Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

Shuzhong, the outskirts of Chengdu.

Beside the blazing fire, a young and strong man stood as tall as a pine tree.

His upper body was exposed, his eyes were firm and deep, as if he could see into the depths of the red flames and see the fine iron being smelted.

After a short wait, he used iron pliers to pull out a piece of red-hot iron, and then the hammer in his hand fell heavily, each blow making a loud sound, like hitting people's hearts.

The sonorous and powerful voice echoed in the empty forging field, like a heroic piece of music.

The man standing like a pine and forging a sword is "Pu Yuan".

According to legend, he was the most outstanding craftsman of the Shu Han Dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period. He once made 3,000 knives for Zhuge Liang in Xiegu. The knives he made could split bamboo tubes filled with iron beads and were known as the magic knives.

According to legend, Pu Yuan’s main secret in making knives lies in mastering the quenching technology of steel knives and being able to identify the effects of different water qualities on the quenching quality.

And choose Shujiang water with a high cooling rate to quench the steel knife to the appropriate hardness.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the later period of the Shu Han general Diao Ling, it was the power of the "magic sword" forged by Pu Yuan that prevented the Shu army's combat effectiveness from being completely stretched by the Wei army.

Even in order to praise his achievements, Jiang Wei wrote two biographies for him, "Pu Yuan Biography" and "Pu Yuan Biography".

Of course, according to the historical timeline, Pu Yuan today is just a hermit who fled from Jingzhou to Shu. Although the skill of forging swords has been passed down from his ancestors, Zhuge Liang has not yet discovered it, let alone forged it. Three thousand "magic swords"...

It was because of Liu Chan that he was invited out in advance, which was decades earlier than in history when he was put into important use when Zhuge Liang came out of Qishan.

Speaking of which, this is also interesting.

Previously, Guan Lin's letter to Liu Chan focused on two things. The first was to cut off the Shu brocade and secretly transport the Shu brocade to Jingzhou to solve the Shu army's food and grass problem in a commercial and greedy way.

The second thing is to search for the swordsmith Pu Yuan throughout Shu.

This matter is actually not difficult.

Pu Yuan came here to avoid disaster, not an expert hermit.

In order to make a living, he would still practice his ancestral trade of forging swords and weapons for others. Because of his exquisite skills in forging swords, Liu Chan deliberately sent people to inquire about it. After two trips, he actually found this Pu Yuan. .

After that, Liu Chan sent people to recruit.

Pu Yuan thought it was Uncle Liu Huang or Zhuge Kongming who recruited him, and he was quite happy.

Who would have thought that what he saw was not Liu Bei, but the "not very famous" young master Liu Chan, who was standing in that little-known "village" on the outskirts of Chengdu.

Immediately...his heart was half cold, so cold, so cold. Immediately, he felt a little discouraged. He didn't even show courtesy or greetings, and just went back and forth.

Liu Chan was shocked when he heard this. People came and he took off his pants. How dare you go back suddenly?
At that time, Liu Chan was angry, extremely angry.

So...Liu Chan did a big thing, which was to send someone to deliver cooked beef to Pu Yuan every day, and he had to watch him eat it before he could leave!

Pu Yuan was immediately confused. He thought, how could anyone force himself to eat beef every day?

This is going to arouse public outrage...is this going to make the farmers fight him to the death?

But... a scholar cannot be killed or humiliated. How could Pu Yuan compromise so easily?
Literary men have character, and he, a swordsman, also has character, so he endured the humiliation and hid his courage, and would rather break than surrender. He would still eat the cooked beef sent by Liu Chan, but he would never compromise, let alone Liu Chan. The leader of the "dark forces" surrendered.

Later, Liu Chan would send some forging diagrams, which included steel forging techniques, various weapon tempering methods, and even a book called "Mengxi Bi Tan"...

Of course, these are all sent from Guanlin or Mianshui Villa.

Among them, the most, most, most, and most crucial thing is forged steel!

Although in this era, Baishang Steel has appeared.

However, it is not popular. Many successful steel-making methods are mostly developed through repeated trials and groping. The level of quenching is also uneven, and there is no standard at all.

