It was a sad day, but fortunately, I showed the manuscript to people two days ago, which can be regarded as preserving a little......

Ask for recommendations, ask for collections, and roll sadly.

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The term Tai Chi first appeared in Yi Chuan - Zhi Ci.

As a work that has a profound influence on traditional Chinese culture, its content covers almost 100 schools of thought.

"Tai Chi?"

Zhang Wanzhen nodded again and again, "Wuji and Tai Chi are very compatible with your boxing skills." However, where did you learn this boxing technique? ”

"Well...... this" Cao Peng hesitated for a moment, and explained stubbornly: "This is the boxing technique taught to me by a wandering monk in the early years. In the early years, my family lived in Zhongyang Town, and that wandering monk used to stop in Zhongyang Town...... Oh, and Brother Tiger knows about it, too. ”

The same lie can be hidden from Wang Mai and Wang Meng, but I don't know if I can fool Zhang Wanzhen.

"Is there such a strange person?"

"Yes, Brother Tiger still regrets that he didn't learn from his teacher back then."

Zhang Wanzhen didn't doubt it, but her face showed a look of yearning.

In these years, alchemists are sometimes synonymous with 'immortals'. If that Fang Shi was a great power, it would not be surprising to teach Cao Peng these skills.

"Let's go, let's go back and load the bellows."

"Cao Gongzi ......"

"Oh, it's good if you call me Ah Fu, don't be a son, what kind of son am I?"

Zhang Wanzhen smiled brightly, revealing her cute little tiger teeth.

"That's good, I'll call you Ah Fu, don't call me Miss Miss, just call me Yueying."

"Yueying?"

"Well, Yueying is my nickname, when I was a child, I was yellow, so my father called me a clown. But then I grew up, and my father thought that Ugly was not good, so he called me Yueying. Wanzhen is also my name, but it is not commonly used, so just call me Yueying. ”

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a person's name was valued by a single name.

In addition to the name, there are also words. In addition, there are many nicknames, milk names, nicknames......

For example, Cao Ying, the word Mengde, the nickname Jili, is also called Apu.

Cao Peng asked curiously, "What about your name?" ”

"I have a single name 'Shuo', but I don't use it very often."

Zhang Shuo?

It's a pretty boyish name.

Cao Peng felt that Yueying's name seemed familiar. Zhang Yueying...... It's a pretty common name, but it's very common in later generations.

So Cao Peng didn't think too much about it, talked and laughed with Zhang Wanzhen all the way, and returned home.

The bellows made by Zhang Wanzhen are placed outside the wooden shed. It's very delicate and the workmanship is very good. Cao Ji and Wang Meng were squatting aside, looking curiously, and seeing Cao Peng and the two coming back, Cao Ji immediately stood up and asked, "Peng'er, how do you use this thing?" ”

"Just like the stove, just remove the stove and replace it with a bellows."

"I see."

Cao Ji suddenly realized that he hurriedly beckoned Wang Meng to come over to help. When the furnace is installed, it is not fixed to facilitate disassembly. So the two of them quickly unloaded the stove and installed the bellows with all their hands and feet. Then standing next to the iron-melting furnace, Cao Ji turned his head to look at Cao Peng, "Peng'er, it's ready...... Is it the same as the usage of 橐? Why don't we give it a try? ”

"Of course you have to try it."

Cao Peng nodded, walked over and helped Cao Ji open the furnace door.

Zhang Wanzhen stood outside the wooden shed, her face showing excitement.

The iron-melting furnace gradually heated up, and Cao Ji motioned for Wang to pull the bellows lever violently. Wang Meng bent down, tried the strength of the lever, and said to himself, "The strength of this thing is not light." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly exerted force, pulled out the lever, and immediately pushed it in hard.

The air flow in the bellows collides, and the self-shut, that is, the air valve, is sprayed into the furnace. The charcoal fire suddenly rose, and the blue flames danced.

"It's hot!"

Cao Ji couldn't help but scream.

He can't read water, but his ability to recognize fire is not bad.

He knew exactly what kind of flame, what kind of temperature it produced, and what kind of object it was most suitable for creating. Just looking at the flames rising, Cao Ji knew that the bellows had an effect. So he immediately picked up a scrapped knife embryo from the side of the iron-melting furnace and threw it into the iron furnace.

Originally, after the opening of this iron-melting furnace, Cao Ji planned to make some farm tools.

As soon as he put forward this idea, Wang Meng expressed strong opposition: "Lao Cao, are you a little promising?" Since Ah Fu helped you solve the problem of quenching, why should you stick to farm tools anymore? Ah Fu, this is a fairy method, if you hit the farm tools, you will be punished by God. It's better to switch to a sword, and you can hone your craft. Do you want to be a third-rate blacksmith for the rest of your life? ”

In Wang Meng's opinion, Cao Peng knew so much, and it must have been the skills that the Fang Shi taught him.

