"That's right. I haven't seen you here today, so it's ...... him."

As soon as he took a step, Xiao Feng saw that Li Qiancheng was only in his twenties, and he had some doubts.

"The world is too chaotic, my father has disappeared since he arrived in the south three years ago, and I have to hold up here alone. Although she was a little sad, Li Qiancheng was still so resolute, she led the two of them towards the inner hall and said. "I've prepared tea in the hall and invited a few people to take a seat. ”

In the lobby, four pairs of coffee tables have been set up, and there are several maids next to them, holding tea utensils in their hands. After seeing a few people coming, they immediately stepped forward one after another, and skillfully placed the food and tea on the coffee table next to the seats, so that the guests could enjoy it at will.

After Xiao Feng picked the first seat on the left and sat down, he sighed lightly when he saw the tea poured down by the maid in front of him.

This tea is not orange-yellow like ordinary tea, but pure and white, white and transparent, without the slightest variegation, a few silver threads are also like tea leaves and floating and sinking, it is really the best in tea. She just sniffed it, and she felt the fragrance coming to her nose, her whole body was comfortable, and her spirit was uplifted, it was really a fairy elixir.

She was unconsciously curious, raised the teacup and took a sip, and immediately praised: "The lips and teeth are fragrant, and the aftertaste is long, but I don't know what kind of tea this is?"

"This is Jianzhou Longtuan Shengxue, and in the past, I was lucky enough to give a few taels. But I don't spend much time at home, so I don't eat it. Li Qiancheng replied casually.

"'A shot has become a leaf with a smile, and all the grass is ashamed to not dare to flower'. Xiao Xing followed with a sip, but he couldn't help but sigh a little, and said softly: "I was also puzzled when I read Uncle Mao's "Xuanhe Beiyuan Tribute Tea Record" in the past, but now it seems that there are really some doorways!"

"I see!"

Xiao Feng was full of smiles, and said: "It's a pity that although the Huizong made Zheng Kejian create such a famous tea, but it was hunted in the north, but it couldn't help but make people laugh and be generous." If he devotes such energy to military affairs, how can he end up with no bones left?"

With her wisdom, how could she not know that this Li Qiancheng acted like this just to test her bottom line?

So she didn't stay long, and said her request bluntly.

Provoked by this, Li Qiancheng suddenly smiled, full of embarrassment, and then he directly said his difficulties: "Commander Xiao, I know why you came here today. It's just that my craftsmen are only good at building agricultural tools, and it will be a little difficult to forge suitable weapons. And you also know the situation in this shady town, if you don't have enough money and food, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for me to meet your requirements here. ”

This can be regarded as a roundabout, but Xiao Xing has already figured out what this person is thinking, and immediately replied: "Don't worry." My father-in-law has his own benevolence, and of course he will not sit on such a forced buying and selling. I just don't know how you're going to bid?"

"It depends on what weapons you need. If it's a spear, a broadsword, or something like that, I can arrange it, but if it's armor, I'm afraid it's a bit of a problem. Li Qiancheng carefully considered and said: "The spear and broadsword are simple in appearance, and a skilled craftsman only needs to have enough iron, and he can forge a dozen pieces in one day. As for the armor, if it is a simple plate armor, it only takes about ten days to complete, and if it is a chain mail or even scale armor, it will take a month to say the least. As for the Divine Arm Crossbow, please forgive me for my weakness, I don't have any craftsmen here who can make it!"

"I see!Is that so?" Xiao Feng pondered.

Li Qiancheng said helplessly: "No way, after all, I am only striking iron here, and the manufacture of bows and crossbows is really a layman." ”

"It's okay! I have also seized some strong bows and crossbows from Li Shouxian and the Tartars, and there is no shortage of them. Xiao Feng bowed slightly, thinking that he understood the other party's distress, but then said helplessly: "It's just that I think that there are too few soldiers and horses under my command, so I am ready to recruit the children of the good families here to form an army, so as to resist the invasion of those Tartars." Therefore, I need your help so that they do not fight the enemy unarmed. ”

"Commander Xiao is kind-hearted, and the kid naturally knows. Li Qiancheng immediately praised.

"Okay, then let's see if you can make these weapons here?"

After Xiao Xing saw that he mentioned this, he immediately handed over a few pieces of rice paper in his hand, and on this rice paper, he had already drawn several detailed drawings of weapons with faults, in which the size, style, weight, etc. were all marked on it, which can be said to be extremely detailed. It only takes one glance for any blacksmith to understand exactly how it should be made.

