Chapter 6 Oath
"Don't worry, master, I will not neglect your guests."
After seeing Liu Fan's first appearance in the past two days, Liu Yu was very relieved of Liu Fan, plus he was loyal, he would not ask much about many things, and he would work hard.
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Early the next morning, Liu Fan rode to Anyi City with Xuantie in his arms.
Although Anyi City is not as good as cities like Chang'an and Luoyang, it is also a famous northern city in the world, and it is still prosperous even in the lonely late Han Dynasty.
The streets of the city are lined with houses that are antique and antique. Although it was early in the morning, it was already like flowing water and horses like dragons.
Liu Fan's purpose in coming to Anyi City was to find the blacksmith Shen Tugang, Shen Tugang is the most famous blacksmith in the entire Hedong County, although he is not good at casting agricultural tools, but the technology of casting weapons is not bad compared with the blacksmiths Pu Yuan and Guo Da who have been handed down in history in this era.
After some inquiry, Liu Fan finally found Shentu Gang's blacksmith shop. Shentu Steel's blacksmith shop is located in the west of Anyi City, a relatively secluded place.
Liu Fan dismounted and took off the package wrapped in dark iron from the horse. With one hand, he squeezed the black iron around his waist and walked towards the blacksmith's shop.
At this time, a strong man in his thirties with a shirtless body was holding a hammer to hit the rudiments of a long sword over and over again. This strong man is none other than Shen Tugang. There were two young men who looked like apprentices next to him.
Liu Fan quietly watched Shen Tugang casting the long sword, and gradually two hours passed. After Shen Tu Steel's continuous beating and sharpening, the long sword has formed a sharp blade. And Liu Fan didn't have the slightest impatience, Shen Tugang had already felt it when Liu Fan came. But he couldn't stop forging swords for a while, and in his philosophy, only by doing it in one go could he create the most perfect sword.
"What kind of weapon does Childe need to build?"
Now that the blade has been formed, it means that the process has been completed. As for the quenching time, you can do it regularly. Looking up at Liu Fan, Shen Tugang asked.
"You can forge this weapon."
Liu Fan took out a rolled-up piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Shen Tugang. Shen Tugang's attitude towards work, Liu Fan is very appreciative. I was a little sure that Shen Tugang could create this weapon.
Shen Tugang took it and rolled the paper open. The picture on the paper is the Qinglong Glaive. The diagram even marks the weight, length, and texture of the blade of the Qinglong knife.
Shen Tugang stared at the drawings for a while, and nodded seriously: "I made this knife, but unfortunately I don't have dark iron here, if this knife is made of dark iron, it must be a divine weapon."
"Okay, just wait for your words." Liu Fan was overjoyed. opened the large package clamped around his waist, and a large piece of blue-black black iron was thrown to the ground by Liu Fan: "This piece of black iron weighs at least 100 catties, and it only takes eighty-two catties to exercise this knife." The remaining black iron is the reward for forging this sword. Can? ”
The three masters and apprentices of Shen Tugang were shocked when they saw Liu Fan casually throwing hundreds of catties of Xuantie to the ground. They knew that this thing had been in Liu Fan's hands, and after holding it for more than two hours, his face did not change, as if he were as light as nothing, which was really shocking.
Liu Fan's weapon, the Overlord Halberd, was heavier than this piece of dark iron, and it was far more laborious to fight on the battlefield than to hold it.
"No wonder Childe needs such a heavy weapon, it's a strange person." Shen Tugang ran over and squatted beside Xuantie and stroked it for a while. Zhuang Yan said: "Spring and Autumn Ou Yezi, famous for casting a peerless sword, although I am a blacksmith, but I have its ambitions." The remaining dark iron of this knife will be made into a sword and sent to Yu Gongzi. ”
Shen Tugang's move, firstly, is because Liu Fan is quite extraordinary and has the intention of making friends. Second, because casting a divine soldier is his lifelong wish, Liu Fan can help him realize his wish, but what if he doesn't want to be rewarded?
