Chapter 200: Industrial Empire: Heavenly Sword
Seven days later, the entire Taoqiu went crazy with a message promulgated by the Yi government: Taoqiu Jun asked for the world's famous sword with ten thousand gold!
The world's famous swords are indeed precious, and some swords are invaluable, far from being able to get ten thousand gold! However, Tao Qiujun asked for a famous sword with ten thousand gold, apparently full of sincerity, and when this news was released, a merchant in Tao Qiu offered his ancestral sword. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The merchant's famous sword was blunt, heavy, and hard. However, it looks like a thick copper rod on the outside, and there is nothing too brilliant about it!
The merchant presented the sword in his hand and said to Dai Yan: "Cao Gong, don't look at this sword as inconspicuous, but it is one of the five swords of Yue that Ou Yezi, the swordsmith of the Yue Kingdom refined two hundred years ago, called 'Juque'.
When this sword was born, King Goujian of Yue sat on the terrace and saw a carriage running away in the palace, so he pulled out the sword that Ou Yezi had just refined and pointed at the carriage that was running away, but the sword qi of this sword easily cut the carriage into two sections. Subsequently, King Yue ordered someone to take a copper kettle and stab it with a huge que, and it was effortless to pierce a gap, as if cutting rice cakes!
Because this sword can penetrate the copper kettle, the iron is sharpened, and the Xu Zhong is as decisive as rice, so it is called Juque! ”
"Oh, really?" Dai Yan asked with some suspicion. Then he invited the giant Tian Gu of Xicheng to come and personally inspect the giant sword.
When Tian Jiu carefully inspected this sword, he said to Dai Yan: "Lord, this sword is indeed a giant sword!" ”
After confirming this, Dai Yan immediately ordered his entourage to give the merchant ten thousand gold, and before the merchant could thank him, Dai Yan said with a sigh: "It's a pity that this giant sword, after today, I am afraid that there will be no more giant sword in the world!" ”
The merchant who offered the sword was still a little unsure, and then he saw Dai Yan take a sword from his entourage. This sword, like the heavy Juque Sword, is a seemingly inconspicuous sword. However, the merchant could clearly notice that the material of this sword was probably different from the Juque made of US dollars (copper), and it must have been a sword made of evil gold (iron).
It's no wonder that this merchant doesn't know the goods, and he doesn't know that this sword is a pure steel sword! Because in this day and age, no one thought that someone could make a sword entirely out of steel!
Dai Yan handed over the Juque Sword to his entourage, and then pulled out the steel sword in front of everyone's eyes, and he used this inconspicuous iron sword and the Juque Sword to strike each other!
With a "bang", in the surprised eyes of the merchant and the giant, the giant sword forged by Ou Yezi, the swordsmith of the Yue Kingdom, was actually broken in two!
Dai Yan then retracted the steel sword into its scabbard. And hung the giant sword broken in two in the downtown of Taoqiu, and announced to the people of Taoqiu and the merchants of Taoqiu: The lord has newly refined a sword, hoping to test the power of this sword with a real famous sword! Now that the Juque sword has been folded under the new sword, if anyone has a good sword to offer, the lord will definitely thank him with a lot of money!
However, the people of Taoqiu saw that the famous sword Juque was folded under the new sword of the lord, and even if everyone thought that they had a good sword in their hands, it was impossible to have a sword that surpassed Juque, so after such news set off a wave, they soon fell silent again.
However, the influence of Taoqiu's merchants was indeed great, and the news that the famous sword giant was cut off by the new sword quickly spread all over the world, which attracted the attention of nobles from all over the world who were interested in swords, and soon attracted truly valuable swords to Taoqiu!
The person who brought the sword was Wei Yuan, the prince of Wei Guo, and as soon as he saw Dai Yan, he said to him: "I heard that Cao Gongxin has refined a sword and has cut off Juque, and I am extremely curious about it, and I want to come and see Cao Gong's new sword with my own eyes!" I don't need Cao Gong's golden reward, I just want to see if the new sword made by Cao Gong is powerful, or if this 'Chengying' of mine is powerful! ”
Dai Yan is also very interested in this kind of 'Chengying Sword', which can be ranked among the top ten famous swords of the pre-Qin Dynasty. I saw this patriotic prince take out the saber from his body, press his hand on the hilt and slash gently, and this peerless sword was unsheathed effortlessly!
