Mrs. Huang and Huang Wudie went to the dining hall under the leadership of their son Liu Qi, and dined with Jiang Wan, Zhao Yun, Chen Wen and other confidants as Mrs. Huang. Huang Xu went to Xinye to take over the wind, and the generals naturally respected and loved Mrs. Huang.
, Mrs. Huang's depression of leaving Xiangyang was relieved, and she felt the warmth of home, but she became more and more worried about her husband Huang Zhong, who was far away in Xiangyang.
After the meal, Wen Dai arranged an exclusive small courtyard close to the young master's bedroom for Mrs. Huang and her family to live in peace.
That night, Huang Wudie wanted to sleep with her mother, but Mrs. Huang mercilessly refused.
Huang Wudie was very puzzled and said reluctantly: "Mom, did your daughter make you angry?"
Mrs. Huang said earnestly: "Die'er, you have a husband now. Although you don't have a matchmaker to marry you, the master loves you so much, so you can't be selfish."
Huang Wudie was still puzzled and said: "Mom, how could I have any selfish intentions? I haven't been with my mother since last year. I will spend time with my mother tonight. It was the young master who asked me to come and talk to my mother.
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Mrs. Huang said: "Young Master is a kind-hearted person, and Die'er can't let him down. We and I will have plenty of time to talk in the future. If you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. If you marry a county magistrate, take a sedan chair and go back."
Huang Wudie saw that her mother was determined not to stay and sleep with her, so she couldn't force her. She reluctantly said, "Then just listen to mother, I'll leave right away. By the way, the young master asked me to bring a message to mother."
Mrs. Huang said: "What are you talking about?"
Huang Wudie said: "Young master asked my mother, what kind of duties should my brother arrange when he comes to Xinye?"
Mrs. Huang was overjoyed. After all, the young master cared about Xu'er. She smiled and said, "The young master is so attentive. Does the young master have any intentions?"
Huang Wudie shook her head: "Young Master didn't say it clearly, but it seems that Young Master mentioned that his brother has a magic bow, and he also said that he always wanted to form an archery team of 500 people, so he wanted to ask my mother-in-law for her opinion.
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Mrs. Huang said: "Well, ask your brother to come down."
Huang Wudie went out and shouted in the yard: "Brother, mother calls you."
When Huang Xu arrived in Xinye for the first time, he was quite excited. He didn't feel tired after running all the way. He didn't go to bed early. He was practicing his bow and arrows in the yard. He thought about working with the young master Liu Qi in the future and taking orders under his tent, so he felt that he had endless energy.
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Everyone in the Huang family knew that Huang Xu, who suffered from epilepsy, would not live long. His life was saved by the young master. In order to allow the miracle doctor Hua Tuo to perform craniotomy quietly in Xiangyang, the soldiers of the young master Liu Qi and Cai Hao
They fought in front of the Young Master's Mansion, and several guards died. Even the butler Liu Zhong injured his thigh and almost lost his life. This favor could not be fully repaid even at the cost of Huang Xu's life.
"Here we come." Huang Xu put a hard bow on the stone table and quickly entered the room.
Mrs. Huang was straightforward, with a bit of an aggressive tone: "Xu'er, we are in Xinye, but we can't eat dry food. The young master sent a message and wanted to ask for your opinion. We are in Xinye, what do you want to do? What can you do?"
Huang Xu patted his chest and said loudly: "Mother, as long as I am under the young master's tent, and as long as the young master orders you, I can do anything."
Mrs. Huang said: "Your sister has already led the army, bringing with her a hundred newly recruited special female soldiers, known as the Red Detachment of Women. Does Xu'er want to be a general and lead the army?"
Huang Xu nodded without hesitation: "I want to be a general like my father and lead troops to fight for the young master."
"Okay, he is my son if he is promising." Mrs. Huang said happily, "Young master said that he will form an archery team of 500 people and ask you to coach 500 sharpshooters. If you are confident,
No?"
