In September, autumn is crisp!

In the fields of Youzhou, all the tall corn is planted, and the people already know that corn is a crop that not only has a high yield, but also is delicious, and there is no need for Liu Kun to promote it, and the people are rushing to plant it.

Liu Kun ordered; Farmers who grow corn do not charge for seeds, as long as they return the same amount of seeds after autumn.

Of course, this policy is only for people from outside Youzhou, and it is not difficult to get corn seeds.

is the so-called reciprocating peach, Liu Kun's reputation among the people of Youzhou is even more rubbing, and two-year-old children know that Liu Kun, the assassin general, is a good official.

The cement highway in Youzhou has been from Jicheng. When it was repaired to the border of Jizhou, at this time, two carriages had just driven onto the cement road.

A gust of autumn wind blew, and hundreds of millions of corn bent over, as if they were welcome guests to Youzhou.

At the end of the bump, there was a burst of joyful children's voices in the carriage in front of him;

"Dad, it's not upside down at all!"

A hearty voice said: "Let's get out of the car and see how this road is!" ”

The excited child's voice said, "Okay! Okay! ”

When he had finished speaking, the old slave who was driving stopped the carriage, and when he was young, a family of three got out of the carriage, first a boy of four or five years old, then a tall young man of twenty-five or sixteen years old, and a beautiful woman of about twenty years old.

After the young man squatted down, he tapped the ground and said, "The rumors are true, the general has built the road as smooth as a stone slab!" ”

Two young men got out of the carriage behind and said to the young man, "Big brother, why stop!" ”

The young man said, "You also come to see the road that the general has built!" ”

The taller young man stamped on the ground and praised: "It's really magical, it must have cost a lot to build such a road!" ”

The short and fat young man said, "Big brother, will the general of the chariot show us the method of refining steel?" Are you really going to stay here? ”

The young man laughed and said: "I heard that the general of the chariot cavalry, Corporal Lixian, I am famous in the sea for my Pu Yuan's sword-casting skills, if the general treats me well, I will stay, if the rumors are wrong, I will leave by myself!" ”

This man is Pu Yuan, Pu Yuan is a famous sword-casting master in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and there is a term called 'Pu Yuan Zhishui', which is the story of this person.

Pu Yuan loves whimsy, and after the world is divided into three, he once cast three thousand sabers for Zhuge Liang. After the knife was beaten, he said that Han water was soft water and could not be used for quenching; The water of the Shu River is hard water, which is the essence of metal. This distinction is predestined by God. So he sent someone to Chengdu to fetch river water.

After the water was retrieved, Pu Yuan took a knife and scratched it in the water, saying that it was mixed with eight liters of Fujiang water. When the man who fetched the water heard this, he prostrated and said that when he came to the Fujiang River, he knocked over the water. Therefore, eight liters of Fujiang water were added on the spot.

Later generations gradually used Pu Yuan to know water as a noun to describe a person with rich experience.

At this time, Pu Yuan, in terms of the experience of knowing water, was not at the legendary level, but he was already the leading figure among the sword casters of the Han Dynasty.

There are rumors in Shu that the blades cast by the general of the Che Cavalry for his subordinates can cut high-quality steel knives, Pu Yuan was very curious, and heard that the corporal under the command of the General Che Cai, the equipment blades are all sharp weapons, so he brought his family and two brothers to see it.

Jicheng General's Mansion, Liu Kun had just finished practicing qi, and his own soldiers came to report, saying that there was a swordsmith named Pu Yuan in the Zhaoxian Pavilion, who came from Shu to see the general.

Liu Kun was overjoyed when he heard this, he also searched for a famous swordsmith during the Han Dynasty, and Pu Yuan was mentioned in the information.

However, what the information says is that Pu Yuan once served Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Liang is now just a few years old, Liu Kun thought that Pu Yuan should also be a child, so he did not send anyone to find him.

Pu Yuan was waiting for the Che Cai General in the Zhaoxian Pavilion, although he had said to his brother freely before, if the Che Cai General did not pay attention to himself, it would be a big deal to leave Yunyun.

But deep down in his heart, he still hoped that the general would come to see him, and he knew that only by becoming a general's command could he get the magical method of steel smelting!

Not long after, an eight-foot-tall, elegant and elegant young man entered the Zhaoxian Pavilion accompanied by several personal soldiers, and the person in charge of the Zhaoxian Pavilion hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "My subordinates have seen the general!" ”

Liu Kun asked, "Where is the sword master Pu Yuan?" ”

Pu Yuan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Shu Di swordsman Pu Yuan, I've seen the Che Cavalry General!" ”

Liu Kun hurriedly stepped forward to help, smiled and said amiably: "The sword master is exempt from courtesy, I have heard the name of the master for a long time, but I have seen it for a while, and it is really my luck to be here today!" ”

The two exchanged pleasantries, Liu Kun ordered someone to sort out a small courtyard, settle Pu Yuan's family, and invite Pu Yuan and Liu Kun to travel in the same car, go to the general's mansion for a banquet, and wash the dust for Pu Yuan.

