"Let's go in and take a look." Seeing that Xue Xin was a little distracted, Father Xue could only cough and remind him. Xue Xin quickly adjusted his mood and followed Father Xue across the suspension bridge into the base. As they walked towards the city center, Xue Xin found many large courtyards that looked like martial arts centers. In each courtyard, there were dozens of people practicing martial arts. After a rough count, he actually saw several hundred people. At this moment, Father Xue explained," These people were selected through many tests. They are absolutely loyal to the family. Then, they gathered here. According to their interests and talents, they are assigned to different courtyards to learn different martial arts.”Only then did Xue Xin remember that many of the servants outside were skilled in martial arts, but he had never seen anyone at home teach them martial arts. It turned out that the place where the Xue family trained their armed forces was actually in such a hidden place. Walking further into the center, they arrived at the location of various logistics support buildings. There were medicine shops, carpentry shops, and everything else. However, it could be seen that these buildings were very new, and there were some differences in style from the previous buildings. They were probably newly built to test Xue Xin's "wonderful ideas".
At this moment, Xue Xin suddenly saw a familiar figure standing by the roadside in front of him. When he saw the father and son coming over, he greeted them from afar,"Oh, Young Master is here today. Good, the saber you asked me to forge last time is ready. Come and see if you're satisfied.”Xue Xin quickly replied," So Uncle Qiang hid here. I couldn't find him even after searching for a few days. Is the quality of this knife like the previous ones?"”
This Uncle Qiang was an old man of the Xue family. Even Father Xue called him Uncle Qiang. He had already served the Xue family when Xue Xin's grandfather was in charge. Uncle Qiang was not interested in martial arts or medicine. He was only obsessed with forging. He had spent most of his decades on forging research, so he was now in charge of all kinds of forging work in the family. In the past, Xue Xin had troubled him many times, so the two of them were very familiar with each other. Recently, Xue Xin was about to leave home to travel. He thought of the chaotic world outside and would inevitably encounter situations like bandits and war. Although he had unique skills, he did not have any sharp weapons suitable for battle. Therefore, he asked Uncle Qiang to make a knife according to his design. However, Xue Xin was not satisfied with the knife that he made a few times in a row. Recently, he could not even find him. He did not expect Uncle Qiang to come here.
At this moment, Xue Xin and his son had already walked in front of Uncle Qiang. He first greeted Father Xue before smiling,"Don't worry, Young Master. This saber will definitely satisfy you. Come with me and take a look." As he spoke, he turned around and walked towards a large courtyard at the back. Xue Xin calculated that this courtyard was located in the center of this small city. The number of people guarding outside was several times more than those "research rooms" in front. It seemed that this was today's destination.
After entering the door, Father Xue said to Uncle Qiang,"Uncle Qiang, bring Xin 'er to retrieve the blade first. Later, bring him to the library.”Then, he walked straight to a small wooden building on his right.
As for Xue Xin, he followed Uncle Qiang to the left and entered a room. Xue Xin saw that the room was furnished with tables, chairs, and beds, and guessed that it might be Uncle Qiang's residence. Sure enough, Uncle Qiang took a sheathed Tang sword from the wall and handed it to Xue Xin, complaining,"My little young master, I'm exhausted this time. You see, in order to forge this saber for you, I moved here alone and didn't go home for half a month.”Xue Xin felt a weight on his hand when he received it. This saber was much heavier than he had expected. When he pulled the saber out of its sheath, he heard a clear buzzing sound, as if the temperature in the entire room had instantly dropped by several degrees. Xue Xin narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the knife. He saw that the blade was straight, about 70 to 80 centimeters long, 50 to 60 centimeters long, and 6 to 8 millimeters thick. It was a standard horizontal knife style of the Tang Dynasty. However, only the edge of the blade reflected a cold light. The body and back of the blade were black, but they were not eye-catching at all. However, when Xue Xin picked up the knife, he felt that the weight of the knife was obviously not right. Now that he saw the appearance of the knife, he could not help but exclaim,"Darksteel?"
"That's right. It's a saber forged from black iron. Kid, your brute force is a little too strong. The last few times I forged it with steel, you broke it in a few strikes. I might as well use black iron to forge it this time. If you can break it in a few moves, I'll be impressed.”Although Uncle Qiang said it so easily, how could Xue Xin not know how precious this saber was? Not to mention that black iron was rare, even if he had all the materials, how difficult would it be to forge black iron into a weapon?
