Chapter 687: Striking Iron
Looking at the expressions of the two, Feng Zheng stood with his hands in his hands, and said indifferently: "I won't talk nonsense, within an hour, each will make an iron tool, and I will judge who has higher craftsmanship and who is the real winner, so now...... Build begins! ”
As soon as these words fell, Wang Jiang started the first step faster than Sun Yan - starting a fire!
The fire ignites a pile of weeds, which are placed in the iron-striking furnace, and then quickly placed dry wood and carbonstone......
The whole process went smoothly, and in just a moment, a raging fire was revealed in his eyes, and when the fire was completed, he looked at Sun Yan's side!
Just at this look, Wang Jiang's brows furrowed, because he found that Sun Yan's speed of fire was much faster than his own, and it seemed to be a little faster.
This made his eyes move slightly, and he couldn't help but think: "Although the fire is the simplest preparation, but in fact it is not the case, if the fire is time-consuming, and the fire is not up to standard, then it will have a certain impact on the next steps, and it may even not be able to make iron, so as to fall short......
"I didn't expect that although this Sun Yan is not very old, he still has some strength, it seems that if I want to win, it will really take some effort."
Thinking of this, Wang Jiang withdrew his gaze, and then directly picked up a piece of black pig iron, put it in the furnace, and waited for the moment when it burned red to form a semi-dissolved state, and then began the second step of iron-forging.
And Wang Jiang is observing Sun Yan, Sun Yan is naturally also observing Wang Jiang, the first step of striking iron caught fire, and there was no substantial gap between the two sides, it was a tie!
For senior blacksmiths like Sun Yan and Wang Jiang, the fire is far from the stage that determines the outcome of the battle, because for the two of them, the next finished product is the real victory or defeat!
"Then ......" At this time, Sun Yan's eyes flashed, and he also put a piece of black pig iron into his furnace, and even took the hammer and pliers around him, ready to take out this iron for polishing at the best moment!
Looking at Sun Yan's preoccupied appearance, it seemed that even if the thunder was rolling in the sky and the momentum was huge, he would not be disturbed by it at all!
"Good perseverance, but perseverance alone can't win me!" Wang Jiang said as he felt the melting of the pig iron in the furnace.
Soon, however, he took out the piece of pig iron with pliers, and immediately placed it on the ironing platform, and kept beating!
In an instant, the sound of the bell and the bell came from Wang Jiang's side, and the sparks on its pig iron were splashed, and countless sparks rushed towards Wang Jiang, but Wang Jiang still ignored it and still followed his own thoughts...... Hit the iron!
This second stage of forging is the most time-consuming and energy-consuming unless it is semi-dissolved pig iron, and the sweat on his head and body has already soaked his clothes!
And these difficulties are actually nothing to the blacksmith, whether it is sweat or sparks, as long as every stroke he swings can make the iron form, then all of this is ...... It's worth it!
At the same time, Sun Yan's side also began to hit the head, as the voice came out, he gritted his teeth, didn't say a word, and carefully built the iron tool, it seemed that both parties had entered their own state, and they did not give in to each other!
But if you observe carefully, there is actually a subtle gap between the progress of the two, that is, the speed of Sun Yan's iron-striking seems to be one point slower than Wang Jiang.
"Hmph, I'm still too young after all, and I have mastered the skills and speed of ironsmithing very well, but in addition to the know-how that blacksmiths inherited from their master, they must also have their own techniques......"
"If you simply follow the master's teachings to strike iron, then no matter how good the iron you beat, it will not be your own, but how difficult it is to find your own method......
"It took me more than ten years to find this little bit of the doorway, and you are only in your twenties, what can you fight with me?"
Thinking secretly, Wang Jiang's speed is getting faster and faster, and his forging techniques are becoming more and more sophisticated, and in just a moment, the iron in his hand has a precursor to forming.
On the other hand, Sun Yan is still using the original speed to create semi-dissolved pig iron, although he doesn't know what kind of iron he wants to make, but if it continues like this, it seems a little impossible to create a finished product within an hour!
But Sun Yan didn't seem to care much about this, let alone the speed of Wang Jiang's side, and still put all his thoughts on forging.
On the other hand, Wang Jiang's iron weapon seems to have taken on a preliminary appearance, and it seems to be a majestic sword!
In fact, any iron tool in the hands of the blacksmith is not difficult to beat, but it is not simple, because the iron tool changes with the idea of the blacksmith, if the blacksmith wants to make it into a peerless blade, it is naturally difficult to beat, on the contrary, if you only need to chop vegetables and wood, then it is naturally simpler......
And if Wang Jiang wants to win in this bet, he must not expect ordinary iron weapons, but it is also unrealistic for him to hit a peerless blade, and he does not have that strength......
Therefore, there is only one thing he has to do, that is, to make an iron tool that Sun Yan cannot surpass, he knows that Sun Yan's shortcoming is his lack of experience, so he must not be as good as him in terms of details......
As long as he catches this, then this bet will definitely be his victory, so after thinking of countermeasures, Wang Jiang immediately entered the third stage - refight.
It is much easier to re-punch than to forge, that is, after the initial formation of the iron, it is put back into the furnace for secondary forging!
Usually to this point, the self-cooling of semi-soluble pig iron has also reached a certain level, and it is impossible to continue to fight without secondary calcination......
Therefore, the re-beating is to do the part of the forging again, so that it can be truly formed, and if the iron has not really formed after the re-beating is completed, then the pig iron will basically be scrapped......
Because the pig iron, which has been roasted many times in the furnace, has lost its original meaning for the blacksmith.
And now the situation on the field is that Sun Yan is still forging the part, and Wang Jiang has already started to fight, and Sun Yan is a little behind Wang Jiang......
But seeing that Sun Yan has no fear, he doesn't seem to care about his backwardness at all, which makes Wang Jiang on the side a little puzzled, but he is puzzled, and he still doesn't think much about it, anyway, there is only one hour, even if Sun Yan has a follow-up move, it is estimated that it is too late to use it.
"This victory is mine!" With this self-confidence to the point of conceit, Wang Jiang then took out the Great Dao from the furnace, and then used the hammer to continue to strike, and this time the sparks seemed to splash a little more than the one just now, and the speed of the blow was also a little faster!
After a while, the broadsword finally reached the form of the finished product, and all that remained was the process of cooling, and the broadsword could be truly born!
It's just that the remaining time is less than a quarter of an hour, although for Wang Jiang, who only needs to cool down the big knife, although the time is very tight, it is enough, but for Sun Yan, who is still in the forging stage, there is no way to complete the creation of pig iron in this quarter of an hour, so he will lose this bet!
At this moment, a smile of victory appeared on the corner of Wang Jiang's mouth, and then he put the big knife into the cold water and began to cool it carefully, and the heart he carried was gradually put down!
Then he waited for the cooldown to end, and said to Sun Yan with a little sarcasm: "Young man, I advise you to give up, even if you have the skills, you won't be too late at this time, why bother?" Iron striking itself is not suitable for a weak person like you, so it's better to go back and close the door early! ”
"Shut up!" Suddenly, a slightly angry figure directly reached Wang Jiang's ears, interrupting his words, but the person who said this sentence was not Sun Yan, but Gao Yin, who was standing aside.
Her voice was also quite useful, under this voice, Wang Jiang suddenly felt a chill permeating his heart, making him feel a trace of jealousy and fear, and then he glanced at Sun Yan coldly, stopped talking, and continued to stare at his cool broadsword.
But at this moment, Sun Yan finally had the next move!
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