The iron shop was deserted, with only a young apprentice accompanying two customers to choose weapons. Xu Zizhen was about to speak, but the two people turned around, and it was Qian Tongzhi and Li Meng.
Xu Zizhen couldn't help laughing and said: "Old Qian, why are you here?"
Before Qian Tongzhi could speak, Li Meng pouted and said, "Uncle, my gun is blunt. Uncle Qian said the gun here is good. Bring me a new one." He took out a gun from his arms.
When the gun tip came out, the sharp edge had now become a rounded corner, obviously because the Xixia people's equipment was too hard.
Xu Zizhen suddenly felt a little ashamed. He should be the one to worry about Li Meng's affairs, but he seemed to have forgotten about him since he flirted with Wen Xian yesterday. He pulled Li Meng over and rubbed his head.
After a few clicks, he said with a smile: "Don't hit your uncle Qian Qiufeng, I will take care of this gun for you."
Just as he was about to go find Shopkeeper Tang, he saw Shopkeeper Tang walking out from behind the shop. His face looked haggard and his hair was messy like a chicken coop, as if he hadn't slept all night.
Shopkeeper Tang saw Xu Zizhen at a glance and nodded to him: "Here? Just in time, what you want to do is done."
Xu Zizhen was shocked: "So fast? Didn't you say two days?"
Shopkeeper Tang glanced at him: "I'm an impatient person. I tried making one before I slept last night. Come and have a look with me. I don't know if it suits you."
Xu Zizhen grabbed him and said, "Shopkeeper Tang, wait a minute, I have another job here that I want to trouble you with." After saying that, he asked Li Meng to bring the meteorite in, "You have a furnace here, right? Can you turn this thing into something?"
Do you want to start refining a sword?"
Shopkeeper Tang's eyes suddenly widened at a glance, and his dark face finally moved, and he said in surprise: "This...could this be a flying star from outside that day? Why did you move it here?"
Xu Zizhen smiled: "I asked Mr. Wen to get it. You can see if you can practice it first."
Shopkeeper Tang took the meteorite from Li Meng without saying a word and turned around to go to the backyard. Xu Zizhen was not in a hurry to follow, but pulled Qian Tongzhi and whispered a few words before taking Wen Xian and Li
He quickly stepped into the backyard.
Behind the shop is a spacious patio with a bamboo shed. Under the shed is a large stove with a wide mouth and a round belly, and two huge bellows beside it.
Shopkeeper Tang took an iron drill and thrust it into the meteorite. He only heard a muffled sound, the tip of the iron drill bent down immediately, and there were only white dots on the surface of the meteorite.
Not even broken, he was surprised and said: "How hard it is! This flying star must have iron inside, and it doesn't look like ordinary iron."
Xu Zizhen was only concerned about one thing: "Can I practice?"
Shopkeeper Tang glanced at him: "There is nothing that cannot be refined in my shop. First tell me what you want to hit?"
Xu Zizhen thought for a moment and took out Li Meng's gun tip: "Shoot a gun like this, and then a knife."
Shopkeeper Tang walked around the meteorite a few times, as if he was calculating something, and then said after a long time: "If I shoot a gun, I'm afraid it won't be able to become a sword again."
Xu Zizhen frowned: "What do you mean? Not enough?"
Shopkeeper Tang said: "That's right."
Xu Zizhen pondered for a moment and asked: "What if I hit a horizontal knife? Is it enough?"
The horizontal sword is a kind of Tang sword, which is also a common Japanese sword in later generations. It has a long handle and a small tanto with a narrow body. It was once popular, but nowadays it is rarely used by martial artists. Shopkeeper Tang glanced at him and said: "That's enough.
Already."
Xu Zizhen nodded: "Then let's fight like this."
He already had a plan in his mind. If that meteorite could be used to refine rare metals, then Li Meng would have to use a long spear, and the rest would be a horizontal sword, although he knew very well that the sword was too thin.
, may not be suitable for use in battle formations, but the Luancao sword technique is all about speed, and perhaps using this sword can bring out even faster speeds.
After finishing talking about the meteorite, a strange look appeared on Shopkeeper Tang's face. He took out a cloth bag from the side and opened it, only to find a bronze fire gun nearly two feet long.
The tube is about thicker than a finger, and the mouth is shaped like a tea cup, which is commonly known as a bell mouth. A small hole is made at the end, but I don't know what it is used for.
Xu Zizhen's eyes lit up when he saw this thing. He took it and stroked it gently, seemingly unable to put it down. Shopkeeper Tang looked at the firecracker and asked, "Mr. Xu, what is the use of this thing? I wonder if you can demonstrate it?"
Li Meng and Wen Xian also looked curious, looking at Xu Zizhen expectantly, but Xu Zizhen just kept it secret, smiled and said nothing, did not do anything, just walked around the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking at all kinds of sexy things.
Smelting tools.
About half an hour later, Qian Tongzhi returned to the shop, holding a bag in his hand. Xu Zizhen smiled and said: "This is bad." He took the bag and opened it, feeling a strong pungent smell.
The smell came out, it was the gunpowder Xu Zizhen had just told him to close and look for from Meng Du.
There were many small iron marbles in the iron shop. Xu Zizhen picked one over and over and tried it. It was just big enough to fit into the mouth of the blunderbuss. It almost fit perfectly. He shook some gunpowder into the blunderbuss tube and pounded it firmly with an iron drill.
, then buried a fuse in it, and finally put in the iron marble.
He picked up the firecracker with a smile and was about to demonstrate it to a few people. Suddenly his expression changed and he looked up at the corner of the patio. I don't know when a person appeared there. He was tall and thin and wearing a black scarf. He was looking with his hands behind his back.
With Wen Xian.
Xu Zizhen's pupils shrank sharply. Enemies were on a narrow road. This man was actually the man in black who tried to rob Li Luoyan and then killed Li Sheng in the small temple that day. He was frightened. He drew the knife across his chest and gritted his teeth.
Senran said: "It's you again!"
The man in black obviously did not expect to see Xu Zizhen here. The sharp knife that day left a deep impression on him. More than a dozen of his men died in the hands of this seemingly fair and gentle young man.
He was startled and couldn't help but laugh: "Little brother, I didn't expect you and I to meet again."
Xu Zizhen suddenly felt that something was wrong. The man in black was chasing Li Luoyan, and Li Luoyan seemed to have some unclear relationship with Xixia. An idea flashed in his mind, and he quickly pulled Wen Xian behind him to protect him, and sneered.
: "I'm afraid you're not here for me, are you?"
The man in black laughed and said: "You are smart, yes, I am here to invite Miss Wen to be my guest."
As soon as these words came out, Wen Xian suddenly woke up, but she did not feel panic at all. Standing under Xu Zizhen's generous back, she felt extremely safe, and she just said lightly: "Are you from Sanjue Hall?"
The man in black was startled for a moment, and then he chuckled: "Miss Wen really has good eyesight, I'm here to take a look, why don't you come with me as quickly as possible to avoid your lover dying in vain on the spot."
Li Meng had already touched a root in his hand, his little eyes widened, and asked: "Uncle, who is this person?"
Xu Zizhen gritted his teeth and said, "He is the bastard who killed your father!"