My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

It was probably a blacksmith shop that I entered at the end of the morning hour.

When Bai Shaoqiu came out of the blacksmith shop... it was already dusk!

He spent most of the day in this blacksmith shop!

It wasn't about explaining to Wang Sanchui the weird thing he had drawn, but he wanted to see with his own eyes how Wang Sanchui could hammer out qualified materials.

His requirements were simple, just two:

Extremely high toughness!

The lightest weight!

Wang Sanchui probably did not allow anyone to question his craftsmanship, so he just thought for a moment and started smelting again.

This time Bai Shaoqiu was shocked!

Wang Sanchui’s smelting method is actually the steel pouring method!

Perhaps because of the thousand taels of silver that Bai Shaoqiu placed in front of him, he seemed to have brought out all his best skills.

However, the materials produced by this method still cannot meet Bai Shaoqiu's requirements.

This made Wang Sanchui look at the banknote with despair.

What can Bai Shaoqiu do?

He taught Wang San the forging method of tempering steel with a hundred hammers!

Wang Sanchui signed a contract with him that was almost like selling himself.

When a piece of steel was forged under Wang Sanchui's countless hammerings, and when Wang Sanchui shaped this material into a dagger about a foot long according to Bai Shaoqiu's requirements, and when he saw with his own eyes how sharp and tough this dagger was, cutting through iron like mud...

When he looked at Bai Shaoqiu again, his eyes were filled with admiration!

"Sir...what's your surname?"

"Bai Shaoqiu!"

Wang Sanchui was stunned. "Master Bai, the leader of the Zhuxi Literary Society?"

"Exactly!"

Wang Sanchui bowed and said, "Master Bai, you are amazing!"

"You're not bad, let's use this method to create everything on these drawings."

Bai Shaoqiu's original plan was to find a few more blacksmith shops to make these parts separately, but now he has changed his mind because Wang Dachui signed a contract to sell himself.

But he was still careful and took out the drawings of several key components.

After handing the stack of drawings to Wang Sanchui, he asked:

"You really need money?"

"Well... to be honest, Mr. Bai, my wife has been ill for a long time, and business in this shop hasn't been very good. I've borrowed a lot of money over the years... The repayment deadline has come, and the interest is compounded... I have a lot to pay back."

Wang Dachui was not good at speaking. He did not say how much he would pay back, nor did he say a word of gratitude to Bai Shaoqiu.

He flipped through the stack of drawings, and the two thick eyebrows on his dark face suddenly frowned.

The objects in the drawings have strange structures, and it is extremely difficult to create them perfectly!

But after he finished looking at all the drawings, his eyes suddenly lit up again——

Based on his rich experience and the drawing, this is a bow!

A strange bow he had never seen before!

But because the drawings were incomplete, he had no idea what the bow would look like when assembled.

He didn't ask either.

I was just wondering where this Mr. Bai, who became famous overnight, got the drawings with such high requirements.

"According to your request, my blacksmith shop will be closed from now on."

"Don't worry, sir. I will definitely create these items, but... I'm afraid it will take quite a while."

Bai Shaoqiu nodded, "How much silver do you need to pay off your debt?"

"...One thousand six hundred taels."

"I'll give you three thousand taels to pay off your debts, treat your wife's illness, and buy materials. Come back to me when you're done."

"These drawings must be kept secret. No one else can know about them except you."

"Thank you, Master Bai. I understand."

"Okay, I'll come over anytime and make a scabbard for this dagger. I'll take it away."

……

……

Bai Shaoqiu was in a happy mood as he left the blacksmith shop in the setting sun.

He didn't expect to meet a blacksmith who had extraordinary skills but was in poverty during his trip to the West Market.

This Wang Sanchui is something.

Not only did he forge iron, he even proposed some suggestions for improving the forging of this bow!

This guy didn't say where he came from, but it looked like his background wasn't simple.

Because the most that ordinary blacksmiths can do is to make knives and forks used by hunters, but Wang Sanchui knows how to forge standard weapons in the army.

This saved Bai Shaoqiu a lot of trouble and worry.

Although he spent three thousand taels of silver, it was worth it.

Walking on the way to Qianweilou, many pedestrians in the streets recognized Bai Shaoqiu. They stopped and watched, but this time no one was angry and accused him.

Maybe it was because Dongfang Meng, who was beside Bai Shaoqiu, was so powerful.

Or maybe it was because of what Bai Shaoqiu said in front of Jubao Money House today that spread.

We are all victims, why hurt each other anymore!

Some people even looked at Bai Shaoqiu with sympathy in their eyes——

He lost too!

The money he lost was borrowed from the palace!

A son-in-law, although he won the first place in the imperial examination, cannot go out to make a living and earn money to pay off his debts... I hope the palace will not make things difficult for him because of his victory.

Bai Shaoqiu walked along with Dongfang Meng without looking around.

They came to Luohua Alley.

Going east through Luohua Alley is the bustling Yuping Street in Xiling City.

Qianweilou is located on Yuping Street.

The former Bai Mansion was located in Luohua Alley.

This was the first time Bai Shaoqiu walked into Luohua Alley!

Some memories naturally emerged in my mind.

So he raised his head and looked towards the Bai Mansion in the distance.

I once asked Ge Sanjie who bought the Bai Mansion. Bai Shaoqiu planned to buy it back after making some money.

But Ge Sanjie didn't know either. He said, "It is said that someone from Kyoto bought it."

People from Kyoto came to this remote Xiling City to buy such a house...but they haven't lived in it since they bought it!

What does this mean?

When Bai Shaoqiu and Dongfang Meng arrived outside the house, the vermilion door suddenly opened.

Bai Shaoqiu stopped and was stunned, wondering if the person from Kyoto lives here?

An old man dressed in black came out of the door.

The old man stood in front of the door and looked at Bai Shaoqiu!

His gaze stayed on Bai Shaoqiu's face for three breaths, and then he looked at Dongfang Meng, who was tall and mighty beside Bai Shaoqiu.

He withdrew his gaze and walked down the stairs.

Bai Shaoqiu suddenly narrowed his eyes.

The old man in black had a round mirror the size of a copper coin on his waist. The afterglow of the setting sun fell on his body, and the round mirror reflected a ray of light, which was a bit dazzling.

The old man in black stood at the bottom of the stairs, and a handsome young man in his twenties, wearing a long gown with cloud patterns and holding a folding fan, walked out of the door.

The young man seemed to have not expected to meet Bai Shaoqiu here. He was slightly stunned, raised the corner of his mouth, and walked towards Bai Shaoqiu waving his folding fan.

At this time, Bai Shaoqiu had turned around and walked away with Dongfang Meng.

The young man was stunned again. He stopped, looked at Bai Shaoqiu's back, shook his fan, pondered for three breaths, and did not ask Bai Shaoqiu to stay.