Chapter 318: Four Swordsmen
There is no controversy between the first Qi State and the first Lu State, and the others, even the Jade Niang of the Chu State, have not been recognized by the First of the Chu State.
However, through the competition, the swordsmen of other countries have gradually emerged, not without the title of the first is the weak, the reason why there is no first, is that they have not yet encountered the opportunity to become famous.
Although Chu Guoyu Niang is a rare female swordsman, her strength is surprisingly strong, and her reputation is gradually rising.
There is also the Jin swordsman Bailisha who also stands out, the Jin State is also a big country, although there has been civil strife some time ago, but it is the Jin State that takes over the overlord after the Qi State, and the current situation of the Jin State is that the Jin Xian Gong kills the clan and promotes the scholars.
The so-called duke is actually a person with a noble title, most of whom are related to the monarch, especially brothers and nephews, who have the right to inherit the monarch. The monarch of the Jin State frantically killed the Gong clan and rewarded the fief of the Gong clan to the scholars, although it did prevent relatives from usurping the throne, but also made the scholars bigger and stronger, laying the groundwork for the future division of the three families.
Jin Xiangong also has great talents and ambitions to dominate the world, but he doesn't have his own Guan Zhong, so although he is greedy for Qi to become stronger, what he can do is to kill the Gong clan and promote the doctor, hoping to meet an outstanding talent like Guan Zhong.
Bailisha, a swordsman from the Jin Kingdom, played the fierce style of the Jin Kingdom, and also obtained the qualification to participate in the sword fighting in front of the palace.
Feng Shiwu, Cao Mo, Yu Niang, Bailisha, these four are completely different from the level of other swordsmen, and every battle is a second kill, so everyone knows that the sword saint must belong to these four people.
Feng Shiwu proposed to the monarch that if the four of them were fighting, they could use the real sword, because the swordsmanship of the four had reached the realm of being free to retract and release, so there was no need to worry about hurting people with the wrong hand with the real sword, but using the real sword could make the four of them show their true strength.
Xiaobai agreed, but Guan Zhong suggested that for the sake of fairness, it would be better for Qi Guo to recast the four iron swords, so that they would not have a gap between superior swords and inferior swords, and it would be fair to the four swordsmen.
Xiao Bai said: "Okay, I heard that Cao Mo's sword is only a bronze sword, but Feng Shiwu has the sword of Qi in his hand, such a competition is really unfair, according to what Zhongfu said, the best swordsmith in Qi will cast swords for these four swordsmen." ”
"Yes."
The swordsmiths began to work to forge four similar swords, so the swordsmiths also riveted their spirits to strike iron, which was sleepless day and night, clanging.
"I want a new sword, too." The Qin swordsman Yingfang expressed his envy for the four swordsmen with a thick accent, but looking at the three gold sword coins in his hand, he knew that it was impossible for him to get the new sword.
The three gold sword coins that were released were not the original three, he failed, and continued to challenge, and finally maintained three gold sword coins over and over again, and he had fought six games, with three wins and three losses, and it was impossible to participate in the sword fight in front of the palace.
The bronze sword in his hand has rusted, although Yingfang loves it very much, but unfortunately time is so ruthless. After a lot of hard work, I came to Linzi, increased my knowledge, and also understood the gap between myself and the famous swordsman, and gained a lot, if I can buy a sword in Qi again, it will be complete.
But when I looked at the tattered clothes on my body, I really couldn't afford to buy a sword. But if you don't buy it in Qi State, you won't want to encounter such a good sword again when you return to the bitter cold land of Qin State.
The Qin State was very bitter and was suppressed in the West by the Jin State, although when Zhou Tianzi moved eastward, the Qin State absorbed a lot of the original Western Zhou people, but the technology, culture, and economy were undoubtedly still lagging behind the Central Plains countries.
Although the Qin State is thirsty for talent, which country is not seeking talent now? Now that Qi is so rich, the siphon effect of talent is obvious, and talents all over the world love to run east, who will eat sand to the west?
Qin finally had a Baili Xi, and he was still a slave of the Jin State who married to the Qin State, and he was originally a doctor of a small country that was destroyed by the Jin State casually, and he was a person that the Jin State looked down on at all.
Conditions are poor, and there is also the threat of Sijon. In the past, when the Western Zhou Dynasty was in the past, Zhou Tianzi also fought with Xirong every day, and later the national strength was not good, Xirong directly attacked the Western Zhou, and Zhou Tianzi ran to Luoyang in disgrace and handed over the mess to Qin. Now it is Qin Guo's turn to fight Xirong every day, and the pressure to survive is huge.
In short, the place in the Qin State really has to endure hardships and stand hard work, and only people who are not afraid of death will go, and the conditions are too poor. The swordsmiths of the Qin State are naturally not as strong as the Qi State, and Yingfang wonders if he will stay in the Qi State to work, earn some money and exchange for a sword and then go back to the Qin State.
Speaking of which, he is no longer entangled, and it is difficult to return to Qin now. Thinking of this, Yingfang decided to go to Guan Zhong and be Guan Zhong's doorman.
Ying Fang thinks that although his swordsmanship is not as good as the four major swordsmen, he is also at some level, and when he has done a few things under Guan Zhong and made money, it is not too late to return to his hometown.
The outer courtyard of Guan Zhong's mansion is the residence of the wanderers, and all the scholars who come to take refuge can stay as long as they register, and every month someone will come to ask questions to the scholars, and those who can give opinions can be rewarded.
Yingfang naturally meets the conditions, even if he doesn't get the reward, Guan Zhong will not drive them away, and it is no problem for them to stay and retire. Because you are prepared, you may not be able to use their skills when you will be able to use them, even if you are old.
It's like in the famous article "Candle Zhiwu Retreats from the Qin Division", Candle Zhiwu complained that the monarch didn't come to him when he was young, and when he was old and useless, he came to himself to persuade him to retreat from the Qin army. In the end, Candle Zhiwu did it, although he was old, he was getting stronger. It can be seen that sometimes scholars will only encounter opportunities to exert their strength when they are old. So even if he can't give full play to his talents in his life, Guan Zhong will support these soldiers.
Later, the Tian family became the national policy of the Qi State, opened the Jixia School Palace, and became the most powerful promoter of the Warring States Hundred Schools of Thought.
Yingfang came to the outer courtyard, it was easy to live, as the most special class of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, dependence is their characteristic, they do not produce, and there is no land, so they must be attached to the dignitaries, and at the same time wander to the bottom, understand the people's suffering, so they can put forward all kinds of pragmatic suggestions.
Guan Zhong's outer courtyard is like a small United Nations, with not only Qin people, but also Jin, Chu, and Song people...... Yingfang is not conspicuous here, but it is still very nice to meet fellow countrymen. What made him even happier was that there was a sword furnace in the outer courtyard, and there was a place for forging swords, and as a swordsman, how could he not be attracted by the hot stove, the black charcoal, the hard ore, and the jingle thrashing?
Just as humans can't refuse large machines, and swordsmen can't refuse the performance of swordsmiths, Yingfang squatted by the sword furnace whenever he had time, watching stupidly, his saliva was about to flow, how he hoped to forge a sword of his own from the sword furnace. onclick="hui"