Chapter 73 The Li family inherits Zhang Yajiu’s weapon spectrum
The person coming is indeed Li Shuguo.
The Li family makes a living by selling utensils on behalf of others.
From his grandfather's generation onwards, the Li family gradually became prosperous.
It is said that it was because he single-handedly improved the firing structure of the matchlock gun, and he performed to an astonishing level on the battlefield to annihilate the Taiping Army.
Received a reward from the imperial court.
Enter the Creation Bureau of the Military Academy.
Since then, the Li family's sales have become famous all over the world.
However, with the fall of the dynasty, the Li family became lonely, but not to the point of abjection.
Li Shuguo’s father took the whole family all the way south.
Finally, he settled in Yuhua Mountain on the south bank of Yuanjiang River.
He has a bold personality and is generous in making plans, making friends and winning over many people in the world.
It was also because of this that he was able to establish a sect in Yuhua Mountain as an outsider.
In just one or twenty years.
Pin Qierli, the name of Honeycomb Mountain, has become famous again after disappearing for many years and has made a huge name in the world.
He even made it to the seventy-two ranks.
He had actually heard of the Xiangyin Chen family a long time ago.
After all, they are both on the same border in western Hunan.
It’s just that one of them made a living by selling tools, and the other started by fighting.
It has always been the case that the water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river.
Even though they were only separated by the Yuan River, there was never any intersection between the two families.
But...
This time, the shopkeeper of the Chen family suddenly sent someone to appear at Yuhua Mountain, saying that he was asking him to come down to help refine weapons.
Tell the truth.
Li Shuguo’s first thought was to refuse.
To put it mildly, the Chen family can barely be considered a wealthy family.
But who doesn’t know that Xiangyin is a den of thieves?
The people in Changshengshan under his command are all ruthless people seeking gold and stealing bones.
Although the visitor behaved politely.
But Li Shuguo has been around the world for so long, and he knows that these days, the people he cannot offend the most are warlords and bandits.
The Chen family has both.
Chen Yulou leads the green forest thieves in sixteen provinces.
He personally gave the order and sent someone to invite him. If he was disgraced, he might not be the only one who would die, but the whole family, as well as his apprentices and craftsmen would be implicated.
As the saying goes, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, that’s all.
Wanting to understand this, Li Shuguo decided to go alone.
Before going down the mountain, he called his three apprentices to him.
Tell them that if they never come back, the senior brother will be the next generation of the mountain master of Honeycomb Mountain, and the remaining two people should do their best to help the senior brother.
This is not talking at all, it is clearly explaining the funeral arrangements.
The three of them knelt on the ground, sobbing.
But this is the way the world is.
Honeycomb Mountain is just a group of craftsmen. To put it bluntly, they are the lowest among the lowest.
The glory of the previous dynasty has long been lost.
As for Changsheng Mountain, even among the thirty-six mountains, it is the strongest one.
How can your arms reach your thighs?
Just.
Since coming down from Yuhua Mountain.
Li Shuguo found that he was not as harsh as he imagined.
The few Chen family guys who went up the mountain are also temperamental people.
Refer to yourself as shopkeeper, master, or even husband.
We were entertained with good wine and good food along the way.
He also said that his family always told him when he came here that he must be treated respectfully and Master Li would never be wronged.
So much so.
Li Shuguo was a little confused about Chief Chen.
He also asked by tapping on the side.
In the eyes of those clerks, although Chen Yulou made a living by fighting, he was gentle, tolerant, had extraordinary skills and knowledge, and always took the lead in doing things.
This time, Li Shuguo was even more uncertain.
Fortunately, the journey from Yuhua Mountain to Chenjiazhuang is less than a day.
Going down the mountain yesterday evening, we took a boat all the way north along the Yuan River, then crossed the Xiang River, docked at the Xiangyin City Wharf, and then transferred to horses. It was just after noon when we entered Chenjiazhuang.
What you see along the way.
Chenjiazhuang is blocked both inside and outside.
Visitors must be informed at all levels before they can enter.
It also allowed Li Shuguo to see the power of the Chen family.
What surprised him even more was that after entering the inner city, he felt like he couldn't walk due to the bustling scene everywhere.
You know, the ancestors of the Li family were also rich.
Suppress the Taiping Army, fight the Nianzi Army, join the Military Academy, receive a salary from the court, and be called "sir" by his subordinates.
How glorious was the Li family at that time?
I live in a two-entry house.
Everyone I meet is a big shot.