However, many of the maps Liu Chan sent over, whether it was steel forging or weapon tempering, were completely new methods...

Even Pu Yuan, a craftsman who has forged swords for generations, has never heard of or seen anything like this.

So, he thought it was humiliation.

This is the continuous humiliation Liu Chan suffered after the "evil forces" forced him to eat beef...

——As expected, Uncle Liu’s son Adou is not a good person!
In desperation, Pu Yuan could only try to forge steel with these methods for the purpose of "criticism" and "verification"...

He first verified the "steel filling method" statement mentioned in the atlas called "Mengxi Bi Tan"...

No, it’s not verification, it’s criticism, deep criticism!
——"The so-called steel in the world of wrought iron is made of soft iron, which is made of pig iron, sealed with mud, and forged into it. This is a fake steel ear. It is considered to be strong by pretending to be pig iron for a while. After two or three times of refining, the pig iron will mature by itself and it will still be soft iron. However, no one in the world thinks it is wrong, because they have not seen the true steel ear. 』

This…

When he read this sentence in "Mengxi Bi Tan", Pu Yuan shook his head repeatedly.

Especially the last sentence:
——"No one in the world thinks it's wrong, it's just because they don't know real steel"

Pu Yuan deeply doubts this view.

Liu Chan is an uneducated son? Does he know what real steel is? Do you dare to make such wild claims that the previous methods of forging steel were all wrong? Isn’t this just bullshit!
Further down, it is the principle of the steel pouring method, which is made by mixing pig iron and soft iron through the process of "sealing it with mud and forging it together"...

This step alone takes up more than ten pages in the atlas!
However, this is completely different from Pu Yuan's theory in the world of experience, which compares pure steel to the tendons in noodles. It is said that "when the noodles are soft, the gluten will be seen." Pure iron can only become pure steel after being forged a hundred times.

With the purpose of criticizing... Pu Yuan tried this new steel forging method, but it didn't matter this time.

Although the previous times of steel filling ended in failure, Pu Yuan was pleasantly surprised to find that this blending of "pig iron and soft iron", this process of "sealing it with mud and mixing it with forging"... is real. Feasible.

Maybe it can really create miracles.

So he went into seclusion for seven days, and finally... he really used this method to practice steel!

This is a completely different method from his original "hundred steel-making" skills.

The steel made by this steel-filling method is obviously harder, even harder than Bailiang Steel. The most, most, most, and most important thing is that it is not as complex as Bailiang Steel. The refining process is complicated and there are no standards...to make steel. The quality cannot be guaranteed.

Immediately, Pu Yuan thought of Liu Chan, yes... the first thing he subconsciously thought of was the leader of the "dark evil forces".

He doesn't understand?

Didn't Liu Chan want to take revenge on him?
So? Why give him the map?

Why teach him how to make steel? What good does this do him?
And... only as a master swordsman can you better appreciate the value of the steel-filled atlas. It is no exaggeration to say that it is priceless.

The key point is that in those maps, there is not only steel filling, but also the tempering methods of various weapons, including a lot of details.

Because of the great success of the steel pouring, there is no doubt that this map... will make Pu Yuan feel dazzled.

It's burning!

His whole body was on fire!

He even had a feeling that if these "artifacts" were forged, the impact on the entire battlefield... would be subversive.

Pu Yuan will also become famous and famous for generations to come.

It was also at this time...

The "beef stew" sent by Liu Chan arrived as scheduled, and this time a piece of soft armor was also delivered.

So... Pu Yuan asked the visitor for the first time, "Why do you need to send beef every day?"

The visitor's answer was very direct, "Young Master said, there are two reasons. If Mr. Pu asks, he will tell the truth. The first one is that the Young Master has too many oxen, and the Young Master has replaced the original plow with a curved shaft plow." , which made the plowing that originally required two cows, now one is enough... Therefore, the young master purchased excess cows from farmers and slaughtered them every day... and the meat was distributed to his subordinates, including Mr. Pu, as for the leather...it is made of such soft armor through complicated craftsmanship. According to Master, this soft armor once saved his life, and it can be invulnerable when worn closely!"

This... cowhide? Soft armor? Quyuanli?
Undoubtedly, these words were shocking, incredible and enlightening to Pu Yuan.

