Chapter 7 (1/2)

Chapter 7: Huben

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“Huben?” General Cheng contemplated Slowly, his eyes lit up

“Huben Saber, what a great saber What a greater nashui looked at Zhou Shu in astonishment Zhou Shu tended to surprise him This name, ‘Huben Saber’, had a lot of appeal

“Superintendent Xiao, this is?” General Cheng inquired while pointing at Zhou Shu

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He had, of course, seen Zhou Shu earlier But he had thought that Zhou Shu was Xiao Zongshui’s assistant With his status, he naturally wouldn’t be too concerned about assistants

It wasn’t until Zhou Shu spoke that he became conscious of his presence

“He’s an apprentice at the 97th Workshop His nashui introduced “Zhou Shu contributed significantly to the development of this Huben Saber”

Zhou Shu was taken aback He never expected Xiao Zongshui to say so like this

He was already prepared for Xiao Zongshui to take full credit for the sharp standard long saber After all, he was the superintendent of the workshop

He never iive hih he didn’t ed by Zhou Shu hireat For the ti, Zhou Shu wouldn’t ask fordidn’t suspect anything He nodded “He’s a pro talent”

This was merely a polite remark He had simply inquired about Zhou Shu’s identity in response to his co acquainted with Zhou Shu After asking for Zhou Shu’s nashui

“Superintendent Xiao, howasked He adored the Huben Saber so much that he couldn’t put it down

“Huben Sabers are slightlysabers,” Xiao Zongshui said “One costs three taels of silver!”

“Three taels?” General Cheng raised his eyebrows

Zhou Shu was stunned  three taels is robbery!</eed the Huben Saber, which was actually a sharp standard long blade He kne much it cost

It simply cost a few catties of iron The rest of the expenses were practically negligible!

Despite the high cost of iron, forging a Huben Saber cost less than half a tael of silver The cost of a Huben Saber, including the cost of coal and the wages of apprentices, was less than one tael

What else could he be doing other than robbing h price of three taels of silver?

Zhou Shu’s good ishui dissipated ale thirty Huben Sabers monthly Three taels of silver for every saber equaled ninety taels!

How much was his monthly salary?

Half a tael of silver!

Xiao Zongshui was ruthless!

“Three taels isn’t toosaid “Howwas an expert in his own right He didn’t just pay attention to the cost of production but also the speed of production

He wanted the Huben Sabers, and he intended to equip his soldiers with theless if there were too few of the a Huben Saber is a difficult task In the 97th Workshop, Zhou Shu is already theApprentice, yet this Huben Saber took hishui pointed at Zhou Shu and coain

Zhou Shu rolled his eyes internally It’s pointless to place me on a pedestal Simply increase my pay!

“Huben Sabers are farsabers Only a handful of apprentices in the 97th Workshop are capable of forging theh his teeth Zhou Shu possessed the secret for saber No one else in the workshop could forge it except hi was oblivious of this and unconcerned about it “Just tellit will take you to hand over three thousand Huben Sabers?”

Zhou Shu could only make one Huben Saber per day, supposedly It would take 10 years toclearly couldn’t wait 10 years

“Three thousand?” Xiao Zongshui’s face lit up “Half a year, no, three months! I can deliver three thousand Huben Sabers in three months!”

Zhou Shu wanted to curse What does Exploiter Xiao mean?

To turn in 3,000 Huben Sabers in three e 1,000 per month, which e this aood” General Cheng nodded “If you can hand over three thousand Huben Sabers in three months, this Huben Saber will be the Huben Troops’ standard issue weapon in the future!”