Volume 7: Leaving the Song and Returning to the Thoughts of the King, the Skillful Craftsman Recasting the Licking Calf Chapter 14 of Volume 7: The Iron King Who Doesn't See the Guest
"No, Wang Jinwei, pick it up." Jiang Xiaoshu threw the begonia flower to the stunned Wang Jinwei, and seeing that Wang Jinwei was still flute, he raised his eyebrows:
"How's that, pretty chic, right?"
Wang Jinwei nodded again and again, stammering:
"I, my God, Jiang, Jiang Gongzi, your martial arts are so good, it's just, it's amazing."
"Hmph," Jiang Xiaoshu was very proud when he heard it:
"Of course, this trick is ......"
"What is this? Just now, it was just a stroke of light body kung fu, Jiang Daxia can fly with a sword, Wang Jinwei, you have really little knowledge. Liu Lingwei got up restlessly and boasted proudly:
"He can still ask questions of the landlord, and if you don't believe it, then ...... Hmmmm...... Jiang Daxia! Why are you covering my mouth? ”
"Practice your skills." Jiang Xiaoshu angrily pulled Liu Lingwei back to her original position:
"If you talk nonsense, you see, I'll teach you a little bit of kung fu in the future."
Then Jiang Xiaoshu turned around and waved his hand at Wang Jinwei:
"She has just entered the rivers and lakes, and she has no mouth to hide, so don't take it seriously."
"Miss Liu is really lively," Wang Jinwei praised.
At this moment, everyone heard a few "cooing" sounds, and when they followed the sound, they saw Wang Jinwei patting his belly with some embarrassment:
"Alas, I was busy collecting medicine, but I didn't even eat after noon, Jiang Gongzi, have you eaten?"
The three shook their heads.
Wang Jinwei clapped his hands:
"Isn't that a coincidence? I happened to cook a meal for everyone, so I thanked everyone for their help. ”
Wang Jinwei untied his bag on his back and opened his bag, only to see a dazzling array of all kinds of rare medicinal materials - Rehmannia root, Chuanxiong root, red peony, Qianghuo, wolfberry, ginseng, licorice, Polygonum multiflori, angelica, astragalus......
"Good guy, I see that you are quite cold, but this medicinal diet is still very particular, and you need to use so many medicines, I think you moved your medicinal herb shop in Ba County, right?" Jiang Xiaoshu looked at the various Chinese medicines in the rows and couldn't help but speak.
"Herb shop? That's not it, I picked these medicines myself, and the herb shops in Bajun don't sell medicines to me......" Wang Jinwei shook his head.
"Not for sale? Why is that? ”
"Because...... Alas, that's a long story, so I'll give you a chance to tell a few more. Sheng Gongzi, I'm tired of borrowing a knife, I'll get a crucian carp. ”
Sheng Yushen drew his knife, squinted at the river, and then stabbed into the water with a flick of his wrist, but when he lifted it, he found nothing.
"Huh?" Sheng Yu Ember was a little puzzled, his knife could not be deviated, how could it be missed?
"Ha, Sheng Gongzi has a sharp technique, and at a glance he knows that he is an old hunter who often hunts, but there is a slight difference between catching fish and hitting birds and animals on the road." Wang Jinwei walked over and took the knife in Sheng Yuyan's hand, and raised his chin at the water:
"The underwater position, we look biased from the water, if you want to sting the fish, you have to shoot at the fish you see...... You see, isn't that it? ”
Wang Jinwei carried the knife like the wind, quickly slaughtered the live crucian carp and removed the scales, and then took out the small pot from the back, and got busy with it.
After a while, the aroma overflowed, causing the three people on the side to be amazed-
"Huh, I can't see it, this Wang Jinwei looks like a stupid big guy with five big and three thick, and the knife work is very fine."
"Yes, yes, and the ingredients he made are so fragrant, I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to taste it first."
"He's got a good grasp of the heat."
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After a while, a pot of fish soup with strong color and fragrance was boiled, and Wang Jinwei beckoned a few people to come over:
"Gongzi Jiang, Gongzi Sheng, Miss Liu, come and taste this 'Wujiao Dragon'."
A few people took a closer look, only to see the crucian carp immersed in the thick soup, the fish head of the place surfaced, a whole piece of He Shou Wu was carved into a dragon horn dragon whisker embedded in the fish head, lifelike, so not vivid, the boat shook slightly, the thin dragon whiskers as thin as hair also swayed, the crucian carp in the pot was like a living little Jiao, and wanted to ascend to the sky and turn into a dragon.
"Wow, Wujiaohualong, what a nice name, I want to try it quickly." Liu Lingwei hurriedly took out the bowl and filled a large bowl of fish soup to taste it carefully.
