Chapter 65: Dragon Fighting in the Wild, Water Forging

Starting from Baishuilang of Shijie Lake, he founded the Hongmen, traveled around to gather dozens of heroes, and Cao Jie firmly sat in the position of the leader of Liangshan, and he never relied on force.

Everyone is convinced by his loyalty and wisdom, and is willing to go through fire and water without hesitation at the command.

This force is his shortcoming.

Now Coach Lin said that his brother's marksmanship had improved, and most of the people present did not understand what he meant.

As the saying goes, yearly sword, monthly stick, lifetime gun.

Spearmanship is difficult to learn. Even Wu Song only knows swordmanship and knows nothing about spearmanship.

Among all the people present, except Lin Chong, only Lu Fang saw something.

Others were just there to watch the fun.

"Brother, your spear skills have improved greatly. Congratulations! Come, I wish you good luck in martial arts!"

The workaholic brought a jar of wine, and "clatter", more than a dozen wine bowls on the table were filled.

"I wish my brother good luck in martial arts!"

Cao Jie put away his gun and raised his wine bowl high: "I wish my Liangshan martial arts fortune will flourish! I wish our brothers will make further progress!"

After everyone finished a bowl of wine, Ruan Xiaoqi spoke quickly and said with a smile: "Brother's pistol skills are indeed very powerful, but I don't know what the mystery is?"

In fact, Cao Jie didn't know what was so special about his pistol skills. He just felt that he suddenly got it, and the gun in his hand was as easy to use as his own arm.

If he were asked to explain, all he could say is that the “Red Stick”’s maximum level combat instinct is – awesome!
Facing the curious eyes of the crowd, Cao Jie smiled and said, "Seventh Brother, I suddenly got enlightenment. I can't explain it to you. Let Master Lin tell me!"

Lin Chong clasped his fists and said solemnly: "Brother, your enlightenment today is better than others' ten years of hard work. Brother, you have realized the meaning of the spear!"

"Gun intention?"

"It is the 'Spear Intention'. The spear has its own spear intention and the fist has its own fist intention. For example, my senior brother has a crazy intention when fighting, so he uses his fist and Zen stick to be invincible and unstoppable.

Another example is my disciple Cao Zheng, who has been slaughtering livestock for more than ten years and has developed a murderous intent. A single look from him can scare livestock into silence."

"Oh!"

Hearing Lin Chong's words, Cao Jie suddenly realized, "Brother Shi Xiu's fist intention is to fight to the death, and Brother Ruan's fist intention is to kill. What about my spear intention?"

Cao Jie thought for a moment and said, "It feels like a giant snake is transforming!"

"Brother is about to transform into a dragon."

Everyone congratulated and the atmosphere became even more lively.

After drinking, Cao Jie once again sought advice from Lin Chong. The others were all from self-taught backgrounds, and although they were very capable, they could not explain the reason.

But Lin Chong is different. He is a martial artist who has received systematic training and has several years of experience as a coach.

Simply put, Lin Chong can both fight and teach.

It's a talent!

After a simple chat, Cao Jie felt that his path to martial arts suddenly became clear, and many previously vague areas became clear.

Combining theory with practical application and integrating them into one can achieve the effect of one plus one being greater than two.

When practicing boxing, one must pay attention to the boxing intention. The greater and more profound the boxing intention is, the greater the achievement of martial arts will be. This is the same as being a person. To be a person, one must first cultivate character. The better the character is, the better the person will be. It is the same principle.

As long as boxing has intention, you must keep the intention in mind when practicing boxing. Over time, imperceptibly, your temperament will truly be integrated into it. At that time, boxing will have something vast and endless in it.

“If you don’t have the spirit of boxing, then it’s just stupid practice, blind practice, and you’ll be nothing more than a boxer for your whole life.”

"It's the same with spear training. Brother, you have the spear spirit. No matter what spear technique you learn, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Your future achievements are limitless." Cao Jie raised his mouth and smiled. He thought to himself: "My spear spirit... the python turns into a dragon, which means that my ambition is changing!"

