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

Chapter 428: To Have a Full Meal

"As for whether the powerful clans who obtained such precious weapons would pose a threat to us, or even become the host..."

Gu An Ning paused, Jiang Lin couldn't help but become interested and asked, "What do you think?"

Gu An Ning thought for a moment, and then said, "I think if the battle formation is really like what my great grandfather said, a million people can't stop it, and ten million people are invincible, then we will really summon that many people."

"With this battle formation, even if the powerful clans really get precious weapons, there is no need to worry."

"But can that battle formation really be invincible?"

Jiang Lin said without hesitation: "Of course."

He had witnessed the power of the battle with his own eyes, so this could not be false.

"But even so, how did you know you could attract so many people?" Jiang Lin asked.

Gu An Ning said: "People all over the world are living in poverty. Who would not want to have food to eat? There are not only tens of thousands of such people, but even tens of millions."

"What if the world is peaceful and everyone can have enough food to eat?" Jiang Lin asked again.

Gu An Ning was stunned. Can everyone have food to eat?

He had never seen such a prosperous era, and even if he wanted to, he couldn't imagine it. He was stumped for a moment.

Jiang Lin did not force an answer. After all, such a thing was too far away and was not something Gu An Ning could consider right now.

However, although this kid is still young, he already has the demeanor of a future emperor.

The only thing that doesn't match the historical image is that it doesn't seem ruthless enough and a bit too soft-hearted.

In Jiang Lin's opinion, the only correct answer is to never let the people eat too much.

If they are not full, they will naturally be willing to join the army.

With enough troops, no matter what kind of weapons the powerful clans get, there is no need to worry.

This will be the situation of Daqian in the future.

We can have food to eat, but to be well fed, warmly clothed and worry-free is impossible.

More than four hundred years of uninterrupted conquests have made Daqian's military increasingly powerful.

However, such a costly and wasteful thing did not bring down the dynasty.

Until today, when he asked Gu An Ning what would happen if everyone had enough to eat, Jiang Lin suddenly understood why the lower class of Daqian was like that.

Conquest is one aspect, and perhaps, it is also because there must be enough manpower to intimidate the powerful clans.

"So, the emperors of Daqian deliberately made life harder for the common people because of this?"

Jiang Lin shook his head secretly. If it were him, he would naturally not agree with such an approach.

But from the perspective of the Daqian court, from the moment it gained help from the powerful clans, conquered the world, and expanded its territory, this path would never stop moving forward.

This behavior is like drinking poison to quench thirst or cutting flesh to cure a wound.

It all depends on who can hold on to the end or who can gain the winning advantage.

As long as the strength of both sides is relatively balanced and the gap is not so big that they are unable to fight back, the bottom layer will never be able to eat too much.

It is indeed true that the imperial family is the most ruthless.

"But even if I can't eat too much...it's better than not having any food to eat right now." Jiang Lin thought.

As for relying on his own strength and that of the Taoist sect, he could forcibly launch a war without providing the secret recipe for precious weapons, so that everyone could live a good life.

This is really too idealistic, not to mention whether it is possible to kill all the powerful clans with just this little power.

Even if I kill them all, I will have to leave sooner or later.

How will history proceed after I am gone?
In the history that Jiang Lin knew, there were almost no dynasties that perished in the process of continuous expansion of territory.

On the contrary, there are countless examples of countries living and working in peace and contentment during prosperous times, but eventually internal and external troubles broke out and the country declined and was destroyed.

Besides, it is not so easy to kill the powerful clans.
Jiang Lin came to the world of [A Picturesque World], wasn't it because he saw the profound foundation of the powerful clans that he had to borrow their strength?

It is so difficult to kill just one family. There are more than a dozen powerful clans nowadays.

"Never mind... maybe the path that has lasted for four hundred years is the right one."

"Other paths may be taken, but not under such circumstances. Unless I stay, the Dao Sect will never change."

Jiang Lin shook his head, patted Gu An Ning's shoulder, and then put down the Sun-Chasing Bow.

"This is a secret recipe for a precious weapon. It's not a bad idea to give it to the Qin family, but in addition to the previous compensation, the Qin family should also provide additional assistance."

The voice reached the Qin family's residence, and a response came from deep inside: "What kind of help do you want, Excellency?"

Jiang Lin said in a low voice: "Unify the world."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet again. Even Ma Ningyan looked in the direction of the blacksmith shop, unable to speak.

She doesn't have such big ambitions, she just wants the people of the world to live a better life.

As for unifying the world, I have never thought about it.

