Chapter 20 Murderous Intent [Please read]
In the yard of the Wei family.
Wei Yi, who was sweating profusely from his busy work just now, sat under the straw mat awning, drinking the herbal tea made for him by his sister.
Shitou was shirtless, squatting next to the blacksmith's furnace, pulling the bellows, and helping Wei Yi burn fuel.
There were also beads of sweat on his forehead.
Wei Yi took out the system panel and took a look at it while drinking herbal tea.
Name: Wei Yigengu
Qualifications: Extremely
Poor Lifespan: 42 years old (+35 days)
Blacksmithing Skills: Level 2 (89% proficiency short of upgrade)
Cooking Skills: Level 3 (95% proficiency short of upgrade)
Writing skills: Level 2 (still 24% proficiency short of upgrade)
Drawing skills: Level 1 (still 19% proficiency short of upgrade)
Sculpting skills: Level 1 (still 99% proficiency short of upgrade)
Sculpting skills are now available Starting to improve.
Because not long ago, Wei Yi used a piece of red iron to carve his own name seal with the word "Wei".
In the process, I also gained proficiency in carving.
Although his carving skill is the food carving skill he obtained when his cooking skill was upgraded to level three.
But in fact, whether it is carved using food materials, wood, stone, or iron blocks, etc.
The general principles are the same, and they are all covered.
Only the engraving tools used and the engraving method will be different.
Wei Yi first used a hammer and chisel to carve out the general outline of the character Wei on the burned iron block.
The final engraving is then completed by sanding and scraping, making the lettering clear and flat.
After repeated heat treatment, it becomes an extremely hard steel seal.
This steel seal is similar to the Wang Zhu Seal issued to him by the Sword Making Division.
They are all used to carve relevant marks on the forged sword body as a logo.
Now the steel seal with the character Wei has been made.
Wei Yi is next preparing to make the first sword with the Wangzhu seal and the Wei character mark.
After a long time, Shitou finally finished burning the iron and used an iron clamp to help Wei Yi place the iron on the anvil.
Wei Yi stood up again, put on his protective skirt and gloves, took the iron clamp, picked up the hammer, and started to strike.
The sound of clanging iron echoed again.
Now, every time Wei Yi hits iron, he gains more than 200 proficiency points.
The process of heat treatment will also continue to increase proficiency.
But the total amount of proficiency required to advance to the next level is also very high.
Therefore, the overall improvement speed has obviously slowed down a lot.
But Wei Yi is not in a hurry, after all, compared to other blacksmiths and swordsmiths.
The speed of my own improvement is already very terrifying.
In the shop in front of the courtyard, Mr. Wei Xue had just sent away the farmers who came to buy ironware.
I saw Zhang Xingye and Wang Shouyin walking in with smiles on their faces.
"Sister-in-law, are you busy?" Zhang Xingye said with a smile.
"Manager Zhang, Manager Wang, why are you here?"
"We are here to congratulate my sister-in-law!" Wang Shouyin said quickly, with flattery written all over his face.
"The good nephew is worthy of being trained by Brother Tieshan. As expected, he is better than his master. Now he has become a ninth-grade swordsmith. He will be great in the future. After hearing the news today, I have been busy giving
Xian My nephew is a swordsmith. I just took the time with Lao Zhang to come over and congratulate you!"
"Yes, congratulations sister-in-law!"
"The two stewards are so polite!" Wei Xue said with a smile, but she felt quite sad in her heart. There is a feeling of elation. Thinking about Wang Shooyin's face when these two people came to collect debts not long ago.
Comparing it with his current appearance, I really have to sigh, this person's face changes really quickly.
"Sister-in-law, is my nephew here?" Zhang Xingye asked.
"He's forging iron in the yard, are you here to find him?" Wei Xue said.
"Oh, that's right, we're here to give the deposit to our nephew!" Wang Shouyin said.
Mrs. Wei Xue nodded: "Please come inside!"
The two of them slightly arched their hands and walked into the yard from the back door of the shop.
But seeing Wei Yi who was concentrating on blacksmithing, the two trotted all the way to Wei Yi.
The smile on her face was bright, as if the flowers had seen the sun.
Seeing the appearance of Zhang Xingye and Wang Shouyin, Wei Yi stopped what he was doing in surprise and frowned slightly.
"My dear nephew, excuse me!" Zhang Xingye cupped his hands with a smile on his face.
"Congratulations, my dear nephew!" Wang Shouyin also said quickly.
Seeing the looks of the two of them, Wei Yi understood their intentions in his heart, but he said: "It has only been a few days, why are you here to ask for the account again?" "No, no, no, my
nephew is joking, we are not You are here to ask for money, we are here to give money to your nephew!" Wang Shouyin had a glib smile.
"Oh, you'll get a deposit, right?" Wei Yi nodded and said.
When discussing cooperation with Du Yujiang before, Du Yujiang promised to pay him a deposit.
"Yes, yes, this is two hundred taels of silver notes. Please keep it, dear nephew." Wang Shouyin handed the banknotes to Wei Yi.
Wei Yi took the bank note, looked at it, nodded, then looked at Zhang Xingye and Wang Shooyin and said, "I will pay back the money my uncle owes you as scheduled." "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, I naturally trust my nephew
. Yes, that...nephew, please continue your work, and I won't disturb you anymore. Let's take our leave now!" Wang Shouyin smiled sarcastically.
He knew that Wei Yi must be angry, after all, what he did that day was not authentic enough.
It is naturally impossible for Wei Yi to eliminate the connection in his heart all at once.
"Go slowly, I won't send you far!" Wei Yi cupped his hand.
Wang Shouyin and Zhang Xingye also clasped their fists at the same time, and then walked into the store again.
Watching the two people leave, Wei Yi put away the banknotes and continued to blacksmith.
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In Liu's house, Liu An reported the news to Liu Fugui.
"In other words, it was not the Wei family that invited the prefect, but Du Yujiang?"
"Yes, Du Yujiang also did his best to help because Jianfeng Tower poached all the ninth-grade swordsmiths who cooperated with them. Wei Yi, come and win him over," Liu An continued.
"I just said, how could the Wei family invite the prefect? But I didn't expect that Wei Tieshan's nephew would become a swordsmith." Liu Fugui narrowed his eyes, with a cold look in his eyes.
"Hmph, if Wei Yi dies, the relationship between Du Yujiang and the Wei family will naturally cease to exist. Without Du Yujiang's help, Mr. Li will no longer be involved in this matter." "Master, what do you want
? ...Get rid of Wei Yi?" Liu An lowered his voice.
"That's right, go to Heifeng Village and invite their people over. As long as Wei Yi is eliminated, money is not a problem. But remember to let them do it cleanly and leave no traces. Now that Wei Yi has
become If you become a swordsmith, your identity will be different. If he is killed, the swordsmith will definitely ask the Yamen to investigate thoroughly, so we have to be concealed enough and never reveal the slightest clue." "By the way, it's best
. Let them blame Jianfeng House for this matter. The two families are fighting so fiercely now that the county government will definitely suspect that Jianfeng House has murderous motives." Liu Fugui suddenly said again.
"Yes, sir, don't worry, I understand. I will definitely handle the matter flawlessly." Liu An said with his hand.
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(End of chapter)