Beginning to become the second ancestor

Chapter 265 Chapter 263
"Uncle, this is a crossbow made by Tiangong. It took a lot of thought and it can shoot a hundred paces away. However, the requirements for archers are too high. No one can control it, so it has been idle here."

The little eunuch explained gently, Song Yuanxuan was stunned, and then asked: "The requirements are too high? What aspect?"

"The accuracy of this kind of crossbow is too poor. I heard from the generals in the palace that only top-notch eagle eyes can use it. It is not bad for ordinary archers to hit once out of ten shots.

The enemy has not been shot yet, and they are already close, so no one uses it, but it still costs 30 taels of silver, which is really uneconomical, and the court is naturally unwilling to spend more money. "

The little eunuch said softly, Song Yuanxuan nodded and said: "There are five here in total, I want them all, are there any crossbow arrows in them?"

"There are tens of thousands more, uncle, this thing is really useless..." the little eunuch said seriously.

Song Yuanxuan smiled slightly and said: "I just took it back to study it, see if it can be improved, and give me all the crossbow arrows, anyway, it's useless for the court to keep it."

"Uncle spent 150 taels of silver to buy five useless things, the smaller ones are the masters, and the rest of the crossbow bolts count as 100 taels of silver."

The little eunuch responded, Song Yuanxuan winked at Daniu and Dongzi, and the two went straight to move things.

Song Yuanxuan took another look, but found nothing else, and then asked: "Is there anything else worth taking away from the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"

"Uncle, there are still some jewelry here, which are specially customized. After all, the women in the palace like it. There are also some treasures presented by overseas countries. There are more than 2000 taels of silver left. Uncle, go and have a look?"

The little eunuch looked at him, and he nodded and said, "Then it's hard work, Eunuch."

"It's not hard work!" The little eunuch said with a smile, and there was a bit of flattery in his eyes, the 100 taels of silver was well spent.

After waiting for Daniu and Dongzi to move the things to the carriage, Song Yuanxuan followed the little eunuch to another warehouse.

While walking, Song Yuanxuan said, "Eunuch, who is Tiangong?"

"Tiangong is a department that is famous for making weapons. Legend has it that it was inherited from Ou Yezi. In the past, they belonged to the Ministry of Industry under the imperial court.

Later, due to some reasons, some of them stayed away from the capital and became Jianghu sects. Fortunately, the court was generous and didn't bother with them. I heard that they are now hiding somewhere in the south of the Yangtze River.

These weapons were all made by Tiangong in the past, and the level is now higher. After all, many Tiangong have become craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry, and some have become officials, and they should devote themselves to serving the court. "

The little eunuch said softly, with a look of pride.

It's just that his pride is also emboldened. In any case, the court has taken advantage of the righteousness and can provide more money, so there are still many people who are willing to stay.

Song Yuanxuan's eyes glanced around for a few times, and when he fell to one side, he stopped. There was a musket hanging on the wall on one side, which was already somewhat similar to the short gun of the later life.

The little eunuch noticed his gaze, glanced at him and said: "Uncle, those are muskets, and they were also made by the previous generation of Tiangong. We shot five of them in total, but the power of gunpowder is too low, so this gun is useless. "

"I want all these five guns." Song Yuanxuan said softly.

The little eunuch nodded and said, "50 taels of silver a piece."

Song Yuanxuan winked at Dongzi and Daniel behind him again, and Daniel walked over and took all the muskets.

The little eunuch smiled slightly and said, "Uncle, if these things weren't for Uncle, they would basically have to be left to rust, they are all flashy things, and they are really useless.

Only those who are interested like Uncle will buy them. The collection significance of these weapons is greater than the practical significance, or the craftsmen will use them if they want to improve them. "

Song Yuanxuan didn't speak, followed the little eunuch to a warehouse, he pushed open the door, and said softly: "Here we are, Uncle, the things inside are more expensive, please be careful."

There are a lot of jewels in the warehouse, shining light, making Song Yuanxuan narrow his eyes.

But he sighed in his heart, it is understandable that weapons are not as good as jewels in a peaceful and prosperous age.

Pushing all kinds of jewelry together, Song Yuanxuan wanted to give one piece to each of the women around him, preferably earrings, bracelets or necklaces, and others were not suitable.

He rummaged through it and found some bracelets, earrings and necklaces, which are common decorations in this era, but they are only treasured by the royal family, so they are naturally more exquisite.

Especially the jade bracelets, they should be of the highest quality jade, white, green, and light blue, which are almost invisible in later generations, even Song Yuanxuan felt that it was incredible to see them.

The value of these things is also higher than that of weapons. A bracelet costs 100 taels of silver. Song Yuanxuan bought some and then stopped. There are only 500 taels of silver left.

He said softly: "Elder-in-law, that's it for today, you have worked hard all the way!"

"Uncle, there are still 500 taels of silver, why don't we pick them together, anyway, if you are rewarded by the palace, you have to get enough." The little eunuch said softly.

Song Yuanxuan shook his head and said, "I don't know what other options I have, so if I lose the 500 taels, it will be less."

"Uncle, if you can't choose, you can take the money with you! However, I have a suggestion. Recently, Xixia sent a batch of things over. There are all kinds of things.

Among them, those famous horses cannot be given away, they are all fancy things in the palace, but there is a very good longbow, it is said that it is a ten-stone bow, used by the famous master Changying in Xixia in the past. "

The little eunuch said softly, Song Yuanxuan was startled, then cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for reminding me, father-in-law, then this is the bow."

While talking, he handed over another 500 taels of silver.

The little eunuch put it away without a trace, and walked out with Song Yuanxuan.

Song Yuanxuan had heard about Xixia recently sending things over. Cheng Wang Yuanmeng was the leader of the Western Army. He had been guarding the western border and fighting against Xixia. Not long ago, he had captured a large city and captured a group of women from the Xixia royal family.

Therefore, it is understandable that Xixia exchanged various materials for these women.

Song Yuanxuan followed the little eunuch into a warehouse on the easternmost side, where there were many boxes of silver, and some weapons, clothing and other things, which filled the warehouse.

On one side of the wall hangs a large bow, the whole body is black, the bow string is thick, with a mottled feeling on it, and the fierceness in it can be vaguely felt.

It's just that Song Yuanxuan took a look and then looked away, a shadow appeared between his brows, reminding him to look to one side.

He turned his head to look, and there was a statue on a shelf. The statue was made of jade, and the whole body was white and tender. This was the top white jade.

The statue is a woman, carved so realistically that it looks like a living person, and the woman's beauty is extremely extraordinary, even if Song Yuanxuan sleeps too much...seeing too many first-class women, he still feels that this is the beauty of the world.

The beauty of the woman in the statue is not inferior to that of Su Xuerou, Zheng Nan'er, Zheng Dong'er and Feng Yun, she is definitely a first-class woman.

Song Yuanxuan frowned, You Lie's mentality reminded him to get this statue, which made him doubtful.

The little eunuch noticed Song Yuanxuan's eyes, looked at him frowning, and said softly: "Uncle, this statue was also sent by Xixia, if uncle wants it, take it together.

Anyway, this statue was not found by anyone. The young one accidentally found it when he was sorting the boxes that day, and it wasn't even on the gift list, so no one would pay attention to it, and the small one didn't need to register. "

"Then thank you, father-in-law!" Song Yuanxuan smiled, and waved to Daniel behind him, who took the bow and statue away.

Song Yuanxuan handed over another 500 tael bank note, cupped his hands and said, "Elder-in-law, then I will take my leave!"

(End of this chapter)