Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 1759 Sword City
Xie Fu was in a hurry to get on the road and didn't want to waste time in this small town, but he couldn't just stand by and watch the woman die, so he chose a compromise. He went to the market early in the morning to find a carriage, and took care of the woman's illness while traveling.

There were quite a few donkey carts in the market, but not a single horse-drawn carriage was seen.

The biggest difference between a horse carriage and a donkey cart is that one is mostly used for carrying people, while the other is mostly used for pulling goods; one is more high-end, while the other is more ordinary.

It is not easy to find a carriage with passengers in a small town like this, so Xie Fu had to settle for the next best thing.

A group of ruffians surrounded Xie Fu, actively soliciting business. However, Xie Fu noticed a young man sitting in the corner. He did not go forward to solicit business like the others, but just looked at him from time to time, seeming unfamiliar and timid, as if he had just started in this business.

Next to it was his donkey cart. The cart looked clean, but the donkey was a little thin and seemed malnourished.

Xie Fu also grew up in the market, and he knew that people could starve first, but those who made money had to take good care of themselves, otherwise they would have nothing to eat.

If the donkey is like this, let alone the man.

So he took the initiative to walk towards the young man. When the young man saw Xie Fu walking towards him, his eyes sparkled, obviously with a look of surprise.

When he saw Xie Furen really standing in front of him, he stood up flattered and said, "Brother, do you want to use the car?"

"Help me get someone to Jiancheng."

The young man looked disappointed when he heard this: "Brother, my donkey cart can only carry goods, not people."

Xie Fu knew that this kind of donkey cart without a shed was used to transport goods, so he smiled and said, "It's okay. I see that your cart is very clean, so it's okay to use it to transport people."

"Brother, I hope you don't mind."

Xie Fu asked, "Have you eaten?"

The young man didn't expect Xie Fu to suddenly ask such a question. He seemed a little embarrassed, but he still replied: "It's still early, not yet."

Xie Fu took out a tael of silver and said, "The people and the donkeys should go eat their fill first, and then wait for me at the entrance of Yuexi Inn."

When the young man saw the one or two taels of silver, his eyes lit up, he nodded repeatedly, and was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Xie Fu smiled. He had also been down and out, and he knew how happy it was to have something to eat when one was impoverished.

When I returned to the inn, I pushed the door open and saw Xiao Yuer sitting in front of the dressing table, dressing herself up. I smiled in my heart. Even though she was so sick, she still had the mind to put on makeup. How much does this woman love beauty? But the fact that she could get up showed that her body had recovered.

When Xiao Yuer heard the sound, she turned her head to look at the door, her eyes wide open with a look of disbelief.

Xie Fu saw her face, which had just been powdered, was washed out by tears, and she looked so ugly that he walked over quickly: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Yu'er pursed her lips and shook her head. Xie Fu asked again: "Are you thinking of something sad?"

Xie Fu never asked about her, but a woman who was repeatedly resold and suffered from a serious illness must be a pitiful person. Such a woman could not even survive in a brothel, let alone being a prostitute.

Xiao Yuer burst into laughter and said, "I thought you left me behind."

Xie Fuha smiled: "I only spent sixty taels yesterday. I'm stupid to abandon you."

Xiao Yuer smiled and said, "Yes, you wouldn't be so stupid as to throw away sixty taels for nothing."

Xie Fu just wanted to clarify something, and didn't mean to objectify her: "Sorry."

Xiao Yu'er wondered why he was apologizing, and Xie Fu smiled and said, "I shouldn't have used sixty taels to describe you."

"You're such a weird person, apologizing for something so trivial."

"In my world, you have to apologize if you do something wrong or say something wrong. Apologizing is also one of the ways people interact with each other."

"Yes, you shouldn't describe me as 60 taels. I should be worth 100 taels. When I get better, I'll help you sell me for 100 taels."

Xiao Yuer said as she threw a coquettish glance at Xie Fu. It must be said that she was quite attractive. She said with great pride: "How about it? It's quite attractive to men, isn't it?"

Xie Fu knew that this was a method she had learned to adapt to survival, so he smiled and said, "After we finish eating and taking medicine, we will get ready to set off. I have prepared a donkey cart for you."

Xiao Yuer stood up and asked in confusion, "Where are you going? Back to your home?"

"Go to Jiancheng."

"What are you going to do in Jiancheng?"

"I'm going to Jiancheng to do something. Do you know the way to Jiancheng?"

Xiao Yuer responded with a "hmm".

Xie Fu smiled and said, "That's great. Then you can lead the way for me."

Xiao Yu'er didn't say anything, so Xie Fu asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Yuer smiled awkwardly: "I don't really want to go back, but I can lead you part of the way, and you can sell me on the way."

