Chapter 59, Pu Yuan knows the water

Seeing that the soldiers' attitude was a little rude, the general in charge of casting was pulled back by Zu Zhao as soon as he wanted to stop it. He asked the general not to stop it and wanted to hear what the man wanted to say.

One of the soldiers said to the man unconvincedly, "This is the water brought from the Shu River. Why do you deny that it is not the water of the Shu River? We worked so far to transport water. Isn't it enough for you to come back here? You can only sit here every day, do you know that we work very hard?

The man sneered and said, "You can't find some rivers to deceive me. This is the river of our Ma'anshan, not the water of the Shu River. You have to deceive me about this little thing. Let me ask, what else can you do? One by one, they want to do great things with General Zu. What can you do like this?

A soldier also snorted coldly, "Do you think it's not Shujiang water?" Hundreds of brothers went to transport water and tossed back and forth for so long and traveled all the way. As a result, after coming back, they couldn't get a good word, which was actually a rude scolding from you. I can't figure it out. Casting a sword and knife is playing with the skills under my hand. Why is it related to water quenching?

The man said coldly, "You don't understand. I'll teach you today. This general water belongs to soft water, which is used to quench the knife, which greatly affects the quality of the knife. And the water of the Shujiang River is hard water. It is best to use it to quench the knife. Have you ever heard of cutting iron like mud? It is impossible to cast such a sharp knife with ordinary water.

The soldier said, "Don't think you know the technology of casting. Many of the people here don't understand anything. Many of them are blacksmiths. Casting swords and knives pay attention to thousands of hardships, but what do you say has something to do with water? I think you can't make a good knife and want to make excuses for yourself.

The man said, "You can think so, but the long swords assigned by General Zu cannot achieve such an effect if they are not built as I said. When General Zu comes, you can explain it to him.

"I'm afraid that if General Zu comes, you dare not say so." The soldier said.

The man said coldly, "It's General Zu here. I also said so. Without the water of the Shu River, I won't build that batch of weapons. At that time, I will delay. Hum, let's see if the general will punish you or me at that time, unless the general himself is a person who doesn't know how to forge technology, so I have nothing to say. ."

"Bold, how dare you say that, General Zu, how many heads can you drop?" The general who had been with Zu Zhao couldn't listen. He couldn't help but step forward and scolded loudly, with an angry face, but he still didn't say that Zu Zhao was here.

When the man saw that the responsible general came, he looked up, then got up and hugged his fist and said, "Your Excellency, I'm telling the truth. This batch of swords is a model designed by the general himself. I also think this shape is good, beautiful, and the sheath is very sharp. The most important thing is that it is easy to use, pierce it quickly, and it is cool to pull out. However, there is no good water to quench the knife, no matter how good the steel is, it will only waste this design, so I insist on using Shujiang water. But my lord, the person you sent to the Shu River to get water actually used the water from Ma'anshan to deceive me.

The general scooped up a ladle of water doubtfully, looked at it, and said, "What evidence do you have to prove that this is the water of Ma'anshan, not the water of Shujiang? What's the difference between the two?

The man didn't say much, but picked up a burning wrought iron, scratched it in the bucket, and said, "Your excellency, this bucket of water is indeed the water of Shujiang River, but it is mixed with eight liters of Ma'anshan river water. Ask these brothers who take water, am I right?"

The man spoke, and the soldiers who had been contradicting him before were immediately stunned, and the other soldiers also looked at each other in disbelief. The general also looked surprised. He looked at the man, looked back at Zu Zhao, and then asked the soldier carrying water, "Is he true?"

Several water transport soldiers were stunned for a moment and knelt down in a hurry before telling the surprising truth. It turned out that the man in charge of casting the sword said that he needed to quench it with the water of the Shu River and let people take 800 barrels, so that he could cast several swords in the early stage. If he still continued the follow-up production, then he had to go to the Shujiang River to move water. At his repeated request, the person in charge then dispatched more than 400 people and more than 400 horses to the Shujiang River to transport water.

