Zhou Xianzheng looked around casually, and suddenly noticed a thick stack of booklets at the corner of the bookcase. The outer side was covered with plain silk, and the layout looked smooth and smooth. Four straight large characters were written in regular script on it, and military artifacts were described.

Zhou Xian was surprised and reached out to take it, and found that the inside was not as straight as it looked outside, but several scattered pages, as if they had never been bound. Although the handwriting was clear and the pictures were clear, it was more than one level of binding than the novels like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" I just saw.

He took out the preface and read it casually, knowing that this book is a book about the manufacturing process, usage methods and corresponding power of various firearms. The various firearms, poisonous crossbows, and pictures and texts listed are listed, and it is not compiled by ordinary people at first glance.

At the end of the title page, a sentence stung Zhou Xian's eyes. "The most feared by the barbarians of China is firearms! I hope future generations will be careful and value it." After nearly three hundred years of banishment, the people of the Chinese do not know how high the sky is? After so many years, relying on the gunpowder that the Chinese invented at first, the West knocked on the door of China. The weapons in the hands of the Chinese who were fighting against it were still big swords and spears, but I don't know how sad and ridiculous it was that his ancestor had already invented muskets and cannons three hundred years ago?

Li Xin had found what he was looking for. He turned around and saw that Zhou Xian looked a little ugly, and he felt a little confused. He walked up and asked, "Brother Zhou, have you found the book you like?"

Seeing that it was Li Xin, Zhou Xian forced out a smile, shook his head slightly, and asked, "Brother Li, where are you!"

Li Xin raised his right hand, which were several volumes of landscape geography albums. He smiled faintly and said to Zhou Xian: "Don't look at the small store, if you want to talk about the richness of books, you are not inferior to those large book stores at all."

Zhao Yu's lazy voice sounded again. "If you want to praise me, just say it clearly, and you are still saying it in a roundabout way." After he said that, he turned to Zhou Xian and said, "Little brother, have you really not found the book you like? I am doing business without any fraud. I missed this village, but there is no such store. You have to choose it well!"

Zhou Xian smiled, picked up the volume of "Military Artifact Illustrations" and said to Zhao Yu: "Brother Zhao, when it comes to likes, there is indeed a book that I am more interested in. For example, how much do you think these booklets in front of you are worth?"

Zhao Yuding looked at it, but after seeing the book clearly, his face changed slightly, he walked forward, took the aisle from Zhou Xian and said, "Brother Zhou has a good vision, but this book is not sold."

Seeing Zhou Xian's face showing confusion, Zhao Yu was a little embarrassed and patiently explained to him: "This book is the lovely work of Bi Maokang and Mr. Bi, and it has not been officially completed yet. I have asked one of his disciples to secretly print it with the original manuscript. This is just for me to view and read it myself, and I don't want to sell it. I drank too much last night and didn't put it away in time, so I accidentally saw it by you."

Li Xin patted Zhao Yu's back and said in a deep voice: "You are really bold. I heard that this book is what Mr. Bi is going to write to the emperor. If you do this, once it is leaked in advance, the government will definitely pursue it to the end. How many heads do you have at that time?"

Zhao Yu smiled bitterly and said, "How could I not know? But you also know that I have no other interests in my life and only have a special liking for equipment production. This book by Mr. Bi is the most detailed record of firearms so far. The most important thing is that it also introduces the latest suicidal gun. Just imagine, if you no longer use a fuse to light it in the future, and you will lose those troublesome steps, what an innovation and feat this is? I just want to figure it out in advance, so I have such thoughts."

Li Xin said with infinite contempt on his face: "Even if you see it, what can you do? You just look at it, but you can't make it. Why are you happy about it?"

Zhao Yu waved his hand indifferently and said, "It's good to have a good time to have a good eye first. Otherwise, why do you think I've been taking the scientific exam? I just want to join the Ministry of Works one day to get in touch with these things and practice my own ideas?" After saying that, he looked at Zhou Xian and said, "Brother Zhou, I'm sorry, I really can't sell this to you. Moreover, you are Brother Li's friend, and I believe in you, and I hope you don't spread this matter."

Zhou Xian frowned slightly, knowing that this matter is of great importance, and Zhao Yu said it in front of him, obviously trusting himself very much. This may be because he knew very well about Li Xin, so he trusted himself. Zhou Xian pondered for a moment and smiled faintly and said, "Brother Zhao, I am actually a little interested in equipment production. Can you please print a book for me? I promise that I will only read it myself and will never let outsiders see it."

Zhao Yu hesitated, looked at Zhou Xian, then looked at Li Xin, and finally said, "Okay! I'll find a familiar printing shop. Where do you live, I'll send it to you in three days."

Zhou Xian fell down and thanked him and reported to the inn where he stayed.

Zhao Yu talked casually with Zhou Xian for a while and found that the interests of the two really had several similarities. He recommended several books to Zhou Xian, including Sun Yuanhua's "Civilized Book of Jingwu" and "Western Frames", Zhao Shizhen's "Divine Artifacts" and "Proposal of Cars and Guns of Preparing Borders", and Sun Chengzong's "Cheying Kick-Answer" in the book. Most of these books introduce how to make firearms, and some involve how to train troops. Zhou Xian gets treasures and takes them all into his pocket.

During the conversation with Zhou Xian, Zhao Yu changed his decadent posture, his eyes were bright and bright, and he was very knowledgeable when talking about various things, and there were many insightful opinions in it. Zhou Xian was constantly surprised.

Li Xin was not very interested in these things. Most of the time he spent watching the two talk and occasionally interjected a few words, but he was not tired of it. However, Jinse was so sad that he heard that he was drowsy, watching the people coming and going outside.

It was almost noon. Zhou Xian saw the situation and continued to talk. The day passed so quickly. He stood up and said farewell. Zhao Yu said reluctantly: "Brother Zhou, it is inconvenient for you to go shopping in Kaifeng City. It is not convenient to bring these books. Three days later, after the "Military Artifacts" is printed, I will send it to you together. Then, let's talk in detail, how can you read it?"

Zhou Xian bowed and said, "I'll trouble Brother Zhao like this."

Zhao Yu waved his hand and said, "It's not trouble, it's not trouble at all. Now, when you go to the street to catch a Confucian scholar, you only know how to talk about verses. It's very difficult to find someone who knows how to make equipment. Although Brother Zhou is not very familiar with equipment production, he knows a lot about the role of firearms. Many of the ideas you put forward are far beyond my imagination. The idea of ​​firing fire guns and cannons in a hurry, really made me realize."
Chapter completed!