Out of the Lu Mansion, everyone did not go directly to the county guard's mansion, but along the street, came to a shop called 'Lu's Craftsman Shop', a guy greeted him very politely, gave Xiang Bo a salute, and said with a smile: "Dongjia, you are here." ”

At this time, Xiang Bo pointed to the shop and said with a smile: "This is our craftsman's shop, although the scale is not large, but it is enough to create the required items." ”

Xiang Liang nodded, Xiang Bo sent his men away, everyone walked through the front hall, turned a corner in the backyard, and came to a secret warehouse, where more than 20 large boxes were stored, among them, part of them were the finances brought by Xiang Liang from the lower minister, and some of them were the swords and Getou built by the craftsman shop for more than half a year, at this time, Xiang Liang looked at Xiang Yu and others on the side, and said with a smile: "This is the property of our Xiang family, Yu'er, Zhuang'er, You'er, you know, why do I want to open a craftsman shop in Huiji?" ”

Xiang Yu said with a smile: "The strength of our Xiang family is not enough to shake the Huiji, we must build weapons in order to strengthen ourselves." ”

Xiang Liang nodded, but Xiang Yu was only half right, at this time, Xiang Zhuang on the side smiled and said: "The tyrannical Qin is harsh, the people have complained, soon, the war against the tyrannical Qin will break out, but if my uncle wants to control Huiji County and occupy a place in Jiangdong, I am afraid that it is not enough to rely on the existing strength of the Xiang family, only by having weapons and arming those peasants and ambitious Jiangdong sons, our chances of victory will be greater." ”

Xiang Zhuang's words were a little closer, and Xiang Liang couldn't help laughing: "The situation in the world is changing rapidly, whether the Qin State can continue to be strong, we can't predict this, but it is necessary to prepare in advance and deal with any situation that may arise at any time!" ”

Speaking of this, Xiang Liang opened one of the boxes and took out a bronze sword from it, the sword was three feet long, Xiang Liang stroked the blade with his hand, and said with a smile: "No matter what the future situation is, only with weapons in hand, can you have the capital to chase the Central Plains, overthrow the tyrannical Qin, and recover the Great Chu, do you understand?" ”

Everyone nodded, and Xiang Liang smiled again: "You are the hope of our Xiang family in the future, and the backbone of the future recovery of Chu State, I don't know if I can wait until that day, but the determination of the Xiang family to restore Chu must be passed down from generation to generation." ”

"Although Chu has three households, the death of Qin will be Chu!" Everyone read aloud, Xiang Liang had already put the sword back in the box at this time, closed the lid, and said with a smile: "Therefore, the development of the craftsman shop is related to the future fate of our Xiang family, and I will let one of you take charge of the craftsman shop." ”

The three of them looked at Xiang Liang with expectant eyes, in charge of the craftsman's shop, which meant that they could participate in the core strength of the Xiang family, and at this time, the three of them gave up their hands together: "I am willing to listen to my uncle's arrangement." ”

Xiang Liang nodded with satisfaction and didn't say anything more, but Xiang Zhuang's thoughts flew farther with Xiang Liang's words, and he couldn't help but think of the later generations, the iron sword replaced the bronze sword on a large scale, making the bronze sword die out quickly in a few years, if the Xiang family's army can be equipped with an iron sword and gallop on the battlefield, what would it be like?

In this era, the reason why iron swords were not produced on a large scale was mainly because the temperature of iron smelting could not be reached, which could not help but make Xiang Zhuang think of the bellows of later generations, if a batch of bellows could be manufactured and equipped to the craftsman's shop, iron smelting was not a problem.

Moreover, the bronze sword is very brittle, he does not have the toughness of the iron sword, if he can wear the iron sword in the war, the lethality will also be greatly improved, so thinking, another war weapon appeared in Xiang Zhuang's mind, that is, the compound bow, a few years ago, I heard that someone in the Mo family had made and used this kind of bow and arrow, perhaps, this bow may be the predecessor of the compound bow in history, if it can be modified and used in large quantities, the Chu army will become the most brave and invincible army at the end of Qin.

