Lao Cai's age is not enough to live to a dog. After the earliest anger and disbelief passed, he gradually calmed down, and after observing Chang Ming's determination and confidence, he understood that this one must have been made by himself, and this accessory should really be made by the young man himself.

However, he is sixty-three, the other party is twenty-three, and the accessories made are already better than his own, at this age, how to say that he still lives to a dog.

Thinking of this, a new anger rose - damn, genius or something is the most annoying, others have learned a lifetime of skills, not as good as you for ten or eight years, the most unfair thing is this!

Therefore, he saw Chang Ming becoming more and more unpleasant, but he had no name for anger and had nowhere to vent his anger.

He thought to himself: Hmph, even if this excellent type of accessories is made by yourself, what about it? Even if it is a senior mechanic, there is a success rate in making accessories, and it happens to be able to make excellent accessories, it does not mean that you can make it every time, you are not small, dare to come to my territory to do a live demonstration, look at it, as long as it is not successful, or it is not made well, I will let you have a face, no face to go back!

He led Chang Ming into a room behind the patio. There are all kinds of tools inside, some apprentices are working nervously, and there are two people standing next to them, staring at the apprentices, looking a little cramped, it should be the two who came to do the "mock test".

As soon as they saw Lao Cai, they were respectful and excited, and one of the shorter ones immediately walked up to introduce himself: "Teacher, my name is Wang Dayou, and I am here to do an apprenticeship assessment." I've already handed over the money to the eldest brother surnamed Ning, I'll trouble you today!"

The slightly taller lips moved, and said simply, "My name is Jin Ming." ”

Lao Cai glanced at them, nodded coldly, and gestured, "Come with me." ”

The two of them followed behind him and looked at Chang Ming with particular interest.

Wang Dayou asked, "What is this brother's name, are you the teacher's apprentice?"

With some careful thinking that is not annoying, Chang Ming said disapprehantly: "I'm here to make an assessment, just like you. ”

Wang Dayou's expression immediately changed, he looked a little flattering before, and when he heard that Chang Ming was not an apprentice, he immediately stopped taking him to heart.

Lao Cai caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, snorted coldly, and said: "The apprenticeship assessment of the agency is mainly to check some basic skills. These basic skills include both hands and hearts!"

"Hands and hearts?"

The three quasi-agency apprentices suddenly raised their spirits, and Wang Dayou asked first.

Lao Cai nodded: "Hand, it refers to the work on the hand! is not stable enough, control is not strong enough, and endurance is enough." The heart refers to the psychological quality. Can you get in, is you calm enough, can you concentrate...... These are the basic qualities of an apprentice in an institution. People who are too active and always like to think about things can't be a good mechanic!"

Chang Ming nodded when he heard this, but Wang Dayou was a little sneering, he vaguely felt that Lao Cai had something to say to him.

Lao Cai said: "Therefore, the assessment of apprentices in institutions is mainly based on these two aspects. The content of each assessment is different, but everything remains the same, no matter how it changes, it is not too different. So you come here, and I will follow this method to check whether you are qualified in these two aspects, and whether you are qualified enough to become an apprentice. If not, there's no need to spend an extra two hundred silver coins. ”

His words were concise and clear, which made Chang Ming change his opinion of him a little. At the same time, he also self-assessed his two qualities, and there should be no problem if he wants to pass the assessment.

Lao Cai took them to a corner of the room and said, "Although there are many kinds of materials, the most used by apprentices is wood. ”

He took out a drawing and said, "Here is a set of Type A accessories, different models, a total of nine." Now you can make a whole set out of wood, according to the drawings. It's two hours, and after two hours, I'll check the results!"

With a wave of his hand, his three apprentices each brought a stake and placed it in front of them.

Lao Cai said: "You can use the tools here as you like, but if they are damaged, you have to compensate." ”

Chang Ming looked at the wooden stake in front of him, it was about fifty centimeters long, about ten centimeters in diameter, and there was bark on the outside, obviously after being cut directly from the tree, it was dried directly without too much treatment.

Lao Cai spread the drawings on the table, and his movements were very careful, as if he was treating something precious. Then, he sat down next to him and beckoned his apprentice to pour him tea.

The apprentices' expressions were a little surprised, although they usually claimed to be junior mechanics to do the assessment, but this was just a signboard. With such an assessment, the ability of the apprentice of the agency is sufficient. So in the past, Lao Cai just came to see the end and end, and the process in the middle was supervised by the apprentices. But at this moment, Master is actually sitting here, as if he is not going to leave?

Master, today is really strange...... The apprentices exchanged glances, but in such a workshop, the authority of the master was greater than anything else, and they did not dare to say a word.

Lao Cai put the drawings, Wang Dayou and Jin Ming immediately squeezed up to take a look, cautiously, and did not dare to touch their hands.

Chang Ming was not with them, he picked up the stake, examined it carefully, and picked up a knife, tapped the bark with the back of the knife, and then knocked on the cut surface, and then gently scraped the cut surface, as if trying its hardness.