A blacksmith with a dream, with the goal of making the sharpest divine weapon in the world. He hoped that one day when someone would become famous all over the world with this divine weapon, the world would know who this divine weapon came from, just like Ou Yezi's Chunjun, Zhan Lu, Long Yuan and other swords. A blacksmith with no dreams only wants to use his skills to support his family. Even if the skills are better than the former, the weapons made are far inferior to the former.
"In that case, then I will be disrespectful." Liu Fan still lacks a divine sword, and Shen Tugang sent charcoal in the snow, and he wrote down this favor.
Three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion. The most important thing is that Liu Fan found that Shen Tugang is a talent, and he will definitely be of great use to himself in the future.
"I named this knife Qinglong Yanyue, I don't know how long it will take to forge it at the earliest." Considering that Guan Yu would not stay in the Western Qin Marquis Mansion for long, Liu Fan asked Shen Tugang.
"Qinglong Glaive, atmosphere! Domineering! Shen Tugang exclaimed and said: "I pay attention to casting in one go, and within seven days, I will become a divine soldier."
"Very good!" Liu Fan stroked his palm.
Seven days is not a long time, Liu Fan is confident that he can keep Guan Yu for seven days, and these few days will make good use of those classic battles that win more with less to teach Guan Yu a lesson, so that he can understand the truth that arrogant soldiers will be defeated, Liu Fan is really afraid that Guan Yu will lose in arrogance and carelessness in the future.
After explaining everything to Shen Tugang, Liu Fan left Anyi City on horseback and ran along the official road to the north of Anyi City. His biggest headache now is the resettlement of those displaced people and the future livelihood of the displaced people. We have been taking out food support, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and sooner or later we will sit on the empty side.
Tuntian!
Liu Fan had a flash of inspiration, and these two words suddenly flashed in his mind.
In this era, there are many barren suburbs, such as the suburb approved by the Anyi Order yesterday, only one township can be built, and the rest of the land can be used for tuntian. Hedong County is close to the east of the Yellow River, and the second largest tributary of the Yellow River, the Fenshui River, passes through the county, and the soil is fertile, which can be easily irrigated by diversion canals.
Liu Fan rode a horse and galloped for more than an hour, and came to the suburbs that Liu Yu told him yesterday. The east of the river is close to the Hetao Plain, and the few mountains in the county are mostly plains and hills. The land that Li Lun gave to the displaced people was not very good, it belonged to a hilly area, and it was much more difficult to develop than the plains. Anyi has a large population, but it is only a county after all. Good places have long been developed, and the plains are almost gone.
Liu Fan rode around on horseback, thinking in his heart.
Unknowingly, Liu Fan rode to the highest hill nearby. He looked northwest. The northwest across Hedong County is no longer the direct territory of the Han Dynasty, from the vast plains within the Great Wall, to the Hetao in the middle and upper reaches of the Yellow River, and the Heshuo Plain, are the habitats of the Southern Xiongnu and Qianghu. Such a good land was given to the Xiongnu and Qianghu by the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it was not wise to exchange for the temporary submission of the Xiongnu and Qianghu. Eventually, it leads to tiger breeding. In Liu Fan's view, those places can not only develop animal husbandry, but also cultivate agriculture, as long as they are properly developed, how many millions of people can be fed?
In the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Southern Xiongnu did not know how many times they rebelled, especially the next Southern Xiongnu, Shan Yu Luofu, who almost took refuge in the powerful princes of the late Han Dynasty. Every time they rebelled, I don't know how many Han people died at their hands, and when they arrived in the Wei and Jin dynasties, they still used appeasement measures against the Xiongnu. In the rebellion of the eight kings of the Jin Dynasty, Wuhu took advantage of the situation to enter. The Yongjia Rebellion and the sinking of Shenzhou made the Han people almost wiped out and had to cross to the south, and this bloody case became the pain of countless Han people in later generations.
"It won't be long before I will drive you out of there, I will let the south of Yinshan Mountain, no longer see the trace of the enemy, will not let the forces around the Han that threaten the Han Dynasty, and let the real kingdoms of the Han Dynasty come to the court." At this moment, Liu Fan spoke boldly and swore to the sky.