As soon as it came out of the sheath, it was like a Jiao dividing the shadow, and the goose forgot to return, and it really deserved the name of the shadow sword! And this sword is held in the hands of this patriotic prince, and the end is extremely elegant and exquisite! It really lives up to the title of the exquisite and elegant sword of Chengying!
Dai Yan smiled slightly when he saw Chengying unsheathed. No matter how elegant and exquisite this Chengying Sword is, it is also a bronze sword cast in the Shang Dynasty, how can it compete with this newly made steel sword in his hand?
Therefore, without saying a word, he let the steel sword in his hand unsheath, and he was about to fight Chengying.
However, Wei Yuan stopped Dai Yan and asked, "Gong Cao, my Chengying does not slash the nameless sword!" This sword was newly forged by you, can you give it a good name? ”
Dai Yan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, he just practiced some steel with the crucible steelmaking method, and cast a few steel swords at random. At present, the one in his hand is the best steel sword forged, but he only wants to test the hardness of this steel sword when he seeks the world's famous sword, but he has not had time to name it yet!
So Dai Yan said casually: "This sword is forged by the power of Yitian, and I will name it Yitian Sword!" In this way, is Childe willing to use Chengying to compete with my Heavenly Sword? ”
When Wei Yuan heard this, he immediately nodded and said to Dai Yan: "Since this is the case, then I'll give it a try, whether it's my 'Chengying' or Cao Gong's 'Yitian'!" ”
The two of them each picked up the long sword in their hands and slashed at each other, striking hard! After the crisp sound, something happened to Wei Yuan in disbelief: the delicate and elegant Chengying Sword in his hand, sharp enough to blow and break hair, was actually cut off like this!
However, such a result was still expected by Dai Yan. No matter how famous Chengying is, it is the same as Juque, it is a bronze sword! Copper is not as hard as steel, so isn't it a matter of course to be cut off?
Subsequently, the news that Chengying, one of the three swords of Shang Tianzi, was folded under Tao Qiujun's newly cast iron sword spread throughout the world like wind and thunder, immediately making the people who had good swords among the nobles of various countries unable to sit still!
Half a month later, a team came from the direction of Qi State, and hundreds of rangers followed a rich and noble prince to Taoqiu. This noble son of Qi is the son of Tian Ying, Guo Jun of Qi Guojing, Tian Wen, who is famous today!
Ever since Tian Ying heard that Tao Qiu had newly refined a good sword and broken Juque and Chengying, he couldn't sit still anymore! You must know that in this era, the meaning of forging a good sword is not ordinary, it means the prosperity of the state! Even if he killed Tian Ying, he would not admit that Tao Qiu would be able to prosper in the future, so he had to use a good sword to suppress the arrogance of this opponent!
And he is indeed confident in the sword in his hand! Of course, he also heard that Dai Yanxinlian's sword was an "iron sword", and he also had a good iron sword in his hand, which was the only iron sword forged by Ou Yezi, a swordsmith of the Yue Kingdom, Long Yuan! He never believed that the swordsmith in Dai Yan's hands could surpass Ou Yezi!
Therefore, he personally sent his son Tian Wen to Taoqiu with this Long Yuan to compete with Dai Yan!
Long Yuan is a sword of integrity and nobility, and according to legend, it was made by Ou Yezi and his son-in-law. It is said that in order to forge this sword, two swordsmiths chiseled the mountain and released the water of the mountain stream, which led it to the seven pools next to the sword-casting furnace to form a ring of the Big Dipper, which is called the 'Seven Stars'. When the sword came out of the sheath in Tian Wen's hand, Dai Yan looked down at the sword body, as if climbing a high mountain and looking down at the abyss, ethereal and profound, as if there was a giant dragon lying on it!
