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

Chapter 485 Everything is so coincidental
Jiang Lin looked at Li Qingluan. The sweetness in her eyes could be summed up in two words to him.

"Actor."

In the royal society of the feudal era, there might really be women who were willing to give themselves to a man in return for saving his life.

But this is not just the feudal era, it is also a dangerous world with powerful military force.

Especially the powerful clans, no matter they have existed for hundreds of years, thousands of years, or even longer.

What they experience in this world is by no means peace and tranquility.

But countless years of fighting!

A powerful and noble family that has experienced life and death will never raise a lady who never leaves the house.

Especially Li Qingluan, who dared to follow the leader of Xuanhua Dao to attack Kyoto City at night.

Whatever the reason, it fully shows that she is not an ordinary woman.

Would such a woman be obsessed with a man and even willing to give herself to him just because he saved her life?
Jiang Lin didn't think so, instead he had a weird feeling.

Li Qingluan is like a liar who tries hard to prove that he is not lying, but has no idea what love is.

The more sincere the tenderness and affection in her eyes, the more fake it seemed in Jiang Lin's eyes.

So Jiang Lin said without hesitation: "I will consider this matter. You don't have to take all of Li's things away. If you really do what you said, it won't be too late to make plans."

"So, you won't cancel the engagement today?" Li Qingluan asked.

Jiang Lin hummed: "Then I won't retreat for the time being."

He really wanted to see what Li was trying to do.

As for whether to cancel the engagement or not, it seems unimportant now.

After all, as long as you're not married, there's no point in having an engagement.

"Thank you, sir." Li Qingluan's face was full of smiles, like a gorgeous peony blooming in the world.

Her appearance alone is enough to charm many people, not to mention her family background.

However, Jiang Lin just said calmly: "I still prefer the heroic look of you back then, when you dared to draw your sword to the sky, rather than the crazy look you have now."

Li Qingluan's smile froze on her face. Jiang Lin ignored her and turned around to choose the things he wanted to take away.

He was not polite and picked out fifty or sixty thousand kinds of higher quality materials and corpses of monsters.

Although they only account for about half of the total, if we only consider the quality, the remaining 60,000 to 70,000 types are not even worthy of carrying shoes.

As for gold, silver and jewelry, they were naturally not spared.

Not only do you not need it, but people around you do.

As for the brothers from the border army, we agreed before they came that we would give them more benefits.

The monthly salary of an ordinary soldier is more than one hundred taels of silver, and that of a military officer starts at several hundred or even a thousand taels.

Since you are generous to others and are doing something like lending flowers to offer to Buddha, you should naturally be more generous.

Giving each person ten or eight times more is not too much, right?
Fifty thousand soldiers, 1,500 taels each, that would be 75 million taels.

Add to that several hundred military officers, and the total is almost 100 million.

Jiang Lin took another 80 million taels. He no longer needs any reason. After all, it was you, Li, who were willing to give it.

When seeing Jiang Lin coming back with so many things and distributing them to the border army brothers on the spot, even Yan Hongchang was stunned.

This second-rank general has been preparing for a major battle.

Who would have thought that, without killing anyone, they still got a lot of money.

"Lord Jiang, this is..." Yan Hongchang couldn't help but come over and ask.

Jiang Lin said: "I will not cancel the engagement today."

Yan Hongchang was stunned. Not canceling the engagement for now?
He subconsciously thought, could it be that Lord Jiang really fell in love with Miss Li?
He had seen Li Qingluan before. She was a beauty of extraordinary beauty and impeccable appearance.

Although she is not quite worthy of a gifted child like Jiang Lin, Lord Jiang is a young man in his twenties, full of vigor and vitality.

I heard that he had never had contact with a woman before, and the blacksmith camp is full of men.

It wouldn't be surprising if one was really mesmerized by this beauty.

But this is a powerful clan. Is it really okay to marry a woman like this?

After all, Jiang Lin’s identity and what he will do in the future are in great conflict with the powerful clans.

To put it bluntly, they will be mortal enemies in the future.

So Yan Hongchang was full of doubts, and Jiang Lin didn't know how to explain it to him.

Although the border troops are loyal to the court, they are numerous and have many different opinions.

Among the forty-eight departments of Daqian, is there anyone without people from powerful clans?

As the saying goes, secrets bring success.

It’s best not to spread things that don’t produce real results.

Therefore, Jiang Lin only said: "I have my own decision on this matter, it is not what Lord Yan thinks."

Yan Hongchang hesitated for a moment, and finally just clasped his fists and said, "Lord Jiang will naturally make some considerations, no doubt. But Lord Jiang must remember that it may not be beneficial to seek the skin of a tiger."

