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Chapter 457 Competition

On that day, the Tie Futu soldiers of the Ding Navy charged into the battle against the arrow rain knife mountain and smashed Li Quan's camp of tens of thousands in one breath. Yu Mang'er witnessed it with his own eyes.He is very confident in his personal martial arts, but he has to give in when he thinks of the excellent equipment of the Ding Navy.

Later, he followed Guo Zhongyuan's troops to Yidu Mansion, and on the same day, he went out with Tang Jiuyu, the officer in charge of the surrender, to meet the team of craftsmen who rushed from Laizhou.

In that team, Yu Mang'er recognized blacksmiths who made weapons, bowsmiths who made bows and crossbows, carpenters, stonemasons, masons, tailors and so on.There are a lot of people, and the tools they carry are full of more than a dozen carts.I thought that so many craftsmen were the private subordinates of Guo Jiedu in Laizhou, but after asking Tang Jiulu, I found out that these people were actually subordinates directly to Guo Zhongyuan, General Manager Guo.

The treatment of the artisans under Guo Jiedu is also the same, but the number is much larger. There is an organization called the Ordnance Department that manages it, and produces all kinds of armor sticks day and night.

Because the Ordnance Department's craftsman camp had to ensure output while relocating, large-scale mining and metallurgy could not be moved, and other industries had to be adjusted in conjunction with mining and metallurgy, and the final decision would take several months.Right now, Yu Mang'er and others only need to help the craftsmen in Guo Zhongyuan's headquarters settle down.

Among these craftsmen, the highest status was a blacksmith surnamed Fang.

When Yu Mang'er was working for him, he always heard him boasting triumphantly.He said that he followed Guo Jiedu to settle down in the Feijunhe camp in Hebei as early as the year before last, and repaired the green velvet armor for Guo Jiedu.

Even if he hadn't been promoted to the Ordnance Department, he still has a blacksmith workshop accompanying the army in charge, and his life is very comfortable.

The iron materials are provided by the military government on a monthly basis. He only needs to respond to the needs of Guo Zhongyuan's soldiers in a timely manner, repair and build standard armor weapons, and the excess iron materials are just used to make some small weapons for the soldiers, such as Hammers, knives, throwing axes and the like.

All of these had to be paid for by the soldiers themselves, so Blacksmith Fang made a lot of money from it.

Now that he heard the sound of blacksmithing, Yu Mang'er immediately recalled the location of the blacksmith's workshop.He looked at the high walls on both sides again, and suddenly felt familiar. It turned out that he walked half a circle around the school grounds and arrived at the southwest corner of Dongyang City.

It's not difficult to turn back to the school grounds from here, but anyway, those spear spear competitions are not very interesting, so why not go and see what Blacksmith Fang is up to.

He walked forward a few steps, turned a corner to the right, and the lights were brightly lit in front of him, as expected, it was already the craftsman's camp site.

The blacksmith's stove in the craftsman's camp was set up temporarily, not very big, but with a wooden fan blowing it, the firepower was sufficient, and the whole workshop shed was illuminated brightly red.Blacksmith Fang was using iron tongs to pick out the red-hot steel bars, and then cooperated with his big apprentice to repeatedly hit them with big and small hammers.

Going closer, Yu Mang'er recognized that they were making long or square armor pieces.

In the shed, there is a wooden frame used to support the armor, and a piece of armor is hung on the wooden frame.Although it is not a particularly thick and heavy iron floating map armor, the armor is covered with shoulders, the legs are bent down, and the first is the neck protector, which is also very sophisticated.

It seems that Blacksmith Fang is making the armor, which is used for this set of armor.I don't know which officer wanted it so urgently that Blacksmith Fang started the furnace overnight.

The work was almost done, Blacksmith Fang's youngest apprentice was spreading out a set of tools on the large wooden table, and was going to punch holes in the cooled armor, and then weave ropes to fit into the whole set of armor.

Blacksmith Fang has four apprentices, all of whom he took in as refugees. They were taught from childhood, and they also took his surname.Because some apprentices died of military disasters or diseases in the early years, the ranking of these four people is staggered, and they are called Fang San, Fang Si, Fang Liu and Fang Qi respectively.

At the moment, Fang Si and Fang Liu are the ones who are sweating profusely and stirring the wooden fan.

While pulling the bellows lever, Fang Liu asked half-jokingly: "Fourth brother, tell me, how weak are the hand strength of us workers compared to soldiers? Guo Jiedu is good at swinging a hammer to hit people. We are also good at it? Tell me, if we go to battle, can we gain some military exploits?"

"What do you want to do with military exploits? I want to practice my blacksmithing skills, become the leader of a craftsman like a master, and then save money to marry a wife and have a baby." Fang Si licked the drool from the corner of his mouth as he spoke.

