Cao Ji?

Who is Cao Ji?

In the city of Xudu, I don't know when it began, there was a name that I had never heard of: Cao Ji.

“…… Speaking of which, I was fortunate enough to meet this Cao Ji. This guy is eight feet long, his waist is ten girths, he is a good man, and he is good-looking. ”

In Sirish's liquor shop, a green skin was foaming at the mouth and boasting.

"What is the origin of this person?"

"You won't believe it. This Cao Ji is said to be the descendant of Ou Yezi, the master of the Warring States War Casting Army, and his sword-making skills are extremely good. ”

"Whew!" A drinker said: "One surname Ou, one surname Cao, how is it possible?" ”

"Say you're lonely and unheard, and you don't admit it. How many years has it been since the Warring States period? Maybe something happened in the middle, so he changed his surname to Cao. ”

"Listen to your nonsense."

The refuted drinker sneered and threw his sleeves away.

As soon as he left, someone immediately came over and sat in his seat, "Tell me, tell me, can Cao Ji really make a treasure sword?" ”

"Nonsense, when Grandmaster Cao was building the furnace, my father went to help. After coming back, he told me that the iron furnace built by Grandmaster Cao was obviously different from that of ordinary people. And there are a lot of weird tools out there. My father said that under the iron stove shed, there was a wooden barrel, which was tightly covered, and there was a faint smell of strange fragrance. My father said that the bucket was filled with Grandmaster Cao's unique secret method. ”

"Is there such a thing?"

"I don't believe you...... In the days when the furnace was built, it wasn't just my father? ”

"But how did I hear that Sect Master Cao is not a descendant of Ou Yezi?" A drinker walked over and joined in the fun.

"It's not Ou Yezi's descendant, which one is that?" The green-skinned triangular eyes glared and flashed with fierce light.

The drinker was not afraid at all, and said with a sneer: "I have heard that Sect Master Cao is a hidden ink master...... Otherwise, you would not be able to create so many strange things. ”

In the corner of the wine shop, two men were drinking silently.

When one of the young men heard this, he snorted and squirted out a mouthful of wine.

The man sitting across from him was in his early thirties. He was sprayed with alcohol, but he had a strange smile on his face.

"Fengxiao, let's go."

The young man coughed again and again, and said with a smile: "That's right, I also have this intention." ”

The two threw down the copper coins, got up and walked out of the wine shop.

"In the past few days, the name Cao Ji is really loud!"

The older man smiled, shook his head and said, "It seems that there is a master by Jun Ming's side. ”

"Oh, Wen Ruo, you can see it too?"

"If I can't see this, then haven't I read the sages in vain? It's just that I feel that Dian Junming is doing this, as if he is not preparing for future martial arts, but more like making a name for this Cao Ji...... Jun Ming probably couldn't think of such an idea, there must be other people around him. Why don't we go and visit Jun Ming together, and meet by the way, this person who gave him ideas? ”

The young man immediately agreed, and said very approvingly: "After Junming came back, we haven't visited yet. I want to go to him and have a drink. ”

The two of them walked towards the Tiger Ben Mansion as they spoke.

"Wen Ruo, do you think that evil comes and tiger idiot, who can be the first person to be the guard?"

"Before, I was still optimistic about the tigers, but now ...... If there are really capable people around the evil to help, it is estimated that the tiger idiot may not be able to win. ”

"You can cite them ......"

"If a good thing happens, sooner or later there will be a disaster. The lord had strictly ordered the families not to help, but he also encouraged the families to prevent Dian Wei from recruiting tiger ben.

It's just that he didn't expect that Jun Ming didn't plan to recruit troops in Xudu at all, and directly drew sharp soldiers from all walks of life, and the gains outweighed the losses. ”

The young man thought deeply and nodded again and again.

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Twenty miles away from the north gate of Xudu, there is a mountain, named Dragon Mountain.

Since then, Yingshui has zigzags around and formed a huge river bay. Due to the perennial river erosion, a large amount of silt has been brought upstream, and the river bay has been washed into nearly 1,000 hectares of fertile land. Among them, there are 300 hectares, which were given to Dian Wei by Cao Ying. However, Dian Wei only enjoyed the harvest of these 300 hectares of land, and the actual work was taken care of by the Dian Agricultural School Lieutenant appointed by Cao Ying. In the first year of Jian'an, he suggested that Cao Ying carry out Mintun to increase the income of the imperial court. This decree was officially implemented at the beginning of the second year of Jian'an, and the 300 hectares of fertile land in Dianwei were also incorporated into Mintun...... It can be seen that Cao Ying was very disgusted by the merger of land by the clan, so he directly took it into the state. In this way, even if those clans have the intention to continue to merge, they must also consider whether it will anger Cao Ying because of this.

Dian Wei doesn't care......

How much is the income of 300 hectares of fertile land? He didn't know.

According to his surname, enough flowers will be enough!

The property that really belongs to him is the dock fort built at the foot of Longshan.

The six-zhang high and five-zhang wide dock fort is tall and strong, like a small military fortress. In the event of a military disaster, the people around Longshan can take refuge in the dock fort. In other words, Dian Wei got this dock fort that could accommodate a thousand people, and at the same time took care of the security around Longshan.