Even though he didn't know what happened deep in the mansion, Yan Hongchang could still roughly guess that Jiang Lin and Li must have made some kind of deal.

It’s just that it’s unclear whether this deal is good or bad, and it’s hard to judge.

The soldiers on the border were quite happy.

It was just a side trip, and I didn't do much, but I got so much silver.

The soldiers who already had a good impression of Jiang Lin praised him in various ways and even called for him to be the general.

Yan Hongchang's face turned a little dark after hearing what he said. These bastards are openly mocking others, right?

If Jiang Lin becomes the general, what will he do?

Of course, Yan Hongchang would not hold it against Jiang Lin for this.

In fact, he personally recognized Jiang Lin's strength.

Not to mention his extraordinary skills in creating magical weapons at will, his astonishing cultivation alone is no less than that of the border army commander, and even surpasses it.

For such a person, it would be a waste of his talent to be a general.

Otherwise, how could Yan Hongchang, a second-rank general, be willing to escort Jiang Lin all the way here?

After dividing the money, Jiang Lin did not leave immediately.

Instead, he stayed in the Li's house for another day until the border troops returned from southern Xinjiang and Yan Hongchang set off.

The border soldier who came back this time happened to be an old acquaintance of Jiang Lin.

Liao Mingxu, and the Nanling Camp!

According to the rules of the border army, Liao Mingxu and the Nanling camp should not have taken turns to rest so early.

However, Qi Hongwu was attacked and killed by the master of Xuanhua Daoshan before, and the position of general has been vacant ever since.

Dachen and Daliang had been completely defeated in the wars of the past few years, and now almost all of them have been incorporated into the territory of Daqian.

At present, the imperial court has sent civil servants to various cities to win over the hearts of the people.

Apart from suppressing some remnants of the two dynasties who had not yet given up, the border troops did not have many major battles to fight.

The most important thing is that it is the first camp where all members receive high-quality weapons.

The Nanling camp dared to fight and charge, and made many military achievements.

Liao Mingxu's cultivation has already broken through to the fourth level of Yuanwu Realm. This time he returns to be promoted by the Ministry of War.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will take over Qi Hongwu's position as general.

Naturally, the group of people under his command also benefited from the promotion, with everyone being promoted at least one level.

The dusi was the lieutenant general, and the garrison commander was the dusi.

As for whether asking them to replace Yan Hongchang and escort Jiang Lin back to Kyoto City was an opportunity to do a small favor and allow them to reminisce in advance, it is hard to say.

In any case, it is natural to be happy when old friends meet.

"Brother Jiang, I miss you so much!"

Liao Mingxu came up and gave me a big bear hug. He was now even more muscular and had a stronger aura.

With numerous military achievements, he has accumulated a lot of confidence.

Although I had heard of Jiang Lin’s legendary story when I was in southern Xinjiang.

But now, seeing with his own eyes Jiang Lin’s full set of magical weapons, his cultivation had even reached the peak of the Divine Martial Realm, and he was almost about to enter the Dao Martial Realm.

Liao Mingxu and others still found it a little unbelievable.

I still remember that when Jiang Lin left for the expedition, although his cultivation was not weak, he was only at the Yuanwu realm.

The weapons that can be forged are not even up to the level of holy weapons.

In just a few years, the changes have been astonishing.

Fang Zhisheng, Song Tianjiu, Xu Fenglei and others also gathered around.

There are also the former thousand-householder Han Shichuan, the former battalion commander Miao Chuanfu, and so on.

Seeing all the familiar faces, Jiang Lin, who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, couldn't help but feel nostalgic.

But there are still many fewer people in the crowd.

"Where is Brother Cai Yanting?" Jiang Lin asked.

This commander of the Nanling camp also provided Jiang Lin with a lot of help.

Now that I can't see him, I suddenly have a bad feeling.

"Cai Yanting..." Liao Mingxu's eyes dimmed slightly, and he sighed, "The mountain master who escaped from Xuanhua Dao often led people to cause chaos in the rear. We have made too many contributions and were targeted. We were ambushed, and although General Ling arrived in time, we still lost a lot of people."

Although I had guessed this possibility a long time ago, I still felt sad when I heard it with my own ears.

Jiang Lin looked up and saw that of the Nanling camp that originally had tens of thousands of people, less than 60% had returned.

Even if he had made fourth-grade weapons for all of them back then, the power of the battle formation would have increased several times.

But on a battlefield involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, death is still inevitable.

It can be said that the losses of the Nanling camp were very small.

Many border military camps were almost completely replaced from top to bottom within two years.

Being able to retain 60% of the veterans is a miracle that has not happened in many years.

