As soon as Du Jingda's words fell, many people's faces suddenly showed disdain, and even Wei Fusi, who was the same brother as Du Yan, shook his head secretly, who doesn't know that Yang Chong is a craftsman and a master of things, if you want him to make an object, it is almost impossible to ask him to make a poem. Kong Yingda convened for Yang Chong, but he couldn't stop it clearly, Yang Chong ignored Du Jingda, but asked Cui Chuzhi: "I have heard for a long time that Brother Cui writes well, can you open Yang Chong's eyes." ”

"Absolutely." Cui Chuzhi was twenty years old when he became the governor of the Han Dynasty, talented, and even more old, he immediately guessed that Yang Chong was going to chant poetry, smiled and said: "If Lord Yang is not as good as writing a poem, Cui is just swinging the pen." ”

Seeing that there was no cold scene, everyone was interested together, and Yang Chong said that he had made a poem in the Western Regions, and asked everyone to correct it. Yang Chong actually doesn't remember all the poems, and many Tang and Song poems only remember a few lines of those essences, but Wang Changling's seven poems "From the Army" are ripe and familiar, which is the fruit of being punished and copied thousands of times when he was a child. Yang Chong chanted softly: "Yumen Mountain is thousands of weights, and the north of the mountain and the south of the mountain are always Feng. People must watch the fire from afar, and horses do not see a trace when they step on the mountains. ”

Everyone was stunned, this poem is not splendid, but it really describes the scenery of the border fortress with mountains and beacon fires, the language is shallow and deep, and the aftertaste is inexhaustible. Du Jingda regretted it, this poem will greatly enhance Yang Chong's reputation, Qu Tugai praised: "Good poem, Yang Chong, give me this character of Lord Cui, you will ask Lord Cui for words in the future." ”

Liu Xuan pointed to the two people sitting at the bottom and said with a smile: "What Lord Qu Tu said is extremely true. Yang Chong, let me introduce you to two of my students, Wang Bo and Meng Rang. ”

Yang Chong was shocked, there is no one who has gone to school in modern society who does not know Wang Bo, the textbook says that when Emperor Yang of Sui conquered Goguryeo, Wang Bo called himself "Zhishilang", and created "The Song of Death in the Waves of Liaodong", which rose up in Changbai Mountain, Shandong, and Meng Rang seemed to be a leader of the rebel army. Wang Bo is of medium stature, dressed as a scholar, with delicate eyebrows and long white beard; Meng Rang is about seven feet five inches long, with ape arms and wolf waist, pale yellow skin, a beard with a falling cheek, and brocade clothes.

Yang Chong hurriedly got up and saluted, Kong Yingda and Qu Tugai sat opposite, clearly seeing Yang Chong's surprise, although he didn't know why, he also kept Wang Bo and Meng Rang in his heart. After Wang Bo and Meng Rang came over to salute, Wang Bo asked tentatively: "Where is Lord Yang's family, and we will be closer and closer in the future." ”

Yang Chong has returned to normal and said: "I live in Ma Xingfang, Brother Wang and Brother Meng are free, just come." ”

Wang Bo is a poor family, Meng Rang is just a small scholar in Qi County, and he has been in Chang'an for a few days, but he has not been treated, Liu Xuan came forward to find a way out for the two students. Yang Chong was the first official to treat each other normally, whether it was for Liu Xuan's face or not, Wang Bo and Meng Rang were already very grateful; Liu Xuan was also relieved, his face was saved, first Wei Fusi went thousands of miles to the appointment, and now Yang Chong also took care of the emotions of Wang and Meng.

Qu Tugai saw that Liu Xuan had repeatedly considered the vision of the famous family and invited these people, but if it wasn't for Yang Chong to follow in a daze, Wang Bo and Meng Rang would probably only have Kong Yingda, a senior brother, to take care of face. Qu Tugai whispered to Liu Xuan: "Brother Liu, Master Wei, it's not early, let's disperse." ”

Liu Xuan and Wei Fusi both nodded again and again, and everyone dispersed; When Yang Chong returned to Ma Xingfang's house, it was already the third watch, and Wei Lei and his wife were still guarding the door. Seeing Yang Chong coming back, Wei Lei's wife hurriedly called hot water, Yang Chong was so sleepy that he fell asleep after washing; As soon as he got up early the next morning, Wei Lei came to him and asked: "Master, give you an account, during the time you went out, in addition to expenses, we earned eighty-seven taels of silver, and what should we do with the ten slaves and those white sand sent by General Shi?" ”

