"Gai Ying, do you remember what Li Xiucheng's corpse looked like?" Lu Sheng asked intentionally.

"Strong, very strong. Li Xiucheng looks like a showman, but he doesn't look like a showman at all. ”

"What else?"

"His complexion was dark red, but it was probably because he had been dead for more than seven days and the body was beginning to decompose. If Li Xiucheng was assigned to work as a coolie in a quarry, it would be natural for him to develop such a physique in three years. ”

"It seems that you haven't observed carefully enough, Lu Jian, you tell him. ”

"Yes, sir. Lu Jian thought for a moment and then said, "I have seen the prisoners in the quarry, they have been carrying stones under the scorching sun, and they are indeed very strong, but because they are all prisoners, the jailers only ensure that the prisoners do not starve to death."

So the prisoners in the quarry, though strong, were all lean. The body is not burly, and the face is also unvegetable. And...... The coolies in the quarry and Li Xiucheng's complexion are a little different.

The quarry coolies were dark, tanned by exposure to the scorching sun. And Li Xiucheng's complexion has some dark red in addition to black. ”

Lu Jian observed it carefully, but in Lu Sheng's opinion, it was still unqualified. But at least, Lu Jian still discovered the difference between Li Xiucheng and the quarry coolie.

Lu Sheng said lightly while riding his horse and whipping, "The biggest difference is that Li Xiucheng's two arms, the right hand, are obviously much thicker than the left hand. The foot is twice as thick, which shows that Li Xiucheng's right hand often lifts heavy objects, but his left hand does not.

The skin is dark and red, which is caused by long-term exposure to infrared rays and lack of ultraviolet radiation, which doesn't matter if you don't understand this. ”

"Where are we going, my lord?"

"Remember the town we used to see near the Coastal Guard barracks?

The group galloped quickly, and arrived at their destination in less than an hour.

The town is still the same town, quiet and noisy.

At this moment, it is already afternoon, and there is no one in the vegetable market for a long time, and even the noodle restaurant that Lu Sheng ate before is closed today.

However, the tinkling sound of the town is as lively as ever. Hearing these sounds of striking iron, Lu Jian suddenly realized.

"My lord, do you suspect that Li Xiucheng has been striking iron before?"

"Yes, only by being close to the fire can you turn your skin black and red. Only by constantly wielding the hammer can the two arms be exercised to make such a big difference......"

Lu Sheng walked all the way from the street, and the blacksmith shops here were almost one after another, and even the air was filled with the smell of rust.

Don't look at the small size of this town, and don't underestimate these small blacksmith shops, they produce almost all the iron farming tools of Tongnan Province.

Every month, special merchants come here to buy goods, and then truckloads of iron are shipped to all parts of the province for sale. From farm tools to candlesticks, from rough to fine, there's everything here.

Every time Lu Sheng came to the door of a blacksmith shop, he would stop and watch. Dressed in an official uniform, the blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop will almost put down their work in a panic and step forward.

"Your Excellency...... You...... What's wrong with you?"

"No, it's just to observe the people's feelings. Lu Sheng smiled, and then his eyes swept over the blacksmith's arms.

Although the skin color of these blacksmiths is similar to Li Xiucheng's, their arms are not as thick as Lu Sheng imagined. Continuing to watch the blacksmith wield the hammer for so long, it was indeed the right hand that kept exerting force.

Could it be that I was wrong? Lu Sheng couldn't help but shake his guess.

I visited more than a dozen blacksmith shops in a row, and although all the blacksmiths' arms were thick, the thickness was negligible.

Tens of thousands of beatings are performed every day, and they have not cultivated their right hands into a unicorn arm? These blacksmiths are all old blacksmiths who have been working for decades. Could it be that the arms are thick, and there is something else to hide?

"This old master, I remember you should be called Hammer Lee, right?"

"Yes, yes, how did you know the old name?"

"The last time I came here, I heard someone call you!Iron Hammer Li, how many years have you been beating iron?" Lu Sheng asked with his eyes fixed on Iron Hammer Li's arm, this is the only right arm that Lu Sheng found in the entire street that is thicker than his left arm, but it is also very inconspicuous.

If Lu Sheng hadn't deliberately stared at someone's arm, he really wouldn't have found it.

"I've been fighting iron for more than 30 years...... At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the blacksmith, and at the age of sixteen he began to work with the master to make iron, and at the age of twenty-three, the master gave me the shop, and I have been working ever since. ”

Looking at the wrinkles of Iron Hammer Li's smile like a bun, Lu Sheng could feel his love for his career. Maybe in the eyes of ordinary people, this is hard physical work, but for Hammer Lee, this is life.

"Iron Hammer Li, this official asks you, have you ever seen someone whose right hand is significantly thicker than his left hand?"

Iron Hammer Li was slightly stunned, stretched out his hand and looked at his arm, "My lord, am I not the one who strikes iron with a perennial wheel hammer...... The arms are naturally thick......"

"I'm not talking about you, but obviously thick! at least twice as big!"

Iron Hammer Li's face changed suddenly, "He...... Committing a crime?"

This answer was unexpected by Lu Sheng, but it was clear in an instant. If Li Xiucheng's situation is a professional legacy, it is absolutely impossible to be a special case.

"No, I need him a favor......"

"So that's the case......" Iron Hammer Li breathed a sigh of relief, "That person's name is Tiejia Song, it's not on our street, I'll take the adults there."

