Chapter 240: Ten Thousand Walls
"What? What's that? Li Deyi, who was only a half-baked person in the forging field, didn't know what the three words "inverted flame furnace" meant, so he stood there and asked stupidly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Hearing this, the sloppy old man almost brushed his sleeves and left on the spot, waving his hand, leaving behind a scattered pile of tattered cotton wool. In the end, for the sake of Li Deyi's patience and hunger in his belly, the old man said one more thing, "It's a reverberatory furnace." ā
Li Deyi still didn't understand, but looking at the serious look on the old man's face, he knew that this matter might not be fake. Rolling his eyes, Li Deyi called out to a veteran soldier and asked him to go to the steel academy and called out the three blacksmith masters.
Since he hadn't figured out the details of this sloppy old man yet, Li Deyi didn't dare to take him into the Steel Academy. But he can't just let the old man leave, Li De always felt that the "inverted flame furnace" in the old man's mouth was definitely a great thing, and it was very important to the future of the Iron and Steel Academy. It's a pity that Li Deyi is completely half-tone in forging, and he doesn't know how to interrogate this sloppy old man at this moment, so as to distinguish the true from the fake.
Although Li Deyi was a half-tone in forging steel, he knew that the sloppy old man in front of him must be hungry at the moment, because he clearly heard the old man's belly growling. Li Deyi secretly had fun in his heart, and secretly thought: "I feed you so much that you can't walk, so I'm not afraid that you will run." Delay for a while, and when the master comes, I will ask you again. ā
Thinking of this, Li Deyi made a look, motioned to the veteran next to him to come over, and then deliberately said loudly: "This big brother, please go to the Huotou camp to get five white-flour steamed buns, and a bowl of stewed pork, a full bowl, and the meat should be fat!" Li Deyi deliberately emphasized loudly that he wanted to fill a bowl of stewed pork, that is, to give this sloppy old man a good ear.
Sure enough, as soon as the sloppy old man heard this, he licked his lips secretly. This small action will definitely not be able to escape Li Deyi, who has been preparing and staring at him all the time. "It's stable." Li Deyi was secretly happy in his heart. After hearing this, the sloppy old man was no longer anxious, let alone leaving, but sat on the ground and waited to eat.
Li Deyi sent someone to call the blacksmith master, but if the work of forging and smelting came to a critical moment, it could never be interrupted. Therefore, for a while, the master really can't come, and he must finish the work in his hand and explain it before he can come out, otherwise he will waste a piece of good steel.
Li Deyi specially explained before that this good steel cannot be wasted when it is a big thing. After all, the iron ore on the grassland is not high now, and if a piece is wasted, the garrison regiment may have one less set of good armor or three good sabers, which will cause the elite soldiers of the garrison regiment to be injured or even killed on the battlefield.
The elite soldiers of the garrison regiment are all treasures, and Li Deyi has tried his best to get them a good equipment every time he goes to war over the years. In the past, when people were poor, they couldn't even get together their armor, but now that life is better, there is no reason to let elite soldiers go into battle with tattered goods to defend against the enemy.
When the master of the Steel Academy finally finished his work, handed over the rest to those students, and hurried to see Li Deyi. The sloppy old man was already eating the eleventh white flour bun, and the stewed pork had already eaten three bowls. The sloppy old man, who had not eaten for many days, burped until he was full, rolled his eyes upwards, and forced the eleventh bun into his mouth.
Li Deyi stood by and watched, really afraid that he would die before he told the secret of the "reverberatory furnace", seeing that he had picked up the twelfth white-flour steamed bun, he quickly stretched out his hand to stop the sloppy old man, and persuaded: "This old man, don't worry, if the reverberatory furnace you said is really true, then you are a first-class guest of the Dingbei Garrison Regiment, and when the time comes, you will be treated indispensably. ā
As soon as Li De spoke, the sloppy old man took advantage of his unpreparedness and forced half of the white-flour bun into his mouth. Hunger can really make people burst out of infinite potential, Li De is at the peak of his majesty, and he can't stop this sloppy old man from eating!
As soon as the sloppy old man heard this, he didn't stuff half of the bun in his mouth, and went directly into the torn cotton jacket. stood up, touched a handful of oily mouths, used this hand oil to straighten the messy hair, and said in a deep voice: "Fetch a basin of water, let me wash up." ā
After a while, a soldier brought a basin of water, and the sloppy old man did not pick a place, and began to wash the mud on his face on the spot. In this sloppy old man's work of burying his head and washing his face, the three school masters finally arrived. As soon as the three of them came, Li Deyi made a silent gesture, and the old master Zhou Quan stared at this person's hand for a long time, and then glanced at Li Deyi and signaled to come out and speak.
Li Deyi followed him to the outside of the house, and Zhou Quan lowered his voice and said, "Little general, I think this person is a charlatan. The old man, I just took a closer look at his hands, washed them with water, they were white and delicate, there were no calluses at all, where was the perennial iron, you looked at the old man and my hands. As he spoke, Zhou Quan stretched out his hands, Li De glanced at them, Zhou Quan's hands, the palms were covered with calluses, and the back of his hands was full of sparks, as well as criss-crossing old lines, which looked like a veteran who had been forged all day.