Huang Xu was surprised. Good guy, Young Master, oh, no, he is his brother-in-law. Young Master’s brother-in-law is different. He takes good care of his brother-in-law. He allows himself to lead five hundred archers when he takes action. This is equivalent to becoming a soldier before he becomes a soldier.
A Qu Chang who can command five hundred soldiers will become a Yamen General capable of commanding a thousand soldiers, which is just one step away from being a general.
"Yes." Huang Xu suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, thinking that his brother-in-law Liu Qi knew that I could wield a magic bow. My brother-in-law is a meritocracy. He will have to lead five hundred archers in the future. He must not embarrass his brother-in-law or let anyone else.
To misunderstand the magistrate is nepotism.
When Mrs. Huang saw that her son and daughter were settled in Xinye, she felt relieved and said: "Well, Xu'er, you should go to bed early. I won't interfere with the matters between you men. However, mother can't be idle either.
Tomorrow I will go to the tailor shop in front of the county house to help. Mom is here with the housekeeper Huang Lao and several maids in the house, so you two brothers don’t have to worry about mom."
Huang Wudie said: "Mom, there's no need to worry. The young master also said that he would take some time tomorrow to accompany my mother and I to go shopping on Xinye Street and buy some daily necessities."
Mrs. Huang couldn't refuse: "Young Master has good intentions, so let's just take a stroll in the county town tomorrow and don't delay the Young Master's official duties." Then she urged: "Die'er, come back quickly, lest the Young Master wait late and affect his rest."
"Okay, mother, do your best." Huang Wudie and Mrs. Huang, Huang Xu said goodbye.
Huang Wudie returned to her son Liu Qi's bedroom, and Liu Qi was reading at night.
When Liu Qi saw Huang Wudie coming in, he covered his head and said, "Die'er, why are you back? Are you not sleeping with your mother?"
Huang Wudie shook her head, pretending to be helpless and said: "If you don't let me, you are saying that I will marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog, and marry a bastard and walk sideways."
Seeing Huang Wudie's inability to lie, Liu Qi smiled: "No, Mrs. Huang is a well-educated person. How could she compare me, a dignified county magistrate, to a bastard?"
Huang Wudie said curiously: "Young Master, you, you... mother said that I would marry a county magistrate and ride in a sedan chair, but she didn't say that you were a bastard. Could it be that Young Master eavesdropped?"
Liu Qi laughed loudly: "You can't say anything nice with your mouth. Let's not talk about this. What does your mother say about junior brother Huang Xu?"
Huang Wudie said: "My mother agreed, and my brother is also very happy. It is not difficult to train these five hundred archers, but it is not easy to make so many bows and arrows?"
Huang Wudie spoke, and Liu Qi thought thoughtfully. In the era of cold weapons, before hot weapons such as bombs and explosives were widely used on the battlefield, bows and arrows were one of the most lethal weapons. Huang Wudie was worried.
Logically speaking, for 500 archers, one arrow per person is 500 arrows. Calculating an average of 100 arrows per person, that is 50,000 arrows. It is easy to say but difficult to make.
"It is precisely because it is not easy to make arrows, so I invite my junior brothers to train the archery team. We must absolutely guarantee that the archers will hit the target without wasting an arrow." Liu Qi said what he was thinking, and said: "Die'er
, To tell you the truth, Brother Wan has sent people to Dangyang to transport bamboo. Within a month, I will make 100,000 all-bamboo arrows. From now on, it depends on my junior brother's ability."
"However, it is easy to make a complete bamboo arrow, but it will break when exposed to armor, and its lethality is not strong. Only if the bamboo arrowhead is wrapped with an iron tip, it can be considered a real bamboo arrow." Huang Wudie is the daughter of Huang Zhong, the same as his brother Huang Xu.
Good bows and arrows can be said to be from a family of bows and arrows, and they have some unique insights when it comes to bows and arrows.
Liu Qi wondered: "Well, it's not easy to cast iron points. There is a shortage of skilled craftsmen in Xinye."
