Chapter 9 I Will Leave This Matter to You

"Or not?"

Xiao Zongshui's face was so gloomy that he was about to drip water. Not far in front of him, a middle-aged man knelt on the ground with a face full of panic.

"My lord, we did our best!"

Xiao Zongshui waved his hand, signaling him to go out.

The middle-aged man kowtowed, and ran out in a panic, looking like he was alive after a catastrophe.

Xiao Zongshui didn't care about the middle-aged man's reaction, he frowned and stared at the piece of paper in front of him.

That piece of paper is the secret recipe for casting the Huben Saber that Zhou Shu gave him.

After getting the secret recipe, Xiao Zongshui did not disclose the secret recipe in Workshop No. 97 as Zhou Shu expected.

Instead, they found some skilled soldier-casting apprentices.

Three thousand tiger knives are not too much work for a workshop. After all, a workshop has hundreds of soldiers casting masters, and the standard long knives forged are tens of thousands every month.

In Xiao Zongshui's view, even if the casting of the Huben Saber is a little troublesome, the task can be completed in three months with a dozen or twenty apprentices.

As a result, he found several soldier-casting apprentices in a row, but they couldn't successfully forge the Tiger Bendao.

"Could it be that there is something wrong with the secret casting recipe?"

Xiao Zongshui said to himself, "Zhou Shu has the guts?"

He paced back and forth, and after a long while, Xiao Zongshui put the secret casting recipe in his arms, and then pushed the door out.

Not long after, Xiao Zongshui came to the gate of a luxurious house, put a silver coin into the doorman's hand with a big smile on his face.

"Please inform me that Xiao Zongshui, the head of Workshop No. 97, is asking to see Master Zhu."

If the soldier-casting apprentices from Workshop No. 97 saw this scene, they would definitely not believe that this man with a flattering smile would be Xiao Zongshui!

In No. 97 workshop, Mr. Xiao, who overshadows the sky with one hand, sometimes begs for help in such a low voice?

The concierge had his nostrils upturned, with a look of arrogance on his face, he squinted at Xiao Zongshui, weighed the weight of the ingot of silver in his sleeve, and then nodded slightly.

"Wait."

Turned around and walked into the door.

After a quarter of an hour, the other party came back again, with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky at a forty-five degree angle, and said, "Go in, the master is waiting for you in the study, remember, you only have one incense stick of time." .”

"Thank you!"

Xiao Zongshui cupped his hands and said, crossed the threshold, and walked quickly towards the study room, not much time for a stick of incense.

After a while, Xiao Zongshui had arrived at the study according to the porter's instructions.

In the study, a man who seemed to be in his forties or fifties was turning the pages of a book. When he heard Xiao Zongshui coming in, the man said without raising his head, "Master Xiao is here, what advice do you have?"

"Don't dare!"

Xiao Zongshui kept a low profile, and quickly said, "I came to bother Master Zhu because I want Master to help you read Zhang's secret recipe."

"Master, please help me to see if there is any problem with this secret casting recipe?"

Master Zhu raised his head, looked at Xiao Zongshui, and frowned indiscernibly.

"That's all?"

"Xiao knows that the master is busy, but the matter is urgent, and Xiao really has no time to find another caster." Xiao Zongshui smiled bitterly, "Don't worry, master, I understand the rules."

While speaking, Xiao Zongshui handed over a large bank note with both hands.

Asking experts to do things is "expert fee".

Master Zhu glanced at the bank note that Xiao Zongshui put on the table, but he didn't reach out to take it, but his face softened a little.

"Where is the secret recipe? Bring it."

Xiao Zongshui hastily took out the secret recipe for casting the Huben Knife and handed it over.

Master Zhu just glanced at it, then said with some displeasure.

"Master Xiao, although there is some friendship between you and me, but you brought a secret recipe for casting an unqualified weapon, are you going to slap the old man in the face?"

"Master misunderstood."

Xiao Zongshui quickly explained.

Master Zhu is no ordinary soldier-casting master, he is one of the few master craftsmen in Daxia, and his status is extremely respected.

Not to mention the secret recipe for casting non-grade weapons, even ordinary high-grade weapons, Master Zhu would probably look down on them.

Master, on Earth, he is probably at the level of an academician.

"General Cheng Wanlicheng was ordered to form the Imperial Guard Army, designated as the Huben Army. This is the Huben Knife we ​​specially developed for the Huben Army."

Xiao Zongshui explained, "Master, you also know that General Cheng Wanli's establishment of the Imperial Guard is a matter of great concern to the Holy Majesty, and no mistakes can be tolerated."

"So, for this Tiger Ben knife, we would like to ask Master Zhu to give you the palm of your hand."

After listening to Xiao Zongshui's explanation, Master Zhu calmed down a little, nodded and said, "Even so, for such a standard weapon, just find a military builder to have a look."

Even so, Master Zhu picked up the secret casting recipe and looked at it carefully.

"This idea is quite interesting." Master Zhu nodded slightly, and said, "Sacrifice part of the firmness, so that the sharpness of the knife can almost reach the pinnacle of standard weapons. Master Xiao has talents under his command."

"Is there any problem with this secret casting recipe?"

Xiao Zongshui asked.

