Three Kingdoms, at the beginning of the game, recognize the thief as the father, hit the spectacle,

"Money is not a problem. As long as the quality of the weapons and equipment you provide is up to standard, it doesn't matter if they are more expensive than ordinary private weapons."

"Maybe I don't have many other things, but when it comes to things like gold and silver, the Marquis still has a lot."

Wei Wei smiled in Mi Fang's direction, since Zhang Yan came to the Eastern Han Dynasty and became Zhang Rang's adoptive son, he has always felt that others are poor, and no one has ever suspected that the gold and silver in his hands are not enough.Seeing Mi Fang's worried expression inside and out, Zhang Yandao couldn't help feeling a little amused.

"Don't worry, Mr. Mi, just ask for a price."

Smiling and saying something in Mi Fang's direction, Zhang Yan just waved his hand and signaled to the other party to ask for a price, and there is absolutely no problem on his side.

Seeing Zhang Yan's appearance of being a fool with a lot of money, Mi Fang was also slightly relieved, and led everyone out of the side hall like this, and came to a courtyard behind the shop.

Chapter 24 Test Knife

"The Marquis of Wan is generous, how about we go to the warehouse in the backyard to check the goods first, and then give you a price based on the final figure you have determined?"

After waving in the direction of the crowd, Mi Fang led the crowd to the door of an independent warehouse behind the shop.I saw him take out a slender key made of brass, and after a while, he opened the exquisite three-spring lock on the door, and took the lead in pushing open the door of the warehouse and walked in.

"Everyone, please come in. This warehouse is rented by my Mi family together with the shop outside. Now all the weapons and armor are inside this room."

"You generals can come in and have a try."

Smiling loudly and inviting everyone into the warehouse, Mi Fang just stood at the door, waiting for everyone to enter the room.Seeing this, Zhang Yan and the others also looked at each other one after another, and then Pei Yuanshao led the way, Zhou Cang cut off the tail, and a group of four walked in with their heads bowed like this.

But as soon as he entered the room, Zhang Yan was a little bit unable to open his eyes due to the strong aroma of oil.

"Hiss, is this... linseed oil?"

Stepping into the warehouse, Zhang Yan only saw neat rows of wooden boxes being neatly accumulated inside the room.Among them, the lids of the nearby boxes that were facing him had already been opened, and a strong smell of oil came out continuously from these boxes.

After just smelling it, Zhang Yan recognized that it was the aroma of linseed oil that he often used for cooking in later generations.

"Flaxseed?"

"Oh, you said flax, right? After these weapons were forged, our Mi family used a lot of flax oil for maintenance."

"It's just that this flax is a crop brought by the Xiongnu's southward migration. Most of it is only planted in the Jianghuai area. It is not common near Luoyang. I don't want you to recognize it as soon as you smell it."

"Fang is really impressed."

Standing not far in front, Mi Fang felt a little strange when she heard Zhang Yan talking to herself.However, when he realized that Zhang Yan was talking about the smell of oil used to maintain weapons in this box, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but compliment the other party aloud.

"flax?"

Asked in a low voice to Zhang Yan next to him, Ye'er seemed to be hearing this kind of crop for the first time, so he was also a little curious.Seeing the other party's question, Zhang Yan recalled the knowledge about flax for a while, and then began to popularize science with Ye'er.

"Well, it's flax."

"This is a very useful oil crop. It is about three to four feet tall when mature. The mature seeds can be squeezed for oil. The taste is similar to lard, but it is more refreshing, and the oil smoke is less than lard and sheep oil. .”

"In addition, the stalks of flax can also be used to make paper, and the cold-pressed oil can be applied to women's hair to make hair soft."

Slightly nodding towards Ye'er, Zhang Yan casually took out a three-foot-hesitant steel knife from the wooden box, and gestured twice in his hand like this.And with the waving of his arm, a more intense smell of oil than before also emanated from the blade.

Soon, Ye'er, who was not used to the fishy smell, immediately frowned and took two steps back slightly.But behind her, Zhou Cang, who came in with the crowd, had a bright eye, and then followed Zhang Yan's example, and took out a steel knife from the wooden box.

It's just that compared to Zhang Yan's amateur juggling movements, Zhou Cang's behavior is much more professional.

Picking up the steel knife in his hand, Zhou Cang first weighed it twice in his hand, and after confirming that there was no problem with the counterweight, he nodded slightly in the direction of Zhang Yan in satisfaction.Then, after everyone backed away, Zhou Cang waved the steel knife in his hand diagonally into the wooden box in front of him from an angle of about [-] degrees.

"Duh-"

A somewhat dull voice sounded, Zhou Cang was already a good hand with knives, so naturally he knew how to test whether a knife is good or not.I saw that when he went down with the knife, there was no force on his wrist at all, and the blade was stuck firmly into the lid of the wooden box with inertia.

Instead of flying wood chips and cracking boards as shown in those novels and movies, Zhang Yan only saw a streak of streamer cut into the wooden box, and then it was pulled out by Zhou Cang, leaving only one about three inches long and one inch long. The deep and shallow knife edge is on the wooden box.

