"Master Huo, I have carefully inspected your hands. The person who connected your tendons at that time probably had little experience in this area. The technique used was also extremely rough, and the nerves were misaligned. As a result, most of the functions of your hands were lost. In addition, The recovery is not ideal, but you are very perseverant and can actually rely on acquired rehabilitation training to reach the point where you can live without being affected. It’s amazing!”
"My hands are only used for eating with chopsticks, and it's hard for me to get dressed. At least I don't have to trouble others." Huo Shanzi smiled self-deprecatingly and retracted his arms full of wrinkles.
It's too ugly. It doesn't look like a hand, but like two pieces of dead branches.
"Master Huo, my method may require you to endure pain again, which may be greater than the pain you experienced the first time." Luo Xing said.
"What if I could pick up the hammer again and endure the pain again?" Huo Shanzi chuckled. As a blacksmith, why wouldn't he want to forge a weapon that would make him famous forever?
This is his original intention and dream.
"My treatment may last for a long time, probably about a year. Master Huo also needs to be mentally prepared."
"I've been here for ten years, and I still care about one year?"
"Okay, I'll start from the beginning. You have to give up drinking. It's best not to drink at all. Then, I will prepare a medicinal soup, not for you to drink, but for you to soak your hands. You need to give your elbows a try. Soak it in, once in the morning and once in the evening, for about half an hour each time. It is best to keep the temperature of the medicinal soup at a level that is hot enough to scald your mouth but can be ingested. The soaking time depends on the condition of your wrist. It can take a month or even three months. possible."
Then Luo Xing taught Huo Shanzi a few movements to exercise his finger joints and wrists, and asked him to practice them every day. They were actually rehabilitation movements, but he practiced them now so that he could get started faster in the future.
"Master Huo, this is a sword I designed for myself. Take a look." Luo Xing handed Huo Shanzi the style of the "Tang Dao" he drew.
As soon as Huo Shanzi took the drawing, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Holding knives in both hands?"
"Yes, holding a knife with both hands is more explosive and lethal, and it's more enjoyable to fight!" Luo Xing gave his reason.
"Qilang, have you considered the Zimu Sword?" Huo Shanzi said nothing. Everyone has their own favorite weapon. There is no perfect weapon. The key is the person who uses the weapon.
"Master Huo means to hide another knife in the handle?" Luo Xing understood immediately. This is a good thing for Yin people, something that can save lives at critical moments.
"But will this affect the strength of the handle?"
"The handle of the knife can be made of gloomy wood or lightning strike wood that is over a thousand years old. If you can ask a spiritual talisman master to carve a reinforcing spiritual pattern on the inside, then there will be no problem."
"Can't spiritual patterns only be carved on jade?"
"Yes, spiritual patterns can be engraved on any spiritual object. Jade is just the most easily obtained spiritual material in nature. Any object, if it can last for thousands of years, has some spirituality. Such materials can be called It's a spiritual material." Huo Shanzi gave Luo Xing some knowledge that he didn't know before.
I had gotten a piece of Millennium Lightning Strike Wood in the ghost market before, but that piece was obviously not suitable for making a knife handle.
Thousand-year-old dark wood is easier to find. Lightning strike wood is difficult to form naturally. Dark wood does not have to be formed naturally. It can also be artificially formed.
Therefore, dark wood can still be seen in the market, but it is also very valuable.
"The blade of this knife is three feet and six inches long, and the handle is one foot. If it is made according to the materials you require, this knife will weigh fifty or sixty pounds. In addition to being a heavy machete, it is heavier than an ordinary standard combat knife. Three times more.”
"Master Huo, do you think this sword can be of high quality if it is cast?"
"If it were me ten years ago, if these materials were given to me, I would be 100% sure that it would be a good product, but now, I am not sure."
"Master Huo, I want to try to build such a sword using ordinary materials first, and then finally transition to this sword. How about you guiding me?" Luo Xing said.
"Well, Qilang, you do understand the principle of step by step." Huo Shanzi admired.
"If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. As a person with no blacksmithing experience, I want to make a knife made of such precious materials right away. Even if I have a mine at home, I can't stand it!" Luo Xing laughed.
"Qilang, when do you plan to start?" Huo Shanzi was also curious. Although he only agreed to guide Luo Xing in making a knife, he actually meant to teach him, and he did not have the status of master and apprentice. It's a bad thing.
"anytime."
"Then let me tell you some basic elements of forging weapons. The first is the identification of materials. The smelting methods of different materials are different. We need to conduct a preliminary smelting and purification before forging. Generally, this is It will be done by the forging apprentice, you don’t have to do it, but you must understand..."
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Today is the Great Court Meeting that takes place every ten days. Although the weather is freezing and the emperor has moved the meeting time to noon, the Dazheng Hall where the Great Court Meeting is located is still as cold as an ice cave.
After burning so many charcoal stoves, it doesn't seem to have much effect.
Everyone is a martial arts practitioner, so the cold is nothing. However, some old and frail ministers, who had to come to such a big court meeting, took leave and stayed home.
In the southeast, with the arrival of cold winter and thousands of miles of ice, combat has become very difficult for both the offensive and defensive sides, especially the offensive side.
