Chapter 55: The Iron Machine
A few days later, King Luan of Qi returned to the east, but at the same time, in the military iron shop of Guangpingfang, the famous mansion, the sound of striking iron began to sound day and night.
More than a dozen blacksmith apprentices, who were the hands of the master Wen Fuxing Wen Shen Craftsman, watched in amazement as the master performed his stunts and created a hundred pieces of steel armor.
In the military iron shop under the Ordnance Superintendent, many blacksmiths know about the existence of the Wen Shen Craftsman, and the whereabouts of the Wen Shen Craftsman are erratic, one time in one state capital military iron shop, and the other time in another state capital military iron shop.
The blacksmith apprentices in this military blacksmith shop in the Daimyo Mansion are all from the north of Qilu River, and naturally they have also heard of the name of Wenshen Craftsman.
Of course, not to mention these apprentices, except for the most important figures in the army of His Royal Highness King Qi, almost no one knows that Wen Shenjiang is the King of Qi, some people may guess, but they are not sure.
Since the three towns of Hebei were settled, Lu Ning is now in his spare time, such as at night, almost all day long, and the guards have repeatedly expanded, and the sophisticated armor and weapons required are in short supply at all; Second, it seems like this, you can also vent your energy that you have nowhere to vent.
Now sneaking into the Daimyo's Mansion to strike iron, Lu Ning also wants to take a look at the charm and spirit in the Daimyo's Mansion, what kind of storm can be set off after he leaves, if he doesn't scrape the bones to cure the poison now, in case of some critical moments, the Daimyo's Mansion changes, it may cause very serious consequences.
As for the pseudonymous literary revival, without it, Lu Ning thought of the European Renaissance and hoped that the land of China could also inherit and carry forward the traditional culture while embarking on a different path from the later Ming and Qing dynasties.
Guangpingbo is located in the Daimyo's Mansion near the West City Gate, and almost all of them are all kinds of workshops and craftsmen.
On the left side of the military iron shop is an oil refinery, on the right side is a wine workshop, in addition to a large scale weaving and dyeing workshop, engraving workshop and so on.
This kind of handicraft workshop area, it's nothing to work, but if you want to rest, all kinds of unpleasant smells are a little unbearable, Lu Ning's ears and nose are sensitive, and then it has become a shortcoming, so he rented a residence in Guangning Fang, two streets away, and every day from noon to five or six o'clock in the unitary hour, it is his time to rest and listen to information, in addition, occasionally there are particularly important official documents, which will also be sent.
Guangning Fang is the most prosperous area of the Daimyo's Mansion, with many shops, countless restaurants and teahouses, and there is a Washe area outside the west gate, just as the people of the time depicted, "...... Since the early times, there have been hundreds of plays, such as rods, rope jumping, sumo wrestling, drum boards, small singing, playing and singing, business riddles, cockfighting, talking nonsense, miscellaneous dresses, Qiao muscles and bones, Qiao sumo, miscellaneous plays, storytelling, calling fruits, learning cross talk, pretending to be ghosts, grinding drums, card sticks, Taoism, etc., there are colors. ”
Today's Daimyo Mansion seems to be more stable and prosperous than Bianliang City, which has often been attacked by foreign races or rebels in recent years.
After all, whether it was Liao's attack on Bianjing, the capital of Jin, or the change of dynasties in the Central Plains several times in recent years, the Daimyo's mansion changed hands peacefully.
Lu Ning lives in the residential area of Guangning Fang, there are courtyards, there are wooden buildings, there are all kinds of tenants, tenants are come to the Daimyo Mansion to make a living, merchants, craftsmen, etc., the rent is not cheap, such as Lu Ning lives in the two-story brick and wood attic, a year will cost five yuan, if Lu Ning is really a craftsman to rent, even if it is a particularly skilled craftsman, the rent plus food and drink, then there is not a few money left, of course, the craftsman will not rent a small wooden building alone.
And almost all the land and houses in the Guangning Fang residential area belong to Liu Siyuan, the brother of the tooth general Liu Siyu, which makes Lu Ning feel that it is worth the money to live in this area.
At noon, when he came back from the military iron shop, Lu Ning routinely went to the Chunhe Restaurant across the street to buy a few steamed cakes, and saw that the sky was a little gloomy, faintly drifting snowflakes, and ran back quickly, unlocked and entered the house.
took out a secret letter of fire paint from the paper bag containing the steamed cakes, opened it and looked at it, Lu Ning couldn't help but smile, there was a problem, but he had eyebrows.