Fang Liu rolled his eyes.

"Being the leader of the artisan household is nothing more than that. It's better to get the military achievements faster. I asked Lao Lu and the others a few days ago, and a battle is over..."

He crossed his fingers and said emphatically, "What, each person was rewarded with five acres of land! It's all irrigated! Are you happy?"

Fang Si snorted: "What's wrong with the ten mu of land? I don't know how to plant it. Besides, I have to deal with the shaded households... Those shaded households under the master's name are not easy to serve, and they need this all day long." Want that... thinking of them gives me a headache!"

"Why don't you say it's hard to serve you? At that time, you will be the army and the chief security officer! It's too late for them to serve you!"

Fang Liu was about to speak again when there was a muffled thud on his forehead.

He was hit by a wooden bowl casually thrown by Fang Blacksmith, and he fell on his back.

Blacksmith Fang yelled loudly: "Stop dreaming! How can you earn so much military exploits? You will die if you win a battle, and you will die even more if you lose a battle! The one who dies is you who have never been on the battlefield and are completely incomprehensible!"

After cursing a few words, he said to the other party: "You cover the fire door. These pieces of armor are all ready!"

"Okay!" Fang Si quickly took the iron braze, covered the fire door until there was only a small gap, and then took the wet mud to seal the edge.

And Fang Liu sat on the ground, touched the big bump on his forehead that suddenly protruded, stuck his neck, and shouted unconvinced:
"The Ding Navy is expanding very fast. It is not one or two people who have never been on the battlefield to sign the army! You say they will not die, so what does it matter to me? They are all dead, and I will not die! Lao Lu and I Having said that, the key is to have strength and courage!"

He turned his head and saw Yu Mang'er beside him, so he called out, "Yu Mang'er, don't you think so?"

Fang Liu was too unprofessional, and Yu Mang'er didn't know how to explain it to him.

What's more, those people Fang Liu envied, their military merits are coming from the old comrades who slaughtered Yu Mang'er, and Yu Mang'er became more and more lazy to pay attention to them.

He felt a little bored, so he turned and left.Suddenly, I heard heavy footsteps coming from outside the work shed.

A man walked over, and shouted in a deep voice: "So what if you haven't been on the battlefield? Is it you who can tell whether the soldiers will die or not?"

If it's broken, it's called misfortune!

Blacksmith Fang hurried forward to meet him, smiling all over his face: "Don't blame Yu Xiaolang, my apprentice has always been full of nonsense...Xiao Lang, the armor you want will be ready soon, and it won't delay tomorrow morning..."

The one who was called Yu Xiaolang sounded young, about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in ordinary military clothes, tall and fat.He came in a hurry, sweating profusely, and panting over the stove. At first glance, he looked like a wild boar being teased and jumped violently: "I can't do it tomorrow morning, I want it tonight! Hurry up, old Fang! Give you money!"

He shook off Blacksmith Fang and continued to walk into the shed, squinting at Yu Mang'er, and sneered again: "No wonder your apprentice expects Ding Hai to die? Is this because he has dealt too much with the soldiers?"

As he spoke, he stretched out his thick arm and pushed Mang'er's shoulder suddenly: "Get out of the way!"

Yu Mang'er really didn't block his way, Mr. Yu Xiaolang was just making excuses.I don't know what happened to him, but he was so angry.

Clay figurines also have a bit of rustic nature, even if Yu Mang'er became a soldier, he would not like to be bullied by cats and dogs.

At the moment, he exerted a little force on his feet and stood still.

Yu Xiaolang pushed Yu Mang'er's shoulder with one hand, it was like pushing an iron pillar, and he remained motionless.

"Good boy!"

Yu Xiaolang's sturdy body paused, and the strength in his arms suddenly increased by several percent.

Yu Mang'er made a wrong step at this moment, and Yu Xiaolang staggered forward a few steps.If it wasn't for the quick reaction, he would almost hug the stove and perform a searing show.

"Good boy! Dare to fight back!"

Yu Xiaolang turned around with eyebrows and evil eyes, no more words, just punched.

With his physique, even if this punch doesn't use all his strength, it still looks fierce.But this kind of straight-forward method used in battle formations is not the same as Yu Mang'er's reckless martial arts.Although Yu Mang'er is young, he has fought with Li Quan for many years, and he is a well-known fighter among the more than 1 red-coated troops!

Yu Mang'er spread his arms and wiped away the fist that had been swung to his face, and raised his knee sideways, followed by a slanting kick.

This time, following Yu Xiaolang's momentum, he kicked hard on his thigh.Yu Xiaolang yelped, his feet gave way, and he fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)