It was said that at noon, in the furnace shed of the dock fort, it was in full swing.

'Hidden Ink Juzi' Cao Ji is directing the busy manpower.

"Xiahou, continue to blow the wind, the furnace temperature is not enough, it is not ...... enough"

Xia Houlan lost her original elegance at this time, bare-chested, holding the lever tightly, constantly pushing and pulling the bellows, blowing air towards the iron furnace.

WhewW......

The bellows pulled, making a loud noise.

The flames in the iron furnace rose to a high level, causing the temperature in the furnace shed to suddenly rise a lot.

All of them were sweaty and shirtless.

"Xiahou, take a break and let me come."

Zhou Cang exposed his swarthy tendons, sweat sliding through, making his body as if it were made of iron shining.

With his long hair scattered, he ran forward and let Xia Houlan dodge. Xia Houlan was also tired and out of breath after the gust of wind just now.

"Pun, change the hammer!"

Cao Ji took out a knife embryo from the iron furnace and took the sledgehammer from Cao Peng's hand.

I saw that he rounded the hammer, and the muscles of his body beat rhythmically with his movements. With a bang, the hammer fell, and sparks flew in all directions.

The sound of clanging is like rain hitting plantains.

Cao Ji took a long time to make tea, embedded a piece of pig iron into the knife embryo, and threw it into the iron furnace again.

"Peng'er, how many knife embryos have you made over there?"

Next to the iron furnace, there is also a small furnace, which is specially used to make knife embryos.

Cao Peng was also shirtless, put a red embryo on the cutting board, and held a hammer weighing about ten catties in his hand, forging ping pong. As the son of a blacksmith, how could he not know how to strike iron? In fact, it is not too difficult to beat the embryo, as long as you master the heat and the rhythm of forging. But such a simple job requires a lot of physical strength and enough strength.

This can be seen from the weight of the hammer in the hands of Cao Peng, Wang Mai and Deng Fan.

Deng Fan's hammer weighs more than 40 catties; The hammer that the king bought weighed thirty-eight pounds; And the hammer in Cao Peng's hand is only thirteen catties.

Although the weight of the hammer is different, it does not affect the quality of the blade.

Beating the embryo is about strength. As long as the strength is enough, there is no problem with the knife embryo...... No matter how heavy the hammer is, if the strength is not well controlled, it is equivalent to a waste.

In this regard, although Cao Peng's hammer is light, his mastery of strength is better than that of Deng Fan and Wang Mai.

He was shirtless and sweating profusely. Black hair coiled on the top of his head, beads of sweat running down his cheeks, sliding down......

Unconsciously, Cao Peng's body was very different from the condition he had when he was first reborn. The body is still a little thin, but it is much stronger than before. In the past, Cao Peng had almost no flesh on his body, but now, it has faintly shown the outline of muscle groups.

Cao Peng's breathing method is somewhat special, which is the so-called reverse abdominal breathing method in later generations.

Different from the natural breathing method, the reverse abdominal breathing method has changed the emphasis on the inhalation as the center of the conventional breathing, and emphasizes the exhalation as the main focus. What's more, the reverse abdominal breathing method combines the exhalation with the movement of the inner breath. Through the process of exhalation, the motivation and technique to promote and grasp the operation of the inner breath is a common means in the martial arts world in later generations.

The so-called inner breath is the inner life energy.

Energy, formless and colorless, can neither be seen nor heard.

During breathing exercises, the same goes for the inner breath. But the body's internal senses can feel the movement of this breath.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is 'internal qi'.

If it is explained more simply, it can also be called potential.

The effect of reverse abdominal breathing is to further stimulate the potential of the human body.

Cao Peng is not so much playing the embryo, but rather using the embryo to stimulate his potential and temper his body.

Silently muttering about the number of times he struck the knife embryo, almost one hundred and eight times, he stopped, picked up the knife embryo, and threw it into the iron furnace.

Then walk slowly in the courtyard, and when the qi is calm and the strength is restored, return to the furnace shed to continue.

After exercising for about two hours a day, Cao Peng can clearly feel the strength of the five internal organs. Of course, in addition to regular practice, you also need enough food and nutrients to replenish your physical strength. However, this is no longer a problem for Cao Peng.

"Peng'er, it's almost over, you guys go and rest first, and continue to forge tomorrow."

Cao Ji saw that the work was almost done, so he waved his hand to let Cao Peng and the three of them leave.

The next quenching and continued forging can be done by Cao Ji himself. However, what they are doing now is only the basic work, and they are still far from the real knife making.

Cao Peng threw down the hammer, called Wang Mai and Deng Fan, and left the furnace.

The three of them were about to go to clean up, but they saw Deng Juye hurriedly coming from outside, "Ah Fu, someone is looking for you, saying that it is the son of Dian Zhonglang." ”

Pawn Lang Gongzi?

Cao Peng didn't react at once.

Dian Zhong Lang Gongzi, isn't it Dian Wei's son Dian Man?

He's back?

But this is a good one, look for me...... What's the matter?