Chapter 32: Customizing the Return Air Knife
So the child followed the two of them all the way to deliver the darts. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info sat in the carriage and did not speak, kept looking at the scenery outside, it was obviously the first time to the capital.
Liu Ping'an and the mustache didn't care about him, and sent the easy darts first to solve the trouble. Fortunately, the dart bureau sent a bus, otherwise it would have taken several days to run down the capital in one lap, and when it was almost dark, all the darts were finally delivered.
"Hey, boy, where the hell is your house, I'll just drop you down if you don't say anything!" said the mustache as he pretended to be vicious. It was very hard to come back from the dart in Taiyuan, and he was assigned to deliver the goods for a day, his whole body was sore, and it happened to be almost dark, and he wanted to go back to rest early.
The child moved into the carriage and whispered, "I only know that it is near Chang'an Avenue, and I have to find it specifically." ”
"Is it okay to leave you at the gate of Chengtian? The mustache was a little impatient, and after a day of grinding with this little kid, he came up with a name called Meng Zhu, and no other information was revealed.
"Big brother, can't you take me in for the night? Meng Zhu opened his big round eyes and seemed to be about to cry.
Looking at the pitiful image of this kid, Liu Ping'an softened a little. With such a young child, it is estimated that he has little money, and the consequences of letting him live on the streets are unpredictable. Thinking of my own downfall in the previous period, it is a little bit to be able to help. So he said, "Since you have nowhere to go, then come with me for a night." ”
In this way, Liu Ping'an took Meng Zhu back to the small courtyard he rented.
Rent here for three nights and then keep darts, a walk is more than half a month, if the future is like this, it is estimated that a month down will not be able to stay a few nights. No wonder the mustache said that he was reluctant to rent a house, just live in a guest house, and he could save a lot of money by staying for one night. However, Liu Ping'an is reluctant to do this, and it is always more comfortable to have a stable place.
It was dinner time, Xie Boxie's mother and the clerk were already eating in the courtyard. There is a big osmanthus tree on the left and right sides of the courtyard, and there is a stone table under the tree on the left, which is also the daily resting place for several people in this small courtyard, as long as it does not rain, dinner or chatting are arranged here.
At this moment, seeing Liu Ping'an coming back with a child, Xie's mother hurriedly came over to greet him warmly.
"Xiaoyanagi is back, have you eaten?"
I greeted Xie Bo when I moved in, so everyone knew that Liu Ping'an was the executioner of the dart game on the street in front of him, and he often had to dart. Xie Ma also generously said that his meal money does not need to be calculated on a monthly basis, but on the number of times, otherwise it will be too much of a loss.
"No, I still have to trouble you Mom Xie, two of you. Liu Ping'an was not polite, and said hello to Xie Bo and the clerk, and went into the west wing to change out of the executioner's uniform.
When he came out again, Xie's mother brought two more dishes. Monju unceremoniously hung his horn and gobbled it up at the table, and Sheber looked at him and smiled.
"Whose child is it at this time?" asked Xie's mother.
Liu Ping'an didn't know how to explain, only said that he was brought back from Taiyuan and was homeless.
Mother Xie was overflowing with sympathy, touched Meng Zhu's head and said, "If you don't have a place to go, you can live here, and you won't be charged for food." But I can only live with Koyanagi. ”
Liu Ping'an muttered: "Obvious difference, we still have to pay for food when we eat." ”
"What did you say?" Xie Ma didn't hear clearly, and asked.
"It's nothing, I said Brother Wen, are they going to take the exam. Today, I saw that the capital was full of people rushing to take the exam. ”
Wen Jiaming responded and said, "Well, it's the end of this month." It's not been a few days. ”
Liu Ping'an was very curious about the imperial examination in his previous life, and asked, "Brother Wen, which ones are you taking in the imperial examination?"
"The four disciplines of strategy, arithmetic, object, and law. ”
Isn't this the test of Chinese, mathematics, science and science, and laws and regulations? Liu Ping'an didn't ask any more, and after eating, he asked Meng Zhu to chat with Xie Bo and them in the courtyard, and went to practice by himself.
The last time I saw Yue Chonglou's kung fu, it deeply stimulated him, and he was also about the same age, he was already at the peak of his qi training, but he was still wandering in the forging period. I still have a loss of crossing the family, and I still dream of embracing the happy rivers and lakes left and right, and if I think about it like this, I guess I won't even be able to earn my wife back. It's better to be honest and down-to-earth and practice for two hours every night, since I left the school, I haven't practiced martial arts seriously, I sail against the current, and if I don't advance, I will retreat.
Early the next morning, Liu Ping'an went to the dart bureau to sign in, but there was no one in Qiu Darthead's public house. Find someone to ask and tell you that every dart for more than half a month can rest for two days, which is the traditional rule of the dart game. Since Emperor Jianwen, the work system of officials has been every seven days off, and later other places have followed suit.
Darts are hard work, and they can't be given a holiday on the way to darts, so they are all on leave after they come back. As for the days of rest in Taiyuan, they should also be counted in the number of days worked.
Yesterday he and Mustache didn't return to the dart game after sending the dart, and no one informed them. When Liu Ping'an walked outside the dart game, he happened to see the mustache also come to sign in. Liu Ping'an told him the situation, and then the two discussed finding a place to play.
Liu Ping'an wanted to go to the weapon shop to customize a knife, and the mustache wanted to go to the gambling house to see and understand. So the two came all the way to the Beijing branch of Badao Villa, and the interesting thing is that the weapon shop of Badao Villa and the weapon shop of Tibetan Sword Villa stand across the street, both on Chang'an East Street, one selling knives and the other selling swords. However, there are more customers who buy swords in these years, and those who buy swords are generally customized in batches by the army, and there are relatively few sporadic customers.
The two of them were greeted by a middle-aged shopkeeper who was quite kind, and when he heard that he wanted to customize a knife, he hurriedly invited the two of them to sit down at a table in the hall. Liu Ping'an took out the sample knife drawings he had drawn in the past few days and showed them to the shopkeeper, this is a drawing of a high-imitation return knife.
Although he was the shopkeeper of the Badao Villa, he obviously didn't know that this was the unique shape of the return air knife in their villa. After looking at it for a while, he said to Liu Ping'an: "Why is it made into the shape of a hook? With the existing level of knife making in our villa, even if it is successfully made, this horn will be relatively brittle, and it will be easy to break when it collides with other blades." And with such an extra piece, you can't make a scabbard. ”
A weapon is not just thinking about having a strange shape, and the casting level in this era is low, and even the best knife maker Badao Villa cannot realize some unconventional ideas from the perspective of craftsmanship. This is also the reason why for so many years, there has been no replica of the return air knife of Badao Villa. Even if it is copied, it has no form and no god.