugui still pulled them away and insisted on seeing the fourth one.

The price of the fourth house was about the same as that of the third one, but when Zhang Fugui and the others were about to leave, they did not call Zhang Fugui and them.

In the end, Zhang Fugui took Zhao Wumian and Li Moru back to the third store.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with a sturdy physique, and when he saw Zhang Fugui and them coming back, he asked, "How about the guest officer, or is it cheaper for us here?"