When Yin Le finished eating a bag of pumpkin candy, they arrived at Xiahe Village.
The blacksmith was making hoes for the villagers. When he saw Qin Yao coming, he pointed to the door and lowered his head to continue working.
Qin Yao came to the door with some anticipation. The iron rod she customized stood very abruptly among a pile of agricultural iron tools. The dark silver metal color exuded a cool air. In this hot summer season, it felt like drinking a sip of ice water in her heart, making her whole body comfortable.
Qin Yao stretched out her hand and picked up the long stick. The heavy feel in her hand was very much to her liking. In fact, because she hadn't used such a heavy weapon for a long time, it was a little heavy and her wrist was slightly sore when she suddenly picked it up.
Qin Yao tried to get used to the weight of the iron rod and became more and more satisfied the more she looked at it. She became interested and dismissed her apprentice Yin Le and started dancing on the spot.
The strange whistling sound of the wind startled the blacksmith who was concentrating on his work. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw the black silver iron rod poking at the old elm tree in front of his door at an extremely fast speed. With a loud "bang", a big hole was poked in the elm tree, which was famous for its hardness.
Qin Yao was on one side of the cave, and the blacksmith was on this side. When their eyes met, the unruly arrogance in her black eyes made the blacksmith subconsciously hold his breath.
The coal fire in the furnace was burning fiercely. Red sparks splashed under the high temperature and surged above the furnace. A few of them accidentally flew out and fell on the wooden edge of the hammering table, making a sizzling sound. The blacksmith then took a deep breath and came back to his senses.
"Are you satisfied, Mr. Qin?" The blacksmith's voice trembled. He was excited and a little scared.
Qin Yao gently patted the sawdust on the iron rod, lifted it onto her shoulders, and nodded with a smile, "I'm very satisfied! Thank you for your hard work."
The blacksmith waved his hands and said, "As long as you are satisfied, it's not hard, not hard."
After all, the profit this iron rod brought him was far higher than those agricultural iron tools he made on a daily basis.
However, the blacksmith still had to remind Qin Yao, "I would never dare to take such a job again. Manager Qin should go to the city to find another blacksmith in the future."
"Why?" Qin Yao asked in confusion. She brought Yin Le here today because she wanted her to try out the weapons at the blacksmith's place and make a set of weapons for her to take back.
The blacksmith had a bitter look on his face. He waved to Qin Yao to come closer and whispered to her that he was old and did not dare to look for the peddler who sold smuggled iron anymore.
As for her iron rod, if it weren't for the money, the blacksmith wouldn't want to take any risks at all.
Salt and iron were both items under the control of the imperial court and were strictly controlled. Blacksmiths and salt merchants had to obtain business qualifications from the government before they could open salt shops and blacksmith shops.
Salt and iron also had to be purchased from government mines, and the quantity of goods was basically regulated, so it was impossible to buy more.
The imbalance between supply and demand naturally formed a new black industrial chain.
However, this kind of violation of government laws is okay for ordinary people to do once or twice, but it is too risky to do so in the long term.
The salt and iron smugglers were all cruel and ruthless people. Every time the blacksmith dealt with them, he felt like he had walked through the gates of hell.
Qin Yao sighed, "Then do you have any good stuff ready?"
Qin Yao glanced outside the door and said, "This is my new apprentice. I wanted to make her a set of handy weapons today."
The blacksmith glanced at Yin Le, and when the girl saw him looking at her, she smiled at him politely.
Yin Le no longer wears a face scarf. The hot weather is one reason, but another reason is that she has now completely reconciled with her inner self.
If a passerby was frightened, she wouldn't care.
They think too much about themselves, and it has nothing to do with her. She doesn't need to explain anything to irrelevant people.
The place is small, and any new news in the villages will spread within three days. The blacksmith also heard about the scarred woman who came to Liujia Village.
But unexpectedly, he was Qin Yao's apprentice.
Suppressing his curiosity, the blacksmith waved his hand, motioning Yin Le to come in.
There are still a few good things left, which used to be mainly supplied to hunters and gangsters in nearby villages.
The blacksmith does not plan to take on such business anymore. After disposing of some of the pieces this month, he plans to melt the rest and focus on making farm tools.
"Come to think of it, this is all because of you, Manager Qin." The blacksmith complained.
Qin Yao was puzzled: "I never reported you, I even concealed it for you."
The blacksmith lowered the curtain over the door and said as he took out the stock:
"Your village is doing some kind of tourism development, and you have attracted the county magistrate. Now on our road, officials come every few days. I am so scared that I dare not do this business with you anymore."
However, considering that there are more people coming and going now and the regular business is better than before, he doesn't bother with the people in Liujia Village.
Qin Yao couldn't help laughing. Seeing that the blacksmith had laid out all the stock, she motioned Yin Le to go forward and choose.
"Try it first and see what works best."
Yin Le nodded in agreement and walked forward with some excitement. He saw seven or eight weapons, including small darts and daggers, as well as large machetes, maces and other items.
There is also a set of bows and arrows, as well as a double planet chain that is an alien-type weapon.
There is no weapons control at present, except in some cities or special places, there are restrictions, requiring entrants to surrender their weapons.
Therefore, on the road, you can often see caravans of escorts, or the entourage of wealthy nobles and guards carrying knives and other weapons.
Having seen many normal weapons, Yin Le was very interested when he suddenly saw a double planet chain.
But when I got it in my hand with great interest, I found that it was not only difficult to use, but also easy to hurt myself, so I immediately gave up this option.
As for the mace, it was too heavy for her to swing, so she gave up.
Yin Le was not interested in the dagger. She felt that it was not a weapon but just a self-protection device.
As for the bow and arrow and the sword, I was somewhat tempted because I often saw Qin Yao using them.
However, reality immediately gave Yin Le a heavy blow.
The knife was too big and got in the way. After a few swings, he fell to the ground and was almost hit by the knife.
He took the bow and arrow out and tried it out. With a click, the bow broke.
Yin Le was slightly surprised. She had only practiced basic skills with her master for a few days, and her strength suddenly increased?
Obviously she was overthinking it.
Qin Yao frowned, "Blacksmith, isn't your quality a bit too perfunctory?"
The blacksmith coughed awkwardly and explained: "It's been too long. We can try darts."
Take this bow and arrow away quickly, otherwise others will see it and damage your reputation.
There was no choice, the only option left was the darts, which Yin Le had not planned to consider in the first place.
Qin Yao encouraged her, "Try it first."
"good."
Yin Le suppressed her prejudice. She always felt that if she used darts, she would not be like her master's disciple at all.
The sword and the bow and arrow are so powerful! (End of this chapter)
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