Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 165 People are like swords, they should be tempered a thousand times!
The next three days.

Caught in a long wait.

Now that summer has gradually entered, and spring farming in various places has stabilized, Xu Zhen concentrates on military training after harvesting a wave of self-discipline in internal affairs.

His three confidants must be trained this year.

Especially the sword and shield soldiers, who have the ability to climb mountains and mountains, are actually trained as the Wudang flying army in his impression.

This kind of soldiers and horses fighting on special terrain will have a huge stage in the real battlefield in the future.

in front of the barracks.

Xu Zhen waited with his hands behind his back, and the people around him looked sideways, and even felt uncomfortable.

Because he not only stood and waited, but even read an ancient book in his hand.

His brows were tightly frowned, and he was quite serious, giving the impression that he was thinking.

[You read a time book, self-discipline value +200]

[Self-discipline value: 39800]

well.

Xu Zhen closed the book and let out a long sigh of relief.

Zhuge Liang next to him was full of envy.

Be yourself.

Is it possible to read books in this place?He is really a strange person, isn't he just pretending?

"Master, what book are you reading? Can you really read it? Living in a noisy place, can you still read it?"

Xu Zhen carried the book behind her back, and said flatly: "If you live in trouble and have peace of mind, you can go far."

"It's quiet here, it's nothing, your thoughts don't occupy the boundary, and you can use it at any time."

Zhuge Liang seemed to understand, but he really envied Xu Zhen's character.

This is, as ordinary people say, tranquility leads to far-reaching.

Soon, the carriages transporting copper and iron came slowly, pulling a large amount of goods.

They first stayed in Lujiang for a day, during which time they collected the resource iron blocks stored in the Lujiang depot, loaded a full [-] carts, and transported them here.

There is about a thousand catties of goods on each car.

Mighty, dust and smoke everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zhen couldn't help chuckling.

"The carriage can pull a thousand catties, but it can only carry two or three hundred."

Xu Zhen murmured.

Zhuge Liang immediately frowned, "How about a human cart?"

"If it is carried on a single wheel, each cart can push a hundred catties, and it is light and easy to walk on rough mountain roads, and it can climb mountains and ridges."

"If you carry only tens of catties, you can't travel for a long time, but you can walk with a wheelbarrow, rugged mountain roads, and dense mountain and forest roads. In this way, you can save half of the road and you can transport grain to arrive."

Xu Zhen immediately frowned, and looked at Zhuge Liang quite unexpectedly, "You thought of it?"

"Think about it, think about it! Students think about it again! Don't think hard about wooden cows and horses."

"If the cart can be improved, it can be walked on a single wheel, and the cart can be carried, and the grain and grass will be enough to walk on the trail!"

"Thank you Master!"

Every time he thinks something, he will focus on it and be happy in his heart.

Now more than seventeen, approaching eighteen, my mind is still the same, if I get something, I will be ecstatic, if I don't get anything, I will think about it day and night.

Put your heart into it, and God will respond.

Xu Zhen didn't look much, but just stared at Zhuge Liang's back.

Copper and iron arrived.

More than [-] blacksmiths in the army followed Xu Zhen to collect them, and began to raise the furnace to melt iron and forge it repeatedly.

As the weather gradually warmed up, Pu Feng and others immediately fought naked, which was not only difficult.

Xu Zhen also rolled up his sleeves to help them.

"Come on, let me help you."

Xu Zhen raised the hem of his robe and tied it to his belt. His arms were strong and powerful, and he fell easily with the hammer.

The speed is extremely fast, but the strength is also uniform, and every effort can be made to hit the unevenness.

After a hundred hammers, the prototype of an iron knife blade felt a little bit stopped.

At this moment, Su Wei, who was outside the crowd, looked at each other, and looked at Xu Zhen's expression, serious and serious.

My heart was naturally shocked.

"Your Majesty refines the sword, but for us."

"Let's go too, standing here... I feel ashamed."

"That's right, anyway, I'm not going on patrol now, I just need to rest more at night."

"The status of a prince is precious, and he is willing to forge iron himself. In my opinion, this is definitely not an act."

Several people immediately decided to help together.

It's a pity that there are only so many stoves, Pu Feng looked back and saw that so many people were taking off their armor, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Brothers."

"If you want to help, why don't you go and move the boulder first, build furnaces side by side today, if you can get a thousand furnaces, you can get a hundred forging knives in a month. If not, you don't need to help, there are not enough furnaces, it will be useless Also! However, it is difficult to obtain stones, so let’s take it slowly.”

"Let's get the boulder to cut!!"

Immediately someone yelled.

"Let's go, let's go, there are many stone piles on Xiaotang Mountain, just take them and dry the noodles."

"Okay, get moving, follow me!"

