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

Chapter 81 The Blacksmith Who Would Not Give In Even If He Was Beaten to Death
The noisy scene was immediately contained.

Yu Maoming loosened his hands and feet, and the blacksmith got up from the ground, rubbing his face, but still unconvinced, "The Southern Blacksmith Camp is corrupt and partial, and the master craftsman should make the decision for those apprentices, otherwise I will not accept it even if I am beaten to death!"

"Be in charge? What decision?" Yu Maoming asked.

"Of course it's that kid named Jiang Lin. He's an official blacksmith, but he pretends to be an apprentice."

"Yes! The people in the Southern Blacksmith Camp are too shameless. They dared to do such a thing for that little reward. They simply don't take the Master Blacksmith and the Master Steward seriously!"

"Bullshit!" Zhao Yankui glared, "Who is pretending to be me? Jiang Lin is actually an apprentice!"

"You are talking nonsense. You can light the fire so fast and use low-grade weapons. You are stronger than me. You are a shitty apprentice!"

"Enough!" Yu Maoming shouted.

Then he glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice: "Jiang Lin joined the Southern Blacksmith Camp two months ago. It is on record. If you have any doubts, you can go to the Foundry Department to check. As for his skills, he has indeed improved a lot, which is incredible. But this is not a reason for you to make trouble. Now go back and behave yourself, otherwise I will beat you up again!"

The blacksmith camp is full of rough guys, and you can't convince them by reasoning with them. It all depends on who has the stronger fist.

Yu Maoming's qualifications and prestige are high enough, but his words made a bunch of people around him look at each other in confusion.

Someone couldn't help but ask, "Was Jiang Lin already a blacksmith before he entered the Southern Blacksmith Camp?"

"Not really." Yu Maoming shook his head and said, "When I first met him, he was just a frail boy with arms so thin that they could be easily broken."

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding area suddenly exploded.

Is he really an apprentice who has only been here for two months?

Among the crowd, Yuan Bingqi looked towards Jiang Lin's position with a look of surprise.

"Master Yuan, do you think this is true? Is there really someone who could grow from an apprentice to this level in just two months?" someone asked.

Yuan Bingqi was silent for a moment, as if thinking, and then said: "Master Sijiang said so, do you think it can be false?"

The man opened his mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say.

The Master Craftsman personally acknowledged Jiang Lin's status as an apprentice, so it couldn't be fake, right?

If Jiang Lin's background was this high, why would he need to take the apprenticeship test?

Having said that, if this is true, then how incredibly talented must this kid named Jiang Lin be?

No matter what everyone thought, Yu Maoming was too lazy to waste time talking to them. He simply sorted out the questioning and went back.

The quartermaster Yan Tianrong glanced at the still noisy blacksmith camp and said with a smile, "A young apprentice can cause such a big disturbance. This year's regular test is quite interesting."

"Please wait patiently, there may be more interesting things." Yu Maoming said.

"Oh?" Yan Tianrong raised his eyebrows but didn't ask what was going on.

Asking too clearly will make the expectation disappear.

Being an official in the Foundry Department is the most leisurely job, as you don’t have to do anything yourself and just need to distribute the goods as required by the army.

If you can find something interesting to do, it will be very easy to pass the time.

Yu Maoming stood on the stage, looking at the sacks beside Zhao Yankui and others, and then glanced at Jiang Lin who had brought his own high-quality iron tools.

I couldn't help but think, could it be that these people in the Southern Blacksmith Camp each brought a set of high-quality iron tools?
If that's true, when the official blacksmith test begins and they take out their weapons, there will probably be an even bigger outcry.

But Yu Maoming had no intention of exposing or stopping it in advance. In his opinion, the Blacksmith Camp had become too lazy in recent years. They only knew how to complete the assigned tasks and never thought about doing anything else.

It's time to teach these seemingly diligent but actually lazy guys some lessons, and let them know that there are always people better than you! Not long after, apprentices began to go to the testing station one after another, but the number was not large.

Most of the apprentices are playing badly, thinking that this year's regular tests are too boring.

Only a small number of apprentices who want to become full-time employees or become familiar faces are still persisting.

After some verification, Yuan Gaohao and others began to rank the skills.

Unsurprisingly, Jiang Lin still came first in this test.

There are two more items, namely quenching and sharpening.

Compared to tempering, these two items are a bit simpler.

When Yuan Gaohao recited the key points of the test, most of the apprentices and formal blacksmiths focused their eyes on Jiang Lin.

They no longer had any doubt that Jiang Lin would take first place in the last two tests; they just wanted to know what else this kid could come up with.

At this time, Yu Maoming waved and called Yuan Gaohao over. After the two talked for a few words, Yuan Gaohao came back and said, "According to the order of Master Sijiang, in this year's apprentice test, quenching and sharpening will no longer be done alone. Anyone who wants to become a regular apprentice must take a piece of pig iron and re-forge, hammer, quench, and sharpen it. The time limit is one hour, and the one who performs the best will win!"

Everyone was stunned. Rebuild it within an hour?
Although it is not difficult to become a regular employee, why do we have to start all over again and practice?
Yuan Gaohao did not explain, but ordered people to ring the gong to start counting the time.

Some apprentices cursed but still ran quickly to get new pig iron.

Jiang Lin was among them. Some were picking, trying to find a piece of high-quality pig iron, but he didn't even look at it and just grabbed a piece and left.

In the Southern Blacksmith Camp, Blacksmith Qi asked in confusion, "Why did Master Craftsman do this?"

Zhao Yankui looked at the stage and said in a deep voice, "It should be that the steward wants to verify whether Jiang Lin can really use ordinary iron to forge low-quality weapons at will."

"Ah? Just for him?" Blacksmith Qi was very surprised.

But then he thought, if Jiang Lin could really prove this, his strength would be comparable to that of the deputy master craftsman.

Moreover, Jiang Lin is young enough and has only learned casting for two months. If he is given more time, no one can predict what his future achievements will be.

There is nothing wrong with changing the rules of the apprenticeship test for such a genius.

From a side view, Yu Maoming's attention to Jiang Lin has been raised to another level.

Qi the Blacksmith couldn't help but feel worried: "Master Craftsman, I'm not thinking of sending Jiang Lin to some other place, am I?"

"If Jiang Lin doesn't want to leave, no one can move him." Zhao Yankui snorted, "Do you think the Nanling camp is a vegetarian?"

Qi the blacksmith just remembered this. Yes, with the border troops of Nanling camp protecting him, not to mention the master craftsman, even the master steward Yan Tianrong would not be able to force Jiang Lin.

Therefore, this change will purely depend on Jiang Lin’s personal performance.

Zhao Yankui turned around and said to the dozen elite blacksmiths behind him, "Jiang Lin has already won honor for our Southern Blacksmith Camp. Now it's our turn. If anyone doesn't put in even a little bit of effort, don't blame me for getting angry!"

More than a dozen people, including Qi the blacksmith, responded one after another.

Tang the blacksmith even snorted, "Master, don't worry. I've been holding this grudge in my heart for many years. I finally got the chance. I must let the other three battalions know how powerful I am!"

However, Zhao Yankui glared and said, "You are awesome? How awesome are you?"

Tang the blacksmith was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and quickly said with a smile: "Yes, yes, yes, look at my brain, it's Jiang Lin who is more powerful!"

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