The reason why the black market for weapons exists is that Datang strictly controls civilian weapons and does not allow people to use crossbows and long weapons.

However, this kind of weapons control is probably only a little stricter in Chang'an and the Central Plains, but in the northern frontier areas, which are threatened by war, this kind of control is useless.

However, after all, it is a formal legislation of the imperial court, and officials still need to respect it on the surface, so prohibited weapons are generally not seen in the weapons shops that are sold publicly.

A black market for the sale of prohibited weapons was born, and as long as it did not cause trouble, the government turned a blind eye to it.

The black market of weapons is not only to sell prohibited weapons, some high-quality weapons will also appear in the black market, but this requires luck, the Tang Dynasty martial arts are vigorous, and good weapons will immediately attract warriors to scramble as soon as they appear, and because of this, a good weapon is often available but not sought, even if it appears, it is also obtained by the high-priced person.

Located in the northwest corner of the county, the arms black market in Lingwu County is mixed with a bazaar, and some merchants have set up hundreds of stalls with wooden planks and oilcloths, which look very cluttered, but they sell all kinds of strange things, many of which are brought by the Sogdians from the West.

Guo Song is really a little worried about Liang Wu's sister Liang Ling'er, that little lady is very interested in her wooden sword, don't take advantage of her absence, take it out secretly, in case there is any damage, how can she explain it to the master?

Although the wooden sword was a bit bulky, he still carried the wooden sword behind him, and he was used to it anyway, so it didn't affect him in the slightest.

Liang Wu saw that Guo Songjian did not leave his body, and understood his worries very well, Liang Wu was secretly annoyed in his heart, Ling'er was too naughty, and she had to be strictly controlled, if she continued to be willful like this, sooner or later she would cause big trouble to the family.

Liang Wu took Guo Song to the Chengbei Bazaar, he was just about to enter, suddenly remembered something, stopped, and smiled mysteriously at Guo Song: "I know there is a good thing in a place, let's try our luck." ”

"What's the good thing?" Guo Song asked curiously.

"Ever heard of Starsand?"

Guo Song thought for a moment and blurted out, "Could it be Gasha of Gas?" ”

Liang Wu gave a thumbs up, "You really know, most people haven't heard of it." ”

Of course, Guo Song knew that Gasha, the treasure of the Gyalgas people, had always lived in the Jianhe River valley, which is the area of today's Yenisei River, and was famous for creating high-quality weapons.

Their trick is to put 'Gasha' in the iron to make the weapon very sharp, this Gasha is still unknown, some people suspect that it is meteoric iron, but others suspect that it is some kind of precious natural metal, not necessarily iron.

It is recorded in the Book of the Later Tang Dynasty: "Every time it rains, the vulgar will get iron, and the name will be Gasha, and the soldiers will be extremely sharp, and they will often lose to the Turks." ’

Liang Wu came to a low mud hut, and there was a dilapidated flag hanging at the door, with the words 'striking iron' written on it, and there was a clanging sound in the room.

It turned out that this was a blacksmith shop, and Liang Wu whispered to Guo Song: "Don't look at the dilapidated house, there are treasures hidden in this shop." ”

Guo Song was deeply suspicious, the husband was not guilty, but he was guilty, since Gasha was exposed, how could he still hide in such a dilapidated house?

It seems that Liang Wu is also one of the people who want to get away from Gasha, Liang Wu saw the look of disbelief in Guo Song's eyes, so he smiled, pushed the door in directly and said, "Old Lutou, business is not bad!" ”

Guo Song walked into the wooden door, and suddenly a wave of heat came to his face, like a falling furnace, only to see that the furnace was burning vigorously, an old man with white hair and hair clamped a knife-shaped iron billet with fire tongs, the iron billet was dark red, a big man with a big shoulder and a round waist was swinging a hammer to hit the iron, he looked extremely strong, like a half-cut iron tower.

Liang Wu looked at the old man with a smile, but Guo Song stared at the big man who was striking iron, this was a very tall and strong man, at least one meter eighty-five tall, with broad shoulders and chest covered with black tendon meat.

But his appearance is extremely ugly, and there are hundreds of large and small scars from his forehead to his neck, making his appearance extremely hideous, and people dare not face him.

