Chapter 52: The Hammer (Fourth Update)
The hall was in another direction, but it was not far from the hall of miscellaneous affairs, and after two quarters of an hour, Lin Chenxing arrived.
"There's a play!" Looking at the hall made of unknown rocks in front of him, feeling the hot feeling on his face, Lin Chenxing suddenly felt secretly happy in his heart.
As soon as he approached the main hall, Lin Chenxing heard the faint sound of jingle forging, and without hesitation, he stepped directly into the main hall.
"Hello senior brother, I took the task to report!"
"Go over there!"
"Okay, thank you, brother!"
Lin Chenxing touched his nose, patiently searched for the direction pointed by the other party, and finally found a shriveled old man curled up on a recliner sleeping behind a rough stone table.
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he was a little speechless. The old man's existence was completely blocked by the tall stone table, and it was not exposed at all.
"This ...... Elder? Lin Chenxing shouted tentatively.
"Who, disturb the old man's good dreams!" The little old man's ears moved, he opened his eyes impatiently, and looked at Lin Chenxing.
"Sorry to bother you getting old! Disciple Lin Chenxing, took the task and came to report! Lin Chenxing's face was full of kindness and said apologetically.
"Task? Apprentice deputy? ”
"Exactly!" said that Lin Chenxing took the initiative to hand over the task card.
"Well, come with me!"
"Thank you, Elder!"
"No, just call me senior brother!" The little old man waved his hand, said something casually, and then walked to a door not far behind the stone table.
"Yes, senior brother!"
Although Lin Chenxing was a little surprised by the age of this senior brother, he didn't say much, and obediently followed behind the other party.
After following this senior brother for a few steps, a clear jingling sound came into Lin Chenxing's ears.
After the two of them bypassed a stone wall that resembled a wall photo, a wave of heat instantly greeted them, causing Lin Chenxing's entire body to feel a burning sensation.
(Note, the wall photo is a set of walls built at the gate of the ancient courtyard, and the front gate is used as a barrier)
"Boy Zhou, come here!" The sound of clanging and forging was already very loud here, and the little old man used some strength to speak, and his voice was more than twice as loud.
The little old man's voice came out, and a bald middle-aged man on a forging platform more than twenty paces away from them was trotting all the way to this side.
"I've seen Senior Brother Jiang!" The bald middle-aged man came to the front and said respectfully.
He was shirtless, with a leather apron hanging from his neck to his knees, and a loose tie around his waist.
"This is the new junior brother who took over the task, and I handed it over to you!" The little old man tilted his chin to Lin Chenxing on the side and arranged.
"It's Senior Brother, I understand!"
"Yes." Nodding, the little old man didn't say anything more, and turned around and left directly.
"You come with me!" The big bald head glanced at Lin Chenxing, and then commanded.
"Yes, senior brother!"
"Put it on! The sword rests aside! The big bald head took Lin Chenxing to the forging table he belonged to, took out a leather apron that looked like his own, raised his hand and threw it to Lin Chenxing, and commanded.
Lin Chenxing took the apron, untied the long sword behind his back, and put the apron on his body in three or two strokes. He was no stranger to this thing, and it was not much different from what he used when he forged his sword in Blue Star.
While changing clothes, Lin Chenxing did not forget to quickly take a look at the surrounding environment.
The space where he was at this time was very spacious, and at a glance, there were no less than twenty forging platforms like this kind in front of him, and their scale was no less than some small factories on the Blue Star, but the light was slightly dimmed, and there was a little less industrial and technological atmosphere.
Looking across the more than twenty forging platforms, Lin Chenxing could faintly see in the distance that there was a stone wall photo similar to the one he had seen when he entered here before, as if what he saw in front of him was not all of this forging room.
After a few quick glances, Lin Chenxing retracted his gaze, tied the belt around his waist, and asked loudly towards the big bald head: "My name is Lin Chenxing, I don't know what senior brother is called?" ”
"Zhou Chenhao! Just call me Senior Brother Zhou! ”
"Well, okay, Senior Brother Zhou!"
"Have you ever struck iron before?" The big bald head speaks crisply and neatly, without dragging the mud and water at all.
Lin Chenxing nodded when he heard this, and said, "I fought when I was in the village before!" ”
He saw Zhao Tiezhu forging things like farm tools and hunting knives in Xiaoshi Village, and the technique was not much different from the Blue Star Free Forging he was familiar with, so it was naturally impossible to pretend to be a pig at this time and say that he had never been in contact with it.
(Note: Open forging refers to the forging process without mold restrictions through manual or hydraulic press, fast forging machine and other equipment)
"Okay, let's try forging rough iron first! I'll hammer it! ”
I heard that Lin Chenxing was not the kind of pure new tender who had never been exposed to forging, and the big bald head tightened up after the little old man Senior Brother Jiang left, and his face relaxed slightly.
He has encountered that kind of situation before, and it is really not a pleasant thing to teach from the beginning little by little, and it is better for him to do it alone!
"Okay, no problem!"
Lin Chenxing nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and chose a long-handled large forging hammer from the row of forging hammers leaning on the side, and then stood opposite the big bald head across the anvil, and signaled that he was ready.
The bald Zhou Chenhao nodded slightly, and directly took out a piece of burnt red rough iron billet from the furnace not far away, and put it on the anvil.
He clamped the thick iron billet with the iron tongs in his left hand, and the small hammer with the short handle of his right hand was not strong, and he tapped it in the middle and left position of the long block of thick iron billet.
"Ding!"
Zhou Chenhao's short-handled hammer was put away with a tap, and only a little spark was brought up. A crisp voice sounded, not heavy.
This sound entered his ears, Lin Chenxing's legs that straddled back and forth tightened at the same time, his left leg was slightly arched, and his waist reached his back and shoulders with force, and then turned into his arms, driving the long-handled forging hammer to rise high, and then slammed down.
The sledgehammer landed at the same position that Zhou Chenhao tapped the hammer just now, and the score was exactly right!
"Dang!"
A thick and melodious sound of gold and iron clashing was accompanied by clusters of sparks that shot out in all directions.
Seeing that Lin Chenxing really knew some basic forging techniques, Zhou Chenhao nodded slightly, which could be regarded as a complete sigh of relief.
The sledgehammer fell, Lin Chenxing's arms were slightly raised, the forging hammer bounced high with the force of the shock, and Zhou Chenhao's small hammer fell again, gently clicking on the vicinity of the previous sledgehammer landing point, and there was a crisp sound of "ding" again!
Without hesitation, Lin Chenxing's eyes were fixed on the landing point of Zhou Chenhao's small hammer, and the long-handled forging hammer in his hand fell heavily again!
"Dang!"
"Ding"
"Dang!"
"Ding"
For a while, the rhythmic sounds of "ding" and "dang" continued to merge into this large and empty forging room, and together with the sounds from other forging tables, they composed a unique tune!
This is the so-called "point hammer"!
The experienced master Sledgehammer guides, and the young and strong apprentice Sledgehammer follows!
This is the long-standing sound of "Jingle Bell"!
It is a composition that belongs only to the master and apprentice!