Chapter 32: Silent Savings

"Iron is dead, are you dead too? The force should be even, and you should control the strength of the hammer yourself!"

"Forging iron, forging comes first! Without thousands of hammers, how can there be high-quality steel?!"

"You don't know the steel clamping method?! Carburizing, you forgot it again!"

...

After the New Year, the forging room has become the busiest place. Amid the clanging sounds, a group of shirtless men are hammering enthusiastically.

Zhang Ben inspected the forging room.

The old man was very annoyed. The basic skills of this batch of new helpers were not solid, and they couldn't even do the simplest blacksmithing.

"Where is Li Yuan?"

Picking up a small teapot and taking a sip, Zhang Ben glanced at the corner, where the hammering sounds were the most frequent and loudest at this time in the past.

"When you came, Junior Brother Li had just left!"

A blacksmith was quenching and raised his head and replied.

"Going to the private school again?"

Zhang Ben frowned and was about to leave when he suddenly caught a glimpse of something. He was stunned at first and then walked to the corner.

On the shelf on the stone table, there was a knife.

"Jade knife?"

Reaching out to pick up the long knife that had not yet been shanked, Zhang Ben gently rubbed the blade with his five fingers. He couldn't help but squint his eyes and smiled:

"It already has three-tenths of the appearance of a 'sharp weapon', the only thing missing is the material. Good boy, you've improved so fast?

It's worth it for the old man to be the villain and transfer Qin Xiong away..."

...

Not far from the inner courtyard is the private school of the forging shop, which only allows the children of the shopkeepers and the apprentices in the inner courtyard to enroll.

There is only one old boy in the private school, and he can only teach them to read and write.

"The dynasty that has been established for more than 1,400 years, great fortune, great fortune..."

Smelling the faint fragrance of peach blossoms, Li Yuan, who had been forging iron all day, rested in a clean single garment on the reclining chair under the tree and flipped through a volume of history books.

He seldom came to the private school in the inner courtyard, but he would come every now and then. He didn't come to learn the classics, but to read some books.

This was the only time he could relax besides practicing martial arts and forging iron.

"This is a serious history book, and it's so lax?"

Although he had read it many times, every time he saw the chapter of Taizu, the founder of the Great Yun, Li Yuan couldn't help but complain.

This record was really outrageous.

"At the end of the previous dynasty, the world was in chaos, and many heroes rose up and fought for many years. Taizu started his army at the age of 69. It took ten years to pacify the world, ten years to comfort the people, and ten years to open a prosperous era..."

Li Yuan was not interested in the flattery described later, but the ten years to pacify the world really made him twitch his mouth every time he saw it.

Pang Wenlong, the Taizu of the Great Yun, was born under the protection of the sun god. He led 800 cavalry out of "Mingpo". Every time there was a fierce battle, there would be divine fire from the sky.

"In the battle of Tianyou Pass, the hero Gao Feiqing led 300,000 elite troops to attack Taizu. On that day, divine fire fell from the sky like a waterfall and a tide, and 300,000 elite troops were all destroyed in front of Tianyou Pass..."

The person who wrote this history book obviously had infinite admiration for Taizu. The first part describes the horror of the hero Gao Feiqing in great detail.

He was a genius. Since he started his army, he has won ten battles and ten decisions, and won all the battles. He has won four of the five ways in the world. He has many generals and talents under his command.

It is said that 300,000 elite troops are all warriors, and they were once called the strongest army in the history.

"300,000 warriors were all destroyed by heavenly fire. This is not as credible as the great meteorite technique. After all, meteorites are more common, and heavenly fire is like a waterfall and a tide?"

Li Yuan closed the book and returned it to the teacher of the private school. When it was slightly dark, Li Yuan returned to the small courtyard.

"Qin Xiong was sent to Fajiu Mountain?"

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Li Yuan learned the news from Fatty Sun.

"Yesterday, the head shopkeeper came back to the shop and heard about this. He first went to see my brother-in-law, then called Qin Xiong and said he scolded him.

This is called a transfer to be the head, but in fact it is exile!"