"Duh-"

"Duh-"

Then there were two duh, duh sounds in succession, which were almost hard to see with Zhang Yan's eyes. Zhou Cang switched to two different long knives in the box, and slashed at the edge of the wooden box twice in a row. Only this time, he used the steel knife in different positions to chop.

The result was also the same as the previous test. Two small gaps appeared on the edge of the wooden box, which were the same length and depth as the previous gaps.

Seeing this, Zhou Cang finally let out a deep breath, and just holding the long knife like this, he turned and looked in the direction of his lord Zhang Yan.

"My lord, this one-handed knife weighs about four catties, and the counterweight is relatively forward. It feels suitable for chopping, and the fineness of the blade is not bad."

Summarized the general situation of the long knives he tried just now in one sentence. Zhou Cang compared them with the big knives he had been using all along, and found that this long knives were comparable, so he suddenly felt a little thumping. Heartbroken.Seeing the dazzling appearance of the long knife in his hand, Pei Yuanshao on the side was also delighted to see Lie Xin, and immediately squeezed up from the other side of Zhou Cang.

"Yuan Fu get out of the way, get out of the way quickly, let Lao Pei come up and try!"

Seemingly greedy for the long knife, Pei Yuanshao just turned sideways and squeezed in front of Zhou Cang, snatching the long knife from his hand.After that, without any further words from the crowd, Pei Yuanshao broke off a piece of armor from the edge of the armor on his body with some excitement, and placed it on the bluestone bricks used for laying the ground.

"Bah!"

A loud shout came from Pei Yuanshao's mouth. This time, he didn't need to remind him. Everyone took a few steps back decisively, leaving the middle of the field for the middle-aged man who was eager to try.And with that bang, Pei Yuanshao also exerted strength from his shoulders and neck, and slashed on the piece of armor that had visited by the bluestone brick earlier.

"Ouch, take it easy!"

"General, please be gentle!"

Different from the dull sound of the blade cutting into the wood before, Pei Yuanshao almost used more than [-]% of his strength for this knife, and at the same time he cut on the armor made of wrought iron, so the moment the blade and the armor meet, A cluster of sparks erupted from the blade in an instant.

Chapter 25 Twenty-Three Thousand Gold

Different from Zhou Cang's previous knife test with the wooden board, Pei Yuanshao just slashed down, and sparks shot out from the edge of the knife, and at the same time, everyone present admired him in unison.

"Good knife!"

Two exclamations came from Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao. When Pei Yuanshao stabbed down, the wrought iron armor, which was nearly one cent thick, was split into two pieces, along the green The edge of the brick flew far away, which immediately attracted the attention of Zhang Yan and others.

Unlike the eager eyes of everyone present, seeing Pei Yuanshao's real knife, Mi Fang, who was standing aside at the moment, felt her heart tense, and couldn't help but whispered in Pei Yuanshao's direction:

"Ouch, take it easy!"

"General, please be gentle!"

Hurriedly looking at the edge of the blade that was slashed with sparks just now, Mi Fang only saw the piece of armor that Pei Yuanshao took off by cutting off his body just now, and at the same time jumped the blade of the steel knife in his hand. Make a small gap.

And this can be said to be a bit reckless, even the act of smashing the steel knife faintly. Naturally, Mi Fang's brows twitched, and the whole person became a little nervous.

"General, the armor on your body is made of wrought iron. Although it is a little less tough, it is much harder than the steel knife in your hand."

"If the blade is chopped off like this, it will not be so easy to sharpen the blade!"

In cold sweat, she explained to Pei Yuanshao that Mi Fang had never seen people like these in front of her, who didn't use a special testing stone to test their knives, but a freak who specialized in chopping wooden boxes and iron armor. , so the whole person feels a little bad.

Especially when he saw the previous blow that made a small gap in the blade of the steel knife in Pei Yuanshao's hand, it made him feel a little distressed.

Although this knife is not as precious as armor, it is not such a prodigal way to try a knife, isn't it!

Just at that moment, the price of the steel knife in the hand of the strong man with muscles on his right arm may drop by more than half in an instant.

But when he heard Mi Fang's words, Pei Yuanshao didn't care at all. Instead, after admiring the good knife, he put the steel knife with the broken edge in his hand and gestured for a while, then inserted it into the pair of his waist. Inside the scabbard.

"It's okay, it's okay, if it breaks, it will break. Old Pei, I have the habit of using this knife with a broken edge. If you give me a new knife, I will feel awkward!"

Laughing loudly and explaining to Mi Fang, Pei Yuanshao was also secretly happy at the moment.After all, he and Zhou Cang are both knife users, so they can understand that the steel knives in this warehouse are military knives of excellent quality.And thinking that the steel knives in the entire warehouse have been maintained by special personnel, so at this moment, there is almost no trace of rust on the knives...

Pei Yuanshao couldn't help feeling a faint sense of satisfaction in his heart.

