Yun Chao did not rush to make a choice: "Shopkeeper, how do you sell your crossbow?"
Bows and arrows are very technically demanding and cannot be mastered by ordinary people in a short time.
The shopkeeper told Yun Chao that he had two types of crossbows, the arm-opening crossbow and the crouching-opening crossbow.
Yun Chao was very smart and quickly figured out the difference between the two crossbows.
As the name suggests, an arm-loaded crossbow is a crossbow that is cocked with the arm.
Tengzhang crossbow, also called Tazhang crossbow, is a type of crossbow that uses the foot to step on the bow body, pulls the bow string with the hand, and uses the whole body's strength to string the crossbow machine.
No need to think about it, the crossbow must be powerful, have a long range, and be more powerful.
Of course, the price is also high.
According to the shopkeeper, his step crossbows are all two-stone crossbows, which require a force of two hundred and forty kilograms to pull open, and have a range of at least one hundred steps, or one hundred and fifty meters.
Yun Chao knew that range did not mean effective damage. As the saying goes, a powerful crossbow cannot penetrate Lu Zhen. The shopkeeper said it could shoot 150 meters, but the effective damage was estimated to be only about 100 meters at most.
As for the legendary super crossbow with a range of hundreds of meters or even thousands of meters, I don’t know if there is one. Anyway, Yun Chao didn’t find it in the blacksmith shop.
The shopkeeper's asking price was very high. A crossbow cost over one hundred taels of silver. It was so outrageous!
However, for his own safety, Yun Chao simply risked his life. Money is a bastard. You can still make money if you don't have it!
"Shopkeeper, please give me a crossbow... five."
The shopkeeper spread his hands: "Sorry, there are not that many crossbows. Making them is too cumbersome. It took me five years to make three."
Yun Chao was speechless, he had money but couldn't spend it.
"Forget it, just three, give me two arm-mounted crossbows."
The arm-opening crossbow only has a pulling force of one stone, so it is relatively cheap, priced at fifty taels per piece.
However, compared with the stepped crossbow, the arm-stretched crossbow is not without merit. At the very least, it is easier to string than the stepped crossbow. There is no need to sit on the ground and pedal with both feet, and the firing rate is correspondingly faster.
Yun Chao felt really bad about paying for it and insisted on asking the shopkeeper to give him more crossbow arrows.
The shopkeeper was so troubled that in addition to the twenty crossbow arrows that came with each crossbow, he also gave an extra double as a gift.
The crossbow alone cost Yun Chao four hundred taels of silver, which almost made him feel distressed to death.
The remaining single swords, shields, spears, and crossbows are nothing compared to each other.
"By the way, there are also farm tools. Give me ten more sets!"
Yunchao wants to open up wasteland, and necessary farm tools need to be prepared in advance.
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Yun Chao went to Lao Zhang Ya shop outside the south gate and found Lao Zhang, the tooth man who bought cattle last time.
Lao Zhang also knew Yun Chao and was very happy to see him come to buy cattle again.
In winter, when the cattle and horse market is at its most depressed, there are not many customers as stupid as Yunchao.
During the slack season, if you buy livestock and raise them until spring, you will be wasting feed. Who would do this if you are not a fool?
Yun Chao didn't think so. Although he didn't understand Wu Dynasty's cattle and horse market, he still understood the principle of off-season operations.
This thing is like buying a down jacket in summer. Buying livestock in winter is naturally cheaper than plowing in spring.
In fact, the people of the Wu Dynasty either didn't understand it or couldn't afford it.
Even if you can afford it, feeding it before the busy farming season costs a lot of money is simply unaffordable.
With the experience last time, Yun Chao was very fast this time. In a short time, he picked a five-year-old bullock and spent seven taels of silver.
The so-called bullocks are bulls that have been gelded. This kind of bull has a relatively docile temperament, has no estrus period, and will not fight with other bulls.
After buying cattle and an ox cart, Yun Chao asked Jia Mancang, who was eager to try, to drive the cart.
In the past few days, after training, Yun Chao asked Shi Shi to teach a few boys how to drive a car.
Jia Mancang's skills were average, but he was very serious. He drove the ox cart all the way into the city and there were no accidents until the cross street.
With two bullock carts, Yun Chao would not waste it and rushed back with an empty cart.
Soybeans, seven coins and one stone, come four stones.
Bean sprouts and soybeans are indispensable, so store more to be prepared.
Corn, that is, millet, eight coins of silver and one stone, come two stones.
After a while, land will be opened up, and food consumption is inevitable. Yunchao cannot afford to eat white rice and flour alone, so it is better to mix it with millet.
Well, and mung beans?
How much is a stone?
What, it’s the same as rice and costs one tael of silver?
Forget it, give me a stone too.
With soybean sprouts, mung bean sprouts are also indispensable.
Although mung beans are more expensive than soybeans, they produce more bean sprouts, so they are not at a disadvantage.
After buying food, Yun Chao still wants to buy meat.
This time, when I have money, I don’t just buy pigs, I carry big pig hind legs directly to the car!
Seeing Yun Chao's speed of spending money, the four kings really turned into kings. They were all stunned and couldn't say a word for a long time.
If it were him, and he dared to spend money so unscrupulously, he would be beaten into pieces by his parents!
No wonder people in the village say that Yun Chao is a prodigal. They are absolutely right. This guy is truly a prodigal!
Although no one else was there when Yun Chao bought the crossbow, everyone knew how much money was spent.
What was the weight of the silver he carried when he first came out of the Lion Tower, and what is the weight now. No matter how stupid he is, he still knows how much Yun Chao spent!
Finally, when Yun Chao was about to enter a store again, Shitou couldn't bear it anymore. He pulled his sleeve and said pitifully: "Second brother, don't buy it. If you buy it again, you will lose the money!"
Several other boys finally found a chance to talk, and they all chatted around Yun Chao. They had only one purpose, please stop wasting money!
"Forget it, I don't want to buy it, let's just go home!"
Looking at the pitiful looks in the boys' eyes, Yun Chao also felt that he seemed to be spending a lot of money. He spent more than half of the one thousand taels of silver that had just come out of the oven before he could warm it up. It seemed like he was really a waste of money, huh?
However, before the boys could breathe a sigh of relief, Yun Chao jumped off the donkey's back again when passing by a southern goods shop.
The southern goods shop, no need to ask, must be goods trafficked from the south, Yun Chao was going to go in to see the rare things.
black pepper?
Come on, half a pound!
Jibeib?
Come on, two... no, come on, ten!
"Baby, I finally found you!"
Touching the Jibei cloth in his hand, Yun Chao almost didn't cry.
The so-called Jibei cloth is actually cotton cloth.
The last time Yunchao bought cloth to make clothes, he bought linen but couldn't find cotton.
Once upon a time, Yun Chao was not even interested in taking a look at such low-quality cheesecloth.
It was not until the Wu Dynasty that I realized how happy it was to be able to wear cotton clothes.
"Stones, four seas, full warehouses, Zhiyuan..."
When leaving the city, Yun Chao began to call everyone by name, indicating that what he said next was very important.
"Everyone, please be careful, I feel like something is going to happen!"
