Chapter 192: The Craftsman
Chiyu is divided into three districts, Dongchi is a gathering place for the rich, Taiwu is a gathering place for the homeless, one is a place for the rich to gather, and the other is a place for the poor to gather.
Fukumanso.
The first restaurant in Quanwanglu District to auction, hotel, and accommodation, whether it is the scale of operation or service, is also the first in Quanwanglu, and the natural pricing is also the first, and the single consumption is not less than two thousand taels of silver, even so, the business is still very hot, and it is difficult for ordinary people to set a position here, Jing Ming is a character in Fengtian, and in this Chi Yu is really similar to the role of the same name Hu'er, and the name is not seen. After not turning, Shen'er set the position in his name but spent a lot of money, Fumanzhuang has a private room with three names of heaven, earth and people, and 5,000 taels of silver to set the meal, but it is the most ordinary box with the number of people arranged at the bottom.
The first person to arrive at this box was not the host Jing Ming, nor the pendant who paid the money, but Xi Banxia.
In order to let Jing Ming invite dinner, this naturally very delicate woman did not let go of any details, not only set the location of the hotel, but also specially asked someone in the name of Jing Ming to start from Linshendu all the way to her place to hand over the name post, this post only sent out one copy, and it was reasonable to say that Western Banxia should not appear here.
He really likes Pendant.
Like to the point of a little crazy, a large number of eyeliner was arranged at her foothold, and he knew how neatly the words on the famous post from Linshendu were not neat, and he knew that the influence of gathering the north gate in Chiyu knew that this hotel was set in Fumanzhuang after a little inquiry.
The appearance of Western Banxia here is also said to be in the past.
The private rooms are not soundproofed, and you can clearly hear the praise and shouts of the audience at the auction hall three meters away when they see the precious treasures.
The corners of Xi Banxia's mouth smiled, and he was relieved of Liu Zhisheng's work efficiency, thinking that Jing Ming was already a dead man now, and it was naturally impossible to invite Shen'er to dinner, how could he bear that the beauty was unaccompanied, so he came, the beauty was so good-looking, how could he bear to let her eat in this lowly place, so he raised his hand.
Jubeimen is Chi Yu's big thing, the door master is Chi Yu's speaker, if nothing else, the next session is still him, the speaker is the head of all the forces elected by Chi Yu, all parties have to pay tribute on time, like the emperor of the soil, Xi Banxia is the son of Xisaifeng, or the prince who spends money like dirt, no matter what it is for, Fumanzhuang does not dare to snub the big patron, from the moment he came in, the whole process of the steward followed him, immediately walked in from behind the door, and said respectfully: "Son, please command." ”
Xi Banxia said: "Is there a private room in Tianzihao, I need a good location." ”
The steward didn't say 'yes' or 'no,' he understood Xi Banxia's temper of not wanting to listen to nonsense, his body hung down, and said, "The villain will arrange it." ”
In this way, the western half of the summer from the bottom to the top of the Fumanzhuang Tianzi private room, this place is very high, standing here you can see any place in the Wanglu District, you can also look down on the entire auction hall, if the guests here are interested in the auction items, you can also get it at eighty-five percent off the auction price.
There was a knock at the door.
Xi Banxia's smile floated, he sorted out his clothes, and in order to come to see Shen'er, he wore a tuanyun wrapped brocade robe, adding a few colors to his good face, and said, "Please come in." ”
The door pushed open and the sunlight poured in.
A woman alone.
A good-looking woman.
Let's not talk about how optimistic this woman is, just say how to set off the beautiful scenery of this woman, how to walk alone in Chiyucheng, the clouds outside the door are colorful, the crane fans its wings and dance slowly, as if it is not the world, the woman is standing at the door, she wears a pure white cloud skirt embroidered with blue patterns, the wonderful thing is that it is equipped with a sword lake color gauze inside, the wind blows the cloud skirt and the gauze skirt fluttering, the woman is no longer a woman, and has become a fairy.
Xi Banxia was stunned.
If he used to be gluttonous and beautiful, this time, he felt that he had reached the age of marriage, and the woman in front of him would not marry.
