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

Chapter 318: Let's Grab It (Additional Chapter 8 for Guo Jiuxing Silver Alliance)

The next morning, when Jiang Lin got up, he saw three children already running with hundreds of pounds of pig iron in their arms to exercise their endurance.

"Quite hardworking." Jiang Lin said secretly.

Seeing him leave the room, Sheng Yingchun turned around and ran back, holding the pig iron and bowing slightly to Jiang Lin: "Morning, Master."

"Eh? Good morning..." Jiang Lin was a little slow to react for a moment. This girl was usually as cold as ice and didn't talk much, but today she came over to say hello.

And her eyes always made Jiang Lin feel a little weird.

Sheng Yingchun didn't say anything else, just turned around and continued running.

Miao Yonghuai on the other side saw this scene and ran over with pig iron in his arms, shouting, "Master, good morning!"

Song Ziyan followed beside him, timidly like a little girl: "Master... Good morning."

"Morning, early..."

Seeing Miao Yonghuai contentedly inviting Song Ziyan to go back, Jiang Lin had a strange look on his face. What were these three kids doing?

But he didn't think much about it. As long as the three children could adapt to life here, nothing else mattered.

In the following days, he naturally continued to work as usual and repay the weapons customized for the military officers.

In addition, a large amount of pig iron needs to be fired to complete the transaction with Yu Shuai.

This is a big job. One million pieces of pig iron will take Jiang Lin a year and a half to burn at his current speed.

The elite blacksmith team of the Southern Blacksmith Camp eventually expanded to three hundred people and did not continue to increase.

In fact, with Jiang Lin's current skills, even if there were another 300 people, it would be enough to supply pig iron.

But he was already wary of the Daqian Dynasty, and naturally did not want to upgrade the weapons of the border troops too quickly. Three hundred people was neither too many nor too few, just right.

The blacksmiths are still very motivated. A top-three weapon costs two hundred taels of silver, and they can make at least a thousand taels in a day.

Those who failed to join the elite blacksmith team are now drooling with envy, and are eagerly looking forward to another expansion of the staff so that they can also have the opportunity to experience what it feels like to make a lot of money.

Unfortunately, they may never have another chance. Unless one day Jiang Lin feels that the threat has been completely eliminated, he will not expand the team of elite blacksmiths.

A few days later, Yang Junchi brought the clerk from the Ministry of Works and came to the South Blacksmith Camp with Yan Tianrong and others.

"Merger?" Jiang Lin was not surprised by the result after reading the document.

Yan Tianrong and Yang Junchi discussed for a long time before finally reporting to their superiors. The Ministry of Industry readily issued a document allowing the four major blacksmith camps to merge, on the grounds of facilitating scheduling.

But everyone knew that the Ministry of Industry was giving face to Jiang Lin.

The Left Secretary stayed in the South Blacksmith Camp all day long. Although Yan Tianrong was the clerk of the Foundry Department, he actually had nothing to do.

How could he, an eighth-rank clerk, dare to give orders to a fourth-rank left-hand envoy?

It would be better to merge the four major blacksmith camps and let Jiang Lin be in charge of them.

As for the Foundry Department, it existed in name only, but in reality it became a subordinate of Lord Zuo Si Shi, and was solely responsible for serving Lord Jiang.

"Since it is an order from the Ministry of Works, we must obey it. However, the Construction Department has not yet built so many houses. Once the four major blacksmith camps are merged, this place will probably have to be expanded again." Jiang Lin said.

Yang Junchi handed over another document with a smile, saying, "Lord Jiang has considered everything, but the officials in the Ministry of Works have also considered this point. This time, five million taels of silver were allocated specifically for the merger and renovation of the four major blacksmith camps. How to do it is entirely up to Lord Jiang. The Ministry of Works has also prepared thousands of people who will come to work at any time."

Now that things have come to this, Jiang Lin has nothing else to say.

The talents from the other three blacksmith camps have basically been pulled here, and now they are in name only and have no motivation to work.

Moreover, the document from the Ministry of Works stated that the salaries of the Foundry Department would be raised by 10% overall.

If Jiang Lin doesn't agree, he will be rejecting the money that others have earned.

It is said that cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. Jiang Lin would never do such a thing that does no good and will only offend people.

Upon learning that they would be merged into the South Blacksmith Camp, people from several other blacksmith camps packed up their bags and bedding and came over overnight without saying a word.

No house?

It doesn’t matter, they just treat themselves as apprentices and sleep on mattresses on the ground.

It's like once you enter my house, I am yours and I have to die on this three-acre land.

Jiang Lin found it funny and had no intention of chasing them away, so he just let them go.

Since it is a merger, it is naturally no longer divided into east, south, west and north, but is uniformly called Daqian Blacksmith Camp.

Nominally it is under the jurisdiction of the Foundry Department, but in reality Jiang Lin is the only one who has the final say.

In fact, the Ministry of Works did not take these blacksmiths seriously. Their skills were so low that they could not even forge precious weapons.

Even if they lost the more than 10,000 blacksmiths, they could always recruit enough people from the public to replenish them.

Therefore, even if some people feel that the Daqian Blacksmith Camp has a faint Jiang flavor, no one will care.

After much consideration, Jiang Lin decided to take out part of the silver that originally belonged to the elite blacksmith team to supply other blacksmiths.

Each person got a small share, and roughly speaking, including the 10% from the Ministry of Industry, it was roughly equivalent to a 30% increase. Some of the original chefs got a 50% increase.

