Ning Fan stepped forward and lifted the red cloth on the tray, subconsciously took a step back, and a cold sweat broke out on his body.
For some reason, he thought of the words Tu Qiong Dagger Xian. If Chen Kuan intended to harm him, would he have already been tricked by now?
"Your Highness?"
Seeing His Highness's sudden overreaction, Chen Kuan was stunned for a moment and looked at him with some confusion.
"Haha, yes, it is a good sword."
Ning Fan took off the long sword on the tray, with a gleam in his eyes, and picked up a bunch of hair between his two fingers. The sword flashed, and the hair did not bend at all and broke when it touched it.
"Your Highness!"
When Chen Kuan on the side saw this scene, he was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and fell to his knees with a plop.
"If you want to try the sword, you can try it with the villain's hair, but don't hurt yourself!"
"Your Highness has a body of thousands of gold, with golden silk and jade hair, how can you treat him lightly?"
"This villain deserves to die, please punish me, Your Highness!"
Looking at Chen Kuan's frightened expression, Ning Fan also shook his head and smiled bitterly. It is really an evil feudal society!
"Get up and don't kneel down again."
"You are a talent who enjoys special allowances from our engineering bureau. You will not kneel down when you meet this king."
"This sword is very nice."
Ning Fan looked at the sword in his hand with a look of joy on his face. Although this sword was not as good as the artifact Xuanyuan, it could be seen at a glance that it was not made by an ordinary craftsman.
The sword body is completely dark and the tentacles are cold. The most important thing is that there is a word 'Wu' left on the sword body.
This made Ning Fan extremely curious.
"Who forged this sword?"
"Back to Your Highness, this sword... was not made by my iron smelting workshop!"
"oh?"
Ning Fan couldn't help but frown, and Chen Kuan also looked at him with a guilty look, and his voice couldn't help but lower.
"Your Highness, although there are many master blacksmiths in our iron smelting workshop, there is really no one who has forged hundreds of wrought irons."
"This piece of hundred-forged iron is hard to find, so the villain took it upon himself to ask a master swordsmith to forge this sword."
"What's the name of this master swordsmith?"
"This person is called Wu Laogui by the world. His real name has not been known, but he is very famous in Huainan. Many masters of the world even went there in person to ask for a sword."
"The villain once helped him find a strange stone, and he has some friendship with him, so he agreed to take action!"
After hearing Chen Kuan's explanation, Ning Fan asked doubtfully: "Since you know such a genius, why don't you introduce him to our iron smelting workshop?"
Hearing this, Chen Kuan looked at Ning Fan and smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, you don't know that Old Ghost Wu has a bad temper, is withdrawn, and is not confused by the world. He just stays in his old shop and doesn't go anywhere."
"Over the years, many Li people have sneaked into our land in Huainan just to invite Mr. Wu to go to Li country to forge swords."
"But despite their threats and inducements, Old Ghost Wu remained unmoved at all."
"so……"
A look of embarrassment appeared on Chen Kuan's face, and Ning Fan smiled: "Such a person can be called a personality."
"Where is this person now?"
"When you return to your highness, you will live in the west of the city."
"Come on, take me to see you."
"yes!"
Ning Fan took the three arrows on the tray, glanced at them for a few times, and said softly: "How powerful is this armor-piercing arrow?"
"Back to Your Highness, armor-piercing arrows, as the name suggests, ordinary arrows can penetrate leather armor, but this armor-piercing arrow, even if fired by ordinary soldiers, can easily pierce iron armor."
"Extraordinary power!"
"good!"
"This time your iron smelting workshop has made great achievements. After you return, go to the Commerce Bureau to receive a hundred taels of gold as a reward and distribute it to the craftsmen."
"promise!"
After Chen Kuan nodded, Ning Fan ordered people to prepare the carriage and prepare to find the old ghost Wu.
"Master, Goulan or a restaurant?"
"Get down to business!"
Hearing Ning Fan's words, Lin Yong's expression instantly returned to seriousness. Since he said it was to do business, it must be something serious, so he did it without compromise.
Chen Kuan rode a tall horse and Lin Yong drove a carriage, walking all the way to the west of the city.
Nowadays, the entire Lingzhou City is still in a period of great change. Ning Fan has formulated a detailed planning document, including urban construction, transportation, drainage, flood control, etc., and has a set of extremely detailed design plans.
Only half a year has passed, and innovation is still in progress. After Lingzhou City is completed, Huainan will rise.
The carriages walked on the wide streets. Now the main roads in Lingzhou City have been paved with flat bluestones. With horseshoes, the horses will not be much damaged.
After walking for about a while, the carriage stopped smoothly in front of a shop. Ning Fan did not get out of the car in a hurry. After opening the window, he glanced and saw a plainclothes man nodded, and then walked out slowly. car.
"Wu Family Weapons Shop!"
Ning Fan couldn't help but frown when he saw the sign on the shop. Selling weapons was strictly prohibited in Lingzhou City. Not to mention blatantly opening a shop, even if it was sold secretly, if the government found out, he would still be jailed. .
Chen Kuan on the side seemed to have noticed Ning Fan's doubts and said softly: "Your Highness, the Wu family weapons shop has existed in Lingzhou City for more than ten years. Now Mr. Wu only makes swords and does not sell them to the outside world."
"This plaque was also passed down from his father. Although the shop is here, it has been closed long ago."
After hearing Chen Kuan's explanation, Ning Fan didn't speak, but stepped forward to knock on the door. Not long after, he saw a slovenly bearded man walking to the door carrying a hammer.
"Who are you?"
"Old Wu, this is..."
Chen Kuan on the side was about to step forward to introduce, but he heard Ning Fan say with a smile: "It doesn't matter who I am, it's just that you have violated the criminal law by blatantly hanging the sign of the weapons store in Lingzhou City!"
After hearing Ning Fan's words, Old Ghost Wu's face darkened and he said calmly: "This matter has nothing to do with you."
"Then what if the relevant person comes?"
"Afraid of what he will do, there is someone above Wu!"
"Forehead!"
Ning Fan was immediately blocked by Wu Laogui's words, and suddenly felt a dark streak in his head: "Even if you are the brother-in-law of Lingzhou Prefecture, the government will still investigate and deal with you."
"Then let him come!"
Seeing Old Ghost Wu's arrogant face, Chen Kuan on the side almost burst into tears. He quickly stepped forward and said, "Old Wu, don't be rude to noble people."
"Noble?"
After hearing Chen Kuan's words, Wu Laogui glanced at Ning Fan and said calmly: "Your Excellency, you are not here to entertain me, are you?"
"of course not!"
"Go in and talk?"
Ning Fan pointed at the shop, Wu Laogui nodded and put his hands down from the door. Chen Kuan pushed the two doors open and invited Ning Fan in.
Lin Yong stared blankly at the big characters on the door plaque, his brows furrowed.
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