The name of Longyuan is worthy of its name!
Dai Yan knew that if there was no accident with this 'Seven Star Longyuan', it would have been passed down to the Tang Dynasty, and then it was renamed Longquan to avoid the obscurity of Li Yuan, the ancestor of the Tang Dynasty. This is also the originator of the famous Longquan Sword in later generations!
However, in Dai Yan's opinion, although this Long Yuan is the best of the iron swords, it is still inferior to today's Yitian! Long Yuan's sword body is still made of iron, but its blade is made of steel, and if it encounters ordinary copper and iron swords, it is indeed not its opponent!
However, the Heavenly Sword is different, it is a sword forged entirely of steel! Compared with Long Yuan, it has surpassed Long Yuan by an era!
Tian Wen held Long Yuan in his hand and said to Dai Yan: "Gong Cao, show your Heavenly Sword and fight with my Long Yuan!" ”
Dai Yan didn't say anything when he heard the future Meng Weijun say this, he took Yitian out, drew his sword out of its sheath, and still looked inconspicuous.
With the Heavenly Sword in hand, Dai Yan said lightly to Tian Wen: "Childe, you can start!" ”
The two of them each raised their swords and slashed at each other!
The ending was still as Dai Yan expected, and the Long Yuan Sword was directly cut off!
This kind of thing that Dai Yan expected really began to cause waves in the world. All countries have heard that Tao Qiu has produced a sword, and Juque, Chengying, and Long Yuan, who are famous swords in the world, cannot block the blow of this sword! Originally, they were intrigued and intrigued, but they all fell into silence collectively!
Half a month later, the envoys of the State of Chu came to Suiyang, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and Taoqiu, and sent a note to the State of Song: The State of Chu will bring Tai'a, the treasure of the Zhenguo in the country, to compete with Yitian!
Such news shocked the whole world, so before the Chu delegation went to Taoqiu, the nobles of various countries either sent envoys or came to Taoqiu in person, hoping to see this earth-shattering sword competition!
When they came to Taoqiu, they naturally found the prosperity and prosperity of this place. Some sword critics even forcibly explained: The Heavenly Sword should be a sword of prosperity, and only in such a prosperous place as Taoqiu, absorbing the prosperity of this place, can such a sword be forged! If anyone can hold this sword, the kingdom will surely prosper!
Such remarks naturally reached Dai Yan's ears, and instead of stopping it, he added fuel to it even more!
And the nobles of the countries arrived in Taoqiu, and a large amount of money entered, which further stimulated the economy of Taoqiu, making the entire Taoqiu more and more prosperous!
Dai Yan and the nobles of the other countries waited in Taoqiu for nearly a month before they received the news that the Chu delegation had arrived in the Song Kingdom! This time, in order to escort Tai'a, the mission was personally led by Mi Heng, the crown prince of Chu State, and sent 5,000 troops to escort it!
Taiah, the world is called the sword of might. On the list of famous swords of the pre-Qin Dynasty, there are only three swords that are more powerful than it. Today's Liu Ji has not yet been born, and the sword of the emperor, Chixiao, has naturally not been born. The sword of benevolence, Zhanlu, is more of a symbol of "benevolence", not for the purpose of killing, and the power of the sword is naturally not as good as Tai'a.
Except for Xuanyuan, the sword of the Holy Dao, whose whereabouts are unknown, there is no sword in the entire world that can be more powerful than the sword of the mighty Dao!
It can be said that in today's world, when it comes to the actual power of the sword, Tai'a is the number one sword in the world!
When Tai'a arrived at Taoqiu, the entire Taoqiu, whether it was the common people at the bottom or the nobles of the countries who had been waiting for a long time, were collectively boiling!
This is the real treasure of the Chu State, in order to obtain this sword, the powerful Jin State did not hesitate to raise troops to attack Chu but could not let this sword leave the Chu State one step! Now because of the birth of Yitian, the Chu State sent it out!
And what everyone is looking forward to is undoubtedly the sword of prestige Tai'a and the sword of prosperity Yitian, which sword is stronger?