The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 704 690 Three: Three people make armor

The two walked into this weapon manufacturing workshop, and saw six or seven guys in that shop busy there!
The owner of this store is a lean old man in his 50s, he is a shrewd and capable owner at first glance!The owner of the store recognized Li Shimin at a glance.

"Hey, isn't this the second son? Now he has become the second prince.

Second Prince, how long has it been since you came here?

You are now high status!Now that you've become that noble person, maybe you've already forgotten about our small shop, right? "

Li Shimin smiled slightly.

"I'm talking about the shopkeeper, so don't make such wisecracks anymore, I forgot what you said, can I come over today?
To be honest, I am very busy now, and I don't have much time to see you.

Today we brought a piece of snake skin, and we are going to make some armors.

After a while you look at the material and make a price! "

The shop owner grinned when he heard that.

"Second prince, are you kidding me? How can a snake skin make several armors?
To make several armors, how big is a piece of snake skin?

To tell you something you don't like to hear, is there such a big snake skin in this world? "

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Why not! Could we come to you without it!

I said, old Mr. Liu, the world is so big, there are so many wonders!

If you haven't seen it, you haven't seen it, you can't say you haven't!

Let's take it out in a while, and open your eyes in a while!

This snake skin is indeed a bit too big, and this thing is indeed a treasure!

If it's not a baby, can I run over to you!

To make such a good armor, I am afraid that only you old head Liu can do it!

My sword must be sharp. I used my sword to chop the snakeskin three-treasure sword, and the snakeskin was not damaged at all!

Old Liu Tou, you made this sword for me, and it is indeed extremely sharp!

How could it be cut on the snake skin, why would it not be able to cut it!

It seems that the sword you made has something it can't chop! "

Old head Liu was taken aback.

"Is there anything that cannot be cut by the sword I made? Could it be that the snake skin is harder than the steel!

I think that is impossible! "

Li Shimin laughed and said: "Impossible, you will know after a while if you try it, isn't it easy to do this!"

Li Shimin looked at Duan Wuji.

"Brother, take out that snake skin! Let Boss Liu see it too!
Otherwise, how could he believe what I said! "

Duan Wuji took the bundle from behind and put it on the table, then opened the bundle.

A huge snake skin was immediately exposed!
The old Liu was stunned when he saw it.

"My God! What a snakeskin this is!

Such a big snake skin, what a big snake! "

Li Shimin laughed out loud.

"I said Old Liu, let's go to the Hudong, you open this snake skin and have a look! Just measure its size, let's see what it can produce."

"Well! That's a must! Hey! Heizi, Houzi, get a ruler! Let's go outside and measure this piece of snake skin!

Measure it and see what it can produce! "

Immediately, two boys ran over, and these two men came over with a ruler!
"My God! Such a big piece of snake skin!

Is this snake skin?Don't be that dragon skin! "

After hearing this, Old Liu said with a smile: "What nonsense are you talking about, why don't you get it in the Hudonger and open it to measure it!

You have never seen such a big snake skin, to be honest, I have never seen such a big snake skin either! "

The fellows who were working heard this and ran over curiously.

Everyone ran over to see Rare coming.

The old head Liu smiled and said: "Since you want to see something rare, then help the two of them get this snake skin into the hole!

Don't just look around.

Um!I'll go out and have a look too!I have never seen such a big snake skin! "

A few guys got the snakeskin into the hole, and the old head Liu followed.

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Brother, you really showed your face today, let them all see such a big snake skin!"

Several guys opened the snake skin, and saw that the snake skin was more than ten feet long, and the width of the snake skin almost occupied the entire hole!

After watching for a long time, the two guys began to measure the snake skin with a ruler, one guy measured, and the other guy started to record the size!

At this moment, Li Shimin and Duan Wuji also came out of the room.

After measuring the snake skin, old head Liu came over, looked at Li Shimin and said with a smile: "Second prince, didn't you say that the sword I made can't cut this snake skin!
Can you let me try too? "

After hearing this, Li Shimin drew out his sword and handed it over.

"Then try it! Try it and you'll know."

