Chapter 10: The Origin of the Youth

Mapo tofu, shredded pork with green pepper, boiled lettuce, fried dumplings.

This is the level of the dish, it is the three "vulnerable", the most proficient mapo tofu, and it is only a "reluctantly" failed work.

Four experimental dishes of this level.

actually fed three "average results".

also made this mysterious boy fall into a special state of cheek pouch and spicy.

It seems that three of the dishes are very much in line with the appetite of this mysterious teenager.

Nobunaga opened the bamboo steamer and took out two steamed buns.

"Ding! Invincible steamed steamed buns. ”

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"I'm the head chef of this restaurant, and it's our signature staple, steamed buns. You can taste it. Nobunaga dove was fragrant, and the hot white steamed buns were served to the mysterious boy.

"This ......" The mysterious boy didn't understand what Nobunaga Hato's meant.

"It's free." Nobunaga said succinctly and clearly.

"Thank you......" The mysterious boy picked up the steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth, apparently hungry.

"In addition, these four dishes are new dishes in our store, if you don't dislike it, you can also try it." Nobunaga continued.

"Is it free, too?" Mysterious boy with a slightly embarrassed look.

"Yes, it's free."

Received an affirmative reply from Nobunaga Hato. This shy young man picked up the hot steamed bun with one hand and stuffed the vegetables into his mouth with the other.

Worried that he would choke to death, Kifu Taro handed over another bowl of miso soup.

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"Ding! Not very effective. ”

"Ding! The teenager fell into gluttony. ”

Nobunaga looked at the young man who was eating and drinking.

When he and steamed steamed buns are not highly matched, he can even trigger a special blessing "gluttony......

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This little guy is going to starve to death.

Look at the young man's clothes and clothes, and his upper body is wearing a straight robe.

It is a commoner's garment that intersects the placket behind the left chest and runs vertically down to the hem, with multiple scratches and patches sewn on the top, giving it a very ragged look.

He has a set of ribbons around his waist.

The scarf was a silk belt used by the nobles for jade pendants, but the mysterious boy did not have jade pendants, flair orchids, jewelry or other ornaments around his waist.

The pants, like the top, are a bit torn. However, the material is special.

This is the underwear made with the silk.

It is a thin and white plain weave thin silk, which is deeply loved by the nobles of the Qin and Han dynasties, so it is called "silk pants".

The most outrageous thing is that the teenager's shoes are a pair of coarse linen woven linen shoes, and the shoes also show the toes, which are quite rough, and they are obviously self-made by the teenager DIY.

Nobunaga Hatoshi judged that this mysterious diner was a young man in the middle of the family during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

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"Can I take a look at your sword?"

Kifutaro asked curiously. Gifu Taro is a natural violent maniac and loves these hot and cold weapons.

If Muto Taishan is the representative of Jianzheng, Gifu Taro is a model of pseudo-military fans.

"Uh......h No...... No way. The young man's mouth was stuffed with shredded green pepper meat, and he was still nibbling on steamed buns, and said vaguely.

Nobunaga also noticed the boy's saber.

This is actually a real sword.

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Nobunaga Hatoshi met young people who used to wear in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and many of their swords were bamboo swords.

Use a piece of three-year-old bamboo, first roast it with a fire to remove the moisture and bake it straight.

One end was tied up, hung on the beam, and the bottom was tied to a heavy stone, and it was hung like this.

It is okay to hang for one year, or two years until the bamboo pieces are hard and straight.

What is the use of bamboo chips in this way?

You can make a bamboo sword.

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Slowly sharpen with a knife, sand and stone, and process the handle and body of the sword to make the blade part sharp.

Such a bamboo sword is not a toy.

It's possible to kill.

It's a sword;

If only one end is sharpened, this is a spear;

Cut into slender strips, the front end is made into a cluster of arrows, and the back end is tied with fowl feathers, which are both arrows;

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The young man's sword, the scabbard of the saber is bronze, but the hilt is made of iron, and the horizontal stripes on it are tempered.

This is the "iron-making carburizing steel" manufacturing method.

Nobunaga revised his judgment.

This mystery eater.

Either the Chu people at the end of the Warring States period, or the southeastern people of the Qin and Han dynasties.

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China is rich in iron ore.

But the quality of the mineral sands is not good, and there are too many impurities.

To get a good piece of iron, it must be forged repeatedly, and there are differences in the mastery of the carburizing process, and the weapons processed by different craftsmen and different places are very different.

The better the iron, the higher the cost of processing, and the price of such a sword varies greatly.

A well-crafted sword and a low-quality sword slash each other, and naturally the better quality sword will win and cut the opponent's sword.

And such an advantage will be magnified, and there will be a collective advantage in weapons and equipment by the soldiers of one side, crushing the enemy in battle.

The losing side will exaggerate that the opponent's weapon is a magic weapon to cover up its own defeat; The victor will go around showing off how great their weapons are.

From time to time, the sword that sharpened iron like clay was recorded in history......

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The fundamental reason is that there is a huge difference in the level of technology, and the level of military equipment has become the key to determining the outcome of some wars.

The same is true now.

The same is true in the 21st century.

Can Hamas's rockets be the same as those of the Dragon State?

Although the principle of combat is about the same.

However, the gap between the level of technology and the level of equipment can also be said to be the difference between cloud and mud.

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During the Spring and Autumn Period, the "Guanshan Hai" policy proposed by Guan Zhong of Qi State, that is, the monopoly of salt and iron together.

The method used at that time was called "iron-making carburizing steel".

Although the technology of "iron-making and carburizing steel" was developed in the Spring and Autumn Period, it was not gradually realized until the middle and late Warring States period as a soldier's equipment.

"Xunzi Yibing" "Chu State is like a huge iron sword, miserable as a bee".

King Qin Zhao said: "I heard that the iron sword of Chu is sharp and advocates excellence. If the iron sword is sharp, the warrior is brave. Advocating excellence is thinking far-sightedly. I'm afraid of Chu's diagram Qin also. ”

It shows that the iron sword making technology of the Chu State began to mature. And equip the troops.

Moreover, the iron sword of the Chu State was very sharp, which made King Qin Zhao, who was mainly equipped with bronze swords, very worried.

The bronze is a sheath with an iron sword inside, which is typical of the swords of the Chu nobles.

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"Ding! The boy was overwhelmed. Green pepper shredded pork if there was more meat......"

It's a pure carnivore.

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For many days after that, this mysterious boy frequently came to the restaurant for dinner.

Not once was paid for food.

This is one of the mysterious diners that Nobunaga has met most frequently at the Yangquan Restaurant so far.

This child, probably when he was growing his body, ate a lot of food.

Six or seven white steamed buns for a meal, four dishes, two bowls of miso soup, and the plates were all licked clean.

Kifutaro began to sharpen the blade of the lock sickle.

Prepare to turn this monster into a puff of smoke......