"By the way, Reddy, don't just laugh by the side. Shi Huade will rely on you to supervise his cultivation in the future. This is your duty as a senior brother. Well, I remembered that you were promoted to Silver rank, I didn't give you a gift when I accepted you as a family knight. Tell me, what kind of gift do you want?" Lorist asked with a smile.
To be honest, Lorist is very satisfied with the two disciples he has accepted. Reddy is taciturn, loyal and diligent, born with great strength, excellent physical condition, and high understanding. In two words, he is inner wisdom, following Loris In more than four years, he has been promoted from the bronze two-star to the silver rank, which can be said to be one step a year, and the progress is extremely fast. The ignorant boy at that time has now become a heroic silver knight.
Reddy made a move that surprised Lorist. He came to Lorist's desk and knelt down suddenly: "Teacher, I want to learn the internal force you mentioned..."
Lorist was stunned. Well, he said that the Jinshuijue handed down from his previous family was the practice method of an oriental monk who had long been lost in this world, in order to fool Princess Sylvia and her great swordsman godmother Sandy, It's not clear whether those two women were fooled, but Reddy, who was always by his side, was obviously fooled into it.
"Cough, cough, cough..." Lorist was almost choked to death by the tea, managed to calm down his cough, and stood up: "Rady, you have to figure it out, with your qualifications and the high High-level fighting qi cheats, if you practice step by step, a golden knight will not be able to run away. When you reach the peak of the golden level, maybe you will be able to realize a trick and be promoted to a great swordsman.
It's not that I don't teach you, but that the way of cultivating internal strength is not the same as fighting qi. You almost have to relearn a completely unfamiliar knowledge. I don't know if you can master it. I dare not guarantee it. At the beginning, I was forced to do so, but now you are much luckier than me, and you don't need to take risks like me. And you should have heard me tell Princess Sylvia that I have no idea about the next training, and I am at a loss...
Are you sure you want to learn inner strength? When I was studying, I was still black iron, and there was really no way. Once you learn internal strength, you will no longer be able to advance your battle qi. You are already silver, and I don’t know what will happen if you learn this internal force again. This is related to your future. I don’t recommend you to learn this internal force. "
"Teacher, I want to learn..." Reddy raised his head with firm eyes.
Reddy has many advantages, but this stubborn temper has not changed.
Lorist was silent for a moment, waved his hands, and said to Schwarder and Reddy, "Go down, let me think about it. Reddy, I'll give you three days to think about it carefully. Give me the answer in three days. "
"Okay, teacher." Reddy and Schwader retreated.
Lorist tapped his fingers on the table, he knew Reddy's temperament, this kid won't turn back once he decides on one thing. Having been together day and night for more than four years has made Reddy the person he trusts the most. Among other things, with this kid's aptitude and temperament, if it was in his previous life, even his grandfather would love his talent if he saw it, and would recruit him without hesitation. What Lorist hesitated was not the question of whether to teach or not, but whether he could learn it after teaching Reddy, and even the consequences that would affect his future.
After all, this is the different knowledge and different cultivation methods of the two civilization systems. Jin Shui Jue is an ancestral inheritance from the previous life, and non-family blood cannot be passed on. Although Lorist doesn't have any opinions, but in this strange world, this is what he relies on for his survival, so it's better to save it.
If Reddy had to learn it, Lorist was going to teach him Danhai Yinqi, which was also a method of internal strength. Compared with the Jinshui Jue, the Danhai Entraining Qi Art is much more peaceful. This is an inner strength mental method obtained by the ancestors of the previous life after improving a Taoist health art. It is divided into five levels, easy at first and difficult. The first two layers are very simple. It guides Qi into the body, cultivates the sense of Qi, regulates the body, and has excellent health-preserving effect. The last three levels are more difficult than the next level, and those who can practice are all the best for a while.
In Lorist's previous life, he heard from his grandfather that in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, his ancestors accepted a street boy as his apprentice. After thirty years of hard training, he reached the fifth level and was able to compete with the famous great masters in the Republic of China. He was very famous in the martial arts at that time. . Later, foreign enemies invaded and embarked on the battlefield of defending the country, making great achievements in battle. As a result, he suddenly disappeared on the battlefield during World War I, and has never heard from him since.
Perhaps it is a good idea to teach Reddy the Danhai Yin Qi technique. Firstly, it can leave the traces of the ancient civilization in the previous life in this world of dou qi, and let the Norton family form a school of their own in cultivation. Even if he decides to use Jinshui It won't look special if you decide to teach your children and grandchildren. Moreover, the Danhai Entraining Qi Art was originally used by the ancestors in the previous life to teach the disciples of other surnames who were under the family. It is not as harsh on inheritance as Jinshuijue, and there is a taboo that non-blood descendants are not allowed to practice.
