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

Chapter 148: The Limits of Treasure Soldiers

Ten days later, Jiang Lin made dozens of sets of armor and sent them all to the Nanling camp.

Not long after, Liao Mingxu sent someone to deliver 40,000 taels of silver.

The silver filled several boxes, so full that it dazzled the onlookers.

"I'm really sorry, but the brothers have only collected this much. We are still a few thousand taels short. We will make it up to you when we get our salaries."

The one who came to deliver the silver was still Miao Chuanfu, and this eighth-rank captain became a messenger.

The military salaries of the Daqian Dynasty were still very high, with a captain receiving nearly two hundred taels of silver every month.

But they took more and spent more.

After all, you don’t know when you will die on the frontier, so there is no point in leaving too much silver.

Because soldiers have a lot of money and are willing to spend it, places where there are many military camps are often bustling with business.

Jiang Lin accepted the silver without hesitation, and Miao Chuanfu left.

The masters of the Southern Blacksmith Camp were all envious when they saw the huge pile of silver.

When Jiang Lin earned several thousand taels before, they already thought it was a lot, but now they realize that it was not much at all.

In just over ten days, he earned another 40,000 taels, which is truly terrifying.

Even though he went to Kyoto City to buy two shells of the monster Hunlu in order to make armor, he only spent less than three thousand taels.

As for those ordinary irons, they are almost not worth any cost.

In addition, Miao Chuanfu also brought some news that was neither good nor bad.

Fang Zhisheng, the garrison commander who went to various prefectures to set up the Dao-killing Camp, was seriously injured, and his two thousand captains, five battalion commanders, and even the cavalry captain were also seriously injured.

Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, there were more than 5,000 casualties among the 3,000 men plus tens of thousands of government troops, and countless others were injured.

The ones who caused them such great losses were naturally the remnants of Xuanhua Dao.

Several branch mountain gates were uprooted and wiped out by Fang Zhisheng and his men.

Both sides were badly injured and had to retreat temporarily to recuperate.

Jiang Lin was not surprised to hear the news; rather, it was within his expectations.

How could it be so easy to deal with Xuanhua Dao, who dared to come to Kyoto City to assassinate His Majesty the Emperor?

Being able to wipe out several branch mountain gates is already a remarkable achievement.

What puzzled Jiang Lin was that the Xuanhua Dao knew that Daqian was going to destroy their sect, so why didn't they leave?

Is there any special meaning in holding on here?

Jiang Lin actually hoped that the people from Xuanhua Dao would leave quickly, no matter where they went, but not stay in Daqian.

It’s not that he sympathizes with these Taoists, but he is worried that Fang Zhisheng will really die in battle later.

The border troops fight to the death and will not retreat even if they know they cannot win.

It's a pity that when Fang Zhisheng went on the expedition, he didn't know much about the monsters, otherwise if he had made a good set of armor for him, perhaps the injuries would have been less severe.

Fang Zhisheng was relatively better off, as he went to a place where the Xuanhua Dao was not very strong.

It is said that there are several prefectures where Xuanhua Dao is deeply rooted. The anti-Dao camps formed there suffered more than 50% losses in just a few days and were unable to capture the enemy's mountain gate.

In the words of Miao Chuanfu, a true Taoist can overturn rivers and seas, cause the sky to collapse and the earth to split apart with a wave of his hand, and is beyond human power to defeat.

He can also steer the sword over a thousand miles and chop off a person's head as easily as taking something out of a bag.

Such people cannot be dealt with by ordinary troops at all, even if the border troops are sent there.

Jiang Lin was deeply touched by this. The brutality of the Battle of Kyoto still left a lingering fear in people's hearts.

The various methods displayed are truly like gods and immortals descending to earth.

To date, the reconstruction of Kyoto City has not been completed.

Fortunately, Daqian's Construction and Repair Department was efficient enough and temporarily built shacks to accommodate the affected people.

This is still lucky. Many people didn't even have the chance to live on the streets because they were killed by that palm.

It is said that the city of Kyoto was a river of blood that night, with over 100,000 corpses.

Whether it is true or not is impossible to verify, and the court did not announce the casualty figures.

No one asked, or maybe someone asked but got no response.

Daqian doesn’t care about human life, if someone dies, they die.

Jiang Lin also more or less understood why those people in the underworld naturally thought that there was no need to share the benefits with the dead.

If even the imperial court is like this, how can the people stay out of it?

The various rules and orders of this world make it difficult for Jiang Lin to adapt.

The ideological education received in the previous life focused more on human rights and also encouraged people to cherish life.

But here, it seems like death is a very common little thing.

After sighing for a long time, Jiang Lin returned to the blacksmith shop.

He took out the black crystal iron sent by Yu Maoming, and also took out a sharp wolf fang.

There were two fangs in total. One was made into a first-grade long sword and sent to the Nanling camp, and the remaining one has been kept until now.

Blacksmith Qi came over and asked, "Master Jiang, do you want to try making a treasure weapon?"

"Yes." Jiang Lin had no intention of hiding it.

"In my opinion, it will be difficult for you to succeed." said Qi the blacksmith.

"Why?" Jiang Lin was a little confused.

He was able to forge a first-class weapon by using ordinary iron to fuse the remains of monsters. So is it impossible for him to make a precious weapon using black crystal iron?
"Because you don't know what a precious weapon is." Qi the blacksmith said, "Of course, I don't know either. Even the entire foundry department doesn't know. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Jiang Lin asked again.

"Because all the precious weapons are made by private craftsmen from powerful families, and there seems to be some secret recipe. If you don't know the secret recipe, even if you use the best materials and integrate the remains of the most powerful monsters, it will not become a precious weapon." said Qi the blacksmith.

"Master Qi is right. We once had a master craftsman in our foundry department who collected several kinds of good materials, some of which were much better than black crystal iron. He also had remains of third and fourth grade monsters, and used exotic wood to calcine them. But in the end, they were still just ordinary weapons, not precious weapons." Master Tang followed.

"It's not that the master craftsman's skills are not good enough. He may not be as good as you, but he can also forge third-grade weapons." Qi the blacksmith said: "After several failures, the master craftsman left the foundry and traveled around the world. He came back many years later and left these words."

"If you don't know what a precious weapon is, you can't make one."

Jiang Lin was stunned when he heard this. He originally thought that Baobing was just a simple pile of materials.

The better the quality of the material, the higher the final grade.

Actually it is not the case?
Seeing Jiang Lin looking at him, Qi the Blacksmith waved his hand and said, "Don't ask me about the secret recipe anymore. I really don't know. If I knew, I would definitely not hide anything."

Jiang Lin believed that Blacksmith Qi was not lying, but he was a little skeptical.

If any iron can be made into a higher grade, can better materials continue to be at this grade?
"I want to give it a try." Jiang Lin said.

Qi the Blacksmith had expected that he would not give up easily, and said, "It doesn't hurt to give it a try. In fact, I also want to know whether the words left by the Master Craftsman are true or false. Over the years, you are the only one who has touched this level, and others don't even have the opportunity to verify the authenticity."

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