"It's not a big problem." Master Zhu said, "According to the secret recipe, it is indeed possible to forge an extremely sharp standard long knife, but—"

"But what?"

Xiao Zongshui asked.

"However, there are not many apprentices who can forge knives according to this secret casting recipe."

Master Zhu said sharply, "The casting skills used here can only be easily used by soldiers casting masters. It is more difficult for soldier casting apprentices."

"The knife is a good knife, but it is difficult to mass produce."

"Master Zhu, you mean that there is no problem in casting the secret recipe, but it is too difficult to cast?"

"It can be understood in this way." Master Zhu nodded and said, "If you can ask the soldier casting master to forge this tiger knife, it will not be difficult."

Ask the caster to take action?

Xiao Zongshui smiled wryly, which soldier casting master would be too bored to cast standard weapons?

If they just forge a high-quality weapon, the value can be compared to hundreds of standard weapons, right?

Even if Xiao Zongshui has that face, it's not worth it, how much money is a tiger knife?

How much money do you get for asking a soldier-caster to do it?

It's not worth it no matter what!

"But Master Zhu, I do have soldier casting apprentices who can forge tiger knives—"

Xiao Zongshui did not give up.

"As I said, it is very difficult for apprentices to forge this tiger sword, but I didn't say that apprentices cannot do it."

Master Zhu said, "Apprentice casting soldiers with better skills can be cast after three to five years of training."

"Okay, there are no other problems, let's just leave it at that, the old man has something important to do later."

Master Zhu waved off the guests.

Xiao Zongshui left Master Zhu's mansion in a daze.

He was so intent on supplying Cheng Wanli with weapons not just to make the difference.

As the head of the Casting Division's workshop, although Xiao Zongshui's official position is not high, he has a lot of oil and water in his hands. Even those with much higher official positions than him may not be as rich as him.

He flattered Cheng Wanli because Cheng Wanli was the current celebrity in front of the Holy Majesty, and most importantly, he was responsible for forming the Huben Army, whose duty was to protect the Holy Majesty.

They will appear in front of the Holy One in the future.

If their weapons fell into the eyes of the Holy Majesty, it would be self-evident for Xiao Zongshui.

But now, if he can't cast three thousand tiger knives in three months, Cheng Wanli will definitely be angry. If he changes to another workshop to supply weapons, he will be empty-handed.

"It doesn't make sense."

Xiao Zongshui muttered to himself, "Zhou Shu is not outstanding in Workshop No. 97, why can he cast it, but others can't?"

"There is no problem with casting the secret recipe. Could it be that Zhou Shu has other skills?"

Master Zhu is a master craftsman of arms casting. Since he said that there is no problem with the secret casting recipe, there must be no problem.

Xiao Zongshui didn't have the slightest doubt on this point, but now he suspects that Zhou Shu may have mastered special casting skills.

Otherwise, how could a mediocre soldier-casting apprentice suddenly be able to forge a Tiger Saber?

Even Master Zhu said that the Tiger Bendao is a bit difficult to forge for apprentices in casting soldiers!

"Hmph, so what's the difficulty? I, Xiao Zongshui, have solved countless difficulties in my life. Since there is no problem in casting the secret formula, then I don't believe it. I can't handle three thousand tiger knives!"

Xiao Zongshui hurried all the way back to No. 97 Workshop.

As soon as he returned to the workshop, he immediately summoned the apprentices who were at the top of the military casting skills in the No. 97 workshop.

Zhou Shu was also among those summoned.

When Zhou Shu arrived at the square, there were already thirty or forty people crowded there, and those people gathered in groups of three or five and whispered together.

Zhou Shu had no friends in the workshop, so he could only stand alone in the corner, quietly listening to everyone's discussions.

Just as everyone was discussing what the chief executive was calling everyone for, Xiao Zongshui had already arrived at the venue.

He coughed lightly, and the field immediately fell silent.

"I called you here today because you are all the most skilled soldier-casting apprentices in our No. 97 Workshop."

Xiao Zongshui scanned the audience and said, "Now I have a glorious task to entrust to you."

"This task is very important to our Workshop No. 97, so no matter what, we can't make mistakes."

"You are all elite soldiers under my boss, I hope you can complete this task for me."

"Of course, I won't let your efforts be in vain." Xiao Zongshui scanned the audience like a falcon, "I put my words here. If I can complete the task this time, I will reward you a lot!"

"From now on, no matter who you are, as long as you can forge weapons according to my secret recipe for casting weapons, I will reward you with a tael of silver for every one you make!"

There was an uproar in the audience, one tael of silver, the vast majority of soldiers casting apprentices, the monthly salary is not one tael ah!

However, there were a few people who kept their heads down and didn't speak. They were people who had been called by Xiao Zongshui to cast soldiers.

So they are very clear that this money is not so easy to earn.

Those soldier-casting apprentices who didn't understand the situation became excited. They were rewarded with a tael of silver for casting a weapon, which was equivalent to a month's wages. Two or three weapons were forged a day...

"My lord, even if we try our best, we will definitely complete the task!"

A soldier-casting apprentice shouted.

"Very good." Xiao Zongshui nodded with satisfaction, "I still have other things to do, Zhou Shu, I will leave this matter to you. All the apprentices present will be under your leadership temporarily. Within three months, the master You need to see three thousand tiger knives, otherwise——hmph!"

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