Then Li Deyi looked up and glanced into the room, but found that after the sloppy old man's hands were washed with water, they were really white and delicate, although there were wrinkles, but they were by no means the unique hands of a blacksmith like Zhou Quan. "Hey! After all these years, someone has really deceived me!! Hmph, I'll have to treat this thing later! Li Deyi secretly hated in his heart, and at the same time made up his mind to teach this person a lesson.
Li Deyi raised his eyes and saw that the sloppy old man had finished washing his face, made a gesture, and led the master into the house. At this moment, the sloppy old man had just finished wiping his face and put down the towel, and Li De looked at his washed face, and was immediately stunned. Where is this person a sloppy old man, he is clearly a middle-aged man with elegant appearance and handsome eyes, and this person is slender, and he was bent over his waist before, and he is probably hungry.
Either it is said that people are good-looking and have advantages wherever they go. Li Deyi was originally angry, but at this moment, seeing that this person looked elegant and behaved moderately, the anger in his heart suddenly became a little smaller. Originally, he was going to open his mouth to question, but it also became: "These are the three masters of the North Garrison Regiment, you can talk to them." ā
The middle-aged man was not in a hurry to talk to these three masters at this moment, but arched his hand and introduced himself: "I am Wang Yigao of Jiping Province, who was forced to flee because the Tuliao army broke through the city, and wandered all the way here. I haven't thanked this little general for his hospitality, thank you, thank you. As he spoke, the middle-aged man, who behaved elegantly, calmly gave Li Deyi a salute. A few simple words, but there is endless suffering, from the easternmost Jiping Province in Pingzhou all the way to flee, wandering to Dingbei County, I am afraid that I have to walk tens of thousands of miles, the hardships of which are really insignificant.
Eh, this belt is going to open a few more words to spy on it, and after receiving this gift, Li Deyi suddenly couldn't say the rest of his words. The so-called etiquette is not to blame, and that's probably it. Li Deyi didn't know how to answer, so he simply gave Zhou Quan a look and motioned for him to answer.
Zhou Quan is now also a dignified master, teaching hundreds of students, and over time, he naturally gradually has a bit of the prestige of a teacher. Straightening his chest, Zhou Quan took a step forward and said, "Old man Zhou Quan, now lives in the position of the master of the Dingbei garrison regiment. ā
Hearing this, Li Deyi wanted to cover his face with his hands behind him, this person, he was afraid of comparison. Zhou Quan is also a very dignified master on weekdays, but when he came to this person, after saying a word, he immediately lowered his head, and the two showed a gap in cultural level.
Zhou Quan didn't realize that this was the benefit of a rough man, and Wu Zi continued to ask: "But I don't know what kind of name the inverted flame furnace you said before?" Hearing Zhou Quan's question, this elegant middle-aged man frowned, obviously a little incomprehensible, a teaching master, asked what this "inverted flame furnace" is for, is it possible that you can understand?
Li De frowned when he saw him, thinking that this person didn't want to speak, so he coughed and said, "You can tell that reverberatory furnace, if it really works." When the time comes, I will definitely give you a house, a land, and a daughter-in-law, and I will also promote you to the master of the Dingbei Garrison Regiment, and enjoy the treatment of a first-class soldier. ā
Although it was the first time I had heard of someone offering such a reward, this elegant Wang Yigao was obviously moved. He fled from the northeast to the northwest along the way, and he didn't know how many cities he passed along the way, and how many separatist lords he encountered, he must have wanted to sacrifice the technology he had mastered more than once to have a stable and prosperous life.
But every time I heard about his forging skills, those tyrants and heroes immediately changed their looks when they looked at him. Originally, when these heroes first came into contact with this Wang Yigao, they looked at his appearance and demeanor, and talked elegantly, just when he was a capable minister and good official who could write and put pen to peace in the world, but when they heard that what they offered was just a craftsman such as forging, they immediately lost interest in him. These heroes and heroes all waved their hands happily, asked people to bring out a plate of silver coins, gave him a position such as a craftsman and a petty official, and sent him away.
This Wang Yigao is proud of his mastery, how can he stand this kind of differential treatment, he just brushed his sleeves and left, and he didn't even take a single piece of silver. As a result, along the way, Wang Yigao became poorer and hungrier, and his original good clothes were also changed to food, and finally he was left with a torn cotton jacket that was pulled from the dead man on the side of the road. Wang Yigao dug a pit and buried the homeless people who were dying of cold and starvation on the side of the road, and borrowed other people's clothes to wear. He was not ambiguous, helped people to settle in the ground, and also collected the funeral expenses, a torn cotton jacket.
This Wang Yigao came all the way to Dingbei County, and he had never met such a direct general, and he opened his mouth to divide the house, land, and daughter-in-law. "Well, my wife died on the way to escape, and marrying a daughter-in-law is not bad. But although this general is real, he has always been enthusiastic about himself, and he has not been condescending, but he can let himself tell a teacher about this mastery of iron forging, what does this mean? ā
"But if this family can't be resettled, my body can't hold on to continue to wander, that's it, I'll just reluctantly say it, let it be fate!" Thinking of this, Wang Yigao paused and said, "I don't know if this Master Zhou can understand the way of forging?" ā
Zhou Quan was directly stunned by his words, "The old man has been a blacksmith for decades, and how many hammers have he broken." Say I don't know how to forge? Are you looking down on my old man?! ā
(To be continued.) )