Double-liquid quenching, unheard of!

That must be a fairy magic method, otherwise how could Cao Peng know?

Cao Ji felt that what Wang Meng said was also reasonable, so he nodded in agreement.

It just so happened that at the end of the year, Jianyang County was cleaning up the treasury, and many weapons needed to be replaced and repaired. Deng Ji was working in the yamen, so he asked for this errand. The so-called people in the DPRK are easy to do, and they will definitely not hand over the exchange of weapons to Cao Ji, but this tinkering is exactly what Cao Ji is best at. Kuaizheng doesn't care about this, it's all repaired anyway, who will be handed over to repair, not repaired?

So in the end, the business of repairing arsenal weapons was handed over to Deng Ji to deal with.

Deng Ji doesn't look honest, but he's not a nerd either. Immediately handed over the matter to Cao Ji, which is called the fertilizer water does not flow into the fields of outsiders......

In the past few days, Cao Ji has also repaired a lot of swords, and the craftsmanship that he lost in the past has gradually become familiar again.

Bell-bell-bell!

The iron tongs take out the fiery red knife embryo, place it on the cutting board, and forge and beat it continuously. With every stroke, Cao Ji used all his strength, only to see the sparks splash, the knife embryo gradually formed, and the temperature slowly dropped. When the knife embryo was almost in a dark red state, Cao Ji stopped forging, clamped the knife embryo, and put it into the horse urine trough. The pungent and foul smell made Zhang Wanzhen's forehead frown, and she took a few steps back.

"What's in the sink? Why is this smell so pungent? ”

Cao Peng smiled and did not answer.

Zhang Wanzhen didn't ask any more questions, but watched quietly.

Estimating the temperature, Cao Ji took the knife embryo out of the sink, glanced at it, nodded and put it into the grease tank.

Compared with the most popular single-liquid quenching, the double-liquid quenching method can ensure the hardness of the knife blank, while preventing cracking and deformation, so that it has a certain toughness. Speaking of which, this is not a great invention. But for this era, it undoubtedly has great significance.

In fact, the so-called invention is just whether you think of it.

Thinking about what others don't dare to think about is progress......

Don't look at these two simple liquids, but also consider the skill and experience of the craftsman. There is no equipment for measuring or controlling temperature, and it is completely dependent on feeling. If you change to an inexperienced person to do it, even if there is a two-liquid quenching method, it is useless.

Cao Ji did not fight a sword in his early years, but he had accumulated enough experience to repair farm tools for a long time.

Therefore, Cao Peng only opened a crack for him, but he could quickly push open the door and step into the hall. The mystery of this, no matter how smart Zhang Wanzhen is, cannot fully grasp it. She just felt that there was a big secret hidden in those two sinks. But this thing involves rules, Cao Peng can let her watch from the sidelines, but it is impossible to tell her the truth. Of course, Zhang Wanzhen can figure it out by herself, but she won't ask rashly. She knows what is important, and she knows what she can ask and what she can't open.

After the knife splitting and repair, further grinding is required.

It was almost noon, so Zhang Wanzhen said goodbye and left.

However, she agreed with Cao Peng that every morning, she would cross the river in a small boat and learn Tai Chi with Cao Peng.

Cao Peng, naturally, will not refuse......

After sending Zhang Wanzhen away, Cao Peng returned to the courtyard.

"Dad, how does this bellows work?"

Cao Ji was washing his head, and when he heard Cao Peng's inquiry, he raised his head.

"Dad, why are you upset?"

Cao Ji sighed and said with a wry smile: "The temperature of the iron furnace has been solved...... Your bellows is almost worth two rows of bridges. ”

One row of rows is almost ten furnaces.

In other words, this one bellows can produce the effect of twenty furnaces. According to this calculation, the work of the bellows should be very good. But Cao Ji's sad face made Cao Peng feel uneasy, "Dad, is this like this, isn't it good?" ”

"It's good, but this afternoon's work has used a basket of charcoal. Usually a day is a basket of charcoal, if you replace your bellows, it is estimated that two baskets of charcoal a day is not enough...... Ah Fu, we are repairing weapons, and if we continue like this, the cost will be too great. This thing you made is good for use in the workshop. But our small family is a little bit undrawable. ”

When the wind is strong, the burning of charcoal will also accelerate, and the consumption will naturally increase.

Cao Peng really didn't think about it...... The appearance of the piston type two-way continuous blast was in the Ming Dynasty. The social form at that time was quite different from that of the Three Kingdoms period. The scale of handicraft workshops is not comparable to today's society. Seemingly, ahead of its time?