Both of them are craftsmen, and they are building weapons for the famous tiger-fighting heroes. And it has been made clear that Wu Zhao, the leading general who can be called the most powerful person in Chang'an City, will also arrive. Even today, it is possible to come. Therefore, the competition between the two shocked the craftsmen of the whole city, and it can be called a feast for the craftsmen of Chang'an.

Before the event, word spread in the streets. The prodigal son Yan Qing came to see Wu Zhao with great interest, and said excitedly: "Uncle Shi, oh no, General, this blacksmith competition is quite a sensation!" Shall we add a fire to it? ”

Wu Zhao was dealing with political affairs, thinking about the personnel of officials in various places after the expedition, and was stunned when he heard this: "Add a fire?" Then he woke up and raised his eyebrows: "It seems to be okay!" ”

Smiled: "Good boy, you're quite clever!" It was my negligence. Do you have a plan? ”

Yan Qing touched her head a little embarrassedly: "I have some ideas." ”

Wu Zhao put down his official duties: "Okay, let's listen." ”

Yan Qing is also not stage frightened, and said in detail one by one. Wu Zhao listened with interest, discussing a few words from time to time. Finally, he set the tone: "Good boy, pretty good." I'll leave it to you. Take my warrant and go to Lord Sima, and if you have any need for manpower and property, go to Lord Sima to solve it for you. If there's anything you need my permission for, feel free to come to me. ”

Yan Qing happily clenched her fists: "General Xie supports!" Xiao Yi will not be dishonored! ”

Looking at his back as he rushed away, Wu Zhao couldn't help but smile: "Good boy, it seems that he is not just a military general!" I'm really looking forward to what kind of surprise he can bring me? ”

The little white snake quietly appeared on the shoulder: "There is no peerless warrior in the market, and the first place in the willow bush; The nine tricks are all known as clever, and the prodigal son is called Yanqing. Don't underestimate the three-star characters, if you use them well, they are more powerful than Lu Bu in the people! ”

Wu Zhao smiled: "Xiaobai, you are really good at complimenting people." I like the wanderer so much, I'm afraid you're not a female snake, right? ”

The appointed time soon came, and almost all the blacksmith shops in Chang'an City were closed; Most of the craftsmen such as carpenters, goldsmiths, silversmiths, stonemasons, carpenters, bricklayers, basemakers, drummers, chairmen, umbrella makers, lacquer makers, and leathermen also came, and even craftsmen such as casting pigs, killing pigs, gelding, beating walls, squeezing, shaving heads, mending pots, pedicures, and blowing drummers also came to hear the news.

The reason why this matter is so sensational is because countless lists suddenly appeared in Chang'an City overnight, and the list records an unprecedented news: this blacksmith duel, the winner, the baron, hereditary replacement.

You must know that in ancient times, there was a saying that there were three religions and nine streams, and craftsmen were not included in the three religions and nine streams, but were summarized as five elements and eight works. In other words, the status of the craftsman is not only lower than that of the peasants at the end of the upper ninth rate, but even lower than that of the last thieves, thieves, and prostitutes of the lower ninth rate. Handicrafts are known as "strange skills", which are the skills that bring disaster to the country and the people.

And this kind of person will actually be knighted! Even the lowest baron in the title is a knight! What is the concept of knighthood? In the minds of the people, the lowest class of those who eat public meals is the officials. The officials are the big people who can't be messed with by the craftsmen. Then above the official is the official, and in the heart of the craftsman, the official is the blue sky above the head. And the most outstanding and powerful group of officials can be knighted. Therefore, for craftsmen, the title is the fruit of the clouds and blessed earth caves outside the nine heavens!

If a certain craftsman is knighted, in the group of craftsmen, it is the son of heaven who makes the hammer and the emperor who holds the axe!

Therefore, the craftsmen of Chang'an City are boiling!

What's even more exciting is that the list also said that the two blacksmiths in this competition, Lei Tie and Gongsun Bailing, can be challenged! As long as you are a blacksmith, whether you are old or young, male or female, from Chang'an or Yanzhou, you can come out to challenge. As long as you can prove that you have excellent skills and the first means, you can be awarded the baron by the Son of Heaven and the leading general to award the plaque: the first hammer in the world!

