In this official workshop operated by the imperial court for many years, the craftsmanship has been passed down from generation to generation.

Father to son, son to grandson, even if it is a craftsman under the imperial court, in the proportion and process of process forging, will leave a hand for his family.

The skilled craftsmen recruited from all over the country to Chang'an were able to enrich the talents of the imperial court.

But in the same way, it also allows each family to press the things at the bottom of the box...... I look at it tighter.

Now an innovative talent like Gu Zheng has suddenly appeared, who can create two more advanced forging processes in such a short period of time.

Let those craftsmen who do not have the ability to press the bottom of the box see hope.

Because of continuous innovation, the secrecy of secret techniques will not be so important.

Besides, this craftsman who is about to become the master forging is still so young, in the eyes of these old craftsmen, doesn't there be infinite possibilities?

People keep inventing better ones, but the market is so big, there are always places where some people can't use such good materials to make less important things.

When the time comes, they have mastered the forging process a little less, even if they learn the old skills that were eliminated by Gu Zheng, when they are old and decrepit and are sent to the place, they will rely on what they have learned to eat a mouthful of food.

After figuring out the intentions of this group of people, Gu Zheng had nothing to worry about.

He thought that his family was being troubled by thieves.

That's good, the original unfamiliar with the place from scratch is gone, with the help of these 'apprentices' who sincerely take care of him, his future days ...... It's almost the same.

Gu Zheng, who felt comfortable, replied happily: "Okay, it doesn't matter how many people there are, as long as you can talk about the arrangements on our workshop, and a few people follow me, I don't care." ”

Look, this is a sign of super confidence in your skills.

But the more Gu Zheng said this, the more respectful those people's expressions became.

Learning from a capable master is something that can be encountered but not sought. Even if people casually dew out from between their fingers, it is enough for their group of people to pass on their children and grandchildren, and from today onwards, they can be regarded as people with faction inheritance.

This meeting ended successfully in the joy of everyone.

With the concerted efforts of this group of neighbors, Gu Zheng not only lived in a bright and bright room, ate a hot meal, but also had a rare night's sleep.

That night, a new kind of steel casting technique appeared in his dream again, and he recorded the relevant technical points and tool materials while watching from the sidelines.

When he reported to the official office workshop on the second day, Gu Zheng was still in a tired state physically, but his spirit had already reached a node.

The cells all over his body seemed to be shouting, hurry, hurry up and test whether the process that he kept replaying in his mind could succeed.

In the gradual dream of yesterday, the process of teaching the technique is called the steel filling method.

This skill, which really flourished after a hundred years, was one of the necessary materials for the famous military sword and iron knife in later generations.

If this skill can be restored, then the material of the military weapons of the Han Dynasty will produce a qualitative leap.

At the blade of the original weapon, if only a layer of iron technology needs to be poured, all the weapons will immediately be like a shotgun for a cannon, invincible.

How could this not make Gu Zheng excited.

And with the advent of the steel filling method, the dream of casting a famous knife is about to come true!

Impatient Gu Zheng, that's just doing what he says.

He deliberately got up early in the morning, and when the chimney of the furnace of the workshop had just emitted black smoke, he went to the front of the clerk's office to register.

Under the surprised expression on the face of the sword and pen officer, he snatched the number plate representing the identity of the master forging in the other party's hand, and did not raise his head...... Straight to the big yard of the forge shop.

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The government-run blacksmith workshop of the Han Dynasty has a progressive internal structure.

The entrance point, which is also the closest part to the auxiliary material transport warehouse, is where the melting furnace is located.

Throughout the day, the fire is lit and the bell is lit to open the furnace, and the soft and hard mineral water melted in the huge furnace leads to the second large section of the workshop.

It is larger than the first part, but it is a long and narrow structure.

According to the forging fusion, casting and grinding and other processes layer by layer, when walking in the middle aisle, you can clearly see the position of each part.

It is a rare efficient and useful design for government workshops for large-scale production.

After walking through the forge workshop, the pattern changed abruptly, and it was no longer a semi-open building space with wide openings and closings, but it was only after passing through a dark corridor and coming to a circular lobby that it reached the end of the seal.

Finally, the final step of the weapon is melted and molded here, cooled and solidified, and sharpened.

After all the processes are completed, the weapons are sealed in special boxes, labeled with the corresponding labels of the official office armory, and transported from the reserve warehouse by the people of the higher departments attached to the yamen.

The weapons, which had come full circle, would be brought back to the light of day in the hands of the soldiers, and they would play their ultimate role.

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As for the place where Gu Zheng is going now, it is the second largest section in the workshop, and it is also the part with the most complete process and the most clear segmentation of smelting and harmony.

There, he was the first craftsman to step inside, and when he walked to the state-of-the-art workshop at the time, he only made a cursory tour of the equipment and facilities and the tools in the operation room.

Gu Zheng, who has a foundation in his heart, does not stop his subordinates.

He took off his robe, hung up the apron that he wore on weekdays, untied the heavy toolbox he was carrying behind him, picked up the hammer he was accustomed to using inside, and pulled out the valve of the plug that came out of the molten iron mouth, and the molten iron in the corresponding whitish high-temperature furnace flowed down a long channel under the workbench in front of him.

"No, not alone. ”

After getting started, Gu Zheng discovered that the process of steel filling skills taught by the vague figure teaching skills in his sleep could not be completed by just one person and one pair of hands.

Even if the corresponding materials do not need to be re-refined in their own furnaces.

However, in the art of steel filling, the process of mixing pig iron and wrought iron cannot be completed by one person.

"It would be nice to have an apprentice in this workshop, Zhao Da in my family is a rare good helper. ”

Gu Zheng was staring at the red iron ingot in front of him and muttering to himself, when an old face full of folds suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Gu Zheng, what's the trouble you are in, you need help, I'm here, I'm also a rare good helper!"

Seeing a person quietly appearing in this empty field, Gu Zheng almost scared off the hammer.

But Gu Zheng really couldn't get angry, he was a newcomer, without permission, he quietly opened the furnace and smelted first, which was not in accordance with the rules.

Looking at the old man's gray beard, shriveled torso, and the same shirtless appearance, Gu Zheng's heart grew a sigh of relief.

I'm afraid that this is another unsatisfactory old craftsman, so it should be no problem to let him help.

Thinking of this, Gu Zheng smiled shyly, and politely said to the old man: "Okay, this old master can be regarded as a great help to me." ”

"I'm trying a new technique here, and it requires the cooperation of multiple people. ”

"Do you see the drain over there? I need the liquid material from the pig iron mouth in the orange flame furnace to mix into the material from my hot furnace. ”

"They are then heated above the melting point of pig iron and combined to form steel. ”

"We're probably going to have to try and do it a few times. Because the molding process of this technique may not be limited to one. ”

"Depending on the way it is operated, the final product and the purpose of the final molding are also different. ”

"I just don't know if the master's physical strength can keep up with the rhythm of my operation. ”

"After all, your old man ......" Gu Zheng stopped talking when he said this, but his eyes kept on the old man's thin body and the empty vest hanging on his body.

The meaning is self-evident, your old physique may not be good.