Huang Wudie said: "I know a person who is the god of swords in folklore and a famous blacksmith. He has a unique and invincible sword technique - Ksitigarbha three consecutive swords. This person's name is Pu Yuan. Don't you know this person?"
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Liu Qi vaguely remembered that when he read about the Three Kingdoms before traveling through time, there was a famous blacksmith in the Shu Kingdom during the Eastern Han Dynasty. He couldn't remember his name clearly, but he should be the Pu Yuan mentioned by Huang Wudie. It is said that this man once made swords for Liu Bei in Chengdu.
5,000 knives were engraved with "Seventy-two Refinings". Later, he made 3,000 knives for Zhuge Liang in Xiegu. The knives he made cut iron like clay and were unmatched by anyone in the world. He was hailed as the God of Swords by the people.
However, according to historical records, Pu Yuan, the sword god, was a blacksmith from the Shu Kingdom. He once made knives for Liu Bei, the Lord of Shu, and also made knives for Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of the Shu Han Dynasty. This was at least after Liu Bei established the Shu Han Dynasty in 221 AD, two years after Chu Ping.
It has been more than thirty years since the year (AD 191). How did Huang Wudie know that there was a blacksmith Pu Yuan in the world who was known as the God of Swords? This is a bit strange!
In response to Huang Wudie's question about whether he knew the Sword God Pu Yuan, Liu Qi did not want to appear ignorant in front of Huang Wudie, so he changed the topic without mentioning the Sword God Pu Yuan, and instead started to be mysterious: "Ksitigarbha Sanlian"
Knife, Pear Blossom Waterfall Needle, could it be that Die'er and a blacksmith named Pu Yuan came from the same family?"
Huang Wudie was startled, her pupils widened, she was surprised by Liu Qi's question, her mouth was wide enough to put an egg in, and she stammered: "Master, you, you, how do you know?"
"Haha, Die'er, don't you know? I know everything about astronomy and geography for five thousand years." Liu Qi felt very happy that all his casual rumors were correct.
I couldn't help but feel a little proud.
Huang Wudie glared at Liu Qi, but she was also proud of being with a smart and well-educated husband all her life. She said delicately: "Young master, just brag."
Liu Qi smiled, but thought about it in his heart, if Huang Wudie and the Sword Master are from the same sect, if the Sword Master can be invited out of the mountain and used by me, it will avoid Pu Yuan from making arrows and knives to Shu.
The potential threat undoubtedly gives Liu Qi another chance to dominate the Three Kingdoms in the future.
Liu Qi felt happy at the thought of the possibility of inviting the Sword God Pu Yuan. When he thought that the history books recorded the birth and death years of the famous Shu blacksmith Pu Yuan, he asked: "I wonder if the Sword God Pu Yuan is Senior Brother Die'er?
Or junior brother?"
Huang Wudie said without thinking: "Of course it's senior brother. Senior brother Pu is several years older than me."
Liu Qi said happily: "Then I will have a senior brother who is a swordsman from now on."
Huang Wudie chuckled and said: "Sir, you are really good at climbing high. You are so pretty. You don't even know who the masters of me and Senior Brother Pu are? So you call the God of Swordsman Senior Brother."
Liu Qi didn't want to explain that he studied under Huang Zhong and could be called Huang Xu. Huang Wudie was his junior brother and sister. Naturally, he could also call Pu Yuan his senior brother. So he took the opportunity to ask, boasting and asking: "Die'er, I have seen
Your pear blossom waterfall rain needles are like a goddess scattering flowers, and they are spread in a superb way. I believe that Senior Brother Pu’s Ksitigarbha three-sword dance must be shocking to the heavens and weeping ghosts and gods. In this way, Die’er and Pu Yuan’s master are not ordinary people.
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Huang Wudie said proudly: "That's natural."
Liu Qi's eyes lit up and he asked eagerly: "Who is Die'er's master?"