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Ma Tiedan hummed a tune as he walked into a blacksmith's shop in the west of Ji County with a jar of wine and a piece of meat in his hand. This shop was not big. There was a flag with a radius of two feet hanging on the door. There was a large iron hammer embroidered on the top half of the flag and the word 'Ma' was embroidered on the bottom half of the flag.

"Haha, Iron Egg is back!" In the smithy, a short, sturdy man with a bare upper body was beating a formed ring head knife. When he saw Ma Tiedan, he laughed out loud and greeted him.

"Hehe, let me go have a chat with Father and help Uncle Mu forge iron again."

"F * ck off, I'm not old yet!"

Behind the blacksmith shop, there was a small yard with three rooms. A middle-aged man with a grey scarf on his head was squatting on the ground, fiddling with a one foot long wooden horse. This man had a moustache and was very handsome. His eyes were bright and full of spirit. He was too absorbed in his work that he didn't even notice that someone had entered the room.

Ma Tiedan smiled and placed the meat and wine in the kitchen on the left side. Then, he crept up behind the robust man and observed.

The man carefully fiddled with it a few times, then placed the horse on the ground. He then expressed his disappointment and muttered, "What's wrong with it? It should be able to walk on its own! "

Ma Tiedan couldn't help but interject, "Father, could it be that there was a mistake on the machine?"

The man sat down on the ground in fright and stood up before slapping Ma Tiedan on the head. "Brat, you didn't even make a sound when you came in. I was almost scared to death."

"Hehe." Ma Tiedan laughed and rubbed his head. "When I came in, I saw father thinking about something, so I didn't dare to disturb him."

"Why did you come back?" The man looked at Ma Tiedan's questioning, and then smacked his son on the head, "Brat, the Young Marquis has treated us well. You have to work hard, and don't get kicked out like those people last time! If you are driven back, your father will break your leg and kick you out of the house! "

"Father, don't worry. My White Horse Camp can rest for one day every ten days. Today, it is my turn to rest for one day."

"Kid, are you enjoying life more than your father? Have you heard that the young duke is collecting blacksmiths?"

"That's right!" The General is preparing to change all the weapons in White Horse Camp into fine steel. "

"Change them all? That's a lot of money! "Without three to five hundred thousand slots, I'm afraid it would be difficult!"

"Hehe, dad, I'll tell you a secret in secret. Don't speak carelessly about it!"

Pow! Zhang Xuan continued to slap his head.

"Father's mouth is much tighter than yours!"

"The night before yesterday, I followed the general to Trades and Crafts Camp. The general gave Boss Li a blueprint, and I took a glance at it and discovered that it was an iron smelting furnace. The general said that if the furnace can be built according to the requirements, it can be refined into thousands of pounds of steel! "

"What?!" Does the young duke really say so? " The man was shocked. He stroked his moustache and muttered, "Could it be a new method to refine steel?" Logically speaking, that shouldn't be possible! What method of steel refinement is there in this world that even I do not know about? "

His tone was extremely arrogant. However, Ma Tiedan nodded his head repeatedly as he did not feel that his father's words were inappropriate at all.

"No!" Without clarifying this matter, this old man will definitely not be able to sleep at night! "Iron Egg, Father will go with you to the barracks to pay your respects to the young duke today."

"Ah?" Didn't Father say that I would never interact with nobles again? "

Pow! It was unknown how many times his palm landed on Ma Tiedan's head.

"Stupid!" The young duke is wise and wise, how can he be comparable to those popinjays? "

"Anyway, you have reason whenever …"

"Bastard, what did you say?"

"Nothing … I said that I will definitely bring dad to pay my respects to the general!"

As the father and son duo was arguing, Uncle Mu walked in with a dark face while cursing.

"What is it?" Old Ma asked.

The Uncle Mu sullenly said: "That bastard Sun is here again, he insisted on meeting brother. He also said that this time he must invite brother to Liaodong to refine weapons, no matter how much the price is."

"Wouldn't it be fine if we just send him away?" The old horse waved his hand impatiently, "This old man wants to see Young Marquis Gongsun later, how can I have the time to chat with him!"

Before Uncle Mu could reply, a sturdy man dressed in grey came in and laughed: "Haha, Brother Ma, it seems like I am not welcome!"

"Boss Sun, are you done yet?" Old Ma frowned and asked, then waved his hand: "If I say I don't want to go to the Liaodong, I will definitely not go! "No matter what condition you put forth, it won't do!"

"Hehe." Sun Dabao laughed sinisterly, "Brother Ma, you'd better not refuse so early. Otherwise, don't say you didn't expect it!"

"What do you want to do?" In a flash, he stood right in front of his father and Uncle Mu, protecting them.

Eldest Sun stared at him and said, "I'm opening a proper blacksmith shop. It's always been a proper shop, so what do you want to do, brat?"

"Pui!" Uncle Mu spat out a mouthful of phlegm at his feet, "You think you can keep up with the rules? Shall I go out on the street and tell everyone what you've done? "

"Cough cough, cut the crap. Look at this!" Sun Da took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and slapped it onto Uncle Mu's chest.

Uncle Mu took the paper and glanced at it. His face immediately became pale and he handed it to Old Ma silently.

The old horse took a look and his expression changed.

"Dad, what's written on it?" Ma Tiedan panicked and grabbed the piece of paper.

'Two years in the beginning of spring, in the fall of the tiger.' On a piece of paper, there were only these seven inexplicable words.

"Spring at the beginning of two years …" Ma Tiedan muttered, he raised his head and asked, "Father, at that time you and Uncle Mu were preparing to move the blacksmith shop from Youzhou to Ji County, did something happen in Tiger Falling Stream?"

