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

Chapter 259 Things You Can Do But Can’t Say

The lieutenant general of the Zhongqu Camp was scolded badly. Most of those who could stay in the 48th Camp in Kyoto came from noble families, and few of them were really from humble backgrounds.

If you arouse public anger, even if you are a third-rank lieutenant general, you have to think carefully.

The lieutenant general felt very regretful in his heart. A mere ten thousand taels was nothing at all.

However, for this little benefit, I offended a person who could mass-produce precious weapons. How will this end?
Some people may say, it’s just a weapon, if you don’t have it, then don’t have it.

However, you don't want it, but the people below you do.

They were innocently implicated and their anger had to be vented somewhere.

What's more, when resentment accumulates, once it undergoes a qualitative change, things will be completely different.

At the same time, Yang Junchi, a fifth-rank doctor, also arrived at the Southern Blacksmith Camp.

He was ordered by the Minister to deliver a reward to Jiang Lin.

There were two large boxes filled with materials, at least twenty or thirty kinds, and the quality was very good.

When Yang Junchi arrived at the South Blacksmith Camp and saw so many people, he couldn't help but be surprised.

"Master Jiang, these people are..."

"Come to me to make weapons." Jiang Lin replied simply.

Yan Tianrong asked from the side: "Master, don't you know that Lord Jiang has now cracked the secret formula of the treasure weapon and can create a treasure weapon at will?"

Even the Foundry Department knows this news, so there is no reason why the Ministry of Industry would not know about it.

However, Yang Junchi really didn't know about this, but no one took the initiative to tell him about it.

After being surprised, Yang Junchi asked, "So these rewards are because Lord Jiang has cracked the secret formula of the treasure weapon?"

He only knew that Jiang Lin had made a contribution, but he didn't know what the contribution was.

Jiang Lin nodded slightly, admitting it.

Yang Junchi turned around and looked at the military officers who were queuing up obediently to register. Many of them had higher ranks than him, but they were as well-behaved as children in the Southern Blacksmith Camp.

Yang Junchi couldn't help but feel strange. Even though these military officers were not affiliated with the border troops, they were still arrogant and domineering.

Even when they went to the Ministry of Works, they were all arrogant and condescending like masters. I have never seen them so well-behaved.

Yang Junchi turned back with a strange look on his face and said to Jiang Lin: "Master Jiang... I really admire you very much. I am ashamed of myself!"

Jiang Lin said modestly: "It's nothing, but I'm just being kind to you guys."

Yang Junchi shook his head: "Master Jiang is so young, yet he has forged a precious weapon. His future achievements are limitless. Previously, I thought that the Minister was too impatient to attach so much importance to you. Now it seems that I am too shortsighted."

A fifth-rank doctor deliberately kept such a humble attitude, which was considered to give Jiang Lin enough face.

Qi the blacksmith and the others looked at each other from behind, all with smiles on their faces.

Jiang Lin came from the Southern Blacksmith Camp. The higher his achievements, the more proud the people in the Southern Blacksmith Camp felt.

Then Yan Tianrong also complimented him a few more times before leaving with Yang Junchi.

After leaving the South Blacksmith Camp, Yan Tianrong still looked back from time to time, and the noisy sounds were still ringing in his ears.

The South Blacksmith Camp is really bustling nowadays.

Just thinking of Yang Junchi not knowing that Jiang Lin had cracked the secret recipe of the treasure weapon, Yan Tianrong couldn't help but wonder: "Master, the secret recipe of the treasure weapon was previously controlled by the powerful clans. Now that it has been cracked by Lord Jiang, it seems that the Ministry of Industry has not publicized it?"

"Big publicity? Even I, a fifth-rank doctor, don't know about it." Yang Junchi said.

"Why do you do this? If this news can spread throughout the world, wouldn't it greatly enhance the prestige of our Ministry of Works?" Yan Tianrong asked even more puzzled.

Yang Junchi thought for a moment, and then said, "I think this is because the superiors do not want to make enemies with the powerful clans. Lord Jiang can crack the secret recipe, that is his own ability, but if the Ministry of Industry is fanning the flames, that is another matter."

After all, Yan Tianrong had been an official for many years, so he understood immediately what his mentor meant.

Since the secret recipe of Baobing is a forbidden delicacy of the powerful and wealthy, the Ministry of Works naturally cannot publicize this matter in order to avoid conflict with them.

In this case, the cracking is Jiang Lin's personal behavior, which has nothing to do with the Ministry of Works, let alone Your Majesty.

After figuring this out, Yan Tianrong felt very unhappy.

But he knew that there were some things that he could think in his heart, even cursing, but he could never say them out loud.

