Chapter 259 Things you can do but can’t say
This general of the Zhongqu Camp was scolded miserably. Most of those who could stay in the Forty-eighth Camp in Kyoto came from noble families, and few of them were born with poor legs.
If you cause public outrage, even if you are a third-grade general, you still have to think carefully about it.
The general also felt very regretful. A mere ten thousand taels was nothing at all.
But for this benefit, I offended a person who could build treasure weapons in batches. How should it end?
Some people may say, isn't it just a weapon? If you don't have it, you don't have it.
But if you don’t want it, the people below do.
They were innocently implicated, and their anger always had to find a place to vent.
What's more, if you accumulate too much resentment, once there is a qualitative change, it will be completely different.
At the same time, Yang Junchi, the fifth-grade doctor, also arrived at the South Blacksmith Camp.
He is here to deliver a reward to Jiang Lin on the order of Mr. Shilang.
There are two large boxes of materials, full of them, at least twenty or thirty kinds, and the quality is very good.
When he came to the South Blacksmith Camp and saw so many people, Yang Junchi couldn't help but be surprised.
"Master Jiang, these people are..."
"Come to me to build weapons." Jiang Lin replied simply.
Yan Tianrong asked from the side: "Is it possible that my mentor doesn't know that Mr. Jiang has now cracked the secret recipe of the treasure weapon and can create the treasure weapon at will?"
Even the Foundry Department knows this news, so there is no reason why the Ministry of Works doesn’t know about it.
However, Yang Junchi really didn't know about this, but no one took the initiative to tell him this.
After being surprised, Yang Junchi asked: "So these rewards are because Mr. Jiang cracked the secret recipe of the treasure weapon?"
He only knew that Jiang Lin had made a meritorious service, but he didn't know what the merit was.
Jiang Lin nodded slightly, admitting this.
Yang Junchi turned to look at the military attaches who were lining up to register. Many of them were of higher rank than him, but they behaved like children in the South Blacksmith Camp.
Yang Junchi couldn't help feeling strange. Even though these military attaches were not affiliated with the border army, they were still arrogant and domineering.
Even when they went to the Ministry of Industry, they were all as arrogant as masters. I had never seen them look so well-behaved.
Yang Junchi turned around with a weird face and said to Jiang Lin: "Master Jiang... I really admire you so much, I feel ashamed!"
Jiang Lin said humbly: "It's nothing, it's just a compliment."
Yang Junchi shook his head: "Master Jiang can build precious weapons at such a young age, and his future achievements will be limitless. I used to think that the Vice Minister was a little too impatient for paying so much attention to you, but now it seems that I have too little discernment."< br>
A fifth-grade doctor deliberately kept his posture so low, which gave Jiang Lin enough face.
Blacksmith Qi and others looked at each other from behind and smiled happily.
Jiang Lin came from the South Blacksmith Camp. The higher his achievements, the more proud the people of the South Blacksmith Camp felt.
Then Yan Tianrong also complimented a few words, and then left with Yang Junchi.
After leaving the South Blacksmith Camp, Yan Tianrong still looked back from time to time, and there was still the constant noise in his ears.
Today's South Blacksmith Camp is really lively.
Just thinking that Yang Junchi didn't know that Jiang Lin had cracked the secret recipe of the treasure weapon, Yan Tianrong couldn't help but wonder: "Teacher, the secret recipe of the treasure weapon was previously controlled by the powerful clans, but now it has been cracked by Mr. Jiang. It seems that the Ministry of Industry did not publicize it?"
"Huge publicity? Even a fifth-grade doctor like me doesn't know about it." Yang Junchi said.
"Why is this so? If this news can spread all over the world, wouldn't it greatly enhance the reputation of our Ministry of Industry?" Yan Tianrong asked even more puzzled.
Yang Junchi thought for a while, and then said: "I think this matter should be caused by the adults above, who do not want to have grudges with the powerful clans. Mr. Jiang can crack the secret recipe, that is his own ability, but if the Ministry of Industry is adding fuel to the flames, it is someone else's fault. It’s the same thing.”
After all, Yan Tianrong had been an official for many years, so he understood everything and immediately understood what his mentor meant.
Since the secret recipe of the treasure weapon is forbidden to the rich and powerful, naturally the Ministry of Industry cannot publicize this matter in order to avoid conflict with it.
In this way, the cracking is Jiang Lin's personal behavior and has nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry, let alone His Majesty.
After figuring this out, Yan Tianrong felt very unhappy.
But he knew that there were some things that he could think in his mind, even if he cursed his mother, but he could never say them out casually.
The background of the powerful clan is beyond imagination. Otherwise, how could generations of emperors tolerate them until now.