But his gaze is very calm, calm as standing water, just like the surface of the water after the storm has subsided, once the sea is difficult to water, and only after the vicissitudes of the world will such a calm gaze appear.

But what Guo Song was interested in was not his peculiar appearance, but the transcendent skills, or martial arts, he showed when striking iron.

The big man swung his hammer with such precision that the distance he moved each time was as if he had been measured repeatedly with a ruler.

And he lifted the weight lightly, and every time he hammered down, he did not try his best, but firmly controlled the power, so that the power fell on the knife surface just right, and the subtlety of the force control made Guo Song amazed, a small blacksmith house hidden dragon crouching tiger!

The old blacksmith and the big man were sweating like rain, clanging and fighting very attentively, and the old blacksmith ignored Liang Wu, and after a while, he put the long knife that was almost made into the bucket, "Z! A puff of white smoke rose and the sword was quenched in time.

The old blacksmith took the long knife out of the water and put it in a high-temperature furnace to continue heating, which took half an hour before cooling.

Wiping the sweat from his forehead, the old blacksmith picked up the crockpot and drank a few sips of water, then sighed and said to Liang Wu: "Liang Gongzi, what should I say that you are dead, I really don't have Xingsha, it's all rumors outside, and I can't take it seriously." ”

Liang Wu said with a smile: "We all know in our hearts whether you have Xingsha or not, forgive me for saying something ugly, you are in the last years, but your grandson is still young, it is better to sell Xingsha, not only have the money to raise your grandson, but also save a lot of people from worrying, I believe that there are many people who come to you these days, but there are not many people like me who are easy to talk to, old Lutou, you still have to make a price!" ”

"You don't believe what I say, then I don't want to say more, anyway, I'm cheap, Xingsha just doesn't have it, you can do it yourself!"

Guo Song has been silently staring at the strong man next to him, he found that this big man's eyes are actually blue, and the contour of his face is not Han, I don't know where he is from the Western Regions?

Liang Wu bargained for a long time, and when he saw that the old blacksmith refused to admit it, he was also bored, so he pulled Guo Song and walked out of the blacksmith shop.

Liang Wu smiled at Guo Song and said: "I will come every day and stay up with him, I don't believe that he won't let go?" ”

"How can you be sure he has star sand?" Guo Song asked with a faint smile.

"Three days ago, his grandson took it out to play, was seen, the news spread quickly, it was useless for him to deny it, it was not me who cursed him, he was a helpless old blacksmith, but he hid this treasure, he would be killed by this piece of star sand sooner or later, and many people have been eyeing it."

"What kind of star sand?"

"The size of a fist, swarthy, with dots of blue light on it, like gems, I offered a hundred taels of silver, and he refused to admit it, hey! The little people have a lot of treasures, and sooner or later something bad will happen. ”

Guo Song thought of the mysterious big man, was it because he was there, so that the old blacksmith had the confidence to keep Xingsha?

"Is the big man who fought with him his apprentice?" Guo Song asked casually.

"It's not! The man was a slave. ”

"Slaves?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Guo Song's eyes, this martial arts man is actually a slave?

"The old blacksmith's slave?" He pressed on.

Liang Wu shook his head, "It's not Lao Lutou's slave, it's the slave of a merchant in the market, didn't you find out that he is not from the Central Plains?" He was a Sogdian, brought by his master from the far west a year ago, and it seems that he was very fond of iron, and had been learning the trade from the old lander! ”

"Isn't his master afraid that he will take the opportunity to escape?" Guo Song asked again.

"Huh! The Sogdians swore by faith, the oath was in the hands of the master, and no one dared to run away unless the master gave it back to him. ”

The two of them walked while talking, and then entered the bazaar, which was full of people, very lively, all kinds of cries and sales, and merchants leading camels and guests from all over Shuofang flowed endlessly.

Most of the goods are full of exotic customs, carpets from Khorasan, pewter from Bukhara, daggers with gemstones from Samarkand, saffron from Persia, silk products from Jiangnan, brocade from Bashu, and porcelain from Hebei, which dazzle Guo and Song.

This is just a small border county, if it is in Chang'an, what will it be like to prosper?

Guo Song was suddenly full of expectations for Chang'an.