Linzhou City is the largest and most prosperous city in Linzhou, with hundreds of thousands of residents, and Linzhou Chengdong City is the commercial gathering place of the whole city, and the goods of the entire Linzhou are gathered here.

Luo Yin walked down the streets of Dongshi, wandering around, intending to find a weapon shop to buy a blade that was suitable for concealment and easy to carry.

This way to the Chu State, tens of thousands of miles away, will inevitably encounter all kinds of dangers on the way, without a blade to defend oneself, it is absolutely impossible.

And the long knife that I have been using is too long, first, it is not easy to carry, and second, it is too conspicuous, and it is easy to be regarded as a martial arts person. With his own unpopular martial arts, being regarded as a martial arts person is completely asking for trouble. Therefore, I wanted to come to this eastern city to find a knife or sword that was easy to hide.

After a while, Luo Yin saw a shop on the corner of the street, called Lin's Weapons Shop. When I entered the store, I saw a guy on the counter sleeping soundly on his stomach, so I didn't plan to call him, so I took a look around first.

The shop is surrounded by shelves, on which are placed all kinds of weapons, including swords, guns, swords, halberds, and eighteen kinds of weapons. Luo Yin didn't care about other weapons, so he just walked towards the sword shelf.

There are all kinds of knives on this knife holder, such as dovetail knives, lancets, back knives, double knives, scimitars, etc., if you wear them, they are absolutely powerful and domineering to attract attention, but what you need is easy to hide......

Turning around and walking towards the shelf where the swords were placed, there were many types of longswords of the same type, but there was nothing they wanted. The only thing that was easy to hide was a short sword, but unfortunately it was too short, only a foot long, only slightly stronger than a dagger, and it was not at all useful.

Shaking his head, he turned around and left the shop, not even looking at the other weapons, because he didn't use them at all......

After that, I went to two or three shops in a row, but I didn't find Ruyi, so I had to continue to search.

Seeing that the entire East Market was about to turn around, Luo Yin was also a little disappointed in his heart, and thought, "If you really can't find a suitable one, the short sword of the first one will also be useful." ”

Seeing that the street had come to an end, Luo Yin turned around and walked back, but his eyes unexpectedly glanced at an iron shop at the end, and suddenly thought in his heart: "Since you can't find a ready-made suitable one, why don't you ask someone to customize one?"

Entering the shop, a heat wave hit, and suddenly Luo Yin felt that his forehead began to sweat, accompanied by the clanging sound of the heat wave, and the ears of the people who were shocked were a little painful.

Luo Yin turned his head and scanned the shop, and found that the dimly lit shop was stacked with all kinds of things, including weapons such as swords and farm tools such as sickles and hoes.

When a dark-skinned man saw Luo Yin coming in, he stopped what he was doing and asked, "Little brother is here, what do you want to buy?"

Luo Yin said: "This big brother, I want to customize a knife, I wonder if you might take this job?"

"Oh, what are the requirements, let's hear it, I, Blacksmith Liu, have been fighting weapons in this Linzhou City for more than 20 years, and I haven't seen anything that can stump me. When the big man heard that business had come to his door, he hurriedly boasted.

Luo Yin gestured and said: "The knife is about two feet long, about two fingers wide, and no more than two copper coins thick. ”

After hearing this, the swarthy man said: "It is not difficult to be two feet long, and it is not difficult to have a straight blade, but it is two fingers wide and two copper coins thick. Ordinary fine iron is too brittle, and it will break when it is cut, so it needs to be made of stainless steel, and it has to be forged thousands of times before it can be used. ”

As soon as Luo Yin heard that there was a door, he hurriedly said: "So Uncle can do it? I don't know how much silver taels and how much time it takes?"

Dahan lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "I still have a piece of stainless steel, which should be barely enough, but the price is not cheap." In this case, I won't ask you much, just give fifteen taels of silver. ”

When Luo Yin heard this, he was directly stunned, "Why is it so expensive, uncle, don't you want to trick me." ”

You must know that this Linzhou is located in the southern wilderness, and the silver is valuable, if an ordinary family of four has four or five taels of silver a year, it can be regarded as a solid family.

And Luo Yin has been in the Shen family for ten years, as the young master's companion student, he is considered to have a high salary among the servants, and the ten years of wages plus rewards from time to time, after deducting some expenses, a total of more than 20 taels of silver have been saved. Now a short blade will cost more than half of his ten years of savings, how to make him not frightened.

Thinking of this, I could only shake my head and walk out with regret in my heart. After all, I have been gone for many years, and I have to keep the money for the expenses on the road, otherwise I am afraid that I will have to beg for food all the way halfway.

Seeing that Luo Yin was leaving, the big man hurriedly said: "This steel is a very precious thing, it needs to be tempered to be forged, and I only have such a small piece left here." If it weren't enough to make a sword, and a dagger would have wasted some of it, I wouldn't have let it go for so many years. ”

Hearing this, Luo Yin couldn't help but stop.

Seeing Luo Yin stop, Dahan continued: "Little brother, what do you think this weapon is used for? If you don't use a good knife, if you are cut off, you may lose your life. Lives are gone, what's the use of asking for money. If you want, I'll make it cheaper for you, and the lowest price is twelve taels. ”

When Luo Yin heard this, it was quite reasonable, but he still felt that it was too expensive, so he began to fight with the big man, and finally pressed the price to ten taels.

