Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 29 The New Sabre
If he rebelled, it would be hard to say, considering the lives of his family members, Gao Qi might rebel!

Therefore, if you want to tie Gao Qi to his chariot, there is only one way, which is to tie the interests of Gao Qi's family with Li Jing. It is for this purpose that Li Jing promised Gao Qi such great benefits.Your whole family eats, uses and spends what I have. If you betray me in the end, then you don’t need to be human anymore.

Without others, his family can't spare him. If his family can spare him, Li Jing can't spare his whole family!

What Li Jing was worried about was that Gao Qi was just a small flag, and it was impossible for him to know many things. Even if he knew, how to return and deliver the letter would be a problem.

"No, I have to send someone there. One is to send letters back and forth, and the other is to take Gao Qi's family over." Li Jing secretly said.

It’s just that you have to think carefully about who you send. Dahu Dazhuang and others are impulsive and not suitable for such a thing. Only Zhuzi is more suitable, who is young and smart.

Calling Zhuzi over, Li Jing looked at his darkened eye circles, touched his head and said softly, "Zhuzi, Big Brother always makes you run back and forth, do you blame Big Brother?"

"Brother thinks highly of me, that's why he let me do things, otherwise why not use others?" Zhuzi said.

"That's not the case, we are brothers, how can we say that we look down on you? You are very smart, you can understand a lot of things, but you have little experience and don't understand a lot of things, so I let you learn more and practice more. .” Li Jing said.

"Understood, thank you, brother." Zhu Zi smiled.

"Zhuzi, if you don't feel tired, brother wants you to do something, I don't feel at ease if others do it." Li Jing said.

"Not tired, you can tell me." Zhu Zi said.

"That Gao Qi just now is ours now, you go to the city to look for him, stay with him for a few days, there are two main things to do, one is to bring his family here, and the other is once If there is any news that is not good for us in the city, you should come back and report it immediately." Li Jing said.

"Understood, just take his family as hostages, right?" Zhu Zi laughed.

"No, we don't do such dishonest things. We brought Gao Qi's family here to let them live a good life with us, and also to let Gao Qi have no worries, so that Gao Qi will help us do things wholeheartedly." Li Jing explained.

"Oh, just like on our mountain, the brothers' family members are all supported by the elder brother. If someone doesn't listen to the elder brother's words, their family members will not spare him without the elder brother's action." Zhuzi said.

"Plausible, you are still young, and you don't understand some things, but you will understand later, go!"

Li Jing patted Zhuzi's head and smiled.

Not long after Zhuzi left, the shop assistant Wang arranged for the rice grain shop brought a group of craftsmen including Zhao Shuangxi to Wang's farm.

Seeing so many people coming to the farm all morning, the Zhuang Ding were wondering: "What is the main house doing? First, a group of people came to escort the grain, and then a group of craftsmen came. Is the main house going to be renovated? Zhuangzi can’t do it?”

Shopkeeper Wang didn't know what Li Jingzhao and these craftsmen were going to do.

But the biggest advantage of Shopkeeper Wang is that he never asks about matters that are not related to him.

There are only two people who know the usefulness of these craftsmen, Li Jing and Shen Zheng.

Although Shen Zheng knew the usefulness of these craftsmen, he had already agreed with Li Jing that he only paid for the money and food, and he would not interfere with everything, so these craftsmen could only be arranged by Li Jing.

There are about fifty craftsmen in this group, ranging in age from young to old. The oldest is estimated to be over 60 years old, and the youngest is only fourteen or five years old.

Looking at the shabby clothes and disheveled faces of these people, if it weren't for the tools they carried behind their backs, and Li Jing knew Zhao Shuangxi, he would have thought they were beggars from somewhere.

To be honest, Li Jing doubted whether they had been military craftsmen in the craftsman's workshop and whether they had the ability to make ordnance.

"Young Master." Zhao Shuangxi saw Li Jing coming out, and hurriedly knelt down to kowtow to Li Jing.

Hearing Zhao Shuangxi call him young master, Li Jing felt happy. Today he has been called a lot, from king to uncle, and now he is young master again.

"Get up, don't be rude. Zhao Shuangxi, they are all the craftsmen you found? How come there are still children? And this old man, there must be more than 60 if he is not [-]? Are they capable of moving?" Li Jing wondered road.

"Returning to the young master, these people are all hereditary craftsmen, and there is nothing to say about their craftsmanship. This old man, don't look at his age. When it comes to craftsmanship, no one here can match him. As for these two children His grandson, learned the craft from him since he was a child. And this big brother, don't look at him sickly, he is hungry, and none of us are as strong as him when we are full. And this... ..." Zhao Shuangxi introduced.

"Well, you don't need to introduce it. It doesn't matter if you have the ability or not, but if you can make something. You have been walking for so long, and you are tired after thinking about it. Shopkeeper Wang, arrange a place for them to rest, and give them a rest. They get something to eat." Li Jing sighed.

