Chapter 380 The transaction is completed
On this day, after Zhao Zhen practiced martial arts, he was going to deal with county affairs. He heard a commotion outside the village. After a while, Zhao Ji came up and said: "Master, on Crouching Tiger Ridge The whetstone was delivered today and is now outside the manor. Brother Tang Sen is thinking about how to send it in. "
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen also became interested. This whetstone, one foot long, six feet high, was discovered last year. Because it was very heavy, it took a long time to smooth the mountain road and drag it with five shire horses before it was finally delivered.
It is roughly estimated that this [whetstone] weighs fifty thousand kilograms. If it were not for the powerful draft animals such as the Sharma, Zhao Zhen would not be willing to use a lot of manpower to drag it, so he could only reluctantly drag this piece The first-level [Whetstone] is divided into small pieces. But if this happens, I'm afraid this [Whetstone] will become an ordinary thing.
There are two gates to Whitestone Manor. The outer one is a foot-thick elm suspension bridge, which is lowered for passage during the day and pulled up at night to isolate the inside and outside. I'm afraid I won't be able to bear the weight of this whetstone.
After everyone discussed it, they couldn't do it. When Liu Huiniang heard about it, she made a large winch and wrapped it with a thick hemp rope, and then hoisted the [whetstone] from the stone wall into the manor.
Then, everyone worked together to bring the whetstone to the side of the school. Around the whetstone, Zhao Zhen made a pavilion and named it the Knife Grinding Pavilion. From now on, all the weapons such as swords and guns carried by heroes can be taken off here and sharpened.
On this day, Zhao Zhen rewarded the Dongping Mansion sergeant who followed Bai Sheng to escort the ordnance under the order of the prefect. After seeing off the group of sergeants, Zhao Zhen asked: "Brother, you went to ask for credit, how can you return it?" I brought back a lot of ordnance."
Bai Sheng said: "The boss said that Shouzhang is not at peace, and there happened to be a batch of newly delivered ordnance in the house, so he sent it to you, and asked me to give you a message. The officer is so good at guarding Shouzhang County."
Zhao Zhen laughed when he heard that, although the gangsters who were wiped out in Jingmen Town turned out to be the credit of Shouzhang County through the words of his father-in-law, he also gave him this as a gift. Come with a lot of ordnance.
After counting, there were 200 pairs of iron armor, 100 pairs of infantry armor, and 1,000 crow-necked spears. What Zhao Zhen values the most is the 300 jumping stirrup crossbows that can be shot by one person.
The weapons supervisor in Liangshan County can make most of his own armor, swords, guns, and arrows. There are also snake-bone bows. Only crossbows have complicated structures and are still being copied gradually.
These 300 jumping stirrup crossbows can be regarded as alleviating Zhao Zhen's problem of insufficient long-range. After all, it is not easy to train an archer. Apart from the fact that the crossbow is difficult to make and easy to damage, the training of a crossbowman is much simpler.
Of these 300 pieces of stirrup crossbows, Zhao Zhen divided 200 pieces and sent them to the army led by Shi Qian and Bai Sheng. At the same time, the weapons supervisor was asked to remove thousands of arrows made by carpenters with plain heads and use wooden balls as arrowheads for daily drills. Also prepare twenty three stop arrows, point steel arrows, and wooden feather arrows for combat use.
In the blink of an eye, it was July 15th. During this period, Zhao Zhen led eight people, Hu Cheng, Du Xing, Fu Yu, Yan Shun, Yang Lin, Li Ying, Liu Lin, and Ouyang Shoutong, back in two batches. After a trip to the main world, they were sealed one by one.
Everything is stable in the main world, and Zhao Zhen only stays for three or two days every time he comes back. Each time, they just bring the output of the fantasy world to the main world, and then bring the spiritual materials purchased by Ji Xuan back to the fantasy world.
Of course, these outputs are not static. The bookshop supervised by Jin Dajian completed the engraving and printing of two more books, one "Mingwu Mengqiu" and one "Zengguang Xianwen".
The former is common sense education for elementary students, using four-character sentence patterns to write basic natural knowledge and daily social knowledge. Including heaven and earth, four seasons, wind and clouds, animals and plants, utensils, fields, and houses.
The latter is an enlightenment book written silently by Zhu Hongji, the current mayor of Jingyang Town, based on what he has learned. The book has more than 4,000 words and is a collection of various aphorisms and proverbs. From etiquette and morality, rules and regulations to customs, astronomy and geography, it covers almost everything.
Zhao Zhen’s bookstore in the main world is now somewhat famous. Not only is the engraving exquisite, the paper is also good, and it feels cool when held in the hand. Those with better family conditions are willing to spend an extra three to two hundred yuan to buy a copy. On a hot summer day, a little coolness is worth it.
On this day, Zhao Zhen had nothing to do. He was chatting with Ji Qingwan and four others at home. Hearing that Zhao Zhen's power in the fantasy world had expanded to the size of two counties, Ji Minghan and Ji Minghan expressed regret and said, "Husband, you guys As the territory expands, neither of my sisters can help."