Even an ordinary apprentice, as long as you don't get lazy and work diligently, you can get two taels of silver every month.

As a result, no matter whether it is the mainstay like the master chef or the ordinary blacksmiths and apprentices, they are all grateful to Jiang Lin.

I have been working as a blacksmith for so many years, but I have never seen such a generous official!
In comparison, the Foundry Department and the Ministry of Industry were extremely stingy.

If Jiang Lin raised his arms now and asked who was willing to follow him, it was estimated that at least half of the people would agree without hesitation.

The blacksmiths were not stupid. They knew very well that the current good situation was not due to the Foundry or the Ministry of Industry, but was entirely due to the efforts of Jiang Lin alone.

Without Jiang Lin, the Foundry would be reduced to its original state in the blink of an eye.

With Jiang Lin, a fourth-rank left-hand envoy and a big shot in the border army, in charge, people from other departments who wanted to forge iron tools had to be polite and dared not speak loudly.

The status of the Foundry Department soared at an extremely fast speed among the 48 departments of Daqian.

In a very short period of time, it became the most watched department except for a few departments with special status such as the Internal Affairs Department and the Shangyu Department.

In addition to the Foundry, the recent changes in Zuowang Tower are also quite gratifying.

The first change, of course, is that several veterans such as Tian Daheng have been promoted to first-class masters in the Yuanwu realm by constantly "taking drugs".

And there’s not just one, there are dozens!
The dozens of martial arts masters who had previously attacked Wushuang Fort and Tianhuo Fort are now all in the Yuanwu realm.

Although they have just entered this realm, just from the number of Yuanwu realm, it is already more than the previous Wushuang Castle, Tianhuo Castle, and Leiying Castle combined.

The weapons of these people have all been replaced with precious weapons, and the previous high-grade weapons have been given to the newcomers.

"We have recently recruited a lot of people, and the total number has reached about 700. We are gradually expanding to the original Wushuang Fort and Tianhuo Fort."

Tian Daheng respectfully narrated the recent development of Zuowang Tower. As the number of people increased, more masters were attracted.

Among the new joiners, there are already more than a dozen at the ninth level of martial arts and several at the peak of martial arts.

Although Zuowang Tower no longer cares about the martial arts level of outsiders, if their level is higher, it can always save some pills.

Even though Jiang Lin's success rate in refining pills is incredibly high and there is almost no possibility of wasting medicinal materials, there is nothing wrong in saving as much as possible.

At this moment, Jiang Lin was holding several pill recipes in his hands, all of which were collected recently by Zuowang Tower.

Unfortunately, they were unable to find the recipes for pills like Jiuyao Pill and Baose Pill that could improve one’s cultivation in Yuanwu Realm.

"I have heard some news about the alchemist Xia Shanliu that you are looking for."

Jiang Lin raised his head slightly, and Tian Daheng became more respectful, saying, "This person is a fifth-grade alchemist, who is good at refining a pill called Kongming Powder, which is said to improve some martial arts comprehension. He has not yet joined any forces, but has formed his own school, has many disciples, and is quite famous in Xunzhou."

Jiang Lin was puzzled: "Improve your martial arts comprehension? What's the use?"

Tian Daheng was stunned by the question and answered subconsciously: "If you have a high level of comprehension, you can comprehend the martial arts secrets faster. In addition, you also need to comprehend some tricks to improve your cultivation..."

As he was talking, Tian Daheng suddenly remembered that the Lord Jiang in front of him seemed to have an incredible understanding. It could also be said that he did not need any understanding at all.

There are so many martial arts secrets, you can understand them just by flipping through them.

As for improving your cultivation...

Others rely on enlightenment, but Lord Jiang relies on blacksmithing.

Even people like them benefited from his alchemy skills. By taking a lot of drugs, they were successfully promoted to the Yuanwu realm.

"Well, that's somewhat useful, but he only knows how to refine Kongming Powder?" Jiang Lin asked curiously.

"Uh..." Tian Daheng didn't quite know how to answer: "It should be that he is not only good at refining Kongming Powder, but is only good at this kind of elixir."

Jiang Lin said "Oh" and then he understood. It turned out that not all alchemists were like him and knew 100% how to refine pills of the same level.

After all, he is cheating, and others can only rely on their own efforts.

When you think about it this way, it’s quite pitiful.

"The strange fire in his hand is called the Purple Nether Fire. It is said that it is because of this strange fire that Xia Shanliu's success rate in refining the Kongming Powder is exceptionally high. Usually, at least seven out of ten furnaces can be successful." Tian Daheng said.

"If you hold the magic fire, there is only a 70% chance..." Jiang Lin shook his head slightly and did not comment.

"Someone wanted to buy that rare fire before, but was driven away by Xia Shanliu. He knows many Yuanwu realm masters, so no one dared to take it by force." Tian Daheng said.

Jiang Lin hummed and said, "Maybe I'll have to go there."

Jiang Lin was determined to get the rare fire in Xia Shanliu's hand. No matter what the other party wanted, he would give it to him.

If they really don’t give it to you... then just rob it!

At worst, I can send Xia Shanliu Kongming Powder regularly in the future. His success rate in refining it is not very high anyway. He can earn money without doing anything. It shouldn't be too difficult for him, right?
Jiang Lin rubbed his forehead and felt that he was becoming more and more like a border soldier.

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