"Sister Eru seems to be very unhappy?" Tao Kuo took off his clothes and rested his head on Li Xu's shoulder, asking in a low voice. People who are passionately in love always hope that their friends around them will have the same happiness as themselves, the girl from Su Chuan's department
No exception.
"Maybe she has encountered some trouble recently!" Li Xu's eyes passed through the noisy crowd and fell on Eru's back. From the back, the girl Eru was demure, gentle, and heartbreaking. But some things are
If others can't help, even the best friends can't do anything. From the moment he was born, Xu Dayan has carried the entire family on his shoulders, and he can't escape this at all.
Li Xu suddenly felt lucky that he was born in a poor family. Although he did not enjoy superior living conditions since he was a child, he did not have to bear too much responsibility. For his parents, living a happy life is all they want. Bye,
Marquis, these majestic dreams are too far away. Poor families only think about them during the Chinese New Year. No one will regard them as life goals that must be achieved.
"Why doesn't Big Eye want to marry Eru? They obviously like each other?" The babble-like question on his shoulder interrupted Li Xu's recollection of life in the Central Plains.
"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't!" Li Xu hesitated for a moment and then defended his good friend. "The rules of the Central Plains are that good people cannot marry other people's fiancées, and only villains can steal love!"
"That means, if, if I were engaged to someone else, no matter how much you like me or I like you, we can only look at each other's backs!" Tao Kuo took off his silk and pinched Li Xu hard, "Viciously
"The ground asked.
Li Xu could only smile bitterly at the "little evil man"'s sudden attack. He knew that the explanation just now was far-fetched, but Xu Dayan's difficulties could not be told to others. The grassland people would not understand the Central Plains people's discrimination against them.
, telling the real reason why Xu Dayan can't marry Eru will only add embarrassment to both parties. Besides, Li Xu has rough skin and thick flesh, and Tao Kuo's little strength in taking off the silk can only be regarded as scratching his itch.
"What a nonsense rule! You Central Plains people are just weird!" Tao Kuo took off his silk and cursed angrily when he saw that the punishment measures were ineffective.
Li Xu patted her shoulder lightly and said nothing. Under the organization of two good friends, Aslan and Duer, the herdsmen who came to help build the felt bags had already begun to slaughter cattle and sheep. According to the custom on the grassland,
After the new felt bag is completed, a small celebration is necessary. The more people come to help build the felt bag, the more lively the banquet will be, which indicates that the host's family will be more prosperous in the future. Now Li Xu is no longer
A guest who just joined the tribe with nothing, the cattle and sheep under his name are enough to support twenty carnivals of the same scale.
He is not a guest. In the eyes of many shepherds, the bodyguard of the Holy Wolf has already become an indispensable part of the tribe.
"Are the rules in the Central Plains really better than those in the grassland?" Looking at the piles of bonfires and the sincere smiling faces beside the fire, Li Xu thought in confusion. Although the rules in the grassland are barbaric to the enemy,
But there is no lack of warmth towards his own people. As for the rules of the Central Plains, in Li Xu's memory, they are like a bowl of tea, warm and delicious, but there is always a slight bitterness in the aftertaste.
"Teaching a wolf to eat grass, you kid can't figure it out!" When Li Xu told the coppersmith his confusion, the coppersmith responded with the sound of the hammer clanking.
"I think they can survive without robbing!" Li Xu waved the sledgehammer vigorously, and drops of sweat fell on the scimitar that was gradually taking shape. Under the command of his master, Tao Kuo took off the silk and risked his life to fish the star iron out of the lake.
The slaves sent by the chief of the Suchuoxil tribe forged it over the fire for several days and nights, and it became over thirty kilograms from the initial weight of more than forty kilograms. After even burning and forging could not reduce its weight, it was considered passed.
The first level. Now the color of the entire knife blank is dark green and black, which is completely different from Chang Tie. (Note 3)
At this point, the coppersmith refused to let the slaves do it. It was the rule in his workshop that whoever made the sword would strike it himself. The coppersmith, who had been working with weapons for a long time, firmly believed that only swords made by his own hands could be used.
Contaminated with the master's aura, it becomes easier to use. The star iron that Tao Kuo sent from Tuosi was a piece of top quality material that was hard to find for a century. If he couldn't produce a unique masterpiece, he felt that he would be ashamed of his many years of experience.
"If they don't rob or seize, can they grow up quickly? If they don't grow up quickly, they will be the ones who fall in the next tribal conflict!" The coppersmith waved his hammer and hit the surface of the knife blank rhythmically. Star Iron Forged
The quality of the steel was indeed unusual. From the lines on the surface of the blade, he could already predict that this would be the most perfect piece of work in his lifetime. The sweating boy in front of him was like a piece of unforged star iron.
He has excellent qualifications. But the more so, the more hardships he may have to go through in life. Therefore, the hermit who has not paid attention to human affairs for many years has also developed a love for talents, hoping that his life experience can help Li Xu escape from heaven and earth as soon as possible.
Honglu.
"They can move south to a warmer place and learn how to farm and do business with the Central Plains people. They can build city walls to protect themselves, and they can also build schools and open workshops!" Li Xu retorted loudly while swinging the hammer vigorously.
