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

Chapter 489 Wonderful Scenery
Although the weapons they made could not compare with Jiang Lin's in terms of quality or characteristics, they finally stood on this level.

Jiang Lin gathered together these blacksmiths who were able to forge precious weapons, and burned more pig iron infused with the vitality of heaven and earth every day for them to forge.

In addition, other blacksmiths can sign up for the trial every once in a while.

If you feel that your skills are good enough, you can join the team. You will get extra wages for making weapons.

Daqian has just conquered two dynasties and plundered a large amount of wealth.

There is no shortage of silver, only weapons.

According to the Ministry of War, the border troops will be expanded to more than 10 million people within a year.

It is said that there may be two more generals added. This kind of overnight success has attracted countless people's attention.

Especially those who have already occupied the position of general, who doesn’t want to go further?
So during this period, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Works were all very busy.

Although military expansion may seem to be the responsibility of the Ministry of War, it actually involves many people and many things.

Especially for the newly incorporated territories, the Ministry of Industry should be responsible for post-war construction, right?
The Ministry of Revenue should be responsible for post-war development, right?
The population needs to be counted and the border troops need to be recruited, and neither task can be completed in a few days.

Over at the Daqian Blacksmith Camp, the Ministry of Works no longer assigns any tasks easily.

Basically, Jiang Lin discussed directly with the Ministry of War and even the commander-in-chief of the border troops about how many weapons and what grades were needed.

According to Jiang Lin's meaning, I know that your Ministry of War and border troops are in a hurry.

But don’t be in a hurry!
The weapons that the Blacksmith Camp can forge now have reached the upper level, and many precious weapons are also produced.

Jiang Lin's speed in making pig iron is not slow. He can make thousands of pieces at a time and 20,000 to 30,000 pieces a day.

He alone can almost meet the material needs of the blacksmith camp for most of the day.

But even if we produce 30,000 pieces of pig iron a day, it will take almost a year to meet the needs of tens of millions of border troops.

This is under the premise that Jiang Lin is burning pig iron all the time, and the blacksmith camp is also forging weapons without interruption.

Therefore, you should not take ordinary weapons for the time being, and take a break.

After one year, all members will have at least first-grade weapons, and the power of the battle formation will be increased by at least five times, or even more.

A battle formation composed of tens of millions of people, using such weapons, even the Mountain and River Arrows of the Seventh Ancestor of the Western Yi might not be as powerful as theirs.

Several border army commanders had no objection to this, and they also hoped that the weapons of their soldiers could be better and better.

The better the weapons, the more powerful the battle formation.

What's more, the blacksmith camp can now forge precious weapons, and the prerequisite for forging precious weapons is to use the pig iron fired by Jiang Lin.

This is the border army's treasure, so naturally Jiang Lin's words are the truth.

If anyone dared to raise any opinions, Jiang Lin might not say anything, as the generals would simply come and tear down the house.

While Jiang Lin was concentrating on making weapons for the border troops and improving his skills, a major event also took place among the powerful clans.

The Song family in Jinzhou was attacked at night, causing heavy casualties.

Among them, seventeen masters of the clan who were above the Divine Martial Realm were killed.

Of the five Daowu realm ancestors, three died and two were seriously injured.

A total of three hundred and seventy-two people died below the Divine Martial Realm.

Although the entire family was not wiped out, the loss was not far off.

Whether it is the Yuanwu realm or the Shenwu realm, it is not difficult to cultivate it for powerful clans.

They have their own alchemists and resources accumulated over countless years, so masters are just a number.

But it is only limited to the highest divine martial realm. As for the Taoist martial realm, it cannot be improved by simple drugs.

Just the concentration of Tao heart can stop almost everyone.

No one can clearly explain what is the Tao heart and how to concentrate the Tao heart.

Even those who have reached this level, or even veteran masters who have been immersed in it for a long time, can only say that it is based on some kind of understanding of their own.

Once you understand, you will be able to concentrate on the Tao.

There is no fixed way, nor a fixed routine.

However, even if someone can gain some understanding, it is not known whether the understanding is not deep enough, or the vitality of heaven and earth in this era is not enough to support reaching the Daowu realm.

It has been a long time since anyone has been able to reach this level.

The only exception is Jiang Lin.