'Suddenly there is a madman sharpening his knife at night, the imperial star is swaying and the Mars is high!'

'The Emperor's Star is swaying, the world is in rebellion, the mountains and rivers are shaking, time is running out!'

"Let's name it Dragon Fighting in the Wild!"

When dragons fight in the wild, their blood is black and yellow.

In the sixth line of Kun hexagram, the dragon is yang and this line is yin, so the dragon battle refers to the battle between yin and yang.

Outside the city is the suburbs, and outside the suburbs is the wilderness. Xuan and Huang refer to the colors of the sky and the earth respectively.

Heaven and earth are the biggest yin and yang, and the blood is dark yellow, which means that blood is flowing out from the battle between yin and yang, indicating that this line is an ominous line. In human affairs, it is a battle between the upper and the lower, resulting in death, injury and bloodshed.

There is no such thing as starting a business without bloodshed!
The day of the small gathering was over with a lot of excitement, and the next day, Cao Jie called "Golden Leopard" Tang Long over.

Tang Long was addicted to gambling. He also betrayed his cousin, the "Golden Spear" Xu Ning, and lured him to the mountains.

This is typical behavior of a mean person.

His behavior of selling out his brother for fame is even worse than Lu Qian's betrayal of his childhood friend Lin Chong.

But since this bad behavior is beneficial to us, it is not worth mentioning.

Moreover, Tang Long had superb blacksmithing skills, which greatly improved the equipment level of Liangshan, so that "it had heavy armor and strong shields for defense, and powerful arrows and strong spears for attack", and independently supported the entire Liangshan military industry.

Although he had some bad deeds, he made great contributions to Liangshan and was an indispensable professional and technical talent on Liangshan.

Cao Jie has always been tolerant of professional talents.

"elder brother!"

"Brother Tang Long, I heard that your ancestors made a living by making military equipment."

"That's true. I have also learned a great blacksmithing skill. If you want to make a big spear, give Tang Long ten days or half a month to work on it, and he will surely be able to make a well-forged big spear head."

"I trust your skills, but there are thousands of people on Liangshan Mountain, and there will be more brothers in the future. You only have two arms and two hands, so you can't handle it all."

"This..." Tang Long scratched his head: "Brother, do you want me to take an apprentice? But the brothers in the mountains may not be willing to be this blacksmith!"

"Whether you are a blacksmith or a general, as long as you can contribute to the development of the village, you are a hero! The forging department is the top priority. I will mobilize the blacksmith apprentices. Brother Tang Long, I will trouble you to work hard in the future."

Tang Long bowed and said, "Brother, you have entrusted me with this important task. I will supervise the production of weapons and armor with all my heart."

"Okay! I feel relieved with your words." Cao Jie took out a few more drawings, spread them on the table, and asked, "Brother, do you know what this is?"

"Is this... a hydraulic forging hammer?"

"Brother, you know each other. Great! I have discussed with Wu Xuejiu about building a water-powered forging workshop on Liangshan Mountain. Do you think it's feasible?"

Tang Long smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, I have only heard about this thing from my ancestors, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. I may not be able to make it."

"Let's try it out first! These drawings are from Shen Kuo's Mengxi Bitan. I'll find some craftsmen to help you... Oh, and there's also the method of blast furnace steelmaking. If you can do it, Liangshan won't have to worry about insufficient weapons or poor quality in the future..."

I have to say, Shen Kuo is such a jerk, he wrote everything into Mengxi Bitan.

"Brother Tang Long, these are all important matters concerning the development of Liangshan, so I will entrust them to you."

Cao Jie bowed and Tang Long was shocked. His arms, which were strong enough to run a horse, trembled as he said with emotion, "Brother, this is all Tang Long's job. How can I accept such a great gift from you? Just leave it to Tang Long without worry..."

(End of this chapter)