There is some truth in what the coppersmith master said. Without the day and night work of the slaves, the star iron would not have been forged into hundreds of refined steel in such a short period of time. But being reasonable does not mean that the truth is correct. From the tribe's unbalanced
Looking at the number of men and women, we know that the war brought more than just property and slaves to the Suchu tribe.
"Wolves eat meat, sheep eat grass. Even gods can't change it!" The coppersmith master glanced at Li Xu and shook his head repeatedly. The boy was very stubborn, just like himself when he was young. But the coppersmith didn't think that he was like himself when he was young.
Persistence is necessary. In other words, he does not recognize his youth. The world must be warm and cold, and existence must have its reasons for existence. This is the way of heaven and cannot be reversed by human beings. Instead of putting in effort and effort to move from one despair to another
If you are in despair, it is better to accept it with the eyes of a bystander, enjoy it, and pursue the freedom that floats between heaven and earth.
Ruan Ji was always drunk, so he lived a comfortable life. Ji Kang had a clear distinction between love and hate, so Guanglingsan became a legend. The courtyards of the Wang family and the Xie family were dilapidated, and the high-rise buildings of the Liu family and the Chen family were built soon after. What was changed was only one surname.
, the corridors and pillars inside are the same as before. Even the stone beast at the door looks at passers-by without any difference. (Note 4)
"How will you know if you don't try it!" The hammer in Li Xu's hand dinged, and a stream of sparks hit the blade. The coppersmith master pursues an elegant realm, so he doesn't care if others contradict him. It took him a few months to learn the sword.
With experience in martial arts, Li Xu knew that the more he contradicted the other party, the greater his gains would be.
The coppersmith master is not only proficient in martial arts, blacksmithing, military strategy, life experience and even the classics of saints, but almost everything that Li Xu has studied, the coppersmith master has reached a point where people look up to him. In the short half year of getting along, Li Xu feels that he is
Like a thirsty lamb, desperately sucking each other's supplies. The coppersmith master is like a crescent lake on the grassland, you can never see clearly where its bottom is.
"Try?" The coppersmith's eyes widened and he looked at Li Xu like a monster. Suddenly, he laughed loudly, stopped the hammer, took a bag of wine and drank a few gulps, and then drank half of the bag of wine.
Everything was thrown on the fire.
The water vapor rose up like a sneer, and then, blue flames surged in the furnace. The coppersmith stopped talking, picked up the knife blank with an iron clamp, and probed into the blue flame. The flames stirred by the wine quickly licked the entire
The dark black blade of the blade gradually blurred in the smoke and fog, and then gradually became brighter. Suddenly, the scimitar made a neighing sound, and the whole body flashed with a dazzling red light. There were countless small flames dancing on the unformed blade.
flow.
"You have more talent than me!" The coppersmith repeatedly flipped the blade of the knife in the flames, as if he was judging people or knives.
At the moment, this boy who is ignorant of worldly affairs does not know that his arrival has set off a whirlwind on the grassland. The Xi tribe, the Lin tribe, the Shiwei tribe, the Khitan tribe, and several surrounding ethnic groups have been swept up by this whirlwind.
As for how big a storm this whirlwind will turn into in the future, it is completely unpredictable with my own eyes.
Maybe fate really has a hand in this person to do something big. The coppersmith looked at the confused Li Xu again and thought with a smile. If this is the case, if he forces Li Xu to do anything, it will go against the way of heaven that he has been pursuing for many years. He smiled
Then, pouring more liquor into the furnace.
"You have more talent than me. Let's eat a piece of beef first to calm down. In the afternoon, we will shape it and sharpen it. Your future may not be on the grassland. If you have a good knife to defend yourself, you will be able to survive."
It’s easier!”
"Thank you, Master!" Li Xu picked up a wine bag from his feet and touched it with the wine bag in the coppersmith's hand. The master coppersmith did not solve the confusion in his heart, and he stopped asking. Some things need to be understood and experienced by oneself.
The young man who has lived through life's ups and downs for more than half a year has understood this truth.
Chief Xier has allowed himself to take in Zhang Ji and Wang Kewang. With their help, the warehouse has been prepared with goods and can be opened after the traders disperse. With a fixed warehouse, scattered materials in the tribe can be moved.
.With a fixed recipient, merchants will come to Su Chuibu more frequently.
Li Xu not only wants to deal in leather goods and silk, but also has entrusted the supply of books, paper and pens to the Xu family. He sincerely believes that with reading and literacy, the kindness of the Central Plains people and the enthusiasm of the grassland people will slowly
By blending together, the smell of blood in the tribe will slowly be diluted. Although I can no longer study and study, I can promote the saint's teachings on the grassland, which may not be inconsistent with the saint's teachings.
Thinking of this, the young man's eyes burned like fire.
"Harming people with good intentions is often more terrifying than malicious intentions!" The master coppersmith knocked on the chopping board, waking Li Xu from his sleep.
"Harming people?" The young man's bright eyes were like stars, flashing with passion and confusion. (To be continued)