In the city of Xudu, I don’t know when a name that I had never heard of started to spread: Cao Ji.
"...Speaking of which, I have the honor to meet this Cao Ji. This guy is eight feet long and ten inches wide at the waist. He is a true man and has a good appearance."
In Xilishu's wine shop, a green man was boasting with foaming at the mouth.
"What is the origin of this person?"
"You won't believe it if I tell you. This Cao Ji is said to be a descendant of Ou Yezi, the master of weapon casting in the Warring States Period. His sword-making skills are extremely good."
"Bah!" said a drinker: "One is Ou and the other is Cao, how is that possible?"
"You are said to be ignorant, but you still don't admit it. How many years has it been since the Warring States Period? Maybe something happened in the meantime, so I changed my surname to Cao."
"Listen to your nonsense."
The drunkard who was retorted sneered, threw up his sleeves and left.
As soon as he left, someone came over and sat on his seat, "Tell me, tell me, can Cao Ji really make a precious sword?"
"Nonsense, when Grandmaster Cao was building the furnace, my father went to help. After he came back, he told me that the iron furnace built by Grandmaster Cao was obviously different from ordinary people's. And there were many strange tools there. I
My father said that there was a row of wooden barrels placed under the iron stove shed, which were covered tightly, and there was a faint aroma of strange fragrance. My father said that what was in those barrels was Grandmaster Cao's unique secret method."
"Is there such a thing?"
"If you don't believe me, why don't you go ask... During the days when you were building the furnace, it wasn't just my father?"
"But how come I heard that Grandmaster Cao is not a descendant of Ou Yezi?" A drinker came over and joined in the fun.
"If they're not Ou Yezi's descendants, then who are they?" The green-skinned triangular eyes glared with a fierce glint.
But the drinker was not afraid at all, and sneered and said: "I heard someone say that Grandmaster Cao is a hidden master... Otherwise, how could he have created so many wonderful things."
In a corner of the wine shop, two men were drinking in silence.
When one of the young men heard this, he spit out a mouthful of wine.
The man sitting opposite him was about in his early thirties. His head was sprayed with alcohol, but he had a strange, suppressed smile on his face.
"Fengxiao, let's go."
The young man coughed repeatedly and said with a smile: "That's right, I have the same intention."
The two threw down their copper coins, got up and walked out of the wine shop.
"These days, the name Cao Ji is really loud!"
The older man smiled, shook his head and said, "It seems that an expert has come to Junming's side."
"Oh, Wen Ruo, you also noticed it?"
"If I can't see this, wouldn't it mean that I have read the sage's book in vain? However, I feel that Dian Junming did this not to prepare for future martial arts performances, but more like to build a reputation for Cao Ji... Jun
Ming probably can't come up with such an idea, there must be someone else around him. How about we go to visit Jun Ming together and meet the person who gave him the idea?"
The young man immediately agreed and said with great agreement: "We haven't visited Jun Ming since he came back. I also want to find him and have a drink."
The two of them walked towards Huben Mansion while talking.
"Wen Ruo, who do you think can be the No. 1 guard in Suwei?"
"Before, I was still optimistic about Hu Chi, but now...if there are really capable people around Xilai to help, Tiger Chi may not be able to win."
"Ke Wenju them..."
"Wen's good deeds will lead to disaster sooner or later. The lord has strictly ordered each family not to assist, but he also encouraged each family to prevent Dian Wei from recruiting Hu Ben.
It’s just that he didn’t expect that Jun Ming had no intention of recruiting troops in Xudu, but directly selected elite soldiers from all walks of life, and the gains of the civil examination outweighed the losses.”
The young man thought deeply and nodded repeatedly.——
Twenty miles away from the north gate of Xudu, there is a mountain named Longshan.
Since then, Yingshui has meandered around, forming a huge river bend. Due to the perennial river erosion, a large amount of silt has been brought upstream, and the river bend has been washed into nearly a thousand hectares of fertile farmland. Three hundred hectares of it were given by Cao Cao However, Dian Wei only enjoyed the harvest of these 300 hectares of land, and the actual operation was handled by Zaozhi, the Diannong school captain appointed by Cao Cao. In the first year of Jian'an, Zaozhi suggested that Cao Cao carry out civilian settlements to increase the number of the imperial court. This decree was officially implemented at the beginning of the second year of Jian'an. The three hundred hectares of fertile land in Dianwei were also incorporated into the villages... It can be seen that Cao Cao was disgusted with the clan's annexation of land, so he directly collected it as State-owned. In this way, even if those noble families intend to continue the annexation, they must consider whether it will offend Cao Cao.
Dian Wei doesn't care...
How much income would there be from three hundred hectares of fertile land? He didn't know.
According to his temperament, just spend enough money!
The real property that belongs to him is the fort built at the foot of Longshan Mountain.
The Wubao, which is six feet high and five feet wide, is strong and powerful, just like a small military fortress. In the event of a military disaster, the people around Longshan can take refuge in the Wubao. In other words, Dianwei obtained this building that can accommodate thousands of people. It is a human fortress and is also responsible for the security around Longshan.
