Chapter 1334

Xiao Yi's hand unconsciously slightly forced, the edge of the silk paper immediately appeared deep wrinkles.

Seeing that there was something wrong with him, old master Fang said, "Yi, if Luoyue city has something to do with you, go back first. Ah Yue will stay here for a few more days."

Xiao Yi smile, free and easy to say: "grandfather, you don't worry, it's not a big deal." He put the piece of silk paper into his sleeve pocket, waved to Wang Chaoyuan and asked him to step back.

The car curtain is put down, Xiao Yi smiles and pinches a carved plum into Nangong Yue's mouth.

Old master Fang happily stroked his beard and laughed. He knew that Xiao Yi had a sense of propriety. Since he was not in a hurry, it was obviously not a big deal.

At the command, the carriage continued to move forward, and went to the western suburbs with a clear goal.

They are going to the smelting workshop in the western suburb of Heyu city.

This is just one of the dozens of smelting workshops of the Fang family, but it is the most important one. Almost half of the best masters of the Fang family are here.

The smelting workshop was inevitably hit and beat, and the noise was constant. Therefore, the Fang family set up the smelting workshop in a small village about five or six miles away from Hecheng. In this small village, there are basically blacksmiths working in smelting workshops and their relatives.

Along the way, Mr. Fang introduced the smelting workshop.

Nangong Yue had never been to a smelting workshop before, and he was very excited.

There were bursts of laughter from the carriage, and Zhao Daban, who was accompanying him outside, was a bit sad when he listened to the hearty laughter of old master Fang.

Anyway, the smelting workshop is not far away, so the coachman simply slowed down the speed and walked steadily along.

The spring fields are full of birds, flowers and flowing water, which makes people feel relaxed. It seems that they are coming for a spring outing, rather than for business.

When it was about half an hour later, Mr. Zhao pointed to the front and said, "master Zhao That's the front

Thrush opened a corner of the curtain curiously, looked out, and found the location of smelting workshop.

It's not how good her eyes are, but it's just now. According to the truth, it's still a long time to leave the fire, but in a village in front of her, there are curling grey smoke

When the carriage comes nearer, you can hear the sound of knocking one after another

A middle-aged steward of the smelting workshop had been waiting there with several masters. Seeing Xiao Yi and old master Fang coming, the steward came forward to meet him.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhao Da Guan Shi introduced the middle-aged steward named Zhang to the public, and then said, "steward Zhang, the old master and the son of a generation want to look around here. You should lead the way ahead."

"Yes, yes!"

The steward of that chapter echoed and bowed down to make a petition.

The smelting workshop is at the back of the village. As he leads the way ahead, he introduces the village to everyone.

This village is called tiemen village. At this time, the men are working in the smelting workshop. Therefore, the village is empty. Only occasionally can we see one or two women in their own yard, or take care of the vegetable field or sit and sew clothes. All of them are looking at Xiao Yi and his party curiously.

The closer we got to the smelter's workshop, the louder and louder the beating became. Gradually, even the surrounding air became hot.

Through the village, you can see a row of grey smoke curling bungalows in front of you. There are dozens of them arranged in order. At a glance, it covers an area of at least ten acres.

Zhang Guanshi pointed to the row of bungalows and said, "old lord, son of a generation, the row of houses over there are forging houses."

During the conversation, they came to one of the bungalows, which was steaming hot like a huge stove. Inside were dozens of shirtless and sweating big men standing in front of the stoves equipped with hand-held wind boxes, holding hammers and beating

Dang! Dang! Dang!

The sound of hammering kept on, as if it were pounding on their hearts. This scene had an inexplicable deterrent force in Nangong Yue's eyes.

Just a small hammer can forge a variety of everyday iron, and even all kinds of weapons, which is really incredible.

Zhang Guanshi said in a respectful voice: "the new set of iron arrows by shiziye has reached 180000 yuan yesterday, and the last 20000 yuan is still missing. The blacksmiths are making them. Do you want to go and have a look first?"

Zhang Guanshi was a little lucky. He learned yesterday that shiziye was going to the smelting workshop with the old master. Fortunately, the old master told us that the military supplies in southern Xinjiang were the most important, and they could not miss the shiziye's major events. Therefore, all the blacksmiths had priority to catch up with these iron arrows these days.

Xiao Yi beamed with joy and said with a smile, "grandfather, this is a coincidence. Zhu Xing said that he would transport 100000 taels of silver tomorrow. It's a good time to pay the money and deliver the goods. " With that, he glanced at Nangong Yue with a smile. Thanks to his stinky girl, he found him a silver mine, which made him have a treasure pot, so that he could not worry about military resources for the time being.

