Chapter 82: Cavalry Artifact
Zhang Han, who was behind Hu Hai, saw that these strong men who were working didn't seem to have seen the arrival of the emperor, and there was a sneer, he snorted angrily and turned around and glanced coldly at the few Shangfang officials who had been following behind him, and then stepped forward and prepared to call the guards to go in and get people.
Zhang Han's glance did not hide the anger and murderous aura in his heart, which made several Shangfang officials who had seen the ironworks uneasy about His Majesty the Emperor and still did not know about it, even more worried in their hearts, and sweat was like rain.
As early as when the rough voice sounded, Hu Hai had been awakened from shock and distraction, and at this moment, hearing Zhang Han's angry snort, Hu Hai waved his hand without looking back and said: "I said that Weifu is here today, these craftsmen don't know, and those who don't know are not guilty." ”
The person who spoke earlier was sure from the voice to be a strong man, and it was clear that the strong men in the smelter knew this man and were in awe.
However, this person was in the depths of the crowd, and he didn't see Hu Hai and the others, and Hu Hai couldn't see this person.
"There is a mulberry in the north and a yang in the south.
There are chariots and chariots, far away from our state. ”
The vicissitudes of life and tragic groans suddenly came from the crowd, and the rough voice became low at this moment, but the seemingly low chanting seemed to contain endless heroism.
"The black hair is old, and the martyrs are together.
Looking west at Guanshan, I miss my hometown.
The long valley is like a letter, and the river is firm
The gentleman goes, I hesitate a lot
Guanshan homeland, with the son
……”
The strong men in the field also sang along at this time, the tune was slow, simple and unrestrained, thousands of strong men chanted at the same time and merged into a huge wave, a vicissitudes of life with endless heroic and tragic atmosphere still came, making people's hearts sway.
It seems that there are countless old Qin people in front of them in order to survive and for the sake of Great Qin, one after another to conquer the world, organize farming, and guard the border.
The strong men who sang seemed to find strength in this song at this moment, the bellows stepped more happily, the ore on their backs ran faster, there was no overseer in the whole smelter, and it was a busy scene at the moment.
If only there was a camera!
Hu Hai suddenly had such a thought in his heart. Because he felt that the scene in front of him would definitely win the Oscar for a documentary at the Oscars in the future.
"This is a ballad?" Hu Hai asked Zhang Han softly.
"Back to Your Majesty, this is an old Qin ballad!" Zhang Han obviously remembered the scene when he was young and led countless old Qin people to fight everywhere, farming and repairing canals, and finally wrapped in horse leather, with a distant expression and slightly red eyes.
"Old Qin Rumors!" Hu Hai muttered to himself.
Everyone behind him listened to these craftsmen and strong men singing with a solemn face, the old Qin ballad is a spiritual symbol of the Qin people's hard work, and any Qin person is extremely pious when singing the old Qin ballad.
"Take me to the foundry." Hu Hai retracted his thoughts and said in a low voice.
"Whoa!"
Hu Hai and his party walked silently, led by a sweaty Shangfang official, along a path to the right of the smelter, towards a building that was obviously taller, more spacious and needed than the cloth workshop.
"I wonder what Your Majesty wants to cast? The foundry in Shangfang is divided into sword-casting, bow-casting, casting, arrow-casting, crossbow-making, and gold and silver jewelry. A middle-aged Shangfang official hesitated for a long time and said.
"Oh? What I want to cast requires the most skilled craftsmen, anywhere in the workshop. Hu Hai said.
"Your Majesty obeys. Your Majesty, please come here. The middle-aged official hesitated for a moment, then bowed and took a step behind Hu Hai to lead the way.
Hu Hai and the others followed the guidance of the official to a small door in the lower left corner of the tall building. There are many doors underneath this tall building, and all of them are double-wide gates more than two feet high, and the "jingling" sound is constantly heard inside.
And the door that the middle-aged official led Hu Hai to was an extraordinarily small single door, and it was silent inside.
The middle-aged man bowed slightly to Hu Hai and hesitated: "Your Majesty, this is the most skilled casting craftsman in Shangfang, but his temper is strange, so the ministers specially opened a small workshop for him to use. ”
"And this? Then take me to meet this craftsman with a strange temper. Hu Hai was very interested when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, please... Your Majesty... Bring it a little, and the subordinate went to call the door. This middle-aged official is now riding a tiger, gritting his teeth.
Let the emperor wait for this guy to open the door? If the emperor comes, he doesn't have to knock on the door? It really doesn't make sense, win a leopard's eyes, and said in a muffled voice: "You little official is really presumptuous!" ”
"Your Majesty, Rong Chen and the others broke into the door and took down the disrespectful craftsman." After winning a drink, the middle-aged official turned to Hu Hai and saluted.