Everyone has a past that they don't want to recall. Xie Fu didn't ask any more questions: "Go back to bed and have a rest first."

Xiao Yuer took just two steps towards the bed when she collapsed weakly to her knees. Xie Fu simply carried her onto the bed.

Xiao Yuer looked at him in surprise, and Xie Fu smiled and said, "Why, I already carried you once yesterday."

Xiao Yuer smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to be so ugly, but you are actually very gentle."

"When the laws of nature are unfair, human nature begins. I hope that everyone who has suffered hardships can be treated gently."

Xiao Yu'er muttered, feeling the big hand, and suddenly came back to her senses and asked, "Have you read a book?"

Xie Furen went to make medicine.

After breakfast and taking medicine, Xie Fu packed his luggage and prepared to leave, but Xiao Yuer insisted on putting on makeup.

Xie Fu found it funny in his heart, why would she put on makeup when she looked so sick? After Xiao Yuer put on her makeup, it had to be said that the paleness on her face was covered up by the powder. After applying lipstick and drawing eyebrows, she looked more healthy.

Xiao Yuer laughed at herself and said, "Only if you decorate it can you get a good price."

Xie Fu carried her downstairs. The young man was already waiting at the door of the inn. He had put an extra layer of straw and then a layer of cloth on the cart.

Xie Fu praised: "You are quite careful."

The young man felt embarrassed by Xie Fu's praise: "This donkey cart was originally used to transport goods, but now it is used to carry people, so I put some straw on it to make it more comfortable to sit on."

Xie Fu gently placed Xiao Yu'er on the cart, and the young man also helped to make the cloth smoother. Suddenly, he made eye contact with the woman and his face turned red. However, the woman was used to it and smiled sweetly. The shy young man lowered his head and did not dare to look at her again.

Xie Fu asked, "What's your name?"

"Brother, just call me Abao."

"A Bao, she is ill and cannot handle the bumps. Please be steady on the road."

"it is good."

Under Xiao Yuer's guidance, the three of them set out on the journey to Jiancheng. The two men sat in the front of the car, and Xiao Yuer lay flat on the straw covered with cloth. Perhaps it was Xie Fu's advance instructions that Abao drove steadily along the way, and was very careful to avoid potholes when encountering them.

The two chatted casually, and Xie Fu learned that Abao was only seventeen years old, far from the age of adulthood. His father had just died, and he had two younger brothers and a younger sister. As for his mother, she had passed away many years ago, so he had no choice but to work as a live-in laborer to make money.

Xie Fu asked, "A Bao, you are going away like this, what will happen to your brothers and sisters at home?" A Bao smiled and said, "They are not young anymore and can take care of themselves. Before I came to the inn, I bought food for them and asked the neighbors to take care of them."

"That's good. Just now at the market, others were trying to attract business, but you were unmoved. Are you embarrassed because you are new to this business?"

"No, they have to go first, and then it's my turn."

Although he didn't say much, Xie Fu knew that he must have been bullied by other Raffs a lot.

Because of her weak body, Xiao Yuer fell asleep. A Bao suddenly asked softly, "Brother, who is the beautiful lady behind you?"

Xie Fu saw that he was shy when he asked questions. He knew that he was also a teenager and understood the thoughts of teenagers. They were always curious about women, especially beautiful women. So he smiled and said, "Who do you think she is to me?"

"I guess it should be your wife, big brother."

Xie Fu wanted to deny it, but didn't want to say that the woman was bought by her, so he smiled perfunctorily and said, "It counts as a no."

Ah Bao was trying to get to the bottom of it: "Does it count or not?"

"I already have a wife and children at home, so I'll keep her company on the journey."

A Bao seemed to understand, that kind of temporary couple without any official status.

After a day's journey, it was getting dark, so they found an inn. Xie Fu carried Xiao Yuer into the inn and only left after settling her down.

A Bao reorganized the scattered straw, spread out the cloth, and prepared to spend the night on the cart while eating some dry food. People like him could not afford to stay in an inn, and even if they could, they would not be willing to spend the money.

Seeing Xie Fu coming, he quickly got off the cart and said, "Brother, do you have any other instructions?"

Xie Fu smiled and said, "A Bao, it's winter now, you don't plan to spend the night outside, do you?"

"Yes."

"Then your plan is ruined."

A Bao wondered: "Do we have to travel overnight?"

"No, I booked a room for you."

A Bao was stunned when he heard this. Xie Fu urged him, "Why are you still standing there? Come with me into the inn."

But Abao shook his head and said, "I was born an inferior. I am destined to suffer a lot. I am used to it. This is not something I should enjoy."