Old master Fang laughed and said, "Yi, is my grandfather afraid that you will run away?" And this batch of iron arrows is your iron ore. my grandfather can charge you the most money for processing. Where do you need 50000 liang"Grandfather, I only produced 250 stone iron ore, which is far from enough for 200000 iron arrows." Nangong Yue cheated the iron ore of 250 stones from Baiyue. However, these iron mines can only make less than 100000 iron arrows. The rest of the iron ores are lost to old master Fang's credit.

Old master Fang said helplessly, "even so, Yi, 100000 taels of silver is too much."

Zhang Guanshi was surprised to hear that he thought that many iron mines had been produced by Tieya shiziye, and that the fangs would rush out the iron mines for free. On the one hand, shiziye was the direct grandson of the old master. Secondly, if the southern Xinjiang army was strong, then the southern Xinjiang was strong. Although the southern Xinjiang had won the war for three years, the southern Xinjiang also suffered a lot. As a southern Xinjiang people, it was also necessary to contribute to the southern Xinjiang army When.

It turns out that this son of a family is such a person who has a clear distinction between public and private affairs!

It's no wonder that people in southern Xinjiang are saying that shiziye is not like a king, but more like a dead prince.

"Grandfather, do you think I'm a loser?" Xiao Yi said with a smile to old master Fang, "next, I'll make another batch of new iron arrows..." With that, he raised his right hand and made a gesture. The bamboo in the back immediately opened the bamboo tube in his hand, opened the lid, took out a piece of rolled parchment and handed it to Xiao Yi.

"Grandfather, this is a new iron arrow..."

New iron arrow? Is it possible that

Old master Fang took a look at Xiao Yi. Seeing that he was smiling and blinking at himself, he immediately realized that the design of these new iron arrows must have come from the hands of comfortable Hou!

Old master Fang immediately became interested. Both the original design drawing of the crossbow and the later development of a new alloy for the arrow used by the crossbow all proved the amazing talent of Guan yubai!

I don't know what incredible surprise he will give this time?!

This is not the place to speak.

Old master Fang raised his eyes and asked the steward, "steward Zhang, please find a place for us to talk. And call Zhang Zhu here

"Yes, my Lord." In response, Zhang ordered a servant to call for someone, and led them to a hall. He ordered his servants to serve them hot tea and snacks.

After a while, the boy who went to call someone before took Zhang Zhu into the hall.

Zhang Zhu wore a grey short punch. It was still cool in early spring, but his dark forehead was covered with sweat and his cheeks were flushed. You can see that he just came from the forging room.

Zhang Guanshi's face twitched for a moment, but the cast didn't clean up and come back again. Isn't that a slight to your guests?!

Xiao Yi didn't care. He was a man who didn't stick to the details and was impatient with the red tape.

What's more, he looked for this casting to study the iron arrow drawing, but not to be elegant. The dress of the other party is not important.

After Zhang Zhu saluted old master Fang and Xiao Yi, Xiao Yi said, "Zhang Zhu, come and have a look at this drawing." Xiao Yi said, spreading the drawings on the round table.

Zhang Zhu strode forward, looked down at the drawing, saw the way of the door, and said: "blood trough!"

The blood trough is a groove on the sword ridge or blade surface. It is mainly reserved for bleeding after stabbing into human or animal bodies, which can increase the lethality of weapons. On the other hand, the blood trough can also reduce the weight of the knife and sword body, which is a burden reduction for users, and a lot of iron can be saved for the caster.

However, the blood tank also has a disadvantage, that is, it will reduce the strength of the weapon itself.

The smaller the weapon is, the more obvious the defect is. Compared with the sword, the iron arrow used in the crossbow is much lighter, and this defect is naturally more obvious.

However, the design drawing in front of him is different. The blood trough painted on it is not a conventional one, but a very special curved structure. Although Zhang Zhu has never made such an iron arrow, it doesn't mean he can't read it?! Once the arc shaped blood tank is used on the iron arrow as shown in the design drawing, the adverse effect of the blood tank on the iron arrow will be minimized, and its power to kill the enemy will be more exerted.

"Wonderful, wonderful." Zhang Zhu was staring at the drawing without blinking, his eyes burning, as if to burn two holes in the parchment.

Xiao Yi's mouth is crooked. He is really an expert.

