After checking the two baskets of green charcoal and ore, Old Man Gan had to admit that this kid with his own token would always bring him new surprises. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, he didn't intend to give the other party a chance to be proud, and still said in a stiff tone: "Go and pick two more baskets of green charcoal, the quality can't be lower than this basket!" The expression on his face couldn't tell whether the basket of green charcoal and ore in front of him was agreeable, maybe it was just for the sake of the rookie, and he barely passed the test.

The first time was a test, and the second time it became a pure job.

There were two baskets of impeccable green charcoal, and the old man didn't have any ballast if he wanted to find it, so he immediately thought that most of the high-quality green charcoal in the backyard had been picked almost completely, and the remaining color was much worse, and his heart suddenly felt a little painful, and the price of this fire was a bit big.

The old man Gan chattered endlessly while placing the charcoal and ore: "This heaven and earth are like an infinitely wide furnace, the blazing fire burns all things, both deriving all things and refining all things, the life and annihilation are endless, and many wonderful changes are in it, the boy is optimistic, once the furnace fire rises, it will be as endless as this heaven and earth, and the number of furnace fires that the old man has built in his life is only a handful. ”

Not only Li Xiaobai, but even the three apprentices also widened their eyes.

What the old man said is true, the high temperature that can melt gold and iron is not extinguished all day long, so that each fire brick faintly shows mottled traces of glass in the smoke and fire day after day, as if it has been recrystallized, compared with the dirty smoky fire in the shop, the fire bricks in the furnace are the most powerful evidence to record the heritage and qualifications of this shop.

Inside the smelting furnace of the Gan Kee Sword Shop, the fire bricks are in the shape of a clockwise spiral stack, large at the bottom and small at the top, like an inverted urn, which can evenly condense the fire together and improve the efficiency of charcoal burning.

The fire in the blacksmith shop is easy to extinguish, pour sand and block the outlet, and it only takes one night to gradually extinguish it, and if you don't care about the life of the fire bricks in the furnace, you can directly pour three buckets of water and extinguish the fire immediately.

Unlike the firewood stove of the people's house, fill one-third of the firewood, and then use the fire fold to light a handful of rolled grass straw, after the flame grows stronger, use a bamboo pipe or bellows to send air to the stove, the wind helps the fire, and the fire can be lit in a blink of an eye, but the fire of the blacksmith shop is a tedious job.

At the bottom is straw, and then layers of green charcoal, leaving the maximum gap between each other, this is just a furnace, the ore put into the crucible needs to be crushed, hand-sieved to remove visible impurities, and then mixed with green charcoal and some other things.

The sword shop is not as good as the real iron-smelting workshop, there is not much ore smelted each time, at most it is only enough to create about ten sword embryos, if the swordsmith master is more picky about the process, it is rare to get two or three qualified swords in each furnace, and the rest are not sold as bargains or re-forged.

The fire lit up little by little in the depths of the furnace, and an apprentice slowly turned the wind wheel of the new bellows, slowly sending fresh air into the furnace, and the burning of the ignited things gradually accelerated, and more heat accumulated in the straw at the bottom of the furnace, and finally burst out into a more violent flame, licking the large pieces of green charcoal, making them turn red together, glow together, and form an unstoppable chain of burning.

The turbine blade inside the bellows whistled, the air volume became larger, the first tongue of fire passed through the stacked green charcoal to the top of the furnace body, more and more of my flames rushed up, the fire reflected the face of the old man Gan, and also reflected the whole shop, the heat wave rolled up, the cold temperature of the late autumn and early winter was all dispersed, and the warmth was like spring within a few zhang, and it continued to improve.

There is no need to put fire into the crucible, the pot body is surrounded by the furnace fire, a little brightened, and the green carbon particles mixed with the mineral sand emitted wisps of green smoke, and the coking reaction that slowly occurs, suddenly an obvious flame erupts out, the inside and outside of the crucible are like one, the air volume sent by the turbine blade reaches the highest, far more than the old bellows that are replaced, and the orange-red furnace easily presents a faint blue blue, which is the most satisfying furnace fire of the swordsmith.

"That's it, good, good!

Old man Gan didn't care about the scorching light and heat emitted by the furnace, squinted his eyes slightly, stared at the changes in the crucible, which had become orange-yellow, and he couldn't tell which ones were green charcoal and which were mineral sands.

Hearing the master's words, the three apprentices hurriedly carried a bucket-sized block of mud to the side of the fire.

"Gold liquid needs to be incorporated into the fan and condensed into the sword embryo, the sword model can be used black iron fan, stainless steel fan and mud fan, etc., which model is used, because the sword is appropriate, the old man used the clay fan this time, with wax mold, wrapped in paste mud, only leave the pores and gold liquid into the mouth, dry for a few days, and then iron to melt the wax, you can get a complete mud fan, the advantage of the mud fan is to make the sword embryo tough but not brittle, the embryo body is uniform, pores and impurities are often collected in the gold liquid inlet mouth, can be discarded, the disadvantage is that the need to break the fan and take the sword embryo, its mold does not exist, every time the sword is cast need to make the model ......"

