Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 372 Qinghong Sword

After waiting for another hour, the sword has been tempered three times, and now the surface of the sword has become so bright that it can be seen, he is pulled out from the workbench, and immersed in the water for the last time.

"Bah!"

A white mist rose, and when I looked at it again, the sword was shining coldly and forcibly, and everyone present shouted "Hello".Lu Xuan even said: "This sword is probably only comparable to the ancient general Mo Xie! Master Xu, please choose a better name?" After speaking, Lu Xuan handed the sword to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing smiled and caught it, "Let's call it Qinghong Sword."

At this time, Lu Xuan handed over another scabbard and said, "Master Xu, this sword has not been sharpened yet, I will ask my apprentice to polish it for you."

Xu Qing nodded in agreement.The invention of steel weapons is a huge progress in the history of cold weapons. The Mo Dao in the later Tang Dynasty, just touched a little bit of steel, and became an existence that could fight against the Turkic cavalry.It's a pity that the steel produced by the Modao team is too expensive to last.Xu Qing's use of coke to smelt steel is not only technically guaranteed, but also much lower in cost than other methods.Therefore, Xu Qing had another idea. The musket in his hand was made of iron. If it was changed to steel, the performance would be greatly improved.There is Lu Xuan here in front of him, isn't it just used to modify the gun?

It's just that the matter at the moment is relatively big, so Xu Qing decided to take it easy.Now, he finally has a saber, which is not bad.Xu Qing told Lu Xuan to keep the remaining steel pieces as gifts.

As soon as Xu Qing came out, he met Jian Cheng.But Jiancheng didn't know what Xu Qing had done, so he asked Lu Xuan, but Lu Xuan just smiled and said nothing.Seeing Xu Qing holding a sword wrapped in an exquisite scabbard, he was very happy to go out.

Back at Xuanwu Gate, it was already dark, Xu Qing's mansion was brightly lit, and several figures were shaking.From the looks of it, Zhao Gong and Er Xiao should be inside.Xu Qing pushed the door open, and Erxiao said cheerfully: "Brother Xu, you are finally back! Come quickly, we've already prepared a meal for you!"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "Okay, let's try your craft today."

The second child replied: "We only cooked soup, and the chef in the imperial dining room cut the dishes."

"Hahaha..." Xu Qing laughed loudly and said, "That's fine, let's have dinner together."

Li Chengdao stared at the sword in Xu Qing's hand: "Huh? Brother Xu, your sword is so special."

Xu Qing felt strange, and asked, "How did you know that I haven't pulled it out yet?" After speaking, Xu Qing actually had the answer in his heart. Although the sword was not pulled out, the hilt was exposed.Due to the reason of the steel, and Lu Xuan personally went into battle when recasting the hilt, the patterns and reflections are naturally different from ordinary swords.

When Li Chengdao said that it was true, Xu Qing handed over the sword to him.Li Chengdao slowly pulled out the sword, every inch he pulled out, his eyes and mouth widened, and when the sword was pulled out, Li Chengdao's mouth could no longer close.

Xu Qing asked curiously: "Chengdao, what can you see?"

Li Chengdao returned in surprise: "Well, who forged this sword, it is even more powerful than my father's sword!"

Seeing that Xu Qing was puzzled, Li Chengdao explained: "The sword is the gentleman in the weapon, and the gentleman wears the sword. We have been taught to distinguish the quality of the sword from childhood. My father has a Tai'a sword. Its luster The brightness and sharpness are not as good as the one in front of you. It can be said that this sword is sold in the outside market for no less than 10 taels!"

Xu Qing was dumbfounded when he heard this, and cursed inwardly, this sword is so awesome, sir, can't I make a few first and make a lot of money in the market?Thinking about it, Xu Qing sighed, having too much money is not a good thing, for fear of thieves thinking about it.Think back then, when Shen Wansan paid for the construction of Jinling City, what a sight, didn't he still wipe Zhu Yuanzhang's neck and rob him of his life's money?Although Xu Qing is an official, what happened to the official, you are not the emperor, there are more officials with more money, others don't know how He Shen died, but Xu Qing knows.

Li Chengdao and Li Chengqian admired the Qinghong sword for a long time, their faces were full of love, and they wished they could fall asleep in their arms, but Xu Qing pretended not to know.If it was something else, Xu Qing would give it away seeing that Erxiao liked it so much, but the Qinghong Sword in front of him was not acceptable, he was going to give it to Li Yuan.

Under Er Xiao's reluctant eyes, Xu Qing put away the sword and promised them that he would give them a better sword in another day. Er Xiao didn't know that Xu Qing could already produce a large amount of steel, and thought that Xu Qing couldn't bear it. , a good sword is already difficult, how can there be a better sword.Well, since brother Xu likes it, we won't take it by force.The two boys looked at each other and saw this thought in each other's eyes.

Since Erxiao had already cooked the soup and sat down to eat, Xu Qing didn't bother to start a fire and stir-fry.So, everyone ate.

While eating, Xu Qing suddenly realized that there was another person whom he hadn't seen.With the addition of Zhao Gong and the second primary school, isn't there still Wei Xian?

"Where did Wei Xian go?" Xu Qing asked.

Zhao Gong replied: "Mr. Wei and General Zhuge went to Chang'an Cang together, and said that the Cang Ambassador there asked them to get the charcoal that they didn't bring yesterday."

Xu Qing let out a cry, and at this moment, two people came outside the door, saying that Cao Cao Cao Cao would be here.But when Zhuge Yan and Wei Xian entered the door, they said: "Master Xu, this Chang'an warehouse is too bullying!"

Zhao Gong went to move two wooden stools and took two sets of bowls and chopsticks. Xu Qing greeted them to sit down and said, "Sit down and eat first, and talk while eating, why did Chang'an warehouse bully people?"

"There is a firewood depot under the Chang'an warehouse. The treasurer sent someone to deliver five carts of charcoal at noon. Didn't we sign the pledge?" Wei Xian's withered mouth opened and closed quickly: "Today's treasurer, the villain is the first to file a complaint. They said that we forced the goods down, but did not sign, trying to blackmail them. We reported to Ambassador Cang, and Ambassador Cang called us over. We waited outside the door for a long time, but there was no one there. Just now, he said " You are not worthy to talk to me, let the master seal come and "throw us out."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Yan also became angry: "Hey! I am the seventh-rank goalkeeper, and Mr. Wei is the seventh-rank master. He is just an ambassador from the sixth rank warehouse. What kind of official authority is he? It's just because of his large number of people... Tomorrow, I asked some brothers to come over and steal his Chang'an warehouse!"

Xu Qing was expressionless, eating boiled mutton, looked at Wei Xian and asked, "What's the name of the ambassador?"

Wei Xian replied: "The ambassador of the storehouse doesn't believe it, and the firewood warehouse doesn't believe it either, oh! I understand, they are from the former Taipusi Qing's family, no wonder we are stuck..."

Before Xu Qing could speak, Er Xiao stood up filled with righteous indignation, and said one after another: "Brother Xu, you don't need to worry about this matter. Let us report this kind of bad official who avenges himself to the Emperor!"

(End of this chapter)