But this idea is not mature after all, Xiang Zhuang suppressed the cranky thoughts in his heart, and prepared to study it in his free time, at this time, Xiang Liang and the others had slowly walked towards the warehouse, Xiang Zhuang put away his thoughts, and followed.

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The county guard is located in the north of Wu County, only a few miles away from the moat, in the east of the county guard, is the largest military palace in Wu County, stationed a large number of troops, and it is precisely because the military palace is very close to the county guard, and the guards in front of the county guard are not too many.

When it was almost noon, the government soldiers in front of the county guard house were handing over, and the government soldiers who had been busy all morning stood in the team and left slowly, at this time, several people rode horses and came to the front of the county guard mansion, a middle-aged man wearing a black Confucian uniform walked over, and the officer in front of the house smiled and said: "Please tell the county guard, the old man Cao Wuyi is visiting." ”

Cao Wuyi casually took out a piece of bamboo slip in his arms and handed it to the officer, who smiled and saluted, and accepted the post: "Since it is an old man, please wait a moment." ”

The officer went in with the post, Cao Wuji turned around and nodded to Xiang Liang and the others, and soon, after the officer came out, he smiled and said, "Lord Yin, please, several, please come with me." ”

Under the leadership of the officer, several people passed through the front office and came to the guest hall of the county guard's mansion, which was not large and very elegantly arranged, and far away from the troubled Jiangdong area of the Qin State, Yin Tong was more like a soil emperor.

Xiang Liang and the others walked around the living hall, at this time, footsteps sounded outside the door, several people hurriedly greeted them, Yin Tong walked in slowly, and saw Cao Wuji with a few people to visit, but he smiled and said: "Busy with official business, let a few people wait for a long time"

Cao Wuyi also returned a salute, pointing at Xiang Liang and Xiang Bodao: "These two big families from Dangjun are ready to settle down in Wu County and do some business here, so they are here to visit, and I hope Lord Yin can take care of them more." ”

Xiang Liang arched his hand and smiled: "My name is Lu Liang, this is my younger brother Lu Bo, and these three are my nephews, Lu Yu, Lu Zhuang and Lu You." ”

Everyone saluted, and when Yin Tong heard that it was a big family, he couldn't help laughing: "Since it was introduced by Cao Wuyi, it's easy to say, easy to say." ”

A few polite words, everyone sat down, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Yu and Xiang You stood behind, at this time, Xiang Liang smiled: "Because of the Dongjun meteorite case, many people died there, there are white bones within a radius of 100 miles, a lot of chaotic people came to Dangjun, my grain store was also impacted, and the losses were serious. ”

Cao Wuyi also pretended to be sad, sighed, and said: "The Qin State has been turbulent in the past few years, and I have no intention of going out, so I came to Huiji with Duke Lu, fortunately, Duke Lu did not give up, I worked as a housekeeper in Duke Lu's mansion, and my life was quite worry-free." ”

Yin Tong was slightly surprised: "Have you already resigned?" ”

Cao Wuji nodded slightly, Yin Tong also sighed lightly, looked at everyone, and said with a dry smile: "Back then, I went to Qi County to handle official business, and Cao Wuyi was hospitable, at that time, I was just a knife and pen officer, and now, Cao Wuji has resigned, but I have been promoted to the county guard. ”

Speaking of this, Yin Tong glanced at everyone and took the opportunity to look at Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo, the aura revealed by the two of them was not like a businessman at all, but had an official atmosphere, but this thought was just a flash, and Yin Tong no longer considered it.

