Ninth day of preparation

Zhao Jie drove the car, Zhao Xinghua sat in the passenger seat, Gao Liexiong and Wang Liang sat in the second row, and Yixi and his girlfriend Zhang Ying sat in the back. Zhao Jie contacted a manufacturer of cold weapons in Yangjiang through the purchasing department of the sports team, and now they are driving to Chaoyangjiang City.

Yangjiang City in eastern Guangdong Province is a coastal city, especially for sword making, which is well-known at home and abroad, and the history of knife making in Yangjiang can be traced back more than 1,400 years. Because of the domestic control of swords, the processing and manufacturing of cold weapons are mainly export-oriented, the products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions in the world, the output value and export value account for 60% and 80% of the country's similar products respectively, many world-famous knives, but also in Yangjiang OEM production. As for the domestic sales, kitchen knives and scissors are mainly used, and the eighteen kitchen knives are produced here. There are more than 1,000 large and small knife hardware factories and workshops here.

Zhao Jie contacted this company is said to be export-oriented, and the products are not seen in China, and the factory also does OEM for world-famous military hunting knife brands such as BUCK, Butterfly, and Cold Steel. Due to the greeting in advance and the introduction of domestic government procurement personnel, the factory still attaches great importance to their arrival, and the sales manager personally comes out to receive them and brings them to the product exhibition hall.

The exhibition hall of nearly 1,000 square meters is full of all kinds of Chinese and foreign swords, and several men are dazzled, and their childhood martial arts dreams are stirred up. The manager's surname, about thirty years old, chubby with glasses is very Sven, and after they looked around and calmed down, he asked: "Everyone, since you are a friend of Section Chief Zhang, you can tell me directly if you have any specific needs." There are so many choices here, if you look at them one by one, I'm afraid it will take a day or two. ”

Zhao Xinghua preemptively said, "I need a real saber that can be used in actual combat." ”

"But the name saber is too broad, can you refer to what kind of sword?" Manager Wang said helplessly.

"Oh, just the English saber, but not the swift sword genre, you need one that can be chopped."

"Understood." According to the order in which the products were displayed, Manager Wang took out a gorgeous saber and said, "This is the British 1897 infantry officer's saber." ”

After Zhao Xinghua took it and took it in his hand, he played a few times, and made a standard lunge to cross the straight stabbing action, and from the position where he was originally standing, he actually catapulted forward more than three meters away, and no one present except Yixi saw his movements clearly, as if he was moving instantly. In particular, Manager Wang was most surprised, he thought that these people were friends of Section Chief Zhang of the government procurement department, maybe one of them was a princeling, just came to choose some beautiful toys, or young people were interested in swords, and took them back to collect them. When he saw Zhao Xinghua's standard sword holding technique and the thrust speed that had just erupted instantly, he knew that the person in front of him was definitely a master. The sword is a real killing weapon in his hands, and these people cannot be underestimated anymore.

Zhao Xinghua looked at the infantry officer's saber in his hand and said: "Pretty is beautiful, but I feel that the weight of this sword is not quite right, and there will be a sense of sluggishness when dancing." ”

"Hehe, I met a connoisseur, this is an imitation, exported abroad as a work of art is more ordinary, the appearance is gorgeous, but it is just a look. I don't recommend this piece of beautiful exhibits, you wait, I really have a few good things for you to see. With that, he turned around and walked quickly out of the exhibition hall.

Taking advantage of this, several people dispersed again and continued to observe all kinds of swords and weapons.

"What do you think I'm going to do with this?" Gao Liexiong asked, pointing to a pair of axes.

"If you don't care about the trouble of carrying it, it's a good thing, and it doesn't require much technology to use, and you can throw it." Zhao Jie replied,

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'll choose this, and I'll talk to Manager Wang later." Gao Lie Xiong was a little expectant, and he could see that he was very new to the pair of hand axes in front of him.

After a while, Manager Wang hurried back again, but his hand was empty, which made Zhao Xinghua a little worried, could it be that the good things he showed himself in his mouth were gone?

Manager Wang said with a smile, "There is also a small storage room here, I went to the office to get the key, everyone come with me to take a look." ”

With that, he walked towards a small door in the back.

After unlocking, everyone entered a storage room of about 100 square meters, there was no grandiose decoration outside, several rows of multi-layer shelves, on which a lot of swords were placed, and even some slight dust, it was seen that few people came here.

"The things in this room are all genuine or original, and many of the products outside are made in imitation of the original shape here, and many of them are designed according to the evolution of these collections." Manager Wang explained.

"We don't have a prototype of the British saber you want, and those in the exhibition hall are customized according to the pictures of foreign guests, so in your connoisseur's hands, you can immediately detect that there is a problem with the front and rear weights of the blade. But I have a handful of domestic goodies here. With that, Manager Wang bent down and picked up a grass-green war knife more than one meter long from the shelf floor below.

I say green because the scabbard to the handle of the handguard is grass green, reminiscent of the old-fashioned military uniform of the army decades ago. The green paint on the exterior of the scabbard has been bumped in places, and there is even slight rust. Manager Wang said: "There is an automatic dehumidification device in the whole room, this knife is some years old, and it will not rust inside." With that, he took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and put them on, and forcefully pulled the saber out of the scabbard, and suddenly a cold light flashed.

Manager Wang said: "This knife has been here for a long time, when the factory was built the first generation of factory directors brought samples, ready to imitate a batch, but unfortunately the domestic weapons are not allowed to sell, and the foreign market does not like this simple and no fancy design." It's been shelved here. This is the only standard saber in our country, this knife is borrowed from the design of the Japanese army 32 type cavalry knife and improved, in 1965 the design was reshaped, so it is called the 65 type saber. Subsequently, due to the times, the cavalry units were no longer suitable for the needs of modern warfare, and a large number of them were withdrawn, and only one batch of such knives was produced. Compared with the original Japanese Type 32 cavalry knife, it has been lengthened and weighted in length and weight, the blade has been plated, the lock has been completely improved, and it is more powerful, with stronger penetration and cutting surface. The blade is 98 cm long, the blade length is 78 cm, the knife weight is 1000 grams, the sheath weight is 600 grams, the blade is half-open, the double stiffener weight reduction groove, the stainless steel is fully surrounded by the gauntlet, and the knife handle is built-in to lock out the knife knot. ”

"Good guy, it feels really good, the chopping and stabbing design are very reasonable, the steel is also good, and the elasticity is very good. Our products from more than 50 years ago are no worse than foreign products. Zhao Xinghua sighed, just now Manager Wang's words were not finished, he snatched the knife and slashed twice towards the open space.

"This, at that time, our technology and steel smelting and processing technology could not meet the requirements, because the saber is a large number of standard equipment, and can not be built by hand, this batch of knife bodies was commissioned by the former Soviet Union, and assembled in Nanjing after returning." Manager Wang helplessly interfaced.

"I want it, and we'll settle the accounts together." Zhao Xinghua doesn't care if he sells it or not, since you let me come to see it, if you say you don't sell it after showing it, then you will be playing tricks, and after speaking, he has already held the knife in his arms, like a child who is afraid of being robbed of his toy.