Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 110
[Chapter 110 Gift of Gun]
Lin Xiu doesn’t like people taking advantage of him, but it depends on the person.
He would feel that he was at a loss if he paid Qin Wan a few coins for noodles, because the two of them were not related.
But for the Imperial Concubine, as long as he had something and could give her, he would not be stingy.
Her position in Lin Xiu’s heart was actually like that of a sister.
Although this body was only eighteen years old, Lin Xiu’s soul had spent twenty-six years. The Imperial Concubine was thirty-two years old this year, only six years older than him.
Since Lin Xiu started to remember things, he had never experienced what family affection was. In those years, seeing other people of the same age being loved by their parents and spoiled by their brothers and sisters, he could only secretly envy them.
Compared with the previous life, this life is much happier.
There are parents caring at home, Imperial Concubine loving in the palace, and girls in the academy who like him. If he could marry a girl he really likes, it would be even more perfect. It doesn’t matter if he can’t marry her, he already has so much, and he is content. After
leaving the palace and having a casual meal outside, Lin Xiu came to the martial arts academy.
He should be credited with the first merit for completely annihilating that group of frenzied bandits. Although he failed to kill all of them, he at least killed two of them. The reward for the mission cannot be cheated.
After finding Vice Dean Chen, he gave Lin Xiu a comforting look and said, “Don’t worry, you have made an invaluable contribution to recovering those goods and annihilating those bandits. I am about to ask Instructor Bai to ask you what kind of weapon you want. The academy will make it for you as soon as possible.”
Lin Xiu thought for a moment and said, “I want two long guns.”
Vice Dean Chen said in surprise, “Two?”
Lin Xiu asked, “I want to use two guns occasionally, is that not okay?”
Vice Dean Chen nodded and said, “If it’s just two, that’s fine…”
In principle, he can only specify one weapon, but the mission was successfully completed this time. Lin Xiu’s luck played a big role, and he also had an accident during the mission and almost lost his life. He can set a precedent for him as appropriate.
The melting point of meteorite iron is very high, and ordinary blacksmiths cannot forge it. Even the martial arts academy needs to hire a ground-level master of fire control to forge it.
In the next few days, in addition to practicing, Lin Xiu mainly did two things.
The first thing was to follow up on the forging of two meteorite spears. After all, they were his own weapons. He participated in every process from the initial design of the sample gun to the finished gun. The second thing
was to find Li Baizhang and tell him how to configure perfume.
With high-purity alcohol, the manufacture of perfume is not difficult. The Qin Palace is not short of manpower. If the business matters are handed over to Li Baizhang, Lin Xiu will not have to worry about it.
As for the future profits of the perfume shop, Li Baizhang will take 30%, Lin Xiu will take 30%, the imperial concubine will take 30%, and Xue Ning’er will take 10%.
Lin Xiu thought about it later and decided to pull Xue Ning’er to join.
First, he owed Xue Ning’er too much emotionally, and he would try his best to make up for it.
Second, didn’t she say she wanted to buy a house? If she didn’t make her a little rich woman first, where would she get the money to buy a house.
And if it weren’t for her flying ability last time, Lin Xiu might not be alive until now. At that time, he decided to treat her better in the future.
The name of the shop is called “Ningxiangzhai”, named after Xue Ning’er, who is also the nominal owner of the shop.
The shop is still in preparation, and Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang have already set the price of perfume.
For small bottles of perfume like the one he gave to the imperial concubine, one bottle costs one hundred taels of silver. No bargaining is allowed. You can buy it if you want.
After careful consideration, Lin Xiu decided to let go of ordinary civilians in the royal capital and continue to fleece the powerful and wealthy, because they make money easily.
It’s not easy for ordinary people to make money. Perfume is not a necessity of life. It’s just to make money from the powerful and wealthy. People like Chen Yuanyuan have too much money to spend, so they always have to go somewhere. Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang’s shop pays taxes to the court on time every month, and they are conscientious merchants who pay taxes for the country.
Five days later, Lin Xiu walked out of the martial arts academy.
He held a long spear in each hand.
The bodies of the two guns are silver. After the meteorite is made, it is this color. The two guns are not the same length. One is more than eight feet long, and the other is shorter, but it is also about seven feet.
There are complicated patterns on the bodies of the two guns. The purpose of these patterns is to be beautiful and to increase the friction with the palm, so that the owner of the spear can hold the gun more steadily during the battle.
If you look closely, you will find that the pattern on the body of the eight-foot-long gun is more like dragon scales, and the curve of the gun head is also like a dragon head. The
pattern on the body of the seven-foot-long gun is like a phoenix feather. From a distance, the gun head looks like a phoenix head that is looking up to the sky and singing. Obviously, this is a woman’s weapon.
