The Emperor is Above

Chapter 129 How long do you think it will take for me to be promoted to a nobleman? (Additional chapter for the helmsman Du Zou Yipi Mao)

The warehouse is in the northeast corner of Guqiu Village.

There are granaries for storing corn, as well as warehouses for storing other supplies.

There is a separate courtyard around the warehouse, which has now become the territory of the Tuan family craftsmen.

At this time, Chai Yong was leading a group of militiamen to build a shed. As an important working place for craftsmen, many processes also required the shade of the shed.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding-"

Under the built shed, dozens of Tuan family craftsmen were busy with their work in an orderly manner.

After being soaked in a special potion, the hard crocodile skin becomes softer and tougher, and even the patterns become exceptionally bright and beautiful.

The soaked crocodile skin is then hung in the shade by the craftsmen to be half-dried, and then struck continuously with a huge wooden hammer. The force applied is different for each position of different thickness.

There were also some craftsmen who were good at making armor. They took great pains to disassemble the processed and tanned crocodile skin. It was so difficult for the sharp blades made of the teeth of the exotic beasts to break the leather, which made Qing Yi have higher expectations for this batch of crocodile skin armor.

When these Tuan craftsmen saw Qing Yi walk into the yard, they thanked him loudly with gratitude, but they did not stop the work in their hands. Instead, they worked even harder.

Knowing that Tun Shigu was in the warehouse, Qing Yi did not disturb the craftsmen at work. He quickened his pace and walked towards the warehouse. As soon as he walked into the door, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

This warehouse mainly stores the leather and bones of alligator dinosaurs hunted by Gu Qiu in the past two months, including materials from at least hundreds of alligator dinosaurs.

Most of them were ordinary crocodile skins, there were more than fifty ninth-grade crocodile skins, and fifteen eighth-grade crocodile skins. All kinds of cleaned animal bones were piled up into small hills.

However, Tun Shigu was completely attracted by the leather and bones of the fourth-grade alligator dragon. He stroked the leather armor and muttered something softly. His obsessed expression was as if he was caressing a peerless beauty.

Qing Yi couldn't help laughing out loud, which startled Tun Shigu.

He turned around suddenly, and came forward in surprise. While grabbing Qing Yi's hand, he couldn't help but said excitedly: "My goodness, brother is incredible. You hunted so many crocodile leathers in two months. I promise to make you 100 sets of crocodile leather armor by the end of June.

Let me tell you, brother, although there are hundreds of kinds of leather used to make armor, including cowhide, sheepskin, and deerskin, but based on the experience of three generations of my family, only crocodile skin and rhino skin are the best leathers.

Even these armors made of ordinary crocodile skin have protective power no weaker than the ninth-grade wild wolf skin armor. It is no problem to make 300 sets of armor with just these.

In addition, I will also make you fifty sets of ninth-grade armor and thirty sets of eighth-grade armor from more than fifty pieces of ninth-grade crocodile skins and fifteen pieces of eighth-grade crocodile skins. "

The eighth-grade crocodile is larger in size, so it can produce double the amount of armor. Qing Yi was of course very happy that he would soon have so many fine crocodile leather armors. However, he looked at Tun Shigu worriedly. This old man must have endured several days, and the dark circles under his eyes were particularly obvious.

He immediately advised: "Brother Shi Gu, making so many armors and processing a large number of weapons will not be done in a day or two. Isn't it time for you to take a rest?"

Tu Shigu couldn't contain his excitement: "Brother, you don't understand my feelings. When I saw so many alligator leather armors and animal bones piled up in the warehouse, I felt itchy in my heart.

Especially this fourth-grade crocodile skin, which can be used to tan more than ten sets of full-body armor. This is armor made from a fourth-grade crocodile, and even senior doctors would treat it as a family heirloom. "

Seeing that Qing Yi wanted to say something else, the elder brother patted Qing Yi on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I have a lot of experience in working overtime and staying up late, so don't persuade me here. I won't say thank you for what happened the day before yesterday, and the cats, ghosts, gods and servants are lurking around the lonely hill. Since I can't help you fight, I can only help you with armor and weapons.

