Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 174

Cheng Wanli said: "Then when does the owner of Chai Zhuang come to build a workshop to make paper?"

Chai Lin clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I, Chai Lin, keep my promise. Didn't I just say that the convenience of water transportation in Dongping Prefecture is what I value most, so I will definitely send people to build the workshop after the Spring Festival."

Chai Lin and Cheng Wanli chatted very speculatively. Cheng Wanli belonged to the kind of standard literati who study and become an official. There is nothing to say about reading articles and dealing with government affairs, but most of them don't understand farming and business. After all, these literati pretend to be noble. Consider yourself superior.

They chatted until it was almost dark, "Okay, don't leave today, I will arrange for you to stay at the official post in the city, and we can go another day, how about it?" Cheng Wanli asked to stay.

Chai Lin said: "No, we really have something to do. Let's talk later, we must leave today. Although I have only met my lord for a short time, my lord's thought of serving the people has infected me. Here is a magic weapon for my lord , please accept it, my lord."

Cheng Wanli waved his hands again and again, and said, "I am an upright official, and I never accept gifts. Don't mention it again, Master Chai."

"It is precisely because I am an honest and honest official that I want to send you off. My lord is dedicated to serving the people. I think I will offend many local tyrants. None of these people are easy to mess with. At noon, Master Wen also saw it, just because I beat you in the morning. If there are four gangsters wanting to kill both of us, how cruel it is, Mr. Cheng must take care of himself."

Chai Lin said that he took out a gold wire soft armor from Chai Meng's package. This small steel wire vest is actually not that strong in defense, that is, against bows, arrows, knife stabs, etc., but it was infinitely enlarged by the ancients. .

Cheng Wanli didn't react yet, and the master next to him was stunned. The golden silk soft armor has always been a treasure in the rumors of the world.

Cheng Wanli was surprised when he saw the master, so he asked, "Master, is this very powerful?"

"It's amazing, it's like a second life. Arrows can't go in, knives can't cut it, and there is nothing to do except heavy weapons." Master Wen said.

Chai Meng had a tacit understanding and hung the golden silk soft armor on the pillar next to him.

Chai Lin said: "Master Wen, can I borrow the sword?"

Master Wen was equipped with a pine-patterned seven-star sword, which he thought was a good hand, so he handed it to Chai Lin when he saw that Chai Lin borrowed it.

With the sword in his hand, Chai Lin hit the golden silk soft armor twice, but there was no damage at all.

Chai Meng took it and put it back on the table. After seeing it, Cheng Wanli and Master Wen were surprised. Except for a little white spot, there was no trace left.

Master Wen said: "My lord, Master Chai has made a lot of efforts, so you can accept it. Just as Master Chai said, these scum in Dongping Mansion are not easy to deal with."

Cheng Wanli sighed: "Forget it, it's not that I'm saving my life, but I just want to save my useful body to do more things for the people, so I'll accept it."

Chai Lin handed the golden silk soft armor to Cheng Wanli, and Cheng Wanli took it carefully.

Chai Lin got up and cupped his fists and said, "It's late, and we have to hurry, so we won't be staying soon."

Cheng Wanli took out a brass badge and said, "Okay, I'll keep you soon. This is the highest-level badge in my government office. You can go straight to my study with it, and give it to Mr. Chai. If you need anything, you can come to me."

Chai Lin was not a mochi person either, so he took the badge and said, "Thank you, sir, let's leave now."

The two saluted with their bags on their backs, and went straight to the pier. This time, they didn't make a detour and found a passenger ship heading south.The passenger ships on the canal are not big, only seven or eight feet long, and can accommodate dozens of people.Chai Meng reserved two private rooms, and the two of them rested without mentioning it.

At this time, the north wind was blowing, the sails were bulging, and the speed was very fast. When I got up early the next day, I had already arrived at the boundary of Xuzhou from Dongping Mansion.However, the ship has stopped leaving, and I have to rest in Xuzhou for a day, probably for loading and unloading of goods.

Chai Lin and Chai Meng didn't wait for them, they changed boats and continued southward. The wind was light during the day, and it took only a hundred miles until the evening to reach Suqian, where the ship docked.

Chai Lin said: "Let's get off the boat. If you want to be lazy, you can't do it. It's too slow. Getting off the boat here is a short distance to Gwangju."