"Yu Zecheng! Call someone immediately."

"Here!"

At this time, the crowd became excited, calling for friends and leaving. After disarming the guards, everyone was very strong, either burly or sturdy.

Walk like the wind, carry a hammer, shovel, and hoe and go out.

In the barracks, Pu Feng and the others would still pile up and beat these instruments with different functions on weekdays.

Pu Feng has never seen such a lively scene in recent years.

Back in the early days, there was not enough manpower, at most Dian Wei brought three hundred dead men to help knock the iron.

Pu Feng looked up, this scene shocked him.

Junhou didn't need to say anything, he just changed his armor, forged iron seriously, and sweated a hundred hammers.

Ten hammers and one refining, melt the fire in the furnace.

After slowly understanding the art of beating, he gradually became proficient. During this process, he has been focusing on this matter.

Like a sun, it shines brightly.

Among the crowd, a childish young man was also forging iron at this time, but he was still weak and could only use a small hammer, but the number of beatings was faster than others, and the bumps could be smoothed even faster.

Even those who can master the profound skills can add iron to it and beat it repeatedly.

Through rapid and repeated beating, the slender piece of iron became more solid.

Seeing this scene, Pu Feng sighed deeply and said, "Yuan'er."

"Eh!"

Pu Yuan raised his head, his white and tender face was covered with beads of sweat, but he still smiled.

He is passionate about it, but he doesn't need anyone's encouragement, and he won't treat it as a family-inherited craft, let alone insist on it for Xu Zhen.

Just plain passionate about it.

"Go and help your favorite Uncle Junhou."

"it is good!"

A straw rope was tied on Pu Yuan's head to tie his hair. His complexion was still fair and not stained by soot, but his arms and hands were covered with black mud.

She likes to laugh, but looks serious when she is not smiling. Although she is only 11 years old, she has been with Xu Zhen for four years.

In the past four years, he has been running around with his family, never complaining, and he is even interested in observing whenever he strikes iron, so over time, dozens of elders have taught by example and taught many things that have not been recorded in books.

Of course Xu Zhen knew that he was coming, but he was still hammering for the time being, keeping his focus.

"Yuan'er," Xu Zhen raised his head and laughed, stepping on the stone steps with one foot and beating, the strength in his hand was always even, which was very beautiful.

Seeing that Pu Yuan was also fascinated.

"Tell me, why do you keep beating?"

"A sword is like a man, and it can only stand upright if it can withstand thousands of tempers!" Pu Yuan's voice was clear and straightforward.

Xu Zhen taught him this before, of course, he only said it incidentally when he was with Zhuge Liang.

But this kid always remembers.

"That's right, the method of hundreds of refinements, only in this way can a sword be produced."

If it is the method of frying steel, you can get a lot of weapons, but the mass-produced knives can't stop you from cutting horizontally.

"The same is true for leading troops. Only after thousands of trials and hardships can we have the strength of an army of solidified steel, which is unbreakable!"

"But, Uncle Junhou."

Pu Yuan blinked and stared at Xu Zhen.

"Yuan'er feels that the blade and the back of the knife have different purposes. The blade must be sharp and unbreakable, while the back of the knife needs to be supported and flexible. The blade is made of cast iron, and the back of the knife is connected with thick and flexible iron so that it can be condensed into one body. There is mutual aid."

Xu Zhen suddenly froze.

Quite unexpectedly staring at this six-foot-tall boy in front of him, who knows so much?
"Go on." Xu Zhen said curiously.

"Wrought iron, when removing impurities from pig iron, can be removed by beating, but you can't beat hard. Instead, beating gradually and finely will be more effective, and the effect is still low."

"Yuan'er discovered that the iron that has been hammered a hundred times melts slowly, while the iron smelted from the ore melts faster."

"If it can be separated and melted in this way, wouldn't the pig iron be melted in the wrought iron first, and it will be harder instead."

"It saves a lot of time. Yuan'er knows that Uncle Junhou dislikes wasting time the most."

Xu Zhen was taken aback immediately. I'm afraid this isn't the prototype of the method of pouring steel? !

Su Tiedao! ?
What he said just now, removing impurities is the separation and decarburization of iron slag, right?

Xu Zhen didn't understand at all, but there have been generations of people who specialize in martial arts. Pu Yuan was young and had no status in the family. Naturally, everything he said would be taken as a rascal's joke.

don't care.

And when he grows up, the war is still going on, and he can calm down and think about it again, I don't know how much he can think of.

"Yuan'er, do you want to make meritorious service and become an official?"

"miss you!"

Pu Yuan's eyes lit up immediately, and he knew that this uncle Junhou always said what he said, and he would always do what he said.

"Okay, I'll let you tell your father what you think."

