Chapter 187: Tempering
Ah Zi's hand froze, stunned.
The two of them held the rosewood box at the same time, one left and one right, and a somewhat funny appearance was frozen there.
"You just gave up?"
Liu Siya's question made Ah Zi even more confused, and she stared at the other party's eyes, trying to find the satisfactory answer that the other party wanted.
But I really can't figure out what the graceful and beautiful-looking woman in front of me is thinking.
I have put all my net worth in front of her and still can't get a promise from her, but her hands and feet are on her, she is not willing to help, can she still be strong?
Or is it ......
"Would you like to help me?"
When the words came out, Ah Zi felt ridiculous, obviously he had just been explicitly rejected, and now he was still asking such a stupid question.
But Liusya's response made her fall even more.
"I can help you, but there is one condition - you must be my assistant."
Ah Zi couldn't believe her ears, the woman who had sternly rejected her a moment ago was so fickle, and at this moment she agreed so easily, and she almost didn't ask for anything, just to let herself help?
Can you help you build a saber that Ah Brown can always carry with him in the future? This is really something that I can't ask for, so how can it be regarded as a request?
Ah Zi naturally nodded desperately, and if she couldn't do it, she pulled Liu Siya to write and draw as evidence, for fear that she would realize that she had made a loss-making deal and regret it at the next moment.
Liu Siya looked at Ah Zi, who was excited, and slowly hooked the corners of her mouthβI was afraid that she was too happy.
When she was taken to Liu Siya's small workshop for forging weapons, Ah Zi still felt like she was in a dream.
A few assistants were shirtless, picking up hammers and clanging at a freshly tempered sword.
Ah Zi could see God.
Most of the witches in my impression have extremely beautiful faces and extremely soft figures. Women are like this, even men are graceful, and even male and female are difficult to distinguish, at this time, although the several sword-forging craftsmen in front of them have the same beautiful faces, the bronze muscles of the naked upper body are extremely incompatible with the appearance.
Seeing this, Liu Siya sneered twice and said, "What? I've seen a few strong men and I'm excited? Want to leave behind your little proprietress who remarried and made a workshop? β
Ah Zi carefully withdrew his gaze when he heard this, but he was not provoked.
In the past few days, she seems to have gradually begun to adapt to the cynicism and even vulgar words of this aunt who is about her age only in terms of appearance.
Seeing Liu Siya leading Ah Zi approaching, the craftsmen stopped their work and saluted the owner of the shop together.
Liusiya nodded in response. Went up and picked up the next craftsman's pincer. Grabbed the prototype of a long sword that was still being hammered and shaped, still glowing with red fire, and carefully examined it.
Then he frowned slightly, and threw the sword that had been missing the last step back into the furnace.
Ah Zi's body was shocked, and he secretly felt sorry for the sword that took me a lot of effort to build, but when he looked up, he found that the craftsmen were all silent. Don't protest or regret it. He lowered his head and didn't even dare to let out the atmosphere.
"Though this sword was made for the ignorant races of men. But it's also from the Golden Forest, from my workshop. Do you dare to show it in front of others? It's not a shame for you to say it, I'm ashamed to say that I'm good at forging.
"How many times did that sword heat up just now? How long is the quenching time for each quenching? How many layers do you fold when hammering? Ask your hearts. Which of your steps did you meet Grandma Ben's requirements?
"Do you think humans are easy to deceive, or am I easy to deceive?
"Do you think you can fool me like this when I'm not here these days and no one is staring at you?"
After some reprimand, none of the sturdy craftsmen dared to say anything to defend themselves, and they all knelt down and said, "I am willing to be punished."
Liu Siya was silent for a long time, forcibly suppressed her anger, and then said coldly: "You all go down, leave this place to me and Xin Zi, as for your accounts, I will remember it first, and I will settle it with you in the future." β
The craftsmen were ordered to retreat obediently, leaving only Ah Zi and Liu Siya.
Ah Zi, who was in awe and curiosity about the tools in this shop, stepped forward and reached out to touch one of the stone molds, but before his fingers could touch the mold, he was already burned by the scorching temperature on its surface, and he was so frightened that he retracted his hand violently.
Liu Siya didn't bother to pay attention to her ignorant and ignorant behavior, took a step forward and pointed to the place where a few craftsmen were standing just now and said: "In order to ensure the purity and toughness of the texture of swords and all kinds of weapons, the raw materials of all weapons in my workshop are only smelted at low temperatures, so they are not easier to shape than the steel bronze after high temperature melting, this last beating step becomes crucial, what I want you to do is to practice how to fold the quenched knife blank first, hammer, fold again, and hammer again, this step seems boring, but it is extremely important, You start practicing this step now until I'm satisfied. β
Ah Zi looked like he didn't understand, oh.
Liu Siya didn't care about her confused appearance, so she took out a sword blank to be formed from the furnace, reduced water and quenched it, and then placed it on the beating table, folded, hammered, and folded again.
As she said, a series of movements are skillful and smooth, done in one go, like a graceful dance, without the masculinity of the craftsman who has just left, but overcoming the rigidity with softness, which is actually more sophisticated than the techniques of those craftsmen.
Ah Zi was dumbfounded, and stood there in admiration.
Liu Siya sneered twice, threw the sword blank that was about to take shape into the furnace casually, looked at Ah Zi and said, "See what I did just now?" Once you're clear, let's start practicing. β
Then he turned around and walked out.
The so-called master led him into the door, but Ah Zi didn't expect that this "master" would only let himself look at the door from a distance and was about to throw it away for his own cultivation, so he hurriedly asked at the back of this senior aunt: "How do I know if the weapon I built is qualified?" β
Liu Siya paused at her feet, but did not look back, only dropped the sentence "You will naturally know when the fire is due" and walked away.
Ah Zi tried to pick up the iron tongs and pull out a scimitar that was roasted red and translucent with some headaches, and walked towards the quenched sink with trembling arms, looking like a three-year-old child who lit a firecracker on Chinese New Year's Eve and picked up a three-year-old child in his hand.
But as soon as Ah Zi took two steps, the round handle under the iron tongs suddenly slipped, and the hot blade with fire turned towards her, and rushed over with a stream of hot air, so frightened that her hands were soft, and the red scimitar fell to the ground with a thud, roasting the ground with a sizzling sound, and a puff of black smoke rose. (To be continued.) )