Chapter 18: The Leader of the Axe Gang
The time of the transaction, they set the day before Chinese New Year's Eve. After handing over the material package to Master Fang, they left with Xue Ying.
"It's September and there's more than a hundred days left, hey, more than enough. Master Fang didn't care, his apprentices learned more than 100 people, even if three people build one, they can build forty or fifty pieces a day, just three hundred, take your time.
At this moment, a small official hurriedly came and reported: "Lord Fang, Rongge Mansion has declared war on us, and there will be a war in February next year, Lord Xue asked me to tell Lord Fang that I will build three thousand elite weapons to prepare for war!"
"What?" Fang Lao was dumbfounded in disregard of his image, "Damn, cheap those two boys!"
On the way out, Xue Ying suddenly asked, "Do you have a place to live?"
"Not yet, I'll have to find an inn later. Chai Le said.
"Can the two of you just settle for the last official's humble house?" Xue Ying asked with a smile.
Just when Xue Ying took them out of Yuanyang Mansion, the young man also happened to come here. So the two sides met.
"Uncle Xue, why are you here?" said this, but the young man did not have any surprise on his expression, just said hello.
Xue Ying smiled: "Is this place allowed for your kid to come in? The old man is here to do business." What are you doing in there?"
"These two want to see the ghost axe master, and the juniors will take them over to have a look. The young man replied, turned his head to look, and found that the two of them were squeezing their eyebrows, as if they were looking at someone. Following their gaze, it turned out to be the two behind Xue Ying. So the young man asked, "Uncle Xue, who are these two?" and he felt that the four of them seemed to know each other.
"Why do you care about this, don't delay people's business. Don't be too late, the old boy will be gone. Xue Ying avoided answering, he knew that for people from such big families, they didn't like to be introduced in front of others on inconsequential occasions.
"It's okay, Ben Shao is a friend of the two behind you. Chai Le said with a smile.
Of course, the young man really didn't dare to delay here for a long time, after all, the people in the entire Yuanyang Mansion knew what kind of character the ghost axe was. Xue Ying also took Chai Le and the others straight to his mansion. At the same time, a conscription order was also posted on the notice wall, and only in this county, where all the eight adults were ink scholars, dared to post the conscription order so early without disturbing the people's hearts.
On the notice wall, the ink writers were in a crowd, all looking at the conscription notice—for them, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. However, there are also some people who are thinking about it. The conscription order reads as follows:
"Now Ronggo wants to attack me, and the war will be fought in February. Yuanyang Mansion is now issuing a conscription order, the county's heroes, anyone who has a will can be recruited by the Yuanyang Imperial Army, prepare for the war in February, and it is incumbent on me to Yuanyang!"
The expressions of the ink masters present were different, some were angry and roaring, those who were expected to announce and hesitate, those who were expected to sigh and leave, and some who were disdainful. Some of the ink scholars present went straight to Yuanyang's mansion, and most of them were still hesitating here. Among them, two teenagers stood side by side, they glanced at the notice, looked at each other and nodded, and walked out of the crowd together, walking towards the Yuanyang Mansion in front. One of the teenagers said to the other, "Xiao Zhou, are you afraid?"
"Brother, I'm not afraid, when we enter the Yuanyang Imperial Army, we will have the opportunity to participate in the Northern Imperial War, and we will be able to avenge our father!" The young man's eyes were filled with flames of hatred. Seven years ago, his father left his mother and two brothers to join the army, only to return with a corpse that had been carried back......
"But this battle is actually fought with the Rongge Mansion in the neighboring state, why is the Rongge Mansion so irrational?" the older boy frowned and muttered. The young man known as "Xiao Zhou" stared at his brother: "Brother, what are you thinking?"
"Nothing, let's go. ”
When the thoughtful ink man found that these two young ink men went to Yuanyang Mansion without hesitation, they were all shocked and greatly admired: "What a brave young man, they dare to join the army at such a young age." I'm not going to be as good as a posterity, right, I'm going to join the army too, it's decided!"
There are also heroes who said loudly in the crowd: "Look, even those stinky little babies dare to go, are we old men still afraid?"
This call, the crowd responded. The actions of the two young men actually incited so many people to join the army. Although this conscription will never be the first batch to go to the battlefield, the Yuanyang Mansion has taken precautions to recruit reinforcements early and prepared for the fierce battle in February. The sooner, the more time you have to train, and the more reliable you will be when you go to the battlefield.
When he came to the craftsman's gate, the young man stopped and said hesitantly: "That...... I'd better wait here for you. ”
Ji Lin glanced at him suspiciously, but nodded without asking the reason. But You Feng also hesitated: "Han Fei, Poor Dao is not very interested in the profession of the ink man, and I feel that there are many people behind the door, and Poor Dao is afraid of excitement by nature, so ...... The poor road is gone. ”
"Alright then, I'll go in first. Ji Lin stepped forward indifferently. This little Taoist priest is almost unreliable, and there is no need to be depressed at all. But when it comes to the excitement, he is also a little apprehensive. He pushed the door open and walked in. The door closed again.