Now it was Xie Fu's turn to be stunned. These simple words shocked Xie Fu's heart. Looking at the thin clothes he was mending and the freezing night, he thought that perhaps he had become accustomed to the cold all his life.

Xie Fu smiled and said, "Abao, you are a hardworking and kind person, but I think every hardworking and kind person will be rewarded." After that, he forcibly pulled him into the inn.

When A Bao moved into the clean and tidy room, he sat on the warm bed with trepidation. Then the door was pushed open and the waiter came in with wine and food. Apparently, this wine and food was ordered by Xie Fu for him...

The next morning, Xie Fu carried Xiao Yuer out of the inn. It snowed last night, so A Bao got up early and cleared the snow off the cart.

When Xie Fu put Xiao Yu'er on the cart, the hem of her skirt was accidentally lifted up, revealing a section of her snow-white calves. A Bao was so stunned by the sight, his eyes wide open.

Xiao Yuer scolded coldly: "What are you looking at!" Then she reached out to lower the hem of her skirt to cover her calves.

Originally, she had no good or bad feelings towards this little Raff, but what the man said last night made her full of hostility towards him.

The man actually asked her what her impression of the little Raff was and whether she was willing to follow him.

Xiao Yuer just replied coldly: She is not so cheap, Xiao Laf can't afford it.

In this way, they traveled during the day and stayed at night. It took them five days and they finally arrived in Jiancheng at noon.

The whole city was filled with the sound of clanging, as if it was a city that could play music. Every household was working as a blacksmith, and people were coming and going on the streets. One industry drove hundreds of other industries.

A Bao had obviously never been to such a prosperous and bustling place. He looked here and there, and found everything he saw new and interesting.

Xie Fu felt that calling this city "Sword City" was too conservative and should be called "Iron City". Along the way, apart from those restaurants and shops, he did not see a single family that did not make iron.

In addition to private blacksmith shops, there are also large-scale industrial blacksmith shops. More than a dozen men with bare upper bodies, wielding large iron hammers, take turns hammering on a piece of armor. It is because of such careful polishing that the armor made by the Su family in Jiancheng can be indestructible and impervious to swords and spears.

As for a complete set of armor, I don’t know how many armor pieces are needed to be inlaid.

It is obvious that the Su family in Jiancheng has mastered the most core and sophisticated technology. Some basic process and semi-finished products are handed over to these private iron shops and large iron shops, forming a complete industrial chain. People in the entire city are serving the Su family.

The prosperity of one industry will drive the people's livelihood to hundreds of industries.

Before coming here, he was worried that the Su family in Jiancheng would not be able to provide him with so many armors and weapons. Now, seeing such a large-scale industry, he was very excited. Even if it was a temporary order, all the blacksmiths worked together to rush the work and it could be finished in two or three months.

Seeing that Xie Fu's eyes were fixed on the blacksmith, Xiao Yuer asked, "What are you doing in Jiancheng?"

Xie Fu smiled and said, "Buy a good weapon."

Xiao Yu'er is a woman who has seen the world, but she has never been able to guess the identity of Xie Fu. From the outside, this man looks like a rough man in ordinary clothes, but he seems to be very rich and is not stingy at all when spending money.

In her impression, only those who make money quickly can spend money happily.

She had always suspected that Xie Fu was a bandit who specialized in robbing wealthy businessmen, or a killer, anyway, he was doing illegal activities.

Hearing him say that he wanted to buy a good weapon further deepened my judgment. What would an ordinary person need a good weapon for?

Seeing Xiao Yu'er's suspicious expression, Xie Fu smiled and said, "Aren't you coming to Jiancheng to buy weapons?"

Xiao Yuer replied, "Yes, but they came all the way to Jiancheng not to buy a good weapon, but to buy a large number of weapons."

Xie Fu laughed and said, "Do you think I look like someone who is here to buy a bunch of weapons?"

"I don't know, but if you want to buy a good weapon, you can't buy it on this street."

Xie Fu said, "Where can I buy good weapons?"

“Auction house!”

"auction?"

"Things are valuable because they are rare. Good things are available to those who pay a high price. Only the auction house operated by the Su family can buy the best weapons."

"Xiao Yu'er, you seem to know all this very well."

"Jiancheng is my hometown. I have lived here since I was a child."

Xiao Yuer pondered for a moment and added: "My father is the best blacksmith."

Perhaps thinking that Xie Fu didn't understand what the best meant, Xiao Yuer asked, "Have you heard of Ming Guang Armor?"

Xie Fu's eyes lit up: "Who hasn't heard of it?"

"The most difficult process of making Mingguang Armor is to connect the armor pieces with flat alloy wires. There are very few people in Jiancheng who can make flat alloy wires, and my father is one of them."

Xie Fu said, "I see. Where is your father now?"