Secondly, Lorist was also very curious, he wanted to see what kind of changes would occur after Reddy practiced Danhai Entraining Qi, so that he could also use this to understand the result of the fusion of internal force and fighting energy. At this moment, Lorist laughed wickedly, poor Reddy didn't know that if he insisted on learning internal force, he would become Lorist's experimental guinea pig.
Having made up his mind, Lorist didn't hesitate anymore, took out a pen and paper and started writing and drawing.
Three days later, Reddy stood in front of Lorist.
"Have you made up your mind? No regrets?" Lorist asked.
Reddy nodded without saying a word.
Loris opened the drawer, took out a piece of animal skin paper with a human body pattern, and handed it to Reddy: "I'll give you three months to firmly remember everything on this picture."
Reddy took the picture and looked at it, and asked strangely: "Teacher, what do the acupoints marked on the human body mean? And what are the meridians?"
"Acupoints, you can think of them as the nodes of battle qi in the blood circulation, but they have nothing to do with the blood vessels. You can't see the meridians in the human body like blood vessels, but you can imagine them as a virtual image of blood Circulation, but what flows in it is not blood, but internal force. Now you have to keep in mind all the acupuncture points on this map, and then imagine the positions of meridians in the human body."
Lorist sighed: "Raddy, this is a completely different way of cultivation from the battle qi you are familiar with. You have to overthrow the original concept, and first keep everything in this human body map in mind. Then I will guide you how to entrain qi and guide internal force. This is an adventure. I don’t know if you can succeed in cultivation. The future is uncertain. Are you really sure you want to learn the cultivation of internal force
Reddy nodded firmly: "Teacher, I want to learn. If I continue to practice Dou Qi, I will slowly be promoted to a Golden Knight as you said, and I may become a Great Swordsman in the future, but it will be too long. Maybe I'm forty or fifty years old. If I learn internal strength from you, then I might be able to defeat the great swordsman before thirty like you."
Lorist suddenly realized that it turned out to be the case. He told Princess Sylvia that at the age of eighteen, he chose to practice the secrets of Eastern monks because he was unable to advance to the silver rank. Now I am twenty-eight years old, but I have only cultivated internal strength for ten years and defeated the great swordsman Xiandi. No wonder this kid is attracted to him.
Reddy is twenty years old today, and has just been promoted to the silver rank. If he continues to practice grudge, he should be able to become a golden knight in ten years, but he will definitely not be promoted to a great swordsman. But if he learns internal strength, ten years may really allow him to become another Lorist, who can kill the golden knight like a chicken, and independently fight against the great swordsman. With his victorious temperament, he will naturally insist on learning internal strength.
Lorist laughed loudly, stood up and walked to Reddy's side, stroking his hair: "Work hard, as long as you memorize everything on this human body map, you can start to take the first step. This paragraph I will keep an eye on your progress at any time, don't let me, the teacher, be disappointed."
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Schwader knocked on the door twice and heard Lorist's voice: "Come in."
Pushing open the door, Schwader respectfully reported: "My lord, Master Sid and Master Falin are here, and they have brought several sets of armor."
Lorist stood up: "Come on, let's go take a look."
When he came to the reception room on the second floor, Master Sid was directing several servants to place seven sets of armor.
Lorist wrote a letter to Master Sid when he left Gildusk City to escort Princess Sylvia back. Their families each designed standard equipment and put forward their own requirements. It's just that he didn't expect that Master Sid had designed seven sets of standard armor so quickly and produced the finished product before a month had passed.
Seeing Lorist coming with Schwader, Master Sid rushed up to greet him: "My lord, according to your instructions, I have designed and completed these seven sets of refined iron armor, three sets of traditional type, and four sets of overall armor. style…”
"How's the defense?" Lorist is most concerned about this question, if the defense is too weak, he won't be able to sell it.
"My lord, don't worry, although it is only 50% of the defensive power of our family's standard steel armor, it is still comparable to the white lion armor. We have done experiments and used the family's chariot steel crossbow to test these armors. Shooting can only penetrate at a direct shooting distance of 260 meters, which is ten meters closer than the 270 meters of the white lion armor. I suspect that the quality of our family's black iron ore is too good." Speaking of These Iron Armored Masters talked endlessly, and their faces were very smug.
"How much does it cost?" Lorist asked.
Master Sid looked around, quietly raised two fingers, and said softly: "My lord, under twenty gold Ford..."
Lorist was very satisfied, and said quietly, "It will be quadrupled by then, do you understand?"
Master Sid laughed: "My lord, I just wanted to tell you that the cost of making a piece of white lion fine armor in the Christen Empire in the past was 150 imperial gold coins. At that time, the empire was strong, and Jinford's The exchange is not the current three to one, it is worth 108 Gold Fords. You said in your letter that you should try to control the cost and prepare a set of standard armor and sell it for 40 to 50 Gold Fords. Just two or three times."