Jiang Lin cracked the secret recipe of Baobin. The Ministry of Industry knew that he was a talent and could not reveal too much.
There are things you can do but not say.
To put it bluntly, it is to give both sides a step down, otherwise if they really break up, some people will have to die before the fight can end.
Yan Tianrong sighed quietly and said: "I don't know when the Ministry of Works will truly be regarded as the Ministry of Works."
Yang Junchi glanced at him and opened his mouth to speak, but after thinking that there was nothing wrong with what he said, he gave up.
At this time, Jiang Lin had already moved the materials sent by the Ministry of Industry into the blacksmith shop.
In addition to the materials sent by the military attaches, there are more than forty kinds of materials.
The main reason is that many of the materials sent by military attaches are of the same quality and category, with more or less differences.
The most numerous of them are Xuan Jing Tie.
If you say it's good, it's just one grade higher than pig iron. If you say it's bad, even the foundry department can't get much out of it.
But something is better than nothing, and it is of some use after all.
After sorting various materials according to categories and grades, Jiang Lin cut off a small part one by one, and then went to do fusion forging for Hengyu Furnace.
[Good quality stove, quality improved by one percent]
[Good quality stove, quality improved by 5%]
[Good quality stove, quality improved by 10%]
……
Amid constant prompts, the sixth branch of the Hengyu Furnace was quickly lit.
One material, two materials, three materials...
After a total of forty-eight materials were fused and forged, the sixth branch of the Hengyu Furnace became completely bright.
Buzz——
Invisible fluctuations caused violent vibrations within a hundred meters.
A large amount of heaven and earth energy was induced and poured into the interior of the Hengyu Furnace.
The speed was astonishingly fast and the volume was huge. Like a whale swallowing the sea, a terrible hurricane rolled up above the blacksmith shop.
Many people looked here in shock, not understanding what was happening.
Only Blacksmith Qi, with his seniority, reacted quickly. He immediately looked at the blacksmith shop and saw the Hengyu Furnace that was growing in size.
Today's blacksmith's shop has no roof and has long since been demolished.
The Hengyu Furnace grew almost without limit. In the blink of an eye, it reached a height of nearly nine meters before stopping.
And its diameter is almost eight meters, which is astonishingly large.
"Is that Mr. Jiang's stove? Why has it become bigger again?" someone asked in shock.
Blacksmith Qi laughed out loud and said: "Needless to say, the grade of this furnace must have been improved again. It was already a high-grade spiritual weapon before, but now it is probably a low-grade mysterious weapon at the lowest level!"
"How did Mr. Jiang do it, so that the furnace can continuously upgrade its level?" Someone asked in confusion.
"Maybe it's his unique steel filling method. Mr. Jiang's steel filling method is different from ordinary people. Almost all materials can be easily blended. Unlike us, sometimes we can't handle both pig iron and wrought iron."
Everyone was talking about it, but Jiang Lin looked at the Hengyu Furnace in the blacksmith shop with some distress. The Spiritual Treasure Tree has indeed opened up the progress of the seventh branch, which means that the Hengyu Furnace is already a low-grade mysterious weapon.
But the problem is, it’s too big!
With future promotions, it will only get bigger. Sooner or later, this shop will no longer be able to accommodate it.
Is it possible that I will have to forge in the open air in the future?
Jiang Lin shook his head slightly, and then looked at the information from Hengyu Furnace.
[A stove with better quality can improve the quality of materials by 80%, the attributes are +1, and it can melt all things to improve one's own level]
Jiang Lin's eyes lit up slightly. The material quality had increased from 45% to 80%, which was nearly doubled.
The most important thing is that there is one more attribute +1.
Jiang Lin is very aware of how important material properties are.
A first-grade weapon with a sharpness of +2 is even sharper than an ordinary weapon. It is definitely not just as simple as the surface number seems.
Although there don't seem to be many attribute +1s at present, don't forget that Hengyu Furnace is just a low-grade mysterious weapon now, and it can be promoted dozens of times in the future.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
Moreover, there is no limit to this attribute +1. There is a high probability that it will fully increase its own characteristics.
Perhaps such an improvement to an originally inconspicuous feature would be enough to produce a qualitative leap.
Jiang Lin lowered his head, rummaged through the many materials, and finally picked out a few and threw them into the stove.
The largest one is a piece of pig iron, which is what Jiang Lin will use as the base for anything he builds.
With his current level of skill, even pig iron can be used to create treasure weapons.
When the material is put into the furnace, the flame rises quickly and envelopes it.
