Early the next morning, the county magistrate waited at the door, and Li Yao washed and dressed under Lian'er's service. After everything was finished, the county order went to the restaurant with Li Yao to eat, because Hou Ye was more noble than the county order, and it was impossible for the county order to let Hou Ye eat in the post station, so he waited for Hou Ye at the post station early in the morning.

This made Li Yao happy, someone took care of the meal, and he didn't eat in vain, so he called the brothers and Li Feng, and Li Yao set off, but unfortunately Lian'er was a maid and couldn't follow, otherwise Li Yao wouldn't let Lian'er eat coarse tea and light rice in the post station.

Because he stayed in Lu County in the name of learning to govern the fiefdom, it was reasonable for everything to be accompanied by the county order. So he was not afraid that there was anything wrong with the county order following him all the time, and after breakfast, Li Yao asked the county order to take him to visit the craftsman king.

Before arriving at the residence of the King of Craftsmen, Li Yao felt a wave of heat rushing towards him, and the sound of tinkling came not far away, and it seemed that there was the King of Craftsmen.

The county commander led in and found that the craftsman king was not there, so he pulled a young man over and asked, "Where is the craftsman king?" Master Hou wants to see him! "Although the county order should be respectful to the craftsman king, there is no need for the craftsmen under the craftsman king, and when it is time to take the shelf, you must take the shelf!

The man replied, "Lord Prefectural, the King of the Craftsman is resting in the bedroom of the house, and I will report it?" ”

Li Yao waved his hand and said, "No need, you lead the way!" ”

The man was stunned for a moment. I thought to myself, "Is it possible to break into the place of the craftsman king casually?" ”

The county commander was stunned when he saw the guy, and hurriedly said, "What a stunned!" Hou Ye asked you to lead the way, and you will lead the way! ”

"Oh, oh!" The guy nodded hurriedly. The front led the way.

But the guy and the group had just taken a few steps into the house when they were stopped.

Grandpa rested inside, and hoped that the county order would wait in the hall for a while. A pretty-looking little girl stopped the group.

The county commander saw that it was the granddaughter of the craftsman king, and hurriedly said to the Hou Ye: "This is Ouyang Qing, the granddaughter of the craftsman king!" ”

Ouyang Qing was also well-behaved, and said: "Good Hou Ye, good county commander!" ”

Li Yao saw that he couldn't break through, so he had to go to the hall and wait, he originally wanted to give the craftsman king a dismount, but now it was all destroyed by this little girl.

Li Yao said: "Then bother Ouyang Qing's little sister to inform on her behalf, I and the county order are waiting in the hall!" ”

Ouyang Qing blinked his eyes widely: "I'll go tell Grandpa right away!" ”

Sure enough, the craftsman didn't let himself wait for a long time, who let his identity be here, the identity of the Hou Ye is good!

"I don't know if the Hou Ye is here, I will miss the welcome, forgive the sins!" The craftsman king was dressed in white, looking energetic, not at all like what an old man should be.

"Don't dare, I'm bothering you!" Li Yao also arched his hand and said. Since he wants to make the craftsman king obedient, at least on the surface, he must be a corporal of courtesy.

"I don't know what advice Master Hou has here!" The Craftsman King asked.

"I was ordered to come to Lu County this time to learn the art of governing the fiefdom, and I happened to learn that the craftsman king also lived here, so I came here to visit, and I hope that the craftsman king will take me to visit one or two!" Li Yao replied.

"Of course, Master Hou has an order, I will obey it!" The craftsman said.

Since he was here to smash the field, Li Yao didn't like to talk around the bush, so he asked directly: "I don't know if the craftsman king has a good weapon, bring it to me to appreciate one or two!" ”

The king ordered three knives to be brought: "This is all my clumsiness!" Please take a look! ”

Li Yao looked at it, flicked the blade with his hand again, and thought: "It seems that these knives are just ordinary refined steel, but they are a little more skilled, it seems that they can start to implement the plan!" ”

Li Yao frowned and said: "I heard that the craftsman king has the best iron-striking technique in the world, why are these knives just ordinary refined steel, if this is the case, then the name of the craftsman king seems to be not worthy of the name!" ”

As soon as Li Yao said this, everyone was stunned, daring to say that the craftsman king, Li Yao was the first person.