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The next day, Lu Ning finished striking the iron very early, when the thin morning dawn rose, Lu Ning walked out of the military iron shop, returned to the wooden building of Guangning Fang to clean up, when he came out, it was a sharp and sour, unlike in the military iron shop, he was full of hands with strips of cloth, as if he had leprosy, blacksmith apprentice, and some of them called Master Wen a master of leprosy.
When it was time to eat, at eight o'clock, Lu Ning went out of the house and walked to the Chunhe Building on the opposite street.
Chunhe Building is a very old two-story restaurant, the backyard is an inn, but the price is conservative, as if nostalgic for the heyday of the restaurant in the past, and even a few points higher in price, it is not many ordinary guests, Lu Ningjing went to the backyard by himself.
If Mrs. You was there, she would definitely be able to see that the slightly delicate proprietress in the Chunhe Building and the chef in the back kitchen were the husband and wife stalls of the wild shop at the crossroads where he was "redeemed" that day.
In the backyard patio of Chunhe Building, there is a fat pier like a fierce woman, this is the mother-in-law in the savage sea, every time I see her, Lu Ning will think of the rice beads of Longrubu, Lu Ning thinks that her name is around her mouth, and she is called Hai Po.
Hai Po was cleaning the yard, and when she saw Lu Ning slightly stunned, she saw Lu Ning walking towards one of the small courtyards, she hurriedly stopped, her face was full of anger, her hoarse voice was vague, she had just learned the original dialect, and she was not fluent in speaking, so she could only pretend to be dumb.
"Hai Po, it's me ......" Lu Ning lowered his voice.
Hai Po shook suddenly, and looked Lu Ning up and down in surprise, and her mouth couldn't close again.
At this time, Lu Ning not only became a pair of men with hanging eyes and dark skin, but he was also a little shorter, and the seemingly thick tattered willow wool cotton pants were actually very thin, covering Lu Ning's knees and walking, and even Lu Ning's eyes became cloudy.
Hai Po naturally didn't recognize him, but Lu Ning shouted "Hai Po" in an undisguised voice.
Hai Po stared at him in surprise, and even forgot to salute, until Lu Ning walked past her, she came back to her senses, patted her chest, and muttered a few words in a low voice, which probably means that my mother, the master is really a fairy, and he will change his appearance, and he will scare the baby to death.
Lu Ning entered the small courtyard, went straight to the south house, knocked lightly on the door at the bottom of the stairs, and said with a smile: "It's me." ”
The door was quickly opened, and Lu Ning walked in, and it was warm and fragrant inside.
"Lord." The delicate voice appeared in front of Lu Ning, wearing a rose-red full-breasted skirt, the snow-white collarbone was sexy, the small waist was too small to grasp, and it was You Wuniang who was charming, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she was busy raising her snow-white little hand to her forehead to salute.
There was also a gentle woman in her twenties beside her, who had already knelt down at this time.
"Alright, you're going to have to come here to suffer." Lu Ning made a gesture and grabbed You Wuniang, who was about to worship, and touched You Wuniang's soft jade arm through the silky silk, but it also made Lu Ning's hand slightly crisp.
"Why don't you spend more time with your sister?" Lu Ning said so, but in the past ten days, it has become a real iron-striking machine, and there is no one around him, and he doesn't know who to say two words with, and now someone is coming to accompany him, it seems that You Wuniang wrote a letter to find a bunch of reasons why she had to come, but in fact, Lu Ning couldn't wait for her to come.
Then he said to the maidservant, "Get up." ”
Speaking of her sister, You Wuniang suddenly burst into tears, and bowed down again: "Lord, slave, what is the regret of slave death?" But it was really snow-white and about to knock the green brick, Lu Ning was startled, and hurriedly dragged her up with both hands, "What are you doing?" ”
This time, he almost hugged You Wuniang with a full embrace, nephrite jade is warm and fragrant, and her delicate body is extremely soft, which makes Lu Ning's blood pressure rise immediately, I wanted to let her go, but I saw her crying, "Slave family, how to repay the lord......
"Okay, this, that's who you're talking about, right?" Lu Ning turned his head as much as he could, looking away from the snow-white and delicate neck of this little gift, and also reminded You Wuniang that there were people next to him.
But You Wuniang, where do you treat the maidservants or even the female officials as people?
However, what the lord said was serious, You Wuniang had to gently bow her head, Lu Ning let go of his hand, took a step back, and said, "Yes, it's her." ”