But he was just a blacksmith who was not supposed to be good at practicing, which made many people, even the commander of the border army, envious.

The Daowu realm ancestors of the powerful clans were all figures who lived at least a hundred years ago. The older ones could even date back more than three hundred years, almost to the time when Daqian was founded.

For masters of this level, the death of one is really the least.

Three of the five ancestors died, and two were seriously injured and dying. It is not clear whether they can be saved.

Even if he is saved, he may not be able to survive for long.

It can be said that the Song family is ruined.

The tribe’s wealth, especially the rare resources stored in the underground palace, including a giant’s finger, were all stolen.

Who did it?
Nobody knows.

According to the Song family survivors, those people were covered in colorful light, which was a bit like the methods of Xuanhua Dao.

But the weapons they used were extremely strange.

There are so many different kinds, everything is there.

There is no fixed pattern for the moves, so it is almost impossible to find clues from them.

In other words, you can suspect any force based on the methods they use.

The biggest suspect, naturally, is the imperial court.

But does the imperial court have such means?

The current patriarch of the Song family, a master at the peak of the Divine Martial Realm, dragged his seriously injured body to the court to be questioned.

Emperor Shun only said one sentence: "If I take action, you will never have the chance to speak again."

These words are full of disdain for the powerful clans, and do not in the least conceal the Emperor's disgust for them.

If I take action, I will definitely exterminate all nine clans of yours, leaving no one alive!

There is some truth to this, the best cover-up is to have no witnesses.

Unfortunately, the Song family was left alive. Although they fought desperately, the other party was unwilling to drag it out for too long.

But since they dared to attack the powerful clan, it would be unreasonable to say that they were not sure of wiping out the entire family.

The powerful clans immediately united and vowed to find out the real culprit behind the scenes.

This matter caused a big stir, and even in the blacksmith camp many people were talking about it.

Over the years, we have only heard of powerful clans wiping out other families. When will it be their turn to encounter such a thing?
First, the Lu family was wiped out by Jiang Lin, and now the Song family is being targeted by an unknown force.

If Jiang Lin had not been working in the blacksmith camp every day with countless people watching, he would probably be the first person to be suspected.

When Jiang Lin learned about this, he was moved and couldn't help but think of the Qingzhou Li family.

Could this be what Li meant by trying it first?

Jiang Lin had thought before that the Li family might use some means to seize the giant skeleton from other powerful clans.

I just never thought it would be done this way.

The Jinzhou Song family has a much longer history than the Lu family or the Li family. It is said that it has existed for more than a thousand years and is a clan that has experienced the Taoist era.

However, such a clan was beaten so badly.

If it was really the Qingzhou Li family who did it, then their strength should not be underestimated.

Can six Daowu realm ancestors achieve this?
The most important thing is that Jiang Lin has always had doubts in his heart.

Usually, the qualifications of the five ancestors can be traced back to more than three hundred years ago, almost four hundred years.

Then the six ancestors...

Is it possible that the oldest member of the Li family has ever seen me?

After all, Jiang Lin did show up more than four hundred years ago, but he rarely appeared after the founding of Daqian.

It was not until the time when Lu was killed that he last appeared in public.

If the oldest ancestor of the Li family survived that era, it is possible that he had seen himself.

However, in the long history, Jiang Lin had never heard of the name of Qingzhou Li family. It must have emerged after he left.

If you have seen me, why don’t you come out and recognize me?

Or is it because she recognized me that she was so eager and didn't want him to cancel the engagement?
He would even rather secretly kill other powerful clans in order to please himself?
If you think about it this way, it's not impossible.

It's such a simple truth, how could Li not understand it?

There is no point in hiding it like this.

Jiang Lin didn't quite understand, and it was not appropriate for him to ask the Qingzhou Li family again.

Some things become awkward if they are stated too clearly.

What if someone says, I know you.

So what if you are Hong Chen, the ancestor of blacksmiths from four hundred years ago?

However, a month later, Jiang Lin confirmed the matter.

Because Emperor Shun summoned him to the palace and told him in the imperial study that someone had delivered a giant's finger bone.

Not only did he reveal the identity of the Li family, but he also made it very clear in order to prove to Jiang Lin their determination.

Emperor Shun wanted to know what Li's determination was.

Jiang Lin had no idea the answer to this question. All Li wanted was for him to marry Li Qingluan, and she never said anything else.

