Chapter 13 Weapon Shop and Ambush
In the hotel room, Tang Zhen chatted with Qianlong.
From what Qianlong said, he has been busy selling the food left by Tang Zhen in the past two days. After shopping around, he finally chose to sell these 'fine' foods to this grocery store. Because they offer the highest prices.
As a result, Tang Zhen's grains and oils, which were not valuable in this world, were sold at a good price in other worlds, among which the most valuable ones were the seasonings.
For the natives of other worlds, the delicacies cooked with these seasonings are very delicious.
While speaking, Qianlong handed these brain beads to Tang Zhen at the same time.
Tang Zhen picked out a hundred of them and gave them to Qianlong. Qianlong refused to accept them, but Tang Zhen still forced him to accept them. He doesn't care about this little brain, what he cares about is Qianlong.
Qianlong reluctantly accepted these brain beads and said that he had taken a fancy to a piece of equipment. Now that he had these brain beads, he would go to the weapons store to buy them later.
Tang Zhen said: "Since we have nothing to do, why don't we go to the weapons store in the town to have a look."
As he said this, he also had the idea of inspection in his heart. After all, the weapons The price was so high that he would be lying if he said he was not tempted. Now, taking advantage of this opportunity, we can go and inspect it.
Qianlong couldn't wait any longer, so he set off immediately.
After the two walked out of the hotel side by side, they walked along the messy street and soon came to the weapons store across the street from the grocery store.
The name of the weapon shop is Blade, written in a strange script that Qianlong doesn't recognize, and the name is what he heard from others.
Tang Zhen remembered that there was an automatic language and text translation in the mobile app store. The download price was 10,000 gold coins. It seems that when you have sufficient funds, you can download it and try the effect.
Facing the street, this weapons store has several rows of wooden weapon racks with many swords and weapons hanging on them, shining coldly in the sun.
On the wooden shelves near the inside are various types of armors and armors. The disadvantage is that they are basically not aesthetically pleasing.
In the innermost part of the weapons store, Tang Zhen also saw several muskets hanging on the wall, as well as daggers and a flintlock musket placed on the counter.
I tried these weapons, the blades are sharp, the weight is moderate, and the quality is very good.
Qianlong saw that Tang Zhen was looking carefully and said, "These are ordinary weapons, but the price is not low. Ordinary wanderers cannot afford them."
Tang Zhen heard the implication and couldn't help but ask: "These weapons are very good? Then according to your opinion, there are better weapons than these."
"Of course there is, but ordinary wanderers like us can't access it."
Qianlong talked eloquently and continued: "That kind of weapon is called a magic weapon, divided into nine stars, forged The materials used are very rare and precious, so they have strange abilities, which are called attributes by craftsmen. This weapon is not only expensive, but it is also a symbol of status and strength."
The two were talking. Kung Fu has entered the weapons store.
Looking around, in the backyard of the weapons store, there are several blacksmiths wielding hammers, sweating profusely by the stove, and beating the red iron bars on the anvil into the shape of swords.
There are more than a dozen people working as assistants beside him, busy working together.
There are also weapons placed in the store, but these weapons are more sophisticated than outside.
Tang Zhen took out a slender sword and looked at it. The blade of this sword was about ninety centimeters long. The handle and scabbard were very delicately made. The polished mirror surface of the blade was discernible. people. It is also very smooth when held in the hand and waved, and the blade exuding cold light looks very sharp.
Tang Zhen liked this knife very much, so he asked the clerk how much it cost. The other person's answer was that it cost two hundred and eighty white brain beads.
Hearing this price, Tang Zhen couldn't help but secretly dumbfounded.
Brain beads are very important to you, but having a good weapon for self-defense is even more important, but relatively speaking, brain beads are more valuable. Therefore, Tang Zhen could only sigh and put it back.
Looking back at Qianlong, this guy is playing with a short bow and seems to be quite fond of it.
I don’t know what kind of material the short bow is made of. It shows a purple-red color, but the surface is densely covered with green lines like meridians. The bow string is black and seems to be extremely flexible, but it will not cut your hand.
Qianlong tried to pull, but it was a little difficult, and it seemed that the weight was not small.
Tang Zhen smiled when he saw this, it turned out that this was what Qianlong was interested in!
I happen to have a set of bows and arrows in my storage space. I can’t say that the quality is better than the ones he plays with, but at least it doesn’t cost any brain beads. Judging from the appearance of this short bow, you can tell that it is worth a lot of money. Qianlong must have just come here to get addicted to it.
Just give the set of bows and arrows to Qianlong directly. I will buy a few more sets to prepare when I go back next time. I never know when I will need them.
Thinking of this, Tang Zhen immediately pulled the reluctant Qianlong back, and told him that he would give him a set of bows and arrows not much worse than this when he got back.
Qianlong's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he was still skeptical, but he still followed him and left the weapons store.
When passing by a roadside stall in the market, Tang Zhen spent some time and bought all the pieces of jewelry that he had spotted before, and then put them into the storage space without anyone noticing. .
After returning to the hotel room, Tang Zhen first told Qianlong about the Murong sisters, and then told him that he wanted to build a building city!
Qianlong was stunned by Tang Zhen's idea. In his mind, being able to become a resident of Loucheng was an extremely difficult thing, let alone building a Loucheng. Didn't Tang Zhen wake up?