"Okay, let's go."

The two of them disembarked in the dark, and ran until midnight before finding an inn to rest, and finally arrived at the destination of this trip, Gwangju, the next afternoon.

In Shangcheng Town, Gushi County, Guangzhou, there is such a big town, with a street in the town five or six miles long. After all, it is in the hinterland of the Central Plains and there is no wall built.

The scenery here is different from that of Cangzhou, the air is humid, the bamboo gardens along the roadside are green, vegetables are still growing in the vegetable gardens, and the big and small hills not far away are full of green tea trees, one small ball and one small ball.

Chai Meng asked, "Brother, what kind of tree is that on the mountain, and why is it so low?"

"Guangzhou was originally called Xinyang, and tea has been produced since the Xia and Shang Dynasties. The tea trees are tall and mighty, with a height of more than ten meters. But picking is inconvenient, so tea farmers built this kind of densely planted picking garden, planting hundreds of tea trees per mu. Small trees don't grow too big, so they are easy to pick," said Chai Lin.

Chai Meng suddenly realized: "Then we can grow the mulberry leaves in Cangzhou in this way. It is too troublesome to pick them when they grow into big trees. The old and weak will die if they fall from the trees."

"Yes, the new mulberry garden plan also adopts dense planting. Of course, some people like the old-fashioned planting method and can't force it. After all, each has its own advantages." Chailin said.

According to the address given by Tao Zongxing, Chai Meng inquired several people to find Tao Zongwang's house, a wealthy family, and the yard of Sanjin.

Chai Meng knocked on the door knocker, and after a while a boy came out, about twenty years old, dressed in coarse cloth, wearing a headscarf, despite his young age, he spoke quite smartly, and asked suspiciously: "Who are you looking for? "

Chai Lin clasped his hands and said, "Hello, little brother. We are looking for Tao Zongwang. We are neighbors in his hometown in Cangzhou. We have a letter from his brother."

The young man looked Chai Lin and Chai Meng up and down, and said, "What are you looking for?"

Chai Lin was speechless, he had already said it just now, and he had to ask again when sending the letter.

Chai Meng said: "You have so many things, you boy, let's send a letter to brother Tao Zongwang. If his house is here, you can report it. If it's not for us, we can find someone else."

The boy was quite angry, and he closed the door with a bang.

I heard a sweet and tired woman inside ask: "Liu'er, what are you arguing about at the door?"

The boy replied: "The poor relatives of my uncle's family said that they were delivering letters."

The woman said: "Liu'er, how could you do this, after all, you are also a relative of my uncle's family, you can get rid of it with two buns."

"Okay, these two people are wearing broken dog skins, and they have a big temper."

Chai Lin and Chai Meng looked at each other in blank dismay after hearing this, they were greatly surprised, they were being treated as beggars.

In fact, it was mainly due to the cultural differences between the north and the south. Cangzhou is located in the frontier, and the winter is bitingly cold. The two wore mink fur clothes and wolf fur coats.However, Gwangju is located in the Dabie Mountains in the Huaihe River Basin. Although it is cold in winter, it is not so cold that you need to wear mink fur.

The boy really came out with two steamed buns, and said: "Our uncle is working on the construction site, you two have some steamed buns first."

As for Tao Zongwang's daughter-in-law, she never showed up, which is really enough.

Chai Lin's complexion is a little ugly, I don't ask you to be hospitable, but it's not so insulting, the mud bodhisattva is still a little bit angry.

Chai Meng grabbed the boy by the neck as soon as he stretched out his hand, and asked, "I don't have time for you to talk nonsense here. Where is Tao Zongwang? We have something to do with him."

The boy was so strangled that he couldn't breathe. Seeing Chai's fierceness, he didn't dare to talk too much. He pointed to the front and said, "The bridge is being built at the Liujiazhuang construction site ten miles to the east."

Chai Lin said: "Mengzi take it easy, don't hurt him, let's go."

I really have to worry about it, the boy who hurt someone doesn't look good, Tao Zongwang can't say it.

Chai Meng let go of the young man, and the two trotted all the way to Liujiazhuang.It's not hard to find, just go east and walk to the bridge.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket, it's the end of the month, and there are too few tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)