"Hahahaha, it's done!"

With a series of excited laughter from Blacksmith Lu, a large knife three feet long and four fingers wide was finally cast.

This knife is simple and atmospheric, cold and cold, and full of violent beauty.

Just by simply carrying it in the hand, it gives people a sharp feeling.

"Master Hou, what do you think of this knife?"

Blacksmith Lu smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum with an old face, and handed the freshly cast big knife to Du Sheng as if offering treasure.

This knife was slightly heavy, and Du Sheng weighed about seven or eight catties. The blade is smooth as a mirror, the back of the knife is thick and heavy, and the blade is sharp.

"Sting!"

Du Sheng's wrist flipped, and after a flash of knife light, everyone saw that the back of the chair he was sitting on just now was neatly broken into two.

"Good steel! Good craftsmanship! ”

Du Sheng smiled with satisfaction, this knife was much stronger than the blade in the Hou Mansion in terms of sharpness and hardness.

"Old Lu, how many grades has this knife reached?" After fiddling with it a few times, Du Sheng suddenly asked again.

"This ...... Xiao Lao'er is not sure. This knife is directly formed after turning pig iron into water, and it is basically not tempered except for the blade. Therefore, there is not much such thing as refining. ”

Blacksmith Lu hesitated for a moment, and explained with some uncertainty.

"However, judging from the hardness and toughness of this knife, it has at least reached the fifth grade. If you temper and cast it carefully, blowing and breaking hair should not be a problem. ”

Five grades represent more than fifty refinements, and they are already considered to be the best of the best in this world's weapon level.

This is still the result of not much thought into forging.

Whether it can reach the so-called level of divine weapons Du Sheng doesn't care too much for the time being, what he really cares about at the moment is whether the steel can be used to make guns!

To this question, a group of blacksmiths present unanimously gave an affirmative answer.

Blacksmith Lu even slammed his chest, saying that as long as he had this kind of fine iron, he would be able to make the musket that Du Sheng wanted.

"In that case, then please leave it to the masters."

Du Sheng carefully tidied up his robe, clasped his hands into fists, and bowed ninety degrees to the blacksmith Lu and the others.

"This can't be helped, Master Hou, you are a daughter, the villain can't stand it, you can't stand it!"

"Yes, yes, thanks to the care of the old marquis over the years, I can live a peaceful life. It is our honor to be able to share the worries of the Hou Ye. ”

"That's right, those boys in my family knew that I was fortunate enough to build weapons for Master Hou, so they probably jumped up excitedly."

Du Sheng's sudden big gift made these low-level people who usually had to salute and accompany the smiling faces when they saw ordinary officials hurriedly dodged in fright.

The great gift of the Marquis of Yipin Town, looking at the world, in addition to his closest elders, I am afraid that only the king of a country is barely qualified to bear it.

"It is the responsibility of the Marquis of Zhenguo to serve as an official and benefit one party. I can assure you that as long as Benhou is not dead, your life will be better day by day. ”

"In the future, Benhou wants to let all the children in Ninghai have books to read, so that all widows and widows can have food, clothing, and a house to live in. You will not be allowed to be robbed of your belongings. ”

"And every musket you make next is used to protect Ninghai and everyone in Ninghai County. Ninghai is not only the fief of Benhou, but also your homeland! Therefore, the next matter of making guns is left to the masters. ”

Du Sheng's words are not simply to buy people's hearts, these are the most true thoughts in his heart.

He never wanted to dominate the world, he just wanted a place where he could ensure the safety of himself and his family, no excessive taxes, no robbers and bandits, and a place where he could enjoy life freely.

"Master Hou, will our little cubs really be able to read in the future?"

Du Sheng's words made the eyes of everyone in the audience light up, they couldn't believe their ears, it felt like they were dreaming.

Reading and literacy is the exclusive right of the children of the nobles and the nobles. People like them, who live at the bottom of society, have never had the luxury of expecting it.

Great Qin's control over education reached a level that made Du Sheng outrageous. The law clearly stipulates that only those who serve in the government, are in the army, or who have made military achievements, the children of the squires of wealthy families, scholars, and other people are eligible to read and write to take the national examination.

In addition to this, there is also a situation where reading and literacy can also be achieved. That is, to donate a certain amount of silver to the county government and above, and the county will personally issue a permission document to be eligible to read and write.

And each county has a fixed number of students to donate every year.

Those who spend money to donate to study are generally business families, and ordinary people even need to worry about food and clothing, where can they have the money to donate to their children.

Du Sheng's sentence made all children have books to read, and it hit the hearts of these people at once.

What parent doesn't want their children to study and become officials and shine on the lintel?

Even if you can't be an official, as long as you can read and hyphenate, you will be respected everywhere.

Even in the hearts of these low-level people, as long as they can read and hyphenation, they will be glorious lintels to win glory for their ancestors.

"Ben Hou guarantees that in one or two years at the least, or three or five years at most, every child can read and write on this one-third of an acre of land in Ninghai County, regardless of gender!"

Du Sheng nodded affirmatively and assured loudly.

"What? Can a girl be a baby? ”

Blacksmith Lu stared at Du Sheng with wide eyes in shock, with a look of panic on his face.

The girl is literate and literate, this kind of thing is unheard of in the people. Even the princesses and young ladies of the princely and generals' families could only find Mr. and Professor in private, and did not dare to step into the hall half a step.

When Du Sheng said this, didn't he give his three granddaughters the same treatment as princesses?

How can he not be frightened, how can he not be excited!

He had taken in thirteen apprentices, and seven of them were still around.

The main reason for accepting so many apprentices is that his only son was killed by horse bandits during an outing seven years ago, leaving him with only three granddaughters without handles.

The Lu family is a foundry family, so we can't let those three granddaughters grow up and strike iron with a hammer and bare arms, right?

Now I suddenly heard Du Sheng say that the girl can also read and write, which can make Lu Blacksmith very excited.

What about the girl? As long as you really read books and read and write, you will be a female gentleman in ten thousand!

Later, he recruited a son-in-law, and this family still has the final say with the surname Lu.

Blacksmith Lu is not stupid, in his opinion, even if the children of Ninghai can read and write in the future, it will definitely be in order.

No matter how powerful Du Sheng is, it is impossible to open hundreds of schools overnight.

"As long as I make guns for Master Hou with my heart, I will definitely give priority to the three Nizi in my family in the future."

Blacksmith Lu's mind was in a hurry, and he immediately made a decision in his heart.

Not only him, but also some people with fast brains have thought of this problem.

Even if there is still a separation between brothers, let alone the huge Ninghai County.

Everyone at the scene knew that Ninghai was the fief of the Marquis of Zhenguo, and all the affairs here were decided by the Marquis.

For Du Sheng's assurance, although they didn't dare to believe it all, they still gave two hopes.

What if it happens?