Li Mu was also startled by the sharpness of the sword, but when he heard Dugujiu's exclamation, he quickly put away his surprised expression, and when he turned around, he already had a nonchalant look on his face.
The expression on Dugujiu's eyes became even more unfathomable.
Li Mu flicked the sword with his fingers, and the sword immediately made a clear buzzing sound, as clear as gold and stone.
"This sword contains meteorite iron. Originally it could only be regarded as a sword embryo. However, after my forging, it has exerted the characteristics of meteorite iron. Now it has become a sharp and fierce sword that is indestructible and can be cut like iron.
The sharp edge of mud! Now that it has been reborn, it is not appropriate to call it the original name. You can give it a new name."
Dugujiu hurriedly said: "It's the elder brother who gave this sword new life, it's better for the elder brother to get it."
"Well..." Li Mu didn't shirk, he pondered for a moment and said: "Since you and I have become brothers, I won't hide it from you when I am the eldest brother. Although I don't know martial arts, brother, I am a weapons master. In
In the process of researching and forging weapons, I also have some personal experiences with various weapons. In my opinion, swords are no more powerful than other weapons. For sword users, moves are very important. But if you are too immersed in moves, you will
You have invisibly built a barrier for yourself, making it even more difficult to go further. If my brother guessed correctly, you are now in this situation. Your martial arts has not improved for a long time, right?"
Dugujiu didn't expect that Li Mu knew martial arts, and he explained the crux of his problem with one word, and said quickly: "It is exactly what the elder brother said. My swordsmanship has stagnated half a year ago!"
Li Mu took the beef jerky handed over by Li Chongyi and stuffed it into his mouth to replenish his physical strength. While chewing, he said: "You still haven't understood the true meaning of swordsmanship. What is the most important thing when fighting against others? Is it the elegance of the moves?
No? No! When fighting against others, the most important thing is to win! How to defeat the opponent quickly and effortlessly is the essence of swordsmanship. When you first learn, it is right to learn the moves. But if you think about it carefully, if you learn the moves, others will
Also learn moves. You recognize the moves and know how to break them. When you use the moves yourself, others also know how to break them. In this way, how can you be better than others?"
Dugujiu nodded heavily and said: "Brother is absolutely right, so I have been working hard to make my moves faster. As long as I move faster than my opponent, I can win!"
"The idea is good, but it doesn't get you any further."
Li Mu handed the sword to Dugujiu and said: "If you are fast, your opponent can be fast too. As long as you think about the moves when you make a move, you will have flaws. If you want to have no flaws, you can only forget the moves."
, just focus on your opponent's weaknesses and attack them with all your strength. You can see through his moves, but he can't see your moves. Only by winning with no moves and having moves can you be invincible."
Dugujiu said confusedly: "But if we attack like this, how can we defend?"
"If you can see through your opponent's moves and take advantage of the opportunity, the enemy will attack first and attack first. All moves are offensive. If you attack the enemy, you have to defend. Of course you don't have to defend yourself." As he said, Li Mu pointed.
Li Chongyi, who was bored next to him, said: "Tell me, after you two faced each other that day, what move did you use when the big ax was swung? And how did you feel?"
Dugujiu recalled the situation at that time, and there was still a chill down his spine. At that time, he felt that he was going to die. His eyes were covered by the shadow of the ax coming towards him, and it was pitch black and he could not escape.
Dugujiu seemed to understand what Li Mu meant, and said, "I understand. Big brother is saying, let me learn from the bigger one?"
"Yes and no." Li Mu smiled and said: "You are different from the big guy. He is born with supernatural power. And he has never learned martial arts. Any moves he uses are just instinctive. There are no tricks.
It can be said. But with the blessing of his natural divine power, you can't prevent or defend every move. Therefore, every move he attacks is a killing move. No one is within the range of the giant axe.
His opponent. Although you do not have natural divine power, you can still learn from your experience. As long as you can use offense instead of defense, win without any move, and use it with your sharp blade that can cut iron like mud, your swordsmanship will be even better.
Be diligent.”
After Li Mu finished speaking, he said: "In order to let you better understand the essence of winning without a move but with a move, I named this sword 'Wu Ming'. The sword is nameless, and the move is invisible. If you understand it well and break through the current state, it will be just around the corner."
."
"The sword has no name, the move has no form..." Dugujiu muttered, as if he was in a daze.
Li Mu let out a long breath and thanked Mr. Jin. If you haven't watched The Legend of the Condor Heroes, where did you make up this paragraph about Yunshan Mist Cover? Suddenly, Li Mu came up with a very interesting idea, Dugu Qiufei also has the surname Dugu, right?
Knowing Dugu Jiu means Dugu Qiubai, and Dugu Jiujian is based on his name, right?
After knocking for a while, Li Mu was tired. He asked Li Chongyi to send the stupid Dugujiu back to rest. Li Mu packed up his tools and went back to the backyard. He ordered the maid to boil water for a bath, and then slept with his lovely wife and concubine in his arms.
Then, the night passed beautifully.
Early the next morning, Li Mu did not sleep in again. Because according to the agreement, today was the time for the first batch of shareholders to pay the subscription fee. The place agreed by Li Mu was at the Ministry of Industry. At the new official office of the Ministry of Industry, Li Mu also built a huge cellar.