In addition to the armor, I will use the fourth-grade crocodile dragon to process a batch of weapons. Seeing that you don't have a good strong bow, I will use the tendons of the eighth-grade crocodile dragon to make bowstrings and make you a good bow. In this way, even if the high-level servants of the Cat Ghost God come, we will be able to fight.

As for the fourth-grade alligator dragon tendon, I don't have the skills to touch it now, for fear of ruining a good thing. Anyway, the eighth-grade alligator dragon tendon is enough for the time being."

Master Tuan Gu had made his words clear, and Qing Yi could not persuade him any further. After all, the threat of the cat ghosts and gods' servants was outside Guqiu. He could only instruct Gongsun Wu to provide the best food and accommodation conditions for the Tuan craftsmen as possible.

Qing Yi also had his own considerations on how to accommodate the people of the Tuan family.

As early as when Guqiu Village was being built, the village had deliberately reserved some extra open space. Even though the second batch of more than 270 villagers had already been resettled, it was still not a problem to accommodate nearly 200 more people.

Allowing the leaders of the Tuen clan and the craftsmen to live together with the first two groups of villagers in Guqiu can also allow these three groups of villagers to quickly integrate together, which will be of great benefit to the unity of the entire Guqiu.

However, as the steward of the household, Gongsun Wu also raised his own concerns: "My Lord, Tuan Shigu is, after all, a lower-ranking nobleman granted by the king. If we just leave all of them in Guqiu, I'm afraid we will be questioned again?"

Qing Yi understood Gongsun Wu's concerns. As a sergeant who was granted a title, he could not arbitrarily grant other corporals titles and use them as subordinates. He was afraid that Ma Zhiyuan, the head of Xiema Pavilion, would complain again.

Looking up at the setting sun in the distance, Qing Yi couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Brother Gongsun, I was just a lowly commoner at the beginning of this year, but in less than half a year I was promoted to a sergeant. How long do you think it will take for me to be promoted to a lowly official?"

"Doctor?"

Gongsun Wu couldn't help but be stunned. Qing Yi was not even a sergeant now, but he was planning for his promotion to the rank of lower official. However, considering the speed of his lord's promotion, it was not impossible for him to become a lower official next year.

However, he still couldn’t help but look surprised: “My Lord, the Xinghou of all dynasties have issued edicts that no fiefs will be granted to officials within 500 miles of the capital, and no fiefs will be granted to nobles within 1,000 miles.

If the Lord really promotes you to a high official rank for your merits, based on the impression the court officials have of you, I'm afraid you'll be relocated to a remote frontier area.

Currently, there is unrest in the southeast, northeast, and northern borders of Xing State. If the Lord makes great achievements, he will most likely be granted a fiefdom in these three places."

"Yes, even the sergeant of Jinjue drove me to the bank of Jiming Lake, and I was targeted from time to time. If I were a junior official of Jinjue, I'm afraid you would feel even more ashamed.

Since no matter what I do, I will be targeted by the nobles, I might as well work hard to increase my own strength. Even if I am sent to a remote place on the frontier, at least I can protect myself. "

Qing Yi sighed and told Gongsun Wu about his plan, "As a noble, of course you can't treat other nobles as subordinates.

But if I can be promoted to the rank of junior official, Brother Shigu's Tuan clan will come and serve as my vassal, and the king will not have any objections."

The State of Xing appointed a large number of officials and nobles to guard the territory in various places. Over the past hundreds of years, a tacit rule was formed that weak nobles could serve under the officials and fight against the surrounding barbarians and foreign races together.

Gongsun Wu had to admit that if Yi could be promoted to the rank of a junior official and have a military family like Tun Shigu as a vassal, he would not have to worry too much even if he was relocated to a frontier land.

Just as Qing Yi was about to say a few more words to Gongsun Wu, he heard Da Niu running over and shouting, "Master, master, the eggs are almost hatched."

(End of this chapter)