A courtyard in Cao Bai's house was full of wood and all kinds of strange things.

This is the workshop where the carpenter Cao Bai works, his craftsmanship is famous in Wuling City, but he has a quirk, he never takes personal work, but the things he drums up are very ornamental.

The only downside is that it's expensive!

Cao Bai has been in a bad mood lately, and it seems that because of his lack of inspiration, he can no longer make new things, even if he has made some gadgets, he is not very satisfied.

Smashed a lot of things.

The mountain of scum in the corner of the workshop was a witness to his bad mood.

"Master, there is a little boy in the family, and he says that he is your distant relative......

The middle-aged man with the eight-character beard came to the outside of the workshop, but he only stood respectfully at the door, not daring to step into the workshop.

"How many distant relatives are there this month?"

Cao Bai glanced at the middle-aged man with a beard outside the workshop, and felt a headache, but he couldn't do anything about him, his mother-in-law's younger brother couldn't drive him away.

The middle-aged man with the eight-character beard smiled awkwardly and said, "The little boy said to let the master make a small thing, and I saw that he was sincere, so I let him in......"

"What's his name?"

"Said it was Lin Yu. ”

"Wuling is not the birthplace of the surname Lin......"

Cao Bai frowned, the surname Lin is rare in Great Xia, and the Son of Heaven clan in Great Xia today is surnamed Lin, thinking of a possibility, he shook his body, put down the half-finished statue in his hand, and walked out of the workshop.

In the lobby of Cao Bai's house, Lin Yu was drinking tea, waiting for Cao Bai to come over, he actually didn't have a bottom in his heart, and he knew some of Cao Bai's deeds by hearsay.

This person never takes personal work, but just tinkers up with gadgets or something amazing enough to sell in the Treasure Pavilion.

Basically, this person has something to get to the Treasure Pavilion, and within three days, someone will definitely buy it, or even spend a lot of money.

It is rumored that he is from Kyoto, Great Xia, and is the same brother of the famous craftsman Gong Lost Son of Great Xia.

Lin Yu's choice of Cao Bai was also because of this person's fame, as well as the craftsmanship that made him extremely curious, you know, the person who can put things in the Treasure Pavilion to sell can be an ordinary craftsman?

The jade treasure chess that Fang Shijie threw thousands of gold was from the hands of the famous craftsman's disciple, and Cao Bai ...... I'm afraid it can be on par with it.

And Lin Yu wanted to find someone to build chess, he always felt that Cao Bai would be the best candidate, so he came, and as for whether he saw it, he would follow it.

Lin Yu thinks that he is still very popular.

Because...... Cao Bai really came out to see him.

"Meet Cao Gong in the evening~"

Lin Yu got up and bowed to Cao Bai, it is very rare for a scholar to bow to a craftsman, everyone in the world thinks that everything is inferior, only reading is high.

But a scholar made such a big salute to a carpenter.

However, Cao Bai accepted it with peace of mind, and his expression eased a lot, he didn't like others to enter the mansion and disturb him.

Cao Bai looked Lin Yu up and down, and found that there was no shadow of a familiar person, and while breathing a sigh of relief, he waved his hand and said: "Don't be polite, I heard that you came to me to create small things? You know, I never take jobs, I just tinker with some things by myself, you better go back!"

"Sending off!"

With that, he turned and left.

Very domineering, just go, Lin Yu thought that this was the first time he had seen such a crazy person since he crossed over.

In this Shengwen Continent where people are not good-looking, and the sea is invincible, isn't Cao Bai afraid of offending the powerful?

"Wait!"

Lin Yu didn't want to waste this rare opportunity, and it was not impossible to find other craftsmen, but compared with Cao Bai, the grade was a little unacceptable.

If Cao Bai can be persuaded to create high-quality chess for him and send it to the county guard's mansion, it will also be a lot of face, and when people hear that it is produced by Cao Bai, plus the new thing of chess, everyone will be shocked.

"Huh?"

Cao Bai frowned, how can there be such an uninteresting teenager in this world, he has sent off guests, and he is not conscious?

"Something like a late birth, Cao Gong has definitely never seen it, although it is not difficult to build, but Cao Gong doesn't want to be the first person in the world to witness its birth?"

Lin Yu pretended to be disappointed and shook his head and said: "If Cao Gong didn't have the intention to do this, then he would have to leave, but thinking of such a thing, it can't be born in Cao Gong's hands, it's a little regrettable......"

"Wait a minute!"

Thousands of wears, sycophants don't wear, Lin Yu's words simply poked Cao Bai's heart, sounding quite comfortable.

Of course, Cao Bai thought that it was not Lin Yu's sycophants that moved him, but the new things he said.

Lin Yu was determined.

"What are you looking for me to build, you describe it......" Cao Bai just stood, he wanted to see what Lin Yu wanted him to build.

"This thing is very simple, but it is something that Great Xia does not have...... He is similar to Go, but he is a very different chess skill. ”

"I'll probably tell Cao Gong how to play this chess......

Lin Yu roughly talked about the appearance of chess in one breath, as well as the expected creation, line drawing, and chess gameplay.

And Cao Bai is obviously not an ordinary person, at first he thought that he was just carving one or two small circles with inscriptions, and he almost drove people away, but Lin Yu later said that it was not one or two, but thirty-two.

And then there's the chess box, how to play, and so on......

Cao Bai was obsessed, he found that as long as this thing was made and promoted, it would definitely be able to sweep Great Xia, and if he really created it, it would be the ancestor of chess.

Call~

Cao Bai's eyes were glowing with green, and as soon as he pulled Lin Yu over, he went to his workshop.

This scene frightened the middle-aged man with the eight-character beard, when would Cao Bai be so out of shape in front of outsiders, is that chess really unusual?

He hadn't read a book, and he didn't know how to play chess, so when he saw Lin Yu and Cao Bai leaving, he took out the silver, wiped it and wiped it, and couldn't put it down.

"You write the chess characters well, I will carve them, you go back and write the chess score, and then take the chess game and exchange it for ......"

Cao Bai entered the workshop, swept away the things on the workbench, and according to Lin Yu's description, he chose jade of the best material.

Since it is the first chess game in the world, it must be the best.

"Good!"

Three days later is the birthday of the county guard Chen Tingjun, in addition to building a good chess, this chess game must be indispensable.

Therefore, he did not waste time, and after writing thirty-two characters on the jade, he drew the lines of the chessboard and the boundary of the Chu River, and handed it to Cao Bai.

Cao Bai seemed to have been in the monk pile for a long time, and suddenly saw the pervert of a hot beauty, so he suddenly pounced, and held the only whole piece of jade in the workshop in his arms, as if he was fascinated.

Lin Yu was taken aback by Cao Bai's movements, and saw Cao Bai obsessively looking at the thirty-six words he had written on the jade: handsome, general, scholar......

He got goosebumps with a little chill, and then said that he would go back to prepare the chess game, and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

(End of chapter)