He was born as a blacksmith, but he dominated the world

Chapter 135 No More Shame
Afterwards, Yan Tianrong personally brought Jiang Lin a wooden token representing the master chef.

There's nothing special about it, it's just a symbol of honor.

The other people did not receive such high treatment and were only issued tokens by the craftsman Yu Maoming.

Despite this, several people were still very happy.

The other few master chefs who were not selected did not leave immediately. They witnessed the birth of the five master chefs before leaving.

They have to go back and prepare, and also help promote the Southern Blacksmith Camp.

The more people who submit applications for the selection, the less shameful it is for them, because strength in numbers makes the law irresistible.

When a person changes jobs, he puts profit first.

A lot of people are changing jobs, that's the trend!

After the master chef competition was over, Jiang Lin also demonstrated his extraordinary skills under the reminder of Yuan Gaohao.

Ordinary iron, after being burned, hammered and quenched, directly reaches the top three grades.

Yu Maoming picked up the unsharpened sword himself, and the six entropy patterns were clearly visible.

His face was full of admiration as he stroked the entropy pattern on the sword. After a long time, he looked at Jiang Lin.

"I'm not as good as you."

He started as an apprentice, then became a formal blacksmith, then a master blacksmith, and now a master blacksmith.

Along the way, Yu Maoming has met many talented people.

But none of them can be as talented as Jiang Lin.

Using only ordinary iron, it is actually possible to forge a top third grade weapon.

Yu Maoming himself is at most at the middle fifth rank.

Although there is only a difference of two grades, which may not seem like much, don't forget that he has been immersed in this for decades.

Perhaps some blacksmiths who were privately supported by the rich and powerful could do this, but he was the only one in the Foundry.

Yu Maoming looked at Jiang Lin and asked, "Will you participate in the regular test next year to be the deputy master craftsman?"

Jiang Lin shook his head without hesitation and said, "I won't participate."

He just wanted to improve his blacksmithing skills. What's the point of being an assistant forger? It would be too much of a waste of time.

Yuan Gaohao and Zhao Yangkui next to them both had strange expressions on their faces. They had stood out from thousands and tens of thousands of people and had worked hard to climb to their current positions.

Jiang Lin had no interest in the position of deputy engineer that others envied.

I don’t know whether I should admire him or what.

Yu Maoming laughed and said, "It's better not to participate. With your talent, the right thing to do is to concentrate on blacksmithing. I really want to see how far you can go and how high you can climb on this path!"

Yu Maoming was very happy to see the emergence of a young genius.

He sincerely hoped that Jiang Lin would not be contaminated by worldly things and could concentrate on improving his skills.

Even if I can't compare to the gods like my ancestors, at least I can stand close to the top.

Yan Tianrong glanced at Yu Maoming and said, "That's wrong. The deputy master craftsman is not nosy, but he can stand higher and see farther. The so-called three thousand great ways lead to the same destination, so how can there be a distinction between good and bad."

If Jiang Lin did not become the deputy engineer, Yan Tianrong would lose the opportunity to have closer contact with him, and naturally he did not want this to happen.

Yu Maoming did not refute, because he believed in his heart that Jiang Lin could distinguish right from wrong and walk his own path.

Jiang Lin did not debate with Yan Tianrong. As for how to proceed, no one else's opinions counted. His own decision was the only real one.

Afterwards, Yan Tianrong personally organized a group and took a few people out for lunch to deepen their relationship.

Qi the blacksmith and the others were all drunk and walked in a daze.

He didn't return to the blacksmith camp until he fell into bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Several familiar blacksmiths came over and asked Jiang Lin and Qi the blacksmith whether they had both become master blacksmiths.

Jiang Lin shook his head, and several people were suddenly shocked. It didn’t work?
How is that possible? Jiang Lin smiled and said, "It's not just me and Master Qi, there are also Master Tang, Master Li, and Master Ma from the former Northern Blacksmith Camp, a total of five people."

Several blacksmiths were stunned. Weren't they supposed to be only two people? How did it suddenly become five?

And there’s an outsider!
They were even more surprised when they learned that Master Ma was the master chef of the Northern Blacksmith Camp.

Did the chefs from other camps also participate in the competition?

But looking back, this isn't surprising.

The South Blacksmith Camp is not bad now. It has houses and high-quality ironware, and is far ahead of other blacksmith camps.

The salary has increased, the only thing lacking is the number of people.

But that’s not a problem!

In the past few days, the number of people who have registered to participate in the selection has exceeded 500, and is still increasing.

I estimate that in two days, there might be seven or eight hundred people.

If Jiang Lin had not insisted on testing their skills first, the number of people in the Southern Blacksmith Camp would have been at least 1,500.

Perhaps there is still a gap compared to other blacksmith camps with two or three thousand people, but it is not that big anymore.

From a small blacksmith camp with only a few hundred people, it quickly grew into a quasi-large blacksmith camp with more than a thousand people and was coveted by many people.

Both the blacksmith and the apprentices admired Jiang Lin very much.

They knew very well that without Jiang Lin, there would be no Southern Blacksmith Camp today. Even the only deputy chief craftsman, Zhao Yankui, was promoted thanks to Jiang Lin.

Otherwise, that position should have belonged to Yuan Bingqi.

……

Two days later, the South Blacksmith Camp stopped accepting applications and started the second expansion selection one day later.

More than 700 people came to the South Blacksmith Camp at the same time to participate in this rare event.

Many people were originally worried that they would lose face if they met acquaintances.

After they arrived, they found that there were so many people. What surprised them most was that several of their own master chefs had also come.

There were three major blacksmith camps in the east, west and north, and each family had at least two people coming, and some had more than three people.

Now everyone is free of pressure. Even the master chef can't resist the temptation. What else do they have to worry about!
After a series of tests, the fittest survived and finally three hundred people were selected to join the Southern Blacksmith Camp.

As Jiang Lin had said before, he expanded the number of reserve troops to 40 people, each of whom was equipped with a set of lower eighth-grade ironware.

The elite blacksmith team also has twenty people, each with a set of fourth-grade iron tools.

The news that he could use ordinary iron to forge top-third-grade weapons had spread. No matter whether the blacksmiths had joined or not, they were all looking forward to seeing Jiang Lin forge a complete set of top-third-grade ironware as soon as possible.

Even if you don’t use it, you’ll still find it enjoyable just looking at it!

However, Jiang Lin did not plan to do this immediately. He wanted to stabilize the situation first and wait for the newcomers to integrate into the Southern Blacksmith Camp.

After finishing his business here, he left the South Blacksmith Camp and planned to go home again.

It has been nearly a month since I last went home, and I wonder if those people in the martial arts world have hunted any good monsters.

It would be great if I could get the remains of a third-grade monster.

It is sold directly in shops in Kyoto, but the price is shockingly expensive.

The remains of any third-grade monster would cost at least several thousand taels of silver, and they are not sold individually.

With Jiang Lin's current financial resources, he obviously can't afford it, so he can only continue to target those gangsters.

Taking into account the unexpected situation encountered before, Jiang Lin also took away the second-grade arrows with the effect of Tarsal Maggots and carried the eight-stone strong bow borrowed from Liao Mingxu.

With this set of things, Jiang Lin has the confidence to challenge those who are at the peak of martial arts, let alone those who are only at the fourth or fifth level in martial arts!
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