"Really! My father taught me not to think about these things at the time! You can strike iron with peace of mind. Does uncle think my discovery is novel?"

"Not only novel, but also extremely useful! Yuan'er think about it more, maybe you will change the whole troubled world!"

"Wow!"

Xu Zhen probably will never understand how much weight these words hold in a child's heart.

"Then can I go back to my hometown then?"

"May be."

Xu Zhen touched his head.

……

In the afternoon of that day, the [-] soldiers and horses of the Sword and Shield Battalion, under mutual moral kidnapping, desperately carried a large number of stones back.

My limbs ached from exhaustion.

Xu Zhen has summoned the craftsmen and asked Pu Yuan to say his thoughts over and over again.

So starting from Pufeng, I accepted this fact, and began to study and discuss.

Xu Zhen has been listening to the whole process.

At sunset, Xu Zhen, Zhuge Liang, Dian Wei, Zhao Yun and others were all listening and were greatly shocked.

At night, the soldiers of the Sword and Shield Battalion surrounded the wide plain because they had nothing to do.

Participate in discussions and even ask questions.

Therefore, because of a clue raised by a young man, hundreds of craftsmen including Pu Feng had to continue to discuss under the attention of Xu Zhen and the whole battalion.

Finally, an attempt was made three days later.

Build a stove, and divide it into upper and lower layers, and burn it with coal fire to heat it up.

Because the reaction was too violent, Pufeng felt that there might be a danger of frying the furnace, so he failed.

But saw improvements.

On the fifth day, Xu Zhen had completely handed over to the father and son at this time, and was very confident that he would be able to accomplish the feat.

……

So, a month has passed.

Xu Zhen trained sword and shield soldiers to walk in the mountains on this day, and led them to run back with heavy loads, and when they arrived in the barracks.

Pu Feng still has no news.

But Xu Zhen finally saved up to [-] self-discipline points.

At the same time, regarding the training of the third battalion, the Sword and Shield Battalion was completely stuck at 99.99%.

The other Battalion is still slowly approaching this number.

The armored cavalry was trained by Zhang Liao.

Crossbow arrows have not made hand crossbows at all, so they haven't even started yet, but once they break through, they can be very fast.

Don't worry about that.

During the three months of military training, Xu Zhen did not believe that this time-limited task would not give him a huge reward.

So I have been practicing day and night, not asking about the future, but doing the present.

Now self-discipline is worth [-].

It is extremely difficult to save.

Xu Zhen opened her property panel.

Found the [Skillful Martial Arts] feature.

Selected to improve the quality.

[Self-discipline value -50000]

["Smart Martial Arts" promoted to "Martial Soul"]

From ordinary, it is a characteristic of bright silver rare quality.

[Martial Soul: All gains related to martial arts are increased by 30%. Now you will learn martial arts more smoothly and your thoughts will be clear; now your reaction and concentration will increase during battle until you reach your limit. 】

[Now, your upper limit of martial arts proficiency has been raised to "Achieved Realm"]

"The harvest has increased by 10%, and it has been upgraded from the peak to the perfection."

"As for the two states, you have to fight against people in person to feel it."

Xu Zhen calculated secretly, and felt a lot more relieved.

"However, in troubled times and disputes, Lu Bu will still die, which shows that personal bravery cannot save one's life."

"Still working hard!"

As a prince, the situation is more dangerous than before, but the higher the rank, the more income.

To extract chestnuts from the fire, one should be brave and diligent.

Danger often appears inadvertently.

The next time you accumulate self-discipline, you should focus on improving your [Battle Body].

The minions are sharp first, and then the body is stronger.

Xu Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. After hoarding, he spent it all in one breath, and then gained something, which made him feel at ease.

"Wait until it has increased by a hundred million points, and you can break through three thousand armors with one sword, and then be arrogant."

Xu Zhen secretly made up his mind, now his dream is no longer as simple as reaching [-] in force.

"Your Majesty!"

"The battalion is missing a pair of armored weapons."

At this moment, Dian Wei came in from outside the tent with a serious expression on his face.

"what's the situation?"

"I went back to check today and found that one of the guards was missing. I thought there was a deserter."

"I searched for it all night, and I was captured in a mountain depression by the river twenty miles away. The armor has already been picked up. It seems that assassins have entered the barracks, and they are in the camp of the guards."

"What about that person?"

Xu Zhen frowned.

See, just thinking that danger will come at any time, I immediately found one.

Fortunately, although Dian Wei is not careful, he will not muddle along. After daily patrols, he knows that the person is missing and finds it twenty miles away.

"The man is still by the river, I told him not to come back, so as not to startle the snake."

"Hmm..." This feeling is like a glow on my back.

"Go protect Zixiu and expose me."

Dian Wei was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Are you sure?"

"If you can prevent it, there will be."

(End of this chapter)