How could he have imagined that Liu Chan, who he described as "the leader of the evil forces", "uneducated and incompetent", "revengeful" and "unruly", would actually be doing something that he admired greatly.

Immediately, Pu Yuan surrendered... and went to see Liu Chan obediently.

At that time, Liu Chan was still cooking beef in a suburban villa. When he saw Pu Yuan coming, he didn't feel the complexity and changes in Pu Yuan's mood at all. He said directly, "Mr. Pu is here? Come... come and cook beef! It's delicious!" Already…”

"Is there anyone else in Mr. Pu's family? Get up too. This shabu-shabu beef must be eaten more deliciously with more people."

That’s it…

This beef shabu-shabu was directly cooked into a forging workshop next to the Shu River. Pu Yuan was in charge, which was used to forge steel, temper sword blades, and make short-handled weapons for frontline soldiers.

As for, why is it a short handle? There are many mountains in the middle of Sichuan. In many mountain battles, one must travel lightly and simply, and long-handled weapons are completely useless.

At this moment, Pu Yuan was forging a knife while recalling what happened to him during this period.

Suddenly, I don't know if it was the heat, or if he had some other insights.

With bright eyes, he explained loudly to the other blacksmiths in the smelting workshop: "Quenching is also called 'dipping for a long time'. When the sword is heated in the fire and becomes red to a very high temperature, it is quickly put into cold water. Dip and cool it quickly... Repeating this many times is enough to greatly enhance the strength, hardness and wear resistance of the sword. The process is divided into 'annealing', 'normalizing', 'tempering' and 'tempering' due to different speeds. Quenching'...how to do it, I will only do it once, you open your eyes and watch carefully——"

It turned out that Pu Yuan was explaining and teaching the skills of knife forging to other recruited blacksmiths in detail!
There are things here that have been passed down from generation to generation in his family, but they also include the pictures and volumes of craftsmanship texts that Lintuo Liu Chan gave him.

These enable him to integrate theory and practice, gain a thorough understanding, and be able to explain it in depth and concisely.

In the distance, you can hear the "clang" sound of Pu Yuan's forging, and his shouting at the top of his voice.

"Clear water quenches its edge——"

...

On the other side, Liu Chan felt that his life was very boring.

In fact, overall, he is an obedient child.

With the help of Zhuge Ke, who followed Guan Lin's instructions, the Shu brocade was secretly transported to Jingzhou, Pu Yuan was also found, and the forging workshop next to the Shu River was built...

He even raised three thousand Buqu in Shu with the help of Zhuge Ke.

Having said that, when recruiting these three thousand songs, he strictly followed the requirements of his master Guan Lin and selected them from the people in the Sanba area... He also had to select the poorest, the most tanned, and the most ragged. .

Why a liar? Why should we still be poor, black and broken?

Because most people in Shu are peace-loving, amateurs in civil war and experts in foreign wars...

There are not many aggressive people, but Sanba is located in the mountains and mountains, and the few acres of farmland there obviously cannot support the tribe.

The mountains here are high, the emperor is far away, and they are a minority group, so the government management will be lax. Therefore, the people here will really fight with their lives for a well or a piece of land. From childhood to adulthood, they will fight day and night. Fight until death!
In such an environment…

The fighting power of the Qiang people is naturally incomparable to that of the Shu people who live and work in peace and contentment.

Wang Ping, for example, is one of these cheaters.

In addition... when Zhang Fei defeated Sanba with a book of "God of War", he saved a large number of people who were about to be moved to Guanzhong. Therefore... the attitude of the people towards Liu Bei and joining the Shu army was at least not good. Exclusion!

If, again, we are promised huge profits, for example... we can always eat beef, then this matter will be settled!

"oops…"

At this moment, Liu Chan had just put a piece of aged beef into his mouth. After chewing it, he seemed to be unable to bite because of a tendon...

"Bah..." He vomited on the ground and couldn't help but shook his head, feeling a little unmotivated, "I have been eating this beef shabu-shabu all day long, and suddenly I felt that this beef soup is just tasteless and boring...the beef soup is not delicious, and it is not as good as the one from the Medical Department. What about the mutton-flavored Quhan Jiao Er soup made by Mrs. Ren... Oh, it’s boring, it’s boring..."

