When the plateau woke up, it was already three poles, and the sunlight penetrated into the house through the thin veil of the window. And beside the plateau, Geng Yanyu, who had experienced the wind and rain at the beginning of last night, was still sleeping in the spring of the begonia, with black hair lazily scattered on the pillow, and tears were hidden in the corners of his eyes, but after a slight storm at the corner of his mouth, he smiled with satisfaction and tranquility, and his pretty face exuded a touching brilliance.

Thinking of such a delicate and incoherent girl last night under her own body, Gao Yuan was also moved, and couldn't help but kiss her face again. Then he rolled over and sat up.

But this movement had already alarmed Geng Yanyu, and when she saw her Jiemao move, she opened her eyes. glanced at Gao Yuan, closed his eyes in shame, and his delicate face was dyed with a blush again, which looked still moving.

Gao Yuan reached out and stroked her face, and said, "Are you awake?" Let's sleep for a while. ”

Geng Yanyu opened her eyes again, looked at the plateau, and said in a thin voice: "My lord, the slave maid will come and serve the adult to dress." As he spoke, he propped up the bed with his hands and was about to turn over and sit up, but as soon as his hands supported his body, he immediately frowned slightly, and with an "ah" in his mouth, his hands were weak, and he fell back again.

Fortunately, when it was the height of the plateau, he stretched out his hand, hugged Geng Yanyu in his arms, and said, "Is it still painful?" ”

Geng Yanyu's jade cheeks were burned, and even the ears and jade necks were burned. The beautiful posture of shame and embarrassment also teaches people to dazzle and God to take it away. Gao Yuan couldn't help but lower his head, kissed her cherry lips, then kissed her eyes and face, then her pink neck and crisp breasts, and made Geng Yanyu's face red and ears hot, and when she trembled, she let her go.

Geng Yanyu closed her eyes and said shyly: "The adult still wants slaves." ”

Gao Yuan put her back on the bed, covered her with the quilt again, and said, "You can rest well today, and when you are well, you will serve later, and in the future, don't call yourself a slave in front of me." ”

Geng Yanyu nodded lightly and said, "The concubine listens to the adult, and it is the honor of the concubine to be able to serve the adult." ”

Gao Yuan comforted her a few more words, then got up and dressed, and left the room.

Came to the main hall, Geng Zhong was waiting here, and after seeing the plateau, Geng Zhong also immediately came up to give a salute, and said: "My lord, the army has been moved into the mansion, and the things that the adults need have been prepared." As he spoke, he took a few large packages and handed them to Gao Yuan.

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Arrange a place to live for them, and food and other things must be provided in a timely manner, and they can't be waiting." ”

Geng Zhong nodded and said, "Don't worry, the villain has already been arranged." After a pause, he said, "There is also the matter of Yuyan, my lord......"

Gao Yuan said: "Yesterday she told me everything, she is the widow of Dr. Geng, so you don't have to hide it from me anymore." This qiē is all arranged by you. ”

Geng Zhong was also startled, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and said, "My lord's forgiveness, the villain never deliberately deceived the adult." It's just that the young lady was originally a sinner in the imperial court, and it was the villain who took the risk to protect her, so the villain couldn't be careless, and he didn't report it to the adults in time. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, although Geng Zhong concealed himself in this matter, he was indeed very loyal to the previous Doctor Geng, and in that environment at that time, it was indeed a great risk to protect Geng Yanyu, which was also very commendable. Therefore, Gao Yuan also said: "Okay, I won't pursue you this time, but if there is something to hide in the future, I will never forgive you, Shubai?" ”

Geng Zhong hurriedly said: "Yes, the villain will never dare to hide it from the adult in the future." After a pause, he said again: "Now that Miss is an adult, please treat Miss well in the future." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Don't worry, now she is resting in my room, you can arrange a few people to serve her." ”

Geng Zhong agreed, turned to leave.

At this time, I saw Du Yi walking in with several generals, including Wang Hu and Wang Bao brothers, and the army that stayed in the plateau mansion this time had a total of 800 people, including 600 infantry and 200 cavalry. Led by Du Yi, now with the main generals, he reports to the plateau. The brothers Wang Hu and Wang Bao are now also members of the cavalry and serve as uncles.

After everyone saluted Gao Yuan, Gao Yuan also announced that he would be stationed in the palace, and the rules should be the same as in the military camp, and he would also have to practice military exercises every day, and he could not relax and so on. And all the people agreed, and then they dispersed.

Gao Yuan stopped Wang Hu and Wang Bao again, and asked them to find a few soldiers and go with them. After the abduction of Xiao Luohuan, Gao Yuan also did not dare to be careless about his safety. Since it is the strength of this group of opponents, it is indeed very strong, and Gao Yuan does not dare to go out alone. Wang Hu and Wang Bao selected sixteen soldiers and went out with the plateau. In fact, with Gao Yuan's current identity, it is natural to bring a group of guards when he goes out.

