"Brother Ping, your laws actually protect even this kind of gangster!"
Along the way, Tang Ping explained to Lao Cui some relevant laws and regulations of this era, which made Lao Cui marvel: "You also know that in the Tang Dynasty, it would be easy for such a thief to be beaten to half death if caught. The government doesn’t care.”
"There are also those kind of kidnappers who kidnap children. Even if they are beaten to death, the government will not say a word!"
Tang Ping didn't know how to respond to this. The current law is definitely better than that of Datang, but it may also be that the deterrence of certain crimes in some aspects is not as strong as that of Datang.
But this is not something he can explain clearly!
"Brother Ping, where are we going? Didn't you say you brought me here to buy good things today?"
"Don't worry, it's right here!"
Tang Ping took Lao Cui to a factory area. After registering, he waited at the entrance of the factory.
"You are Mr. Tang Pingtang, right?"
"Hello, this is me, are you Manager Lu?"
"Exactly, exactly!" Manager Lu shook hands with Tang Ping: "Just in time, our factory has received a batch of new goods. Mr. Tang can come with me to have a look."
Lao Cui followed behind. I wonder if there are any good things here that Tang Ping mentioned. Just look at the iron ingots facing each other everywhere.
As soon as he entered a workshop, his eyes lit up.
Manager Lu didn't care about Lao Cui at first. Looking at him like that, he thought he was Tang Ping's driver or assistant.
He picked up a steel bar from a machine in the workshop and said, "Mr. Tang, look, this is a V3N super-hard white steel knife bar with a hardness of 68-71! Knives made of this steel are extremely hard and wear-resistant. And the toughness is also very good!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Cui took the steel bar from his hand, first bent it hard with his hand, and then when he loosened it, the knife bar bounced back.
Then he went up with another snap of his fingers, and a clear sound was like a dragon's roar, which was intoxicating.
"Good steel, this is really good steel!" Lao Cui had seen such good steel, and he immediately praised it, making Tang Ping on the side look helpless.
He brought Lao Cui here today because he actually wanted to see if he could buy a batch of good steel from here and send it to Datang.
In the age of cold weapons, in addition to comparing military strength, it is not just about comparing weapons and armor.
He thought that if he could slowly bring in some good steel and find a way to sell it to the Tang Dynasty, he could slowly increase the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
After all, the Tang Dynasty is located in a land of four wars. This locust plague has shown that the surrounding countries are watching with eager eyes, and war will come sooner or later.
As it is said in a movie, we are fighting today so that our descendants will no longer fight.
Since war is inevitable, Tang Ping, who is on the side of Datang, naturally hopes that Datang can win more decisively and with fewer casualties.
In fact, Tang Ping also fantasized about buying a batch of weapons that could "BIA! BIA! BIA!".
But as everyone knows about the domestic environment, if you want to buy something whose joules exceed the standard, it will be too punishing.
What's more, a good citizen like Tang Ping couldn't find that way. There was a plot in the novel he read about going overseas to find mercenaries and the like to buy weapons, but in Tang Ping's opinion, it was all nonsense. light.
So he had a try and checked to see if he could buy good steel for making knives.
As a result, I checked and found that not only do they exist, but there are many. They are available on online shopping platforms such as AmaoAgou. As long as they are unsharpened knife blades, you can buy them casually.
And there happened to be a knife blade processing factory on the outskirts of the city, so he contacted it in advance and came over today.
It's just that Lao Cui's current face has undoubtedly affected his bargaining plan.
Sure enough, when Manager Lu saw Lao Cui's appearance, he was filled with joy and said, "Oh, I'm blind. I'm sorry for my blindness. I didn't expect this big brother to be an expert!"
Then he praised his own steel bars and Lao Cui.
Lao Cui refused to let go of the steel bar. He didn't think too much. Didn't Tang Ping say that he would bring him to see the good things at first? Now that he had seen the good things, how could he throw them away?
No matter what, he still regards himself as a veteran and a warrior in his heart, and for them, the sword is undoubtedly their second life.
Of course, it’s not that there was no good steel and good swords in ancient times. After all, it often appeared in unofficial biographies, but where would such good steel be used by big-headed soldiers like them?
"Manager Lu, besides this, are there any cheaper ones?"
Of course Tang Ping could afford to buy a few of this V3N super-hard white steel, but if the quantity was large, it would be a big expense.
Although he currently has six figures in his card, it is definitely not enough to buy a large amount of steel.
"There are cheaper ones, like this one!" Manager Lu brought over another steel bar.
"65Mn is what everyone usually calls spring steel. This material is used for knives. It has good toughness, a sharp opening, and a quenching hardness of over 60 degrees. The disadvantage is that it tends to rust and requires regular maintenance, and the glossier the surface, the better."
Lao Cui took it and measured it using his own method. He nodded and praised again: "It's also good steel!"
As for the shortcomings that Manager Lu mentioned, can they be called shortcomings?
Which soldier would not want to maintain a knife like this? Not to mention others, if you give Lao Cui and Lao Du a piece of steel like this, they can clean it three times a day and work harder than eating.
"Manager Lu, wait a moment, let's discuss it!" Tang Ping first smiled apologetically at Manager Lu, and then pulled Lao Cui aside.
"Looking at you like this, is it okay to take these steel bars back to forge knives?"
"No, there's no problem at all." Lao Cui was still holding a steel bar in one hand at this time: "Look at this white steel bar. It can be used as a short knife, which is the horizontal knife we usually use. The blade length is only two feet and four inches! Or as the tip of a spear, it only needs eight inches!"
After speaking, he picked up the steel bar in the other hand: "This spring steel can be used as a mo knife. The blade is three feet and eight inches long!"
"Okay!" Now that experts like Lao Cui have said it, Tang Ping no longer has any doubts. He called Manager Lu and said, "I'll buy a batch of these two first. Are they all in stock?"
"Yes, of course!" Manager Lu didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward and nodded quickly: "Mr. Tang can pay at any time and we can ship the goods at any time."
"This one counts you at 18,000 per ton, and this kind counts at 14,000 per ton!"
Lao Cui on the other side was stunned after hearing this. Recently, he would listen to Tang Ping's math lessons for the children in the village in the morning when he had nothing to do. He had learned the basic multiplication and division.
If the calculation is correct, the expensive one is 18,000 yuan per ton, and one ton is 2,000 kilograms. In other words, one kilogram only costs 9 yuan?
You know, Tang Ping and I went shopping today. The shrimps Tang Ping bought weighed more than sixty pounds per pound.
Now he just wants to ask if he can buy him a few more kilograms of steel bars at a discount if he doesn't eat shrimp.