The background of the powerful clans is absolutely beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Otherwise, how could the emperors of Daqian for several generations tolerate them until now.

Jiang Lin cracked the secret recipe of Baobing. The Ministry of Industry knew that he was a talented person, but they couldn't reveal too much.

There are some things you can do but not say.

To put it bluntly, it is to give both sides a way out. Otherwise, if things really turn against each other, some people will have to die before the situation can be resolved.

Yan Tianrong sighed and said, "I don't know when the Ministry of Industry can be truly regarded as the Ministry of Industry."

Yang Junchi glanced at him and opened his mouth to speak, but then he thought there was nothing wrong with what he said, so he gave up.

At this time, Jiang Lin had already moved the materials sent by the Ministry of Industry into the blacksmith shop.

Adding the materials sent by the military attachés, there are more than forty types in total.

The main thing is that many materials sent by military officers are of the same quality and category, with more or less differences.

The most common one among them is black crystal iron.

To say it is good, it is just one grade higher than pig iron. To say it is bad, even the foundry can't produce much.

But it's better to have it than nothing, and it is of some use after all.

After sorting the various materials according to categories and grades, Jiang Lin cut off a small part of each one and then used it to fuse and forge them in the Hengyu furnace.

[Good quality stove, quality improved by 1%]

[Good quality stove, quality improved by 5%]

[Good quality stove, quality improved by 10%]

……

With the continuous prompts, the sixth branch of Hengyu Furnace was quickly lit up.

One material, two materials, three materials...

After a total of forty-eight materials were fused and forged, the sixth branch of the Hengyu Furnace became completely bright.

hum-

The invisible waves caused violent vibrations within a radius of 100 meters.

A large amount of heaven and earth's vital energy was mobilized and poured into the Hengyu Furnace.

The speed was astonishingly fast and the amount was huge, like a whale swallowing the ocean, and a terrible hurricane was rolled up above the blacksmith's shop.

Many people looked over here in shock, not understanding what was happening.

Only experienced blacksmiths like Qi reacted quickly and looked towards the blacksmith shop at the first moment. Sure enough, they saw the Hengyu furnace that was getting bigger and bigger.

The blacksmith's shop today has no roof, as it was demolished long ago.

The Hengyu Furnace grew almost without limit, and in the blink of an eye, it reached a height of nearly nine meters before stopping.

Its diameter is almost eight meters, which is incredibly large.

"Is that Lord Jiang's stove? Why has it become bigger again?" someone asked in astonishment.

Blacksmith Qi laughed out loud and said, "Needless to say, the quality of this furnace must have been upgraded. It was a top-grade spiritual weapon before, but now it's probably at least a low-grade mysterious weapon!"

"How on earth did Lord Jiang manage to continuously upgrade the quality of the furnace?" someone asked in confusion.

"Maybe it's his unique steel-casting method. Lord Jiang's steel-casting method is different from that of ordinary people. Almost all materials can be easily fused. Unlike us, sometimes we can't even handle pig iron and wrought iron."

Everyone was talking about it, but Jiang Lin was looking at the Hengyu Furnace in the blacksmith shop with some distress. The Lingmiao Treasure Tree had indeed opened the progress of the seventh branch, which meant that the Hengyu Furnace was already a low-grade Xuanbing.

But the problem is, it’s too big!

With future promotions, the business will only get bigger, and sooner or later this shop will no longer be able to accommodate all of it.

Is it possible that I will have to work as a blacksmith outdoors in the future?
Jiang Lin shook his head slightly, and then looked intently at the information on Hengyu Furnace.

[A furnace of good quality, which can improve the quality of materials by 1%, attribute +, can melt all things to improve its own grade]

Jiang Lin's eyes lit up slightly. The quality of the materials had increased from 45% to 80%, almost doubling.

The most important thing is that there is one more attribute +1.

Jiang Lin has a deep understanding of how important material properties are.

A top-grade weapon with a sharpness of +2 is even sharper than ordinary precious weapons. It is definitely not as simple as the numbers seem.

Although the current attribute +1 does not seem to be much, don't forget that Hengyu Furnace is only a low-grade Xuan weapon now, and it can be upgraded more than a dozen times later.

Moreover, this attribute +1 has no restrictions, and it is very likely to comprehensively enhance the characteristics of the individual.

Perhaps an originally insignificant feature can be transformed into a qualitative leap after such an improvement.

Jiang Lin lowered his head and rummaged through the numerous ingredients, finally picking out a few and throwing them into the stove.

The largest one is a piece of pig iron, which is the foundation that Jiang Lin will use to make anything.

With his current level of skills, he could even forge a precious weapon out of raw iron.

When the material is put into the furnace, the flames rise quickly and surround it.