The winter attack is purely about killing the opponent.
The climate in the south is warm and humid, and many soldiers are not accustomed to the cold weather in the north. To force an attack at this time is what a stupid commander can do.
Therefore, the war should start after the spring of next year.
Both sides are now intensifying their efforts to accumulate strength. Prepare for war in three or four months.
Above the imperial meeting, it was mainly about war and finance. Emperor Yongxi obtained 10 million taels of silver from "Huitong", which alleviated the military expenditure problem. However, with military expenditures, wars cannot be fought with money alone, and production must be produced. Various ordnance, mobilizing military supplies, recruiting soldiers, and a series of other issues.
This is something that involves thousands of families.
"Your Majesty, the Ordnance Department has recruited thousands of private craftsmen to build 80 smelting and forging furnaces, and forges more than 5,000 weapons of various types every day. However, due to weather conditions, the raw materials have not been transported back to the capital in time. Currently, only half of the work can be started. …”
"Your Majesty, after half a month of inventory, I found that there are still more than 150 million dans of grain stored in the North Warehouse. In addition, there are about 50 million dans of various types of frozen meat and fish stored in the West Warehouse and East Warehouse. The capital has sufficient food, please rest assured, Your Majesty."
"Yes." Emperor Yongxi nodded. The world is huge and the food is the biggest. If there is no food, the people will not stay at home and starve. They will rebel.
"Your Majesty, the Xirong envoy has sent the chief and deputy envoys outside the palace to ask for an audience!" At this moment, Huangmen Supervisor ran in quickly and knelt down to report.
"Xuan!" Emperor Yongxi thought about it and announced.
"The chief and deputy envoys of the Xuanxi Military Envoy are here to meet you!"
A moment later, Alhai, the left prime minister of Xirong, and Shang Chen, the deputy envoy, strode into the Dazheng Hall wearing Xirong official uniforms. They bent down and half-knelt to salute Emperor Yongxi, and then stood up again.
"Your Majesty, why are you here today?" Emperor Yongxi asked.
"Dear His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Foreign Minister is here to hand you a personal letter from His Majesty the Wolf Lord, on behalf of my Lord the Wolf Lord." Alehai said.
"Oh, bring it up."
Alehai handed a wooden lacquer box to Qixi, the eunuch who came to get the letter. After Qixi took the box, he walked up to Danbi, opened the box, took out the letter inside, and then handed it to the eunuch who was sitting on the dragon chair. Emperor Yongxi.
The letter was written in Xirong script and Zhou script. In addition to the Wolf Lord's autograph, there was also a gold seal with a wolf's head. With Emperor Yongxi's eyesight, he could naturally recognize it at a glance. The signature and gold seal were both genuine and could not be forged. of.
Neither Alehai nor Shangchen had the courage.
Yongxi was a little surprised after reading the content of the letter. The Wolf Lord of Xirong actually wanted to sign a thirty-year peace agreement with Zhou Dynasty, but the conditions were marriage, opening more forays at the border, and opening up some goods trade, especially since Zhou Dynasty banned exports. Xirong’s refined iron and table salt as well as the exchange and learning of young students!
This agreement is beneficial to the Great Zhou. Once the agreement is signed, as long as the Wolf Lord is alive, he will at least not take the initiative to tear up the agreement. The border problems in the northwest of the Great Zhou can be solved, the pressure on the border will be reduced, and the required soldiers and military expenses will naturally be reduced. Can be reduced.
Moreover, at least 50,000 elite border troops can be mobilized from Lingzhou to the southeast. This will solve many thorny problems.
Of course, as a qualified emperor, with the suspicious character of Emperor Yongxi, how could he not doubt why the Wolf Lord of Xirong suddenly took the initiative to conclude a peace agreement? This may not be that simple, there must be an internal reason.
The intelligence work of the Nanya Intelligence Department is lagging behind more and more. Zhuo Chunfeng must quickly return to Nanya to take charge of the work. The letters of the peace agreement have been delivered, but there is no news from Nanya. This is still the Great Zhou Dynasty Nanya, my eyes and ears, the eagle dog?
"Is His Majesty the Wolf Lord going to sign a peace agreement with Dazhou?" Emperor Yongxi directly said the contents of the letter in public.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
At this time, the ministers started talking one by one, and some even showed joy. It must be a good thing that there is no need to fight at the border.
But I am afraid that the peace agreement will not be signed in vain, and Xirong must have conditions.
"The peace agreement can be signed, but I cannot accept all the conditions proposed by the Wolf Lord." Emperor Yongxi said, "If your Majesty the Wolf Lord is really sincere, then we can sit down and talk."
"This is natural."
"When will your wolf master come to Luojing?"
"Probably around spring next year, I will wait for my Majesty's notification of the specific time." Alehai said.
"Then let's talk, Mr. Cai."
"I'm here."
"I will leave it to you to handle the negotiations with Xirong." Emperor Yongxi ordered.
"I obey the order." Cai Jin was stunned for a moment, but he still nodded and agreed. This is not a good job. If you do it well, you will leave your name in history. If you do it poorly, you may lose your reputation.
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