Fisherman's Song Dynasty

The iron shop was deserted, only a young apprentice was accompanying two customers to choose weapons. Just as Xu Zizhen was about to speak, the two turned their heads, and it was Qian Tongzhi and Li Meng.

Xu Zizhen couldn't help laughing and said, "Old Qian, why are you here?"

Before Qian Tongzhi could speak, Li Meng pouted and said, "Uncle, my gun is blunt. Uncle Qian said the gun here is good, take me to change it." The sharp edge of each gun has become a rounded corner at this time, obviously because the Xixia people's equipment is too hard.

Xu Zizhen suddenly felt a little ashamed. It is reasonable to say that Li Meng's affairs should be taken care of by him, but since he flirted with Wen Xian yesterday, he seemed to have forgotten him. He pulled Li Meng over and rubbed his head. After a few shots, he said with a smile: "Don't hit your Uncle Qian's Qiufeng, I'll take care of this gun for you."

He was just about to go to shopkeeper Tang, but he saw shopkeeper Tang just came out from behind the shop, his face was quite haggard, his hair was messed up like a chicken coop, as if he hadn't slept all night.

Shopkeeper Tang saw Xu Zizhen at a glance, and nodded at him: "Here you come? Just in time, what you want to do is finished."

Xu Zizhen was taken aback: "So fast? Didn't you say two days?"

Shopkeeper Tang glanced at him: "I'm impatient, so I tried to make one last night before going to sleep. Come and have a look with me. I don't know if it suits your wishes."

Xu Zizhen grabbed him and said, "Shopkeeper Tang, wait a moment, I have a job here to trouble you." After speaking, Li Meng carried the meteorite in, "Do you have a smelting furnace here? Can you melt this thing?" Do you want to refine a knife?"

Shopkeeper Tang's eyes widened at a glance, his dark face finally moved, and he said in surprise, "This... Could this be the flying star that day? Why did you move it here?"

Xu Zizhen smiled: "I asked Mr. Wen to ask for it. You can see if you can practice it first."

Shopkeeper Tang took the meteorite from Li Meng without saying anything, and turned to go to the backyard. Xu Zizhen was not in a hurry to follow, but pulled Qian Tongzhi and whispered a few words, and then took Wen Xian and Li Quickly stepped into the backyard.

Behind the shop is a spacious patio with a bamboo shed, under which there is a large stove with a wide mouth and round belly, and two huge bellows beside it.

Shopkeeper Tang took an iron rod and inserted it hard against the meteorite, but there was only a muffled sound, the tip of the iron rod suddenly bent down, and there was only a white spot on the surface of the meteorite. Even if it was not broken, he said in surprise: "It's so hard! This flying star should be made of iron, and it doesn't look like ordinary iron."

Xu Zizhen only cared about one thing: "Can you practice?"

Shopkeeper Tang glanced at him: "There is nothing that can't be refined in my shop, first tell me what you want to make?"

Xu Zizhen thought for a while, and took out the tip of Li Meng's gun: "Use this to shoot a gun and then a knife."

Shopkeeper Tang walked around the meteorite a few times, as if he was calculating something, before saying after a long time: "If you shoot a gun, I'm afraid you won't be able to make a knife again."

Xu Zizhen frowned: "What do you mean? Not enough?"

Shopkeeper Tang said: "Exactly."

Xu Zizhen pondered for a moment, then asked: "What if I hit a horizontal knife? Is it enough?"

The horizontal knife is a kind of Tang knife, which is a common Japanese knife in later generations. It has a long handle and a small Tan knife with a narrow and straight body. gone."

Xu Zizhen nodded: "Then fight like this."

He already had a plan in mind, if that meteorite could produce rare metals, then Li Meng's long spear would be fixed, and the rest would be a horizontal knife, although he knew very well that this knife was too thin , may not be suitable for use on the battlefield, but the random cloak saber technique is all about speed, and perhaps this saber can be used at a faster speed.

After finishing talking about the meteorite, shopkeeper Tang showed a strange look on his face. He took out a cloth bag from the side and opened it to find a bronze firecracker nearly two feet long. The tube is about thicker than a finger, and the opening is shaped like a teacup, which is commonly known as a trumpet mouth, and a small hole is made at the end. I don't know what it is for.

Xu Zizhen's eyes lit up when he saw this thing, and he took it and stroked it lightly, as if he couldn't put it down. Shopkeeper Tang looked at the firecracker and asked, "Xu Zhuangshi, what is the use of this thing? I wonder if you can demonstrate it?"

Li Meng and Wen Xian were also curious, and looked at Xu Zizhen expectantly, but Xu Zizhen just put on a show, smiling without saying a word, and not doing anything, just strolling all over the yard with his hands behind his back, looking at all kinds of people. Smelting tools.

About half an hour later, Qian Tongzhi returned to the shop, holding a bag in his hand, Xu Zizhen smiled and said, "This is the way to go." He took the bag, opened it, and a strong pungent smell The smell came out, and it was Xu Zizhen who had just told him to close the gunpowder that Meng Du wanted.

There are a lot of small iron marbles in the iron shop, so Xu Zizhen picked one and tried it, it was just enough to fit into the muzzle of the gun, and it almost fit perfectly. Finally, another fuze was buried in it, and the iron marble was put in at last.

He picked up the firecracker with a smile and was just about to demonstrate it to a few people, when suddenly his expression changed, and he looked up to the corner of the courtyard. At some point, a man appeared there. He was tall and thin, wearing a black scarf, and was looking at the With Wen Xian.

Xu Zizhen's pupils shrank sharply, and the road to the enemy was narrow. This person was unexpectedly the man in black who tried to rob Li Luoyan in the small temple but failed and then killed Li Sheng. His heart froze, he drew a knife across his chest, and gritted his teeth Sen Ran said: "It's you again!"

The man in black obviously didn't expect to see Xu Zizhen here. The sharp knife that day left a deep impression on him. More than a dozen of his subordinates died in the hands of this seemingly clean and gentle young man. After being stunned, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Little brother, I didn't expect you and I to meet again."

Xu Zizhen suddenly felt something was wrong. The man in black was chasing Li Luoyan, and Li Luoyan seemed to have some unclear relationship with Xixia. A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he quickly pulled Wen Xian behind him to protect him, and said with a sneer : "I'm afraid you didn't come after me, did you?"

The man in black laughed and said, "You're smart, yes, I'm here to invite Miss Wen over to my house as a guest."

As soon as these words came out, Wen Xian suddenly came to her senses, but she didn't feel panic at all. Standing under Xu Zizhen's generous back, she only felt extremely safe, and said calmly: "Are you from that Sanjuetang?"

The man in black was slightly stunned, and then he chuckled: "Miss Wen really has good eyesight, let me see, why don't you hurry up and follow me, so that your lover will not die on the spot."

Li Meng had already touched a cleaning rod in his hand, his small eyes were wide open, and he asked, "Uncle, who is this person?"

Xu Zizhen gritted his teeth and said, "He's the bastard who killed your father!"