Lin Xiu asked the martial arts academy to make two spears, one for himself and the other for Lingyin.
Weapons made of meteorite are not only sharper and more durable, but also easy to infuse with true qi. They are the most ideal weapons for warriors.
After arriving at the Yishu Academy, Lin Xiu went directly to the Tianzi Academy.
Although he is not a student of Tianziyuan, he comes here quite often. Now he can come and go freely and no one cares.
Lingyin is practicing spear skills in the yard. It seems that she has been stimulated by Lin Xiu. She has spent more time on martial arts in recent days.
Lin Xiu threw the seven-foot-long spear from a distance and said, “Try this spear.”
Zhao Lingyin took the spear out of thin air and stepped back a few steps before stopping.
She was surprised. She did not expect that the spear was so heavy that she needed to use her true energy to lift it.
Feeling the weight of the spear in her hand, she seemed to remember something. She looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “Is it made of meteorite iron?”
It is probably the dream of every warrior to have a weapon made of meteorite iron.
However, meteorite iron is too rare. Only when a large number of meteorites fall to the ground can a small amount of meteorite iron appear.
Almost all the meteorite iron from outer space in Daxia is managed by the Martial Arts Academy, and it is difficult for outsiders to get it.
Even she can’t do it.
Lin Xiu nodded and said, “The martial arts academy rewarded me with a piece of meteorite iron. I asked them to make two spears. Let’s try it.”
Zhao Lingyin tried to use the spear to perform several spear techniques and found that the power of each spear was several times higher than before. This spear could make her full use of her strength.
Lin Xiu looked at her from a distance and asked, “How is it?”
Zhao Lingyin put away the spear and said, “Weapons made of meteorite iron are of course much better than ordinary weapons.”
Lin Xiu said, “I’ll give it to you.”
This time, Zhao Lingyin did not refuse.
She knew that the spear in her hand was very valuable, enough to exchange for a large courtyard in the capital. If it was given to her by someone else, she would refuse it without hesitation.
But that was Lin Xiu, and there was no politeness between the two of them.
She owed him a favor, and at most she would find a chance to pay it back in the future.
Besides, she really liked this spear.
The length of this gun is not an inch too long or too short, which is just right for her. The color of the gun is also her favorite silver, and she even likes the pattern on it. This gun seems to be tailor-made for her.
In fact, the gun given to Lingyin was tailor-made for her by Lin Xiu.
With a handy weapon, her strength can be greatly improved.
Like the Yishu Academy and the Martial Arts Academy, the students of the Tianzi Academy of the two academies have to perform some special tasks in addition to enjoying the rich resources of the academy. This kind of task is dangerous. Lin Xiu certainly hopes that Lingyin’s strength will be as strong as possible.
There is also a very important point. Although a certain psychologically twisted and crazy guy has not taken any action these days, he has not given up the assassination of Lingyin and Lin Xiu. Lin Xiu has many trump cards and can monitor the prince at all times, but Lingyin doesn’t know about this yet.
Through long-term monitoring of the prince, Lin Xiu knows that the prince is still a little afraid of Lingyin.
After all, she is a young genius who became famous. Once she is assassinated, the impact will be great. The court will not let it go, and it may even expose her.
Because of Zhao Lingjun, some assassination organizations dare not accept the order to assassinate Lingyin. No
one wants to offend a person who may destroy their organization in the future because of a little money. Unless they are crazy, they will not touch the family of Zhao’s Tianjiao.
Compared with Lin Xiu, Lingyin is still safe.
But even so, Lin Xiu is trying every means to increase her strength.
When walking on the streets of the royal capital with Lingyin again, Lin Xiu has a feeling that things have changed.
Half a year ago, Lingyin was the same. No matter where Lin Xiu went, she would follow him to protect him.
At that time, Lin Xiu was still a rookie who had just awakened his ability and could be bullied by anyone. After half a year, he already had some ability to protect himself.
Because it is close to the end of the year, the streets of the royal capital have also become lively since a few days ago.
Peddlers and hawkers, people coming and going, when Lin Xiu walked through a familiar street, suddenly a surprised voice came from a building somewhere.
“Young Master!”
A woman ran out of the brothel, her face flushed with excitement. She stood a few steps away and looked at Lin Xiu, with some surprise in her eyes that could not be concealed.
Zhao Lingyin looked at the woman, then looked at Lin Xiu, without saying anything.