"Zhang Zhu," Xiao Yi said again, "can you make this kind of arrow?"

Zhang Zhu didn't reply immediately. He was staring at the drawing for a long time. His mouth moved slightly. Seeing Zhang Guanshi worried, he called out: "Master Zhang..."

Then Zhang Zhu came back to his senses and said respectfully, "son of a generation, you can have a try, but it takes at least an hour or two for a small one."

Zhang Zhu reluctantly looked at the drawing. It was clear that the handwriting was different. Somehow, the drawing gave him a familiar feeling. He almost wanted to blurt out whether the new alloy was also conceived by the same person?

If you have a chance to compete with this person, you will certainly benefit your forging skill!Although he thought so, he did not dare to ask each other rashly.

Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows faster than he expected, so he said, "Zhang Zhu, take this drawing with you and make a sample for me to see first." The implication is to wait for Zhang Zhu to forge the sample here.

Zhang Zhu answered casually, and his mind ran on the drawing again.

This piece of casting! Zhang Guanshi wiped the sweat on his forehead and quickly asked the boy to take Zhang Zhu down.

It was already past noon.

After asking Mr. Fang, Guan Shi Zhang set up a table of delicious food in the side hall next door. Although the craftsmanship is not as good as that of the chefs in Fang's house and restaurant, it's better to have fresh ingredients. Vegetables are grown in the vegetable fields beside the village, and the chickens, ducks and fish are also raised by the villagers themselves, which is delicious and delicious.

When they had lunch and hot tea, an hour passed. Zhang Guanshi was worried. He was wondering if he would tell his servants to go and have a look. Just then, he heard a rush of footsteps coming from outside

Looking at the sound, Zhang Zhu and the boy are walking towards this side. Zhang Zhu is holding a tray with a black arrow on it.

When the arrow was sent to Xiao Yi's hand, Zhang Guanshi became more nervous and observed Xiao Yi's look without blinking.

Xiao Yi looked at the arrow carefully, rubbed the surface of the arrow carefully, observed the blood trough on the arrow tip, and then the corners of Xiao Yi's mouth cocked up to show satisfaction.

Zhang Guanshi finally breathed a sigh of relief. He said: Although Zhang Zhu's words and actions are dull, he is really a man of real ability

Xiao Yi gave the new arrow to bamboo, and then he said, "bamboo, please send this iron arrow to Qingyun dock."

"Yes, Prince." The bamboo took it respectfully.

Zhang Zhu, who bowed to the side, saw that his iron arrow had been approved by the son of the world, and his face showed a simple and honest smile.

Xiao Yi directly placed an order for 200000 arrows. The 100000 silver Liang delivered tomorrow will be regarded as a deposit after settling the previous payment. And then I went back to leave.

It's just past Shenshi when I come back to Hecheng.

Seeing that it was still early, Xiao Yi and Mr. Fang decided to continue shopping.

Although Nangong Yue was made to laugh and cry by the way they bought things, it was rare that old master Fang was so interested that he responded kindly.

They wandered from the street to the end of the street. Fang left an incense shop, bought a pile of spices, and then turned into a painting and calligraphy shop.

Nangong Yue and Mr. Fang each picked out a few calligraphy and paintings, and a few copies of the book. The shopkeeper's mouth was full of laughter. In the morning, the God of wealth didn't come to his shop, and he still felt a pinch of wrist. He didn't expect that when fortune came, he couldn't escape. No, God of wealth came and bought some calligraphy and paintings of the former dynasty.

The shopkeeper said politely, "Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang and Mrs. Fang, I've got a chess board recently. It's said that it was left by Qiao Yuanqing, the chess master of the former dynasty. I don't know... " He rubbed his hands and looked expectantly at the crowd.

Chessboard If Nangong Yue was moved, she had planned to pick some seal stones for Xiao Fei in Heyu City, but she hasn't seen any of them. If she could bring a good chessboard back to Xiaofei, she would be very happy.

She was about to make a noise, but she was snatched in front by the old master Fang: "then take it out and I'll have a look."

Nangong Yue looks at the old master Fang in the wheelchair, and immediately understands that he also wants to give the chessboard to Xiao Fei.

The shopkeeper's continuous response told the man to get the chessboard.

Just then, a deep male voice came from behind, calling out: "uncle, isn't this uncle?"

The crowd followed the sound and saw three people walking into the shop under the guidance of the assistant.

The three men were two men and a woman. The first of them was a middle-aged man in a stone blue robe with a short beard. Behind him was a young couple in their early twenties. The young son of them looked like the middle-aged man by four or five points. They were obviously father and son.