, claimed to be for ice storage.
There were no refrigerators in ancient times. If you wanted to use ice in the summer, you could only store it in the winter. Dig a huge cellar, cut ice from the river and transport it in. As long as the ice cubes are large enough and in sufficient quantity, you can store them and use them in the summer.
It is the Ministry of Industry, and all major mansions in Chang'an City have ice cellars. Li Mu's Zhuluhou Mansion also has a small one.
At that time, Li Mu made this request, which did not attract any attention. He only regarded it as a benefit for Li Mu to sympathize with the officials of the Ministry of Industry. However, during the construction, Li Mu instructed Yu Wengui to expand the size of the cellar, and the materials used were extremely luxurious. One foot
Thick bluestone walls, water-shake sand foundation, glutinous rice mixed with stone powder for joints. After solidification, it is as solid as a rock, and its strength is stronger than the concrete of later generations. If it is just used as an ice cellar, there is no need for it. But Li Mu insists on this.
, Yu Wengui didn’t dare to say anything, since he didn’t pay for it anyway, so he could do whatever he was told.
It wasn't until today that Yu Wengui looked at the long line of 'money carts' lined up at the entrance of the industrial department, and finally understood what Li Mu meant by building this 'ice cellar'. He was so shocked that he simply didn't dare to think, could it be that a few months ago, Li Mu even had
Is it today? If this is really the case, it would be too scary!
Before Li Mu arrived, no one dared to act rashly. They all looked eagerly at the entrance of the square, hoping that Li Mu would come soon. Finally, the three Li Mu brothers came over on horseback. Yu Wengui hurriedly greeted them and bowed from a distance.
Li Mu got off the horse and said with a smile: "Mr. Yuwen, there is no need to be polite. Now I am no longer from the Ministry of Works. I am just borrowing the ice cellar of the Ministry of Works. You are so polite, I almost blush."
Yu Wengui hurriedly said: "What did the Marquis say? The whole building was built by you. Without you, there would be no Ministry of Works today. At some point, you have been the backbone of the Ministry of Works. From top to bottom of the Ministry of Works, only Mr. Hou
Follow the horse's lead."
Li Mu pretended to be displeased and said: "! This is wrong. Where do you put Li Shangshu?"
Yu Wengui said with a smile: "This is what Master Shangshu said. As subordinates, we should obey it."
Li Mu burst out laughing.
While chatting and walking, we soon came to the entrance of the ice cellar. This ice cellar is said to be an ice cellar, but anyone who sees it can see that it is selling dog meat over sheep's heads. This thing in front of me does not look like an ice cellar. I only saw this
Most of the buildings are underground, with only four walls about half a person's height exposed above the ground. There are no windows. The roof of the cellar is a herringbone-shaped double slope, which is also made of bluestone. The interior is arched, much like a city buried underground.
Mendongzi.
There is only one entrance and exit, and this entrance is also equipped with a mechanism made of a whole stone slab. What is an ordinary ice cellar doing with such a mechanism that is comparable to a tomb?
In the face of everyone's curiosity, Li Mu couldn't give any explanation. When he built this ice cellar, he was still the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he paid for it himself. He has money, and he has money. Isn't that happy?
Without further ado, Li Mu sat behind the table that Yu Wengui had prepared a long time ago, raised a charcoal basin, dispelled the chill, and began to collect money and put it into the treasury! All officials from the Ministry of Industry, no matter which department they were from, came over
They were filled with strong men. They worked in groups of three, with one accounting and two counting, alternately. They were divided into five groups and started working at the same time.
From time to time, arguments can be heard.
"This string of money is not good. It is not all Kaiyuan Tongbao. It is also mixed with five baht coins. It is not good!"
"Why not? You can get the same flowers in the West Market..."
"If you don't do what you say, you won't do it. The rules set by the Marquis are for us to obey orders. You can either exchange them or talk to the Marquis. You can't talk to us!"
Another group next to me.
"This silver will be discounted by 13%."
"Why the discount? Let me tell you, I am from the Duke of Shen's house!"
"It doesn't work in any house. Your silver is not of good quality. You can only discount it. We will follow our orders. Either you exchange it for it, or you can talk to the Marquis!"
The sound of disputes is endless. But Li Mu doesn't care at all. When he collects money, he must pay it in full. Otherwise, who will make up for the shortfall, let him make up for it? Even if he has money, he can't be taken advantage of!
Under the carping of officials from the Ministry of Industry, many people received unqualified money. They wanted to be accommodating or even bribed, but they all failed. Under Li Mu's eyes, no one dared to accept bribes. With no choice, he came out
If there is a problem, you have to go back to your hometown to exchange. It is impossible to withdraw the shares, and this part of the loss is a lot of money.
The shareholders felt wronged because there was a mixed bag of money in the market. This was not something they could decide, but the social environment. Although after Li Yuan ascended the throne, he minted Kaiyuan Tongbao to replace the Sui Wu baht, the amount of minting and demand were not correct at all.
etc., so there are still a lot of Sui five bahts circulating in the market. Even in areas far away from Chang'an, the proportion of Sui five bahts is higher than that of Kaiyuan Tongbao.