"Are you... sure... you really... want to build a city?"
Qianlong asked stammering, his eyes fixed on Tang Zhen. "Of course I am serious, and I will never give up halfway once I have identified my goal. Man, are you interested in completing this feat with me?"
Qianlong looked a little annoyed and used his hands. He held his head and said in a slightly mocking tone: "I guess you must be crazy, but why the hell do I have the urge to try it?"
"Stop talking nonsense, do you want to do it or not?"
"Damn it, if you fail to build the city, you will probably die, I will do it!"
"Don't say depressing words, to tell you the truth, If the uncle wants to build the largest building city in the world, then kill all the foreign building cities!”
Qianlong rolled his eyes when he heard this: "Kill the tower cities built by those alien races, haha... You have never seen the terror of those alien tower city warriors. Now I am sure that you are really crazy..."
Although it felt like Tang Zhen was playing with fire, Qianlong also became serious now that he had joined Tang Zhen's building city construction plan.
The two began to discuss how to obtain the cornerstone, where to build the building city, how to obtain the materials needed to build the building city, and how to resist the monster siege after it was completed.
You don’t know if you don’t do it. Only then did Tang Zhen realize that if he wanted to build a building city, he still had to prepare a lot of things, and he was still blank in many aspects. It seemed that his original idea was a bit simple.
But fortunately, now that they have a preliminary plan, the two of them just need to implement it according to the discussed plan.
Building a building city is not a trivial matter, so it is still necessary to keep it confidential in the early stage, otherwise it will be more or less troublesome if someone is interested in it. As a result, the town is no longer very safe, and the two of them and the Murong sisters must find a new place to live as soon as possible.
But there are also advantages to living in a small town. It is convenient for trading, you can resist monster attacks, and you can get more information. Moreover, it is close to Loucheng, and from time to time there will be caravans and bazaars conducting transactions.
Tang Zhen even tried to find an opportunity to enter the building city to investigate.
Although the factory where the Murong sisters currently live can be accommodated, Tang Zhen is afraid that monsters will discover this ghost place and eat the two sisters together!
After asking Qianlong if there was an ideal place to build a city, Qianlong remembered a place that was hidden, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was not too far away from here.
That place was once the camp of a raiding group composed of hundreds of wanderers, but any wanderers who knew about it would deliberately avoid that place.
Later I heard someone say that this unlucky raiding group was wiped out by a powerful monster passing by, and the valley has been empty ever since.
Qianlong also accidentally discovered the location of the camp, and later went there once after the raiding group was killed, trying to search for some useful supplies. Unfortunately, the place had been plundered by the wanderers who came first.
Now that there is a suitable place, Tang Zhen will naturally look for opportunities to check it out on the spot.
The immediate task was to bring back the Murong sisters to avoid any changes later, so the two set off immediately, leaving the homeless town and heading straight to the abandoned factory.
Shortly after leaving the town, when the two passed by a dry vine forest, they heard the sound of chirping birds. Tang Zhen looked up and saw that it was a bird similar to a turtle dove, which looked quite plump.
Looking at the trees full of birds, Tang Zhen turned around and asked casually: "You said you were often hungry before, don't you usually hunt these birds to eat?"
Qianlong shook his head and said: "What to use, a bow and arrow? I don't have one."
"Then you don't know how to make one yourself!"
Tang Zhen asked in return.
Qianlong shook his head and said: "The bow and arrow I made are not lethal at all. The range is too close and the power is too small."
Tang Zhen nodded when he heard this. He seemed to also After reading the introduction, the craftsmanship of a real bow is actually very complicated. It doesn't just involve getting a piece of bamboo and tying a rope to it. Although this world also has bows and arrows similar to bows and English longbows, this world does not seem to have the kind of wood suitable for making bows. The plants in the wilderness that I see are mostly wild grasses and strange vines similar to those in the woods. But not a single tree was seen.
Walking was boring, so Tang Zhen continued the conversation: "There are no bows and arrows, so don't you know how to use traps and slingshots?"
"The harvest of traps is sporadic, and these birds have become sperm. Most of the time, I'm not fooled at all. And you said slingshot, what is a slingshot?" Qianlong asked in confusion.
"Is a slingshot also a type of bow?"
Tang Zhen was stunned: "A slingshot is a slingshot, don't you know?"
Qianlong shook his head in confusion , showing that he really doesn’t know!
Tang Zhen shook his head when he heard this and told himself that this was a different world and he couldn't think about things according to the ideas of this world.
After thinking of this, Tang Zhen just said that he would give one to Qianlong later and stopped talking about this topic.
The two of them had just walked out of the path covered by grass, when Qianlong grabbed Tang Zhen's clothes with a solemn expression and said softly: "Be careful, someone wants to rob the road, be ready to do it at any time!"
Tang Zhen was shocked and looked around calmly, but found nothing unusual. However, Tang Zhen believed very much in Qianlong's beast-like intuition, which was a survival skill he had developed during countless battles with death.
When I opened the map, I saw that there were indeed many people hiding in the nearby grass, surrounding them. Seeing this scene, Tang Zhen was immediately frightened into a cold sweat.
It seems that I am still careless!
At this moment, two cold arrows suddenly shot out from the grass, heading straight for the vital parts of the two men.
(End of this chapter)