"My lord, this is my rabbit cub, what do you think?"

When Senior Brother Ou walked into the casting room with the fine iron, Yuan Chang offered to come and watch. Of course, Yuan Chang had spoken, and the others naturally had no opinions, and they all ran outside the casting room to watch. And Ou Nanbao ran to Yuan Chang and asked Yuan Chang with a cautious face.

"Well, yes, at least you're much stronger!"

Listening to Yuan Chang's words, Ou Nanbao not only did not have the slightest expression of dissatisfaction, but looked embarrassed. As a parent, you always think that your children are the best, so who doesn't want to hear others praise their children. At least, Ou Nanbao was happier than drinking honey water when he heard Yuan Chang's praise for his son.

"By the way, Nanbao, what's your son's name?"

Yuan Chang thought about it, and it seemed that he didn't know the name of Ou Nanbao's son. For Ou Nanbao's son, Yuan Chang is very optimistic, and he can discover the foundation of 100 steelmaking, at least it is promising. As long as he cultivates it a little more, as Ou Nanbao himself said, his son can become a grandmaster-level iron caster.

Ou Nanbao heard Yuan Chang ask, and he hesitated for a moment before saying, "My lord, the child's name is Ou Shixiong." The adult is from the Yuan family, and his subordinates also implore the adults to give the child a new name!"

When it comes to his son's name, Ou Nanbao obviously has some low self-esteem. Since the time of Gaozu, names have been valued by singular names. People who usually use two words in their names are all lowly and lowly people. Only businessmen and craftsmen will give such names, although farmers will have nicknames such as dog leftovers, two dogs, etc., but their real names are actually two words, such as Zhang San and Li Si. At least, on the surface, the status of the peasants was second only to that of the scholars, and many masters were willing to give names to these peasants.

As a craftsman, Ou Nanbao's status was lower than that of a businessman, and his life was relatively difficult before he met Yuan Chang. Therefore, when choosing a name for his child, Ou Nanbao spent some money to hire an old master who had some fame in his village to name his son.

Originally, Ou Nanbao hoped that the old master would be able to give his son a single name. However, the old master may have felt that Ou Nanbao did not give much money, or that the old master was a pedantic fellow, and thought that the descendants of craftsmen were of low status, so how could he use a single name? In the end, Ou Nanbao also recognized it, and the double name is the double name, perhaps, this is destined by God for a long time.

In other words, in that case, why didn't Ou Nanbao choose his son's name himself?

Before the Wuhu Rebellion, many customs in the Central Plains were not destroyed, and these customs are unimaginable. Just like choosing a name, after the Sui and Tang dynasties, the names were taken after the parents and grandparents in the family. Before the Sui and Tang dynasties, that is, before the Wuhu Chaohua, the name must be chosen by a local person with fame and fortune, which means that he will be blessed by the other party and be able to get ahead when he grows up. Of course, the best person to choose a name is undoubtedly the Son of Heaven, but this can only be thought of, for most people, the object they choose to name is a famous local old master. These old masters are highly respected and are the best candidates.

Just like Ou Nanbao, a blacksmith, if he chooses his own name for his son, it means that his son will be as humble as him in the future. Therefore, the old master gave Ou Shixiong a double name, and Ou Nanbao did not change, at least he hoped that his son could get a little bit of the old master's light.

Now, Ou Nanbao's life and status have improved, and it can be said that Ou Nanbao has nothing to worry about in the future. Now, the only thing that Can't let Ou Nanbao go down is his son. Although Ou Shixiong obtained all the iron casting technology of Ou Nanbao, his status has not changed, and he is still a craftsman. Therefore, Ou Nanbao wants his son to follow Yuan Chang, hoping to change. Even if Ou Shixiong is not changed, Ou Shixiong's descendants will always change. Changing the name is the first step. Today's era is different from later generations, and it is not difficult to change the name, and there are not so many troubles.

