Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

In less than an hour.

Li Yuan and four of his men arrived at Xihe Fort first.

The gatekeeper checked their waist badges.

And then let them into the fort.

The first stop was naturally the weapon shop.

There were many weapon shops on the main street, and Li Yuan randomly picked one and walked in.

There weren't many people in the weapon shop in the morning.

Only a young shop assistant was minding the store.

After the four entered, the young shop assistant didn't pay much attention to them.

Judging by their attire, they were newly registered military households, and they certainly didn't have much money.

They couldn't afford the weapons here, and the shop assistant didn't want to waste his energy on these poor ghosts.

Li Yuan and his men didn't care and wandered around the shop.

Picking up a long saber and taking a look, Li Yuan asked the shop assistant.

"How much is this?"

"One string and five cash."

The shop assistant didn't even raise his head and replied weakly.

"Then how about this kind of helmet?"

"Three strings with neck protection, two strings without."

Li Yuan nodded and then picked up a long spear.

"How about this?"

The shop assistant was getting annoyed.

"One string per spear, hey, you poor ghosts, don't touch things if you're not going to buy them."

"I'll have to clean up later."

Li Yuan glanced coldly at the shop assistant.

The sharp gaze made him shiver.

Immediately afterward, the young shop assistant muttered again.

"Go, go, go, I hate you poor military households the most."

"You can't afford anything, and you're all fierce."

Seeing the shop assistant's rudeness, Li Yuan wasn't angry.

This kind of small character wasn't worth his anger.

Anyway, there were several weapon shops on this street.

If you have a bad attitude, I'll just go to someone else's shop.

Li Yuan led his men out and browsed through a few more shops.

The prices were similar.

The quality of the weapons was slightly better than those in the armory, but they were also uneven.

After leaving another shop, Li Yuan stood at the street corner, somewhat hesitant.

Wondering which shop to buy weapons from.

Just then, a crisp female voice sounded in his ear.

"This young master, are you looking to buy military equipment for self-defense?"

"If you have time, you can come and take a look at my house."

Li Yuan turned his head and saw a woman wearing coarse linen clothes.

Her complexion was a bit dark, but her features were not bad.

Anyway, he was going to buy something, so it didn't matter which shop he went to.

Li Yuan said to her.

"Okay, then you lead the way for me."

At this time, the young shop assistant from the first shop happened to come out to pour water.

Seeing this scene, he jokingly shouted.

"Little Blackie from the Xu family, you're out trying to trick people again."

"Who would dare buy your family's military equipment?"

"Don't waste your energy."

The woman's expression turned angry.

"Jiang Xiao'er, don't wag your tongue and insult people's reputation."

"My family's shop has much better goods than yours."

"Esteemed guest, don't believe him, please follow me."

Li Yuan didn't care.

Anyway, he would take a look first.

So he followed the woman into the alley in the back street.

This shop was obviously not on the main street.

The shop assistant from the front street, for some reason, even followed with his water bucket.

Seemingly having nothing to do, he wanted to come and watch the fun.

After following the woman for a dozen steps, turning into the back street.

He indeed saw a shop.

The sign at the door read, [Xu Family Ironware Shop].

Li Yuan looked up.

This was a shop with a workshop in the back.

At this time, he could faintly hear the sound of blacksmithing from the workshop in the back.

Unlike the large shops on the main street that specialized in weapons.

The Xu Family Ironware Shop also had many iron farm tools on display at the door.

Obviously, they sold both farm tools and weapons.

Li Yuan felt a little uncertain.

Because there was actually a big difference in principle between forging weapons and forging farm tools.

Compared to weapons, the technology required for farm tools was not high.

An old village blacksmith could do the job.

For example, the old craftsman next door to his house used to make a living by helping the villagers make farm tools.

However, since Li Yuan had come, he might as well go in and take a look.

Stepping into the front shop.

The woman in linen clothes was busy greeting and introducing.

Even a little too enthusiastic.

Li Yuan casually picked up a standard-issue long saber for military households of the Daliang, drew it out, and carefully inspected it.

However, to his surprise, the workmanship of the long saber was very exquisite.

The back of the blade was thick, and the edge of the blade was smooth and shimmering with a cold light.

Li Yuan tested it with his thumb, and he could faintly feel the coldness of the blade.

The quality of this saber was unexpectedly good.

He also picked up a spearhead and checked it in front of his eyes.

The spear tip was straight, and the edge was also polished brightly and sharply.

Li Yuan was a little puzzled.

If you only looked at the quality of these weapons, the goods in this shop were actually several times better than those in the large shops on the main street.

But it seemed that this shop had a dismal business and had to rely on making farm tools to make a living.

Could it be that these weapons were not his, but were bought from other shops and placed here to show off?

With this doubt, Li Yuan picked up a short lamellar armor.

The workmanship was also exquisite, the thickness of each piece of iron armor was about 2.5 mm, and the armor pieces were densely and tightly woven.

He also took a four-petal iron helmet, which was also forged firmly and brightly.

Li Yuan turned to ask the woman in linen clothes who led the way.

"What is the price of your family's military equipment?"

The woman replied fluently.

"Standard-issue long saber, one string and three cash per saber."

"Long spear with birch wood shaft, one string per spear."

"This kind of iron helmet, one string and five cash, short armor five strings."

Li Yuan was stunned, the price of such good quality military equipment was actually so much lower than the previous shops.

This was really strange.

Li Yuan asked again.

"Tell me the truth, are these weapons forged by your own workshop?"

"Aren't you using goods from other houses, right?"

The woman in linen clothes seemed to have been insulted.

She said angrily and dissatisfied.

"Of course, they are forged by our own workshop! Every item in this shop is!"

"If I use goods from other houses to deceive people, I will be hit by a horse when I go out."

Li Yuan quickly waved his hand and said.

"Girl, don't be offended, this military equipment is related to the lives of us military households."

"I have to ask carefully."

"I have a request, I don't know if it's okay?"

The woman who led the way quickly asked.

"What is the request of this young master?"

Li Yuan raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the workshop in the back.

"Can I go and take a look at your forging workshop?"

With Li Yuan's experience, as long as he looked at the other party's forging process and materials.

It would be enough to judge the quality of the other party's forging weapons.

Unexpectedly, the woman in linen clothes who led the way was a little hesitant.

The shop could no longer make ends meet, and she really wanted to make this deal.

However, would letting this guest see the workshop make the master craftsman unhappy?

But she couldn't care about so much, so she said.

"This young master, please wait a moment, I will go to the back and ask the master craftsman."

"If the master craftsman allows, I will come and invite you."

After speaking, she ran towards the back of the shop.

Li Yuan put his hands behind his back and pondered in the shop.

The quality of the weapons in this shop was indeed the most exquisite he had seen in the military fort's weapon shops.

And what was even more rare was that the price of the weapons was also the lowest.

Li Yuan now not only wanted to buy a few weapons, but also wanted to cooperate with this shop for a long time.

After all, he would build his own team in the future, and he would obviously need a reliable weapon supplier.

If this shop had the ability to supply military equipment in large quantities at such a low price and quality.

Then he must establish a good relationship with the other party.

At least he had to meet their family's iron master craftsman.