Li Shuguo was young at the time and did not have deep memories of his childhood. Most of them were heard from his father’s chats.
So, in his impression, there is no more prosperous city in the world than the capital city.
But when he entered the inner city of the Chen family today, he realized that he was sitting in a well and looking at the sky.
Pavilions, rockeries, flowing water, and big lakes with blue waves, what kind of scene is this?
Such a courtyard is a first-class luxury even in the prosperous areas of Suzhou and Hangzhou.
At this moment, standing in the courtyard and looking at the five or six-story building in the distance, Li Shuguo was even more shocked. He suddenly felt like Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.
The brothers who brought themselves in.
There was no longer any laughter, yelling, or uninhibited behavior.
Everyone has a tall and straight posture, eyes not squinting, and standing with hands down.
It is no exaggeration to say that he is the elite of the military.
But from the casual chat, Li Shuguo learned their identities. They were just ordinary villagers of the Chen family.
The leopard can be seen through the tube.
As a result, he admired and admired Chief Chen even more.
What kind of person is he?
Can we do this?
After waiting for a while, Li Shuguo gradually relaxed and began to look around.
A group of twenty-eight-year-old girls.
I was paddling slowly towards the depths of the lake in a boat, rolling up my sleeves and picking lotus flowers seriously.
The sun poured down, and countless gold and jade seemed to be crushed into pieces on the lake.
How can I see this scene on Yuhua Mountain?
The most common thing you can see is the furnaces burning charcoal and making steel all over the mountain.
A group of bare-chested rough men held hammers and hammered the newly-baked railway.
A tinkling sound.
It can be passed down the mountain.
How can there be such leisurely elegance as Chenjiazhuang?
“Shopkeeper Li.”
Li Shuguo is still in a daze.
In the distance, a gentle laughter suddenly came from the distance.
He subconsciously withdrew his gaze from the big lake and turned around to look.
I saw a young man in his twenties, wearing a long gown and looking fresh and clean, strolling over.
“Chen Boss?”
Li Shuguo was a little unbelievable.
I thought that Chen Yulou, who commanded the world's green forests and was the leader of this generation's Xiling Mountains, should be a fierce man eight feet tall and capable of walking like a dragon or a tiger.
How could he have thought of that.
The person standing next to me is actually a handsome and wealthy young man.
Even dozens of steps away, the nobility of Chen Yulou could hardly be concealed.
“Master Li, that’s my shopkeeper.”
I saw him standing there stunned.
A guy behind him could not help but lower his voice and reminded.
Li Shuguo came to his senses now and quickly put his thoughts away. In any case, what he was facing during this trip was also the leader of the Xiling group of thieves.
How dare you lose your sense of proportion?
Immediately walked up to him and bowed down with fists in his hands.
"Li Shuguo of Honeycomb Mountain, I met shopkeeper Chen."
I saw that he was similar in age to me, maybe even a few years younger.
Coupled with the aura of landing in the wind.
Chen Yulou naturally has a good impression of him.
Speaking of which, in the original work, he and Li Shuguo were the only two people of their generation who could survive into the future generations.
As for other figures in the world, they did not die in the turbulent years.
It means being displaced, hiding one’s name, and missing one’s whereabouts.
Even though it is as strong as a partridge whistle.
He also ended up traveling across the ocean.
Moreover, this man avoided the disaster of the war in time. After entering Sichuan, not only did he live well, he even lived a comfortable life.
Now that he saw shopkeeper Li when he was young, something strange flashed in his eyes.
“Shopkeeper Li is too polite.”
Chen Yulou stretched out his hand.
Not even how to use force.
But Li Shuguo felt that he was so critical that he could not resist at all.
You know, he has been practicing martial arts with his father since he was a child, honing his muscles, bones, and blood.
I have been working on the mountain for more than ten years.
The strength of a body is simply unimaginable to ordinary people.
Although this time, in order to show his importance, he even turned out the long gown he only wore during the Chinese New Year, but the knotted and bulging muscles under the clothes could not be covered at all.
Just standing there gave people an angry, fierce look.
It seems that he is the leader of Changsheng Mountain.
But...
The more so.
Li Shuguo became more respectful.
He has an incomparable awareness of his own strength.
I dare not say that it is capable of tearing apart tigers and leopards alive.
The iron-making furnace on the mountain weighed at least three to five hundred pounds, and he could carry it back and forth in one breath.
But in front of Chen Yulou, he couldn't even bow down.
