The rebel army's foremost master craftsman forged a million iron pylons!

They followed Tie Niu to the new camp.

Outside a tent, four men dressed in cloth stood there, looking rather simple-minded; they were clearly newly recruited soldiers.

There was another name that Li Tian vaguely remembered; it was Zhao Erbao.

"Brother Li, let me introduce you. These are the new soldiers we recruited today. From now on, you will be their squad leader, leading them in drills and training. If there are any missions, you will be notified in advance."

Li Tianyi knew these people: Zhao Erbao, Wu Tian, ​​Chen Jing, Sun Sanqiang, and Wu Laoliu.

After they got to know each other, Tie Niu continued.

"This is your camp. Brother Li, come with me again. General Chen is waiting for you."

"General Chen?" Li Tian was taken aback. "What business does General Chen have with me?"

Tie Niu stammered, "How would I know? Brother Li will know when he gets there."

Helpless, Li Tian had no choice but to follow Tie Niu toward General Chen's tent.

"General Chen, my name is Li Tian, ​​and I pay my respects to you."

Upon arriving outside the tent, Tie Niu announced his arrival, and Li Tian then lifted the tent flap and entered.

"Oh, it's Li Tian." General Chen was extremely enthusiastic, gesturing to the stool beside him, "Sit down, sit down, don't be shy!"

"I wonder what business General Chen has with me?" Li Tian sat down as instructed.

"Did you bring the crossbow you made last time?"

So that's what it was about.

Li Tian had a general idea of ​​why General Chen had come to find him.

Li Tian took out the crossbow hanging on his arm and placed it on the table. "General, I always carry this little thing with me."

General Chen picked up the crossbow and examined it closely for a few moments. Suddenly, he exclaimed in admiration, "What a fine piece! Li Tian, ​​how many crossbows like this can you forge in ten days?"

"If we have enough materials..." Li Tian roughly estimated the production capacity, "Ten!"

"Ten is a bit too few."

"But that's enough to equip two squads."

Let's start by accumulating little by little.

General Chen smiled and took out a brass token from his body, handing it to Li Tian.

"This is the order for junior blacksmiths in our forging camp."

"If you have some free time today, you might as well take a trip to the foundry."

"If you have enough materials, then make ten of these same crossbows for me."

Li Tian took the token and saw that the front was engraved with the words "casting" and the back with the words "second battalion".

It is then known that it was probably the second casting battalion.

"Li Tian obeys the order."

Li Tian received the token and walked out of the tent.

"Brother, what does General Chen want with you?" Tie Niu, who had been guarding outside the tent, immediately went to greet Li Tian when he came out.

"They said they wanted me to go to the foundry camp to familiarize myself with the way. Brother Tie Niu, do you know how to get there?"

"Haha, I wondered what it was all about, turns out it's just a trip to the foundry."

Tie Niu burst into laughter, "Come with me!"

The two walked together toward the west of the military camp. Passing by a camp, they saw military flags waving and a chilling aura soaring into the sky.

Even the soldiers standing guard outside the tents were fully armored.

It's very different from other military camps.

Li Tian couldn't help but ask, "Brother Tie Niu, which battalion are these soldiers from? They look so imposing."

Tie Niu glanced at it and immediately puffed out his chest. "This is the elite force of our righteous army, known as the 'Beacon Battalion,' the ace unit under our Loyal King."

"The Fengzi Battalion has six centurions, and each of them is a hero capable of taking on ten men."

"Brother Li, if you have time in the future, you might as well get to know me."

Li Tian nodded. "If there's an opportunity, I'll naturally try to make your acquaintance."

After walking several hundred meters west, the two arrived at a small courtyard. Through the courtyard wall, they could hear the clanging and knocking sounds coming from inside.

"Brother, we're here!"

Tie Niu opened the courtyard gate, and the two of them went inside together.

The courtyard was small, with a dozen or so earthen furnaces set up, and more than twenty craftsmen were hammering iron around the furnaces.

"Centurion Iron Bull, you've arrived."

Among the craftsmen, some recognized Tie Niu, and naturally greeted him upon seeing him.

As for Li Tian, ​​everyone just thought he was some greenhorn recruit from who-knows-where, and nobody paid him any attention.

"Is Master Foundry Master Sun Baichuan here? I'd like to introduce him to someone."

The blacksmith pointed to a pergola in the corner of the courtyard, "They're drinking tea over there!"

Li Tian and Tie Niu walked towards the shed together. The old man immediately stood up and politely cupped his hands in greeting.

"So it's Iron Centurion. The batch of weapons your battalion needed is being rushed into production and will be finished in a few days."

Tie Niu laughed heartily.

"No hurry! No rush!"

"I brought someone with me today specifically to introduce you to someone."

"His name is Li Tian. He is my good brother Tie Niu and also the junior foundry appointed by General Chen."

"From now on, our foundry will have two foundry engineers."

The moment the word "foundry" was uttered...

The entire courtyard fell silent instantly.

All the craftsmen stopped forging and focused their attention on Li Tian.

A blacksmith is someone whose skill in forging weapons is so exceptional that only someone with unparalleled expertise can hold that position.

The youngest among them is over fifty years old.

This kid...

She looked to be in her early twenties.

With fair skin and tender flesh, she looked quite young.

Could he be a foundry?

It seems General Chen has been deceived.

"Centurion Iron, something seems amiss here. According to the camp's rules, a foundry battalion can only have one forge master. Why is there an extra one today?"

"That's right. Our Third Foundry Battalion has always been managed by Foundry Master Sun Baichuan. Now that there's an extra person, who should we listen to from now on?"

"Yes, that's against the rules."

"This kid, he can forge iron, but I don't think he can even break an iron hammer."

Immediately, four or five craftsmen stood up to refute him, and some even began to question Li Tian's identity.

"You said General Chen sent you. Do you have a blacksmith's token?"

Li Tian didn't say anything, but took out his token and showed it to the group of people, who then fell silent.

Sun Baichuan took the token, glanced at it, and then sneered.

"The token is real!"

"However, please ask Centurion Tie to go back and tell General Chen."

"Our foundry can only have one foundry master. If General Chen insists on having Li Tian serve as the foundry master here..."

"I am resigning!"

Sun Baichuan has his own reasons for saying this.

He was a subordinate of General Zhao Jingzhong.

He was borrowed by General Chen from the Left Army.

In theory, even General Chen was not qualified to ask him to resign.

Upon hearing this, Tie Niu's eyes widened in anger. "Did you hear that clearly? This is General Chen's oral order! How dare you disobey it?"

"Hmph!" Sun Baichuan sneered. "I am a man of General Zhao Jingzhong. If you want to drive me away, General Chen, please come forward yourself."

Tie Niu immediately lost his temper, knowing that he couldn't afford to offend this person.

"Master Sun, since you are a foundry master, your foundry skills must be exceptional."

"Do you dare to have a match with me?"

Li Tian suddenly said calmly.