Li Qiancheng glanced at it, immediately shook his head, and said, "Please take a few people for a while, after all, I am not a blacksmith, so I still need a specialist." Then he called his attendants, took the blueprints of the weapons, and told them to find the people involved.

After about a cup of tea, two middle-aged men walked in from the door.

The general appearance of these two people should be brothers, although they are a little short but quite stocky, the arms exposed in a pair of gray cloth clothes are quite thick, the wrists are also covered with calluses, and the seemingly dull eyes occasionally flash a fine light, obviously not ordinary people.

One of them was a little anxious, and when he saw everyone, he waved the drawing in his hand excitedly and asked, "Who drew this drawing?"

Li Qiancheng's face unconsciously showed a trace of anger, and he reprimanded in a low voice: "Commander Xiao is here, you two don't want to collide with him." ”

"I'm not that man-eating monster, what's the matter?" Feng just waved his hand, which made Li Qiancheng disappear, and then looked at the two with a smile and asked, "It's me." It's just that the two of you have any doubts about this drawing? If there is something that needs to be consulted, I will naturally let you know. ”

"It turned out to be the real phoenix lady. We didn't recognize it before, so please forgive us. ”

The two of them looked at Xiao Feng's appearance carefully, and were suddenly startled and hurriedly apologized. Since Xiao Feng defeated Li Shouxian and ignored the allied forces, her reputation has spread throughout the Shandong generation, and it can be said that everyone knows and knows it. In the rumors, it is even described as a fairy who came into the world and a saint who saves the world, and it is naturally covered with a layer of holy brilliance, so that others can feel unattainable out of thin air.

Now the two of them suddenly saw Xiao Feng Zhenren here, it was also quite surprised, and they admired Xiao Feng's atmospheric and chic temperament, and only after scanning the drawings did they wake up to what they were doing, and asked: "It's just that my brothers have been striking iron for more than 20 years, but they don't know what you draw on this drawing?"

"Naturally, it's just that I'm new here, and I don't know who the two masters are?"

"My name is Qin Jian, and his name is Qin Dong. It's okay for Niangniang to call us Da Lang Erlang. Qin Jian opened his mouth to reply, and then he was a little anxious, and hurriedly asked: "It's just that why is that drawing like this? Although I also know that this kind of drawing can better let people know the details of those weapons, but how is this way drawn?"

"These three drawings are the front, top, and side views, but they are drawn by looking at one thing from three perpendicular angles to each other. If you look closely, you should be able to understand the seven reasons. As for the dimensions, I think you should also understand what it represents. Xiao Feng said casually, pointing out the significance of each mark on the drawing.

In the next generation, these three views are just knowledge that exists in junior high and high school, and it is not a big deal, and anyone can understand what is going on. But here is the ancient education of poor ancient times, among the craftsmen pay attention to the "inside not outside", "the male does not pass on the female", if you want to apprentice also have to pay a lot of price, the master and apprentice status is even greater than the sky, and the craftsmen are also strictly controlled, resulting in the entire Chinese region of craftsmanship almost stagnant, there is no progress at all.

And these two blacksmiths, who have always only buried their heads in hard work, naturally knew the meaning of these three views.

"I see!"

The two brothers nodded again and again, and they suddenly had a high mountain admiration for Xiao Feng: "In this way, the shape of the entire weapon is quite clear." I have heard before that Zhenfeng Niangniang is born with Su Hui, and today I saw that it was really extraordinary. ”

Xiao Xing was a little impatient, frowned slightly and asked, "It's just that according to our requirements, how much do these things cost?"

"The spearhead is the simplest answer, and the most simple answer is three hundred dollars, and the waist knife is estimated to need more than three times. The wooden shield is cheaper, only three hundred dollars, but the iron shield is much more expensive, it takes ten times! As for this plate armor, it needs at least forty times. At this, the two brothers consulted with each other, and immediately replied.

"So expensive?"

Xiao Xing was immediately a little surprised, and opened his mouth to ask.

According to their plan, a man who is fully armed needs at least 50 kan, so that an army of 10,000 people needs 500,000 kan, and if you add things such as food and clothing, it is absolutely impossible to support it without 1 million. Although they seized Luzhou City and confiscated all the treasures left by the Tartars, they were unable to gather so much money in a short period of time.

A million?

This is equivalent to one billion in the next generation!

And in the later generations, there are not many people who can casually come up with a billion yuan.

Li Qiancheng smiled bitterly: "This kind of price is already good." After all, we need to raise our own iron ore and coal for smelting, which is a big expense. And in order to satisfy your needs, the blacksmith must not go hungry, nor break the fire. Otherwise, if they continue to fall, we will have to drink the northwest wind. (To be continued.) )