"Speaking of which, it is thanks to the weapons that my brother made for us. Otherwise, I am afraid that more people would have died on the battlefield."

Liao Mingxu led his men to step back a few steps, and then bowed solemnly to Jiang Lin.

"Brothers from the Nanling Camp, pay your respects to Brother Jiang!"

Jiang Lin sighed in his heart, there is no such thing as war without casualties.

I have done everything I can, and now I feel more and more that Ma Ningyan's decision back then was not wrong.

Whether it is the extreme disaster that may come at any time or the mutual conquests between dynasties, they will bring suffering and separation of life and death.

Only by forging the most powerful sword can you protect yourself.

A shield is never the best weapon.

"When we get back, let's upgrade our weapons!" Jiang Lin said.

Liao Mingxu said: "That's not urgent. When we get back, we'll get drunk for three days. Don't forget, you promised to treat us to a drink!"

Jiang Lin nodded heavily: "Everyone has it. As long as the brothers are willing, let alone three days, thirty days, or even three hundred days will be no problem!"

"happy!"

Liao Mingxu laughed loudly, his deliberate generosity slightly diluting the gloom brought by the casualties.

"By the way, I heard that Brother Jiang is going to marry the daughter of the Qingzhou Li family this time?" Liao Mingxu blinked and asked with a strange smile: "Tell me the truth, how many times have you been to the flower boat on the Juliu River in the past few years?"

Jiang Lin couldn't help laughing. After such a long time, Liao Mingxu still hadn't changed.

The flower boats on the Julu River are really the favorites of these border troops.

"I've never been there. This time I'm not getting married, but breaking off an engagement. But there are some minor incidents, so I won't break off the engagement for now." Jiang Lin said.

Liao Mingxu didn't care whether Jiang Lin broke off the engagement or not. In his opinion, the woman from the Qingzhou Li family was just so-so and might not be worthy of his little brother.

As they chatted, the group prepared to set off back to Kyoto City.

Li Zhengming and Li Qingluan came to see them off with some clansmen.

Upon learning that the beautiful woman was Jiang Lin's "fiancée", Liao Mingxu couldn't help smacking his lips and stroking his scruffy chin, saying, "She has a nice appearance and figure, but women from powerful families are not so easy to manipulate. At least, compared to serving people, she is not as good as the women on the Juliu River flower boat."

Many military officers burst into laughter when they heard this. They were not at all shy about the fact that Li's men were right next to them.

What surprised them was that the Li family members were not angry about this.

Be it Li Zhengming, Li Qingluan, or those ordinary tribesmen, they all kept smiles on their faces.

After politely escorting Jiang Lin out of Qingzhou, Liao Mingxu walked a long way and couldn't help but look back.

Then, he muttered to Jiang Lin: "I always feel that the people of the Li family are weird, as if... as if..."

"It's like wearing a mask on your face, right?" Jiang Lin said.

"Right, right, right!" Liao Mingxu couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "Brother Jiang is still good at talking!"

"The people of the Li family are like wearing masks. They are clearly smiling, but their smiles make people's feet cold. It's inexplicable."

"Brother Liao, haven't you ever met anyone from the Li family before? Were they like this before?" Jiang Lin asked.

Liao Mingxu said: "I'm not sure. As you know, the powerful clans are too wary of the border troops and rarely interact with us."

Fang Zhisheng suddenly said, "When we were besieging Xuanhua Dao earlier, I came out to recruit local government troops. I heard that Li was a famous smiling tiger."

Jiang Lin nodded. The first powerful clan he came into contact with was the Qingzhou Li family.

Back then, he chased the man in brocade clothes all the way and chopped off his head in front of a Li family master of the Divine Martial Realm.

Judging from the reaction at the time, the Li family should be similar to an ordinary powerful clan.

But now it seems very different.

Putting aside other things, the fact that Li was willing to give up all his belongings and delay the process just because he wanted to cancel the engagement was enough to prove that this powerful clan was unusual.

Jiang Lin was even more thinking about what Li Qingluan had said. Was it actually to see him that he had followed the Taoist master to attack Kyoto City?
If this is true, then the first powerful clan to come and recruit him is also the Qingzhou Li family. What a coincidence!
The most important thing is that the other party recruited Li Qingluan after he left Kyoto City.

Afterwards, Li Qingluan most likely returned to the Li family and restored her identity.

So she didn't know who the blacksmith the family wanted to hire was?

If you knew, why didn't you stop it?
"If we put everything aside... that incident back then seemed to be a great gain for me?"

When this thought came to his mind, Jiang Lin suddenly felt creepy.

(End of this chapter)