Lorist laughed: "Okay, Master Sid, take a good rest for two days, and when the people from the three major families come, you can introduce these sets of armor. If they sell for more than 80, I will return a set of standard armor." I will give you ten gold blessings to your armor department, and you will be responsible for distributing and rewarding those hard-working craftsmen."
Master Sid shook his goatee and said happily: "Don't worry, my lord, look at me then."
So when Earl Kenmax, Baron Shaheen, and Baron Felim arrived together, they were all dumbfounded when they found that they were facing the penny-pinching Master Sid instead of bargaining with Lorist.
Lorist spread his hands and said: "There is no way. Although I am the lord, I can't go against Master Sid's wishes. He is the only armor master in our family with a respected status. I can only obey his arrangement. Otherwise, if he leaves the family, I won’t even be able to cry.”
The Earl of Kenmes and the three nodded together. Master Armor, that family is not used to it. This is the guarantee of whether the family is strong or not. You can understand Lorist's helplessness, let's listen to Master Sid's introduction first.
Master Sid was naturally eloquent, and praised the seven sets of armor to the sky. In order to allow the three distinguished lords to have an intuitive comparison, three sets of white lion fine armor were specially brought in so that they can compare various aspects of performance.
The Earl of Kenmes took a fancy to a set of armor painted with bright silver on the surface. This set of armor has three characteristics. First, the surface is coated with silver to prevent rust, and the silver light is extremely dazzling. Second, the whole set of armor is tightly protected, almost a combination of plate armor and ring armor, and looks particularly thick. Among the seven sets of standard armor, Master Sid boasted that this set of armor has the best defensive performance, at least 10% higher than the white lion armor, which is the most attractive to Earl Kenmes. Third, the price is the most expensive, and there is no counter-offer for a set of 100 gold dollars.
But Earl Kenmes has a question. Why is this set of armor painted so brightly in silver, while the standard armor of the Norton family is silver-gray
Master Sid deliberately despised Lorist with disdainful eyes, and said to Earl Kenmes: "That lord is too stingy, he added half lead to the silver..."
Earl Kenmes laughed loudly: "Okay, I want this armor. I want 20,000 sets first, and maybe I can ask for another 10,000 sets depending on the situation."
Earl Kenmes started, and Barons Shaheen and Felim were not far behind. Henned asked for a set of standard fine iron armor with a price tag of 80 goldfords, 10,000 sets. Baron Felim chose a set of standard armor suitable for cavalry equipment with a price tag of 85 goldfords, which was also 10,000 sets. To Lorist's surprise, the three of them had no dispute over the price, and placed the order happily.
Lorist was very surprised: "Why are the three of you so happy to dig a gold mine?"
Earl Kenmes laughed loudly: "You don't know, Locke, we got in touch with the Grand Duke of Madras some time ago, and we resold the iron armor we bought from you to him, a good set of 80, The difference is forty or fifty gold, now we just think that the iron armor is not enough. The Grand Duke of Madras wants to form two regular legions this time, he needs at least 100,000 sets of iron armor, so once in and out, we will buy your family's standard armor for real It only cost two to three hundred thousand gold merits."
Lorist held out his thumb: "You guys, since this is the case, I still have a business, do you want to do it? Our family still has tens of thousands of iron armors that have been changed before. You can help me sell these armors to Ma De. Grand Duke Las, I will give you 10% of the profits, and then please buy all the profits of our family and ship them back as food. profit, is this business going to work?"
Earl Kenmes clapped his hands: "A fool would not do such a business. But why didn't your family go to do business with the Principality of Madras?"
Lorist smiled wryly and pointed at Henned: "He knows that when our Norton family defeated the Duke of Lukins, the convoy armed forces crossed the river from the ferry downstream of the Principality of Madras to the Northland, and let the Principality of Madras eat it." It was a bit of a loss, so they blocked the downstream ferry and prohibited crossing the river. If our family is doing business, I doubt they will send out legions to deal with our family's caravan... "
Hennard smiled and nodded.
"Okay, then I'll take over this business, and it belongs to the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce. But Locke, you are too unkind, you have already sold us the snow salt at a price of 1 million catties and 10,000 Jinford, and we paid the money After taking the goods, it should be said that it has nothing to do with your family, why do you still want to get involved in the Snow Salt Chamber of Commerce and divide our profits by another 10%?" Earl Kenmes remembered the last time he signed the agreement omissions come.
Lorist shrugged: "It's okay to quit the Snow Salt Merchant Guild, I will double the price of snow salt in the future..."
"Forget it, you'd better stay in the chamber of commerce..." Earl Kenmes said helplessly.
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