[Material quality improved by one percent]
【Material quality improved by 10%】
……
【Material quality improved by 197%】
Both the Hengyu Furnace and the Proficiency Skill can improve the quality of materials. Adding the two together, coupled with the effect of the oven method, the quality of the pig iron can be improved to an extremely frightening level with just one fire.
"If those elite blacksmiths use this piece of iron, they should be able to make at least a third-grade or even a second-grade weapon, right?"
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Jiang Lin's mouth. The day is not far away when everyone can use mortal iron to create first-class weapons.
As long as he continues to make progress, it will be no problem for everyone to use ordinary iron to build weapons.
Even if those blacksmiths have not reached the Yuanwu realm, not everyone can compare to the iron Jiang Lin burns.
Taking out the huge piece of pig iron from the furnace, Jiang Lin picked up the hammer and started hammering it.
[Pig iron of average quality, quality improved by one percent]
【Hundred Refining Level +1】
【Hundred Refining Level +1】
[The quality of pig iron of average quality is improved by 5%]
……
During the constant beating, the size of this piece of pig iron, which was as big as a table, continued to shrink.
It wasn't until he exercised thousands of times that he reached a level that Jiang Lin was satisfied with.
At this time, the quality of the entire pig iron has improved by more than 50% again, and this is just a figure on the surface.
Jiang Lin's probability of stacking the Hundred Refining level has reached about 40%, and he can stack one level with two or three hammers.
After thousands of hammers, this piece of pig iron has been stacked in more than three hundred layers.
Although it was not too much, more than three hundred layers were stacked in such a short time. Yuan Bingqi, who was good at the Hundred Refining Techniques, knew that his jaw would drop to the ground and he could not pick it up.
If he wanted to stack three hundred layers, it would be impossible to do it in just a few days, but how long did Jiang Lin have?
It only takes two or three hours.
Looking at the pig iron block that was about the same size as a human head, Jiang Lin put down the deformed hammer in his hand and used a small hammer to continue leveling.
This piece of pig iron is square, with the lines of a magical treasure tree already appearing on the surface, and most of the first branches are lit up.
This is a new hammer that Jiang Lin wants to build for himself. Otherwise, the quality of the material is too high, and the previous hammer will break after a short period of time.
【Hundred Refining Level +1】
The quality improvement of tempering has reached its limit, but not at the Hundred Refining level.
If Jiang Lin was willing to spend more time, stacking thousands of layers wouldn't be a problem.
But in that case, you need to use more and larger pig iron as the base, otherwise the volume will become very small.
For him, it is far less convenient and efficient than using other different types of materials for fusion forging.
After stacking about a hundred layers, the size of the hammer head shrank again, but the whole thing was basically formed.
Put it in the furnace to heat it, then take it out and quench it.
[Perfect quenching, 35%, all attributes of the casting +1]
The hammer does not need to be sharpened, but it is a pity that you cannot enjoy the amplifying effect brought by sharpening.
However, after quenching, the quality of this hammer was directly upgraded to the level of a middle-grade treasure weapon.
Moreover, the second branch was 70% lit up, and it was not far from the high-grade treasure weapon.
Jiang Lin rubbed his sore wrist. It was indeed more laborious to hammer this higher-grade material with a first-grade hammer.
If his physique and cultivation were not far superior to those of a normal blacksmith, he would have been unable to hold on long ago.
After resting for a while, Jiang Lin wrapped the melted black crystal molten iron around the hammer and started a new round of tempering.
[Hammer of acceptable quality, hardness +2]
Jiang Lin then melted the materials that he had just sorted out and were suitable for the hammer and continued forging.
People outside were surrounding the blacksmith shop, but they didn't dare to come and take a look.
Because the sound of the hammering was so loud, not to mention it was shocking, but just looking at it from a distance, it felt like I was the material being hammered.
Those who lacked courage would have turned pale with fright and ran away, not daring to come any closer.
Even the old masters such as Blacksmith Qi only looked at him curiously from a distance of dozens of meters.
"Master Jiang, are you making new iron tools?"
"It looks like, tell me, what grade will his iron tool be made of?"
"It must be a spiritual weapon."
"Spiritual soldiers? I think at least the mysterious soldiers have started! Don't forget, Mr. Jiang's furnaces are all low-grade mysterious soldiers!"
A group of people were talking and looking forward to it.
In the past, a hammer of the fifth grade could excite them for a long time, but now even seeing a hammer of the upper grade is normal.
Who allowed Nan Blacksmith Camp to produce such a monster?
Now they just want to know whether iron weapons can be made into treasure weapons, spiritual weapons, or even higher.
And what is it like to use iron tools like that?
Looking for follow-up order, follow-up will be later
(End of chapter)