Therefore, not only Chang'an City, but also the craftsmen of the ten counties of Chang'an also try to put down their work and come to participate in the grand event, in order to worship the king of craftsmen for the first time.

Yan Qing enclosed the field with the most rudimentary fence, and the visitors collected one penny of silver, and on this day, they received seven or eight boxes of broken silver, which were exchanged for food enough to supply the army of 50,000 for several days. Sometimes, these rations are enough to decide the outcome of a battle.

And the various small traders arranged by Yan Qing also made a lot of money, and eighty percent of the money was also exchanged for military rations.

In the middle of the venue, two blazing furnaces stand opposite each other, and all kinds of casting tools and facilities are available next to them. Gongsun Bailing's fair skin was dotted with pearls, and the hot air was steaming on his arms as strong as thunder and iron bronze. The two brought their respective helpers, and Yaoyao looked at each other. Gongsun Bailing's eyes were sharp and incomparably confident, and Lei Strike Iron had no sorrow or joy, like a wooden man.

"The hour has come! Open the furnace! Yan Qing strode out, and after explaining the rules of the competition, she took off her clothes, revealing a tattoo full of flowers. Holding two hammers to hit each other vigorously, shouting loudly, winning the applause of the house.

Gongsun Bailing looked at Lei Datie with a provocative gaze: "Stupid big man, throwing bricks can attract jade, you come first!" ”

She compares thunder striking iron to bricks, and compares herself to jade, aggressive. As if he couldn't hear the sarcasm in her words, Lei Tie nodded and said, "Thank you Miss Bailing for letting me go, but it's disrespectful to strike iron." ”

In the laughter of everyone, Lei Strike Iron clenched his fists and made a Quartet: "All skilled workers and skilled craftsmen, thunder and iron." He was the son of a farmer, but when he was five years old, his mother was seriously ill, and his father had no choice but to sell his land, plough his cattle, and work as a long-term worker. I couldn't bear to be a slave in the next life, so I begged the village blacksmith to accept me and follow the village blacksmith to make iron. Therefore, he was given the name by the master and thundered the iron. He is 33 years old this year, and he has not had a hammer in 28 years. Knives, axes, ploughs, hammers, everything; Firing, beating, quenching, grinding, art is fine. ”

"Look at his arms, the kind of steel-cast iron bones, which cannot be practiced without four or five years of swinging a hammer; Looking at the calluses on his fingertips and tiger mouth, he would not have grown so thick without hundreds of experiences of wearing out the skin. Lazy stuff, learn a little. An old blacksmith with a gray beard whispered a lesson to his apprentice.

Lei Iron's words are not finished: "But when it comes to life's stunts, there is just one word: refining!" Ordinary people say that a hundred are refined into steel, and a thousand are refined into refinement. The weapons in this furnace have been smelted fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-six times! ”

The craftsmen were in an uproar and booed. Sarcastic words such as blowing through the cowhide and having a face as thick as a wall come and go.

Lei Strike's face was as usual, and he shouted: "Lift it up!" ”

More than twenty tall, burly, muscular men carried more than a dozen huge frames, shouted trumpets, and walked very slowly. The footsteps were neat, and the whole ground seemed to be shaking.

When they got closer, the big men lined up in two columns, stopped, and suddenly sweat flowed down like a stream, wetting the ground under their feet.

"Put!"

There was a loud earthquake, and the earth seemed to let out a terrible groan. More than 20 huge frames fell to the ground in unison, and the momentum was amazing.

Lei Tie clenched his fists again: "Fifty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty-six smelting, one time is not much, one time is not less." The contents of this large box are enough to prove that I am not lying about thunder and iron. ”

Commanded loudly: "Lift the lid!" ”

"Rank, look!"

Inside the basket is a large, grayish-white substance, irregularly shaped, angular and angular.

The blacksmiths took a breath of cold air: "So much? Put in such a lot of effort, just for a weapon? This stupid big guy isn't a fool, he's crazy, right? ”

The other craftsmen were curious and asked the blacksmith next to them, "What are these?" It looks weird, but it's not so bad? ”

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