Chapter 1082: Su Zan's Fury
After leaving the Daqian Imperial City, Su Zan and his companions rode at full speed all the way to Xiqu.
He couldn't wait to find someone to try out the forging method of patterned steel so that he could make a handy weapon for himself.
Su Zan had no doubt about the forging method of the patterned steel.
This was handed to him by Gu Xiu himself!
Moreover, there is the seal of the Daqian Ministry of Works on it.
Thinking of that old man Gu Xiu, Su Zan laughed secretly.
Gu Xiu said that he was greedy for money, but his real purpose had already been seen through by him.
Gu Xiu is Yun Li’s father-in-law!
Does Gu Xiu need to covet a mere one million taels of silver?
Gu Xiu wanted Xiqu to obtain the forging method of patterned steel, so as to enhance Xiqu's military strength, so that Xiqu and Yun Zheng could fight to the death, and the Daqian court could reap the benefits!
This old guy has a nice idea!
Isn’t he afraid that he will expose this matter later?
By then, the emperor of Daqian will probably not let Gu Xiu go, right?
But after thinking about it carefully, Su Zan gave up the idea.
Maybe Yun Li instructed Gu Xiu to do this!
They want to reap the benefits, and the Daqian court also wants to reap the benefits!
If he turned around and shook Gu Xiu out, wouldn't that be breaking the agreement between him and Yun Li?
Now that they have the relationship with Princess Yangjin, they should cooperate with Yun Li and deal with Yun Zheng together!
As long as Yun Zheng dies, Yun Li is nothing to worry about!
After entering the territory of Xiqu, Su Zan immediately led his men to the nearby Tucheng and found a blacksmith shop.
Su Zan ordered his men to surround the blacksmith shop and asked the blacksmiths in the shop to forge pattern steel according to the forging manual in his hand.
Su Zan and Dan Qu took turns to guard there, ensuring that the blacksmith carried out every step according to the forging method recorded in the forging manual.
Before I knew it, three days had passed.
During these three days, Su Zan hardly slept a wink.
They have failed several times.
The successive failures made Su Zan increasingly uneasy.
Su Zan suddenly realized that the forging method of this patterned steel might be fake!
As soon as the sky brightened, Su Zan got up, rubbed his bloodshot eyes and rushed to the blacksmith shop.
"Why not?"
"why not?"
"You must have missed that step. Try again!"
As soon as Su Zan arrived at Tiejiangpu, he heard Danqu's angry roar.
Su Zan's heart skipped a beat.
Failed again!
Still not working?
Damn!
That forging method is probably wrong!
They might actually be deceived!
Su Zan suppressed the anger in his heart, pushed through the crowd and walked in, where he saw several blacksmiths kneeling on the ground, trembling all over.
There was also a broken knife dropped on the ground.
"Great Prime Minister..."
Seeing Su Zan, Dan Qu, whose eyes were also bloodshot, slightly opened his cracked lips, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Su Zan did not reply, but squatted down, slowly picked up the broken knife on the ground and observed it.
Densely packed pores can be clearly seen at the broken edge of the knife.
How can a knife like this not break?
Its strength is not even as good as that of ordinary swords, let alone patterned steel!
Su Zan's face turned ashen, and his bloodshot eyes flashed with ferocity, like a wild beast ready to devour its prey.
"Prime Minister, we really forged it exactly according to the instructions in the book."
"It's really not our problem, it's just that the forging method is wrong!"
"Please spare my life, Prime Minister..."
Facing Su Zan's gaze, several exhausted blacksmiths wailed for mercy.
"Shut up!"
Danqu interrupted several people with an angry look on his face, clenching his fists until they made a creaking sound.
Su Zan's chest heaved violently, and he kept taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself.
"That's it!"
Su Zan dropped the broken knife in his hand, slowly stood up, and called Dan Qu with a tired face: "Let's go!"
"Da Xiang, let them try again!"
Danqu was unwilling to accept this.
This is the forging method they bought at a cost of 12,000 taels of gold!
They went to great lengths to collect the 10,000 taels of gold.
How could he be willing to spend 12,000 taels of gold on a wrong forging method?
"If you want to try, try again after returning to the Royal City!"
Su Zan waved his hand weakly, "Let's go back to the royal city quickly, don't delay any longer!"
After saying that, Su Zan turned around and walked out of the blacksmith shop.
He knew in his heart that even if he tried again, or even a hundred times, it wouldn't make much sense.
This is a complete scam!
They were deceived!
There is an expert in the Daqian Imperial City!
The other party must have guessed long ago that they wanted to obtain the forging method of patterned steel, so they carefully set up this trap to trap them.
The person who deceived them must have a high status to be able to get the Ministry of Works of Daqian to cooperate with them in performing this drama.
It is even possible that the emperor or prince of Daqian is manipulating all this behind the scenes!
Su Zan clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
The loss of 10,000 taels of gold in vain had already made him angry enough.
When he thought about how he was being played around, the anger in his heart kept rising to his head.
The great Prime Minister of Xiqu was treated like a monkey by the people of Daqian!
This was undoubtedly a huge shame for him.
If I don’t take revenge for this, I swear I won’t be a human being!
Su Zan thought viciously in his heart.
After a simple packing, Su Zan ignored his fatigue and led the delegation on the journey again.
Along the way, Su Zan and Dan Qu didn't talk much. Both of them had sullen faces and looked as if they didn't want any strangers to come near them.
But as time went on, Su Zan's expression gradually began to relax, and he began to think silently again.
Danqu couldn't help but growl fiercely, "Daqian bullies us like this, we can't..."
"That's enough! It's our own fault for not having any brains. Don't blame others."
Su Zan interrupted Dan Qu, "It's just 10,000 taels of gold. We in Xiqu can afford the loss! But this incident has given us a wake-up call."
A reminder?
Danqu was puzzled and looked at Suzan inquiringly.
Su Zan narrowed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "The Daqian court appears to be reconciling with us, but in reality they are on guard against us everywhere! The agreement we made with the Daqian court is meaningless. Once we give them the opportunity, they will definitely find ways to destroy Xiqu..."
"Need I say more?" Danqu was slightly disappointed. "We can tell from the fact that they refused to send their princess to marry us!"
Did he think Su Zan had some profound ideas?
The result is this?
Do I need to say this more?
He had seen it a long time ago!
"I'm not finished yet."
Su Zan glanced at Danqu and continued, "The power of the prince of Daqian may not be as great as we imagined!"
"Ok?"
Danqu's eyelids jumped, and he quickly asked, "Why do you think so?"
"Yun Li wants to cooperate with us to deal with Yun Zheng together! Even if he doesn't give us the forging method of patterned steel, he won't go through such a big detour to deceive us!"
"That's true." Danqu thought for a moment, "What the Prime Minister is saying is that this matter is still being manipulated by the Emperor of Daqian?"
"should be!"
Su Zan nodded slightly. "Apart from the Crown Prince, the only one who could get the entire Ministry of Works to cooperate with them to deceive us is probably Emperor Wen! I'm afraid even Yun Li was kept in the dark about this matter!"
Listening to Su Zan's words, Danqu couldn't help but think silently.
Perhaps, I should tell Yun Li about this!
Let Yun Li know that Emperor Wen doesn’t trust him at all!
It would be even better if Yun Li could be provoked to kill Emperor Wen!
