"Who made this knife?" After reading the steel, Cheng Yi's attention turned to the process of the horizontal knife, "Exquisite, really exquisite." Seeing that there is no curved arc on the spine of the knife, especially at this point, if the bend is not enough, the power of the knife will not be able to be exerted to the extreme. If it's too big, the blade can be easily damaged. This heat is just right. Cheng Yi praised while gesturing, "General Qin has such subordinates, this time the old man may have come for nothing." ”

"I don't hide it from the master, the boy under my command also has some ability, this horizontal knife is from his hand, he also invented the curved plow, improved the carriage, improved the sailboat. However, he greatly admired the four great craftsmen in the world, including Master Cheng, and often said that compared with several masters, he was still far behind. Hearing the rejection in Cheng Yi's words, Qin Forget said with a smile.

"It's kind of a little bit of an eye-catcher." When Cheng Yi heard this, he smiled smugly on his face, "Then I'll instruct the juniors, if this knife spine is thicker by three centimeters, the heat is a little bigger when it is built, and the water is a little colder when it is quenched, it is best to use mountain spring water, then it will be more perfect." It's no less than the Qiuhong I built for Emperor Yan. ”

"Luo Zhong, write it down." Qin Forget turned his head and instructed Luo Zhong, "I'll send it to Jin Xu when I turn around." ”

"General Qin, I don't know if the old man's words are worth the thirty-five taels of silver you gave for the old man?" Seeing that Qin Forget attached so much importance to himself, the emotion in Cheng Yi's eyes flashed.

"Naturally, not to mention thirty-five taels, it is simply priceless." Qin Wangxin said convincingly.

"Okay, since it's worth it, then your favor old man will be repaid today, General Qin, please, the old man won't keep food." Cheng Yi's face changed, and he got up and gave the order to evict the guests.

Qin forgot for a moment, he really didn't know why Cheng Yidu would refuse himself when he was mixed up like this, but he was not reluctant, stood up and left.

"This Cheng Yi really doesn't know what to do, he is mixed up like this, and he actually refuses to be a general." Coming out of Cheng Yi's house, Luo Zhong said unhappily.

"Good food is not afraid of being late, Cheng Yi can't escape from the palm of my hand, let's just wait for another opportunity." Qin Forget smiled slightly, and didn't take this matter to heart.

"General, I don't think there's any need to give him face, just tie it up." Luo Zhong was still not convinced.

"Forget it, a person like him is too arrogant, if he really ties him up to Akagi, believe it or not, he can do nothing. He had to be willing. I'm just curious now, supposedly his situation is like this, and there is no reason to refuse me. Check me out what he really thinks. Qin Forget commanded.

"General Qin, you wait." At this moment, a timid voice sounded behind the two.

Qin Forget and the two turned their heads to look, but it was Cheng Yi's wife, the beautiful woman just now was standing there with a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy.

"It turned out to be Mrs. Cheng, I don't know what Mrs. has to say?" Qin Forget bowed deeply to Mrs. Cheng and said in a harmonious voice.

"General Qin, my old Cheng is this temper, don't be angry with him." Mrs. Cheng said guiltily, "Actually, he is also for this family, our Cheng family has also been prosperous before, after he built Qiuhong for Emperor Yan, his reputation resounded throughout Dayan, and we also lived a good life with it." ”

Thinking of the glorious days in the past, Mrs. Cheng's face was full of reminiscences, "But then trouble also came, and after Emperor Yan forgot about Lao Cheng, countless families and people from the rivers and lakes came to the door." These people talk about the rules and are kind of invited, and those who don't talk about the rules simply use all means

I can make it. In this way, our life is completely chaotic, and he has no choice but to hide in this Chengyi Fang before he has a good day. ”

It turned out that because of this, Qin forgot to be secretly happy, someone sent a pillow when he was really sleeping, and knowing what Cheng Yi was thinking in his heart, the matter was much simpler.

"It turns out that it's because of this, no matter how you say that he also created Qiuhong for Emperor Yan, Emperor Yan won't protect him?" Qin Forget said strangely.

"Emperor Yan?" Mrs. Cheng sneered, "How could they ever look at these craftsmen as Old Cheng?" No matter how high his skills are, he is just a lowly craftsman in their eyes. It is precisely for this reason that Lao Cheng is completely cold to these people in power, and he will easily not trust anyone. ”

"Then why does Mrs. Cheng believe in me so much? Tell me all of this? The first time they met, Qin Forget asked strangely.

"Although it's the first time we've met, I, the name of General Qin, have long heard of it." Mrs. Cheng smiled slightly, "It's really good to say that a woman can hold up half the sky." General Qin is the first person in power in thousands of years to treat us women as human beings. Also, I heard that the craftsmen in Chicheng are treated very well and are very important, and the slave family thinks that Lao Cheng will not be wrong to follow General Qin. ”

"Thank you, Madame, for your trust." Qin Wang's heart was slightly moved, and he saluted Mrs. Cheng, "Please also ask Madame to go back and tell Master Cheng that I, Qin Wang, am not the kind of person who unloads the mill and kills donkeys." ”

"The slave knows." Mrs. Cheng smiled slightly, "It's just that the old stubborn donkey is really stubborn, he may not be so easy to nod." ”

"It's okay, I can wait." Qin Forget said nonchalantly.

