The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Carpenter Li from Lugangling Village used a donkey cart to pull a cart of boards.

There is also this small iron pot that the blacksmith made for you. According to your request, an iron handle was welded on one side. I brought the hammer and ax with me. The next load of boards will have to wait for a while. I have it in my hand. There are no ready-made nails. The blacksmith’s house doesn’t have the foreign nails you want. I went to the Yuan Shengqing Department Store in the city to buy them. They are the only ones that have foreign products.”

Carpenter Li has a very distinctive appearance, with a square face and a slightly rounded face.

Zhao Chuanxin paid all the money readily.

Looking at the silver dollar in his hand, Carpenter Li was a little stunned.

It's not easy for anyone these days. Whenever people in the village build something, they usually use it to barter. For example, chickens, ducks, geese or eggs, or cloth, game from the mountains, etc. Some villagers also held baskets of eggs and half a heap of copper coins.

Only Zhao Chuanxin paid with silver dollars.

Carpenter Li suddenly had several silver dollars in hand, and Carpenter Li's heart beat faster. This is probably the legendary money and silk move people's hearts.

If other people in the village came to him for work, he would usually put on an air of humility.

But after seeing the silver dollar, Carpenter Li bent down uncontrollably: Thank you very much.

You're welcome. The boards must be in accordance with the specifications to ensure quality and quantity.

That must be that must be...

This happened after Zhao Chuanxin held a small meeting with Zhao Zhongyi and Liu Baobao to discuss how to deal with Daozi.

Zhao Chuanxin liked to pretend since he was a child. When he grew up, as his aesthetics improved, he started galloping on the road of pretending.

The homes of later generations were designed and decorated by him himself.

The children all went home to eat.

Only Zhao Chuanxin and Ganfan are here now.

He has confirmed that although he can have the most direct communication with Gan Fan, at Gan Fan's age, he is an idiot in terms of IQ.

One moment he was barking at a grasshopper, and Zhao Chuanxin told him to stop making noise. The grasshopper just replied okay and continued to bark the next moment.

After all, even if it is a human baby, can you expect it to have a high IQ?

The boards come in several specifications according to his requirements, some long or short, some thick or thin.

He casually picked up a piece of board, attached another piece to it as a ruler, and took out the elf carving knife and scratched it.

The feeling of silky smoothness arises spontaneously, and the place it cuts is like a flying blade in the novel Three-Body Problem, which can reach nano-level cutting level.

Seeing the wooden board being cut into the shape of a ruler, the Elf Carving Knife once again refreshed Zhao Chuanxin's understanding.

This thing is faster than electric band saws and chain saws.

The elf carving knife head's expansion and contraction limit is 5 cm. For thicknesses within 5 cm, cutting wood is no more difficult than cutting a piece of tofu.

Imagine using a pencil to draw a line on wood. When you draw it, the wood breaks. What a concept!

Blocked my old baby!

Zhao Chuanxin continued to use wooden boards to make mats, and compared the thickness with a ruler, he scratched it with an elf carving knife. Both sides of the right angle of the ruler were crossed, and the ruler became worthy of its name, and the thickness was just right.

He measured with a ruler and cut out several boards.

Cut the board and start drawing lines and dovetails.

Zhao Chuanxin had studied the mortise and tenon structure before, and after studying it for a while, he finally learned how to use dovetail tenons to make boxes. There are still a large number of netizens making 666 public screens.

Not for anything else, but because Zhao Chuanxin only used an electric trimmer to make the dovetailed wooden box, which really frightened a group of people.

In fact, this thing looks powerful, but is actually very simple.

The elf carving knife is sharp, but sharpness is not omnipotent.

At least, when making dovetails, it is far less easy than using an edge trimmer.

Dovetail tenons were made in batches, and it took more than half an hour to complete. This is already considered slow for him.

Before it got dark, he took a mallet and hammered in the dovetails and made them fit.

The wooden box has only five sides, and Zhao Chuanxin dug out a simple deer pattern on the bottom board.

A total of two boxes were made, but any more would be useless.

After doing this, it's getting dark.

Liu Guogui came and asked Zhao Chuanxin to have dinner.

The stove at his house didn't turn on, so he had to eat and drink first.

But I didn't go to Zhao Zhongyi's house today. After all, no one had much food left over, but if you were gathering wool from a sheep, you would go bald.