After arriving at the Shujiang River, the soldiers took 800 buckets of water and rushed back, but when they returned to a river in Ma'anshan, because the horse lost their hooves, one of the horses fell down and a bucket on their back rolled down and splashed nearly eight liters of water. Because the man stipulated that he had to take 800 barrels back, now that the water was spilled, they had no choice. After thinking about it, they counted eight liters of the river there. It was expected that the man would not see it.

But who knew that after they returned, the man chose this bucket of water to check, and said at a glance that it was not the water of the Shu River. While being surprised, the soldiers suspected that he was talking nonsense, so they argued with him at the same time. Unexpectedly, he took a knife and said the fact that eight liters in it were not Shujiang water. It was really surprising.

"Your Excellency, we also had no choice but to do this. Please forgive us." The soldiers knelt to the ground and said.

The general looked at Zu Zhao and saw that Zu Zhao was still not moving, which embarrassed him. What should he do? Is it to punish the soldiers to show that his management is very strict or not to blame the soldiers for loving the soldiers with the standard version?

After thinking for a while, he still decided to let the soldiers retreat. The soldier was very grateful for his pardon. He hurriedly said that he would not dare to commit such fraud next time. After saying that, he retreated and stood aside in horror.

At this time, Zu Zhao stepped forward and walked to the man and asked, "You said that this water has a soft and hard wind. What is the difference? Can you give us substantial insight? We all admired your ability to know water just now, but we don't know what the water has to do with quenching.

When the man looked at Zu Zhao, he also had some doubts in his heart. A man in a soldier's clothing spoke neither arrogant nor impevious nor arrogant. He seemed to completely ignore the general beside him. He could not be an ordinary person. However, he didn't expect that Zu Zhao was in front of him. He just thought that some other person in charge came here to inspect and said, "Of course." The water of the Shu River is hard water, which belongs to the water condensed by the spirit of weapons. It is naturally the best for quenching and can give the soul of weapons.

After saying that, the man pulled out a short dagger from his waist. His move scared Zu Zhao's bodyguard. Feng Luoxue immediately pulled out his sword and flashed in front of Zu Zhao, looking at the man coldly, while other soldiers also pulled out their swords to surround the man.

The man was not surprised, with a smile on the corners of his mouth and said, "You are not an ordinary soldier, and this is not a man, but a daughter. Am I right?"

Zuzu Zhao suddenly laughed and said with great appreciation, "You're right. She is indeed a daughter. You can easily tell where the water is. It's not difficult to see if she is a man.

The man smiled and said, "Your excellency is, so what is the identity of the adult? Why are you dressed like a soldier like this?"

Zhu said, "Let's talk about this later. You can just think of me as a soldier now. I want to know the substantive difference between your quenching theory and what you have created."

The man nodded and said, "What shocked the adult just now, the little one is here to apologize to the adult first. Your Excellency, please give me a bodyguard's sword.

Zhu Zhao was a little puzzled about what he was going to do, but he still said to his bodyguard beside him, "Give him your knife." The bodyguard nodded and handed the sword in his hand to the man. The man took the sword, holding the sword in his left hand and his dagger in his right hand. He raised the dagger high and bulged his muscles. He saw his anger rushing from Dantian to his arm. Suddenly, he roared and waved the dagger and cut it down. Then there was a sound of Dangdang, and the sword in his left hand had been broken into two pieces. , and the dagger in his hand did not even have a gap.

Everyone was stunned. A small dagger actually cut off the bodyguard's sword, and it had no gap at all. What a sharp and excellent quality it is. Zu Zhao was also surprised to see it. Is this the legendary iron cutting like mud? It's really amazing.

"Wonderful, it's really wonderful. What a dagger that cuts iron like mud. Zu Zhao couldn't help praising.

Who knew that the man shook his head quietly and said, "Your Excellency, this is not cutting iron like mud. Please take a closer look. In fact, it itself is also a lot of victimization.

Zu Zhao and others approached their heads and took a closer look. Indeed, there was still a gap in the little dagger, which was not as intact as watching from a distance. At this time, the man took out another thing wrapped in cloth from his back. He opened the cloth little by little, and inside was a dagger with a delicate scabbard. The moment he pulled out his dagger, everyone was shocked. The sword body was crystal clear, shining and dazzling.