Later, Liu Chan spread his hands and looked like "It's a boring day... you are really bored."

Speaking of which, ever since he read the "The Legend of Adou" sent by his master, he saw that he would be imprisoned in Adou Village and imprisoned by a "dead mother" for the rest of his life. He would spend his days counting cypress trees all day long, and even keep the palace Changing his name to the ironic "Dragon Palace"...his fighting spirit suddenly became high. Not only did he have to fight against the person named "Dead Mom", but he also had to fight against the person named "Cao".

But... high-spirited fighting spirit is high-spirited, but what he can do is too limited.

He can't go to the battlefield, and he won't let him go to transport food. He can only stay in this villa.

Either supervising the making of forged knives, or producing and promoting curved plows;

No matter what happened, he recruited 3,000 people... Liu Chan didn't know how to train, so he handed them all over to Zhuge Ke. He could do nothing except the boring beef shabu-shabu every day. Suddenly, he felt that his life was so boring!

Such a corrupt life will sap his fighting spirit...

Based on this, Liu Chan always sighs from time to time when eating recently.

Zhuge Ke on the side knew what Liu Chan was thinking, and immediately reminded him: "Master, it's not time for you to take action yet! The forging of the Three Thousand Divine Sword has just begun, and the cowhide and soft armor is only half-forged. The training is also in progress. According to your master's instructions, the three thousand people you recruited and the three thousand magic swords you forged are the secret weapons of our Shu army. They cannot be exposed prematurely and must be used at the most critical moment. A fatal blow!"

"I know, I know, I know..." Liu Chan kept shaking his head, "I've got goosebumps in my ears from what you're saying... If it weren't for this secret weapon, I wouldn't be able to hold it any longer. Speaking of my father, It's true... Two hundred thousand soldiers dare not go to Dingjun Mountain? Are you just a coward... If I were to go, I would have asked these three thousand men to carry magical swords and wear soft cowhide armor. Junshan has cut down Hanzhong City... Oh, my dad... Sigh... I feel ashamed even thinking about him. He doesn't know how to fight... He has no courage at all... Isn't this Sun Shiwan who imitated the Xiaoyaojin battle? ! It’s so shameless…”

Uh…

When these words came out, Zhuge Ke felt inexplicably familiar.

Well, yes, it feels like déjà vu.

It's a familiar smell.

He was about to speak, say something casually to divert the topic.

"Adou——"

A low and restrained voice came from outside the door, and then, as the door creaked open, everyone saw Yang Yi.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the man behind Yang Yi, wearing a silk scarf, a crane cloak, and a feather fan, is Zhuge Kongming!
With the appearance of Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan felt that his words just now were a bit abrupt, and he subconsciously covered his mouth.

He stumbled and chanted: "Master Zhu... Zhuge?"

Zhuge Ke also looked panicked and murmured: "Uncle...uncle..."

However, Zhuge Liang did not mention what Liu Chan just said.

Instead, he directly asked what he wanted to know most.

"Adou, as you said, your father was restricted by food and grass at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, and the Northern Expedition was shelved. I have come here to ask you, do you have any ideas?"

Zhuge Liang asked this...

But who doesn’t understand the implication?
Why are you here to ask Liu Chan? This is obviously a question about those Shu Brocades and the man behind Liu Chan, Guan Lin!

It seems that, in Zhuge Liang's view, the person who can turn the tide in a desperate situation... must be this Guan Jia Shilang who has repeatedly created miracles in Jingzhou!
only…

In sharp contrast to Zhuge Liang's eagerness to see through, after hearing this question, Liu Chan's panic suddenly disappeared, replaced by his questioning questions.

"What? I'm sorry, my dad... didn't go to Dingjun Mountain because the food wasn't delivered? Wasn't it because he was cowardly? Ah... that... that's not right!"

Liu Chan's brows suddenly knitted together with caution, and he exclaimed in disbelief. "Hasn't the food been delivered yet? Those businessmen, those dog-like things... what on earth do they eat?"

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(Ps: There is another chapter in the evening!) (End of this chapter)