Seventy-six: The Blind Craftsman
"Why did you sleep here?"
In my sleep, there were crying in my ears.
Li Buzhuo suddenly realized.
Zhang Yuanzhen said beside him: "After noon, do you have to go to have dinner together?"
Li Buzhuo looked around in confusion, and finally his eyes stopped on Zhang Yuanzhen, feeling like he was a different world. He couldn't help but recall his experience of practicing archery, guns, swordsmanship in his dreams, took a deep breath, stood up, as if a weapon was unsheathed, with a forceful spirit.
Zhang Yuanzhen couldn't help but take a step back, showing surprise on his face. After a moment, the sharpness disappeared and Li Buzhuo became that ordinary young man again.
"Which restaurant is nearby with good taste? I'll invite Brother Yuan to a simple meal." Li Buzhuo smiled.
Zhang Yuanzhen happily agreed.
In the afternoon, when he returned to the library to study, Li Buzhuo fell into a dream, but just looked for martial arts books that appeared in the world to read.
I can only practice in my dreams. If I really want to practice to achieve the unity of my mind and body, I still have to fight to the point. It’s time to buy a good gun.
Li Buzhuo was paying seven days at the bookstore.
On this day, Sanjin came to Hedong County to visit Li Buzhuo in the 11th. Li Buzhuo took Sanjin to the street to buy weapons.
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Hissing-
The red iron bars were immersed in the cold spring water that attracted the top of the mountain, and a large piece of white air emerged. In the white air, the man's naked upper body was covered with sweat stains and oil. He ended the forged iron bar to the tip of his nose and sniff it, and then placed it aside.
The small blacksmith shop was filled with iron tools, hoes, iron pots and plow handles, which were very dirty. In contrast, the weapons hanging on the walls were very different. Whether it was the spear head, long sword, or simple knife, they were covered with a layer of thin gray or even rust, and were dull and dull.
As the white air dissipated, a piece of gray cloth wrapped around the man's eyes was actually a black iron. At this time, he put down the iron hammer and wiped the sweat. He untied the cloth strip covering his eyes. His eyes were still closed, his muscles were atrophy, and the raised blue-purple blood vessels were twisted like earthworms. It turned out that he was a blind man. No wonder the store had a poor business.
When Li Buzhuo walked into the blacksmith shop, the blacksmith turned his ear and said first: "Please pick up what you want. A pound of half a pound of silver steak on the ground and a pound of two steaks on the wall."
This was the first time Li Buzhuo saw a seller like this, and the price was not cheap. He looked around and his eyes fell on the messy black iron farm tools. He came here to pick two handy weapons and prepare for the practice of bows and guns. It seems that he is most likely going to return disappointed now.
"That's all?" he asked.
The blacksmith threw an iron bar into the stove and said while pulling the wind box: "That's all, you can't find a second in Hedong County that can beat me."
Li Buzhuo smiled and said nothing. He began to look at the weapons on the wall. Sanjin, who was following him, tilted his head and said seriously: "You blacksmith are so angry! How many taels of silver is needed for a hoe? Do you bully us from other places?"
The man smiled faintly and said, "Miss, I also have a consent-minded attitude when doing business. I won't force you to buy it. If you look down on me, it's okay."
At this time, an apprentice boy about twelve or thirteen years old in the corner of the blacksmith shop shouted: "My master's hoe will not break even after ten years of use. It's a great deal to care about it!"
The little girl flattened her mouth and teased, "Why don't anyone come to buy it?"
The man said to him in a deep voice: "Is the iron to be finished today?"
"No." The boy muttered, reluctantly lowering his head, Sanjin raised his chin proudly.
Li Buzhuo saw that the weapons hanging on the wall were made of ordinary black iron, ordinary, but the shape was very delicate, and the blade was round and natural, so he could not see any flaws. He immediately realized that the blacksmith was a skilled person, so he calmed down and observed the weapons one by one.
When he saw the back, he suddenly exclaimed. Li Buzhuo looked at the man's eyes and looked at a short knife on the wall again.
The knife is two feet three inches long and one inch three minutes wide. The head, hilt, and harness are all made of brass. The knife is the most exquisitely crafted, surrounded by a dragon and a sparrow. Although the dragon scales and feathers are filled with dust, you can still vaguely see its exquisiteness. The scabbard is covered with animal skins, and an iron hoop on the sheath is wrapped around it.
Such exquisite skills are already amazing in a small county town. What attracted Li Buzhuo's attention was the knife trick.
If I remember correctly, I read miscellaneous books in the library, and I have seen the records of the elite Dragon Crow Army of the Daxia in the previous dynasty. The soldiers in the Dragon Crow Army all wore three swords, and the swords were exactly the shape of the Dragon Crow.
The half-length knife in front of me was similar to the cloud ladder knife used by the Dragon Que Army to attack the city as my grandfather said. The weapons and armor of the Dragon Que Army were not passed down, and were only fully produced by the court craftsmen at that time.
Just look at the dragon crest cloud ladder knife in front of me. The material is poor, but the details are flawless. The forging is at least a Zong craftsman.
After glanced at the blind-eyed craftsman, Li Buzhuo thought to himself: "This man is probably a craftsman from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the previous dynasty." He tentatively said: "Mr. His skills are superb, and the weapons he forged are in the form of the previous dynasty. I didn't expect that there would be craftsman like you in Hedong County."
The apprentice boy was stunned and then looked at the man.
The man shook his head and said, "You are afraid you have recognized the wrong person." He said that, and he made a fuss on his own, without explaining anything.
Li Buzhuo knew it and did not break it. He took a iron-tied bow from the wall and tried it. He put down the bow, and then looked at the tip of the gun and asked, "Can there be a gun for sale here?"
The blacksmith raised his chin to his apprentice. The apprentice understood and went into the room to take out a large gun that was as thick as a duck egg. He said, "This is a ten-year-old ash pole. It is not counted as the iron soldier's money, but it needs another five silver turf."
Li Buzhuo took the gun rod and shook it, with moderate softness and flexibility, and praised the good gun. At this time, the apprentice weighed the iron arch and the gun head, and said, "The gun head and bow weighed eleven pounds in total, and the fraction of the head is not yours. Add the ash pole, and it will be worth twenty-seven silver turfs."
Li Buzhuo took out fifty taels of silver and handed it to his apprentice.
The apprentice was about to find change, but saw Li Buzhuo's gun head, and he walked out with an iron arch on his back.
"Young Master, I'm still twenty-three silver croakers left!"
The apprentice raised his head and shouted, but saw Li Buzhuo waved his hand without looking back and said, "No, it's worth the price." He walked straight out of the blacksmith shop.
The apprentice was stunned for a while, thinking that the rich man would be generous and smiled happily: "Master, this young master has given more than enough money for our two months."
But when the man put down his hammer, he turned his ears toward Li Buzhuo's departure, without saying a word.
The apprentice called him in confusion, and the man came to his senses and said, "Take the extra silver flakes back to him."
The apprentice argued: "Why, it's not what we want, it's what the young master wants to give it himself!"
"If you send it back, how can you teach you on weekdays? Don't take what you shouldn't take from foreign money, as it's a lot of trouble if you take it."
Chapter completed!