After Li Feng finished reading the knife, he whispered to Li Yao: "Master Hou, this knife has a very strict grasp of the heat and fineness of the steel, and the person who can make such a knife will not exceed the number of hands in the world, you have to be cautious!" ”

After listening to Li Feng's words, Li Yao smiled: "Li Feng, you said that this knife is so powerful, I really don't believe it, how can you prove that this knife is powerful?" ”

Li Feng said: "It's not simple, go outside and find a few fifty steel-making knives, and split with this knife, this knife is enough to cut a few fifty-steel-making knives!" ”

Li Yao raised his eyebrows: "Then you go outside and find a few fifty steel-making knives, take them and try them!" ”

At this time, the craftsman king's tone was not good: "Don't work for the general, I never lack knives here, I'll let people bring them!" ”

Li Yao didn't care how dark the Craftsman King's face was, but said: "Craftsman King, the location here is too small, let's go outside and take a look, just so I can also see how many fifty steel-refining knives your Hundred Steel-Refining Knife can cut!" ”

The craftsman king snorted coldly, waved his sleeves heavily, and led the way out of the door.

Walking to the open place of the venue, Li Feng asked several city guards to hold fifty steel-making knives, and Li Feng took the hundred-for-steel steel-making knives made by the king of craftsmen himself to conduct experiments.

Li Feng took the hundred steel-making knife and slashed towards the fifty-steel-making knife with enough strength, the two knives collided into one piece in an instant, and the 'ding' fifty-steel-making knife broke in response, but the hundred-refining steel-making knife in Li Feng's hand did not show the slightest damage.

Li Feng walked to another city guard to conduct an experiment, and when he collided again, the fifty-for-steel knife broke again, and the hundred-for-one steel-making knife was only a small opening.

In the third collision, the fifty-steel knife was broken, and the gap of the hundred-steel knife became larger, but the blade was still intact.

In the fourth collision, the fifty-forging steel knife broke, and the gap of the hundred-refining steel knife was a little bigger, and a trace of crack appeared in the blade

In the fifth collision, the 100 steel knife and the 50 steel knife broke at the same time.

Li Yao couldn't help but be amazed when he saw that a hundred steel-making knives could split five fifty-fifty steel-making knives at the same time, but Li Yao said quietly: "I only split five, it seems that the craftsman king's technique is nothing more than that!" ”

When Li Yao said this, not only did the county magistrate feel that Li Yao didn't know what was going on, but the fat man also said: "Big brother, this result is already very good!" ”

Ouyang Qing also pouted: "I only know what I say, and I have the ability to come up with some skills!" ”

The craftsman king's bearing was quite big, and he didn't get angry, but asked: "I don't know what Hou Ye means by this, do you have a craftsman who can make a better knife than a hundred steel knives?" ”

Li Yao smiled: "I don't have a craftsman, but you do!" ”

"I have?" The Craftsman King was puzzled at this time, and asked Ouyang Qing, "Is there anyone who can make a better knife than me?" Is it Wondeok or Zeyu? ”

Ouyang Qing shook his head: "Grandpa, although Wang Yuande and Qian Zeyu can both play a hundred refining steel, their level is still not as good as yours!" It's not them, I think it's eighty percent because the Hou Ye can't find anyone, so I'll just say it and play tricks on you! ”

After listening to his granddaughter's words, the craftsman king said to Li Yao: "I also hope that the Hou Ye will make it clear, I don't know who else under my master can make a better knife than my knife!" ”

Li Yao pointed to the severed knives and asked, "Who made these knives?" ”

Ouyang Qing said: "These fifty steel-refining knives were fought by Jiang Kangcheng, Grandpa's little disciple!" ”

"By the way, that's the person I'm talking about!"

"Master Hou is not joking, Jiang Kangcheng can't even fight a hundred steel knives, how can he fight better knives than my grandfather!" Ouyang Qing asked: "It's not that Master Hou can't find someone, just say someone to make up the number!" ”

This made Li Yao embarrassed, knowing that he didn't know a blacksmith, he came to dismantle my platform at this time, this little girl's skin, it was really not cleaned up.

Li Yao smiled and said, "Why don't you make a bet with me!" ”

The craftsman said, "What a bet? ”

Li Yao said: "Why don't we try the technique of striking iron, I will let your little disciple compare with you, if your little disciple fights a worse knife than you, I should offer ten thousand taels of silver and **** to make amends, if you lose, you will go back with me to help me build weapons for a few years!" How is it! ”

After hearing this, the craftsman king nodded: "Just do as you say, then when will we start!" ”

Li Yao smiled: "The sooner the better!" ”

"Then you come with me, I'll take you to Jiang Kangcheng, and then we'll compete!" The reason why the craftsman king agreed to Li Yao's gamble was to let Li Yao make amends for his sins, so that Li Yao could understand something. Second, there are 10,000 taels of silver, which is enough for a big family like the craftsman king to spend several years.