That Iron Armor Song came to us a year and a half ago, and he is a true master craftsman, and he is highly respected in our circle. I was also instructed by him, and the level of iron-striking has surpassed that of my master.

I don't think adults are looking for someone with unusually thick arms, but someone who is the best at striking iron, right?" asked Hammer Li with a smile as he walked.

"How did you guess?"

"There is a saying in our blacksmith industry that the more skilled the blacksmith, the heavier the hammer will be. The hammer is heavy, not a waste of effort, just like building a kitchen knife.

Hit with a 30-pound hammer and 10-pound hammer, the quality is definitely one heaven and one underground. And the iron that can be beaten with a fifty-pound hammer can definitely blow hair and break hair.

My lord, my Lao Li is not boasting, the farm tools that are beaten out are sold at the highest price, but there are still people rushing to buy them. Because of Lao Li, the hoe I made will not be used for ten years. For the hammer I use is twenty-five pounds. ”

"Twenty-five pounds, then don't you want to break your arms all day long?" Gai Ying looked at Lao Li with some admiration. Recalling the hard work of those swordsmen who claim to be diligent and hard-working in the rivers and lakes.

In order to cultivate the fastest sword speed, I draw my sword 5,000 times a day, and in order to practice the fastest sword technique, I stab my sword 5,000 times a day......

This sentence sounds very forced, and after speaking, you will get a lot of admiration, "The young man is powerful, no wonder the sword is as fast as lightning, no wonder he ...... at a young age"

But the blacksmith here struck 12,000 times a day with a hammer. And it's not a year or two, a lot of people do it all their lives.

Effort? Who can have them to work hard?

Gai Ying was a little dumbfounded, but he was powerless to refute.

"It's so easy to waste? It's time to get used to it. Lu Sheng smiled and patted Gai Ying's shoulder, "Gai Ying, do you think of practicing swords?"

Seeing Lu Sheng guessing his thoughts, Gai Ying's face turned red, "My subordinates are ashamed, I can't imagine that our self-proud hard work is just an ordinary life in the eyes of others." is a blacksmith, who does several times more than my generation every day, and his subordinates ...... Shame. ”

"How do you usually practice swordsmanship? Like those fools on the rivers and lakes, practicing thousands of stabbing times a day?"

"Fool, I've heard that peerless swordsmen are all ...... The ...... that I practiced like this"

"You ignore a problem, the reason why the peerless swordsman in your mouth can become a peerless swordsman is not because of the way you said. You've heard that he practiced swords like this, so you thought it was because he practiced swords like this that he became a peerless swordsman?

It's just that you don't know why. Since that's the case, then I'll talk to you about swords!"

Lu Jian, who was on the side, suddenly pricked up his ears.

"When I was young, swordsmen liked swords, and the cold light was wanton and murderous. The swordsman thought that the sharper the sword, the more he could kill the enemy quickly, so he fought in the rivers and lakes and stained the rivers with blood.

But after a year and a half, the swordsman found that although the sword is sharp, the edge is too exposed, and it is easy to break if it is rigid, and if you want to kill the enemy, you need to find a flaw and kill it with one blow, otherwise, once the opponent resists or resists, the victory or defeat is unpredictable.

Therefore, the swordsman eventually abandoned his sword in the valley and used the heavy sword instead. The heavy sword has no edge, the great skill is not working, Ren Er's cold light is cold and the sword is vertical and horizontal, I use one force to reduce ten thousand laws, and sweep thousands of troops to break all things.

The power of this heavy sword can help the swordsman fight his way out of the encirclement among all living beings and establish a heroic name. However, heavy weapons are always heavy weapons, killing the enemy's life, consuming one's own strength, and not fighting for a long time. Otherwise, you will be stuck in a quagmire from which you will not be able to extricate yourself.

If the weight is light, why not lift the weight lightly if it is heavy? The highest level in martial arts is to use invisible sword qi to kill the enemy outside the three zhangs.

You have all reached the innate realm, and it is not difficult to release the invisible sword qi. But this sword qi is not the other sword qi. Your sword qi is all in the form, not the meaning, how can it be the way?

If you really want to succeed in the way of the sword, the sword qi needs to be in line with the will of heaven, and you need to understand what is a sharp sword, what is a heavy sword, what is a heavy lift, what is a light lift, a sword, a wave, the sky and the earth cracked. In my mind, the stars are moving!"

When Lu Sheng said this, he stopped talking and let Lu Jian Gaiying fall into thought.

There was nothing to say all the way, and under the leadership of Iron Hammer Li, the group came to a remote blacksmith shop, "Iron Armor Song, Lao Li is here!"

"Dangdang-" The fierce thrashing sound still kept coming, and this kind of thrashing sound like thunder, Lu Sheng could only feel it in the heavy industry site in his previous life.

With each fierce thrashing, you can feel a clear pulse of the earth trembling.

When he came to the door, Lu Sheng's eyes lit up, the arm of the ironclad Song was really like Liu Xiucheng's, his right hand was twice as thick as his left hand, and his muscular arm was like an ordinary person's thigh.

And the hammer he wielded was even more terrifying, the rectangular hammer had a cross-section as big as a man's face, and this hammer must weigh at least more than eighty pounds.

It's difficult for ordinary people to mention it, let alone beat it with him?

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