Old Ma waved his hand to stop Ma Tiedan from asking questions. He stared at Sun Da and asked, "What do you want?"

"Go to Liaodong!" Sun Da said complacently.

"Impossible!" Old Ma refused flatly, "Ask for something else!"

"Old thing, don't refuse a toast!" Eldest Sun immediately became hostile.

"Hehe, you can drink whatever you want!" The old horse stared at Sun Da with a sneer and suddenly shouted, "Iron egg, Old Mu, flank him!"

Big Sun knew that the Old Mu was formidable. He turned around and ran out in fright. Just as he ran out of the yard, he heard Old Ma's candid mocking laughter. Only then did he know that he was being toyed with. He grinded his teeth and cursed a few times before running out the door. He waved to the Sun family's smithy, which was fifty steps away.

"Bang!" Big Sun tore off the banner of the Ma family's blacksmith shop, pointed it at the inside and roared.

Hei Yihanzi and the other fellows swarmed over, smashing everything into a mess. It was unknown who flew and kicked over the furnace. The falling charcoal ignited Old Mu's clothes on the round stool, and the stench of smoke rose into the air.

"How dare you!" Suddenly, an angry roar came from inside, Old Mu shot forward with an eyebrow wielding iron rod, he knocked over the two Hei Yihanzi s on the ground.

Ma Tiedan followed closely behind. When he saw someone, he smashed them with a sledgehammer. In the blink of an eye, three to five of them were knocked over.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Hei Yihanzi and the others shouted and ran.

Sun Zhang cursed loudly, "What a bunch of useless idiots! Idiot! Don't run! Give it to me! "AHH!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Sun Bighead fell to the ground with a scream. Old Mu had suddenly jumped over and smashed his leg with a rod.

Big Sun grabbed his leg and wailed for a while, then stared at Old Mu and said fiercely: "That damned old thing! "Just wait for him to enter the prison!"

"Aiyo, dog. Day. "He dares to be stubborn?" The Old Mu was furious, he raised his steel rod and rushed forward.

"Don't come near me, don't come near me!" Sun Da was so frightened that his face paled and he quickly propped himself up on the ground with both hands as he retreated.

Old Mu arrived in front of Sun Dazhi in a few steps, raising his metal rod with a grin.

"Father!" Ma Tiedan hurriedly shouted, afraid that the Uncle Mu would be unable to calm down and provoke a lawsuit.

Old Ma stroked his moustache and said leisurely: "Don't worry, your Uncle Mu knows what to do. "Tie Wu, if the government comes, can you hold on?"

"This …" Ma Tiedan clenched his teeth. "Let me try!"

Just as Ma Tiedan finished speaking, a loud shout came from the corner of the street.

"That man, how dare he commit murder in the streets under the sun! Hurry up and put down your weapons, otherwise you will be killed without question! "

Everyone looked up, only to see thirty to forty black clothed bailiffs rushing over, with seven to eight bows aimed at Old Mu.

Old Mu was shocked and hurriedly threw down the metal rod. Sun Da let out another miserable cry, the tip of the rod just happened to smash onto his calf.

The constable in charge of the convoy was a thin and lean man. He shouted angrily, "Insolent bastard! He still dared to act so arrogantly in front of the officials! Brothers, arrest that criminal! "

Seven or eight bailiffs answered and rushed towards Old Mu with wooden flail and ropes.

"Hold on!" The old horse suddenly shouted and clasped his hands towards the constable, "Sir, my brother here has a reason for injuring him. May I ask for the reason before I punish him?"

"How dare you!" The constable's eyes widened as he shouted, "When the government does things, how can you and other commoners interrupt? Hurry up and tie them up, and bring them back to the flail gate to show off to the masses! "

The old horse sneered, "If you don't ask me, I will just randomly arrest someone. Aren't you afraid that I will report this to you?"

"Old sir knows the Marquis?" The constable was shocked and his tone became polite.

"Chief Qian, don't be fooled by him!" Sun shouted, "How could an old blacksmith know the noble Marquis?"

"That's true!" I was almost tricked by this old thing! " Constable Qian slapped his forehead and angrily said, "Come on, arrest that old thing as well!"

A few more bailiffs came out of the crowd and took the ropes and ran towards the old horse.

"Hold on!" At this moment, there was another loud shout that sounded like thunder, causing Constable Qian to almost stumble from fright.

Constable Qian became angry from embarrassment. He pointed at Ma Tiedan and shouted, "Inn!" You want to go into the cell, too, don't you? "Come on, grab that vertical pillar as well!"

"Who dares!" He waved the hammer in his hand a few times and shouted, "I am a soldier from White Horse Camp. Whoever dares to make a move, be careful that the young duke may break your dog legs!"

"From the White Horse Camp?" Constable Qian and the yamen runners under his command were all dumbfounded. Now that a three-year-old kid knew of the Young Marquis Gongsun Xu's illustrious reputation, who would dare to casually capture his subordinates after eating a bear heart leopard?

The Sun family's Blacksmith Shop was the largest blacksmith shop on this street. It had a total of three floors. At this moment on the second floor, a youth wearing a black brocade robe looked at the Ma family's smithy's entrance, leisurely sipping her tea while sighing, "This Sun Da-!!!!" Someone come! "

"Please instruct me, Young Master!"

"This is the name card from Liu County Command. Take it to that constable and let him take a look."

"Here!"

"Heh heh, Gongsun Xu's soldiers? "I'd like to see if the young duke, whose reputation has suddenly risen, will appear today!"