Chapter 43: The Master of the Smith

When Fang Yueli came back from outside, she seemed to have figured it out. At least on the surface, Yueli's behavior has returned to its normal state.

After the others came back, they asked Yueli all the time, and they all wanted to know if Yueli had recovered. This made Yueli feel warm and speechless at the same time.

I'm really not sick, you don't have to worry about it.

In the next two or three days, it was a very daily activity, and a few people were walking around the Ten Thousand Fire City to see what the Ten Thousand Fire City looked like.

On this day, Yueli, Fengyi, Huaxi, and Xueji came to the martial arts arena in the city. This time, Hua Xi and Xue Ji were ready to compete again, and each pulled one over to cheer them on. They felt that they would perform better with the presence of these two people.

Now, it was not Hua Xi and Xue Ji's turn yet, and the four of them were watching the others compete.

This martial arts arena can be joined by both mortals and monks, and some martial arts idiots have been hanging out here all year round, so there is no shortage of exciting fights.

However, whether the martial arts competition is exciting or not is no longer Yueli's concern, what she is concerned about is the weapons in the hands of the people competing on the field. Now the two men are one with a sword and the other with a sword.

The style of knives and swords is ordinary, with no frills. But just with the blade and the blade, Yueli felt that the quality of the knife and sword was very high.

"They must have this weapon from the same family, right?"

Yueli couldn't help but ask this question.

"Can you see that?"

"Of course, the same kind of items made by the same family are basically the same in material and style. The style of this knife and sword is very simple, it pays attention to a practical, and there is no superfluous decoration. And you see that the brightness and darkness of their blades and their blades are exactly the same. ”

"Uh...... I really can't see it. ”

Ibid. ”

"Same. ”

"You two can take a look at your weapons, and you'll understand. ”

"Like...... Really?"

Hua Xi and Xue Ji compared Xue Ying and Qingteng Bow, and found that what Yueli said seemed to be quite right.

Snow cherry blossoms and green vine bows have undergone some transformations of moon glass, snow cherry blossoms have changed little, and green vine bows have changed a lot, but there are already traces of moon glass in style - the pursuit of practicality and the pursuit of gorgeousness.

Whether it is the bow body of the green vine bow or the hilt of the snow cherry sword, it is all decorated just right. Before, they only thought that the weapons had changed a little, but now they realized what the change was - their weapons had a distinct moonglass style.

Soon, it was Hua Xi and Xue Ji's turn, and they did their best as soon as they started. With Feng Yan and Yueli present, they both felt that they had to perform well.

However, these two also paid attention to the performance of Feng Yan and Yueli at the beginning, and when they got up, they only paid attention to each other.

At this point, Yueli began to ask the people around her about the weapon. She thought it was a bad smell, after all, it was hard to guess the maker from the weapon. As a result, this little question gives a lot of information.

"Did you say those two?"

"Yes, yes, it's those two, I think the sword is very well made, so I'm a little interested in them. ”

"Hey, it's all made by Master Du, and the quality is definitely good. ”

"This Master Du is ......"

"You should be new here, right? Otherwise, how could you not know Master Du's name?"

After that, Yueli got a lot of information about this "Master Du".

This Master Du is called Du Xunwei, and his name is quite literary. This is because the family is ready to let him study and become a literati, thinking that this can make a career.

Du Xunwei's father is a blacksmith, and his skills are not bad, but his business is not good. Coupled with the fact that other businesses with poor skills were a little better than him, he felt that there was no way out to be a blacksmith. So, he wanted Du Xunwei to read and find a way.

However, Du Xunwei has been by his father's side since he was a child, and he often sees his father making iron tools, and he is very interested in making iron. And the interest here is high, but the interest in reading is not so high.

Du Xunwei's parents couldn't help it, and finally passed on the craftsmanship to Du Xunwei. At the same time, Du Xunwei's parents also made two preparations, and forced Du Xunwei to read when teaching the craft.

Du Xunwei's parents originally made two-handed preparations, but no one thought that this would give Du Xunwei his current reputation.

When Du Xunwei accepted the family business, he started a forging business. At first, like his father, there was not much improvement.

Du Xunwei inherited his father's craftsmanship very well, and his forging skills were not bad at all, but the family business was not good. Therefore, he was very puzzled, obviously the quality is good, why are there fewer customers?

Du Xunwei's father also thought about this problem, but although the business was not good, he could make a living, so he didn't worry too much about this problem. But Du Xunwei is different, he is like figuring out why.

The easiest way to know the answer to this kind of question is to ask the customer. As a result, this question really asked some questions.

Du Xunwei first asked a few households near his house, and found that their evaluations of their homes were very good, both in terms of price and quality, so Du Xunwei was even more confused.

Later, he asked a blacksmith who had been in the neighborhood before, and they had now changed careers. The result was "I don't want to admit it, but your stuff is really better than ours." ”

In the end, after a circle of people around asked, the only bad comment was that the improper use of the tool caused an accident, but the person still affirmed the quality of the Du family.

After going back and forth, Du Xunwei was even more confused, so he planned to sort out the information and see what the problem was.

He marked the location of the customers and prepared to see if the geographical environment caused the difference in demand. As a result, he was surprised to find that all the customers were in a circle near his house, and there were no customers further away. And the blacksmith shop there is exactly where they compare.

So, the next day, he went further away to find a problem. As a result, the people there had no idea that there was such a blacksmith shop. The problem has also been found, that is, his family's reputation has not spread.

After finding out the reason, he figured out a way. Because I have read some books, there are all kinds of miscellaneous things, and I also know some propaganda methods.

As soon as it was promoted, the reputation of the Du family's blacksmith shop spread farther and the number of customers increased.

The more customers there are, the faster the reputation spreads. Gradually, the blacksmith shop, which only needed to be taken care of by one person, had to go into battle with father and son, and even Du's mother had to help.

After the reputation spread, business naturally improved a lot. But Du Xunwei was not carried away by this. He knows very well that the advantage of the Du family is quality, and the current quality will limit development.

So, he began to learn from blacksmiths in other families. Whether the business is better than theirs or worse than theirs, learn all.

It is also because of reading books that Du Xunwei has a strong learning ability, not only learning different techniques, but also learning a lot of success and failure experience. And after that, he put it all to good use.

After that, the Du family's blacksmith shop became more and more prosperous.