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

Chapter 258: Only Deterrence Can Bring Order
"Mr. Minister, may I know what the Ministry of Works wants? A magic weapon?" Jiang Lin asked.

Si Hongwen shook his head and said, "This is a secret of Daqian. I don't know it either. Don't ask me again in the future."

There was a hint of warning in his words.

Jiang Lin was smart enough not to ask any further questions, because Liao Mingxu once said that if you ask many people about something and still can't get an answer, it's best not to ask any more questions.

Otherwise, people would die in Daqian.

Si Hongwen said he didn’t know, and whether it was true or not was no longer important.

"However, since you have cracked the secret formula of the treasure weapon, you can count it as a merit, but you cannot be rewarded in this name. After all, the powerful clans still control the blacksmiths. You should understand the reason behind this." Si Hongwen said again: "Tell me, what do you want?"

Jiang Lin certainly understood that the powerful clans nominally possessed the secret recipe for the precious weapon, and now there were thirteen people in the court who had cracked the secret, but they never passed it on to others.

Even Yang Junchi, a fifth-rank doctor, had never heard of this, which shows that this matter was only circulated among the upper echelons.

This is to give face to the powerful clans and a small way out.

The bottom line for the powerful clans is no longer whether you can crack the secret recipe, but whether you can create a magic weapon.

"In other words, the real danger may come from the magic weapon." Jiang Lin thought secretly.

Si Hongwen's voice came: "Why, don't you want anything?"

Jiang Lin came back to his senses and said, "I want more materials for blacksmithing so that I can continue to improve my skills. The more types the better, and the higher the quality of the materials, the better."

"That's not a problem. I'll send someone to deliver it to you in a few days." Si Hongwen said.

Jiang Lin knew there was nothing to say if he stayed any longer, so he bowed and said goodbye.

Si Hongwen nodded slightly, watched him leave, then turned and went into the seventh floor.

Following the stairs to the top floor, in a fairly spacious room, the Minister of Works Sun Zhongyun stood in front of the window, looking down.

That is Jiang Lin's position.

"Your Excellency, this person has indeed cracked the secret recipe of the precious weapon by himself. He is extremely talented." Si Hongwen bowed.

"Well, his character is not bad, but he is too close to the border troops." Sun Zhongyun said calmly: "But this is not a problem. On the contrary, it is good for us. We don't have to spend too much time protecting him."

Si Hongwen stood silently by and did not interrupt.

Sun Zhongyun turned around and looked at him, saying, "Do you think this can be accomplished?"

Si Hongwen said, "I don't know."

Sun Zhongyun's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, and he said, "The twelve people we trained before would always die suddenly at the critical moment. Your Majesty was furious, but he could do nothing. That powerful clan has been rooted for too long and it is difficult to uproot it. But I don't believe that they can really cover the sky with one hand forever!"

Si Hongwen still did not interrupt, because what the Shangshu said involved too many people and too many things.

It's too big a matter and it's not something a second-rank minister like him can comment on.

If Jiang Lin were present at this moment, he would definitely be shocked.

It was said that thirteen people cracked the secret recipe of the precious weapon, but it turned out that the first twelve were already dead.

Despite this, the Ministry of Industry still did not try to take Jiang Lin to a safe and secret place for protection.

Because they know it's meaningless.

The infiltration of powerful clans spread throughout Daqian, and their people were everywhere.

No matter where you take people, the powerful clans will find them.

A large part of the threat Jiang Lin felt came from this.

Sun Zhongyun turned around again and looked at the figure who was about to leave the Ministry of Industry. He suddenly sighed and said, "I hope you can survive."

These words sound sincere.

At this time, Jiang Lin had no idea that such a shocking secret would be revealed on the seventh floor.

He only thought in his mind that the powerful clans controlled the blacksmiths, and His Majesty was also training blacksmiths, and there seemed to be conflicts and concerns between the two sides.

Or in other words, their goal is the same thing.

What will it be?
According to Si Hongwen, only divine weapons and above would attract the attention of powerful clans, which means that the grade of this thing is very high.

A very powerful weapon?

Jiang Lin shook his head slightly. No matter what it was, it was beyond his control at the moment. Even if he could figure it out, it would be useless.

The good news is that it has now been confirmed that even if the secret recipe of the precious weapon is exposed, there will be no danger for the time being, so we can breathe a sigh of relief.

"I wonder how much material the Ministry of Industry will send, and whether it will be enough for me to upgrade the Hengyu Furnace to the Xuanbing level." Jiang Lin thought.

After returning to the Southern Blacksmith Camp, Blacksmith Qi immediately came over and asked in a low voice about the result.

After learning that there was no need to worry and he could show off his skills freely, Blacksmith Qi heaved a sigh of relief.

He laughed and said, "Congratulations to Master Jiang this time. Once this news comes out, your fame will soar to the sky!"

Just as Qi the blacksmith had expected, the news that Jiang Lin was able to forge precious weapons quickly spread far and wide.

It’s too far away, but at least almost everyone in the area around Kyoto knows about it.

Originally, Jiang Lin was also able to forge precious weapons, but he relied on the probability, so he was more or less not taken seriously.

But now it is in one’s hands, and the meaning is completely different.

A few days later, the South Blacksmith Camp became more lively than ever. At least thousands of people gathered around the blacksmith shop, including blacksmiths, apprentices, and even more military officers.