It was noon that day, and the furnace shed in Wubao was in full swing.
Cao Ji, the 'Yinmo Juzi', is directing the men to be busy.
"Xiahou, keep blowing, the furnace temperature is not enough, not enough..."
At this time, Xia Houlan was no longer as elegant as before. He was shirtless, holding the lever tightly, and kept pushing and pulling the bellows to blow air into the iron furnace.
Huhuhu...
The bellows pulled and made a loud noise.
The flames in the iron furnace shot up so high that the temperature in the furnace shed suddenly increased a lot.
Everyone was sweating profusely and every one of them was shirtless.
"Xiahou, take a break and let me do it."
Zhou Cang exposed his dark tendon flesh, and sweat slid over his body, making his body shine like it was made of iron.
With his long hair disheveled, he ran forward and asked Xiahoulan to get out of the way. Xiahoulan was panting from exhaustion just now after a blast of wind.
"Peng'er, change the hammer!"
Cao Ji took out a piece of knife from the iron furnace and took the sledgehammer from Cao Peng.
I saw him rounding the hammer, and the muscles all over his body beat rhythmically with his movements. With a clang, the hammer fell, and sparks flew everywhere.
The tinkling sound is like rain hitting banana trees.
Cao Ji took a long time to make a cup of tea, embedded a piece of pig iron into the blade, and then put it into the iron furnace again.
"Peng'er, how many blades did you get out there?"
Next to the iron furnace, there is a small furnace specially used for making knife blanks.
Cao Peng was also shirtless, placing a piece of red embryo on the chopping board, holding a hammer weighing about ten kilograms in his hand, and forging it ping ping ping pong. As the son of a blacksmith, how could he not know how to forge? Making embryos is actually not too difficult, as long as you control the heat and the rhythm of forging. However, such a simple task requires plenty of physical strength and sufficient strength.
This can be seen from the weight of the hammers in the hands of Cao Peng, Wang Mai and Deng Fan.
Deng Fan's hammer weighed more than forty kilograms; the hammer Wang bought weighed thirty-eight kilograms; and the hammer in Cao Peng's hand only weighed thirteen kilograms.
Although the weight of the hammer is different, it will not affect the quality of the knife blank.
Preparation is about strength. As long as the strength is enough, there will be no problem with the knife base... No matter how heavy the hammer is, if the strength is not controlled well, it will be in vain.
In this regard, although Cao Peng's hammer is light, his control of strength is better than that of Deng Fan and Wang Mai.
He was shirtless and sweating profusely. His black hair was tied on top of his head, and sweat beads slid down his cheeks...
Unconsciously, Cao Peng's body was very different from when he was first reborn. His body was still a little thin, but much stronger than before. In the past, Cao Peng had almost no flesh on his body, but now, it has been vaguely visible.
Contours of muscle groups.
Cao Peng's breathing method is somewhat special, which is what later generations called reverse abdominal breathing.
Different from the natural breathing method, the reverse abdominal breathing method changes the conventional breathing operation center that focuses on inhalation and emphasizes the exhalation operation. More importantly, the reverse abdominal breathing method combines the exhalation
Operation is combined with mobilizing the movement of inner breath. Through the process of exhalation, promoting and grasping the power and skills of inner breath movement is a method commonly used in the martial arts world in later generations.
The so-called inner breath is the inner life energy.
Energy is formless and colorless, and can neither be seen nor heard.
During the breathing exercise, the same is true for the inner breath. However, the body's internal senses can feel the movement of this breath.
In traditional Chinese medicine, it is ‘inner energy’.
If the explanation is simpler, it can also be called potential.
The function of reverse abdominal breathing is to further stimulate the human body's potential.
Cao Peng is not so much making a knife embryo, but rather using it to stimulate his potential and temper his body.
Silently chanting the number of times he struck the knife embryo, it was almost one hundred and eight times. He stopped, picked up the knife embryo, and threw it into the iron furnace.
Then walk slowly in the courtyard, wait for the air to calm down and the physical strength to recover, then return to the furnace shed to continue.
After exercising for about two hours a day, Cao Peng can clearly feel the strength of the five internal organs, qi and blood. Of course, in addition to daily practice, he also needs enough food and nutrition to replenish his physical strength. However, for Cao Peng, this is
, is no longer a problem.
"Peng'er, it's almost done. You guys go and rest first. We will continue to work out tomorrow."
Cao Ji saw that the work was almost done, so he waved his hand for Cao Peng and the others to leave.
Cao Ji can complete the subsequent quenching and forging by himself. However, what they are doing now is only the basic work, and there is still a long way to go before the actual knife making.
Cao Peng threw down the hammer, called Wang Mai and Deng Fan, and left the furnace shed.
The three of them were about to go clean up when they saw Deng Juye hurriedly coming from outside, "Ah Fu, someone is looking for you, saying he is Mr. Dian Zhonglang."
Mr. Dianzhonglang?
Cao Peng couldn't react for a moment.
Isn't Mr. Dian Zhonglang the son of Dian Wei, Dian Man?