"Are you two performing a comedy routine, singing in unison?"

Xiao Yu didn't want to argue with them, but seeing Ouyang Ye and these people going too far, he couldn't bear it anymore.

If you hold back for a moment, you'll only get angrier; if you back down, you'll only feel like you've lost out!

"say what?"

Ye Qun didn't understand what Xiao Yu was talking about, and subconsciously asked back.

"They're calling you two mentally challenged."

Xiao Yu said directly

"You dare to insult me?"

Ye Qun frowned deeply, walked directly towards Xiao Yu, and shouted, "Try cursing me again!"

"Wow, this is the first time I've heard of such a request."

Xiao Yu chose to give in to him, saying, "I'd say you two are idiots, looking down on people like dogs. Are those two holes under your eyebrows just for venting your anger?"

"You, you, you..."

Ye Qun didn't expect Xiao Yu to actually start cursing at her again, and with such harsh words, so she didn't know how to refute him for a moment.

After all, these weapon-forging craftsmen were not scholars; they focused solely on forging and cared little for anything else, and had little knowledge of anything else.

"How dare you two lowly commoners presume to criticize me, the dignified Prince Xiao?"

After Xiao Yu finished cursing, he slapped Ye Qun across the face and said, "This is just a small lesson. If there's a next time, I'll strip you naked and hang you outside the workshop."

This slap carried internal force, so powerful that it sent Ye Qun spinning in place before he stumbled and fell to the ground.

Such an action frightened the surrounding engineers so much that they dared not laugh.

Ouyang Ye's face was also ashen.

He wanted to lash out, but considering Xiao Yu's identity and Xiao Yu's lawless and arrogant behavior, he ultimately held back.

"Don't think that just because you're silent, I won't hit you."

Xiao Yu had no intention of letting Ouyang Ye go either. In a flash, he appeared in front of him.

Before Ouyang Ye could react, he slapped him across the face.

In an instant, Ouyang Ye also spun around a few times on the spot, then stumbled and fell to the ground.

“You… Xiao Yu, my junior brother and I were ordered by His Majesty to forge superior, sharp weapons to deter the Japanese envoys.”

Ouyang Ye covered his swollen face, spat out three bloody teeth, and said angrily, "You injured me and my junior brother. If this delays important matters, do you know what crime you will be charged with?"

"Coincidentally, I was also ordered by His Majesty to forge superior, sharp weapons to intimidate the envoys from Japan."

Xiao Yu crossed his arms and said coldly, "You conspired with Meng Peng to hide all my tools. If this delays important matters, do you know what crime you will be charged with?"

The same words left Ouyang Ye speechless, unable to find a way to retort.

The tools were indeed hidden by Meng Peng, but he was not the mastermind behind it; it was the supervisor of the Armory who directed them.

Now that Xiao Yu has pinned this blame on him, Ouyang Ye is speechless... It's not that he can't defend himself, but this matter has blown up, and someone needs to take the blame.

"Okay, okay."

Knowing he couldn't win an argument with Xiao Yu, Ouyang Ye gritted his teeth and said, "Since you're also here on His Majesty's orders to forge superior, sharp weapons, how about we make a bet?"

"What are we betting on?"

Xiao Yu asked.

"Let's bet on who can forge the sharpest weapon."

Ouyang Ye snorted coldly, put his hands behind his back, and adopted a superior demeanor... but his swollen, red face greatly diminished his air of superiority: "Half a month later, we will each bring out a weapon to clash. Whoever loses will kneel down and kowtow three times to the other, how about it?"

"Can."

Xiao Yu agreed without hesitation.

He had just finished a round and discovered that the iron smelting technology of this era was at an early stage. Ouyang Ye and his group simply couldn't produce steel with this level of forging technology.

Xiao Yu, however, was confident that he could forge pure steel... and then cutting Ouyang Ye's weapon would be a piece of cake.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Seeing Xiao Yu's arrogance in daring to agree, Ouyang Ye couldn't help but laugh.

He had barely chuckled twice when his joy turned to sorrow as waves of pain shot through his face, abruptly halting his laughter.

"A person who enjoys himself."

Xiao Yu glanced at him, then left.

When they returned to their workshop, Xiao Zhan and the others had already cleaned it up and prepared a separate room for Xiao Yu.

"It's getting late, everyone should get some rest."

Seeing that everyone was tired, Xiao Yu gave an order and then went back to his room.

...

the next day.

Meng Peng arrived, followed by several strong men and two horse-drawn carriages, each loaded with various tools.

There were sledgehammers, pliers, grinders, drilling equipment... In short, all the tools for forging swords were available, along with some design drawings.

"Your Highness, everything has been delivered to you without missing a single item."

Meng Peng, still wearing a fawning smile, said, "I've brought you the ingredients, and two cooks as well. If you need any ingredients, please let me know."

"Thank you for your trouble, Lord Meng."

Xiao Yu nodded.

Then, they began assigning tasks to Xiao Zhan and the others.

tempered into a steel.

Forging steel in a world where iron smelting technology was still in its early stages was no easy task.

It won't be too difficult, of course.

Let's get started!

Xiao Yu casually tossed aside the weapon design drawings and said to Xiao Zhan, "The time has come to give them a big surprise!"

Then he began to instruct Xiao Zhan and the others on how to forge pig iron.

"Clang clang clang clang clang!"

Beside the scorching furnace, Xiao Zhan and other soldiers took large and small hammers and began to relentlessly pound the red-hot pig iron.

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