How terrifying must this man’s martial arts practice be?
“It should, it should.”
Li Shuguo's heart was in turmoil, ups and downs, but he didn't dare to show it at all on his face and just shook his head repeatedly.
Seeing this situation, Chen Yulou couldn’t persuade him anymore.
Straight to the point.
“Does Shopkeeper Li know why Chen invited you here?” As soon as these words came out.
Li Shuguo suddenly felt relieved.
He was afraid that Mr. Chen would play tricks on him.
He is a rough man, and he is white, and now he is trapped in the dragon's den, how can he be his opponent.
“I don’t know yet, so I’d like to ask Shopkeeper Chen for an explanation.”
“I wonder what Shopkeeper Li is most proud of in this life?”
"The most proud?"
Li Shuguo was stunned for a moment.
Chen Yulou had no idea what he was thinking.
But he didn't dare to hesitate. He thought for a moment before speaking.
“I come from a Li family that has been selling wares for generations, and I am not very talented. My most proud work in my life should be the Xuanhuo Cave.”
Xuanhuo Cave?
Chen Yulou raised his eyebrows.
He has actually heard of this.
It is an anti-theft mechanism that was spread in the south more than ten years ago.
Even used in tombs.
Use a gourd, porcelain bottle, pottery pot, or iron object with a mysterious fire in the middle. Once touched, the fire dragon will erupt with amazing power.
I didn’t expect it to be from Li Shuguo.
However.
This was not the answer he wanted.
Chen Yulou smiled and shook his head, "Shopkeeper Li, have you ever made weapons?"
"Weapons?!"
Li Shuguo was even more surprised.
When he came, he specifically thought about Chen Yulou’s purpose of inviting him down the mountain.
In the final analysis, Chen Baotou’s greatest identity is that he is the leader of contemporary Xiling warriors.
The people who move mountains and flat hills are the best at moving tools.
So just now he specifically mentioned the Mysterious Fire Cave, which was considered to be what he liked. Unexpectedly, what Chen Boss asked about turned out to be weapons.
He hesitated, but couldn't help but ask.
"Shopkeeper Chen wants to make firearms?"
There are countless spears and artillery these days, and whoever has a gun in his hand is the king.
His ancestors had built artillery for attacking and defending cities, such as the Crouching Tiger Cannon and the Red Coat Cannon, as well as muskets such as matchlocks and flintlock muskets.
But that was all so many years ago.
It is now outdated.
What everyone uses is either a box cannon or three pieces of iron.
Yishui's foreign goods.
I don’t know how many times stronger than a musket and a gun.
"Cold weapon!"
Looking at his confused face.
Chen Yulou slowly spit out three words.
Cold...cold weapon?
Li Shuguo was completely confused now.
What age has it been, except for those Jianghu people, who still uses cold weapons?
After all, no matter how advanced your martial arts skills are, you can't dodge gunpowder cannons.
It stands to reason that the Chen family has such a deep heritage, and he has seen everything he saw along the way.
Even those villagers, who have box guns in their waists, should know better than anyone that cold weapons are no match for firearms.
Why do the opposite?
Li Shuguo frowned, confused.
It wasn’t until he saw Chen Yulou’s smiling eyes from the corner of his eye that he suddenly came back to his senses as if he had fallen into an ice cave.
"Of course, I can make machine pins, weapons and guns."
"I wonder what kind of weapon Shopkeeper Chen needs?"
No Know why.
Chen Yulou became gentler and calmer.
He became even more frightened.
But when faced with his question, Chen Yulou did not answer. Instead, he pointed at the big lake in the distance in a meaningful way.
"Shopkeeper Li, let's go for a walk together?"
"...Okay."
Li Shuguo knew what he meant.
How dare you refuse.
I immediately chased after him.
Walking along the long embankment of the lake, the water vapor in the sky blew in with the wind, and the heat in my body suddenly dissipated.
But Li Shuguo was always in a state of uneasiness and uneasiness.
He followed step by step, thinking wildly in his mind.
Wait until half a moment after leaving.
There is no one else around.
Chen Yulou then stopped.
Li Shuguo subconsciously looked around, his eyes widened, and then he realized that they had walked along the wooden bridge to the pavilion in the middle of the lake without knowing it.
As far as the eye can see, there is a vast expanse of water.
His heart sank.
I don’t know what Chen Yulou wanted to say when he called him here.
"Shopkeeper Li can rest assured that since Chen invited you here, he will never harm you."