After the two negotiated, Luo Yin asked, "I wonder when the uncle will be able to build it?"

The big man replied, "Tomorrow morning." When the time comes, bring the money and fetch it. ”

Luo Yin agreed, and walked out of the blacksmith shop, only to feel that his heart was bleeding. Ten taels of silver, a small half of his ten-year savings is gone, and he may really have to beg for food all the way in the future......

Subsequently, Luo Yin went around the East Market for a long time, purchasing some necessities on the road, such as water bags made of cowhide, which were used to store water on the road to quench thirst, iron boxes divided into multiple grids, used to place salt, pepper and other seasonings, if passing through the wilderness and mountains and forests, some game can be used to cook, a book basket, a small pot, a dagger, a few flints, a few fire folds, and so on.

After all, I have a long way to go, so I can't bring too many things, so I can only choose some necessary and small samples to carry.

When he returned to the inn, he saw that Shen Mo was not there, so he began to pack up. The purchased small items are neatly placed at the bottom of the bookbasket, and the accumulated more than 20 taels of silver are taken out for ten taels, and the rest is placed in the bookbasket, with a few books in the middle and a few changes of clothes on the top.

After finishing it, Luo Yin saw that this bookbasket was already stuffed full, this is all the belongings of his trip, and any more is a burden.

When it was about to get dark, Shen Mo came back from outside, full of alcohol, thinking that he was drinking with his classmates to celebrate the completion of the township exam.

I saw that Shen Mo took out more than 20 taels of silver from his bag, and took out more than 10 taels from his body, scraped together nearly 40 taels of silver, and put them all in front of Luo Yin.

"Young Master, who are you?" Luo Yin asked with some confusion and some understanding.

Shen Mo took a big sip of the teacup, and then said: "You go, more than 50,000 miles, no matter how fast it is, it will take three years, and you will definitely need to be entangled on the road." Except for a few taels of the money I brought, I left it all for food and the cost of the journey back. Tonight, I went to ask my fellow villagers and classmates to borrow a dozen taels, and the two sides scraped together almost forty taels of silver, and I don't know if it is enough for you to go there. ”

Luo Yin looked at the white silver in front of him, suddenly his nose was a little sour, and he was moved in his heart, he wanted to refuse but couldn't say anything to refuse, so he had to stand up and bow deeply to Shen Mo.

He secretly said to himself in his heart that this affection must be engraved in his heart, this is the most precious thing he got when he came to this world.

On the second day, Luo Yin came to the blacksmith shop early in the morning and saw that the inside had already begun to tinkle. walked in, found the swarthy man, and asked, "Uncle, can you build it?"

When the big man saw Luo Yin coming, he stopped what he was doing and replied, "I rushed to make it overnight last night, and it was finally completed, you can see how it is." As he spoke, he took out a short knife from the shelf next to him and handed it to Luo Yin.

Luo Yin looked at the short knife in front of him, and felt quite fond of it at a glance, which was not much different from what he imagined.

I saw this short knife, about two feet long, only two fingers wide, no more than two copper coins thick, the whole body is jet black, but the blade is silver-white and shining with a compelling sharpness, at a glance you know that it is extremely sharp.

The big man took a wooden stick the thickness of his arm and said to Luo Yin, "Try it?"

Luo Yin clenched the handle of the knife with his right hand, the blade was facing downward, and he slashed at the wooden stick with all his might, only to hear a snapping sound, and one end of the wooden stick had been cut off and fell to the ground. When he picked it up, he saw that the fracture was smooth, and the short knife in his hand had no damage to the blade.

"Good knife, good craftsmanship!" Luo Yin couldn't help but praise repeatedly.

The big man smiled and said, "Is the little brother satisfied?"

"Satisfied, satisfied, satisfied!" As he spoke, Luo Yin took out ten taels of silver from his arms and handed it to Dahan. After thinking about it, he took out one or two more and handed it over.

Dahan didn't shirk the extra money, and accepted it with a smile, presumably quite complacent about his craft, thinking that he deserved it.

He immediately turned around, took out another thing from the shelf, handed it to Luo Yin, and said, "This is a matching scabbard made last night, and I gave it to you." ”

Luo Yin took it, inserted the short knife into the scabbard, watched it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and thanked the big man repeatedly. Then, he returned to the inn with his newfound dagger.

Insert the short knife into the bottom of the bookbasket from left to right, the length is just right, outsiders can't find this weapon at all, and Luo Yin himself, with his hand stretched out behind his back, can pull out the short knife, which is very convenient.

Then I went downstairs and bought some dry food and put it in the book basket. picked himself up again, and a young scholar became a young scholar. At this point, everything is ready to hit the road.

Luo Yin waited until Shen Mo woke up and said to him, "Young Master, I'm leaving." ”

Shen Mo didn't say much, silently sent Luo Yin to the gate of the city, and said after giving a salute: "May you have a safe journey!"

Luo Yin saluted Shen Mo back and replied, "If he succeeds in cultivation one day, he will definitely come back to drink with you!"

Thousands of miles to find immortals start today, and if you don't enter the immortal gate, you vow not to return!