Cao Thief

Chapter 97 The name is beyond words ([-])

Cao Ji?

Who is Cao Ji?

In the city of Xudu, I don't know when, a name that has never been heard before has been circulated: Cao Ji.

"...Speaking of which, I was lucky enough to meet this Cao Ji. This guy is eight feet long and ten girth wide. He looks like a good guy with a good appearance."

In Xilixu's wine shop, a green skin is bragging.

"What is the origin of this person?"

"You won't believe me if I tell you. This Cao Ji is said to be a descendant of Ou Yezi, the master of the warring states army, and he is very good at making knives."

"Damn!" A drinker said, "One's surname is Ou, and the other's surname is Cao. How is that possible?"

"You say you are ignorant, but you still don't admit it. How many years has it been since the Warring States Period? Maybe something happened in the middle, so I changed my surname to Cao."

"Listen to your nonsense."

The drinker who was refuted sneered, shook his sleeves and left.

As soon as he left, someone came over and sat in his seat, "Tell me, tell me, can Cao Ji really make a treasured sword?"

"Nonsense, when Master Cao built the furnace, my father went to help. When he came back, he told me that the iron furnace built by Master Cao was obviously different from ordinary people's. And there were many strange tools there. I Father said, under the iron stove shed, there is a row of wooden barrels, tightly covered, and there is a faint fragrance. My father said, what is contained in that barrel is the unique secret method of Grandmaster Cao."

"Is there such a thing?"

"If you don't believe me, why don't you inquire about it... During the few days when the furnace was built, my father wasn't the only one?"

"But how did I hear that Grandmaster Cao is not Ou Yezi's descendant?" A drinker came over and said along with the fun.

"It's not Ou Yezi's descendant, which one is it?" Qingpi's triangular eyes glared fiercely.

The drinker was not afraid at all, and said with a sneer, "I've heard people say that Grandmaster Cao is the son of Yin Mo... Otherwise, how could he have created so many strange things."

In a corner of the restaurant, two men were drinking in silence.

When one of the young men heard these words, he spat out a gulp of wine with a puff.

The man sitting across from him was in his early thirties.His head was sprayed with alcohol, but there was a strange forced smile on his face.

"Feng Xiao, let's go."

The young man coughed again and again, and said with a smile: "It's just right, I also have the same intention."

The two threw down the copper coins, got up and walked out of the wine shop.

"These days, the name Cao Ji is really resounding!"

The older man smiled, shook his head and said, "It looks like Jun Ming has an expert by his side."

"Oh, Wen Ruo, did you see it too?"

"If I can't see this, then wouldn't it be a waste of reading the sage's book? But, I think Dian Junming's actions are not to prepare for the future performance of martial arts, but more like to make a name for Cao Ji... Jun Ming probably can't think of such an idea, there must be other people around him. Why don't we go to pay a visit to Jun Ming, and meet him by the way, the person who gave him the idea?"

The young man immediately agreed, and said very agreeingly: "We haven't visited Jun Ming since he came back. I also want to find him and have a drink."

While talking, the two walked towards Huben Mansion.

"Wen Ruo, who do you think is evil and tiger idiots, who can be the No. 1 guard?"

"Before, I was still optimistic about Tiger Chi, but now...if there are really capable people around Elai, Hu Chi may not be able to win."

"Ke Wenju them..."

"A good deed is bound to cause disaster sooner or later. My lord has strictly ordered the families not to assist, but he still encourages the families to prevent Dian Wei from recruiting Huben.

It's just that he didn't expect that Jun Ming didn't plan to recruit soldiers in Xudu at all, and directly recruited elite soldiers from all walks of life. Wenju's gains outweighed his losses. "

The young man thought deeply and nodded repeatedly.

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Twenty miles away from the north gate of Xudu, there is a mountain named Longshan.

Since then, Yingshui has twisted and circled, forming a huge river bend.Due to the perennial river erosion, a large amount of silt was brought from the upper reaches, and this river bend was washed into nearly a thousand hectares of fertile land.Among them, there are [-] hectares, which were bestowed by Cao Cao under the name of Dian Wei.However, Dian Wei only enjoyed the harvest of these [-] hectares of land, and the actual operation was in charge of Zao Yi, the school captain of Dian Nong appointed by Cao Cao.In the first year of Jian'an, Zaoyi suggested to Cao Cao to carry out the civil settlements to increase the income of the imperial court.This decree was officially implemented at the beginning of the second year of Jian'an, and the [-] hectares of fertile land in Dianwei were also merged into the villages... It can be seen that Cao Cao was very disgusted with the family's annexation of land, so he directly took it into the state.In this way, even those aristocratic families who intend to continue the annexation must consider whether it will offend Cao Cao.

Dian Wei doesn't care...

What is the income of [-] hectares of fertile land?He doesn't know.

According to his temperament, enough flowers are enough!
What really belongs to him is the Wubao built at the foot of Longshan Mountain.

The Wubao, which is six feet high and five feet wide, is as strong as a small military fortress.Once a military disaster occurs, the people around Longshan can take refuge in Wubao.In other words, Dian Wei won this Wubao that can accommodate thousands of people, and at the same time, he was also responsible for the safety around Longshan.