Of course, Yuan Chang understood what Ou Nanbao meant, his expression remained unchanged at the moment, and he said lightly: "Whether a person is noble or lowly depends on his mentality. If he thinks that he is lowly in his heart, then even if he is allowed to sit on the dragon chair, he will not be able to become noble. ”

Yuan Chang's words were not harsh, they were very bland. However, in the ears of Ma Jun and Ou Nanbao, it was like a morning bell and a dusk drum, and the "buzzing" brain shook non-stop.

Ma Jun and Ou Nanbao have obvious inferiority complex in their hearts, and it is precisely because of their inferiority complex that they don't think that the career they are engaged in now is great. Therefore, there was no choice of guards. If it is placed in the future generations, what is invented by a talent like Ma Jun does not need to be guarded by thousands of bodyguards, for fear of any accidents. Even some amazing research needs to be stored in a special base, and thousands of special soldiers will be sent to protect it.

And now, Ma Jun and Ou Nanbao have not even arranged basic guards. Yuan Chang's words were naturally teaching them, and as for how much they could understand, it was not up to Yuan Chang to decide. After all, they were born in this era, and some concepts are innate and cannot be changed for a while.

Ma Jun and Ou Nanbao both tilted their heads and pondered on the side, as if they were comprehending what Yuan Chang had just said.

"My lord, Dean Ma, Vice Dean Ou, how about you take a look?"

After nearly two quarters of an hour, Ou Shixiong finally walked out of the foundry. In his hands, the blade embryo of two long swords was held. Although he is Ou Nanbao's son, he does not appear proud of this identity, and it is obvious that Ou Nanbao's education for his son is still good. After respectfully handing the two sword embryos to Yuan Chang and the others, Ou Shixiong consciously stood aside.

Yuan Chang has nothing to do with the craftsman, and he can't see anything of these two sword embryos, and Ou Shixiong carries him, obviously respecting him.

Ma Jun and Ou Nanbao took the sword embryo, observed it carefully, checked it, first nodded, and then shook their heads.

Ma Jun and Ou Nanbao were holding a sword embryo, and Ou Nanbao looked at Ou Shixiong and said solemnly: "Shixiong, the sword embryo in Dean Ma's hand has been forged three times, and after tempering, a good long sword can be created, and the sword embryo in my hand has been forged at least fifteen times, if it is forged, it will be a good sword." ”

"As Vice President Ou said, this sword embryo has been forged by me seventeen times, and the impurities in the sword have been removed. This shows that after many forgings, it can indeed make the weapon more sophisticated. ”

Ou Shixiong had a smile on his face, and he was obviously very happy that the idea had been successful.

Some people may think that Ou Shixiong only forged seventeen times and removed the impurities by eight points, so where is the use of a hundred refinements? In fact, it cannot be counted in this way.

At the beginning, there are obviously more impurities in the refined iron, which can be removed quickly. However, the impurities that can still exist after many times of forging are obviously a bit stubborn, and it is more difficult to remove them by forging; moreover, because the number of impurities is scarce, it is not easy to remove; finally, it is extremely important that after removing the impurities, the fine iron composition must be made uniformly, and the difficulty of the two at the same time is more than one and a half stars higher. Therefore, after removing eight out of ten impurities, more forging is needed to make the fine iron into a more perfect steel.

"Ou Shixiong, is that all you can do? Then you will never be able to surpass your father. Do you know that you have only removed 8 out of 10 impurities, why don't you make any effort to remove the remaining 2 impurities, or do you think you don't have the ability to do better? Now that you have this idea, you have to carry it out to the end, not stop at a certain point. ”

The smile on Ou Shixiong's face stagnated, and he looked at Yuan Chang a little stunned. In fact, he just wanted to prove that his idea was right this time, and he didn't think much more. However, after listening to Yuan Chang's words at this moment, he was a little ashamed, could he be satisfied like this, and how could he surpass his father?

At that moment, Ou Shixiong restrained his mood, shook his body at Yuan Changchang, and then said with a straight face: "What the adults teach is that the grass people know that they are wrong. ”

Afterwards, Ou Shixiong didn't say anything, picked up the fine iron and entered the foundry room again.