According to the address obtained in the deer market last time, Gao Yuan took Wang Hu, Wang Bao and others to a place in the northeast of Handan City. Here is the concentration area of the metallurgical workshop in Handan City, there are nearly 20 metallurgical workshops, the number of craftsmen has reached more than 2,000 people, and it is also the workshop of the official system of Zhao State, more than 60% of the weapons, armor, furniture, etc., of Zhao State are made here.

Although there are special smelting camps in the barracks, there are great differences between the working environment, the conditions, and the skills of the craftsmen, compared with the formal smelting workshop. Only some simple and ordinary weapons can be cast, and exquisite and fine weapons can only be forged in this formal smelting workshop.

Of course, while forging weapons for the country, each smelting workshop will forge some weapons for sale, and the officials mostly turn a blind eye to this. Because the weapons produced by the official workshops were very sophisticated, far superior to those of other private workshops, the prices on the market were very high, and it was also a considerable additional income for the craftsmen and the officials who managed the official workshops.

Gao Yuan led everyone to a smelting workshop called Li Foundry, which is the largest foundry in the area, mainly casting iron swords and bronze swords. After entering the workshop, I saw that in a large courtyard, there were dozens of stoves working, and the sound of clanging gold and iron clashing was endless. And from time to time, there is a sound of "swish" and "swish", and white smoke is rising. And beside each fireplace, there were more than a dozen half-finished swords.

Bringing a large number of people out, although it is not very convenient, but there are also a lot of advantages, that is, most things do not need to be done in person, and someone has already gone in to inform the owner of the workshop.

After a while, I saw an old man about fifty years old with a few servants coming out and saluting Gao Yuan: "Villain Li Boping, I have seen the doctor." ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Foreman Li, don't be polite. ”

It turned out that this Li Boping was originally a native of Yue, and he had made a living by forging swords for generations. When the Yue Kingdom was not in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was a time to be dominant, and the Yue King Goujian also followed the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, and once became the hegemon, but after all, the foundation of the Yue Kingdom was too shallow, and the local remoteness, economy, and culture were very backward, so the strength was only a flash in the pan, and soon weakened. The current Yue State has been reduced to a vassal state of the Chu State. However, although the economy and culture of Yue are very backward, the sword casting technology of Yue is the best in China in this era, and it is also the earliest to cast iron swords, and it has been able to cast early multi-layer folding and forging iron swords, so the sword casting craftsmen of Yue are not popular in other countries.

Li Boping migrated to Zhao with his family when he was a child. Because his family had very exquisite casting skills, he soon became the best sword-casting workshop in Zhao State.

After the salute, Li Boping said: "This is not the place to talk, please come to the house with the villain." ”

Gao Yuan and the others followed Li Boping to the room of the workshop. After the two sides sat down, Li Boping said: "My lord came to my workshop, don't you know what is going on?" ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Li is the best swordsmith in my Zhao country, and I came to the Li Casting Workshop this time in the hope of being able to buy a high-quality iron sword, so that I can win the best bronze sword." As he spoke, he handed his bronze sword to Li Boping.

Li Boping took the bronze sword, looked at it carefully, and then said: "This bronze sword of the Lord is indeed a masterpiece, although the bronze sword is more brittle and easy to break than the iron sword, but this refers to the general speaking, and the iron sword that can win the bronze sword of the Lord is at least eight or nine iron swords." ”

Gao Yuan nodded, he knew that the so-called Nine Refining referred to the ancient multi-layer dismantling and forging process. In fact, the so-called iron sword, the actual material used is early steel. In the early Spring and Autumn Period, China has already appeared in the early steelmaking process, and use steel as raw material, and then carry out repeated dismantling and forging, each time is called a refining, so that the structure of steel is dense, the composition is uniform, and the impurities are reduced, so as to improve the quality of steel. The so-called 100 steel, refers to repeated dismantling and forging a hundred times, the quality of the sword made is quite high, and the later Tang knife and the knife are all used in this casting process. However, the current multi-layer dismantling and forging process is still very backward, and the quality of the steel is not high, and the nine refining is almost the limit.

Gao Yuan said: "Now you have nine iron swords in your workshop? ”

Li Boping shook his head and said: "Hui Yu, the villain's family has been passed down for five generations, all of them make a living by casting swords, and they are also proficient in the art of casting iron swords, and the villain has been casting swords alone since he was twenty years old, and now he has been more than thirty years, and at the age of twenty-eight, the villain cast the first nine-smelting iron sword, and now the nine-smelting iron sword has only been cast with more than ten handles, and the eight-smelting iron sword is only more than twenty handles. Therefore, now the villain is here, not to mention the nine-refining iron sword, even the eight-refining iron sword, and there is not a single one left, and the remaining few seven-refining iron swords are almost the same as the quality of the bronze sword of the adult. ”