Liu Guogui saw the wooden boards piled up in front of the door, and there was a pile of sand and yellow mud not far away. He was completely confused.

Did you do all this today?

yes.

How did you do it?

In exchange for sugar balls.

...

Although these children are not very big, the youngest is still wearing crotchless pants.

But there are so many of them, more than twenty children, stimulated by the candy balls, are rushing to work.

After eating, the three of them gathered in front of Zhao Zhongyi's house.

Zhao Zhongyi's mother-in-law leaned against the doorframe, tears welling up in her eyes.

Liu Guogui was carrying a rusty hatchet, and hey, it was another enchanted tetanus blade!

Zhao Zhongyi's weapon was relatively long, and the ash wood in the yard was already on the tip of the gun. I don’t know where the gun head is usually hidden.

The two looked at Zhao Chuanxin: You don't have anything to do?

Forehead……

Zhao Chuanxin took out the elf carving knife from his arms. It was a carving knife that was a little longer than a palm.

The veins on Liu Baogui's forehead were beating: That's it?

A little embarrassed, a little stunned, Zhao Chuanxin patted the devil's vine on his waist: There's more!

Liu Baoguo became even more angry: You just use a toothpick and a bundle of rope to fight the pigeon?

What can I say?

Zhao Chuanxin patted him on the shoulder: Be patient and don't worry about these minutiae. There is a saying that a true man should not stick to trivial matters!

Liu Guoguo was trembling with anger: Just do it, I'm afraid I'll be tricked to death by you!

Zhao Zhongyi was a kind person after all. Although he frowned, he did not blame him.

Okay, you two just need to play drums on the side, and the rest is my own business.

He carried the spear, and a sense of heroism arose spontaneously.

Zhao Chuanxin couldn't help but take a look and felt that he had gotten to know his great ancestor again.

Zhao Zhongyi looked back at the woman at the door and turned his head resolutely.

The figures of the three people were submerged in the night of Lugangling Village.

…

Three people were squatting in the deep grass beside the road, and the dew in the night wet their clothes.

Fortunately it's not too cold yet.

Liu Baobao whispered: It's hard to predict whether I will live or die today. It's a pity that I haven't tasted the taste of a woman yet.

Zhao Chuanxin's palms holding the Devil's Vine were sticky and sweaty from nervousness.

Growing up, he had never fought with anyone, and he basically always outsmarted anyone he encountered.

Fighting to the death with someone, this is the first time for a eldest girl to get on the sedan chair.

If he hadn't known the direction of history and how ferocious those gangsters were, he would have been like Zhao Zhongyi and Liu Guigui before, feeling that this matter was still open to discussion and would not have directly thought of fighting for it.

But he still comforted him and said, Don't panic. First of all, even if we try our best, we may not die. This is how the world is. Some people are busy living, some are busy dying, and some people have to survive! Moreover, even if they want to take action, they will not die. It may not be tonight, we are just taking precautions before it happens.

The only one here whose expression doesn't change and whose hands don't tremble is Zhao Zhongyi.

He half-closed his eyes, seeming to be concentrating. The spear was propped up casually on his knees, keeping it easily accessible at any time.

Liu Guoguo gritted his teeth and said, I'm going to die, so I'll just say a few words from my heart.

Zhongyi, you know, the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Zhang’s family, that little widow is actually a little interested in you.

Zhao Zhongyi was stunned when he heard this, and then shook his head.

I don't know if he means it's nothing, or if he means he won't go along with the little widow's wishes.

Liu Guogui continued: I know she is interested in you, but you are ruthless to her. To be honest with you, I actually care about her and have long missed her.

Before Zhao Zhongyi could say anything, Zhao Chuanxin said: Come on if you are rare. Why are you gnashing your teeth here? When today's matter is over, I will give you some advice and let you embrace the beauty.

Liu Baogui argued: But, but, doesn't it mean that you shouldn't bully your friends' wives...

Shit! Zhao Chuanxin said happily: My wife and children are hot on the kang, do you need to give in here?

Liu Baogui: ...

Zhao Zhongyi: ...

Liu Baogui stood up: Oh, I want to pee again.

Zhao Chuanxin said dissatisfied: How often do you urinate?

Aren't I nervous?

At this moment, Zhao Zhongyi, who had his eyes closed, suddenly said: Hush, someone is coming.

Liu Guogui crouched down quickly, and then Zhao Chuanxin heard the very subtle sound of water flowing.

This guy peed his pants...