Although he admitted this frankly, from the expression on Emperor Shun's face at the time, it was clear that he did not really believe it. This was not surprising, Jiang Lin was indeed a genius that appeared once in hundreds of years, comparable to the founder of blacksmiths.

But the powerful clans have always been prudent and have only sought stability and to remain standing.

Even if Jiang Lin is a genius, can they offend all the powerful clans for such a person?
You know, a secret attack on the clan will lead to a siege.

No matter how powerful Li is, it is impossible for him to deal with so many people at the same time.

As long as Emperor Shun announced the news, they would be wiped out in an instant.

Not to mention six Daowu realm ancestors, even if there were six more they would not be enough.

But on the other hand, by doing this, Li was also submitting his allegiance to the imperial court.

Taking the initiative to hand over one's own weaknesses is much more meaningful than simply forming an alliance based on words.

So even though Emperor Shun didn't believe what Jiang Lin said, he didn't ask any further questions.

No matter what agreement Li and Jiang Lin reached secretly, judging from the current situation, it is beneficial to the court and has no disadvantages.

After leaving the palace, Jiang Lin felt very complicated on his way back.

In order to marry me, Li really went to such a big trouble?

Kind of outrageous.

Two months later, another powerful clan suffered the same tragedy as the Song family.

To be precise, they were even worse off this time.

The four ancestors died completely, not a single one was left.

All those in the clan who were at the Shenwu realm and above were killed in the battle, leaving only a small number at the Yuanwu realm.

As for all kinds of wealth and half of the giant's arm bone that he controlled, they were also stolen.

Within three months, the two powerful clans were almost wiped out.

For a time, the whole world was shocked.

Eunuch Tian flew all the way. He came to summon Jiang Lin into the palace on the order of His Majesty the Emperor.

Because Li's people sent the half arm bone.

This time, they wanted to ask Lord Jiang what he thought. Shouldn't the marriage be cancelled?

If you don't retire, have you ever considered when to get married?

Even Emperor Shun could not answer this question.

Jiang Lin's current status and importance have, to a certain extent, exceeded the control of His Majesty the Emperor.

In other words, for various considerations, even His Majesty the Emperor has to respect his personal wishes.

The most important thing was that Emperor Shun did not want Jiang Lin to agree to the "marriage" with the Li family so quickly, but he also did not want to offend this clan that helped him do things secretly.

So the answer is yes or no, only Jiang Lin himself can answer.

However, as soon as Eunuch Tian arrived above the blacksmith camp, he was blown by a strong wind and could not open his eyes.

I tried hard to look forward, but my hair stood on end with shock.

High in the sky, I saw the vital energy of heaven and earth stretching for hundreds of miles, covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

Inside the blacksmith camp, an aura so powerful that it terrified him was emerging.

"Is this... the true Dao Wu realm?"

When Jiang Lin was concentrating his Dao heart, the aura ripples of the Dao Martial Realm spread for thousands of miles.

But those ripples were far different from what they are now.

Eunuch Tian felt as if he was facing the might of heaven, and retreated in panic without thinking.

A thick column of heaven and earth energy dropped from the sky, with a diameter of nearly a thousand meters.

The concentration of this kind of vital energy of heaven and earth is almost like substance.

Eunuch Tian quickly landed on the ground and then noticed that there were many people around.

The vast majority of them are from the blacksmith camp.

They evacuated several thousand meters away early and did not dare to approach casually.

Among them were people from the Nanling Camp, who had now reoccupied their original locations and squeezed out the Zhenshuo Camp.

There was nothing the Zhenshuo camp could do, since Liao Mingxu was promoted directly to general after his return.

As a result, the group of people under his command also followed suit.

Fang Zhisheng jumped two levels and was promoted to lieutenant general, which was the same rank as him.

Liao Mingxu was a general, but he didn't go to prepare the troops and just hung around in the Nanling camp all day.

A high-ranking official can crush people to death, let alone more than one high-ranking official.

The people in Zhenshuo Camp were extremely angry, but there was nothing they could do.

When Eunuch Tian landed, Liao Mingxu happened to be nearby.

Although the border troops did not like dealing with eunuchs or civil servants, they were people around the emperor after all, so Liao Mingxu still brought people over to say hello.