The Six Kingdoms have been destroyed, even if they were once the eunuchs of the Six Kingdoms or what can they do after they have been? Can it still set off strong winds and waves, thinking like this, Yin Tong couldn't help but set his eyes on Xiang Yu, Xiang Zhuang and Xiang You, these three boys, burly and magnificent, and, from their temperament, there was a sense of unruliness, Yin Tong couldn't help but nod secretly.

After a short silence, Yin Tong smiled: "These are the descendants of the Lu family, right?" With a burly physique and an extraordinary bearing, the Lu family is worthy of being a big family, but it is not difficult to see from their temperament that several of them are practicing families. ”

Xiang Liang arched his hand and smiled: "These children, it's just some brute strength, don't laugh at the county guard." ”

Yin Tong nodded slightly, Xiang Liang was still modest, so he looked at Xiang Yu and asked, "Do you dare to make two moves with the soldiers in my house?" ”

Xiang Liang saw that Yin Tong was very interested in everyone, and he was overjoyed, so that he could go further and make friends with Yin Tong, but Xiang Liang was worried that Xiang Yu was too sharp, so he wanted to take over the conversation, but Xiang Yu had already smiled at this time: "Don't say it's the county guard's house soldiers, it's the bravest future of Paihuiji County, I'm not afraid!" ”

"I'm not afraid, I like it!" Yin Tong couldn't help but praise, and said with a smile: "Then go to the military school field, I want to see what you are capable of, so you can underestimate my Jiangdong general." ”

After speaking, Yin Tong couldn't help laughing loudly, turned around and shouted: "Someone!" ”

A government soldier walked in quickly, came to Yin Tong's side, and arched his hand: "What do you command?" ”

"Inform the county lieutenant Zhou Lan, assemble the soldiers, and assemble at the school field." Yin Tong gave an order, and the soldiers sang the promise to leave, and at this time, Yin Tong also got up, looked at everyone, and said with a smile: "Let's go too." ”

At this moment, Xiang Liang knew that he couldn't refuse, so he had to smile back: "I am willing to listen to the arrangement of the county guard." ”

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In the courtyard of the military palace, the drums shook loudly, the flags fluttered, and a group of government soldiers gathered in the school field, and soon, under the orders of several officers, the government soldiers were divided into six teams, and stood in line on the periphery of the school field, and from time to time the whispers of everyone sounded.

Yin Tong invited Xiang Liang, Cao Wuji and Xiang Bo to come to the Guanwu Platform, and sat down according to the main order, next to Yin Tong, it was Zhou Lan, the lieutenant of Huiji County, who was already wearing armor at this time, majestic, and the drums were still beating non-stop, until Zhou Lan strode to the front of the Guanwu Platform, raised his hands, the drum gradually stopped, and the whispering below gradually disappeared, and all the soldiers held their weapons tightly and stood straight.

"Today, there are a few very important guests who will challenge the most heroic soldiers in our county on campus." As soon as Zhou Lan's words fell, there was a sudden discussion below, like boiling water in a fried pot, at this time, Zhou Lan coughed dryly and scolded: "Quiet! ”

Everyone gradually quieted down, and at this time, Zhou Lan's eyes swept over everyone's faces one by one, and ordered: "Who wants to fight, come out!" ”

After a while, from the ranks, two middle-aged officers walked out, they were wearing leather armor, they should be two commanders, they came to the center of the school field, and shouted with a cruel smile: "Deal with a few little dolls, the two of us are enough!" ”

After speaking, the two shook the spear on the horse hook, laughed a few times, and on the opposite side, Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Yu and Xiang You temporarily put on the leather armor of the county guard, and took a few handy weapons, among them, Xiang Yu still used his own long lance, Xiang You picked a spear, and Xiang Zhuang, a bow, a sword was enough, and the three of them rode horses to the center of the school.

Seeing that the three of them were not very old, there was a sound of ridicule in the school field, and some people coaxed and whistled, reprimanding them for coming to lose face, but at this moment, Zhou Lan raised his right hand, the war drums roared again, and the low military horn whimpered: "Woo...... Woo......"