"Aiqing doesn't have to be like this, I really want to meet this skilled craftsman. You go and call the door. Hu Hai waved his hand.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The middle-aged official had already knelt on the ground and kowtowed to ask for guilt when he won a reprimand, and when he heard Hu Hai's words at this moment, he hurriedly got up and knocked on the door.
Since Hu Hai has already spoken, although Ying Yi is unwilling, he can only retreat with a resentful face.
The middle-aged official wiped the sweat from his head, walked quickly to the small door, and knocked on the door a few times.
After the noise, the room fell silent.
Knock again, but the room is still silent.
Seeing this, Hu Hai couldn't help frowning.
"You damn little official, there is obviously no one in the room, are you entertaining Your Majesty?" Zhang Han couldn't help but ask.
Hearing Zhang Han's question, the middle-aged official hurriedly turned around and knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "The subordinates don't dare, the subordinates don't dare." ”
"Who is disturbing the old man's dreams outside?"
Just as Hu Hai was about to speak, a vague question sounded in the room, and the small door opened with a "squeak".
An unkempt old man with a foot-long messy beard appeared at the door drunkenly, and then saw the middle-aged official kneeling on the ground and said, "Master Zhao, what are you doing on your knees early in the morning?" Is there food to eat on the ground? He stretched and let out a long yawn.
There was not much awe of this engineer surnamed Zhao in his words, and he was full of ridicule.
Hu Hai couldn't help but laugh when he heard the old man's words.
The engineer surnamed Zhao was originally grateful to the old man for opening the door and showing up to save his life, but when he heard the old man ridiculing him in front of the emperor, his face suddenly turned blue and red, and he whispered in hatred: "Clutch, His Majesty the Emperor is coming, and Erxiu has to talk nonsense." Don't hurry up yet. ”
The old man couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the words of Zhao Gongshi, and then he realized that there was a large group of people standing outside the door, dozens of brightly armored soldiers surrounded a young man in a black robe, a crownless head, and a handsome face in the middle.
At this moment, the young man was looking at him with a smile on his face, and his eyes were strange. And the two armored generals next to the young man were glaring at him angrily at the moment, their eyes cold.
The old man called the clutch woke up suddenly, and hurriedly bowed to Hu Hai and slammed it to the ground: "See Your Majesty for the villain's clutch." ”
"Calm down, I heard him say that you are the most skilled person in this Shangfang, but is that so?" Hu Hai said with a smile.
"Back to Your Majesty, the villain's casting skills are known to everyone in this Shangfang." The old god of the clutch said proudly.
"Haha, that's good. Long Huang, go and bring my horse. Hu Hai stroked his palms and smiled.
Hu Hai said as he walked towards the clutch house.
Seeing that Hu Hai wanted to enter his house, thinking of the scene inside the house, his face changed, and he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty ......"
But as soon as he spoke, Hu Hai had already strode in.
The house is not large, only more than thirty square meters, and the whole room is filled with all kinds of ores almost everywhere except for a bed and a forging table in the center of the room.
There was a pile of unrecognizable futon on the bed; The blazing fire under the forging table was still burning, and all kinds of hammers, pliers, and some unrecognizable tools were placed on the platform, and a huge copper cylinder filled with water was placed next to the forging table.
Other than that, there was nothing in the room, let alone a place to sit, and it was barely enough to settle.
Clutch embarrassedly came in and saluted Hu Hai and said, "The villain's room is messy, Your Majesty also asks for forgiveness." ”
"It's nothing, I entered your house, but some believe that you are the most skilled person in this Shangfang." Hu Hai said with a smile.
"I wonder what Your Majesty wants to build? Although the villain does not dare to say that everything can be cast, but at present, from the weapons and jewelry used by Daqin to the bronze mirror harness, the villain can still build one or two. Clutch heard that Hu Hai still didn't believe in his skills, rubbed his messy white hair and said proudly.
"You might build this?" Hu Hai motioned for Zhang Han to clutch what he had given him.
Clutch took the white cloth handed over by Zhang Han with both hands and looked at it carefully.
"Huh!" Clutch looked at it for a while and said in surprise, "Back to Your Majesty, this villain has never seen it." I wonder what Your Majesty used to create this thing? ”
On the white cloth are two sketches, very rudimentary, which Hu Hai had drawn improvised last night.
One picture is a C-shaped semicircle with several sharp nails growing on it; The other picture is of two large ends and low in the middle, with two plates on either side that bend downward like armor, and on each of these two plates there are two hanging straps on the left and right, and on the bands hang two square frames with hollows in the middle.
Although both pictures are very rough, if a modern person sees something on this white cloth, he will definitely be able to recognize it at a glance, this is the three artifacts of cavalry - saddle, stirrup and horseshoe.
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