Jiang Lin stood in the shop, slowly opened his eyes and exhaled.

His aura became even stronger, and every move he made was frightening.

Among the crowd, there was a lot of discussion.

"What is Master Jiang's current level of cultivation?"

"I guess he must be at least at the ninth level of the Yuanwu Realm."

"Hiss... Ninth level of Yuanwu Realm? I've never seen anyone so young who can reach this level. If he takes two more steps, he will reach the Shenwu Realm!"

"A blacksmith whose cultivation is almost catching up with those great generals. It's really terrifying."

Amid the chirping sounds, Jiang Lin felt his own aura. He was undoubtedly at the ninth level of the Yuanwu Realm, and only one step away from reaching the peak of the Yuanwu Realm.

During this period of time, quenching and sharpening have been upgraded successively, allowing for a breakthrough in cultivation.

[Skill 3: Quenching Lv7 (Proficiency 0/2000)]

[Skill 5: Blade Sharpening Lv7 (Proficiency 0/2000)]

[Skill 5: Level 7 Rebirth, Perfect Quenching, Improves the quality of castings by 1%, and increases the attributes of castings by +]

[Skill 7: Level 7 new sharpening, perfect sharpening, improves the quality of castings by 1%, and increases the attributes of castings by +]

Needless to say, the proficiency level is high. The level 7 transformation and new development have increased the quality from % to %.

In addition, there is a new benefit: +1 to each attribute of the casting.

"This should refer to properties such as flexibility, hardness, penetration, and evasion. In other words, even if no other materials are incorporated, and only pig iron is used, it can naturally increase by 1 point."

Jiang Lin was quite satisfied with this skill upgrade, which was average and within his expectations.

Starting from level 7, every skill upgrade will bring about a qualitative change.

If it is upgraded to level 8 or 9 like hammering and fire-making, the increase will be even greater.

By then, even if it is made of pig iron, due to the enhancement of various qualities and attributes, it will surpass the same grade by a lot.

At this time, Qi the Blacksmith came over and asked with awe on his face, "Master Jiang, have you finished your breakthrough?"

"Well, it's over." Jiang Lin looked up at the huge crowd outside and said helplessly, "Let them register and forge weapons in order of ranking, but they must not fight again. If anyone fights, I will throw him out and never let him come again."

In the past few days, more and more people have come to Jiang Lin to ask him to make weapons.

The Nanling camp and several other border army camps were gone, but there were at least forty-one of the forty-eight camps in Kyoto.

There are thousands of military officers of different ranks alone.

Many of these people had come to Jiang Lin to buy top-grade weapons before. Now that they heard that Lord Jiang was able to forge precious weapons, they immediately came over and insisted on buying one.

Baobing, that was once a good thing that only the general could have, who wouldn’t want it?

Jiang Lin anticipated this situation and stated in advance that no matter what kind of weapon it is, he would only charge one hundred taels of silver for the workmanship, but at the same time you have to bring materials that match the value.

Of course, in return, there is a certain probability that you will buy low-grade precious weapons, but in fact you will get medium-grade or even high-grade precious weapons, or even spiritual weapons.

And this is without charging any extra money.

As soon as the news came out, in just three days, the South Blacksmith Camp was overcrowded with people, making it difficult to enter and exit.

Most of those who could come here and pay to buy weapons were military officers from various battalions. With so many people, friction was inevitable, and more than a dozen fights broke out in three days.

Even the Ministry of War sent people over, nominally to maintain order, but secretly they wanted to find Jiang Lin to make weapons, and they didn't care about anything at all.

Jiang Lin had no choice but to register first and rank later. If they continued to cause trouble, he would be thrown out.

Even though many of them were fourth-rank, fifth-rank, or even third-rank lieutenant generals, none of their cultivation could compare to Jiang Lin's.

In front of the eighth level of Yuanwu Realm, everyone is no different from a weak chicken.

Two lieutenant generals, three commanders, more than a dozen garrisons, and a thousand-man army were thrown out of the South Blacksmith Camp by Jiang Lin in succession. Then, he shot an arrow that created a pit hundreds of meters deep outside the camp. Everyone was shocked.

The blacksmith's fighting power is too high, so high that even those whose ranks are much higher than Jiang Lin's dare not cause trouble.

Because Jiang Lin now belongs to the Ministry of Industry and also has close ties with the border troops.

The Ministry of War is the Ministry of War, and the border troops are the border troops.

Many people dared to cause trouble at the Ministry of War, but no one dared to cause trouble for the border troops.

Especially since Jiang Lin had just shot and killed a group of people from Leiying Fort some time ago, and did not give any face to the lieutenant general of Zhongqu Camp at all. After this matter spread, everyone understood even more clearly that Jiang Lin was not someone to be trifled with.

Besides, why would you bother him for no reason?
Wouldn't it be better to just come here and forge weapons honestly and then go back happily?

With Jiang Lin's deterrence, order was slightly better.

But for some people, it was not good news, such as the lieutenant general of the Zhongqu Camp.

He was now being annoyed by his subordinates, the commanders, the garrisons and others. Everyone knew that he had a grudge against Jiang Lin, so he was rejected and had no chance of getting the precious soldiers.

A group of people didn't dare to curse him openly, but they cursed his ancestors in private.

It's just a mere 12,000 taels of silver, and not only did you take the benefit for yourself and not share it with us, you also prevented us from buying precious weapons. Damn you!

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