"That ......" was almost finished, Mrs. Cheng glanced at the young man beside her, and stopped talking.

Looking at Mrs. Cheng's expression, and then looking at the young man's expectant look, Qin Forget guessed a rough idea, "By the way, Mrs. Cheng, you see that I am new to the city, and there is no intimate call by my side, I think this little brother is good, can you cut his love and let him come to my side to help me?" ”

"This ...... This ......" Mrs. Cheng came to ask Qin Forget for this matter this time, but she didn't expect Qin Forget to speak first, which made her not know what to say for a while.

"Mrs. Cheng is unwilling? That would be a shame. Qin Forget deliberately pretended to be disappointed.

"Yes, yes." Mrs. Cheng hurriedly agreed, "General Qin, what do you want the slave family to say?" Mrs. Cheng's tears of emotion flowed out.

"Then don't say anything." Qin Forget smiled slightly, "Boy, what's your name?" How old is it? ”

"My name is Cheng Bin, and I'm sixteen years old this year." The boy replied.

"Heh, the same age as me, you will be by my side in the future." Qin Forget smiled and patted Cheng Bin's shoulder, and found that this kid looked abnormally thin, but his muscles and bones were very strong, and he was very satisfied.

"Speaking of which, the slave family did it this time." Seeing that Qin forgot to accept Cheng Bin, Mrs. Cheng wiped her tears happily, "General Qin has begged my old Cheng, but the slave family has come to this one, it's really embarrassing." ”

Qin Wang's eyes lit up, and from Mrs. Cheng's conversation, he felt that this woman was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Madam doesn't have to be like this, really, even if Master Cheng doesn't agree, we are still friends, besides, I'm not helping. I really need a caring person around me, and Cheng Bin came over to help me. Qin Forget comforted.

"Alas, it's all so poor that the family can't open the pot. The two children spend all day doing odd jobs outside to subsidize it

At home, it's not a way to go on like this. My sister died early, and I am sorry for their mother if they don't arrange a future. As she spoke, Mrs. Cheng's tears flowed out again.

It turns out that these two people are not born to Mrs. Cheng, and it is already great for them to be able to do this as a stepmother, "Mrs. is really a loving mother." Qin Forget couldn't help but praise.

"Hey, you'll know when you live to my age, this life is for children." Mrs. Cheng smiled freely, "But I also ask General Qin not to tell my old Cheng about Cheng Bin, with his arrogant character, he will definitely not be able to stand it if he knows." ”

"Madame, don't worry, forget to know in your heart." Qin Forget nodded.

"Boy, don't look at it, everyone is gone." Watching Cheng Bin turn his head step by step and look back at the backs of Mrs. Cheng and his sister, Qin Forget quipped.

"You're not much older than me." Cheng Bin, like his son Cheng Yi, is very arrogant.

"I'm three months younger than you, you're in March, I'm June." Qin Forget smiled dumbly and spoke.

"What, you're younger than me?" Hearing that Qin Forget was three months younger than him, Cheng Bin exclaimed in surprise. Thinking about Qin Wang's status today, he is even more ashamed of himself.

"What will you kid do?" Seeing Cheng Bin's thin body, Qin Forget asked, "You should have gotten your father's true inheritance, right?" Tell me, will you fight a knife? ”

"No, it won't." Cheng Bin said cleanly, "My father strictly ordered me to learn his skills, so I don't know anything about forging. ”

"What? Your dad never taught you? Qin Forget looked at Cheng Bin in surprise, Cheng Yi's high ability was not passed on to his son at all, Qin Forget felt very incredible.

"The craftsman is lowly, and my father doesn't want our brother to follow his old path, and he can't hold his head up for the rest of his life." Cheng Bin said with a wry smile.

"The way of the world!" Qin Forget slapped his face angrily, he knew that Cheng Yi couldn't be blamed for this, it was caused by the way of the world, and he had always despised craftsmen, this was not something that could be solved for a while, "Then what else will you do?" I'll have to give you a job. ”

"I've been doing odd jobs all these years, and I've done everything, but if you want to say what I'm best at, it seems that I really don't have any." Cheng Bin said with a red face.

"Then stay with me first." Qin Forget can't help it, but this kid can be trusted, and it's not bad to stay by his side and be a follower.

"And how much do you pay me?" Cheng Bin looked at Qin Wang's eyes and asked cautiously.

"Ten taels of silver." Qin Forget was not angry, he knew that the Cheng family was waiting for dinner, so he generously offered him a very high salary, "I'll pay you this money for a month first, and I'll take it all home." ”

"Okay, okay, thank you, General." Cheng Bin nodded happily, with these ten taels of silver, the rations of the Cheng family's dozen or so people will be settled.

"By the way, you kid grew up in Youzhou, you should be very familiar with the ground in Youzhou, right?" Looking at this kid's slightly smiling face, Qin Wang's heart moved and asked.

"Of course." Hearing this, Cheng Bin was slightly proud, quite proud of being a native of Youzhou, "I know everything about the streets and alleys, the official yamen, and the corners." ”

"That's good, that's good." Qin Wang's first arrival really needed a local who was familiar with the environment of Youzhou to be his guide, and Cheng Bin came over to help him.

"Okay, I know what I've got you up to." Qin Forget knew how to arrange Cheng Bin in his heart.