"How come Eunuch Tian has time to come here?" Liao Mingxu asked.

"I am here to invite Lord Jiang to the palace for an audience with His Majesty." Eunuch Tian looked at the pillar of heaven and earth energy in front of him and asked, "Is Lord Jiang making a breakthrough?"

"Who else could have caused such an astonishing momentum except my brother Jiang?" Liao Mingxu laughed.

Although his cultivation level was being improved by Jiang Lin, he was no longer qualified to even look up to him.

But the relationship with Jiang Lin remained unchanged.

Even if Jiang Lin was a big shot in front of the emperor, he and Liao Mingxu had a life-and-death friendship.

I have to recognize this brother for my whole life!
Eunuch Tian was not surprised to hear Liao Mingxu's answer.

It was already known to many people that Jiang Lin had already condensed his Dao Heart ahead of time, and what he lacked was only the accumulation of cultivation.

During this period, many border army commanders were looking for elixirs to improve his cultivation.

Not to mention the Ministry of Revenue, they also searched the royal private treasury several times, and even went to the homes of various powerful clans countless times.

A large amount of pills were sent to the blacksmith camp. Even though Jiang Lin needed a lot of them, he was able to get most of them together.

"The commanders are really dedicated, otherwise it would not be so easy for Lord Jiang to break through his cultivation." Eunuch Tian said.

Liao Mingxu laughed out loud: "That's right, Brother Jiang and our border troops are all our own people, who else should we help if not him?"

Eunuch Tian glanced at the low-grade holy weapon long sword on Liao Mingxu's waist and said, "It seems that Lord Liao also gained something."

Liao Mingxu chuckled and couldn't help touching the long sword at his waist.

This was the weapon Jiang Lin had specially made for him after he was promoted to general.

Although the characteristics are relatively simple, it is sharp enough.

While waving, it creates an illusion that confuses the enemy.

Without the cultivation of the Divine Martial Realm, it would be impossible to walk out of the illusion array unless your head fell to the ground.

It can be said that with such a knife, Liao Mingxu has no rival in the Yuanwu realm.

It is not an exaggeration to say that a good enough weapon can allow a person to fight enemies of different levels in succession.

Liao Mingxu couldn't let go of this lower-grade holy weapon long sword.

When he got it, he wanted to call Jiang Lin "dad".

"We are all family, family, hehehe..."

Eunuch Tian glanced at the others. The military officers around Liao Mingxu had all had their weapons upgraded.

The worst was a low-rank Yuan soldier, and that was just a seventh-rank centurion.

We have both mid-grade and high-grade Yuan soldiers.

The people from the Nanling camp had gained a lot from this trip back, and the others were so envious that they were drooling.

Seeing the happy faces of Liao Mingxu and others, Eunuch Tian couldn't help but think in his heart that when all the border troops really changed their weapons, Lord Jiang's prestige in the border troops would probably be even greater than that of His Majesty the Emperor.

The same thing happened hundreds of years ago.

Back then, the great blacksmith made weapons for the entire army.

To a certain extent, his prestige is no less than that of Emperor Taizu.

However, Emperor Taizu was able to compete with him because he had fought bravely throughout his life.

Where is Emperor Shun?
He only held the title of emperor, and had rarely fought on the battlefield.

The only thing worth mentioning is that Xuanhua Dao attacked Kyoto City at night and Emperor Shun took action.

It was not until then that everyone knew that the emperor, who had always been low-key, was actually a master of the Divine Martial Realm.

At this time, someone suddenly said, "Look, what is that!"

Eunuch Tian turned his head and saw two divine dragons, one golden and one red, rising into the sky from the vital energy of heaven and earth.

A large amount of heaven and earth's vitality was devoured by them, and the sizes of the two divine dragons grew at an extremely fast speed.

In the blink of an eye, it was a thousand feet long.

They swam in the vital energy of heaven and earth with great momentum and the sound of dragon roars was endless.

Even Eunuch Tian, ​​who had been with the Emperor for many years and considered himself knowledgeable, was stunned at this moment.

There have been no real dragons in this world for a long time. It is said that they became extinct in the time of Daozu.

These two now do not look like real dragons, but they have the power comparable to that of real dragons.

What kind of means are needed to create such a wonderful sight!
(End of this chapter)