Lin Xiu saw the woman in front of her and smiled, saying, “Miss Haitang, long time no see.”
Hearing this, Haitang’s eyes lit up slightly, and she said, “Young Master, do you still remember me?”
Lin Xiu smiled and said, “Miss Haitang hasn’t redeemed herself yet?”
Lin Xiu certainly remembered Haitang. Her animal language ability helped Lin Xiu a lot more than once.
He was able to avoid assassination, get to know the imperial concubine, successfully draw qi, make money as a secret detective, become the first detective of the Qingli Division, investigate the murderer who assassinated him, and find the bandits hiding in the mountains… All of these were inseparable from her abilities.
It is not an exaggeration to say that she is Lin Xiu’s savior. The light in Haitang’s eyes became brighter.
The young master still remembered her, the young master really still remembered her!
After they parted at Pinfang Pavilion that day, she never saw the young man who moved her again. Later, she investigated for a long time and found out that he was the son of the Earl of Ping’an. The Earl of Ping’an and his wife were still alive. What he said to her that day was naturally false.
Haitang was not angry, but was moved.
He made up a lie about his life experience to comfort himself. It was a white lie. Haitang could understand his good intentions.
He was willing to spend this kind of thought on a brothel girl like her. The young man was really a gentle and kind person.
She lowered her head and said embarrassedly, “I haven’t saved enough silver yet.”
Lin Xiu asked, “How much is still missing?”
Haitang whispered, “More than one hundred taels…”
Lin Xiu took out two hundred tael silver notes from his sleeve and handed them to her, saying, “That’s enough now.”
Haitang was stunned at first, then waved her hands and said, “No, no, I can’t take your money…”
Lin Xiu stuffed the two silver notes into her hands and said, “Take it, redeem yourself as soon as possible, I’m still waiting for your tofu shop to open.”
Without giving Haitang a chance to continue to refuse, Lin Xiu took two steps back, waved to her, and said, “I work in the Qingli Division. If you have anything, come to the Qingli Division to find me. If I’m not here, you can also find Liu Qingfeng, the head of the department…” After
the two walked a long way away, Zhao Lingyin glanced at Lin Xiu and said, “You are very generous. You gave two hundred taels of silver to a brothel girl casually. Don’t think about half a year ago, the entire Lin family couldn’t come up with so much money…”
If it were someone else, Lin Xiu would naturally not be so generous.
But that was Haitang, and Lin Xiu owed her. Not to mention two hundred taels, even if it was twenty thousand taels or two hundred thousand taels, as long as he had it, he would give it to her.
He did not explain this to Lingyin, but just said, “She is a poor person.”
Zhao Lingyin said, “What’s so pitiful about a woman who entertains people with her beauty? She can support herself with her own hands, but she has to rely on her body…”
Lin Xiu did not say anything else.
When Lingyin was born, the Zhao family was already a well-known and powerful family in the capital.
She had been living a life of luxury since she was a child, and later she devoted herself to practicing. It was normal that she did not understand the lives of the lower-class people.
In this world, some people have been living a life of luxury, enjoying endless wealth and glory since birth, and have no worries in their lives.
But there are also some people who have already exhausted all their strength just to be alive.
Lin Xiu and Lingyin had not taken a few steps when they suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind them.
Haitang came jogging, with a thin layer of sweat on her forehead and a slightly red face. She ran to Lin Xiu, panting slightly, and said, “I will return this money to you later…”
Considering her self-esteem, Lin Xiu smiled and said, “Then I wish Miss Haitang’s tofu shop a prosperous business, and save enough money to pay me back as soon as possible…”
Haitang also smiled and said, “Thank you for your good wishes, I will definitely work hard to make money to pay you back.”
Then, she felt a little embarrassed and said, “Also…, my name is not Haitang, my name is Chen Yu, Haitang is the name they gave me, I don’t like this name…”
Women who were sold into brothels usually took a nice stage name, such as Haitang and Peony, so that customers could remember them.
And no one would mention their real names anymore.
The name Haitang was a kind of suffering for her.
Lin Xiu smiled lightly and said, “Okay, Miss Chen, when the tofu shop opens, remember to come to the Qingli Division to tell me…”
Brothers and sisters, when I first launched the book, I sat for too long every day, and my cervical spine problem became serious again. My neck and shoulders would hurt so much after sitting for a while that I couldn’t write at all. In the past week, I basically wrote on my phone while lying down. The speed was very slow. I also tried voice typing, but the effect was not very good. Recently, my thoughts are actually quite smooth, and I could have posted more, but I was dragged down by my body. When my body recovers, I will try to post more.
(End of this chapter)
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