Four of the five famous kilns in the Song Dynasty are in the Central Plains in the north, and only one Longquan kiln is in the southeast, and this Longquan kiln is the target of Xiao Ming.

The address of Longquan kiln is in Longquan, Zhejiang, Longquan is located in the southwest of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi border, east of Wenzhou, west of Fujian Wuyi Mountain, known as "Ouwu into Fujian thoroughfare", "stagecoach road, business travel throat" said. The territory is full of mountains and streams!

The history of kiln-making in Longquan and other places can be traced back to the Jin Dynasty, to the time of the five dynasties, this place has been all over the kiln site, and the final name of this is the green kiln of the Zhang brothers, and the development of the kiln industry in the southeast and other places, it is also at this time that the reputation of the Zhang brothers, they absorb the porcelain-making experience of the Yue kiln, Wu kiln, and Ou kiln, and begin to fire celadon.

The celadon of the Zhang brothers burning paper, because of the strange texture of the soil, presents a caviar-like texture, which is very amazing, and is very sought after in the market, and some people find that the Longquan kiln of the Zhang brothers is very characteristic of the original Jun kiln, and it was also suspected that the Zhang brothers were one of the famous craftsmen who were removed by the historian after the Jun kiln because of Yang Jian's decline, but the rumors are always rumors, and they are not credible.

Xiao Ming's trip was not public, only accompanied by Gu Xiaoliu and Guo Shouxin, Wu Song was going to follow, but Ding Jianpeng arrested the laborer and asked him to help experiment with the latest balloon flying machine, Xiao Ming felt that this trip was not dangerous, so he took Guo and Gu to Longquan.

Longquan is not only an important production area of Longquan kiln, but also the origin of the famous Longquan sword, from the Spring and Autumn Period, it has been prestigious for a long time, which shows that the local metallurgy and iron-making technology in Longquan is very developed, Xiao Ming is also with the purpose of seeking talents, ancient China has always attached great importance to metallurgical forging, many talented people have mastered the secret recipe of the ratio of very special metal components, so the forging of the sword is extremely sharp.

The southeast belongs to the ancient Yue land, and the well-known great sword-casting masters are all concentrated here, whether it is Ou Yezi, or the cadre Mo Ye and others are all people from the ancient Yue land, so there is a tradition of forging swords and swords here since ancient times, and Xiao Ming doesn't care about this, and now that his arsenal has been able to mass-produce hot weapons, it seems unwise to pay too much attention to cold weapons.

But in fact, this is a narrow idea, improve the role of metal composition, in the development of various functional steel materials, such as hardness to reach a certain proportion of the knife steel; Spring steel specially used for the production of springs; Stainless steel that can inhibit rust and oxidation, this is the purpose of Xiao Ming's search for talents.

After the three arrived in Longquan, they settled in the inn, and then went out to eat, while strolling around, after all, the scenery and scenery here are also quite good, the three of them walked around, while enjoying the scenery, while asking people about the location of the Zhang brothers' kiln factory, but the strange thing is that the locals didn't know that there would be a Zhang's porcelain kiln factory in the local area!

This made Xiao Ming very strange! "How so?" He couldn't figure it out!

Gu Xiaoliu said: "Don't worry, my lord, these people must not be potters, and it is understandable that they don't know about Zhang's kiln factory." Let's inquire slowly, as long as we ask the real potters, they will definitely know among their peers."

Xiao Ming was right to think about it, so he walked to the most prosperous market in Longquan, where I heard that there are the best Longquan swords for sale, the market in Longquan is built next to the famous ancient sword workshop here, many surrounding sword-casting households are casting swords in this area, the market is also quite lively, the local tea in Longquan is also more famous, and Longquan green pomelo, which is a local specialty.

There are very few outsiders who come and go here, in addition to ordering a large number of porcelain magnetic merchants, that is, some of the martial artists of the Dart Bureau, they are also coming for the famous Longquan Sword here, over the years, although the fame of the Longquan Sword is outside, but the actual quality is not good, the local sword casting households have basically become small workshop owners, and the Longquan Sword has also become a handicraft as an ornament!

There is a sword shop in the shop along the street, called: "Gao's Quanguang" decoration and furnishings are different from the surrounding pavement, simple and elegant very tasteful, Xiao Ming took a closer look, different from the general furnishings of other shop weapons, this shop only placed three swords in the main hall, and there is a sword table on the hall, which is very stylish.

Xiao Ming looked left and right, the guy in the shop, the little hat in Tsing Yi, simple and clean, and smiling, as the saying goes, a powerful store has its own powerful guy, Xiao Ming saw that the guy was different from the ordinary guy, so he stepped forward to ask him.

"May I ask if the Guibao only sells three swords?"

"Back to this official's words, our name is only ordered to Longquan, not like other companies have so many finished products to sell" The guy replied neither humble nor arrogant.

"Oh? Can you elaborate on that? ”

As the saying goes, the sword is the king of weapons, this sword casting is different from striking iron, every sword must be cast by the swordsmith to give him spirituality, otherwise it cannot be called a good sword, it can only be called a blade!"

"Is that anything else?" Xiao Ming couldn't help but be a little interested,

"Not only that, but every sword cannot be the same, that is to say, there cannot be two identical swords in this world, whether it is long, light, high or low blade, and the style cannot be the same, and the spirituality is not the same, so the average blacksmith will certainly build a long sword, but it is not easy to do it, but would rather build a knife and a sword! It's forged, not forged! ”

Xiao Ming said: "So your shopkeeper is customizing long swords for people, instead of manufacturing weapons in batches, right?" Suppose your shopkeeper is also a famous swordsmith, right? ”

"Of course! Longquan's generation, everyone in our shopkeeper knows him, he is the most famous local swordsmith! Do you see the three swords enshrined in the hall? ”

"What do you see?"