"My lord, this knife is good, it's really good, it's much better than the big knife I used before, Lao Pei!"

Grinning and yelling in Zhang Yan's direction, Pei Yuanshao was also impatiently sitting on the lid of the wooden box, overlooking the neatly arranged steel knives in the box, his eyes filled with a touch of eagerness .

Seeing what Pei Yuanshao said, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief. After communicating with Zhou Cang for a while, he turned around and looked to the side, where the businessman Mi Fang who was still hesitating to speak was facing Pei Yuanshao's figure.

……

"Young Master Mi, you heard it too. It seems that my two generals are quite satisfied with the quality of these weapons."

"I just don't know how many steel knives you have in the whole box in Luoyang City?"

Smiling and asking in Mi Fang's direction, Zhang Yan saw that both Zhou Cang and Pei Yuanshao had confirmed that there was no problem with the weapon, so he boldly talked with Mi Fang about the specific purchase matters.

After hearing Zhang Yan's words, Mi Fang broke free from the previous state of hesitating to speak, and after recalling the amount of her own weapons, she officially entered the role of a businessman.

"Thank you, Marquis Wan, for your appreciation. There are 23 one-handed knives in each wooden box, and there are 790 boxes in this warehouse full of steel knives."

"Including the box of 22 steel knives you just opened for inspection, my Mi family has a total of [-] standard one-handed steel knives in Luoyang's warehouse. How many do you need?"

After entering the role of a businessman, Mi Fang finally no longer cared about various details as before, but rather skillfully told Zhang Yan all her stock.It's just that he didn't know if it was his own illusion, but Zhang Yan always felt that when Mi Fang talked about business, whether it was the confidence in the brows or her own momentum, she was much stronger than usual.

"Eighteen thousand and four hundred? How much more do you want, give me a change, and I will take it together."

Hearing Mi Fang's words, Zhang Yan only calculated his budget a little bit, and then chose to eat the nearly [-] steel knives in one bite.

After all, unlike those eunuchs or governors who had limited wealth and could hardly count their own trilogy, Zhang Yan's net worth in the Eastern Han Dynasty can be said to be one of the most abundant and fat.And this steel knife does not want to be special equipment such as horse lances, so whether it is a sword shield hand, an archer, or even a future cavalry can be equipped with this equipment.

Therefore, after considering that he would go to Lujiang in the future, Zhang Yan, who would find it difficult to use the production capacity of blacksmiths in Lujiang to produce his own armaments in a short period of time, decided to buy all these weapons.

After all, money may be just a number in his hands.But if one's own military equipment is sufficient, one does not know when in the future, it will be able to come in handy for Zhang Yan's actions.

On the other side, when she heard that Zhang Yan ate all the equipment in a rather bold manner, Mi Fang couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and then laughed softly along with Zhang Yan.

"Worthy of being the son of a wealthy Zhongchang servant, the Marquis of Wan is very bold this time!"

"This eighteen thousand four hundred and eight steel knives, I will give you a round of eighteen thousand. The market price of each steel knives is about two stones of corn, which is more than 110 yuan."

"My Mi family's armaments are all made by specially-assigned personnel. The quality is far better than the privately-made weapons on the market, so the price is about [-]% more expensive than the privately-made weapons on the market..."

"This batch of 240 well-tempered knives is about 220 million yuan according to the market price. I will count it as [-] million yuan for you, which is [-] gold. How about it?"

Chapter 26 Stay safe

"Twenty-three thousand gold!?"

Hearing this number, Zhou Cang, Pei Yuanshao and others couldn't help but take a breath of air even though they were no longer living in poverty as before, and were a little surprised by the price.But after roughly estimating it in their hearts, the two found that the price was still reasonable, so they immediately turned their attention to the lord Zhang Yan behind him.

Unlike these two who were born in poverty, Zhang Yan, who has a big family and a great career, seems much calmer.

Although the 200 gold is a huge amount of assets that is enough for a family of three to live for more than [-] years for ordinary people, it is not a big deal for Zhang Yan, who is still relatively affluent.

After all, after spending more than [-] million yuan to buy horses, the only thing that can be regarded as a large amount of money for Zhang Yan is the purchase of armor. Compared with expensive horses and armor, The investment in weapons is actually not a big deal.

"Twenty-three thousand gold? That's okay, it's not more than I expected..."

After muttering in a low voice, Zhang Yan only made a rough calculation, and then agreed with the matter out loud.And remembering that Ye'er happened to be present at the moment, he also ordered a sentence in Ye'er's direction.

"Ye'er, please remember that after you go back today, you will arrange for the servants at home to contact Mr. Mi's family, and pay the other party [-]% of the purchase price first, and then pay [-]% after the equipment is transported to our hands. Pay in one lump sum after the weapons are inspected and accepted."

"If you don't have enough servants at home, you can also go to the barracks and temporarily dispatch some soldiers to help transport them. After all, you have already met Pei Yuanshao and Zhou Cang, so just ask them for help when the time comes."