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

Chapter 76 The Test is Coming
Before daybreak, all the people in the Southern Blacksmith Camp had gathered together.

The old blacksmiths were fine; regular tests were an examination of their skills and they were used to it.

The apprentices are eager to try, and they all want to show their skills in this test, and it would be best if they could be directly hired as full-time employees.

Even if I think I can't do it, I still want to try it.

After all, it is a regular test once a year, and people from the four major blacksmith camps will come. For the blacksmiths, this is a grand event.

I can't do other things, but I can still join in the fun.

Fifteen master craftsmen, including Zhao Yankui, Qi the Blacksmith, and Tang the Blacksmith, all walked in the front, holding iron tools wrapped in sackcloth.

As an apprentice, Jiang Lin was the only one in the same row with them.

No one thought it was wrong, and after this test, Master Jiang's reputation was completely secure.

"This test is the day for our Southern Blacksmith Camp to make a splash. I don't want to say anything else. All I want you to do is to raise your spirits! If anyone dares to glare at you, I'll beat the hell out of him! If anyone brings down the prestige of the Southern Blacksmith Camp, I'll be the first one to not spare him when I come back!"

The blacksmith and his apprentices all echoed loudly.

Zhao Yankui then waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

There were nearly six hundred people in total, and they were so mighty that they raised a cloud of dust when they walked, and their momentum was extraordinary.

Each person was given a piece of rice cake that had been prepared last night; it was hard and difficult to swallow.

But everyone devoured it as if it were the most delicious food in the world.

How can you have the energy to compete with others if you don’t fill your stomach!

The regular tests are held in the Foundry, which is located in Kyoto. It takes at least half an hour to walk there from the South Blacksmith Camp.

This was Jiang Lin's second time leaving the Southern Blacksmith Camp, except for the last time when he and Old Man Wei delivered weapons to the Nanling Camp.

The path they took was completely different, and he looked around curiously.

Zhao Yankui pointed in a direction and said, "A dozen miles further, there is a river called Juliu, which is wide and long. The river is not fast, and the boats are very stable on it. Most of the flower boats in Kyoto are on that river. The girls are dressed up, the prices are reasonable, and their skills are extraordinary."

In the first half, Jiang Lin was listening carefully, wanting to expand his geographical knowledge.

But as I listened, I felt something was not right. Did it change from geography to biology?

He quickly said, "Master, I didn't say I was going."

"We'll have to go there sooner or later." Zhao Yangui laughed and said, "What young boy doesn't yearn for the Great River? At worst, you can go there secretly in the middle of the night and we can just pretend we don't know."

The old blacksmiths around all laughed out loud, and some even started talking about which flower boat had the prettiest girl, who had the better "skills", and how they made those girls scream and beg for mercy.

Jiang Lin finally understood what the word "囧" meant.

But with these people interrupting us, the journey wasn't that far after all.

As we were talking, the tall city walls of Kyoto came into view.

The city wall is fifty feet high. The closer you get, the more you feel like you are walking in front of a mountain.

Even though he was used to seeing skyscrapers that were hundreds of meters high in his previous life, this was the first time that Jiang Lin saw such a majestic building in this world.

The entire Kyoto is incredibly large. The walls alone probably extend for tens of thousands of meters, and you can't see the end in the distance.

The city gates were two meters high and three meters wide, and there were three city gates instead of just one. This size design was obviously for preparations for war, so that a large number of troops could be sent out in a short period of time once a war broke out.

As for whether too many city gates would increase the difficulty of defense, according to Zhao Yankui, there is no need to consider it at all.

During the 400 years since the founding of the Daqian Kingdom, it has always been expanding outward and conquering countries, but has never been invaded by anyone.

If one day the enemy really comes to the gates of the city, we will not care about the city gates and will just rush out to fight to the death.

Jiang Lin thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case.

A powerful dynasty that has been able to conquer for four hundred years would probably not be able to endure the humiliation of being beaten to the gates of Kyoto, and would simply open the city gates and defend its last dignity with its lives!

Just after reaching the city gate, loud shouts came from behind.

Jiang Lin turned around and looked, only to see dust rising up behind him with a huge noise.

In the team of thousands of people, dozens of tall and strong men with bulging muscles and a strong aura walked in the front to lead the way.

Zhao Yankui snorted and said, "The East Blacksmith Camp likes to show off the most. Every time they deliberately make the dust fly all over the sky, as if this makes them look very powerful."

Jiang Lin looked carefully and saw that many people were deliberately kicking the road, raising dust.

But, this is one of the other three blacksmith camps?

There are too many people!

The South Blacksmith Camp has more than 600 people, which is not a small number, but looking at the East Blacksmith Camp, there are probably two to three thousand.

Zhao Yankui said, "Except for our Southern Blacksmith Camp, the other companies have at least 3,000 people, and sometimes as many as 4,000 or 5,000. Otherwise, why do you think we only get 10% of the work every year, and sometimes we don't even get 10%."

Jiang Lin was silent, looking at the team of thousands of people, and felt the gap between them.

No wonder Zhao Yangkui was not reprimanded for speaking like that when Yu Maoming came last time. Compared with the other three blacksmith camps, the Southern Blacksmith Camp was indeed at a disadvantage.

"Master, don't worry. In a few years, our number may be less than theirs." Jiang Lin said.

Zhao Yankui smiled happily when he heard this. He patted Jiang Lin's arm, which was as thick as an iron pillar, and said, "You said it. When will the Southern Blacksmith Camp surpass the other three? Master will find you a wife!"

Jiang Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Did he really look like he needed a woman to warm his bed?

The people from the Foundry Department had already arrived at the city gate and were waiting, otherwise if the soldiers were to check everyone one by one, how long would it take for so many people to wait?

In addition to the familiar deputy engineer Yuan Gaohao, there was also deputy engineer Qiu Weiren at the city gate.

"Master Craftsman Yuan, Master Craftsman Qiu." Zhao Yankui led Jiang Lin and others over and bowed.

After Yuan Gaohao bowed, he looked curiously at the sacks carried by more than a dozen people and asked, "What's in these? They are so bulging, could they be local specialties?"

Zhao Yankui smiled and said, "It can be considered a specialty. It is rare to find it in other places except our Southern Blacksmith Camp."

Yuan Gaohao was stunned. He was just joking, but he didn't expect Zhao Yankui to really pick up the conversation. He couldn't help but become more curious. What specialties does the South Blacksmith Camp have?
"Master Zhao seems to be in good spirits. I'm afraid after this regular test, you'll have to respectfully address him as Master Craftsman Zhao." A dark and strong man with a similar physique to Zhao Yankui walked over and said.

Zhao Yankui raised his eyebrows and said, "Yuan Bingqi, if you are not convinced, let's compete in front of Master Sijiang during the regular test. There is no need to act like a woman here."

That’s right, the person coming over was Yuan Gaohao’s nephew, one of the master craftsmen of the Eastern Blacksmith Camp, and also Yuan Bingqi, who was competing with Zhao Yankui for the position of deputy chief craftsman this year!
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