The craftsman king called Jiang Kangcheng, and Li Yao saw that he was a black and strong young man, and the muscles on his body were very strong, and he looked like he was beaten out of iron. The craftsman explained the situation to Jiang Kangcheng, and prepared the materials for the competition!

This time, we each fight with a knife, and after the fight, the two knives will be split, and which knife will be broken, which one will lose. Li Yao explained the rules, and the craftsman king did not doubt it, so Li Yao announced the start of the game.

Li Yao gestured to the dog's head. The dog head led the city guards to clean up the scene, leaving behind the craftsman king, Ouyang Qing, Jiang Kangcheng, and Li Yao, and the rest were stopped outside and were not allowed to enter.

Jiang Kangcheng heated the temperature of the fire again and again, and said: "Master Hou, we lost this time, I am really different from the master!" ”

Li Yao sneered in his heart: "Your technique and your master are worlds apart, but I am different!" But he still kept a smile on the surface, and said: "You just hit it in the same way as the original iron, and you don't care about the rest!" By the way, when heating pig iron, throw all these things in the bag into one piece to heat! ”

Jiang Kangcheng looked at the contents of the bag and asked, "Master Hou, what is this?" ”

"Don't ask so much, let you add it, you can add it, it's not good for you to ask too much!" Li Yao pretended to be angry.

"It's a little one who is too talkative, and a small one is damned!" Jiang Kangcheng hurriedly apologized.

Okay, this time you can play well, and when the knife comes out, I will reward you with a hundred taels of silver.

When Jiang Kangcheng heard that he had the silver, he hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Master Hou, I will do my best!" ”

Li Yao watched Jiang Kangcheng add all the things, so he took the bag away, walked to the door and handed the bag to the thin monkey, Li Yao paced to the craftsman king again to see the craftsman's technique.

It's just that before Li Yao approached, he was stopped by Ouyang Qing: "Don't disturb my grandfather to strike iron!" ”

Li Yao nodded, and I just stood and watched, absolutely not disturbing.

Ouyang Qing was relieved, so he kindly persuaded: "Xiao Chengzi's technique is 108,000 miles away from my grandfather, if you admit defeat now, I can still say good things for you!" ”

Li Yao looked at this little girl and couldn't help but laugh: "You are still so young, why did you turn your elbow out?" ”

When Ouyang Qing heard this, his face immediately became gloomy: "The dog bites Lu Dongbin, I don't know the hearts of good people!" ”

"Alright, I'm wrong!" Li Yao laughed and said, "Why don't we make a bet too!" ”

"Bet on what?" Ouyang Qing asked.

"Let's bet on winning or losing this time!" Li Yao said.

"So what's the bet? I don't have any money! Ouyang Qing twisted his sleeves back and forth and asked timidly.

"So, if I lose, I'll give you ten thousand taels of silver, and if you lose, then you marry me, how about it?" Li Yao quipped.

"You disciple!" Ouyang Qing blushed angrily, but after thinking about it, isn't it clear what level Xiao Chengzi is? It's impossible to win against grandpa, if you win, you can earn 10,000 taels of silver, plus grandpa won 10,000 taels of silver, you can live a very rich life in the next few years, don't look at the appearance of the craftsman king is quite glamorous, but he actually can't earn much money in this industry. It seems that I still promised to come down, and don't give away the silver for nothing!

Don't look at Ouyang Qing grew up in a pile of men, but his mind is still very meticulous! After thinking for a while, he said: "I promise this bet, I hope you don't break your promise when the time comes!" ”

Li Yao patted his chest and said: "I, Li Yao, am the marquis of Qi Kingdom, how can I change it casually!" ”

"Okay, let's wait and see the results, but this time you're going to lose!" After speaking, Ouyang Qing turned his head to look at his grandfather, hoping that his grandfather would be able to fight the knife earlier.

Li Yao said in his heart: "Lost?" I'm going to win this time! ”

It took an hour for both sides to lay the iron, but the king of craftsmen made 100 steel, and Jiang Kangcheng made 50 steel, and the level of the two sides was immediate!

It's just that the steel is good, and the knife must be cast, if the steel is good steel, if the heat of the knife forming is not accurate, the knife may not be very good.

It's just that the king of craftsmen can grasp the heat much better than Jiang Kangcheng, in this way, the gap between Jiang Kangcheng's knife and the king of craftsmen's knife is getting bigger and bigger, but Li Yao doesn't think so, although the heat is important, but compared with the material, it is still far behind, this is like a wooden knife and an iron knife, even if the wooden knife is sharp, it can't compare to the iron knife, the material is different, and the final result is definitely different!

