Chapter One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seven Fake!
The two blacksmiths noticed the approach of Han Du and others, and quickly put down their work, stood up, caressed their chests and said, "Dear guests, do you want to buy a knife?"
Facing the hopeful smiles of the two people, Hader stepped forward and said directly, "We want to buy a knife, but what we want to buy is a real sword. Do you have any here?"
The smile on the head blacksmith's face suddenly disappeared, and he said with disappointment, "Do you want to buy the Uzi sword?"
"Of course." Harder raised his neck arrogantly.
The two blacksmiths looked at each other helplessly, sighed and sat back. .??.
The leader laughed self-deprecatingly and pointed to the wall, "These are good knives. If you, the distinguished guest, want to buy them, just take a look for yourself."
Harder was immediately very dissatisfied. He felt that these two people had embarrassed him in front of his father-in-law. He said angrily, "Who wants to buy your goods? What we want to buy is a real Uzi steel knife."
The leading blacksmith stopped what he was doing, shook his head and sighed, "Dear guest, look at my small place, will there be that kind of precious sword?"
No? Han Du frowned slightly and looked at Hader, "Didn't you buy it yourself? Don't you even know where it is sold?"
Harder was very aggrieved and quickly explained in a low voice, "Master, I bought it from someone else before. I really don't know where to sell it."
Suddenly Harder thought of it, and quickly looked at the two craftsmen, and at the same time took out the copper-clad coins and asked, "Do you know where I can buy them? Tell me, this small amount of money is yours."
The two blacksmiths suddenly showed happy smiles on their faces. This small amount of money was almost earned by them after four or five days of hard work. Now I just pointed out the place to these people. Such good bargains are not often encountered.
The leader quickly stood up, making a cupping gesture towards Harder with both hands, and gestured behind him, "Walking three streets from here to there, there is the largest blacksmith shop in the city, you will definitely be able to buy it."
Harder looked back, hesitated for a moment, then let go and let the wallet fall into the other person's hands, saying with a warning, "I hope you didn't deceive me, otherwise you should know the consequences."
"I don't dare to deceive the distinguished guest." The blacksmith accepted the wallet with satisfaction.
Harder didn't think that this person dared to lie to him. He turned to Yu Qian and smiled flatteringly, "Master, there is a sword we need over there. Do you want to go and have a look?"
Yu Qian glanced at Han Du without any trace, and when the teacher nodded imperceptibly, he immediately said to Hade, "Let's go, go now."
Harder walked at the front, and the group walked through one street after another.
Before he got close, Han Du saw a lot of people gathered in a place in front of him. From time to time, there were noises and the sound of clanking iron tools.
Join in the fun out of curiosity
With his thoughts in mind, everyone came together.
I saw an empty field in the middle of the crowd, and a man was holding a machete and praising him constantly.
The arrival of Han Du and others immediately caused everyone to look over curiously. Even the people in front of them involuntarily moved away to both sides.
Han Du and others walked in from the crowd without hesitation.
The man showing off the machete also saw these outsiders, stopped shouting, and stood quietly.
Harder got Yu Qian's signal and immediately stepped forward and asked, "Do you sell swords here?"
Seeing that business came to his door, the man smiled and loudly sold the scimitar in his hand to Harder. Not only did he quickly talk about all the advantages, he also asked the servant to take out a scimitar and confront him with it.
cut.
With a clang, the scimitar in the servant's hand was broken, which immediately caused a sound of surprise from the surrounding people.
The man laughed heartily and held the knife in both hands and handed it to Harder.
Harder didn't even look at it and handed the scimitar directly to Yu Qian.
Yu Qian didn't understand weapons either, so he handed it to Han Du and said, "Steward Han has a look at it."
While speaking, Yu Qian had a strange smile in his eyes.
Han Du ignored Yu Qian who was deliberately teasing him, took the scimitar, glanced at it, and shook his head.
"No." He handed the scimitar to Hader casually.
The Uzi steel blade has a special pattern like snowflakes on its body, but this blade is smooth and smooth with nothing on it.
Harder quickly returned the scimitar to the other party and said bluntly, "What we want to buy is the Uzi sword, not this kind of scrap metal."
When the other party heard that he wanted to buy the Uzi sword, even if the scimitar in his hand was reduced to worthless, he was not angry at all.
Smiling, he threw the scimitar to the servant and said seriously, "Of course we have the Uzi sword, but it's expensive. Do you really want to buy it?"
When the onlookers heard that someone was buying a Uzi sword, they all exclaimed, and their excitement became even higher.
The price of the Uzi sword is high and cannot be afforded by these people. Even if they can take a look at it, it will be enough for them to go back and brag about it for a long time.
Hader immediately said loudly, "Of course, don't worry that we can't afford it, as long as you really have it, we will buy it."