At noon that day, the furnace shed in Wubao was in full swing.

Cao Ji, the "big son of hidden ink", is directing the staff to be busy.

"Xiahou, keep blowing the wind, the furnace temperature is not enough, not enough..."

At this time, Xia Houlan was no longer as elegant as before. She was shirtless, holding the lever tightly, and constantly pushing and pulling the bellows to blow air into the iron furnace.

woohoo hoo...

The bellows pulled and made a loud noise.

The flames in the iron furnace soared high, causing the temperature in the furnace shed to suddenly increase a lot.

Everyone was sweating profusely, and each was shirtless.

"Xiahou, take a break and let me come."

Zhou Cang exposed his swarthy tendons, and the sweat slid over his body, which was made of iron, gleaming.

With his long hair hanging loose, he ran forward to let Xia Houlan get out of the way.After the blast just now, Xia Houlan was also exhausted and out of breath.

"Friend, change the hammer!"

Cao Ji took out a piece of knife embryo from the iron furnace, and took the sledgehammer from Cao Peng.

I saw him round the hammer, and the muscles of his whole body beat rhythmically with his movements.With a bang, the hammer fell and sparks flew everywhere.

The clanging sound was like rain hitting plantains.

Cao Ji spent a full cup of tea, embedded a piece of pig iron into the blade, and put it back into the iron furnace.

"Friend, how many knives have you made?"

Next to the iron furnace, there is also a small furnace, which is specially used to make knife embryos.

Cao Peng was also shirtless, and put a bright red embryo on the chopping board, holding a hammer weighing about ten kilograms in his hand, forging it with ping-pong-pong.As the son of a blacksmith, how could he not know how to blacksmith.Embryo beating is actually not too difficult, as long as you master the heat and the rhythm of forging.But such a simple job requires a lot of physical strength and enough strength.

This can be seen from the weight of the hammer in the hands of Cao Peng, Wang Mai and Deng Fan.

Deng Fan's hammer weighed more than 38 catties; Wang's hammer weighed [-] catties; and the iron hammer in Cao Peng's hand weighed only [-] catties.

Although the weight of the hammer is different, it will not affect the quality of the knife blank.

Embryo beating is about strength.As long as the strength is enough, there will be no problem with the blade... No matter how heavy the hammer is, if the strength is not well controlled, it will be a waste.

As far as this point is concerned, although Cao Peng's hammer is light, its strength is better than that of Deng Fan and Wang Mai.

He was shirtless and sweating profusely.Her black hair was coiled on top of her head, and beads of sweat rolled down her cheeks...

Before he knew it, Cao Peng's body was very different from the state when he was just reborn.The body is still a little thin, but much stronger than before.In the past, there was almost no flesh on Cao Peng's body, but now, the contours of muscle groups are faintly visible.

Cao Peng's breathing method is somewhat special, which is the so-called reverse abdominal breathing method in later generations.

Different from the natural breathing method, the reverse abdominal breathing method changes from the conventional breathing operation center that focuses on inhalation, and emphasizes the exhalation operation.More importantly, the reverse abdominal breathing method combines the operation of exhalation with the operation of mobilizing the inner breath.Through the process of exhalation, it is a method commonly used in the martial arts circle of later generations to promote and grasp the power and skill of inner breath movement.

The so-called inner breath is the inner life energy.

Energy, invisible and colorless, can neither be seen nor heard.

The same goes for the breath inside during breathing exercises.But the internal sense organs of the body can feel the operation of this breath.

In Chinese medicine, it is 'inner qi'.

If the explanation is simpler, it can also be called potential.

The role of reverse abdominal breathing is to further stimulate the potential of the human body.

Cao Peng is not so much beating the embryos, it is better to say that he is using the embryos to stimulate his potential and temper his body.

Silently muttering the number of times he hit the knife blank, it was almost one hundred and eight times. He stopped, picked up the knife blank, and threw it into the iron furnace.

Then walk slowly in the courtyard, wait for the Qi machine to calm down, and return to the furnace shed to continue after the physical strength recovers.

After exercising for about two hours a day, Cao Peng can clearly feel the strength of the vital energy and blood of the five viscera.Of course, in addition to daily practice, you also need enough food and nutrition to replenish your physical strength.But this point is no longer a problem for Cao Peng.

"Friend, it's almost done, you guys go to rest first, and continue forging tomorrow."

Cao Ji saw that the work was almost done, so he waved his hand to let Cao Peng and the three leave.

The subsequent quenching and forging can be done by Cao Ji himself.However, what they are doing now is only basic work, and they are still far from the real knife making.

Cao Peng threw down the hammer, called Wang Mai and Deng Fan, and left the stove shed.

The three of them were about to go to clean up, but they saw Deng Juye hurriedly coming from outside, "Ah Fu, someone is looking for you, and they say you are Mr. Dian Zhonglang."

Mr. Dianzhong Lang?
Cao Peng couldn't react for a while.

Isn't Mr. Dianzhong Lang the same as Dianman, Dianwei's son?
He is back?

But it's all right, looking for me... What's the matter?
(End of this chapter)