Chapter 49: Casting
Casting skills have always been Liu Yi's shortcomings, because Liu Yi is more about doing some wood work on weekdays, and iron tools are limited in the people, and no one will ask him to fight in Wollongong at the beginning, only occasionally do some bits and pieces like hoes or rakes or something, so up to now, Liu Yi's casting skills are only level two.
This time, although Liu Bei's order was not much, it also happened to give Liu Yi the opportunity to practice, the stove in the Tiangongfang was burning very strongly, Liu Yi put the burned red iron ingots into the mold piece by piece, and began to make knives for the first time.
The biggest advantage of the system is that Liu Yi doesn't have to bother to find skills about skills, as long as there is in his skill bar, the system will automatically appear relevant knowledge, of course, just like the Mojia technique, comprehension has to rely on Liu Yi himself to comprehend.
The forging method of the Han Dynasty was to repeatedly heat and forge the iron to eliminate the impurities inside the iron ingot, and the system would not give him the knowledge beyond the times, and Liu Yi was not very clear about how to forge it in later generations, but the weapons forged by this forging method were not much worse than the weapons processed by the industry in later generations in Liu Yi's view.
In fact, the weapons used by ordinary soldiers, nine refinements are enough, so that they can maintain enough weight, but in the Tiangongfang, Liu Yi is not satisfied, he wants to keep improving.
As if he was enchanted, he continued to temper and repeatedly forged until twenty-six times, Liu Yi obviously felt that he could no longer temper it, his ability, twenty-six times was already the limit, and in these years, the most famous thing is a hundred refining weapons! This has great requirements for the skills of the craftsman himself, at least Liu Yi can't reach that level now.
Silently after twenty-six tempering of the ring head knife shaped, more than ten catties of material, after repeated tempering, there are only seven or eight catties left when the semi-finished product is left, after quenching and cooling, Liu Yi will have some fine lines of the handle fixed on, silently looking at the weapon that he forged for the first time.
Twenty-six Refining Ring First Knife: Sharpness +2, Sturdiness +1
Weapons don't talk about workmanship, the quality of weapons seems to be related to how much practice, in terms of attributes alone, this attribute belongs to garbage equipment in Liu Yi's current works, but the attribute bonus appears at the second level, which does not exist in other skills, and when he first triggered the attribute bonus, the carpentry skill has reached the point of third-level perfection.
It's just for soldiers or some young generals, twenty-six refining is enough, right?
After silently looking at it for a while, Liu Yi didn't try the knife, just looked at the hourglass on the side, Liu Yi was a little distracted, forging a ring-headed knife, it took him two hours, this is still under the effect of skillful talent, his speed is faster than ordinary people, on the other hand, he was recruited by himself, the person who did carpentry, in a morning, basically the gun and arrow shaft have been made a lot, and the shield has been made more than 30 sides.
Ten days, it's really not less!
Liu Yi thought about it, leaving only ten people to continue to work with him, as for the others, they went out to continue to help build the wall, he was ready to wait for his forging skills to reach the third level, and then everyone would build it together, so that the speed would be much faster.
After having the first forging experience, the second time was much faster, Liu Yi was not satisfied with twenty-six refinements, although there is a skill level, but it does not mean that under the same skill level, it can't do better, at least in the previous forging, Liu Yi is obviously aware of his own shortcomings, if he can change some, maybe he can do thirty refinements.
The progress of ability is not to do something repeatedly, but to constantly find one's own problems and deficiencies in the process of repeating things, and then eliminate them, just like this hundred steel, in the process of repeated tempering, little by little to remove the impurities.
On the first day, Liu Yi only wished three knives early, and when he was the third, he finally achieved twenty-seven refinements, although he was not stronger than the first knife in terms of attributes, but as a caster, Liu Yi could feel the subtle changes in it, and the knife he forged did become stronger.
And things such as shields, guns, and arrow shafts, even after reducing the number of students, have completed more than half of them in the first day, and if nothing else, they can be done well on the second day.
The most important thing is the iron tools.
Liu Yi came out of the Heavenly Workshop, and his brain, which had been immersed in iron, became a little easier, but in his mind, he still unconsciously thought about how to make weapons better.
ate some of the food that Mother Deng cooked for him, and then fell asleep deeply.
The next day, he was in surprisingly good condition, not only did he create four ring-headed knives in one day, but most importantly, he finally created a ring-headed knife that exceeded thirty refinements.
Thirty-six Refining Ring First Sword: Sharpness +7, Sturdy +5, Armor Piercing +1
The substantial improvement of his attributes also means that Liu Yi's forging skills have become nearly mature, and his casting skills have successfully reached the third level after he created this knife.
Starting on the third day, Liu Yi hired ten students to start forging spear heads and arrowheads with him, no matter how powerful he was, it was impossible for him to create so many things alone in ten days.
Arrows are relatively easy, do not pursue some special effects, the arrows of this era are quadrangular or triangular, flat, long, to create a general effect, just grind the tip on the grinding stone, in the heavenly workshop, there is a connection to the waterwheel, the use of water power to constantly rotate the grinding stone, with this, polishing does not have to waste too much effort.
Although there are some ideas for the improvement of arrow clusters in his mind, Liu Yi didn't use them, there is no need, these are enough, as for his own ideas, such as barbs, slotting or something, the lethality is too great, with Liu Bei's current power, he can't change the overall situation, it is better to study it slowly here, and then start to promote it after the forging skill reaches level four.
Although the forging skill is now the lowest level among Liu Yi's current skills, in this troubled era, now that he has done his first business, I am afraid that he will move closer to the direction of the arms dealers of the Three Kingdoms in the future, and there is no shortage of opportunities to practice.
And Liu Yi is also worried that the things he has created are too shocking and bring unnecessary trouble to himself, and it is better to develop with a dull head in the current situation where he does not have much self-protection ability.
Silently fixing the last arrow cluster on the shaft of the arrow, and after checking the properties of the arrow, Liu Yi nodded with satisfaction, and said to a craftsman beside him: "Go and inform Mr. Mi Zhu and ask him to send someone to carry it." ”
Because there was no large-scale mobilization of manpower to help him cast as planned, in the end, it took ten days for Mi Zhu to do what he wanted, and then, it depends on the influence caused by these things, whether Liu Bei can be trapped, let him become his repeat customer, and help him introduce more customers.