Old Liu was so angry when he heard this!

Xin said: I must break the snake skin for you today!Otherwise, I would be too ashamed today.

With all his strength, Old Liu raised his sword and slashed at the snake skin!
"You open it for me!"

When the sword went down, it only left a white mark on the snake's skin, and the snake's skin was not damaged at all!

Old Mr. Liu chopped off the three treasured swords one after another, but the result was the same.

In the end he, too, was discouraged.

Old Mr. Liu returned the sword to Li Shimin!
"That's right, how can this incomparably sharp sword not even be able to cut through this snake skin!

It seems that this thing is not generally strong!

I've lived most of my life, Lao Miao. This person is about to be buried in the ground. I've never seen such a solid thing!

Why!I said Second Prince, how many armors have you made!
Li Shimin laughed and said: "We don't do much, we just do three bodies and that's enough!"

After hearing this, Old Liu said with a smile: "Such a big piece of snake skin! You can't use it even if you make ten armors!

Make three armors?So you don't want the rest of the materials? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "I mean old head Liu, we also know that if this huge snake is used to make that single-layer armor, it will definitely not take so much!

However, if you make two layers of armor or three or four layers of armor, wouldn't it be used up!
You can make us a few pairs of combat boots from the scraps over there, and you can make us some hats if you have any left over.

In short, you can use up our snake skin!

We won't miss your money! "

Old boss Liu finally understood Duan Wuji's meaning.

"Well! I finally understand what you mean, but if you do what you just said, this is a very labor-intensive job!

The price is too low to make it!

However, you are all rich people, so I'm afraid you won't care if you spend two extra dollars! "

Aren't you here!Let me measure you guys!In case it is inappropriate to do it in time, if this thing is done, there is no way to change it! "

After finishing speaking, old head Liu came over and measured the heights of Li Shimin and Duan Wuji.

Old head Liu asked: "Hey! I said Second Prince, don't you want to make three armors!

What about that person!Why didn't he come! "

Li Shimin slapped his head when he heard this.

"Hey! How did I forget this?

If I knew this was the case, wouldn't it be enough to call Tieniu over?

Looks like it took a lot of work today. "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "My brother Tieniu is at home, why don't you send a guy to call him over?"

Old boss Liu nodded!

"Well! All right then!

Why!I said, this strong man, where does your family live?

We went to find out who! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "To the west of our Taiyuan Mansion, there is a Duan Family Collection, do you know?
When you arrive at Duanjiaji, just inquire about Duan Tieniu's house.

There is probably no one in that village who doesn't know about their family.

When you go, you just tell him that Duan Wuji is waiting for him here!Needless to say, he knew and followed. "

The old head Liu was taken aback.

"So it's the Duan family from the west of Taiyuan City!

Um!There are three sections in the west of Taiyuan City. They are wealthy, powerful, and kind-hearted. The government wants to give way when they see it, and the wicked people tremble when they see it. "

Duan Wuji rolled his eyes.

"I said, old boss Liu, who did you listen to make up this jingle!

OK, OK.

Don't be blind here, send someone quickly. "

Old boss Liu shouted at one of his buddies: "I said Zhao Ergou, you should go about this matter! Bring out the black horse from our barn.

You go to deliver the letter!
You heard it just now!

Just go to the Duan family in Duanjiaji and find someone named Duan Tieniu! "

"Well! I see!"

The guy turned around and was about to leave when Duan Wuji stretched out his hand to grab him.

"My man, don't take your horse, my white horse is a war horse, and it runs fast and sure!

You don't need to ask questions along the way, it will run back after a while, saying that this old horse knows the way, this statement is absolutely true!

If my horse runs, it is not a bit faster than ordinary horses! "

The guy smiled wryly after hearing this: "Your mount, does it let me ride it!
Don't throw me off the road! "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "My mount is very human, if you don't get my permission, don't even ride it, it will start to kick you when you get close to it!

However, with my permission, it became very honest.

If you don't believe me, come and see. "

Duan Wuji walked into the yard, came to his white horse, stroked the head of the white horse with his hand, and then handed the white horse over to the guy named Zhao Ergou.

