Looking at the expression of his cheap father, Dai Yichen knew what he thought of the blacksmith.
He said helplessly: "Father, do you think that the existence of blacksmiths has no other purpose besides making some weapons for the army and farm tools for civilians?"
Dai Yutian nodded without hesitation and asked, "Brat, don't tell me you want the royal family to support the blacksmith?"
"Yeah." Dai Yichen nodded.
Dai Yutian:
"You'd better give me a reason that can convince me." Dai Yutian took a deep breath and did not rush to refute, but from his expression it can be seen that if Dai Yichen's reason did not move him, he would never agree no matter what.
He just agreed to train Ye Lingling because the value was in front of him, and he also believed in Dai Yichen's personal charm, so he would definitely not lose money in this deal.
But training a blacksmith?
What a joke!
Not to mention the blacksmiths in the whole continent, how many blacksmiths are there in the Xingluo Empire? They can't all be trained, right?
This will cost a huge amount of money. Wouldn't it be better to use this money to expand armaments and get more training resources?
Although their royal family is also wealthy, a large portion of their annual expenditure is spent on the military, which is incomparable to the Tiandou Empire.
However, their means of making money are fixed. It is not like the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, where making money is just a matter of having hands. If they run out of funds, they can't just increase taxes, right?
Now that we have decided to reform, taxes cannot be increased any further.
Dai Yichen did not intend to let Dai Yutian agree immediately, but said: "Father, ordinary blacksmiths are naturally useless. Do you know the classification of blacksmiths?"
Dai Yutian had no idea about the levels of blacksmiths and shook his head. He was not very interested in this.
Dai Yichen: "Blacksmiths are divided into primary blacksmiths, intermediate blacksmiths, senior blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, master blacksmiths, and divine blacksmiths. In the mainland, it is said that there are only three divine blacksmiths, one of whom is Lou Gao, the president of Gengxin City Blacksmith Association."
"And what I need is a blacksmith at least at the master blacksmith level. Only when you reach this level can you understand how to make some simple soul guide parts."
The above is also Dai Yichen's own estimate. At least one has to reach the level of a blacksmith to have the ability to make some soul guide parts.
However, in this era, the Sun-Moon Continent has not yet collided with the Douluo Continent due to plate movement, and the people on the continent are still only familiar with storage soul guides, so the blacksmiths who know how to make storage soul guides must be at the master level or above.
In other words, the two empires still neglected high-level blacksmiths. Take the creativity of Lou Gao for example. If he was given enough financial support, he might be able to go further.
Dai Yichen still remembered that in the original novel, Lou Gao's collection contained two pieces of Eight Treasures Ruyi soft armor, which could resist the attack of the sixth soul skill of a soul emperor. Its special manufacturing process allowed the armor to automatically adjust according to the wearer's form.
In Dai Yichen's opinion, this kind of armor is no longer an ordinary military armor, but can be seen as a defensive soul guide, or the prototype of later battle armor.
And finally, the production method of the Torrential Pear Blossom Needle, which Lou Gao made by sacrificing himself, was improved by Lou Gao himself, so its power was doubled, and its appearance was changed, and the driving method was changed to be driven by soul power. If you have to say it, can it also be regarded as the prototype of an offensive soul guide?
Even Tang Dachui and Taitan, who are both master craftsmen like Lou Gao, cannot make such a change. They do not have as many wild ideas and desire to explore as Lou Gao.
Therefore, Dai Yichen is determined to get Lou Gao no matter how much it costs. As for that bootlicker Titan, he can go wherever he wants!
After Dai Yichen and Dai Yutian explained, Dai Yutian looked at his son with doubt: "Are you sure that the master craftsman really has such ability? Why do I feel that you know much more than I do?"
Dai Yichen smiled calmly: "Father, if you spend every day in the library besides practicing, you will surely learn a lot. Sometimes you can't just read theoretical knowledge about martial spirits, you can also take a look at other categories as well."
"Father, I want a blacksmith who not only has high soul power, but also has a high blacksmith level. This will be useful to us."
Dai Yutian was really curious and couldn't help asking, "But why did you suddenly pay attention to the blacksmith? It's only been more than a year since your martial spirit awakened. You've been working non-stop."
Dai Yichen had already thought of the words for this, and he sighed helplessly, and instantly activated the White Tiger Armor. He looked at Dai Yutian and said, "Father, looking at my armor, don't you have any ideas? Although this thing is condensed by the martial spirit, I suddenly had an idea. Is it possible that the armor on my body can be made artificially?
Even if the performance is not as good as mine, as long as it can be mass-produced, it is acceptable. Then the armor also reminds me of other types of weapons, weapons driven by soul power, rather than the ordinary ones in the army now. "
Dai Yutian: Damn it!
Dai Yutian suddenly felt that his IQ was insulted. Why didn't he think of it?
Instead of waiting for his son to differentiate his sub-ability lock, he could study some other weapons and protective gear driven by soul power before that.
He is the emperor of a country, and his cultivation is improving very slowly, so he doesn't think that this is a crooked way like others do. The only way out is to develop himself.
His soul power level is almost reaching its limit, doesn't he have to find some other way out?
His son's words woke him up.
After all, senior blacksmiths can make soul guides to store items, so if we give them some time to research other types of soul guides, maybe they can succeed?
All they lack now is a lot of money and time, but he has them!
But at this moment, Dai Yichen's words brought him back to reality.
"Father, as far as I know, the headquarters of the Blacksmith Association is in Gengxin City within the Empire, right? How does the Empire treat them?"
Dai Yutian: It's so spicy! The empire seems to have always ignored their existence. After all, he didn't care much about it before.
Now that I think about it, I basically missed out on a hundred million!
"Ahem." Dai Yutian's face looked a little unnatural, and he didn't dare to look Dai Yichen in the eye. "The royal family didn't give them any subsidies. After all, they used to think that they could buy the weapons and farm tools made by the blacksmiths, which was already a good thing."
(End of this chapter)