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Chapter 34 Hujiazhuang

Hu Sanniang's heartbeat instantly accelerated to 188. It was late at night again in the inn. When she opened the door, she found Wu Song holding a piece of paper. "Erlang, is there anything wrong with coming here so late?"

When Wu Song looked at Hu Sanniang, he found that Hu Sanniang had changed into nightgown. It seemed that he had just taken a shower and was wearing a pair of cotton slippers on his feet, revealing his white ankles.

Wu Song suddenly realized that it was inappropriate to go to her room like this, and immediately said, "It's okay, it's okay, I have a price list of more than a dozen herbal medicines here. Can you please tell me how the price?"

Hu Sanniang thought it was something like love poems, but she didn't expect it to be a price list. She immediately took the price list and said, "Okay, I'll take the time to take a look. You go back to sleep."

Wu Song went back, speechless all night, and got up early at dawn.

Just as dawn, the cart shop was busy. The coachman, guard and others ate sorghum porridge, pickled vegetables and radish strips, and were willing to steamed buns. They put on mules and set off on the road with weapons.

It is very close to Hujiazhuang from Yanggu County. I got up early and set off before I had lunch. The convoy arrived at Hujiazhuang.

Wu Song has seen that the village can be built like this. The walls more than one meter high fence have fenced the village, and the tall gatehouse has also been decorated with arrow towers, which is just a moat and suspension bridge. It is a completely mini-version of the county town.

Hu Sanniang was happy, and Hu Cheng greeted him.

"How can I help Erlang get some mountain goods?" Hu Cheng said politely.

Wu Song said: "The owner of the village Hu took care of me, Tongda Car Store. How could Erlang not come here in person? Erlang was just a little curious about why the owner of the village spent so much effort to build the village onto the tall city wall."

Hu Chengdao: "Let's go to the village to talk in detail, I will introduce you to a few friends."

Hu Sanniang spoke, Hujiazhuang was very enthusiastic and had settled the mule, horse and carriage convoy, and people were responsible for food and horses. Wu Song took the hairy child to Hucheng to the living room to talk.

The three-entry courtyard is a large house with blue bricks and red tiles. The living room is covered with floor tiles and an official kiln vase of more than one person. There is also a fireplace next to it. The firewood as thick as an arm is burning. It is about ten degrees below zero outside. It is estimated that it can be twenty degrees in the house. Wu Song took off his coat, sat down, and sighed: "It's better for the owner of Hu to enjoy it. When the spring is coming, I will also repair the fireplace in the big cart shop, so that everyone will be warm."

Hu Cheng said: "You just asked me why I built the village on the wall. It's not just my village. The nearby Zhujiazhuang and Lijiazhuang are better than the walls, especially the Zhujiazhuang. I just want to prevent bandits. In fact, it's not the case. We are preventing the north."

Wu Song said: "Liao Kingdom?"

Hu Cheng smiled and said, "Although the Liao Kingdom is strong, it has declined. A Jin Kingdom has emerged. The three of us have traded with the Jin Kingdom through the sea from Dengzhou. We have seen the power of the Jin Kingdom. The soldiers are sharp and fearless. We can be said to be a tiger and wolf army. Now the court has a good relationship with the Jin Kingdom. I am afraid that when the Jin Kingdom becomes strong, we will definitely drink horses and Yangtze River. In order to protect the safety of the old and young people in a village, we have made up our minds to build the wall of the village. In fact, it didn't cost much money. It was only a long time, and it took three winters to complete it."

Wu Song suddenly felt awe-inspiring, Hu Cheng was a landlord, in other words, the village chief, and could have predicted that the Jin Kingdom would drink the Yangtze River. This insight was really amazing.

"With the village wall just a shield, the best defense is to have a shot in your hand, and there is no need to worry about defense. Look at my reed leaf gun?" Wu Song said as he took the head of a foot-long reed leaf gun from Mao's calves and handed it to Hu Cheng.

Hu Cheng was an expert. He tried the quick leather armor with a gun and gently penetrated it, just like wearing tofu.

"Good gun, good gun, look at the workmanship of this is comparable to that of the craftsmen in Tokyo."

"I'm not to be hiding the owner of Hu. There is a blacksmith who fled from Tokyo in my village. He has made a good weapon. This reed leaf gun is steel. Since you want to protect the safety of the village, you won't be afraid to send you five hundred." Wu Song said.

Hu Chengdao: "The spear is a forbidden item."

"Who dares to say no to you when you stay in the village to defend, but if you don't take it out, you can't wait until you use it to remember it. Usually, Zhuang Ding only uses sticks for training, and once you have something to do, you can just install the gun head." Wu Song said.

Hu Cheng is not an honest child, can honest children do overseas trade?

Hu Cheng smiled knowingly and said, "Okay, I'll take such a big gift. I'll introduce you to a big customer, Mr. Li from Lijiazhuang, was thinking about buying weapons a few days ago."

"Why is this? Are you having a conflict with whom?" Wu Song asked.

"The Li family mainly uses horses, and the horses are trafficked by horses from the border north of Cangzhou and the Liao Kingdom. The Liao Kingdom strictly controls horses to sell to the Song Dynasty, and they are all smuggled goods. Recently, a group of bandits robbed dozens of horses and even killed several farmers. Mr. Li is anxious to get angry." Hu Chengdao.

As he was talking, the shopkeeper from outside came to report that Mr. Li of Li was here, and the two families had a good relationship and walked frequently. Hu Cheng said, "Speak of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive."

"Ahem, who is Cao Cao?" A middle-aged man looked like a jade-like face, and a brocade hat and stalked in from outside with a smile. There was also a man with a very ugly face next to him. He must be the butler Du Xing.

Mr. Li said: "I am a small landlord, how dare I compare with Prime Minister Cao?"

Hu Chengdao: "Old Li is too humble. Your ability to fly with a flying knife is not something that ordinary people can do."

Mr. Li said seriously: "I heard that a tiger-beating hero Wu Erlang came to your village. I'll take a look. I hope Brother Hu doesn't mind."

"Haha, where did Brother Li say? Let me introduce it to you. This is the boss of Wu Song of Qinghe and Tongda Big Car Shop." Hu Chengdao.

Wu Song stood up and clasped his fists and said, "I have met Master Li."

Master Li was surprised and said, "Wu Erlang was a tiger with a tiger on his back and a monkey's waist. He was tall and had the power to be a king. No wonder he could kill the tiger."

"Master Li was joking. Erlang just did some small business and took his brothers to make a living." Wu Song said.

The three of them sat back, the shopkeepers served tea, chatted for a while, Hu Cheng said: "Brother Li, how about this reed leaf gun?"

Mr. Li took the gun tip and tried it. He was surprised and said, "A good gun tip is definitely steel and can break ordinary iron armor."

"Do you think it's worth?" Hu Cheng asked.

Mr. Li said: "The price of a battlefield weapon is not low. A treasure knife costs hundreds or thousands of sprigs. Although a gun tip uses less steel and takes less time, it can cost 500 cents, and it also bears the risk of prohibited products, so it can also cost a consistent amount."

"Let's do this, I'll call Brother Wu Song to make the decision. Eight hundred folks are a good deal. Brother Li will set some defense. I just set five hundred." Hu Chengdao.
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