"Qingshan, you're back!" The gate of Tengjiazhuang opened, and the guards greeted warmly.
Teng Qingshan, who was holding two pheasants in his hands, also smiled and said: "Well, I'm back, Uncle Fang, we really got some prey today, and you can have something to eat tonight." The main purpose of going into the mountain this time is to fetch water , Of course, on the way here and there, I saw prey and killed some by the way. The Zhuangnai family can get almost a catty of meat.
"Huh?" Teng Qingshan frowned as soon as he entered the training ground.
On the ground, you can still see the sunken ruts. This martial arts training ground has been trampled on all the year round, and it is very hard. It can press the training ground out of the ruts, and the weight of the car can be imagined. Teng Qingshan turned his head and asked a young man next to him: "Third son, who is in the village today?"
The boy said: "Brother Qingshan, just now, there was a team of nearly a hundred people escorting a large truck with one or two horses. Now those people have all gone to the weapon shop."
As soon as he heard it, Teng Qingshan guessed it in his heart. I'm afraid that team is the team that escorted and refined the ore materials for 182 Bihan Swords.
"Brother, brother!" A crisp voice sounded.
Teng Qingshan turned his head and saw that it was his mother and younger sister Qingyu. Now Qingyu was running happily, so she ran over and hugged Teng Qingshan, then stared at the pheasant in Teng Qingshan's hand with wide eyes: "Brother , I ate chicken today. Two of them!"
"Mother, you take this pheasant back, I'll go to dad's place to have a look." Teng Qingshan handed the two pheasants to his mother Yuan Lan.
"Okay, your father will have a hard time in the days ahead, and he needs to eat more to nourish his body." Yuan Lan took the two pheasants.
The distribution of food in the clan is based on the contribution of each family. Of course, even the least contributor will have the minimum amount of meat. And like Teng Qingshan's family, Teng Yongfan is the number one blacksmith in the clan, and his son Teng Qingshan is now the number one master in the clan and the leader of the hunter team.
Naturally, there would be more food distributed, and these two pheasants were the ones that Teng Qingshan was going to take home directly after the distribution.
"Brother, I'll go play with you too." Qingyu hugged Teng Qingshan's hand.
The mother beside her, Yuan Lan, said with a smile: "Qingshan, you can take your sister to your father's place to play, but wait a while, you come back to have lunch together." Teng Qingshan responded, and took his sister's little hand, and Teng Qinghu and Teng Qinghao walked towards their father's weapon shop together.
"Brother Qinghu, Brother Qinghao." Teng Qingshan was walking on the way, and he saw a car and a large number of people at the door of the armory from a long distance away, so he said, "You just take a detour, enter through the back door of the armory, and put the water tank in place. Just send it in."
"Understood." Although it is okay for outsiders to see the water tank, Teng Qinghu and Teng Qinghao still know it, and it is best to keep it as secret as possible.
*****
The weapon shop was very lively at this time, many apprentices of the weapon shop were carrying various materials, and four people were sitting at the wooden table in the corner of the large courtyard of the weapon shop, namely Teng Yongfan, Teng Yunlong and two others. a stranger. One is tall and strong, seemingly mighty. And the other one has a big belly and is very fat. This big fat man is still wearing a yellow fox fur, and the golden ring on his thumb is shining.
"Qingshan, you're here." Teng Yunlong, who was sitting in the middle of the weapon shop courtyard, greeted with a smile.
However, Qing Yu yelled crisply: "Father, Grandpa." At the same time, he even ran towards that place.
"Yongfan, is this your daughter? She's really cute." The fat man said cheerfully.
Teng Yongfan nodded with a smile, and at the same time stretched out his hand to hug Qingyu on his lap. And the fat man continued: "Old patriarch Teng, Yongfan, we have been in business for not one or two years, and you should know that the price I will give you is definitely not high. Thirteen thousand taels of silver! I The zeroes are all removed."
"Li Er." Teng Yunlong said with a smile, "We are all old friends. I, Teng Yunlong, never lie. What's more, you should also understand. Could it be ordinary people who can entrust us with such a big deal? Those people You must have come to my Tengjiazhuang personally to lower the price. Our Tengjiazhuang has no choice but to accept it. Your price should be lowered a little, so that we can make a little money."
The fat man thought for a while.
"Okay." The big fat man slapped the table with his right hand wearing a gold wrench, and said boldly, "For the sake of our friends for so many years, I also understand your difficulties, so don't talk nonsense, 12,500 taels Silver. This is the lowest, not even a copper coin."
Teng Yunlong and Teng Yongfan looked at each other.
"Okay." Teng Yunlong nodded.
"I'll ask someone to take the silver!" Teng Yunlong smiled and nodded with Teng Yongfan next to him, and Teng Yongfan got up to get the silver himself.
Teng Qingshan glanced at the strong man sitting next to the big fat man: "This man has sharp eyes and strong muscles and bones. He is a good master. However, compared with the leader of the cavalry team who came yesterday, he is far behind. It's gone." At this moment, Teng Yongfan came over with a box in his arms.