"Over there are three famous vessels cast by our shopkeeper in the early years, one is called Liufeng, one is called Baihong, and one is called Absolute Water! If you want to order a long sword, you can first taste the three swords at the sword table, and then place an order! ”

Xiao Ming suddenly became interested, and he stepped onto the sword platform and said, "Then how about I also evaluate it?" ”

"Of course you can, I don't know which sword the official wants to evaluate?" The guy said.

Xiao Ming groaned slightly: "Scoop that white rainbow, I'll take a look"

"Cangchang!" With a crisp sound, the white rainbow sword was held in Xiao Ming's hand, Xiao Ming looked at this sword carefully, only to see a flood of autumn water, the sword body was snow-white, and the cold cut face, Xiao Ming heard the sound of this sword unsheathed and knew that the material of this sword was very brittle, to put it bluntly, it was sharp, and it could even be nitpicked, but the strength was not high!

Xiao Ming stretched out his finger and flicked the spine of the sword, "Buzz!" He praised in his mouth: "Good sword!" But it's just an ornament! ”

The guy was unconvinced: "How can it be an ornament?" The name of this sword is Bai Hong, and it is a famous weapon, and it is really sharpened like clay...... Xiao Ming interrupted him: "Can you give it a try?" ”

The guy said, "How do you try the law?" ”

As soon as Xiao Ming stretched out his hand, Gu Xiaoliu "Brush!" from the side of his waist! He pulled out the waist knife and handed it to Xiao Ming, Xiao Ming took it and said to the guy: "An ordinary waist knife, just test the weapon!" ”

The guy suddenly had a little redness on his face, for some magic weapons, to try how sharp it is generally silk brocade or hair, look at its sharpness or slaughter live creatures on the spot, verify the smoothness of the blade without blood, few people use weapons to compete, this is undoubtedly a smashing field!

But the guy had already made the words round before, and he couldn't back down even if he gambled at the moment, but he still didn't dare to assert himself, he asked Xiao Ming to stay for a while, and returned to the inner hall by himself, as if asking for instructions, and after a while, a man with a short face and a short beard came out with him, and when he saw Xiao Ming, he didn't speak, just bowed his hand, and stood next to him.

The competition was carried out directly in the sword platform, Gu Xiaoliu's saber was below, Bai Hongjian was on top, the blade was facing each other, facing the grid, and finally looking at the results, I only heard a slight "ding!" "Ringing, Bai Hongjian suddenly cut in two, and the first half fell to the ground!

This kind of result is something that no one expected! Immediately stunned everyone present, Xiao Ming laughed and said: "The sulfur and phosphorus content is too high, brittle and inelastic!" He waved the knife and said to the man, "Standard product!" Produced by Taiping"

Gu Xiaoliu said happily: "Master! Our Taiping's saber is so sharp? ”

The short-bearded man stepped forward and bowed his hand to Xiao Ming: "Can this big official borrow a saber to take a look?" ”

"Of course you can" Xiao Ming threw the saber directly at him, and the man looked at the saber carefully, and couldn't help but murmur in his mouth: "How is this blue blue?" What a great material! ”

Xiao Ming knew that this kind of saber was specially tailored for Huwei by Taiping, using the latest carbon steel technology, and after cold rolling and forming at one time, it was a kind of sharp steel specially used to make knives! Bai Hongjian is not bad, but because the proportion of sulfur and phosphorus and carbon in the materials is really not comparable with Taiping, and the strength and toughness are limited, in terms of materials, it is far from steel!

The short-bearded man asked Xiao Ming, "Your Excellency is from the Xuzhou Taiping?" ”

Xiao Ming nodded with a smile, shook his head again, and said: "I know what you think, your long sword is very well forged, but all the iron and stone essence needs in the world are the same, why are some hard and sharp, extremely elastic, and some are very brittle?" That should be the proportion of sulfur and phosphorus in it to master well, this kind of thing is very important, if you don't master it well, even if you get the dark iron of the Northern Underworld, you may not be able to create a divine weapon! ”

The short-bearded man suddenly said: "I think some precipitates are very similar to phosphorus, but I didn't expect it to affect the material of the sword, I am really taught, compared to the shopkeeper Gao Lifeng here, I haven't asked the name and surname of the instructor?" ”

"Under Xiao Ming," Xiao Ming replied.

"Look up for a long time!" Gao Lifeng laughed, "Please also invite your guests to sit inside, Gao can also ask for advice!" ”

Xiao Ming said: "You said that you have been looking up for a long time, but in fact, you don't know me, maybe you haven't heard of me, do you want to ask for advice on this method of desulfurization and decarbonization out of politeness?" ”

Gao Lifeng's face was flushed when he said this, and he defended: "The big official misunderstood, I saw the traces of quenching with a special treatment of your knife, and it has always had a special blue color, this kind of technology is rumored to be only mastered by Boss Gu of the Gu Refinery in Hangzhou, and when I saw it with my own eyes today, I couldn't help but think about ......it."

Xiao Ming said with a smile: "Boss Gao, as a Longquan swordsmith, has his own unique skills, but now, we attach importance to the selection and manufacture of materials, which is indeed ahead of the materials used in your traditional sword-casting technology, Gu Shouzhen and I are friends, if Brother Gao really wants to know the secrets of these materials, it is actually not difficult, I will let Lao Gu teach you!" ”

"Ahh You...... Who are you? Can the secrets of the Gu Clan's refining workshop be taught? ”

Gu Xiaoliu interjected on the side: "Of course, my master is the head of the Richanglong Senate Association!" Gu's Refinery is also a part of Richanglong! ”