The white horse really became very docile.

Zhao Ergou led the horse out of the yard and got on the horse. The horse neighed and ran straight to the west of the city.

Seeing that the guy left, Old Liu said to Li Shimin and Duan Wuji: "You two, let's go! Let's sit in the room and go!

After the nobleman came in a while, I measured his size.

We'll be fine. "

Li Shimin looked at the old head Liu and asked: "I said, old head Liu, how much will it cost after you make our armor and other things?"

Old Liu Tou listened and said with a smile: "Second Prince, we are old acquaintances, can I ask you for more money?
To be honest, you saw the material just now, it is very difficult to make such a hard material.

I will make armor for you guys, the little old man must not be careless!

To make an ordinary armor, more than ten taels of silver is enough.

However, if you want to make armor for you, you must use silver thread to sew the armor!

How can such a precious material be sewn with other things?

This is called noble people using expensive things.

Second Prince, are you right? "

Li Shimin laughed out loud.

"I said Boss Liu! You are too good at business.

Just tell me, how much money do you need to make these three armors?

The three of us are not the ones who have no money, so you can take whatever you want! "

The old head Liu thought for a while and said, "Let's do this! You can pay 500 taels of silver for each piece of armor!"
We are already old acquaintances, I don't care how much you want for this price!

The silver threads on these three armors cost at least seven or eighty taels of silver!

The price is too low, I'm afraid I can't make it! "

Li Shimin laughed and said, "That's good! Then we'll give you 500 taels of silver!
Why!Old Mr. Liu, how long will it take you to finish these three armors for us? "

"Well! Is this time short? I guess it will take a month and a half. If the time is short, I'm afraid I can't do it!"

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "It seems that we will not be able to wear it this time for business.

If we want to wear it, I am afraid we will have to go next year! "

Li Shimin opened the bag, took out 500 taels of silver from his bag, and put it on the table.

"Old Liu, this is the money we used to make the armor, you can count it!"

Old Liu Tou listened and said with a smile: "Second Prince, is the money you gave too wrong?

Now that you have given me the silver, I will keep it.

Two, please drink tea! "

Duan Wuji saw it and said with a smile: "Second brother, how can you pay for this armor!

After we sell the horses back, you can deduct them from our money for selling the horses! "

Li Shimin grinned when he heard this.

"I said brother! Forget it, it's just 1000 taels of silver, what is the deduction?
To be honest, if I use your snakeskin as armor, I'm afraid I took advantage of you!

Such a good treasure armor, let alone 500 taels of silver, I am afraid that even 5000 taels of silver cannot be bought! "

Old Liu Tou laughed and said, "Second prince, you are right, a treasure armor made of such good materials, let alone 5000 taels of silver, you can't even buy it with 3 taels of silver." !"

Li Shimin laughed out loud.

"Brother, what do you think? Let me tell you the truth, right?

Thinking of my Tang Dynasty, there were only three of us who could have this precious armor.

Thinking about it, I'm very happy in my heart! "

An hour later, when the sun was about to set, the man named Zhao Ergou rushed there with Tie Niu.

The two got off their horses, tied the horses to the small elm tree in the yard, and walked in!

When Tieniu saw Li Shimin here, he quickly said with a smile: "Second brother! When did you come here! How come you don't even have a face with our brothers!

You are too mysterious! "

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Boss Liu, hurry up and measure my brother Tieniu!

After measuring, we have to go! "

Boss Liu walked over, hurriedly measured Tieniu's body, and then remembered it.

Afterwards, the old Mr. Liu said with a smile: "Three nobles, there is nothing else to do now, so why don't I invite you to have a meal in a small restaurant nearby.

Let's go after you have finished your meal! "

The three of them shook their heads.

"Forget it, the three of us won't cause you trouble, Boss Liu, since there is nothing else to do, the three of us will leave.

Wait until a month and a half later, let's meet again! "

After finishing speaking, the three people led the horses and came out from here. The old head Liu led the guys and sent them out of the gate. It was not until the three of them disappeared that the old boss Liu led the guys back.

(End of this chapter)