"Phew!! It's delicious, no worse than the master of Chuan Pavilion. Sheng Yu Ember smacked his lips and said very seriously.
"Snort, the first black stewed crucian carp is the first black stewed crucian carp, and what kind of black Jiaohua dragon is still being made...... Hey! So fragrant? Jiang Xiaoshu chattered on a piece of fish meat, which melted in the mouth, and was extremely fragrant, and was swallowed in his mouth with the word "Xuanxu", and he couldn't help asking:
"Wang Jinwei, where are you the chef in Ba County? Let's go to your place for a few more meals. ”
Wang Jinwei shook his head:
"Jiang Gongzi, I didn't work as a cook in a tavern."
"Oh, I see, then you must be a private chef for some dignitary, right?"
"No, me, my job has nothing to do with cooking."
"Huh? That's a shame, isn't it? Jiang Xiaoshu sighed:
"With your craft, if you are a cook, won't the threshold of the restaurant be broken?"
Sheng Liu and the others also ate fish and meat while nodding in agreement.
"Do you think I should be a cook?" Wang Jinwei's eyes lit up, and the whole person became very excited, but he seemed to remember something, but he lowered his head again the next moment, as if he had been emptied, very depressed.
However, the three of them were feasting on themselves, but they didn't pay attention to Wang Jinwei's abnormality.
Not long after, the boat stopped at the dock in Ba County, and Wang Jinwei was separated from the three of them.
"Hey!" Liu Lingwei shouted with some excitement:
"Wang Jinwei, when you open the restaurant, we will be the first to cheer you on!"
Wang Jinwei's figure paused, and then walked away quickly as if he was fleeing.
At this time, Sheng Yushen noticed the strange eyes around him, and he looked around, only to see that many locals around the dock were looking at his people strangely.
"Something?" Sheng Yu Ember said to the old man closest to him.
"Young man, you're from out of town, aren't you? And he is a martial artist. ”
"Well, how's that?"
"The old man knows what you are here for, listen to the old man's advice, there are some things that you can't say casually."
"Oh?"
"Hmm...... When it comes to other people's family affairs, I advise you to keep your mouth shut and do it yourself. ”
"Cut!" Jiang Xiaoshu interjected at this time, grabbed Sheng Yu Ember and left, and couldn't help but turn back to the old man and grinned:
"You don't have to be foolish here, this kind of scaring nonsense, I will be able to do it when I am twelve, what can't be said like this, what can't be said like that. Do you live by the sea, and manage it so widely? Sheng Yu Ash, Liu Lingwei, let's go. ”
With that, the three of them walked from the dock into the city.
The old man looked at the backs of the three of them and couldn't help but sigh:
"These young people, I'm afraid that they will return in vain......"
When I entered the city, I saw that the whole Ba County was very lively, and the hawkers along the street were constantly selling, especially the special snacks of Bashu, such as spicy rabbit head, skewers, catching chicken, and small noodles...... Seeing that Liu Lingwei was salivating, she was about to eat and drink, but she was dragged away by Jiang Xiaoshu, who had already prepared, by her collar.
The desire to enjoy the food was disappointed, and Liu Lingwei was a little dissatisfied:
"What are you doing, I won't run around, guard me like a thief...... Jiang Daxia, you said that we came all the way to Ba County, there is a very important matter, why didn't you say anything when I asked you before, but now that you have entered the city, can you tell me? Are we going to rescue the innocent old and weak women and children this time, or are we going to fight the robbers and wicked people? ”
"Neither."
"What's that?"
"No, I ask you - all things are made by me, and all the heterogeneous forms are wonderful. Have you ever heard of this? ”
"Is this, talking about the blacksmith?"
"That's right, it's really smart, and in the southwest territory of Daqin, it is the blacksmith of Ba County who is the most famous, and one of our famous swords, 'Charm and Spirit', is from the hand of a famous craftsman in Ba County."
"So we're here this time to find someone to build a weapon? Hehe, Jiang Daxia, what kind of weapon do you think I should use? Is it a sword or a sword? ”
"Eighteen weapons, which one will you have?"
"I won't be able to ......"
"Isn't that it? When we find a good craftsman, we will first make you a set of inner armor to avoid injury. Then give Sheng Yu Ember a big knife. ”
"I don't need to," Sheng Yu Ash rubbed his Yanling knife and shook his head:
"It's a pretty handy knife."
"Is it easy?" Jiang Xiaoshu asked rhetorically:
"Then why do you have to hold a knife in both hands every time you fight? Split horizontally and vertically, isn't this Yanling knife too small? ”
"This ......" Sheng Yushen frowned and thought for a moment, as if that was indeed the case, and closed his mouth.
"No opinion, then let's go." Jiang Xiaoshu had already asked for the direction at this moment, and beckoned the two of them to go to the most famous Wangjia Iron Factory in Ba County.