When the knife seller saw Harder's arrogance, he immediately understood that a distinguished guest was coming to his door. He no longer bothered to show off his knife to everyone and waved it.
Hands to servants to disperse the crowd.
"Dear guest, please come with me."
Follow the knife seller to the back of the shop, where there is a small space measuring three feet square.
After the sword seller stood still, he ordered his servant to get the Uzi sword.
After a while, the servant came out holding a sword wrapped in silk.
The knife seller carefully opened the silk layer by layer, revealing a gorgeously decorated sword. The handle was made of black horn, the scabbard was made of fine leather, and the blade was wrapped in gold and inlaid with rubies and sapphires. ??
Such an exquisite sword makes people's eyes light up as soon as it appears.
The sword seller proudly drew out his machete and ordered his servant to chop him with the same sword.
Only a clang sound was heard, and the precious sword that could have easily cut off an ordinary scimitar was cut off easily.
The knife seller also showed the blade to everyone, and saw that there was not even a crack in the cut sword, and it was as complete as new.
"This is the Uzi sword, do you want to buy it?"
The knife seller had no intention of showing the knife to everyone, but kept swinging it in front of everyone's eyes, just like an experienced fisherman waving his fishing rod.
A shrewd businessman will never be fooled by his own gorgeous rhetoric. The knife seller's eyes are always paying attention to the changes in the customer's expressions.
Han Du took a step forward and said, "Show me."
Hader quickly translated.
The knife seller heard this and generously handed the sword to Han Du.
Han Du took it and immediately saw the layers of snowflake patterns on the blade.
The knife seller had a smile on his face and looked at Han Du calmly. He was sure that this Ming man didn't know the goods at all. Because even in Herat City, many people regarded the snowflake pattern as the only identification of the Uzi sword.
But in fact, this kind of snowflake pattern can also be made through special forging techniques, and the knife made in this way will be tougher and sharper than ordinary swords.
A veteran knifemaker like him would take this specious knife and sell it to the uninitiated as a Uzi knife.
"What's the price?" Han Du asked calmly.
When the knife seller heard this, he felt even more happy and said enthusiastically, "Your guest has really good taste. If you want me to buy a knife, I should buy the Uzi sword. I didn't sell this sword even if someone else offered me 120 yuan.
If you really want to buy it, I will sell it to you for a hundred bucks today, just like making a friend."
One hundred tricks.
One sling is equivalent to about 700 Wen
, one hundred diaozi is equivalent to seventy guan. This price is not cheap, you must know that the high-quality steel knife that Han Du sold to Lao Zhu was only five guan.
But if this is really the Uzi sword, the price can be said to be very low.
Seeing Han Du's hesitation, the knife seller smiled and said, "Dear guest, you can't find such a cheap Uzi sword in the whole city of Herat."
Han Du raised his head slightly, showed a smile to him, spread his hands towards the silk wrapping the sword and gestured, "Give me that thing."
Although the knife seller didn't understand Han Du's words, he understood the meaning of Han Du's actions, smiled and handed the silk over.
Han Du took the silk and folded it into the size of a handkerchief, wrapped it around the spine of the knife, pinched it hard, and pulled it sharply.
Instantly, I felt the temperature of the silk in my hand rise sharply and become warm.
Han Duding watched the changes on the blade, and saw that the original black and gray lines became darker.
He casually returned the knife to the other party and said calmly, "Fake!"
Harder suddenly became angry and yelled at the knife seller, why did he sell him a fake sword? He cursed the other person for being dishonest and wanted to go out and tell everyone this.
The knife seller's expression changed. He didn't know how this Ming man saw through it. Did he just pull it with silk?
Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. Identifying real and fake Uzi swords is a secret that veteran swordsmen like them keep secret. Even if he wants to distinguish the authenticity of a sword, he needs to go through careful identification.
Where can it be as simple as just pulling?
However, seeing Harder making a big fuss and clamoring to expose him as a liar when he went out, the knife seller quickly grabbed Harder. He still had room for change, and that was to sell them the real sword.
The knife seller turned around and winked at the servant, who quickly ran in and came out again holding a scimitar.
This scimitar is the same as the previous one, also wrapped in silk. Even after opening it, the decoration is similar, not even as gorgeous as the one just now.
The knife seller picked up the sword and handed it to Han Du respectfully, indicating that Han Du could identify it by himself.
Han Du was not polite and repeated what he had just done. When he saw the colorful glimmers of light flashing on the blade, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
Under the expectant gazes of Yu Qian and others, he nodded, "This one is real."
"How did you tell the difference?" Yu Qian's eyes were full of curiosity.
Even the knife seller himself looked at Han Du curiously, and he also wanted to know how the Ming people in front of him could tell the difference.