"Peng!" The box fell to the ground.
"Li Er, there are 4,500 taels of silver in there! Here is an 8,000 taels of silver note!" Teng Yunlong handed out the silver note as he said.
"A bank note?" The fat man named Li Er's complexion changed slightly, his brows frowned, he glanced at the bank note, and saw the big seal of the word "Yangyan" on the bank note, his face looked a little better, "Old Patriarch Teng , For the eight thousand taels of silver bill, if I go to the Yangzhou bank to get the silver, I will have to pay eighty taels of money."
To mention one hundred and one, this is the fee rate charged by Yangzhou Bank.
Teng Yunlong smiled wryly and said, "Li Er, how can we usually have banknotes in Tengjiazhuang? It's not the person who placed the order. They only gave the 8,000 taels of silver notes. I'm still worried that the other party won't pay the balance at that time." .Hey, who told us Xiaozhuangzi to be easy to bully. Li Er, just take it easy."
Fatty Li Er stood up and sighed: "Forget it, I don't care about it, we do business, and we have to deposit money into the bank, so forget it. Well, is it clear?"
"It's four thousand five hundred taels." The strong man who opened the box and counted the silver nodded and said.
"That's good!" Fatty Li Er took a look at Teng Yunlong, "Old Patriarch Teng, Brother Yongfan, then our deal will be considered. I'll just go ahead."
Teng Yunlong immediately got up and went to see the group of people off.
After the group of people left, the weapons shop was immediately quieter. Teng Qingshan looked at his father Teng Yongfan: "Father, is this business a loss?"
"If you can get the final payment, it won't be a disadvantage." Teng Yongfan said, "One hundred and eighty-two Bihan knives, worth 18,200 taels of silver, our cost, just all kinds of materials, what we buy now costs a lot." 12,500 taels of silver, plus some other special materials in the village, the cost is nearly 2,000 taels of silver. Plus the water of Bihantan! There are also labor costs."
Teng Qingshan nodded.
The cost of materials alone is 14,500 taels of silver. The water in Bihantan is worthless to Tengjiazhuang, but it is a priceless treasure for those who don't know where Bihantan is. There are also Teng Yongfan and Teng Yunlong who will continue to work hard for more than a month.
This business, getting the final payment, can only be regarded as a small profit.
"Those salt merchants, although they are rich and powerful, they are very stingy when they start their business. Otherwise, why would they come to us to order in person?" Teng Yongfan sneered.
"Is it possible that I won't get the final payment?" Teng Qingshan frowned.
Teng Yongfan thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Although I am also a little worried, but... probably not, one is that the other party is a salt merchant in Yangzhou, and their status is different, so it may not be worth our money. Second, with the other party's force, there is no need Play tricks with us, directly threaten us to refine weapons, and kill if we don't refine them. Isn't this more straightforward?"
Teng Qingshan nodded.
What his father said was not unreasonable, but the other party had an absolute advantage, and Teng Jiazhuang was still worried that the other party would cheat.
"Qingshan, from today until the Bihan knife is fully refined, I will stay in this weapon shop every night. Help your mother with the family affairs. Qingyu is not sensible yet, and your mother has to do it again." It's very tiring to take Qingyu with me on the matter." Teng Yongfan entrusted.
Teng Qingshan nodded.
Little sister Qingyu is only a six-year-old child after all, and it's not like she has past life memories, so it's normal to be mischievous and ignorant.
*****
In the following days, father Teng Yongfan and patriarch Teng Yunlong almost completely lived in the weapon shop, sometimes they were so busy that they didn't have time to go home for dinner. I can only ask my family to deliver food.
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In a blink of an eye, there are only five days left until the New Year Festival.
"Qingshan, the patriarch asked you to go to the weapon shop." Teng Qingshan led the hunting team back, and the clan immediately informed the news.
"Understood." Teng Qingshan handed the prey to Teng Qinghu, "Qinghu, share this prey with you." Saying that, Teng Qingshan ran towards the armory with the iron gun in hand. On the way, from a long distance away, I heard the sound of 'clinking' iron hammers over the weapon shop.
Step into the armory.
"Qingshan is here." Many clansmen who were apprentices greeted with a smile.
Teng Qingshan noticed that his father, Teng Yongfan, was swinging a hammer with his chest bare.
"Qingshan, come here." Sitting in the courtyard, Teng Yunlong was panting with only a robe on his body and his face was covered with sweat. When he saw Teng Qingshan coming, he laughed at himself, "I'm still old, and I'm only half a year old now." I will be exhausted by the hour. I still have to rely on your father."
Teng Qingshan sat down with a smile: "Grandpa, the average young guy in the clan doesn't have enough arm strength to forge the Bihan Saber, you are very powerful."
This made Teng Yunlong laugh: "You, you can speak nicely. By the way, Qingshan, I came to you today to tell you! These 182 Bihan knives are estimated to be successfully forged by the end of the night. Tomorrow is the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month. It’s a good day for traveling! Your hunter team will pretend to sell wild animal furs in the city and send 182 Bihan knives into the city. Your father will also go with you .”