Chapter 354 [The Great Sword Master]
Young Master Shun is indeed a talented person. After holding Bai Dong's thigh, he quickly selected one hundred people from his subordinates who were good at water and willing to travel to Vietnam with him. The rest were given generous funds and dismissed, and never became water bandits and became good men.
Bai Dong saw the 'severance payment' he gave was indeed very generous, enough for these gangsters to buy a few pieces of land and be an honest and honest farmer. It turned out that Gongzishun was not without money, but a frugal guy. Now he was very generous when spending money, especially when he was generous. It can be seen that his nature was not bad, which made Bai Dong very satisfied.
In addition to the water bandits of Prince Shun, the waterway was still very safe and peaceful. After Bai Dong and Ying Shu rode in Boling, a navy led by Tian Yinqi personally came to pick him up. When he arrived in Lingqi, he changed the waterway to land. After Bai Dong bid farewell to the princess and the young master Bai Yiyi, he agreed to pick her up next time to pick her up her parents' home, and was released from Qi by his wife and children, and took Wu Zhuan Gongshu Zhisang Wazi Fleas and others to travel to Yue.
Although the Yue Kingdom is fighting endlessly, the two largest forces are the Si Qu family and Gui Wei family. Gui Wei family is very close to Bai Dong because of Wu Zhuan. Not only did they send thousands of troops to pick them up, there were two masters, Lu Zhen and Yuan Gong. Although the Si Qu family knew that Bai Zi of Qin supported Wu Zhuan, they did not dare to anger Bai Dong, a powerful enemy, because they did not send troops to harass him. It would be fine if Qin was far away in the western front. Everyone in the world knew that Bai Dong and Xu Gong and Gongzi of Qi were close friends because of Qi. Yue was a close neighbor of Qi. These two great figures could never afford to offend them.
Doctor Guiwei was indeed a loyal minister. When the old man saw Wu Zhuan, he immediately robbed the ground and cried. Then he hugged Wu Zhuan's leg tightly and refused to let go. It was not enough to just say it, but he also sang. What about "The State of Yue is unlucky, the rebellious minister is against the lord, Lao Guiwei is incompetent, and he asks the prince to punish him...' He strongly demands that Wu Zhuan order his butt to be hit. Who made him the senior doctor of Yue? No one can punish him except Wu Zhuan, and his butt is itchy now!
Wu Zhuan smiled bitterly and comforted the loyal old minister, and he was very confused. If it weren't for his master's navigation plan, he hoped that Yueguo could support his master, so he would not return to Yueguo... What kind of throne? He is not as important as his experiments! His master said that the world where humans are actually called the earth. It is a ball covered by sea water. This ball will rotate and revolve, and it revolves around the sun! In this celestial galaxy, there are planets such as gold, wood, water, fire, and earth that form a solar system. But even the solar system is just a drop in the ocean in the Milky Way made up of trillions of stars. What does the Milky Way have? It is not even a small stone in the universe!
It turns out that this universe is so vast and magical! How small is human beings compared to the universe? Even if they are emperors and generals, they will only last for decades. So his time is very precious. He wants to explore the laws of physics and the mysteries of the universe. How could he waste all his precious time in the struggle for power?
Now Wu Zhuan is a scientist who looks down on politicians from the bottom of his heart. Even loyal ministers like Doctor Gui Wei gave him a headache.
After finally persuaded Doctor Guiwei, the old man suggested that Wu Zhuan could stay in Yue and not leave. He had heard that. Now the prince is the best student of Fengming Academy, and he is already the best. Shouldn’t he be a disciple? Shouldn’t he be pitiful to the poor old ministers and the people of Yue? The country cannot be without a king for a day! The ministers have ordered the best embroidery master to make the royal uniform for the prince, and just wait for the auspicious time to ask the prince to ascend the throne to the throne! We are no longer afraid of the temple district family with the help of Duke Qin. As long as the prince climbs up and calls, he can save the people from water and fire! If he doesn’t agree? The old minister hits his head, jumps into the sea, commits suicide, and hangs himself. Anyway, he won’t be able to survive!
Wu Zhuan was stunned and looked at Bai Dong and others blankly and wanted to cry without tears. The flea Sanwazi didn't care about this at all. Gongshu was eager to take Bai Dong to see Gongshu's shipyard, so where did he care about his life or death? He came for Bai Dong. Now Bai Dong didn't speak? In desperation, Bai Dong could only cough and put on his face and suppress others: "Cough cough, you can't be a doctor! Wu Zhuan is a student of Benzi. Now Benzi has not asked him to leave the academy. Who can ask him to leave? Could it be that Yue State does not want Qin's assistance, Bai Zi, to help me?"