During the banquet, Pu Yuan raised questions about the problem of Liu Kun's whole army being equipped with knives, and Liu Kun, in order to arouse Pu Yuan's interest and thus leave this person, deliberately sold steel-making technology and introduced him to the method of frying steel.

Many people say that the Han Dynasty has fried steel, "Taiping Sutra" volume 72, the book says: "Let the engineer hit the stone, ask for its iron, smelt it, make it into water, and then make the good work ten thousand forging, it is to become Mo evil." The "water" should refer to molten pig iron.

Actually, this passage is just a process of forging a sword, and 'making water' should be to quench water, or use a special kind of water quenching, rather than turning iron into water. The last sentence 'Nai Cheng Mo Evil' just confirms this point.

Furthermore, can the Taiping Sutra be used as historical materials? This is a book of the Tao, and it also has a description of God! At least Liu Kun has not seen that the Han Dynasty can turn iron into water, and Pu Yuan does not know about the sword-casting event, and it turns out that the craftsmen of the Han Dynasty have not been able to turn iron into juice.

If you want good steel, there is only one way, forging, forging repeatedly!

Liu Kun's words made Pu Yuan's heart itch, saying that he wanted to see the steelmaking furnace now, Liu Kun had nothing to do, and after the two of them were simply full of food and drink, they came to the barracks blacksmith workshop.

After observing the steelmaking furnace and turning iron into juice, Pu Yuan was amazed. Liu Kun said: "I have another alloy method left by the Dao Ancestor here, which combines different metals in different proportions to create harder and sharper alloy iron. ”

Pu Yuan hurriedly nodded in thanks!

Liu Kun ordered the blacksmith to bring the knife made by Hejin Kong and show it to Pu Yuan, and after Pu Yuan's results, he first praised him loudly, and then sighed regretfully.

Liu Kun expressed doubts, is he dissatisfied with this alloy?

Pu Yuan said with a distressed expression: "In the general's blacksmith camp, there are no real swordsmiths?" Wasted such good material! ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Kun had a black line at his end, he always thought that the blacksmiths he recruited had good skills, but he didn't expect to be so looked down on by Pu Yuan.

Pu Yuan had the intention to show his hand in front of the general, came to the forging table, and threw the alloy knife close to the furnace, he wanted to refine it again.

Speaking of which, Liu Kun's blacksmiths really did not have swordsmiths, because these craftsmen were either selected from refugees or from Hannu.

Think about it, if a swordsmith refuses to forge a sword, will he become a refugee? The swordsmiths of the Han Dynasty all have martial arts, and they will not become Han slaves!

The tinkling forging rhythm sounds like music, not only does it not make people feel irritated, but it has a sense of detachment and etherealism.

The other blacksmiths were stupid, and Pu Yuan built it for an hour, and after several quenching, a steel knife was baked.

Pu Yuan said confidently: "You can compare the original steel knife!" ”

Liu Kun took a steel knife, and the two knives collided, and the alloy knife cast by the blacksmith was cut out of a big gap, and it was really a specialization in the art industry!

Liu Kun praised one after another: "The master is really a miracle, I want to hire the master to engage in the military preparation of the general's mansion, the rank ratio is 600 stones, please Mr. preside over the casting of blades for me, I don't know what the master wants!" ”

Pu Yuan asked, "This alloy method?" ”

Liu Kun said with an indifferent look: "It's all in the hands of the master!" ”

Pu Yuan said happily: "Thank you for the general's love, I will do my best to cast more high-quality blades for the general!" ”

Liu Kun said happily: "I have Pu Yuan's help, and the matter of military preparation is worry-free!" ”

He turned to the other blacksmiths and said, "Go, bring the remaining tungsten steel, and ask the master to forge a sword for me!" ”

Pu Yuan asked, "What is this tungsten steel?" ”

Soon, the blacksmith took the remaining few catties of tungsten alloy, Pu Yuan had never seen tungsten alloy before, but the swordsmith's sixth sense told him that this was a treasure!

Immediately knotted his hands, closed his eyes and stroked carefully, for a long time, Pu Yuan said excitedly and excitedly: "With this treasure, I, Pu Yuan, will definitely be able to surpass the cadres, surpass Mo Ye, and surpass Ou Yezi, so as to leave a name in history." ”

immediately bowed to the ground and said sincerely: "Thank you, lord!" ”

The black line on Liu Kun's end, if Pu Yuan knew, these blacksmiths had used hundreds of catties of tungsten alloy, and he didn't know how to react