"Thank you, young master, for your grace." All the craftsmen were overjoyed and shouted in unison.

Originally, when Zhao Shuangxi looked for them, they still didn't believe that there were such good people in the world. How could there be a boss who gave money and food before doing anything?
But they are really poor, so let's come and see if it's okay.

Unexpectedly, this owner is really a rare good person in the world, and he first takes care of food and clothing when he comes.

"Go and rest first. As for what you want to do, we will talk about it later." Li Jing waved to Zhao Shuangxi and others.

To test whether these craftsmen have real talents, they have to make something, but Li Jingyi didn't think about what to make them.

Suddenly, Li Jing saw the stables in the distance, and had an idea in his heart, and asked these people to forge some sabers.

Most of the knives used by Li Jing's men were snatched from the hands of government servants. The knives carried by the servants are not practical at all. The blades are wide and the blades are thin. They have to be rolled after a few strokes in actual combat. They are only used to scare people. .

Li Jing now has horses in his hand, and these horses are prepared by him for training cavalry and scouts.

But these two professions must have weapons, and you can't use the waist knife of an officer to cut people. It is suitable to use these craftsmen to make sabers. The craftsmanship of sabers is not difficult, but the requirements for steel are relatively high.If these craftsmen can't even make a saber, then there's nothing to say, they can only go back to farming.

After the craftsmen had eaten and rested, Li Jing recruited them, found a branch and drew a sketch of a saber on the ground, and asked them if they could build it.

"Master, the style of your saber is more similar to the saber used by the Mongols, except that it is straighter and has a smaller arc. As long as there are materials, we dare not say that there is no problem with one per day, one every two days." Zhao Shuangxi said.

"Make a list of what materials you need, three days, I will give you three days, you will make fifty knives for me like this, and each person will be rewarded with one tael of silver, and there will be work for you to do in the future. If you can't do it, the wages will be halved, and I won't keep you." Li Jing said.

"Just watch it!" Zhao Shuangxi said happily.

At that moment, Li Jing asked someone to make a list according to what Zhao Shuangxi said, and then asked shopkeeper Wang to take people to the city to purchase.

At this time, the iron was controlled by the imperial court, and individuals were not allowed to sell it.But it is easy to do things with money, Li Jing asked shopkeeper Wang to go directly to the craftsman's workshop, saying that he would make some household items for housekeeping, and if there was money to open the way, everything would go smoothly, and the manager of the craftsman's workshop would not be suspicious. Just get all the materials on the list.

When they were leaving the city, it happened that Gao Qi was guarding the city gate. Gao Qi knew the shopkeeper Wang and hurriedly waved his hand to let him go.

Shopkeeper Wang went to the city to buy materials, and Li Jing was not idle here. He asked someone to set aside a separate yard for Zhao Shuangxi and others, and Zhao Shuangxi immediately led the people to get busy.First, they made a mold according to the pattern drawn by Li Jing, and then printed the mold on the clay, and after the clay dries hard, they made a mold.At that time, the molten iron is poured into the mould, and after cooling, it becomes the blank of the saber.After repeated forging, the initial blank becomes a saber.

When Shopkeeper Wang came back, the fetal molds made by Zhao Shuangxi and others were almost ready for use.Seeing that the materials arrived, all the craftsmen immediately started to work.

Li Jing walked around the yards of the craftsmen, saw that they were doing things with a degree, and knew that these people were veterans, so he didn't lie to himself.

The next afternoon, Zhao Shuangxi led someone to find Li Jing and brought fifty knives.

"So fast?" Li Jing asked in surprise.

"The knives that the young master wants are simple, and it doesn't take much effort to build them. My brothers brought them for the night last night, and this morning, they forged all fifty knives." Zhao Shuangxi said.

Li Jing took out a knife and looked at it carefully, only to feel that the blade was cold and the cold was overwhelming.

Swinging the knife casually chopped at the branch next to him, and the branch snapped off with a bang. Li Jing checked the stubble of the branch, and saw that the stubble was flat, and the knife was really sharp.

"Good knife, good craftsmanship!" Li Jing praised: "Bring the knife and follow me!"

Walking on the road, Li Jing suddenly missed Zhuzi a little bit.

Li Jing didn't provide himself with an entourage. Everyone was together all day long on the mountain. If he needed someone, he could hear him just by shouting.This time when he went out, he kept Zhu Zi by his side, and when he needed to find someone, Zhu Zi ran errands.Now that he arranged the pillars into the city, he realized that it was too inconvenient not to have a follower by his side, and he had to run everything by himself.

And as there will be more and more things in the future, if he has to run everything by himself, he will be exhausted and overwhelmed.

"It seems that we still have to get the pillar back. It's really inconvenient to have no one around here." Li Jing said secretly.

Li Jing took Zhao Shuangxi to the yard where the bandits lived and called them out.

"Brothers, I have created a batch of new knives. Let's try them out. If you can use them easily, we will replace all of them in the future." Li Jing said directly without hesitation.

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