Although the small workshop is not big, it has all kinds of organs, and Liu Hui took everyone to visit it. He told everyone that the most important step in their family to build swords and the like is to strike iron.

Nowadays, there are a lot of raw materials in the small workshop, and there are still a lot of steelmaking made by the fathers and grandfathers in the past.

The main reason is that the business of these two generations has deteriorated, and the smelted steel has also accumulated and passed on to him, and the small workshop is more valuable, and it is estimated that in addition to this land, it is those raw materials.

But now, everyone likes to use alloys, and the 100 steels refined by the elders can rarely be used.

Therefore, Liu Hui rarely strikes iron now, and feels unnecessary, although he is also proficient in the family heirloom method of ironmaking, and has been taught by hand since he was a child, can he not?

The so-called 100 steels are not as simple as simply beating a hundred times, and each time they are beaten, they are very skillful.

After that, there are processes such as quenching, which are very important. The whole process, a total of more than ten processes, so the artificial traditional sword, too much energy, the price will be relatively high, and the sword factory production, there is no competitiveness at all.

It can be said that there are only a handful of swords cast by traditional craftsmanship in Longquan now.

Knowing that Populus euphratica wants people in the live broadcast room to see traditional crafts, Liu Hui also introduced it more hard, tried to be more careful, and even told some details, without worrying about leaks or anything, whoever loves to learn will learn!

Just now, he glanced at Hu Yang's live broadcast room.

Hundreds of thousands of people watched it online.

This is also an opportunity to promote his own craft, so Liu Hui will not let it go, and even introduce it to a little more mysterious. It would be great if you could attract some customers.

In fact, there used to be workers in their small workshop, but after it was passed on to him, he became a single commander.

I can't help it! I can't live anymore, and I have to pay someone else's salary? Is this because I don't die fast enough?

"These are all stocks left over from the past. Liu Hui pointed to the wooden box in the corner.

In addition to the raw materials, there are also finished products, which were all made by my grandfather, father and others in the past, and were not sold. However, those sword weapons, because the style is so old, are basically not appreciated now.

Hu Yang nodded slightly, walked over, and opened the box, which was full of several styles of swords, all of which were more traditional swords. The longest knife, more than a meter, is close to two meters.

"With such a long knife, will it be easy to use?" Andy couldn't help but ask.

Liu Hui hurriedly introduced: "This is the Mo knife, the saber of the Tang Dynasty, but it was not popular later." ”

It is a representative of the ancient Chinese long-handled knife, which became popular between the time of Gaozong and the tenth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. In the beginning, the Modao was used against the Turkic cavalry.

As we all know, people ride on horseback, which is relatively high, and your weapon is too short, so it is estimated that you can't get close.

Therefore, in ancient times, knives and spears like this were more popular cold weapons.

At this time, some people in the live broadcast room wondered: Why does it look so much like a Japanese sword?

Before, Brother Hu took them to see the Japanese sword, which was very similar to the one in front of them, the arc, etc., but it was not that long, especially the handle.

Hu Yang said to everyone: "Mo Dao is actually the prototype of the Japanese sword. The Tang Dynasty had a great impact on Japan, and many of the so-called traditional crafts in Japan were actually moved over during the Tang Dynasty. ”

The Mo knife is a long knife held by the Tang infantry, which developed from the Western Han Dynasty horse sword, and absorbed the shape and smelting technology of the Han Lu Mo knife and the long knife of the Six Dynasties. There are specific departments for casting, storage, and management.

It is said that this knife is extremely sharp and has an excellent slashing effect, and was mainly used to slash enemy cavalry in war, and its tactical role is equivalent to today's anti-tank weapons, and because of its great deterrent power, it was also used for civil and military officials and honor guards in feudal towns.

Why is it supposed?

Because this kind of knife does not exist at all, the people can only see the record of it from the history books. Mo knife is not allowed to accompany the burial, and in the Song Dynasty, it was basically no longer popular, and it was lost later.

"With such a long knife, it shouldn't be easy to play, right?" Lao Wu couldn't help but say.

Liu Hui nodded: "So, it is destined to be eliminated." Its use, the moves are very simple, only chopping and swinging. Then, it is required that the movements of the army are very neat and the discipline is very demanding. Otherwise, this kind of weapon can easily injure one's own people by mistake. ”

Hu Yang didn't think so, and said with a smile: "In ancient times, in the era of cold weapons, in addition to the number of people, the battle was based on the weapon. Whoever has the more threatening weapon will naturally win half the way.

Imagine, a group of soldiers holding daggers and watching others carry a big knife or two meters long, do you dare to get on it?

Whoever has a big knife is not only a deterrent to the other party's heart, but also a strong courage for himself. Fighting, sometimes psychological warfare is also very important, cowardly fighting at the beginning, what else to fight?"

Modao was really eliminated, not because it was too long.

