Chapter 7: The Bronze Door that Travels Through Time and Space
At that time, the mule and horse market was not as rare as it would be twenty years later. It was still very lively, but the food was not very good. The weather was hot, and there was excrement of cows, horses, donkeys and mules everywhere. In addition, the donkeys' braying and horses' neighing were really hard to get used to and made people feel irritated.

Yan Xu stood aside with a frown, letting Gou Sanpao help him choose the livestock. He didn't know anything anyway, so he just waited to be paid.

Gou Sanpao is in his forties, but his face is weather-beaten and he looks like he is in his fifties. However, just like people of this era, although he looks old, he has a good physique, big hands and feet, and a loud voice. He is more energetic than the twenty-something office worker in his previous life.

The main reason why Yan Xu asked him to come was because Gou Sanpao's ancestors were all cart drivers and they also worked part-time as veterinarians on the farm. They were very familiar with livestock and could tell whether they were good or bad at a glance.

Sure enough, after opening his teeth and looking at the donkey's hooves, Gou Sanpao quickly picked out twenty healthy and gentle donkeys.

Yan Xu didn't ask or look, he just paid directly. After all, he invited the other party to come to help, and there was no point in him being picky.

The donkey was first sent to have its hooves repaired and its shoes nailed. Then Gou Sanpao went to an acquaintance to get twenty horse-drawn carriages that were about 70% to 80% new. They looked a bit old, but they were very durable.

These were prepared by Yan Xu for exploring the new world. Considering that the first world was Japan with an ancient background, complex and fuel-consuming vehicles were not even within his consideration.

First, no one would repair it if it broke down. Second, refueling was a problem. Even if the tank was full, how long could it run? Third, it was too expensive. Yan Xu had a lot of money, but he had to keep some for emergencies and plan for future consumption. It was impossible for him to use all of it.

It was because of these considerations that Yan Xu did not choose a vehicle as a means of transportation, but a donkey cart, which is also cheaper.

Although a donkey is smaller than a horse, it is still a large animal after all. It can pull things of one or two thousand kilograms on flat ground, which is much more efficient than carrying them on the shoulders or by hand. The most important thing is that the user does not have high requirements for road conditions, and it is easy to take care of. It can even be ridden as a horse when necessary.

Gou Sanpao was very efficient. Yan Xu gave him an extra 200 yuan and asked him to find someone to send the donkey cart back. Then he took the list and continued to prepare whatever he could think of.

On the day of the time travel, fifty foot soldiers wearing rattan helmets, covered with mats, and carrying bamboo spears walked into the opened bronze door with their chests held high. Farmers driving donkey carts, holding sickles and carrying huge backpacks followed closely behind them. Finally, it was Yan Xu who was fully armed.

Yan Xu spent a lot of money to save his life. Just the outfit he wore took Master Jiang a lot of time and effort. Master Jiang was almost mad at him because he kept asking for modifications. But it was all worth it.

Due to time constraints, the full body armor that Yan Xu requested at first could not be made at all, not to mention that it was not professionally made and could not be worn even if it was made. Therefore, Master Jiang modified it according to the existing conditions.

The entire set of armor is divided into three layers. The outermost layer is thick cowhide, the middle layer is wrought iron chain mail, and the innermost layer is tough canvas, which is firmly fixed with copper rivets.

This set of armor is very thick, and ordinary swords cannot cut through it. It is also very convenient to wear. It is similar to a military coat with side openings. After putting it on, just tie a wide waist guard and you're done.

But it is really heavy, more than 40 kilograms in total. If he was not young and strong, and had not been working out for two years, he would not dare to use it.

Even so, this thing brings a full sense of security. Master Jiang showed it to Yan Xu. He put a palm-sized armor piece as a sample on the chopping board, picked up the hatchet and chopped it randomly. When the knife was moved away, the thick cowhide was not cut through, and the wrought iron ring below was only slightly deformed. It can be seen how defensive it is. Although such a set of armor is not unsolvable in ancient times, only a few two-handed weapons and blunt instruments can cause fatal damage to the wearer. Ordinary swords are not taken seriously. In fact, because cowhide has a good buffering effect, ordinary impacts cannot damage the internal organs, which makes it more durable.

As for weapons, it was not the crescent-shaped sword that Yan Xu had originally requested, but two four-sided steel maces.
The four-sided steel mace, as thick as a thumb, is more than three feet long and weighs three or four pounds. It doesn't sound heavy, but once you use it, you will find that it cannot be used at all without rigorous training.

In fact, this is normal. Without training, you will get injured if you hit a sandbag with your bare hands, not to mention swinging a steel rod weighing several kilograms. If you are not careful, you will sprain your wrist, and if it is serious, it will be dislocated, which will be troublesome.

This is not a joke. Unless one is born with supernatural powers, the single-handed weapons used by ordinary soldiers would weigh no more than one or two kilograms, and the two-handed weapons would not exceed ten kilograms. Even the heroes who have left their names in history used weapons that weighed no more than thirty or forty kilograms. Weapons weighing dozens or hundreds of kilograms are purely a joke.

In fact, thirty or forty kilograms is already an exaggeration. Imagine the feeling of an unopened bottle of water being swung onto your body. You can lie on the ground and slide to the other end of the corridor. If it is a metal weapon, it is simply a bone crusher, enough to demolish a building. The chance of surviving a hit is not necessarily as high as winning the lottery.

In any case, Yan Xu was prepared, so he summoned a bronze door at the pig farm.

The ten-foot-tall and very heavy bronze door looked very spectacular, but Yan Xu was so nervous that he was not in the mood to take a closer look. Instead, he gritted his teeth and took the lead to walk through the bronze door.

The feeling of passing through the bronze door is like passing through a layer of light curtain. There is no special feeling, not even the feeling of weightlessness. It is just that the eyes blur and the scenery changes, and people travel through time and space. It is magical.

At this time, the foot soldiers did as Yan Xu had instructed before, and spread out in teams of ten and stood guard around, while the farmer also held his sickle tightly and watched the bushes next to him vigilantly, fearing that a rabbit would jump out from it and disturb the adults.

Surrounded by his subordinates, Yan Xu, who had just arrived in a strange place, was not too panicked. However, when he turned his head and saw the disappearing bronze door, and realized that he had no way to retreat, he still couldn't help feeling a little flustered.

Fortunately, this is only temporary. As long as he can survive a month safely, he can return to that safe world, and then he can get one free round trip every month. If he can gain luck, every hundred points can allow him to return for one day.

Now that he was already here, there was no point in thinking too much. Yan Xu picked up the telescope and carefully observed the surrounding situation.

They are currently located at the seaside, with woods on one side and white sandy beaches and reefs on the other. As for where in Japan this is, Yan Xu doesn't know, and he can't even be sure what era it is.

But the environment here is really good, with lush vegetation, clear water, and no traces of man-made objects on the beach.

You know, due to environmental pollution in modern times, plastic garbage has been found in deep-sea trenches, and plastic bottles have appeared on the beaches of uninhabited islands, but here there is not even a plastic bag, beverage bottle or ice cream stick.

(End of this chapter)