Lao Cai stared at Chang Ming's movements, his expression complicated. He didn't know what he thought, did he want Chang Ming to play well and let himself witness the birth of a miracle?

Wang Jin and the others looked at the drawings for a long time, and silently muttered in their mouths that they wanted to write down all the data. After a while, they felt they had memorized clearly, and then they walked over to the stake, hesitating as to what to do.

Chang Ming walked over at this time and glanced at the drawings.

The so-called Type A fittings refer to gears, a set of nine, which are different from large to small. Next to each gear is a few symbols, which are its key size numbers.

Chang Ming noticed that the counting method on the drawing was of course different from modern Arabic numerals, but it was somewhat similar to ancient Chinese characters and was easy to understand. The most interesting thing is that the size of the gears is also similar to that of modern ones. It's no wonder that I haven't seen the drawings, and the accessories made in the mountains can be sold directly......

But speaking of which, looking at this drawing, the size of the gears has been standardized and produced, and it seems that the scientific and technological level of the mechanism is a little higher than I imagined. However, it has been standardized, so it is a bit strange why the machine cannot be mass-produced.

He pondered something that had nothing to do with the present, but seemed to be preoccupied with memorizing the dimensions on the paper.

Soon, Chang Ming put his mind back, no matter what, the top priority now is to be admitted to the agency apprenticeship!

He didn't look much more, walked directly to the wooden stake, and began to make accessories according to Lao Cai's request.

Wang Jin and the two hesitated for a long time before they started to start, Jin Ming was fine, he only cared about the work at hand for a while, and didn't care about the things next to him. Wang Dayou was a little uneasy, he looked at Jin Ming from time to time, and then at Chang Ming. After Chang Ming started to move, Wang Dayou's eyes were immediately attracted to him, his mouth opened wider and wider, and his face was full of shock!

Lao Cai is in no mood to criticize him, because his expression is very similar to Wang Dayou!

Chang Ming put the wooden stake on the ground, picked up the hand axe next to him, and chopped it down one after another. Under his hands, the bark of the stake was cut off, revealing the white stubble cleanly, and there was not a trace of excess color.

His movements are not too fast, but each movement has a fixed frequency, and the whole forms a smooth rhythm, which is extremely pleasing to the eye. At such a frequency, the speed at which he makes accessories is extremely astonishing.

The point is, he didn't drag his feet on it, as if he didn't need to think about it at all.

Then he placed the stake across the bench, picked up the handsaw, and sawed the stake into several slices neatly. Every time before sawing, he just compared it slightly, and immediately started it, sawing down one after another, without any pause in between.

Wang Dayou muttered in his heart: "This action is too fast, what should I do if it is broken?"

After all, Lao Cai was experienced, and the shock on his face was even stronger. He could tell at a glance that the pieces of wood were of equal thickness, only slightly thicker than the gears needed, and were obviously set aside for polishing.

When a person's movements are smooth and confident, it naturally forms a dance-like feeling, which makes people feel like a pleasure to watch from the side.

Unconsciously, several apprentices surrounded him and stared blankly at Chang Ming's work. Some of them are envious, some are jealous, and some are excited, as if they see the direction they should work towards!

There were more and more people around him, but Chang Ming didn't feel anything at all. He didn't even glance to the side out of the corner of his eye, his whole mind was completely immersed in the movements of his hands, as if there was nothing more important than this in the whole world.

The wood chip was cut out, Chang Ming picked up the ink pen, and steadily sketched the line on the wood chip.

Only then did his hand stop. Lao Cai suddenly breathed a sigh of relief for some reason.

If Chang Ming cuts directly without hooking the thread at this time, he may think that the other party is a high-level mechanic who came out to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger! Fortunately...... There is a limit to the strength of the other party.

Chang Ming sighed in his heart at the same time. If it's a grandfather, you don't need to hook the line at all, you can start directly. It was as if he had a ruler in his heart, a ruler with an accuracy far greater than that of the world's measuring tools!

Chang Ming, don't be proud, you're still far away from grandpa!

A smile appeared on the corner of Chang Ming's mouth. That's what makes it even more interesting. Grandpa said, that's the feeling cultivated by hundreds of thousands of repetitions and hundreds of thousands of times of work. As long as I am willing to work hard, one day I can reach the level of my grandfather.

Hehe, grandpa, didn't you expect that there was such a thing as an alchemy room in this world, right?

Thinking of his grandfather, Chang Ming's state of mind suddenly became relaxed and calm, but the movements of his hands did not relax at all, but became more rapid.

Sawdust splashed, and one gear after another took shape in his hands, from large to small, neatly arranged.

Cutting, pondering, grinding, polishing, fine-tuning......

Chang Ming's movements have never paused, and they have always been so smooth.

Half an hour later, a whole set of A-gears appeared in front of him - a full nine, complete in size!

Only then did he let out a sigh and looked up at Lao Cai: "It's done!"

Lao Cai stared at this set of gears, his eyes stiffened, and his lips trembled.

This set of nine A-gears, all of them are of excellent quality, without exception!

Chang Ming really did what he said, right in front of his eyes, completing what he had previously insisted on being impossible!

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