"Bai Zi, Doctor Gui Wei didn't mean this. After all, Prince Wu Zhuan is the crown prince of Yue. You always have to set a date for him to return home. This is also the agreement between Yue Nu Sect and Bai Zi?"
Lu Zhen couldn't listen anymore and couldn't help but talk to Doctor Guiwei. At the same time, she implied that Bai Dong should not keep the prince, which violated the original agreement.
Bai Dong blushed: "Let's discuss this matter again... It's not that I want to force Wu Zhuan to stay, but Wu Zhuan is conscious of his studies and refuses to leave. Could it be that I, a teacher, still want to push him out of the academy? By the way, Doctor Gui Wei, has the iron smelting master I asked you to find?"
Wu Yue has been a place where many iron smelting masters emerged, and the most famous ones were Ou Yezi and Gan Jiang Mo Ye. After Qin Yue got along well, at the request of Ying Quliang, many famous craftsmen in Yue Kingdom entered Qin, but Yue people were not fools. The best iron smelting swordsman remained in Yue Kingdom. Some were Lu Zhen and Gui Wei who did not want to be put into Qin Kingdom, and some were hidden between the forest and the spring. Even if a monarch and a great ranger went to ask for it, they might not be willing to see him.
Originally, Bai Dong was a little suspicious of the myths of Gan Jiang Moye. Later, he saw a sword of King Yue unearthed in Jiangling, Hubei in the museum. The sword was as intact as new when it was unearthed, with sharp blades, covered with diamond-shaped patterns, and an inscription carved with bird seals - "Made by King Yue Jiuqian by himself".
After analysis of proton x-ray fluorescence non-vacuum technology by Yanjing Iron and Steel Academy, it was found that this sword was actually cast with quite pure high-tin bronze. The black pattern of the sword body contains tin, copper, iron, lead, sulfur and other components, and the casting process is very superb. Judging from this archaeological discovery, Ou Yezi casting swords should not be a myth. As early as 400, 500 BC, the Chinese had already started to use chemical methods to cast swords. At this time, Europe was still looking for pieces with higher purity to smelting iron, and then refining the so-called "iron sword" with a short and thick sword body that will easily bend after being used for a long time...
Bai Dong was extremely curious about this. Since he had arrived at the era not far from the Great Sword Master, he naturally had to look for descendants of Ou Yezi or Gan Jiang Moye.
Moreover, it is impossible to navigate by latitude and longitude measurement and large ships that can resist wind and waves. Before the invention of the compass, sailors who only rely on experience to sail could not sail far away. Although they can rely on the sun and the North Star to indicate the direction on weekdays, what should I do if I encounter continuous storms? The measurement of longitude and longitude can slow down, but the direction cannot be wrong for a moment.
To make a compass, you must have magnets. There are certain difficulties in finding magnet ores. Even if you find it, you have to invest a lot of manpower mining and transportation. It takes too long. Therefore, using the existing magnetic field on the earth to produce "artificial magnets" is the fastest and most economical method that Bai Dong can think of. It can be the smelting level of this era. If there is no master-level iron smelting expert, producing artificial magnets is simply a joke. So two months ago, Bai Dong had already informed Doctor Lu Zhen and Gui Wei that he asked them to find iron smelting masters on their behalf, preferably a great swordsman like Ou Yezi.
"We found Ou Yezi's descendants deep in Kuaiji Mountain. The Ou Ye family has made swords for generations. This generation's descendants are named Ou Yeliang. It is said that the sword-making technique is not under Naizu. He once made swords for Deng Lingzi in Nanmo, but because he asked for too much materials, he was chased by Deng Lingzi... Bai Zi killed Deng Lingzi, and it was his benefactor."
Seeing that the prince was not interested in national affairs, the doctor Guiwei could only sigh. Qin's help was still needed, and he could not offend Bai Dong.
"Oh? Is this Mr. Ou Ye now in the doctor's house?" Bai Dong was overjoyed.
"Mr. Ou Ye is a famous sword-making master. Gui Weili dared not force him. He sent people to invite him several times, but Mr. Ou Ye refused to come out of the mountain. I'm afraid... Bai Zi can only visit him in person."
"I'm going to visit? OK, very good!"
Bai Dong nodded repeatedly, not only did he not get angry because Ou Yeliang refused to come out of the mountain, but he was even more happy. Usually, people with great abilities were arrogant. Isn’t that the Zhuge Kongming of later generations like this? (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!
Chapter completed!