He was born as a blacksmith, but he dominated the world

Chapter 292 I'll Beat You If You Don't Be Honest

Qi the blacksmith was a little frightened, and asked tremblingly: "Master Jiang, are you serious? How can we build a million soldiers with just the people of us?"

When I was making middle-fourth-grade weapons before, I could make about six or seven pieces every day.

The difficulty of the top three levels is higher. I estimate that even if you play from dawn to dusk, you can only get about five or six pieces.

Assuming six pieces, with three hundred people, that would be less than two thousand pieces a day, and it would take at least two years to complete.

This is under the premise that everyone does not take leave, does not visit relatives, and works year after year.

If there are a few fewer today and a few fewer tomorrow, the time span will be even longer.

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "It's not set how long it will take to finish. As long as you don't slack off, it will be done quickly. But before that, the three hundred elite blacksmiths need to upgrade their iron tools. At least they have to be of the third or second grade."

A good set of iron tools can save a lot of time, just as the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood.

Qi the blacksmith and others understood this principle.

Jiang Lin added: "The price of the weapons for these one million soldiers is the same as before, each person will get 200 taels per piece."

Qi the blacksmith and the others looked at each other and were overjoyed.

Three hundred people have to make a million weapons, and each person has to make at least three thousand of them.

Two hundred taels per piece, how much silver would three thousand pieces cost?
The blacksmiths counted on their fingers for a long time, but were so shocked by the final result that they were speechless.

How can one person get more than 600,000 taels?

"Oh my God..." Qi the blacksmith muttered to himself in shock, "If I really had so much silver, wouldn't I be much richer than those wealthy families back home?"

Jiang Lin said: "It may not necessarily be this many. After all, we may continue to increase manpower depending on the situation in the future."

Qi the blacksmith and the others didn't care at all. Even if there were another 300 people, no, even if there were 1,000 people, there would still be 200,000 or 300,000 taels of benefit to be gained!
An ordinary blacksmith, even a master blacksmith, would only earn a few hundred taels of silver a year.

After working hard all my life, being able to earn ten thousand taels is already a blessing from God.

Two or three hundred thousand taels is an amount they would need dozens of lifetimes to earn.

The amount of money was so huge that many people couldn't help but grab their own flesh and pull it hard to prove that this was not a dream.

Jiang Lin smiled and said, "Master chefs, please go back and tell the others the news. We will start the expansion and selection tomorrow."

Qi the Blacksmith and the others all bowed their hands and said, "Yes."

Looking at their excited backs, Jiang Lin could feel the excitement and joy in the hearts of these blacksmiths.

The lower levels of Daqian had many unhappy days, and the Foundry Department was ranked last among the 48 departments.

When have they ever received such generous treatment? Not only do they get to make weapons for a million-strong army, but they can also get benefits that they would never dare to imagine in their lifetime.

Jiang Lin had a faint smile on his face. He had said at the beginning that he would try his best to let the blacksmiths live a good life, and now part of his goal has been achieved.

The blacksmiths got the upper hand and did not suffer any loss themselves.

Not to mention the tens of millions of taels of silver, the thousands of different materials alone are a huge benefit.

With these things, one's strength can grow rapidly in a short period of time!
Jiang Lin even thought about refining some pills and selling them to the border troops.

But after careful consideration, I gave up this plan.

At present, his alchemy skills are not high enough. One furnace can only produce dozens of pills. He can use them for the people close to him, but if he uses them to supply an army of millions, the amount will pale in comparison.

There is not much demand for high-grade elixirs nowadays, and Jiang Lin is not in a hurry to improve his alchemy skills.

Having said that, Yu Shuai is really not honest.

He had clearly made a deal with the Ministry of Works, but he also said that once he was able to forge a holy weapon, he would tell him how to sanctify his body.

Jiang Lin knew that the Ministry of Industry was also waiting for him to improve his skills, and perhaps the Holy Weapon would also serve as an opportunity.

Marshal Yu's behavior is tantamount to trying to steal the credit from the Ministry of Industry.

However, Jiang Lin will not deliberately favor anyone in this matter. No matter whether it is the Ministry of Works or the border troops, he will listen to whoever can win the argument. But he will not be stupid enough to throw himself in to act as a peacemaker.

I don't have the qualifications, nor the ability.

However, Jiang Lin was very happy about the ancient purple gold wood he brought back from Yu Shuai.

I don’t know if it is a coincidence or if the ancient purple gold wood did it intentionally, but the shape of the entire branch is like a curved dragon.

It doesn't even require much rest before it can be used as a bow.

After returning to the blacksmith's shop, Jiang Lin glanced at the proficiency of the hammering skills.

There isn’t much left to go. If I try my best, I can be promoted to level 10 in two or three days!

After thinking for a while, Jiang Lin gave up the idea of ​​improving the tempering level first.

From the perspective of the improvement of fire-making skills, the difference between level 9 and level 10 is just the amplification effect, and there is no qualitative change.

The same should be true for honing skills.

The most important thing is that the bow and arrow rely on the material itself, and the related enhancement of the tempering skill cannot be used for this.

Even if you reach level 10, it won't make much sense.

Knowing this, Jiang Lin opened the furnace door and started to light the fire.

The Hengyu furnace was already a mid-grade Xuanbing, but it was still using ordinary charcoal fire, which reminded Jiang Lin of the strange fire that Qi the blacksmith had talked about. It was said that most of the strange fires would never go out, and if they could be used for the Hengyu furnace, he would not have to repeat the steps of starting the fire every day.