But when Jiang Lin's voice came, Ma Ningyan's heartbeat suddenly accelerated a lot.

Unify the world...

Such words will move the hearts of both men and women.

Only the people from the three major sects remained indifferent.

They are detached from the mundane world, and no matter who rules the world, it will not have much impact on Taoism.

At least that's been the case so far.

After a moment, a voice came from deep inside the Qin family's house: "It's not impossible to unify the world, but the interests of my Qin family..."

"The powerful clans abide by the law and still enjoy peace." Jiang Lin said.

Ma Ningyan lowered her eyes slightly, said nothing, but tightened her hand holding the knife again.

She wanted to completely eliminate the powerful clans.

But when Jiang Lin spoke, what else could she say?

"What does Daomen mean?"

Xie Zimo, Xie Tianyou, and Xie Yushuang said in unison: "It should be so."

"Okay, then please ask the three major sects to be witnesses. My Qin family and...what should you address me?"

Ma Ningyan was a little absent-minded until Xie Zimo reminded her softly, and then she came back to her senses.

After a brief pause, Ma Ningyan said, "Daqian."

"If we can truly unify the world, we will be the Great Qian."

"The universe has been determined, and all laws have returned to the truth. This is quite interesting. From now on, my Qin family will go hand in hand with Daqian, and we will be at peace forever and never fight with each other!"

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After this day, the Qin family sent a huge amount of gold, silver, war horses, and weapons.

The only thing that was not provided was manpower.

But this is not important. As Gu An Ning said, there are too many people in the world who do not have enough food to eat.

It is easy to recruit ten or a hundred times more people to join the army.

Jiang Lin also kept his promise and handed over the secret recipe of Baobing to Qin.

After learning the secret recipe, the Qin family did not forge the weapons immediately because they could not find a blacksmith above the Yuanwu realm.

But relying on the powerful influence of the noble clans, they quickly occupied many rare and high-quality materials.

Neither Jiang Lin nor Ma Ningyan cared about this.

After all, although they have obtained resources now, their strength is still not strong enough.

Only when you have a million troops under your command, perhaps you will have some real say.

After obtaining weapons and silver, Ma Ningyan quickly gathered tens of thousands of people nearby.

She did not blindly attack the next city, but asked Guard Xu and others to disperse and each lead a unit to practice battle formations.

It was not until a month later that the battle formation was initially formed and the personnel were reorganized and in place, and then they finally set out for the next target.

This efficiency is already quite fast, mainly because the battle formation emphasizes the unity of mind, and does not particularly value personal strength and formation.

For those who have no food to eat, it is natural for them to merge their thoughts together.

In one month, Jiang Lin made a lot of good weapons.

All of them were above the level of Baobing. Qin sent people to deliver a lot of good materials and arranged for many talented blacksmiths to take the opportunity to learn.

Jiang Lin did not hide anything and fought however he should.

Anyway, his skills are not something these people can learn.

Amid the sounds of ding-dong, ding-dong, Jiang Lin's skills completely impressed the blacksmiths.

They had never seen such miraculous blacksmithing, let alone using ordinary pig iron to forge magical weapons that could cut hair with a single blow and slice iron like mud.

As for the precious weapon that can mobilize the vital energy of heaven and earth, it is unheard of and unseen.

Each one has different characteristics and is extremely strange.

In addition to the reason of the furnace baking method, when these people learned that blacksmithing could also promote spiritual practice, they were even more impressed.

In just one month, Jiang Lin already had the demeanor of a master blacksmith.

Even members of the Qin clan had to be courteous to Jiang Lin when they met him and did not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

After all, although this person has never shown his cultivation level, he is said to have already condensed the heart of Taoism and is the same existence as his ancestor.

Once an arrow was shot out, even the peak of the Divine Martial Realm could not catch it.

The current patriarch of the Qin family had half of his body broken. Although he was saved with a large amount of elixirs, he was almost completely destroyed.

With the lessons learned from the past, who would dare to underestimate this blacksmith?

The army was initially formed and set out, so Jiang Lin naturally had to follow.

He had to build weapons with the army, otherwise it would be a joke to want to conquer the world with only the things he had now.

As for Xie Zimo and others, they did not stay.

Before returning to the gate, they made it clear that if anything happened, they would come to their aid at any time and there was no need to worry.

Although Taoists do not ask about worldly affairs, it is not that they cannot ask, they are just simply too lazy to ask.

In addition, the Taoist sect is also very interested in the weapons made by Jiang Lin.