[Material quality improved by 1%]

[Material quality improved by 10%]

……

[Material quality improved by 197%]

The Hengyu furnace and the pure skills both have the effect of improving the quality of materials. The combination of the two, plus the effect of the furnace baking method, can make the quality of the pig iron reach an extremely shocking level with just one firing.

"If those elite blacksmiths use this piece of iron, they should be able to create a third-grade or even second-grade weapon at least, right?"

A faint smile appeared on Jiang Lin's lips. The day when everyone can use ordinary iron to forge top-grade weapons is not far away.

As long as he continues to make progress, even if everyone uses ordinary iron to forge precious weapons, it will be no problem.

Even if those blacksmiths have not reached the Yuanwu realm, the iron made by Jiang Lin is unmatched by everyone.

Taking the huge piece of pig iron out of the furnace, Jiang Lin picked up the hammer and began to hammer it.

[The quality of pig iron of average quality is improved by 1%]

[Hundred Refining Level +1]

[Hundred Refining Level +1]

[The quality of pig iron of normal quality is improved by 5%]

……

With the constant hammering, the size of this piece of pig iron, which is as big as a table, continues to shrink.

It was not until he had hammered it for more than a thousand times that Jiang Lin finally reached a level that satisfied him.

At this time, the quality of the entire piece of pig iron has been improved by more than 50% again, and this is just the apparent number.

Jiang Lin's probability of reaching the Hundred Refining levels has now reached about 40%, and he can reach a level with two or three hammer strikes.

After thousands of hammer blows, this piece of pig iron has been stacked into more than three hundred layers.

Although it is not too much, but stacking more than 300 layers in such a short time would make Yuan Bingqi, who is an expert in the Hundred Refining Method, drop his jaw if he knew about it.

If he wanted to stack three hundred layers, it would be impossible to do it without a few days, and how long has Jiang Lin been doing it?
It only took two or three hours at most.

Looking at the piece of pig iron that was almost the size of a human head, Jiang Lin put down the deformed hammer in his hand and used a small hammer to continue leveling it.

This piece of pig iron is square, and the patterns of the magical treasure tree have appeared on its surface, and the first branch is mostly lit.

This is the new hammer that Jiang Lin wants to make for himself. Otherwise, the quality of the material is too high and the previous hammer will break after a short time.

[Hundred Refining Level +1]

The quality of the refinement has been improved to its limit, but the Hundred Refinements level has not been improved.

If Jiang Lin is willing to spend more time, stacking thousands of layers would not be a problem.

But in that case, more and larger pieces of pig iron will be needed as the base, otherwise the volume will become very small.

For him, it is far less convenient and efficient than using other different types of materials for fusion forging.

After stacking about a hundred layers, the size of the hammer head was reduced again, but the overall shape was basically formed.

Put it in the furnace to heat, then take it out to quench.

[Perfect Quenching, 1%, each attribute of the casting +]

The hammer does not need to be sharpened, which is a pity as you cannot enjoy the amplification effect brought by sharpening.

However, after quenching, the quality of this hammer was directly upgraded to the level of a mid-grade precious weapon.

Moreover, the second branch was also 70% lit, and it was not far from becoming a top-grade treasure weapon.

Jiang Lin rubbed his sore wrist. It was indeed more strenuous to use a hammer of the previous grade to forge this higher grade material.

If it weren't for the fact that his physique and skills far surpassed those of a normal blacksmith, he would have collapsed long ago.

After resting for a while, Jiang Lin wrapped the melted black crystal iron around the hammer and started a new round of hammering.

[Hammer of decent quality, hardness +2]

Jiang Lin then melted the materials that he had just sorted out and found suitable for use in hammers and continued forging.

People outside were surrounding the blacksmith's shop, but they didn't dare to come over to look.

Because the hammering sound was so loud, not to mention it was earth-shattering and soul-stirring, just watching from afar made me feel as if I was the material being hammered.

Those who were not brave enough were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they ran away far away, not daring to come any closer.

Even old masters like Qi the Blacksmith just watched curiously from a distance of dozens of meters.

"Master Jiang, are you making new iron tools?"

"It looks like it. What grade do you think this iron tool he made will be?"

"It must be a spiritual weapon, I guess."

"Spiritual weapons? I think they are at least Mystical Weapons! Don't forget, Lord Jiang's furnace is all low-grade Mystical Weapons!"

A group of people were talking about it, their faces full of anticipation.

In the past, a hammer of the fifth grade could make them excited for a long time, but now even seeing a hammer of the first grade has become commonplace.

Who allowed such a monster to appear in the Southern Blacksmith Camp?

Now they just want to know whether iron can be made into precious weapons, spiritual weapons, or even higher.

And what is it like to use such iron tools?

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