Poor Family Chapter 440

  Chapter 440 Famous Bow Veteran

   Coming out of Liang Shicheng's residence, Li Yanqing got into the ox cart directly, and the driver asked, "Are the officials going back to Hongqiao?"

   "Don't go back to Hongqiao, just walk around in the city!"

Li Yanqing's mood was a bit confused. He finally knew his position as an official. He was still serving as a censor, but he was transferred from the palace courtyard to the Taiyuan, and from the seventh rank to the sixth rank. We will know tomorrow.

He doesn't know whether he should be happy or disappointed. Once he becomes a civil servant, it means that he will no longer lead the army in the next few years, and he will gradually lose the contacts accumulated in the army in the past two years. There will be losses.

Li Yanqing couldn't help sighing. In fact, the best plan is that he has been following the way of being a teacher and accumulating seniority in the Northwest Army. There is a chance to change the history of Jingkang.

  But things backfired, Zhong Shidao made a comeback with great difficulty, had the opportunity to return to the Northwest, but his future was ruined by the prince's secret letter incident, Zhong Shidao was demoted again, and Li Yanqing's plan was shattered.

Now he applied to stay in the court, although he told his father and Liang Shicheng that he wanted to accumulate official connections, but in fact he wanted to stay in the court to bet that no matter whether the crown prince ascended the throne or the king of Yun, it would change his fate once Opportunities depend on whether he can seize this last chance, perhaps the giant ship of history will change its original course under his own impetus.

At this time, the carriage stopped, and Li Yanqing's train of thought was pulled back. He lifted the curtain and looked out. It was already drizzling outside, and the ox cart had already arrived at Yujie, and the ox cart in front was slowing down. Turn around slowly, blocking the way.

  Li Yanqing saw that the shop opposite was actually a Lianggong sword shop, he immediately became interested, and quickly said to the driver: "I want to get off!"

  Li Yanqing got out of the bullock cart, and said to the driver: "Go and wait for me at the gate of Baoyan Zhai, I will come later."

Li Yanqing took a few quick steps, and walked to the Lianggong sword shop dozens of steps away. When he first arrived in Bianjing, he bought a good leopard head bow in this Lianggong sword shop, but it was destroyed in Xixia. During the battle, he never had a bow and arrow in hand.

  Bronze bows and iron arrows are more of a symbolic meaning. It can be used occasionally a few times, but it is unrealistic as a daily bow and arrow. He remembered that there was an eagle-headed bow at the time, so he wondered if it was still there?

Walking into the shop, the shop is still deserted as usual, three young men who look like college students are choosing swords in front of the counter, the shopkeeper is still the fat shopkeeper last time, but it seems that he no longer remembers Li Yanqing, he handed over the business to To the buddy, he quickly greeted him, "Whatever this official wants to buy, the small shop basically has everything you need."

  Li Yanqing looked at the bows and arrows hanging on the wall, the shopkeeper said with a smile: "Is the official interested in bows and arrows?"

   "I bought a bow here a few years ago, do you remember the shopkeeper?"

  The fat shopkeeper hesitated, "I see the official looks familiar, but I really don't remember it."

   "At that time I bought a leopard head bow, the shopkeeper still has an impression!"

  The fat shopkeeper suddenly realized, pointed at Li Yanqing and said, "You are. You are Li Tanhua."

  The word 'Li Tanhua' immediately attracted the eyes of the three scholars next to him. They looked at Li Yanqing curiously and discussed something quietly.

  Li Yanqing smiled and said: "The shopkeeper remembered."

   "Hey! Seeing that my memory was eaten by a dog, I didn't recognize Li Tanhua. I went to cheer for Li Tanhua in the horse bow competition, but now I have forgotten my appearance."

   "Also because it's been a few years."

  The fat shopkeeper asked excitedly: "How is it? Is the leopard head bow still in use?"

  Li Yanqing smiled wryly and said: "The Western Xia war was accidentally destroyed by the fire, and now I don't have a convenient bow in my hand."

   "This is no problem, I remember Li Tanhua using two stone bows!"

   "Exactly!"

"plz follow me."

  Li Yanqing glanced at the three imperial students, then followed the fat shopkeeper to the inner shop.

"I'm sorry to say something first. When Li Tanhua came here for the first time, I didn't know your details. I dare not take out some things easily. Every store has its own rules, especially when it comes to sensitive weapons. Our store The good products here are only sold to regular customers introduced by the owner, the young owner once told me that if Li Tanhua comes again, he can be counted as a regular customer, in short, Li Tanhua is already on our list of regular customers."

  Li Yanqing nodded, he said that the business is so deserted, how can it be maintained until now, this armory really has a different world, it actually implements membership system.

