During the period of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, in Yangcheng North Street, it was all bamboo weaving business.

The business on this street that is quite prosperous is Lao Lin. Lao Lin's bamboo weaving skills are the best on this street, and his apprentices are all over the city.

Therefore, his bamboo line has become a golden signboard on this street, and other bamboo lines can only breathe.

If someone accidentally robbed him of his business, he would not want to live in Yangcheng North Street.

This summer, the "Old Chen Wood Shop" opposite Lao Lin Bamboo Shop suddenly took off its signboard and hung the "Chen Ji Bamboo Shop" sign, and resumed its old business.

Many years ago, because Old Chen's mother was seriously ill and needed money for treatment, he had no choice but to take out the bamboo utensils in the bamboo shop to reduce the price. "Chen Ji Bamboo Shop" was very popular, but the "Old Lin Bamboo Shop" opposite was very busy, which caused Old Lin to make a lot of money less. Old Lin was looking at "Chen Ji Bamboo Shop."

Lao Lin sent people to find trouble with Lao Chen, spread rumors, and suppressed "Chen Ji Bamboo" in various ways. Not long after, "Chen Ji Bamboo" could only close down and switch to selling woodware.

Unexpectedly, a few years later, this "Chen Ji Bamboo Line" had put up the sign again.

The hanging of this sign indicates that it will compete with "Lao Lin Bamboo Store", but Lao Lin's bamboo weaving skills have no match in this street.

This old Chen must have a trick, otherwise he wouldn't dare hang up this sign.

Who would have thought that after Lao Chen hung up the sign, he was not in a hurry to load the goods, but asked a young man to set up a stall at the door of the shop to arrange the tools of the bamboo craftsman and make bamboo utensils on the spot. The young man broke the bamboo on the stall to get materials, cut the bamboo and scrape the skin, and then began weaving the bamboo basket.

This method naturally attracted the curiosity of passers-by, who came to watch one after another. Everyone had doubts about the quality of the bamboo basket here, and whether the bamboo basket was durable or not. Faced with these doubts, the young man invited passers-by to buckle the bamboo basket upside down on the ground. People can stand on it, and people can stand on it.

This time, everyone was boiling, and they praised the craftsmanship. Many people bought bamboo baskets on the spot.

Everyone in the city knew that the bamboo wares made by "Chen Ji Bamboo" were durable and reliable.

The business of "Chen Ji Bamboo Shop" was booming, and customers came to the store to buy bamboo utensils every day.

On the opposite side, Lao Lin saw that Lao Chen's shop was doing so well, and he hated it.

But there was nothing he could do. Seeing that the business on the opposite side was so hot that he queued up, and there were only a few birds in his store.

On this day, Lao Lin led a person to Lao Chen's shop and introduced that this was a general who needed to build a thousand pairs of bamboo armor, hoping that Lao Chen could use his ancestors' craftsmanship to contribute to the court.

When Old Chen saw Old Lin coming, although he was a little stunned, he could only reluctantly accept the order due to Old Lin's status.

Old Chen negotiated the price and details with the general, and the general left.

After Lao Chen closed at night, he kept thinking about what kind of tricks Lao Lin played this time.

But since he had promised a general, he could only bite the bullet and make bamboo armor.

Legend has it that ancient Chen's ancestors made bamboo armor. In the past, they served in the army. The armor that Old Chen's family played was invulnerable, and it was refined with special bamboo.

But making this kind of armor requires a young man to do it, and if the elderly make it, the body can easily take it.

And if you make too much of this armor, your life will not be too long.

Therefore, Lao Chen did not practice this bamboo weaving craft, and did not allow his son to practice it.

Therefore, this technique was basically lost. In the past, there were army generals looking for Old Chen, and Old Chen could only tell the truth.

He also said that this process is currently largely lost.

This time, Lao Lin brought the general, obviously knowing something.

Old Chen thought to himself that this old Lin was uneasy and kind.

Since the last time he was played by Lao Lin, Lao Chen has made up his mind to let his son practice the superb bamboo weaving craft according to the secret recipe book of bamboo weaving left by his ancestors.

Therefore, if the general asked for armor, Old Chen could take it.

After half a month, Old Chen completed the mission of 1,000 bamboo armor.

It was time to hand over the task. On this day, Lao Lin brought the general, saying that it was to show the contribution of Lao Chen's family to the imperial court.

At the most upscale restaurant in the city, Lao Chen was entertained by a banquet.

Old Chen brought his son to the restaurant as promised.

Everyone chatted happily, and at that time, Lao Lin was very enthusiastic about Lao Chen.

There is no longer the domineering attitude of the past.

Old Chen asked, "Old Lin, how do you know the general?"

Old Lin laughed and slowly revealed the truth.

"In order for you to contribute to the imperial court, I have deliberately excluded you for many years, don't mind, only in this way can you let your son learn the ancestral secret recipe to make bamboo weaving in order to get revenge on me.

The imperial court was harassed by Turkic cavalry over the years, and many soldiers died. Only your bamboo armor can defeat them. Ordinary armor is too bulky and not suitable for fighting with cavalry.

I used to be a participating general, and I know how powerful the Turkic cavalry is. The soldiers of the Great Tang suffered a lot of losses in this area. During the war, they were disabled and could not hold weapons, so they had been idle at home for decades.

He had been doing this for decades, and the more he practiced, the better he got. However, even a good pair of bamboo armor could not be created, which was very frustrating.

Only then did Lao Chen know that Lao Lin was still a participating general in the past. He had been doing business on the same street for so long, and he had never heard of it.

Decades ago, the imperial court used your grandfather's bamboo armor to defeat the Turkic cavalry. I know the harm of learning this secret recipe, so I plan to marry my daughter to your son, if you don't dislike it." "

Hearing this, Lao Chen was very surprised. He didn't expect things to be like this.

Old Chen couldn't help but shed tears. He misunderstood Old Lin and held Old Lin's hand, unwilling to let go for a long time.