Fatty Sun did not hide his gloating at all.

Before Li Yuan, Qin Xiong was the most talented in the forging shop in recent years. He was only forty years old, but he had already cultivated his internal strength. He would be the head of the guards of the forging shop as soon as Zhao leader left next year.

When he saw him before, he had to flatter him. After all, his brother-in-law was more than thirty years older than Qin Xiong...

"Didn't it say that shopkeeper Cao valued him very much?"

After a little thought, Li Yuan knew that this must be to appease Tang Tong.

After all, Qin Xiong was just a guide, and he was only targeting an apprentice like himself. Being transferred to the mountain to mine was considered a heavy punishment in everyone's eyes.

After that day, he also inquired that the ghostwriter Yu Zhen not only found him, but also did not reveal anyone who had dealt with him within a few days after Liu San's death.

"If it were someone else who dared to betray his own people, they would not only be transferred away."

Fatty Sun was in a good mood, which could be seen from the food and wine on the table in the house.

Noodle soup, pepper and vinegar meat, big steamed buns, and two pots of medicinal wine.

"After all, it is internal strength. If the punishment is too severe, I am afraid that Manager Cao will not be willing to do it."

Besides, he is a 40-year-old internal strength warrior in his prime. Cao Yan's willingness to punish him severely is enough to shut everyone up.

Li Yuan had no complaints.

He was a man who clearly distinguished between gratitude and resentment. He never said anything, and naturally had a small notebook in his heart.

"Internal strength!"

Fatty Sun also sighed, slumped in the chair, and looked decadent: "I am afraid that I will never become an internal strength person in this life..."

You should wash off your sweaty smell!

Li Yuan complained in his heart, but he had to be polite to his creditors, not to mention the food and wine on the table.

"Come on, let's go!"

The two of them kept eating and drinking. After each of them finished a pot of wine, they also cleared the food on the table. They ate two big steamed buns before going back to their rooms.

"The power of this medicinal wine is no less than that of the Blood-Nourishing Pill!"

After closing the door, Li Yuan lowered his waist and sat on his hips. With a stretch of his hand, the long-handled training hammer was already in his hand. He was used to standing with the hammer.

He closed his eyes slightly and moved the blood and qi.

Blood and qi come from the human body. Normal apprentices, if they do not have medicinal food to supplement, can only move it three times a day. More than that will hurt the body.

But with medicinal food, medicinal supplements, medicinal baths, and Blood-Nourishing Pills, combined with the first killing move of the Military Dao Fighting Hammer, Li Yuan can refine blood more than 30 times a day.

This is a difference of more than ten times!

"I still have a long way to go to achieve a minor success in forging. One and a half months is almost enough... Be content, be content. It takes at least 15 years for a normal apprentice to reach this stage."

Squinting slightly, Li Yuan felt the military scroll.

Ordinary people have no way to accurately judge their progress, but he can.

With the blessing of the Great Perfection Hammer Technique for comparison, it is naturally possible to make a clear judgment.

"The master gave me the treatment of a blacksmith. For an ordinary sword, I get one penny of silver. If it is a sharp weapon, I can get one or two taels of silver..."

After moving his blood and qi to the limit of today, Li Yuan just lay down with a warm body, and did not get up until dawn to continue standing.

Standing and practicing hammer, iron and hammer, taking medicine and bath, reading books...

Immersed in the feeling of learning martial arts and improving himself, Li Yuan did not feel bored at all. Every day was very fulfilling, going back and forth between the front and back yards.

Cloak hammer method, inner three-in-one, the killer move of the military way fighting hammer, forging technique...

In the boredom of day after day, Li Yuan could feel his changes.

His blood and qi continued to improve with sufficient medicine, and his physical strength was also growing. Under the single clothes, the muscles close to the skeleton were smooth and powerful.

Crack!

The spring thunder exploded.

Li Yuan pushed open the window with his bare chest.

I saw dark clouds rolling and lightning snakes moving. The spring rain, which came later than in previous years, was approaching from far away, falling with the smell of grass, trees and soil.