Looking at the middle-aged man, Mr. Fang narrowed his eyes slightly and hesitated thoughtfully: "are you Zi Ang

"Uncle, I am Zi ang." The middle-aged man stepped up to the wheelchair of old master Fang and sighed, "uncle, your nephew has also heard about you. The order of Fang is really hateful But didn't you go to Luoyue city? "

Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi take a look at each other, and they will call old master Fang his uncle. Isn't he from his mother's wife's uncle's family?

As far as nangongyue knows, the uncle's family of the first princess is also famous in southern Xinjiang, and is one of the four great families in southern Xinjiang.

"I just returned to Heyu city yesterday." Looking at an Zi'ang in front of him, old master Fang also felt a bit of emotion. Since he had a stroke more than ten years ago, he may not have seen his nephew for a long time.

Old master Fang calmed down and said to Xiao Yi, "Yi, this is your mother's cousin. You should also call your cousin."

An Ziang's eyes fell on Xiao Yi, and a touch of joy flashed in his eyes. He said with a smile, "this is the son of the world. He is really similar to his cousin in seven or eight points." He said, his eyes red with sadness.Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue both took a step forward to meet each other: "I've met my cousin."

An Zi ang quickly avoided and returned half a courtesy.

Then, an Ziang introduced his son, an min, and his daughter-in-law, Feng.

A group of young people to each other's prologue, saw the ceremony.

An Minzhong is two years older than Xiao Yixu, so Xiao Yi and Nangong Yue also call each other cousin and sister-in-law.

After that, Anzi angluo said to the old man: "uncle, I came to talk about a silk business with Minzhong and Yucheng this time. I didn't expect to meet my uncle and a Yi here."

Xiao Yi laughs but doesn't speak. He is not a fool. He knows this "chance encounter".

I'm afraid that an Ziang learned from where he and ah Yue accompanied his grandfather back to Hecheng, so he specially brought his son and daughter-in-law here to meet them by chance?

Otherwise, an Zi ang to talk business with Yucheng, with a son is enough, why even daughter-in-law also to bring.

Xiao Yi didn't care. He said that in this southern Xinjiang, no matter where he went, naturally there were flattering people around him.

At his age, Mr. Fang's heart is full of understanding. However, it can be said that settling down is really the wife's family and the daughter's uncle's family. There is always kinship.

"Ziang, we haven't seen each other for more than ten years. It's hard to meet him here. How about you and min Zhong go to the mansion with me for a small seat?"

An Zi'ang, of course, could not get it. He quickly said, "that nephew will not be polite enough to disturb my uncle." As he said that, he had a bit of nostalgia on his face. "My nephew hasn't been to my uncle's house for more than ten years. I still remember that my aunt and my cousin loved Camellia most. I planted all kinds of Camellia in the garden and bloomed together. It's really dazzling to see..."

Old master Fang seems to have recalled the past. His eyes are in a trance for a moment, and the deep missing is coming out of his eyes

At this time, the man who just went in to get the chessboard came out with a Torreya board.

The shopkeeper looked at the crowd and was busy with the marriage. He was afraid that the business of the chessboard could not be done. Unexpectedly, old master Fang took a look at the chessboard and bought it without hesitation. He also ordered the shopkeeper to send the calligraphy and painting, the lonely copy and the chessboard to Fang Fu.

The shopkeeper himself was agreeable to him and sent them to the carriage with a smile.

The two carriages left the painting and calligraphy shop and galloped all the way to fangfu.

By the time they returned to fangfu, the sky was already half dark, and a pale silver moon was looming in the dark sky.

Because she sent someone back to the house in advance and said that there was a visitor visiting, she immediately ordered the kitchen to get ready, and then went out of the small flower hall to treat the guests.

Both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal. Old master Fang and an Ziang recalled many things in the past. By the end of the meal, it was already willow shoots on the moon.

Seeing that it was getting late, Mr. Fang asked his father and son to stay in the house and ordered mother Gao to clean up the two guest houses for the an family.

When Nangong Yue and Xiao Yi return to Qiwu garden, Xiao Yi looks at her tired face and says in a soft voice, "Stinky girl, you should wash and rest quickly." Originally, Xiao Yi didn't plan to arrange today's itinerary so closely. It was also a mistake.

However, Nangong Yue held on to Xiao Yi's sleeve. She just remembered an old story in her previous life. Her expression was somewhat complicated and said, "Yi, how much do you know about settling down?"

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