But they don’t have a blacksmith, so they hope Jiang Lin can help make some.

Jiang Lin did not refuse this.

The Taoist sect is currently another great force besides the powerful clans.

If you want to unify the world, the more help you have, the better.

What's more, in this era, in addition to the three major Taoist sects of Jueyuan, Xuanhua and Xujian, there are also several other Taoist sects that Jiang Lin has never heard of.

It is said that earlier, there were more than a dozen Taoist sects.

But with the passage of time, it gradually disappeared in the long river of history.

If I can find help from the Taoist sect, maybe others can too, so the more allies I have, the better.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to forge weapons for the Taoist sect, Jiang Lin also asked Xie Yushuang to help check the situation of the Lu family.

The final answer was not satisfactory.

Although the Lu family was still in that vast forest, they were being chased by monsters, and the Lu family's great-grandfather was seriously injured and would not live long.

But they still retain most of their strength and are avoiding the monsters.

If all goes well, perhaps many people can really walk out of the forest alive.

This news was obviously not good for Jiang Lin.

He wanted to ask the Taoist sect for help and destroy the Lu family.

But Xie Yushuang, Xie Zimo and others said they were powerless.

They can help because of worldly involvement.

Taoism itself does not have these causes and effects and grudges.

If we act rashly, the world will be in chaos and Taoism will lose its transcendent status.

Seeing that the Taoist sect was determined to do so, Jiang Lin didn't know what to say. He just thought to himself while forging the weapon that he wouldn't be able to forge anything good for the Taoist sect.

At most, it is just a low-grade holy weapon.

On the contrary, it would not be too much for Xie Zimo and the other two to get a mid-grade or even top-grade holy weapon.

When tens of thousands of troops arrived at the second city, the private army commander who had already detected the situation in advance had already closed the city gates.

When Ma Ningyan saw this, her face suddenly turned gloomy.

"Did the Qin family not make contact with the powerful people here?"

Jiang Lin shook his head and said, "Even if they can get in touch, they won't. They'd rather use up more of our energy, or even hope that we all die here."

Ma Ningyan remained silent, riding on the horse, looking at the closed city gate in front of her.

She knew in her heart that Jiang Lin was right.

The powerful clans naturally hope that they will all die, so how could they really help you conquer the world?

In this case, there is only one way left.

Forcefully attack the city!

Ma Ningyan looked back at the tens of thousands of soldiers behind her. The eighteen people she brought out from Tiannan Prefecture had their armor reflecting a dazzling light.

Further back is the armor that Qin compensated for the loss. It is of average quality and barely usable.

As for weapons, they were also extremely ordinary.

Their only trump card is the battle formation.

Ma Ningyan turned the reins, facing the tens of thousands of soldiers, and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to have a full meal?"

"Yes!" Many people responded immediately.

"I also want you all to have enough food, so I will be the first one to rush into the city gate."

A pitch-black long sword was drawn out. This was a brand new weapon made for her by Jiang Lin. Not many materials were used, but it had already reached the level of a lower-grade holy weapon.

"If I die, you must remember to rush in to have enough food!"

"Whoever stands in your way, kill him!"

Her voice was cold and piercing.

Looking at her frosty profile, Jiang Lin suddenly felt a little strange.

The little girl who used to surround him, calling him Grandpa Hong with a smile every day, or secretly taking charcoal to paint everywhere, has now become a famous figure.

She stopped pouting and said she didn't want to learn needlework or get married so early.

I will no longer run to the blacksmith shop for refuge because of the nagging of my family.

Instead, she was a female general who held a long sword and led thousands of troops, and never retreated even when there was a risk of death.

For a moment, Jiang Lin felt that Ma Ningyan's appearance at this moment seemed to be more in line with his impression of Emperor Taizu of Daqian.

Could it be her?

Jiang Lin turned his head and looked at the young man Gu An Ning, who was holding a sword but could not go to the battlefield because of Ma Ningyan's order and looked unwilling.

Or maybe it was him?

At this time, Ma Ningyan had turned her horse around and pointed the long sword in her hand towards the city ahead.

With a loud shout, he blurted out: "Kill!"

The war horse galloped, and the eighteen riders from Tiannan Prefecture followed closely behind it.

Next are the tens of thousands of people at the bottom of society who cannot get enough food.

With red eyes, they followed Ma Ningyan's footsteps and charged towards the city.

"kill!"

At this moment, they are not yet the lawless border troops.

What you think.

It's just a full meal.

That's it.

(End of this chapter)