As soon as he entered this door, he really confirmed what You Feng said, and dozens of eyes turned to Ji Lin. I saw that there was a forging workshop in front of me, and the people in front of me were blacksmiths, and the wall was cast with gold (here refers to brass) with these big characters - "A hundred tempered into steel, and the hammer casts men". Ji Lin was nervous and a little puzzled, how could this be the blacksmith's workshop? Could he have gone wrong? Just as he was about to ask, these enthusiastic blacksmith masters rushed up, whether they were resting or casting weapons, they all stopped their work at this moment, looked at Ji Lin, and talked nonsense.
"The new guy looks pretty young!"
"Wow, we haven't had a newcomer here for a long time, and we're still a kid!"
"It's the first time I've seen such a small inkman come in through this door!"
......
Ji Lin was almost drowned out by the sound of everyone's conversation, and he was so embarrassed that he really regretted not pulling the two outside in. He casually pulled someone and asked, "This master, do you know the ghost axe master?"
"What, you're looking for the Axe Gang's ghost axe?" the person who was questioned asked rhetorically in his loud voice, and everyone present heard it, and it suddenly fell silent. A drop of cold sweat broke out on Ji Lin's head, and he looked at his loud voice in a daze, and nodded.
"Cut, after a long time, this baby is a member of the Axe Gang, let's go, it's none of our business. I don't know who said it, and everyone dispersed in a hurry.
Instead, the loud voice kindly pointed him in the right direction, where there was a door to what they called the "Axe Gang". Ji Lin thanked him, but he scratched his head and smiled honestly: "My name is Xiong Tieba, if you are bullied by the Axe Gang, come to me, I will cover you!"
"Don't worry, I'll come to you often!" Ji Lin said politely, turning around and leaving. However, he always felt that there was something wrong with what he said just now, and carefully analyzed it word by word, but he didn't find anything wrong. Whatever, it's important to find someone!
Unlike the bustle of the forge workshop, the "Axe Gang" was quiet, only the sound of wood cutting could be heard, and his arrival did not attract anyone's attention, not because of how careful he was, but because the carpenters were too focused. He didn't want to disturb anyone, so he found a carpenter who was resting, and asked, "This master, do you know where the ghost axe master is?"
The carpenter pointed to another door and instructed, "Don't disturb Master, or you will be embarrassed!" So Ji Lin thanked him again and walked towards the door again.
"Yo, boy, you're here!" greeted him as soon as he entered.
As soon as he saw this person, Ji Lin's face changed greatly. Of course, this person is not a ghost, but a young man who is extremely sassy -- who is it if he is not the owner of the antique shop? It's just that Ji Lin is surprised, how did this boss come so quickly? It was only yesterday that the two of them met, and it was evening, and the owner of the antique shop actually left his antique shop behind and came here to meet him in person. In addition to being surprised, the respect for the owner of the antique shop is also spontaneous.
"Hehe, since the little brother is here, let's not be busy looking for Brother Ghost Axe, let's chat with Yu for a while. Anyway, he's still stuffy in the house working on his big invention, and he won't bird you when you go in. However, the antique shop owner's words dissipated the respect that Ji Lin had established. Feelings: This guy is here to chat with him.
"In fact, Yu is also a craftsman, which should be able to be seen from Yu's outfit. The antique shop owner said. However, Ji Lin looked him up and down many times, and only felt that he was either a nouveau riche or a jeweler, where could he tell that he was a craftsman? He continued: "Yu Yi's surname is Lang, his name is Yan, and the little brother can call Yu 'Yuming', which is Yu's character." As Brother Xian could see, Yu was a jeweler, and any stone in Yu's hands would become a perfect and impeccable work of art! However, none of the stones in the Moyun Continent were mortal!"
Listening to his tone, there was something strange, but Ji Lin couldn't tell what was weird. If Duan Tianhan hadn't been in retreat in the Sword Realm, he would definitely be deeply touched when he heard this tone.
"Why didn't Brother Xian say a word? Yu is so affinity, could it be that Brother Xian is still afraid of giving birth?" After talking for a long time, Lang Yan was singing a one-man show alone, which not only made him feel bored, "What is Brother Xian's name? Everyone will live together in the future, let's get to know each other first." ”
Obviously you are talking non-stop, where do I have the opportunity to speak? Ji Lin raised his eyebrows, and said without changing his face: "My name is Ji Lin, the word Hanfei, fourteen years old." How old is Mr. Yuming?"
As soon as he heard this, Lang Yan no longer had the eloquence he had just now, and was stunned for a while before he squeaked: "That, Brother Xian, Brother Ghost Axe should be idle now, let's go in and have a look." At the same time, I also regret that I asked Ji Lin to say something just now, I obviously have a lot to say, but as soon as this kid moved, he only had to be silent - he forgot how old he was at all!
"Alas, I don't even dare to face up to my age!" Ji Lin joked. It's finally time to meet the leader of the legendary "Axe Gang".