Wulin Tyrant

Chapter 203 Selling Swords at Sky-high Prices
"You just said that any blacksmith shop or weapon spectrum in your Fuso country can forge this steel knife in your hand?" Li Bin was skeptical of the words of this Fuso merchant named Kuki Ichiro. It is difficult, but it is not so easy to master it completely.

Kuki Ichiro was a little unhappy when he heard Li Bin's questioning words. He rolled his eyes and looked at Li Bin carefully, and then said proudly: "That's right. Our Fuso country has a high level of weapon forging, and there are many famous craftsmen. It's not like yours. In Qi State, I have visited all the blacksmiths and weapon shops in all the big towns in the north of Daqi, but I couldn’t find a blacksmith shop or weapon shop that can forge the steel knife in my hand. It’s really disappointing. From this point of view, I am afraid that I will lose the bet with Master Ohara Dajiang."

Li Bin asked with great interest: "What is the gamble that Jiuguisang is talking about? Da Qi is so big, how can we draw such a hasty conclusion until the end?"

Kuki Ichiro sighed and shook his head, with a dejected expression on his face, he said with some regret: "I am a businessman in Fusang who specializes in overseas trade. Once, I was lucky enough to meet Master Ohara Daisaku at the exhibition of Fusang's famous knives. The craftsman is a famous craftsman with countless forging skills in our Fusang country.

All the swords he forged have become the treasures of our Fusang country.The swords that Master Ohara Master had not yet forged were all snapped up by our royal children and famous generals in Fusang at a high price.

Master Ohara once tasted the tea with emotion that it is difficult to improve the forging skills at his level.As a businessman who has been doing overseas trade all the year round, of course I didn't believe it, so I said that Fusang country is too small, and there must be someone in other countries whose forging skills surpass him.

For this reason, Master Ohara will bet against me. If I find a famous craftsman who can match his forging skills within three years, he will give me a famous knife forged by her own hands. If I lose, I will lose him a thousand gold. "

No wonder Ichiro Kuki was so depressed, he lost the bet, and the price was a thousand gold!For a businessman, this is painful.

Li Bin doesn't care whether Kuki Ichiro loses or not. What Li Bin is interested in is that Fusang has such a famous craftsman with such excellent forging skills.Moreover, I learned from Ichiro Kuki that the forging level of the blacksmith shop and weapon shop in Fuso country is very high. This is what makes Li Bin a little worried. The overall level of forging in a country directly determines the level of military equipment in that country in the cold weapon era. This is directly related to the overall combat effectiveness of the national army.

Just like Tubo and Daqi, the overall forging level in Tubo is far inferior to that of Daqi, and there is a lack of good forging materials, so the preparation level of the Tubo army lags far behind that of Daqi's army.

On the battlefield where the two armies confront each other, whichever army has the poorest overall equipment level, the army of which side will shed more blood and suffer more casualties in the war.

The decades of fighting between Daqi and Tubo, and countless battles have well explained the importance of the overall level of forging technology of the army to maintain the combat effectiveness of an army.

Li Bin comforted: "Nine ghosts, don't be discouraged, there is still time, and you will never give up your efforts until the last moment."

Kuki Ichiro said with a wry smile: "I have searched all the forging shops in the capital of the Daqi Kingdom, without exception, and I am discouraged. Even the steel knives forged by the apprentice of Ohara master craftsman are hard to find a match, let alone Ohara Great craftsman. It’s too far off, and your country, Qi, just can’t do it.”

The owner of the weapons shop did not dare to say a word when Kuki Ichiro disparaged Daqi's forging skills. His skills were inferior to others and he had to keep silent to hide his clumsiness.

From the twin swords on his back, Li Bin pulled out a long sword of A quality, forged by himself.Holding a sword flower in front of Ichiro Kuki, he said with a smile: "San Kuki, what do you think of the quality of my sword? Can it catch your eye?"

Kuki Ichiro stared closely at the long sword in Li Bin's hand, with a look of surprise on his face. After a while, Kuki Ichiro calmed down and asked, "What is your name? Which master craftsman did this sword come from?" "

Li Bin said modestly: "Li Bin from Lingnan, this sword is my work when I was learning forging skills. It's not good enough to make Jiu Guisang laugh at me."

Kuki Ichiro praised sincerely: "No, no, Li Sang, you are too modest. In my opinion, Li Sang's sword is absolutely top-notch in terms of forging both the blade and the blade."

Kuki Ichiro looked at Li Bin with begging eyes and begged, "Li Sang, can you let me have a good look at your famous sword?"

Li Bin responded boldly: "Look at it to your heart's content." He handed the sword to Ichiro Kuki.

Holding the sword, Kuki Ichiro checked it carefully repeatedly, touched it while looking at it, and kept nodding in admiration.

Even the blacksmith owner of the armory shop couldn't resist the temptation, so he came forward to observe together. Like Ichiro Kuki, the owner of the armory shop couldn't stop nodding and praised, "Good sword, good sword."

Kuki Ichiro looked at it for a long time, almost drooling, and asked: "Li Sang, please make a price, I bought this sword. I want to bring it to Fusang, so that Dajiang Ohara can take a good look at it." Look, what I said was right."

Kuki Ichiro wanted to buy it, but Li Bin said with a reluctant expression on his face: "Jugui-san, you have seen a lot, and you know that things like famous swords are rare and hard to come by. You can sell them casually. With others?"

Li Bin actually wanted to kill Kuki Ichiro with his sword. Li Bin was very confident: "With my current level of forging skills, as long as I have forging materials, I can completely mass-produce swords of this quality."

Kuki Ichiro really took the bait, seeing that Li Bin's tone was not so firm, and seemed to be showing signs of loosening, he generously asked, "Li Sang, how about I offer 500 gold?"

"No, no." Li Bin shook his head and refused, thinking: "Your gamble is worth a thousand gold, and you can only buy my sword for 500 gold. When you return to Fusang Kingdom, who knows if Jiugui, a businessman, will buy it for 500 gold?" The sword will be sold at a high price. The merchant is worthy of being a merchant, the Nine Ghosts are skilled, they can sell swords while winning the bet, and he can make two big profits in one transaction, so I won’t suffer the loss of the Nine Ghosts.”

Nine ghosts hesitated for a moment, then raised the price once again and said: "Li Sang, I will offer 800 gold."

The joy in Li Bin's heart, seeing the drunkard's eagerness to stop, Li Bin sighed, and said: "Since Jiu Guisang likes my sword so much, so I will reluctantly part with it, and sell it to Jiu Guisang for 2000 gold."

After hearing Li Bin's asking price, Kuki Ichiro was taken aback for a moment, then rolled his eyes several times, gritted his teeth and said, "2000 gold, isn't that too much?"

Seeing Ichiro Kuki's pained expression, Li Bin knew that his price was right, so he deliberately ignored Ichiro Kuki, and Li Bin pretended to turn around and leave.

Seeing that Li Bin was about to leave, Ichiro Kuki was in a hurry, so he stepped forward to stop him and said, "2000 gold! Deal!"

Li Bin smiled inwardly and said, "I see that you have come into the pit dishonestly."

The owner of the weapon shop at the side was dumbfounded when he heard that Li Bin could sell a sword for a sky-high price of 2000 gold.The blacksmith boss thought: "It's really annoying to compare people to each other. I have been forging for most of my life, but the value of all the weapons I have sold is less than one-tenth of the value of Li Bin's sword."

(End of this chapter)