However, Xue Xin was still not satisfied. His eyes were fixed on the sword that was still hanging on the wall. When Uncle Qiang saw him like this, he shook his head helplessly and took down the sword and gave it to Xue Xin. Sure enough, it was another black iron sword, and it was obviously a pair with a knife. Only then was Xue Xin satisfied. He smiled and thanked Uncle Qiang,"Sorry to trouble you, Uncle Qiang. Don't worry, I'll definitely tell father to reward you.”As he said that, he turned around and wanted to escape. Who knew that before he turned around, he was pulled back by Uncle Qiang." Why are you trying to escape again, kid? Where's the thing you promised me last time?" This time, in order to forge this pair of swords for you, this old man has escaped from his family. Moreover, he still has to do it himself at his old age. Why do you want to run away now that you've taken the things?”
"You're already so old, but your strength is probably even greater than mine!”Xue Xin didn't dare to really struggle, so he could only pull out a stack of paper from his chest and hand it to Uncle Qiang with a bitter face, his face full of fawning smiles. Uncle Qiang immediately let go of Xue Xin's hand after he took the paper. He then impatiently began to study the few diagrams drawn on the paper," Mm, it does make sense. If we build the chimney higher, we can pull out the air below. The carbon in the furnace below can burn faster, and the furnace will be hotter." Hmm? What did this picture mean? What was the logic behind this?”Xue Xin looked at the white-haired old man in front of him who raised his head and stared at him with a fanatical gaze. His head hurt. He knew that there would definitely be such a thing that would break the casserole and ask for the bottom line. That was why he was so hesitant when he took out these things just now.
As for those diagrams, they were drawings of blast furnace steel-making that Xue Xin had read from a book in his previous life. Although Xue Xin could recite the knowledge in the book without missing a single word, the difference in knowledge of nearly a thousand years still made him feel extremely embarrassed when Uncle Qiang asked him why. It turned out that the weapons that Uncle Qiang had forged for him were not to his liking, so Xue Xin started to doubt the quality of the steel they used. However, Uncle Qiang had accidentally overheard it. This time, it was a hornet's nest. He immediately ran over to argue with Xue Xin. This old man had a very high backup, so Xue Xin didn't dare to really take him seriously, so he was annoyed.
Left with no choice, Xue Xin could only use his ultimate weapon to deal with these "science maniacs". He promised that as long as the forged weapon could satisfy him, he would take out some advanced steel-making methods that he "accidentally saw in ancient books" and give them to Uncle Qiang for research. When Uncle Qiang heard this, he immediately agreed. At that time, Xue Xin felt as if he had been schemed against. In fact, Uncle Qiang had long heard that when Young Master had nothing to do, he would go to Old Xue (the Xue family was a research maniac like Uncle Qiang) and ask him to help him make some unimaginable medicine. Those unheard of medicinal herbs processing methods allowed Old Xue to advance his research on medicinal herbs to another level. He always came to show off in front of him. Now, it seemed that he could also dig out some good things from the young master. Moreover, he had delivered himself to his door. Of course, he could not miss this opportunity.
After dealing with Uncle Qiang with great difficulty, Xue Xin went straight to the small wooden building where his father had entered. The guards outside should have been greeted by Father Xue, so they didn't make things difficult for him. After Xue Xin entered the small building, he finally understood why this place was called the library. It was indeed filled with books, but they were not the martial arts or medical books that he or his father could see in the study outside. Every bookshelf here had a label. Xue Xin looked at the words on the label closest to him and found that it said "Dali officials". When he looked at the other labels, it was similar. Every bookshelf had a different place name written on it. It was either an official or the name of the major underground forces. Some were written about economics and humanities, and even mountains and rivers. However, he only saw the names of the small countries around Great Song. The information rooms in other places must have been placed on other floors. At this moment, Xue Xin had already realized that this place was probably a gathering point for intelligence.
Father Xue had been observing Xue Xin since he came in. Seeing Xue Xin react so quickly, he was secretly satisfied. After clearing his throat, Father Xue said,""Seeing the things in this room, you should know why I brought you here, right?”
" Yes," Xue Xin quickly replied." Father must have seen that I'm about to go on a long journey, so he brought me here to understand all kinds of relevant information about various places in order to avoid encountering danger outside."”Father Xue nodded and said,"That's right, but that's only one of the reasons."”Seeing the puzzled expression on Xue Xin's face, he continued,"In addition, I'll leave this intelligence network to you to manage.”
When Xue Xin heard this news, he was shocked and hurriedly declined,"I'm still young. I'm afraid I can't take on such a big responsibility, right?”"I was a little hesitant before I brought you into the clan's secret realm," Father Xue said. However, after coming in, I saw your various performances. It has already shown that you can calmly and calmly deal with all kinds of unexpected situations. This was enough. As for ability, how could he have it if he didn't train?”Xue Xin saw that he couldn't refuse and could only agree.
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