  The shopkeeper led him to a rather quaint hall. There were also various weapons displayed in this hall, but the number was much smaller than that in the store outside, and only a few weapons were hung symbolically.

  "Our weapons are generally not taken out. With the Cao family in charge, the court will not intervene, but even for old customers, we have some rules."

   "Please tell me, shopkeeper, I'm all ears!"

"First, customers can't ask about the origin of the weapons, and we won't tell them, but we can introduce the quality of the craftsmen and the weapons in detail; second, we don't bargain here, we always quote a price. It is recommended not to open the box; third, after the weapons leave the store, we will not recognize them, nor accept returns. You can't bring anyone who knows the goods, fifth, this store only accepts gold and silver, not coins or copper coins, these are the five points, if Li Tanhua can accept it, please sign here.”

  The shopkeeper handed a thick autograph book to Li Yanqing, and directly overturned Li Yanqing's page. Li Yanqing picked up a pen and signed his name on the autograph book.

  The shopkeeper put away the roster and said with a smile: "The villain's surname is Hu. If Li officials only want bows and arrows, I can take a few good two-stone bows for the officials to choose from. It is guaranteed to be much better than the leopard head bow last time."

  Li Yanqing remembered that the last time the leopard head bow was bought for a hundred taels of silver, but he didn't know the price of a really good bow?

   Not long after, the shopkeeper brought three large boxes full of dust, and he blew off the dust on them. They were all camphorwood boxes, which could prevent moths.

"These three two-stone bows are all made by famous craftsmen. The first bow is called Zhuifeng, and the price is 1,800 taels of silver. It was made by Jingzhao famous craftsman Wei Qing thirty years ago, and it was his masterpiece in his heyday; the second bow It is called Polu, and it is also Wei Qing's famous work. It was the last bow he made eighteen years ago, and the price was 2,500 taels of silver. Xiaoyu's handed down work is priced at 3,800 taels of silver, which is the second highest price for bows in this shop, officials can open the box according to their own financial resources."

The key reason why Lianggong Arms Shop has a long-standing reputation in the Song Dynasty is that it has its own rules. No matter who it is, no one can break these five rules. The shopkeeper briefly introduced the three bows and quoted prices. Open the box.

  Of course, after opening the box, if you feel dissatisfied, you don't have to buy it, and you will not force the buyer, but the premise is that the buyer must have financial resources and sincerity, otherwise there will be no next time.

Li Yanqing is the young proprietor of Baoyanzhai, of course he has enough financial resources, so he opened all three boxes without hesitation, and three exquisite bows appeared in front of his eyes. It can only be regarded as the top grade among the high-end products, but now, every one he sees is unique and top-quality.

  Li Yanqing picked up the first Wind Chasing Bow. The back of the bow was wrapped with crocodile skin.

He put down Chasing Wind and picked up the Polu again. The texture of the bow was the same as the previous one, but it was more primitive and concise, reserved and restrained. There was a feeling of returning to the basics, but Li Yanqing only felt it from the feel of the shooter. Although Chasing Wind is cheap, But it is more friendly than Polu, and it is a real bow for killing enemies, while Polu bow is more of a collectible.

  As for the third archery bow, it is impeccable, every workmanship is perfect, and it is a rare work at first glance. It can only be used as a collection, and cannot be used for daily archery.

   "I don't know which bow the officials are more interested in. If you still want the bow from last time, there is also an eagle head bow in the shop."

  Li Yanqing saw a really good bow today, he is no longer interested in the eagle head bow, he thought for a while and said: "I think chasing the wind is more practical."

   "Don't Li Tanhua like Shekun?" A hearty laugh suddenly came from behind.

  Li Yanqing turned his head, and saw three people walking behind him, and two older men walking in front, Li Yanqing knew one of them, Gao Shen, but he didn't know the other old man in brocade robe.

  The shopkeeper was taken aback, and hurried forward, "See my old boss!"

   Li Yanqing suddenly knew who this brocade-robed old man was. Zhong Shidao told him that it must be Cao Ping, the old head of the Cao family, named Yuan Jun, Cao Sheng's father.

  Li Yanqing hastily stepped forward to salute, "See the two generals for humble positions!"

  Gao Shen has come out of the shadow of being dismissed, and has returned to his previous cheerfulness. He pointed at Li Yanqing and asked with a smile, "Brother Cao, what do you think of this son?"

Cao Ping looked at Li Yanqing, and said with a faint smile: "I have seen a lot of young heroes, but there are not many who are really down-to-earth. Li Tanhua chose to pursue the wind instead of Shekun, which shows that he is a pragmatic person, and he is worthy of the title. The old-fashioned successor."

   "Thank you, old general, for your kindness."

  Cao Ping smiled slightly, "It's the first time we meet, I will give you this wind-chasing bow."

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  (end of this chapter)

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