Chapter 15: Learning to Blacksmith
Abel rubbed his hand against the dirt on the ground, and there was no non-slip powder here, so he replaced it with dirt. www.biquge.info This is Abel's habit when he was a fitness trainer, he won't slip when he has mud on his hands, and now his body is too young, he doesn't want to make a bunch of injuries in his body, so he must start from the details, and pay attention to protecting his body bit by bit in his daily life.
Able stood in front of the 150-pound lock, stood close to the iron rod in the middle of the lock, grabbed the iron rod with both hands facing each other, and lifted the lock from the ground above his head in a continuous motion, with his arms completely straight over his head.
The whole lifting process was done in one go, and Master Bentham snorted lightly, and although it was only 150 pounds, Abel's movements were obviously much more stretched and smooth than Garden's.
The view of the Marshall knight on the side is different, the iron lock that Abel lifts starts from the foot, and then passes through the legs, passes through the waist and front back, and finally reaches the arm, which is somewhat the same as the charge in the knight's technique, Abel can use this technique for the first time when he lifts the iron lock, and has reached a very high level in his understanding of strength.
Throwing down the 150-pound lock, Able stood in front of the 200-pound lock, and lifted the lock with ease in the same position.
Then came the 250-pound pass, and under the stunned gaze of Master Bentham and Gaden, Able was already standing beside the 300-pound iron lock that had just been lifted by Gaden.
Grasp the iron rod with both hands, this time with both hands closer than before, bend the legs and squat, lift the iron lock, put the iron lock on the shoulder through the chest, and then stand, then hold the iron rod with both hands, bend the arm, the chin is parallel to the iron bar, push up with the straight arm, and the iron lock has been lifted above the head.
"Marshall, where did you find the monster?" said Master Bentham as if he had just woken up from a dream, and asked Marshall Knight.
"What is a monster, he is a fourth-level trainee knight, if his physical strength can't even lift 300 pounds, what kind of fourth-level trainee knight is he. "The Marshall Knight was very unhappy that the master called his adopted son a monster, and directly told Abel's rank.
"Fourth-level trainee knight, my god, how old are you this year, kid?" asked Master Bentham in surprise to Abel.
"I'm going to be 13 years old soon. Abel replied softly.
"That's only 12 years old, 12-year-old apprentice knight, which guy is crazy, how can he give you such a treasure as an adopted son?" Master Bentham looked at Marshall Knight with some disdain.
"What's wrong with me, I'm also a mid-level knight, okay. The Marshall knight jumped to his feet and shouted loudly.
"It seems that you have just entered the intermediate knight, such a genius should be handed over to the knight chief to cultivate, and even if there is a big knight chief, he will accept such a disciple. ”
"Leave this alone, let him learn forging with you. "The Marshall Knight, who has been with Master Bentham for many years, doesn't want to worry about the master anymore, because of the master's noble status, if it wasn't for the Marshall knight and the master's friendship, he wouldn't be able to invite the master back to the territory, and the master's one-word personality can always make the Marshall knight feel big.
"Let him stay, Marshall, are you sure that you will not delay his future if you teach him?" Master Bentham added, agreeing.
This sentence made the Marshall knight say to Abel: "You stay here during the day to learn from the master, and practice knightly skills in the castle in the morning and evening." Then some of them fled from the blacksmith's shop.
"Garden, you teach Abel some basics first. Master Bentham walked to his workshop as he spoke.
"You've got a lot of strength. Garden looked at the diminutive Abel with some curiosity and complimented.
"You have a lot of strength, too. "Abel has been trained as a knight, but it can be seen that Garden is just an ordinary person, so in terms of strength, Garden Deng's strength is really great.
"But I'm a lot older than you, I'm 19, you're 12, and I saw it when you lifted 300 pounds, and it was really easy, and you should be able to lift heavier locks. Garden said with certainty.
"You just haven't used your strength to the fullest, if you want to learn, I'll teach you how to lift the locks like I did. ”
"Really? Can I really learn that technique?" Garden jumped up excitedly, turned back to Abel and said seriously, "I will teach you the art of blacksmithing seriously, as long as I can, I will teach you." ”
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It's been almost a month since he arrived at Harry's Castle, and the New Year is still three days away, and Abel has been studying in the blacksmith for almost a month.
Abel also learned all the basic techniques from Garden, and at this time he was making his first greatsword, which he was going to give to his big brother Zach as a New Year's gift.
The red-hot iron rough was clamped by Abel with iron tongs with one hand, and hit on the anvil with a 10-pound hammer with the other, and the rough billet slowly became cold after dozens of beatings, and Abel threw the rough billet into the furnace and heated it again.
The smelting technology of this era was not high, and Able could understand that the blacksmith's job was to repeatedly beat the heated iron, and then heat and beat it after cooling, and the number of such repetitions reached 30 times, which means that the iron tool made was 30 practices, and the 100 times formed long sword that Marshall Knight showed Abel in the study was made of 100 pieces of iron.
While an ordinary blacksmith can only make a rough blank of 30 to 40 practices at most, Garden, as a disciple of Master Bentham, can make a rough blank of 60 practices, and in the blacksmith shop, only a master can make a rough blank of 100 practices.
This kind of repeated tempering is not difficult for Abel to understand, and he knows that this kind of tempering is only a means to remove the carbon from the rough billet. The more times this tempering, the less carbon will be in the rough billet, and the better the quality of the rough billet will be.
Nearly a month of repeated use of the hammer to beat the rough process, so that Abel also mastered the use of the hammer skills, with his learning speed, has been able to accurately grasp the position of the tapping, the rough blank has been tempered by him 50 times, 50 times of tempered rough billet in each knock to strengthen the strength to knock, but Abel's hand is still very stable.
Not far away, Master Bentham looked at Abel silently, although the master did not teach Abel any knowledge during this time, but the master has been paying attention to Abel, Garden has been following the master for five years, and it is enough to teach Abel some basic skills.
Looking at Abel's movements every time he strikes the rough blank, Master Bentham can always feel a strange smoothness, Abel's speed is not fast, each stroke is one second apart, it looks very easy, but the master knows that a 10-pound hammer strikes hundreds of times, and ordinary people can do it, but the number of times it takes to strike 50 times is different, that is from the morning to noon without stopping, one second at a time.
Abel's percussion method was figured out by himself after practicing percussion during this period of time, which is the same as punching in boxing, and it has been tested that the heavy punches in boxing are the strongest of all punches, and that is because the body is used as a medium for the transmission of power, not the strength of the arm alone.
And now Abel's way of beating the rough blank is like this, he didn't use too much force for each blow, the power from the foot to the body, and finally to the arm, driving the hammer to hit down, and then using the rebound force of the hammer, as long as a trace of strength is added, the hammer will be lifted to the original height again, and then the next cycle, this kind of beating is actually not much effort, but this skill is difficult to master, and Abel also found that as long as there is a theoretical basis, his body can make corresponding movements.
If this kid is not a trainee knight, how good is it, such a genius blacksmith, why do you want to do those things that fight and kill, with Abel's learning ability and current level, as long as he studies in his hands for a few years, he will definitely become a new master blacksmith, Master Bentham was entangled in his heart.
Abel, who had forgotten to eat, finally beat the rough billet into 80 practice at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and he was no longer able to temper the rough billet, because even with all his strength, the rough billet of 80 practice was no longer able to beat.