Zhao Zhen said: "There will be many opportunities in the future. In the fantasy world, Sanniang's female cavalry has now expanded to a hundred people, and there will be two lieutenants in the future. In the battle against the foggy world, you two sisters and the Black Ant sisters can also join in."
After hearing this, Ji Minghan turned from anger to joy. Ji Minglian said: "Last time we went back to the [Uncle Thief] world, we didn't have much room to show off. In terms of martial arts, Sister-in-law Gu is also braver than the two of me. These days, the two of us practice horse fighting every day, and we are both black. A lot."
Said, rolled up his sleeves and let Zhao Zhen see.
Ji Xuan smiled and said: "Who asked you two to show off your strength? You have to gallop every day in this hot day."
Ji Qingwan said: "You have the nerve to criticize others. If you hadn't found a job as a merchant again, you would probably have the lowest professional level among the four of us."
At the time of Youshi, Zhang Ping came with his son Zhang Huai Here, Zhao Zhen met the two people in the front yard. After the ceremony, Zhao Zhen took out a bag of white jade cucumber seeds cultivated during this period and handed it to Zhang Ping. After Zhang Ping looked at it, he took out "Little Animals". "Collection: Bee Notes" handed it over, pointed to the two beehives in the yard, and said: "Brother Zhang, these two boxes are the bees that I promised you. Tonight when the twin moons are in the sky, use this guide to add more bees." Going up to the beehive, I think it’s not bad to come to Dalang’s fantasy world.” Zhang Ping listened and said with a smile: “I just hope he can make some progress.”
At night, the two moons were together. , Zhang Huai stood in the courtyard, holding "Small Animal Collection: Bee Notes" in one hand and holding the beehive with the other. His whole person slowly faded until he disappeared.
Zhao Zhen stepped forward and said to Zhang Ping: "Brother, we have tidied up a house ahead and are waiting for Da Lang to come out. You and your son will rest for the night today. It won't be too late to go back tomorrow."
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Zhang Ping heard this and thanked him repeatedly.
About half an hour later, Zhang Huai came out of the fantasy world. Before Zhang Ping could ask, Zhang Huai said to Zhang Ping excitedly: "Dad, my fantasy world is a valley, and there are mountains and rivers everywhere." They were flowers. The two beehives I brought had been opened, and the bees were collecting honey from all over the place. Suddenly, I had a lot of beekeeping experience in my mind. From now on, in addition to collecting honey, I can also sell royal jelly, propolis, pollen, beeswax, and bee pupae. , it will be easy to support the family in the future.”
Zhang Ping praised him repeatedly.
Zhao Zhen said from the side: "Brother Zhang, I have an appointment with Uncle Lu tomorrow. After leaving a note, the deal will be considered completed."
Zhang Ping said: "This is natural."
On the second day, Lu Zhuocheng and his son came to Zhao Zhen's house. Zhang Ping escorted them, and then said goodbye with Father Lu.
Sent off the three of them, Lu Zhuocheng asked: "Rich man, do you need anything else that I can help you with?"
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "Why, I just went to Laoshan, so I don't need to rest." "Yes?"
"Hey, I'm getting married now. I have to support my family in the future, so why don't I save some money as soon as possible?" Lu Zhuocheng said with a smile.
“Which girl is from that family? She makes you look like this.”
"Hehe, the daughter of my father's colleague also went to the county school and works as a cook. I think opening a restaurant in the future will allow her to show off her talents."
Zhao Zhen said: " Is the wedding date set? "
"The eighth day of next month"
Zhao Zhen said: "Brother, I have made a note. If nothing happens in the fantasy world, I will take my wife and concubines to have a drink."
"It's less than a month until you get married. Will you be busy with wedding matters during this period?"
"With the help of my parents, brother and sister-in-law, I have a lot of time here, so I found something to do." Lu Zhuocheng replied.
Zhao Zhen said: "What should I say here? The fantasy world is not peaceful. Fortunately, I can make my own weapons, but there is nothing I can do about the war horse. As long as it is a war horse, I am willing to buy it. Goodbye, brother. If you get there, I'll still have it here. I'll also have the sinews, horns, skins, hair, and fine iron materials for making weapons and armor. You know what bulk goods I have here, if you can sell them. Go and give you a commission.”
“I have purchased 900 stones of coarse tea here. I haven’t used it up in the fantasy world. I won’t need this coarse tea for the time being. If there is a need, I will inevitably ask for it from my brother. Take a trip. Then there are all kinds of alien species, advanced materials, and treasures. I want them here. Brother, you wander around the market every day. If you encounter them, bring them to me. If I am not here, my wife Ji Xuan will also I have already made the decision."
After hearing this, Lu Zhuocheng said with a smile: "Speaking of alien species, I have found two more species these days."
"Oh? I wonder what my brother found?" Zhao Zhen asked.
(End of this chapter)