Liu Lingwei trotted and chased after him:
"Jiang Daxia, Jiang Daxia, I don't care, today you have to ask the blacksmith master to give me a blade."
"Okay, will they give you a sledgehammer?"
"Huh? Hit what? ”
"Hit a hammer."
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"Don't see a guest?" Jiang Xiaoshu was a little stunned, and grabbed the guy who was busy:
"You say you Iron King don't see guests? Did I hear me right? ”
At this time, the crowds in the Wangjia Iron Factory were surging, and the sound of clanging was endless, as if it was in full swing, how could there be any closed doors?
The guy nodded:
"Yes, guest officer, if you want to strike iron, you can only find another master, our Iron King has not taken over the business for a long time."
After saying that, he turned around and left, Jiang Xiaoshu grabbed him again:
"Slowly, slowly, you're looking at people through the cracks in the door - you look at people flat, you think we don't have money, and you don't want to introduce us to us, don't you? No, you see. ”
A silver ticket of two thousand taels appeared in front of the guy, and he just wanted to reach out to grab it, but Jiang Xiaoshu drew the silver ticket back:
"Slow, this is for the blade, not for you, you introduced us to your Iron King, and my son is naturally indispensable for your reward."
"Ouch, Son," the fellow saw the silver ticket slip away from his eyes, and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot:
"It's not that I look down on you, our Iron King is really not a guest, even if he introduces you, it's for nothing. It's better to hand over your blades to the other masters of our ironsmith factory, and there will be no mistakes in keeping them. ”
"Then you can take us to the place where the Iron King is, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
"That's not going to work, Son."
"Damn, this can't be done, that's not going to work, what's the matter with you young man?"
"Alas...... Let me tell you the truth, the reason why our Iron King didn't see the guest was because he had a heart disease, and now his temper is terrifying, and whoever goes to see him will be scolded, I'm afraid that I will bring a few masters over and have a dispute with the Iron King, isn't it bad? ”
"Heart disease?"
"That's a long story, Son, you first change a master to make blades for you, I also have a furnace, look at my craftsmanship......"
Jiang Xiaoshu pushed away the sample handed over by the other party, retreated, and explained the situation to Sheng Yuyan and Liu Lingwei.
"Heart disease?" Liu Lingwei was very puzzled:
"What can a blacksmith have in his heart? Can't pull the bellows or swing the hammer? ”
Sheng Yu Ember said thoughtfully:
"The people in their Bajun are so strange, Wang Jinwei is so good at craftsmanship but he is not a cook, the Iron King opened such a big ironware factory but he doesn't do business, and the old man on the dock just now said something strange."
"So weird? So, "Jiang Xiaoshu nodded to the ironware factory:
"Shall we take a look?"
The three of them entered the ironware factory again, and Jiang Xiaoshu threw out a small piece of broken silver to Fang Cai's buddy:
"We're going to see the Iron King, lead the way."
The guy was originally overjoyed to take the silver, and he couldn't help rubbing it, but as soon as Jiang Xiaoshu opened his mouth, the piece of silver seemed to become hot immediately, he threw the silver away, and said with a bitter face:
"Ouch, Son, just spare me, the villain really doesn't dare to take you to the Iron King, he has a terrible temper recently, if you know that I took someone over without permission, then the villain will be miserable......"
"You can take the money as well, you just need to tell us where the Iron King is. This piece of silver is enough for a tael, which is worth a lot of your wages, wouldn't it be a pity not to take it...... Come on, come on, put it away, don't worry, you pointed the way, we will never betray your ......" Jiang Xiaoshu coaxed and deceived the silver to the young man, and the young man looked left and right before he whispered in Jiang Xiaoshu's ear:
"The Iron King lives in a stone house on the mountainside of the back mountain, and there is a big iron hammer at the door, you can tell it when you look at it."
"Sheng Yu Ash, Liu Lingwei, let's go." Jiang Xiaoshu nodded, and beckoned the two to prepare to go on the road, at this moment, the guy grabbed Jiang Xiaoshu again, Jiang Xiaoshu was a little helpless:
"Cheng, Cheng, I know, I won't betray you."
"No," said the fellow, gritting his teeth, with great embarrassment.
"Childe, I have to remind you, no one can control the temper of our Iron King now, and he smashed something and smashed a guest the day before yesterday, if you have a conflict with him because of this, you can't blame me for not saying it."
"Dare to love you, the Iron King, are you crazy?" Jiang Xiaoshu asked with a smile.
"Alas...... Not really, but it's pretty much the same. The fellow sighed and shook his head slightly.
"Okay, we've made a note and let's go." After that, Jiang Xiaoshu and the three of them rushed to the back mountain.