The first emperor of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 111 Dragon Soul Soft Sword
At the same time that Xue Rengui and Zhao Tingxuan were thanking Li Chengqian, a group of people came in panic from not far away.

The leader was the magistrate of Longmen County, when he learned that Li Chengqian was in Dawangzhuang.So he led the officials of the county government and rushed over in a hurry.

The county magistrate of Longmen County came in front of Li Chengqian, bowed politely and said: "I am the magistrate of Longmen County, I don't know that His Royal Highness has arrived in Longmen County. Please don't be offended by His Royal Highness if you are far away from us."

"You are the county magistrate of Longmen County. Do you know that there are rogues molesting women under your rule?" Li Chengqian asked the magistrate of Longmen County with a gloomy face.

"It was the lower official who was negligent for a while and mistrusted the villain's words. Now the lower official has ordered Wang Erlu to be executed in autumn."

"And the lower officials will conduct an investigation in Longmen County, and those villains who are idle and do nothing but harm one side will be severely punished." The county magistrate of Longmen County hastily said to Li Chengqian.

"That's good, if you can manage Longmen County well. This king will definitely speak well to your father, and it won't be a problem for you to rise to the top by then." Li Chengqian nodded and said.

"Your Majesty has already held a banquet at the county government office in Longmen County. Please also invite His Royal Highness Xianwang to go with all the heroes, so that I can show you the kindness of a landlord." The county magistrate of Longmen County had a flattering expression on his face.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said: "The purpose of this king's subdued tour this time is not to disturb the local people. If it weren't for special circumstances today, this king would not reveal his identity."

"So there is no need to eat this banquet, but there is one thing I want to ask of you. I wonder if the county magistrate of Longmen County can handle it for me?"

"Your Majesty the Xianwang, despite your orders, as long as the officer can do it, he will never refuse." The county magistrate of Longmen County said hastily.

"These are my brothers, and they will rush to Chang'an City tomorrow. But there are no suitable war horses. I wonder if you can provide me with some horses?" Li Chengqian said to the magistrate of Longmen County.

Hearing that Li Chengqian wanted to ask him for a war horse, the county magistrate of Longmen County couldn't help but look embarrassed.

It's not that the county magistrate of Longmen County is reluctant, but that the war horse is indeed too expensive.I am afraid that even the two-year salary of the magistrate of Longmen County cannot afford a good horse.

During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, even a skinny horse could be sold for [-] guan.If it is a little stronger, it will cost at least fifty pennies.If it is a war horse, at least one hundred coins are needed.

So don't ask the magistrate of Longmen County to provide a few war horses, I'm afraid he can't afford even one.

When the magistrate of Longmen County was in a dilemma, Shi, the magistrate of Longmen County, said: "Magistrate, a horse dealer passed by our Longmen County early this morning."

"Why don't you let His Royal Highness King Xian take a look with all the heroes, maybe you can choose the horse they like."

This made the magistrate of Longmen County overjoyed, so he said to Li Chengqian, "I don't know what your highness wants?"

Li Chengqian nodded after hearing this, and then said: "Then you go back and make arrangements, and I will go to Longmen County to find you when I finish my work here."

The county magistrate of Longmen County nodded after hearing this, and then led people to bid Li Chengqian his leave, and hurried back to Longmen County.

After the county magistrate of Longmen County left, Zhao Tingxuan smiled and said to Li Chengqian: "My lord, you just asked the county magistrate to provide you with some war horses. Didn't you see that his face turned green?"

After hearing this, Li Chengqian couldn't help being curious, so he asked Zhao Tingxuan, "It's just a few war horses, why should he look like this?"

"My lord, you don't know. The price of these horses is not so cheap. A batch of the worst horses that can only pull carts cost thirty cents."

"As for war horses, they are even more expensive, and they can't be bought and sold casually." Zhao Tingxuan said with a smile.

"So that's the case. It seems that this king really made things difficult for the county magistrate of Longmen County." Li Chengqian nodded and said.

To be honest, Li Chengqian didn't know that this war horse would be so expensive.That's why the county magistrate of Longmen County sent him a few horses.

Now that Li Chengqian already knew the price of the war horse, he would not embarrass the magistrate of Longmen County anymore.

So he opened his mouth and asked Su Wan: "How much money did we bring out this time, is it enough to buy horses for everyone?"

"According to the price Zhao Tingxuan said, we can buy a dozen or so ordinary lean horses. But if it's a good horse, I'm afraid we won't have any money after buying them." Su Wan said to Li Chengqian.

"It's enough, just buy the horse first. At worst, let Zou Fengchi send someone to bring some to this king." Li Chengqian said to Su Wan.

At this moment, Zhang Yajiu, the blacksmith, suddenly heard laughing loudly.This could not help but attract Li Chengqian and the others.

At this time, Zhang Yajiu was holding a sword as thin as a chandelier with tongs, and was laughing loudly.

Now it is just a sword body, and the hilt has not been installed yet.There is no so-called scabbard.Even so, the silver light can be seen from the sword.

So Li Chengqian asked Zhang Yajiu: "Master Zhang, has the sword been forged successfully?"

Zhang Yajiu put the tongs and sword on the table, then saluted Li Chengqian and said: "My subordinate Zhang Yajiu sees the prince."

Although Zhang Yajiu did not say that the sword has been completed, since he can recognize Li Chengqian as the master.That means the sword has been forged successfully.

This couldn't help but make Li Chengqian very happy, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help Zhang Yajiu up, and said: "It's really a blessing for me to have Master Zhang's help."

"My lord, this sword made by my subordinates is different from the usual ones. It is a soft sword as thin as a moon's wings, and its casting is several times more difficult than ordinary swords."

"I didn't expect it to be cast by my subordinates today. It seems that this is God's order for my subordinates to do the work of dogs and horses for the prince." Zhang Yajiu said to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian reached out to pick up the sword body, looked at it and said: "It really is a good sword, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as cutting iron like mud."

"My lord, wait a moment, wait for my subordinates to install the hilt and scabbard for him, and then present it to my lord." Zhang Yajiu said to Li Chengqian.

After finishing speaking, he turned around and went into the house, and took a wooden box from the house not long after.Blow off the dust on the wooden box, and slowly open the wooden box.

Then take out a delicate hilt and a leather scabbard from the wooden box.

After taking it out, Zhang Yajiu didn't say anything more.Instead, he swiftly began to install the hilt on the soft sword.

After installing it, Zhang Yajiu put the soft sword back into the scabbard, and said with a big smile: "It seems that all of this is God's will. The warm jade hilt and dragon skin scabbard left by our ancestors seem to be for this bottle. The soft sword is tailor-made."

"Now that the sword is complete, I wonder if Master Zhang can name it?" Li Chengqian asked Zhang Yajiu.

"It is said that our ancestors obtained this warm jade sword hilt in the body of a flood dragon (crocodile). Now it is matched with this soft sword. How about calling him Dragon Soul Soft Sword?" Zhang Yajiu said.

(End of this chapter)