After a while, the knives of the two were ready, and Li Yao asked, "Do these two knives need to be sharpened?" ”

The craftsman king shook his head: "Since it is used for competition, there is no need to spend time to open the blade, so let's split it like this!" ”

Li Yao nodded, that's good, let's split it like this!

Li Yao was about to call someone to take the knife to slash, and the craftsman said: "Since the knife was made by our master and apprentice, then our master and apprentice can come and compete!" ”

Li Yao nodded: "Okay then!" You're good to go! ”

The craftsman king took his hundred-for-steel knife and squatted down. It's quite imposing. Li Yao looked at it and said: "The craftsman king is really old and strong!" ”

Ouyang Qing interjected: "Grandpa not only has good iron-striking skills, but also his martial arts are not weak. ”

Li Yao was surprised: "Oh, there is still this matter, I didn't expect the craftsman king to hide it so deeply!" ”

said that it was too late and that it was fast, the craftsman king's hundred steel-making knives and Jiang Kangcheng's fifty-forging steel-making knives were split together, and with a "ding" sound, the craftsman king's hundred-for-steel knives broke in response.

Because there was no blade, the sound of the two knives splitting was loud enough, so the county commander and the brothers also came in to see the results. What I didn't expect to see was a broken knife in the hands of the craftsman king, but Jiang Kangcheng's knife was intact!

Seeing this result, not only the king of craftsmen was stunned, but even Jiang Kangcheng was stunned, how could his knife cut off the master's knife, could it be that the master released the water? It's impossible, the master has always done things above board, so how could his own knife cut the master's knife, could it be that bag of things? Jiang Kangcheng looked at Li Yao and was shocked: "Sure enough, it's a real person who doesn't show his face!" ”

But the most excited person present was not Jiang Kangcheng, but Ouyang Qing, Ouyang Qing couldn't believe it when she saw her grandfather's knife broken, so she picked it up and touched it herself, but she had to accept this reality, grandpa lost, so what should I do with Li Yao's bet?

The craftsman king looked at his broken knife and said with a smile: "It seems that I am really old, old!" ”

Li Yao said: "King Craftsman, you might as well take a look at Jiang Kangcheng's knife first!" ”

When the craftsman king heard this, he picked up Jiang Kangcheng's knife and looked at it carefully: "This knife is a fifty steel-refining knife, it stands to reason that it is impossible to cut my knife, no, this knife is mixed with things!" The craftsman said in surprise.

Li Yao smiled: "This is not the place to talk, if the craftsman is willing to go back with me, I will give you the secret recipe, why not?"

King Craftsman smiled: "I, Ouyang Yi, focus on integrity, since I have said it, I will definitely not break my word, I will clean it up today and go back to the fiefdom with you!" ”

Ouyang Qing didn't know what to do: "I also made a bet with Li Yao, but the bet I lost was to marry Li Yao, marry Li Yao, I don't have any opinion, after all, Li Yao is a prince, he is good-looking, and it is absolutely good to be a husband, but his marriage is not something he can decide, but his grandfather decides, but how embarrassed to say these words to his grandfather!" ”

Ouyang Qing looked at Li Yao and found that Li Yao didn't pay attention to her at all, which made Ouyang Qing breathe a sigh of relief.

It's just that Li Yao can't be blamed for this, Li Yao's purpose of this trip has been achieved, and he is happy to patronize it, so he forgot about this matter, besides, this was originally a joke that Li Yao said casually, and he didn't take it seriously, so he didn't take it to heart.

I was very happy to see Li Yao and the craftsman king. The county magistrate said: "The craftsman king and the marquis have worked hard today, I will prepare a table of banquets in the restaurant, please enjoy it!" ”

Li Yao smiled and said, "King Craftsman, please!" ”

The craftsman king also smiled, didn't make a gesture, got up and walked to the restaurant.

As soon as the craftsman king left, Li Feng and a group of brothers surrounded him, and there was only one question: "How to win the craftsman king!" ”

Li Yao only said: "Go to eat first, and talk about everything after eating!" ”

Seeing that Ouyang Qing didn't follow his grandfather to the restaurant, Li Yao asked, "Little sister Ouyang Qing, don't you go to the restaurant to eat?" ”

Ouyang Qing saw that Li Yao didn't mention the bet just now, so he relieved himself and said, "I'm not going!" I hope Master Hou eats comfortably! ”

Li Yao saw that Ouyang Qing didn't go to the restaurant and didn't invite him anymore, so he took Li Feng and a few brothers to the restaurant!