"Besides, I am not a murderous person."
Seeing that he was worried, Chen Yulou couldn't help but shake his head and smile.
"This..."
Li Shuguo couldn't help but blush after being exposed.
It’s not that he is timid by nature.
The man in front of me is really notorious, and I can’t figure out what he is thinking right now.
However, now that it was over, he no longer had so many worries.
"Shopkeeper Li, have you ever heard of the mountain demon?"
Li Shuguo frowned, "Of course you have heard of it."
There are many things about yellow demons and foxes in this world. There are countless rumors about Jing, Sherat, and Snake women eating people's yang energy and killing people.
He can tell a dozen versions at once.
"If... Chen wants to ask Shopkeeper Li to use the tendon of a mountain demon to build a weapon for me, shopkeeper Li can do it?"
"What, what?!"
Li Shuguo's thoughts had gradually eased.
I was shocked again.
He subconsciously thought that Chen Yulou was joking, but when he took a look secretly, his eyes were deep and clear, as quiet as an ancient well.
No joke at all.
"This... I dare not deceive shopkeeper Chen. I have never tried it before."
Li Shuguo gritted his teeth.
Although he has achieved the ultimate in weapon refining.
But the materials are all ordinary things after all, nothing more than gold, silver, copper and iron.
He had never heard of this mountain monster with big muscles.
But for some reason, Li Shuguo felt a strong impulse in his heart, as if there were countless voices telling him in his ears.
This is most likely the only opportunity in this life.
If you don’t try it once, you may regret it until you die.
“But.”
Thinking of this, Li Shuguo gritted his teeth.
"But I am willing to give it a try."
"Oh?"
Chen Yulou saw his expression of war between heaven and man.
To be honest, if even Li Shuguo couldn't do it, there wouldn't be anyone else that day.
The Li family's skill in refining weapons is unparalleled.
He even thought that if Li Shuguo retreated in spite of the difficulty, the six-winged centipede's demon tendons could only be stored temporarily.
Wait until he learns the art of refining weapons before making any plans.
But judging from his intentions, he seems to be quite willing.
"Just, shopkeeper Chen, can you let me take a look first so that I can have a clue."
Seeing that Chen Yulou was just looking at him with a smile behind his hands, Li Shuguo didn't care anymore and told his thoughts together.
“Also, to be honest with Shopkeeper Chen, my Li family has a manual for refining weapons, which is said to have been handed down by the master swordsmith Zhang Yajiu. It contains records of refining demon weapons for Taoists.”< br>
"To be honest, in the past I have always read it as a fantasy novel."
"Now, maybe I can give it a try."
"The weapon refining manual, Zhang Yajiu?”
This was the first time Chen Yulou heard about this matter.
You must know that Zhang Yajiu was the number one weapon refiner in the Tang Dynasty.
The Crow Nine Sword forged by his own hands is known as Mo Xie, the self-made general, and another peerless sword.
However, if it is true, then it seems that it can be explained that the Li family has such an amazing ability to sell weapons.
“Since shopkeeper Li has such means.”
"Of course."
Chen Yulou was originally thinking about doing it himself.
Unexpectedly, after all the twists and turns, Li Shuguo actually hid such a skill.
Only, compared to his surprise.
At this moment, Li Shuguo's heart was already filled with excitement.
If he could really use demon tendons to create a demon weapon, then his achievements would be able to surpass those of the ancestors of the Li family.
Become the well-deserved first person.
Not to mention.
Fighting with swords, guns, swords and halberds all my life.
Why didn't he want to craft a weapon with his own hands that would shock the past and the present, and even leave a name in history?
"Shopkeeper Li, please come this way."
Immediately, Chen Yulou did not dare to delay.
He stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
Took him all the way into Guanyun Tower and asked him to sit down.
He just went to the basement in person and moved the jade box containing the demon tendons up.
It took almost half a month before the demon tendon was taken out of the six-winged centipede.
But there is Aoki's spiritual energy sealed in it.
The moment the jade box is opened.
Li Shuguo felt as if an extremely terrifying evil spirit was coming towards his face.
Suddenly.
It was as if I saw a black shadow flying through the clouds and mist.
Rubbed his eyes vigorously a few times.
When the hallucination dissipated, he saw a big sinew that was seven or eight meters long, like a white snake, lying quietly deep in the bottom of the box.
"This...is this the mountain demon Dajin?!"
The previous chapter Li Shuguo was written as Yang Shuguo. It has been revised. I am really sorry
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