The moment he pushed open the door, Shen'er smiled lightly, like a young girl seeing her lover, how could she see that Xi Banxia's face suddenly stiffened, as if to say how could it be him? ”
Xi Banxia quickly stepped forward to help Shen'er up, the change in the woman's face couldn't escape his eyes, what was the identity of the eldest cousin who invited him to dinner, he knew it in his heart, and he secretly promised Jing Mingfang as Shen'er, and he was very unhappy in his heart, and he was quickly relieved, because it was already a dead man, and said: "Shen'er, you and I are our own people, why do you need to see the outside like this, come in and sit." ”
After the two sat down, Xi Banxia took the initiative to explain to Shen'er how to change from a herringbone box to a Tianzi box, and said: "I happen to come here to eat today, but after I didn't think about it, the friend's family has an urgent matter and can't come, and when I was about to leave, I listened to the steward and said that the eldest cousin of the Shen'er girl is here to set up a banquet and invite you to dine, I thought that since Shen'er is here, I will shamelessly stay, and it just happens that the private room is empty, so I will take it upon myself to return the private room set by the eldest cousin and replace it here, Shen'er, you won't be angry with me, right?" ”
The person who can put the Western Banxia pigeon in Chi Yucheng has not yet been born, and this level of nonsense is naturally clear in his heart, and he said with a smile: "Where is the childe, it is a great honor for my cousin to invite the prince." ”
At this time, Shen'er looked out of the door, frowned slightly, and said, "My cousin has been like this since he was a child, and he hasn't been procrastinating, so he must be late again today." ”
Xi Banxia is extreme, and has regarded Shen'er as his own forbidden body, Shen'er is even more unhappy with Jing Ming when he behaves like this, and he can only comfort himself in his heart that the guy is already a dead man, and said: "Don't worry, it just so happens that we will come to see what good objects the auction house has." ”
In response, the formation in the box was stimulated, showing the auction object, which is a blood-colored necklace pendant, which can have the effect of calming down and nourishing the face, and at this moment it has been bidding for 20,000 taels, which has basically reached the limit of this kind of item, the auctioneer raised the timpani hammer, and when it was about to fall, he smiled and said: "The Tianzihao private room bid 30,000 taels of silver." ”
Although blood-colored jade pendants are rare, they are not uncommon on the market, 20,000 taels are already a price that can only be opened by nouveau riche, and 30,000 taels is already a sky-high price among the sky-high prices.
Naturally, no one was following, and the auctioneer knocked down the mallet and said: "The jade pendant belongs to the Tianzi nobles." ”
Who else can the nouveau riche be among the nouveau riche, naturally he likes Shen'er to the point of wanting to die, and soon someone will send the jade pendant, and Xi Banxia took it and behaved very domineeringly, regardless of whether Shen'er was willing to hold her shoulder and let her sit down, and detoured behind her to hang the jade pendant around her neck.
Xi Banxia stood behind the sitting pendant, condescendingly just enough to look into the plump white chest along the open collar of the pendant, his heart was pounding, and the objects under his crotch couldn't help but be hot, after the two entered the box, the waiters of Fumanzhuang had already withdrawn, and there were only two people in a man and a woman.
Autumn is dry.
Chai wants fire, thinks crazy.
Xi Banxia couldn't help it, and the salty taste of his uncontrollable hand was about to slide down Shen'er's neck into his chest, but at this time, Shen'er didn't resist, which made him ecstatic....
"Bang~~~"
The door was pushed open.
Break in a person.
He didn't knock on the door.
He has a reason not to knock on the door, he is the host, please the host of this meal.
Jing Ming broke in rudely, and the face of Xibanxia Tieqing, who couldn't steal it, was very pure red and bright, with the complexion and location of these two people, although the young man had never eaten pork in this area, he could still see what the two were doing at a glance, and sneered in his heart: "This Nizi is very capable, with this face, he will be fascinated by the not stupid Xibanxia, and he is full of hatred for me." ’
Seeing Jing Ming's face, the corners of Xi Banxia's mouth twitched, how could this already dead person still be alive, and he was sentenced to death in an instant, and he was going to be thrown out to feed the dogs today.
When I went out in the morning, Jing Mingyun Xiang was dressed in his body, radiant, he was grizzled at this time, he was not good, he was dressed in a luxurious dress that he didn't know how much money could be bought, and he didn't know how many holes were burned on it, seeing Xi Banxia, he was quite stunned, and blurted out: "Hey, I didn't invite you, Mr. Xi, how did you come?"
Xi Banxia already loves face, but if he didn't ask like this, he was naturally even more faceless, and he didn't speak with a wave of his sleeves.
It was still Shen'er who rounded the scene for him and said, "Big cousin, I invited him." ”
Xiban Xia Dengshi realized that Shen'er was already interested in him, and restored the calm look that the son of the big clan should have, and said: "I have nothing to do today, just come to accompany Shen'er, cousin, don't be surprised." ”
"It's not weird, it's not weird," Jing Ming said, turning his head and muttering, "You're here, I'm not weird." ”
Shen'er looked Jing Ming's dilapidated outfit up and down, and said, "Cousin, what's wrong with you?"
"Smack," Jing Ming clapped his hands together, looking excited, waiting for others to ask, and couldn't wait to say, "Cousin, don't you know how bizarre this king's furnace sword casting technique is......"