Yang Chong was stunned and said, "Why did Shi Daqian send it home." ”

Wei Lei said with a smile: "General Shi said, there is no extra food in the barracks, and you let you buy it, so naturally it is your person, and the two hundred taels of silver poison dragon guest who bought it has been advanced, and the money will be returned to Yuhaizhai." General Shi was really interesting, and even sent the paperwork. ”

Yang Chongchai was the meaning of Duhu usurpation, and gave himself a small compensation, so he instructed Wei Lei to put the natural soda ash in the warehouse first, and then take ten people to Chang'an County to register, and then select four strong ones to enter the blacksmith shop as apprentices, and replace Wei Heng, and Wei Long will be in charge of the blacksmith shop in the future. Among the ten people, there are only five Han Chinese, and the rest are two Tiele people and three Muwei people, Yang Chong does not distinguish between ethnicities, according to age, directly give the name Yang Yi to Yang Shi.

After Yang Chong finished breakfast, he checked the camphor wood box in the study, and found that the Luban lock and secret mark taken from Yu Wenkai had not been touched, and the books and items in the box were still the same, so he ran to Yu Wenkai's mansion. Meng Kunpeng hadn't come back yet, Yu Wenkai was very happy to see Yang Chong, and said with a smile: "I heard, now that you have passed the two levels of investigation and the Son of Heaven, everyone also knows that you have another task, I'm afraid that in a few days, you will be promoted." However, it is estimated that there will be no real shortage. ”

Yang Chong said indifferently: "I'm not rare, this trip to the Western Regions has delayed me for a few months to make money, and I have to find a way to make up for it." ”

Yu Wenwen interjected: "Uncle Yang, you really fell into the eyes of money. ”

Yu Wenkai reprimanded: "What nonsense, there are so many people in your uncle's family, they don't make money, what do they eat?" If you have half of your uncle's ability, I don't have to worry about it. ”

Yang Chong persuaded: "Senior brother don't care, Wen Er just said that." Wen'er, I am just a craftsman, and if it is not my turn to worry about military affairs, I will be satisfied if I don't cause trouble to the court. So my goal is to make money, and even if I lose my official position one day, I won't have to worry about eating and drinking. ”

Yu Wenkai asked, "Do you want to fight some divine weapon?" ”

Yang Chongyi gave a thumbs up and said, "Senior brother, you happen to be at home now, let's sum it up, hit a sharp weapon, and our two workshops will specialize in it in the future." I heard from the poisonous dragon guest that now the purchase price of the Guan Longshi clan has reached the point where a thousand gold can buy a treasure knife, and we only need to fight one once a month. ”

Yu Wenkai was not afraid of a lot of money, and quipped: "It's a shame that we don't run an iron factory, otherwise the Son of Heaven would have thought that you had swallowed the recipe privately, and tell me what you think." ”

Yang Chong's idea is to start with 100 forged steel, 100 forged steel is to burn and beat more than 100 times when making weapons, because the carbon content is more, the structure is more dense, and the composition is more uniform, so the quality of steel has been greatly improved. Yang Chong's idea is that when the steel block is about six inches thick, a V-shaped groove is cut on the back of the knife, with a depth of two inches, and then a strip of soft steel is put in, and then beaten into the shape of a knife; When covering the soil and burning the blade, instead of covering the soil all at once, use the stacking method of five to six times.

Yuwen Wen didn't react, but Yu Wenkai and Yu Wenhu understood as soon as they heard it, the horizontal knife of the palace guards was made of 100 forged steel, second only to Bai Dao and Xiao Dao, the knife body was soft inside and the outside, and the middle was tough. The most important thing is that Yang Chong's method does not have very high requirements for steel, and it can be made without iron, Yu Wenkai immediately started construction, and Yang Chong decided to transfer Wei Heng over to help.

Yang Chong didn't ask about Meng Kunpeng's specific situation in the Western Regions, and Yu Wenkai didn't elaborate. Yang Chong has scrutinized this matter, Meng Kunpeng went to the Western Regions, not only because of himself, there must be other purposes, if Yu Wenkai wants to let himself know, he will definitely take the initiative to tell himself, otherwise it is useless to ask.