It was really eliminated because it thought that the internal cost was too high. The amount of iron used in a Mo knife can make several other styles of weapons, and if you are the emperor, what would you think?

It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, there was a festival envoy who was almost bankrupt by the production of Mo Dao.

In addition, from the end of the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, frequent wars made the replacement of soldiers very fast, and the use of Mo knife skills can only be mastered after long-term training, and ordinary recruits on the battlefield are more suitable to use ordinary weapons.

Moreover, in the Song Dynasty, a dynasty that focused on economic development and did not pay attention to military development, the decline of Modao became a matter of course.

"What's more, the use of the Mo knife is inseparable from the tactics of the Tang Army.

It is said that the formation of the Tang army is very similar to that of Rome, with three rows of Mo knife men in front of the Chinese army, and crossbowmen in the back, and crossbowmen also have spears and Mo knives, which can support the Mo knife team at any time.

In the end, the reason for the real decline of Modao, I think it is still the system of the Tang Army.

At that time, the system of the Tang Army was to control the standard weapons, and the manufacturing technology was blocked in the army. "Populus euphratica analyzes reasonably.

This sudden analysis made Liu Hui stunned.

I can't see that this anchor has a few brushes! These reasons, I have to say, are very convincing, even people who don't know how to do it, they feel reasonable after listening to it.

He couldn't help but raise his thumb.

Even Ye Ping's parents nodded secretly, although this young man is not very old, he is well-informed.

"Haha! Brother Hu's analysis made everyone else's little boss stunned. ”

"Another shocked man. ”

"In terms of knowledge reserves, I will serve Brother Hu. ”

……

Liu Hui picked up another knife and introduced it to everyone: "This kind of knife, I believe everyone looks very familiar, and it can often be seen in TV series and movies, it is the famous embroidered spring knife of the Ming Dynasty." ”

When it comes to the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei, many people think of the murderous, bloody and violent imperial court intelligence agencies, and the most impressive of them are the two major symbols of Jinyiwei: flying fish clothes and embroidered spring knives.

The Ming Dynasty is an era of the intersection of Chinese and Western weapon cultures, all kinds of hot and cold weapons emerge in endlessly, according to historical records, the Ming Dynasty brocade guard, the royal elite saber is the famous "embroidered spring knife".

"Legend has it that each handle of the embroidered spring knife has been refined by thousands of purities, the blade is extremely sharp, holding the knife in both hands, and the one with great strength can cut off the entire horse's head with one knife. Liu Hui said to everyone.

"Another legend?" Andy was surprised.

Hu Yang smiled: "Because the embroidered spring knife is the same as the Mo knife, there is no unearthed physical object, we can only understand them through the records of historical books." ”

He told everyone that as the standard weapon of the royal army, the embroidered spring knife reached the peak of ancient cold weapons, however, with the beginning of the emergence and development of firearms, the royal family began to equip a large number of firearms, and gradually replaced the status of cold weapons.

As soon as these words came out, the audience in the live broadcast room was surprised.

The Ming Dynasty seems to be not very far away from us, right? There is a Qing Dynasty in the middle, and there is no unearthed physical object for such a famous knife? For a while, everyone expressed doubts.

You must know that the Ming Dynasty Jinyiwei penetrated into all aspects of society, and they existed at home and abroad, monitoring the entire world for the emperor, without tens of thousands of people, can this work be carried out?

In addition, some people have strange thoughts, why a knife that kills people like hemp should have such a delicate knife name, it's really strange.

"You must think that this is impossible, there are so many brocade guards in the Ming Dynasty, how can there be no embroidered spring knives left?

In fact, not every brocade guard is qualified to wear an embroidered spring knife.

The embroidered spring knife is very well-made, both in terms of materials and workmanship, it is top-notch. According to records, some thousands of households did not embroider spring knives, let alone people below 100 households in Jinyi.

Although there are many people in the thousand households of the Ming Dynasty, there are also many people in the thousand households, and there are fourteen people in the thousand households.

So, that is to say, the embroidered spring knives in the brocade clothes are actually twenty or thirty pieces, which are pitiful. ”

After listening to Brother Hu, everyone realized that they were wrong. I thought that the embroidered spring knife was the standard configuration of all brocade guards, but it turned out that it was not, and there were so few, so it was no wonder that there was only one Qing Dynasty, and I couldn't find an embroidered spring knife left over from the Ming Dynasty.

"Brother Hu is right, the embroidered spring knife is a top-level saber that has been tempered for thousands of years, and it was also a rare thing in the Ming Dynasty, so it is basically impossible to see it today. Unconsciously, Liu Hui also began to call Hu Yang to be Brother Hu.

Hu Yang couldn't help but glance at the long wooden box with a treasure hunting eye, and was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that there was actually a sword inside.

He spoke: "Except for that Mo knife, I want everything else, you make a price." ”

Huh? Is this to clear my inventory? Liu Hui was overjoyed.