While chattering about the process, the old man Gan used a long-handled steel spoon to continuously scoop up the impurities floating in the red iron water in the crucible, and then discarded them in a stone mortar, when the black smoke rose, and sparks continued to splash out of the mortar.

Li Xiaobai, who was on the side, rolled his eyes, you always cast a sword for my son, where did you get so much nonsense.

I haven't heard of eating eggs, and I still need to know what this old hen is like, what is this stinky problem?

Perhaps sensing the change in Xiaobai's expression, Old Man Gan suddenly turned the crimson steel spoon, and the scorching heat hit his face, causing the goods to take a step back.

"Hmph! It's rare for the old man to be in a good mood to tell you so much, if you can't remember, hmph, you can go by yourself!"

It's like a rough attitude to the old man if he doesn't listen to it well.

The three apprentices were all silent, even if Old Man Gan was saying it to Li Xiaobai, it seemed to be facing them, scolding them all day long, and the three of them were about to become a conditioned reflex.

"Yes, yes, yes!"

There are so many nonsense about ordering a flying sword, and Li Xiaobai has personally experienced the difficulty of finding a sword.

Damn, when the flying sword arrives, how far will the labor and management go, and I don't want to come to this shop again.

"Did you write down what I said?"

The crimson steel spoon still hadn't been removed.

"Written down!"

Li Xiaobai nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"Just write it down, the old man will do it for you all today, don't go back at night, just stay here and practice!"

Old man Gan glared at Li Xiaobai fiercely, still full of suspicion, but slowly moved the steel spoon away.

For some reason, hearing the master's words, the three apprentices' eyes lit up, and their fiery eyes swirled back and forth on Li Xiaobai and the master.

"Want to stay?"

Li Xiaobai shrunk his neck and pointed at himself, he didn't think that he would have to stay in this dirty and dilapidated shop, even the lowest-grade Chase shop is probably cleaner than here.

"The old man is no longer as young as when he was young, his energy is not good, it is difficult to make a few moves a year, the opportunity is rare, do you want to waste it in vain?"

The steel spoon that had not yet dissipated seemed to be turning back again, so frightened that Li Xiaobai shook his head, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no waste, what does Gan Lao say, the kid is all respectful." ”

Although he has an invincible sword light, he has never thought of using it to oppress or kill innocent and good, although this old man Gan's temper is a little weird and irritable, after all, he is not a bad person, so it is not surprising that he is so pinched by the other party.

"Okay, the old man will open your eyes today!"

Old man Gan finally nodded with satisfaction, and began to stir the steel spoon in his hand in the crucible vigorously, and said at the same time: " Although the quality of green charcoal is high-quality, after all, it is only ordinary charcoal, if you want to smelt the magic weapon, you still need special charcoal, such as the Wuliu charcoal of Dongyi Fusang, the Suosuo wood produced in the desert of the Western Regions, the fire oil fruit of the land of Baiyue, and the coal essence of the Loess Plateau, but these charcoal fires can still only smelt the weapons used by mortals, and the flying sword of the Shudao Immortal family needs to be smelted and forged with the fire crystal spiritual fire excavated from the earth and fire danger......”

From the charcoal fire to the fire crystals, and then to how to smelt, the old man Gan chattered endlessly, until there were no more impurities in the crucible, and less than a third of the orange and bright gold liquid remained, he scooped up a spoonful of gold liquid, and the blood of his thin arms rose, and poured it smoothly and quickly into the mud that had become scorching and hot by the stove.

A spoonful of Kankan filled one mold, and then another spoonful, and in a moment it filled ten molds, the old man Gan took a breath, took off a dirty towel from his waist, wiped his sweat, and said, "Lift the second mud fan up, and empty this crucible." ”

There was more than one crucible in the sword shop, and while the three apprentices were busy cleaning up, Old Man Gan filled the second crucible and sent the apprentices to the furnace.

After pouring three clay fans in a row, the old man gave up and gave the stove and crucible to the apprentices to build cheap weapons and continue to practice.

Naturally, these weapons will be purchased by someone, and the money earned will not only fill the stomachs of Old Man Gan and his apprentices, but also for the normal operation of the shop, after all, materials such as tools, charcoal, and ore are all a lot of expenses.

As the mud fan cooled, the gold liquid that originally emitted light and heat gradually dimmed and condensed, until the hard-baked mud fan was smashed open little by little with an iron hammer, and only then did ten sword embryos that were still a little hot be obtained.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe that these ten black iron bars are actually the original form of the sword.

- (To be continued.) )