Chapter Thirty-Eight: Old Acquaintances
Wang Yangming was overjoyed when he heard this, and said: "What the fifth senior brother said won my heart. To tell a few senior brothers and sisters, I have always wanted to use dark iron to build a heavy sword, and the bronze heavy sword in front of me is only sixty catties, which is really light for me. ”
But it is easy for everyone to say, Xuantie is a treasure that is difficult to find in the world, how can you find a hundred catties in a few days.
When Gu Xifeng and the others heard the strange situation here, they also gathered around, and when they heard the conversation of several people, Xiong Zhen patted his head and said: "If you want to say anything else, we may not have it in our army, but if you want Xuantie, it is really not difficult to ask for a hundred catties." ”
Wang Yangming hurriedly asked what the reason was, and Gu Xifeng said: "In the early years, we just came to the northwest to garrison, and there was no city at that time. ”
He thought about the old things at that time, and a touch of nostalgia flashed in his eyes: "When the mountain was opened, the craftsmen found a large piece of dark iron ore. ”
When everyone heard this, they were overjoyed, you must know that the material of dark iron is extremely difficult to find, and the Northwest Army actually found a whole vein of dark iron, what a chance this is.
This dark iron is the hardest thing in the world, ordinary tools can't break it at all, and the craftsmen managed to break the ordinary stones that accompany the dark iron and transported the dark iron to Boyan's residence. Seeing that ordinary forging methods could not exercise this large piece of dark iron, the handsome man had to put it into the warehouse, saying that he might be able to use it in the future.
After listening to him, everyone knew that there was actually a large amount of Xuantie in the Northwest Army.
Chen Baxian said with a smile: "Xuantie is not an ordinary furnace that can be calcined, it must be calcined by the Tianhuo Bagua Furnace." ”
Wang Yangming was overjoyed and asked, "I just don't know how big and how heavy that dark iron is?"
Gu Xifeng said: "At that time, it was me and Lao Xiong who brought back that piece of dark iron. Each of us has 500 catties of strength, and the two of us together will only be able to lift that piece of dark iron, presumably that thing must be about 1,000 catties. ”
Wang Yangming didn't say a word, and ordered everyone to continue training, and he took Chen Baxian and Lu Fengxian to Boyan's residence to ask him for Xuantie.
Boyan was handling military affairs in the house, and when he saw Wang Yangming coming in in a hurry, he frowned and said, "Aren't you supposed to train the Eagle Yang Army in the school field, why did you come to me?"
Wang Yangming laughed and said: "Marshal, I came to ask you for something, if you don't give it, I won't do it as the commander of the Eagle Yang Army." ”
Boyan was curious: "What is so important?"
Wang Yangming explained the reason, and Boyan smiled: "You lazy guy, I will promote you and make a fortune, you don't say thank you, and you come to ask me for Xuantie in a blink of an eye." The dark iron is stored in the treasury, but the dark iron is a treasure that is hard to find in the world, how can I give it to you easily. ”
Wang Yangming frowned: "Dashuai, you will see the outside world when you say this." Tell me, what will you give me. ”
Boyan said: "Xuantie is the public property of my Northwest Army, of course, it is useless for me to put it here, if you give it to you, you can build a sword, that is the best." It's just that I can't let you take it for free, in that case, I'll use the public property to do favors with you. I see that you take 5,000 taels of silver, and I will sell you 100 catties of black iron, and one catty is only 50 taels of silver, which is already the cheapest price in the world. You can't object to it anyway!"
Wang Yangming said in his heart that your request can't be too much, this dark iron has a price and no market, not to mention selling fifty taels for a pound of dark iron, even if it sells for five hundred taels, there are also unjust big heads, but he is still a poor man now, the bookstore over there in Chang'an just gave him two thousand taels, plus the remaining five hundred taels before himself, it is only half enough, and the other two thousand five hundred taels let him find it. At the moment, he was embarrassed: "The price of Dashuai is fair, but I don't have so much money at the moment." I searched all my net worth, but it was only two thousand five hundred taels. ”
Boyan smiled: "Don't get in the way, you serve in our army, I don't think you can run away." Let's make a contract, and we'll pay me back when you have the money. ”
Boyan did things and said that one is one, and he really wrote a contract at the moment, Wang Yangming signed and drew the pledge, and Boyan let him go to the warehouse to get Xuantie. Seeing his sad face, Chen Ba asked, "Little junior brother, why are you sad, this hundred catties of dark iron is actually a very cheap price, you should be happy." ”
Wang Yangming said: "I have made some money easily, I have just gotten rid of poverty, I don't want to return to extreme poverty this time, not to mention, I still owe two thousand five hundred taels of foreign debts, how can I not be bitter." ”
Chen Baxian laughed and said, "My generation of martial artists, money is something outside the body, why bother so much." Having a weapon at your fingertips is the right way. ”
Wang Yangming had to think so. The three of them went to the warehouse to see the dark iron, and sure enough, the thing was swarthy, and Wang Yangming was so strong that he could only lift it up. It's just that this thousand catties of dark iron is a whole piece, and it is not easy to separate a hundred catties from it.
Chen Ba thought for a moment and said, "It seems that this matter is urgent. We need to send someone back to Chang'an to get my and Lao Wu's Tiangang hammer from our country's Zijian Armory, so that we can knock off a piece of this dark iron, and we also need to set up a Tianhuo gossip furnace and calcine it for 7749 days to create this weapon. ”
After hearing this, Wang Yangming had no choice but to go to Boyan to report. Boyan immediately agreed, and ordered his sergeants to send someone to get the Tiangang hammer in the Chang'an Guozi Prison. As for the Tianhuo Bagua Furnace, the army can also help, but it should be counted on Wang Yangming's head as much as possible. ”
Wang Yangming just thought about quickly creating this Xuantie sword, how could he take care of so much, and besides, if there are more lice, it will not itch, and if there are more debts, he will not worry, so he agreed.
Bo Yan saw that Wang Yangming attached great importance to this weapon, and he was also happy in his heart, with Wang Yangming's strength and the power of this divine weapon, who else was his opponent among the Hu people. He remembered something again, and said: "Recently, there was a guest in the army, and I chatted with him for a while, only to know that he also knew you. I think I'm going to invite him here, and you two will catch up. ”
Wang Yangming was curious: "Guest, I haven't made many friends, how can this person know me?"
Boyan smiled: "You'll know when he comes." So he sent for the man. In a moment, I heard someone walk in from outside the door, and before he could get closer, he shouted loudly: "Where is my brother Wang?
Wang Yangming saw a person walking in with his own soldiers, went to look at him carefully, and after looking at him for a long time, he suddenly realized, and said, "Brother Qi, why are you here!"
This person is none other than the general he met when Wang Yangming first came to this world, and when he and San Yisheng returned to Chang'an from the grassland and passed through Juyong Pass, Qi Jiguang was also.