As for the fact that the strange fire was difficult to control, it was not a problem at all for Jiang Lin.

He can now perfectly control fire temperatures of four to five thousand degrees, which has covered most of the types of strange fires.

I just don’t know where to find this strange fire, and there is no such news from the Watchtower.

I wonder if I can ask the Minister for some miraculous fire?
But he hasn't made any achievements recently. Instead, he did a big business with the border troops in private. It's a bit inappropriate to look for him now.

The fire in the furnace rose, and after throwing away the chaotic thoughts in his mind, Jiang Lin picked up the branch of the ancient purple gold wood and put it into the furnace.

[Material quality improved by 5%]

[Material quality improved by 15%]

[Material quality improved by 50%]

……

Both the Hengyu furnace and the fire-making technique itself can improve the quality of materials, and the total is more than 200%!
As the flames burned, the color of the branches of the ancient purple gold wood was also slowly changing.

From its initial purple-gold appearance, it gradually turns into golden color, forming a state of unity between the inside and the outside.

What's more, a large amount of heaven and earth energy poured in automatically without Jiang Lin's need to mobilize it.

Most of these heaven and earth vital energies were transformed into more condensed mysterious energy inside the furnace, while a small portion was swallowed up by the Hengyu Furnace.

Jiang Lin couldn't help but chuckle: "You stove, you are really greedy."

The fire flickered slightly, as if in response.

Jiang Lin didn't care. The Hengyu Furnace was of much greater use to him than the bow and arrow. It was the foundation of his life.

Not to mention stealing some of the vitality of heaven and earth, even if he ate the branches of this ancient purple gold tree, Jiang Lin would not be angry.

He still knows which side is light and which side is heavy.

Jiang Lin stood up, walked to the Hengyu stove, put his hand on it, and scolded with a smile: "Since you want to eat, then eat more. Why are you so stingy and fighting with others for it?"

As his mind moved, he actively attracted more vital energy from heaven and earth, and poured it into the furnace with the help of the cyclone in his body.

The fire in the Hengyu furnace suddenly became much stronger, and the furnace body trembled slightly. Jiang Lin noticed that the eighth branch of the Lingmiao Baoshu Tree on the furnace was being lit up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Huh, the speed is much faster than before." Jiang Lin was slightly surprised.

After thinking about it, he estimated that it was because he had been promoted to the Divine Martial Realm, and the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth had been transformed into Mysterious Qi, the quality of which was incomparable.

In this way, when one personally draws upon the vital energy of heaven and earth, the Hengyu Furnace will also benefit from it.

Knowing this, Jiang Lin simply stood next to the furnace, not caring what happened to the branches of the ancient purple gold wood, and madly poured the essence of heaven and earth into the Hengyu furnace.

After just a moment, he noticed that the lighting speed of the branches of the Lingmiao Treasure Tree had slowed down.

"Are you full?" Jiang Lin laughed, "I really thought you had a big appetite."

Suddenly, the entire furnace began to tremble violently, and an unimaginable amount of energy burst out from its inner cavity.

The next second, the ancient purple gold wood was "spitted out".

Jiang Lin's eyes suddenly focused, and he saw that the ancient purple gold wood had completely turned into golden color, even looking a little dazzling.

It seems that the surface is no longer bark, but a bunch of golden suns!

Even the Hengyu Furnace could not withstand that terrifying aura. The branches of the Lingmiao Treasure Tree quickly dimmed, as if trying to avoid its edge.

Jiang Lin also felt the pressure that could not be ignored, as if what was in front of him was not a branch but a majestic mountain weighing tens of millions of tons!
He couldn't help but hum softly, and the furnace technique responded to the stress, and the gold essence and fire essence broke out of his body, turning into gold and red colors that surrounded his body.

The fire spirit, in particular, seemed to be enraged and suddenly turned into a tiny fire dragon and rolled towards the branch.

The branches of the ancient purple gold tree seemed to be frightened, and their breath quickly restrained. The fire dragon whipped them, splashing sparks.

Not until this aura was completely restrained did the two colors of gold and fire return to Jiang Lin's body.

Looking at the branches that seemed ordinary in front of him, Jiang Lin's eyes showed surprise.

This was the first time he saw the gold essence and fire essence leave the body on their own initiative. Usually they were hidden somewhere unknown, and only their existence was known.

"This furnace baking method... is definitely not ordinary. It's just that I haven't found the trick to use it yet. Otherwise, it would probably be as powerful as the Sky Shattering Sword Technique."

At least it has been demonstrated to some extent when dealing with materials like the ancient purple gold wood.

The furnace baking method is a practice passed down by the ancestors of blacksmiths. All blacksmiths in the world practice it, but only a few can reach a high level, and even fewer have ever heard of anyone who can understand the mystery behind it.

Jiang Lin's knowledge of the furnace baking method was not much more than that of others, so he could only cross the river by feeling the stones.

After feeling his body and finding nothing unusual, he walked over and picked up the golden branch.

The dazzling light has dissipated, but the terrifying aura it contained can still be felt.

The information about this branch in the field of vision also changed.

[Excellent quality wood, can greatly increase hardness (+56), flexibility (+56)... also indestructible, with the ability to crush withering branches and rotten wood, with...]

Jiang Lin was shocked when he saw it. The quality has been upgraded!
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