Chapter 274: Thirty Refinements
Li Qing looked at the bowstring in Blacksmith Zhao's hand, but he didn't have enough money, and at this moment, Li Qing thought of the forging method used by the blacksmith apprentice just now, and his heart moved.
Li Qing looked at Blacksmith Zhao and said, "This master, I don't have that much money, but I have something to exchange with you." ”
Blacksmith Zhao put away the bowstring and sneered: "Since you don't have any money, go elsewhere, the small shop will not be credited." ”
Seeing that Blacksmith Zhao turned around and was about to leave, Li Qing said a few words unhurriedly, Blacksmith Zhao's legs suddenly froze, turned his head, and looked at Li Qing, his eyes were full of excitement.
Li Qing smiled slightly, what he just said was the trick that Zheng Qiu had told Li Qing about forging weapons in the past, and this kind of trick was exactly what blacksmiths like Zhao needed most.
"You...... You're also a swordsmith? ”
Blacksmith Zhao pointed at Li Qing, his eyes full of excitement.
Li Qing smiled: "Although I don't know how to forge a sword, I used to know a friend, he taught me some tips for forging a sword, I don't know how many forging weapons you can make now?" ”
Blacksmith Zhao said proudly: "Zhao is not talented, he is the only blacksmith in the city who can create ten refining soldiers. ”
"Ten refinements? That's pretty good, if you listen to me, I can guarantee that you'll be able to craft more than thirty refining weapons. ”
Li Qing knows that the so-called one refining is to forge the impurities of iron into one point, and ten refining is ten points, so that the forged weapons, whether it is strength or sharpness, are stronger than ordinary weapons, and weapons that exceed ten refining can already be called high-quality weapons, because the more final, the more difficult it is to forge the impurities of iron, and more skills are needed to forge the impurities.
Blacksmith Zhao heard Li Qing say that he could forge a weapon with thirty refinements, first he was happy, and then he was suspicious, because there were very few swordsmiths in the whole world who could forge more than thirty refinements, Zhao Blacksmith didn't believe that Li Qing could do what he couldn't do, no one knew better than Blacksmith Zhao, how difficult it is to forge a weapon, ordinary weapons of first refining and second refining are fine, as long as a skilled blacksmith can do it, but when it comes to more than five refinements, then you need to master various skills before you can do it, The reason why Blacksmith Zhao was so famous in Yanmen County was that he was able to forge a weapon of ten refinements.
Li Qing said, "Would you like to make a bet with me?" As long as you do what I tell you to do, if you can't beat a weapon of thirty refinements, count me as losing, and I will give you this bow. ”
Blacksmith Zhao thought about it, and he didn't seem to suffer a loss, so he couldn't help but nod and said, "Okay, I'm betting." ”
Li Qing carefully recalled the various tricks that Zheng Qiu had told him about forging weapons in the past, and then began to tell Blacksmith Zhao to get ready.
If you want to forge a good weapon, the first step is to choose good materials, Li Qing carefully selected all the various pieces of iron collected by Blacksmith Zhao, and finally picked out a ten-pound piece of iron, and a piece of jet-black iron that was only the size of a fist.
Li Qing said: "Just these two pieces, just enough to make a long sword." ”
"Okay, dog, pull the bellows, Master, I want to make a sword."
Blacksmith Zhao nodded and put the iron into the furnace, ready to melt it.
This process takes a long time, and Li Qing was worried that Xiao Zhang Liao would not be safe at home alone, so he asked Zhao Blacksmith's apprentice to bring Xiao Zhang Liao.
The blacksmith apprentice looked at Blacksmith Zhao, who nodded and said, "Go ahead, do as the guest instructs." ”
The apprentice ran out, and Blacksmith Zhao asked while pulling the bellows: "This brother, if the trick you just said is really useful, I will not only give you the bowstring, but also whatever you want to build in the future, just come to me, I won't charge you a penny." ”
Li Qing smiled, Li Qing was very confident in what Zheng Qiu handed over to him, because Li Qing clearly remembered that Zheng Qiu had forged a hundred refining elite soldiers, which was a straight knife, Zheng Qiu was originally given to Li Qing, but Li Qing had a Tai'a sword in his hand at that time, and he couldn't use other weapons at all, and finally the straight knife was given to Zhang Hu, but unfortunately the Zhang family was down, and the straight knife of the hundred refinements didn't know where it was lost.
Seeing Li Qingchengzhu in his chest, Zhao Blacksmith was even more sure in his heart, and soon, the apprentice took Xiao Zhang Liao to the blacksmith shop, the little guy saw the various weapons placed in the blacksmith shop, and his face turned red with excitement, although he had come into contact with many weapons, but most of those weapons were made of wood, like this kind of iron weapon, Xiao Zhang Liao was the first time to see so many.
"Master~"
Xiao Zhang Liao fell in love with a short sword, but he also knew the situation at home, so he just glanced at it greedily a few times, and leaned over to Li Qing's side.
Li Qing touched Xiao Zhang Liao's head, thinking about whether to let Blacksmith Zhao build a weapon for Xiao Zhang Liao, but when he thought that Xiao Zhang Liao was only a ten-year-old child now, and it was too early to hold a weapon, Li Qing dispelled this idea.
Time passed little by little, and finally, the iron was completely turned into iron juice, and Blacksmith Zhao poured the iron juice into the mold prepared earlier, which was a three-foot Qingfeng mold, which was a gift that Li Qing prepared for himself.
After the iron juice was formed in the mold, the most important step began, forging, this forging also has various skills, not a strong blind hammer, and what Li Qing just taught Zhao Blacksmith is a skill that only Zheng Qiu can do.
"Ding Ding Bell"
There was a very rhythmic beating sound, and the blacksmith Zhao kept hitting the shaped iron bar with a hammer, and the iron bar kept changing its appearance, and finally, the iron bar became smaller and smaller, and the impurities on the iron bar became less and less.
Blacksmith Zhao folded the iron bar in half and continued to beat it, and so on and so on, and the iron bar, which originally seemed to be enough to make a big sword, was finally reduced to only one-third of its original volume.
"Thirty refinements, unexpectedly, really thirty refinements."
Looking at the iron bar in front of him, Blacksmith Zhao's excited hands trembled, thirty refinements, he actually really achieved thirty refinements, and now, as long as this iron bar is made into a weapon, a thirty refinement of high-grade weapons will come out.
After completing the forging and removing the impurities, the rest was simple, and it took Zhao Blacksmith a day to finally successfully create an eight-sided Han sword with a full body pattern.
"Tut-tut, this sword can be the pinnacle of my Zhao Shan."
Blacksmith Zhao raised the sword in his hand with a smug smile on his face.
Li Qing also smiled, he knew that his bowstring was in hand.
Sure enough, Blacksmith Zhao, who had created thirty refining weapons, gave the bowstring to Li Qing very happily, and took the initiative to help Li Qing tie the bowstring to the bow, and a three-stone bow appeared in front of Li Qing.