It turned out that there was a reason why Jing Ming came so late.
Wang Lu is named after the furnace used by Chi Yu Ancestor to build the sword of Bawu, and it is rumored that there is also the legendary flame 'Imperial Fire', but no one has seen it, there are large and small sword-casting workshops here, and when Jing Ming passed by a sword-casting shop called 'Earthwork', he was attracted by the technique of a pair of masters and apprentices who were casting swords.
Sword casting is generally divided into six steps, namely hammering, planing, polishing, inlay, quenching, steel grinding, the better the sword steps, the more complicated, the longer the time-consuming.
The earthwork blacksmith shop attracted Jing Ming's negotiation not because of the complexity, but because this pair of masters is simple, at this time, the good saying, it is called laziness, and the six steps of sword casting are only two steps left here to beat and temper.
The hammer may seem simple, but it is an extreme test of the swordsmith's technique, physical strength, and so on.
The tempering step is even more exquisite, and a good swordsmith spends his life pursuing this skill, what kind of flame to take, what kind of water to match, what kind of secret method to reconcile, and so on.
The earthwork blacksmith shop quenched only quenching, the furnace fire kept burning, the sword blank was beaten and removed from the iron ingot, and then continued to be burned in the furnace, and the hammer continued after the burning, if the ordinary swordsmith was cast with this barbaric degree, the sword would have been broken long ago, but under the old gentleman's small hammer, the sword slowly took shape, and with the continuous quenching, the black substance wrapped in the sword body was still falling off, revealing the cold light color of autumn water.
Casting swords and hammers pay attention to a nine-character character. =。
Nine hammers are heavy and one hammer is a small cycle, nine hundred and eighty-one is a large cycle, and nine large cycles are required to form a sword, and the sword will generally be divided into nine days to complete because of physical strength.
The earthwork blacksmith shop is a top will not do business, other people's plaques are blown big, what is the world's first swordsmith, what is the only swordsmith, before and after Jing Ming passed by but ten blacksmith shops, there are nine such plaques, and there is a place that reads'Ancestor Master Swordsmith,' like the earthwork honestly hangs the plaque of 'still a stream-casting swordsmith' is definitely disgusted that the business is too good, and sure enough, there are many birds in front of the door, and there is almost no business.
It may be that there have been no guests coming to the door for a long time, when Jing Ming stopped to watch, the master and apprentice of the hammer forged the sword more energetically, the apprentice who had to change his breath every time he smashed nine hammers was stunned and did not even stop smashing eighteen hammers, the tinkling sound in the blacksmith shop was endless, every nine sounds of heroism must be followed by a rapid and powerful sound, in this process, the apprentice looked at his master many times, not because of studying, but because he was really tired and needed to rest, the master with some white hair was all about forging the sword, he could perceive every subtlety, and he still did not stop after the second round of small cycles were completed, when the apprentice could no longer stand squatting and gasping for breath, but the master was stunned with a small hammer and knocked out the sound of a sledgehammer, so that another small cycle of hammering.
At this time, the girl who has been eating crabs in the house is very obese will eat the last crab leg, the golden autumn weather is the time to eat crabs, the woman eats three in a row, with her temper is ready to steam the crab pot, heard the hammer and cast the sword father snorted, muttered in a small voice: "What are you doing with this great effort, even if you cast a good sword, there is no one who knows the goods." ”
In the end, the father didn't dare to do anything, so he walked up to the apprentice who was squatting and panting, kicked and scolded: "Something that doesn't grow just by eating," he said, taking the sledgehammer and joining the sword.
This woman's ability is much greater than that apprentice, she knows how to inhale and charge energy, her breathing is very rhythmic and long, and the strength of the hammer is much greater.
The swordsmith is very focused, paying attention to every inch of the sword body, the sword is becoming more and more formed under the hammer of these two people, the sword body has begun to exude this sharp luster, it originally took nine days to hammer the ninety-nine eighty-one major cycle, the swordsmith and his daughter were stunned to complete it in two hours, the last small hammer of the swordsmith fell on the tip of the sword, and the long sword was flawless.
The body of this sword is slightly wider, the spine is slightly thicker, and it takes the path of a heavy sword.
Jing Ming took a step forward, ready to buy this sword, at this time a group of people broke in, the swordsmith saw that their faces were gloomy, and subconsciously wanted to hide the sword behind him, the person at the head had already seen this sword, stepped forward quickly, and said: "Master Tu, the sword has become why hide it." ”
The swordsmith's daughter's personality was as hot as a burning fire, and she scolded directly: "Get out of my house," holding the swarthy palm of his hand to push the group out, and there was a bald man in the group, he sneered, pulled out the knife in his waist, and said: "Fat pig, your father owes us the money to the shopkeeper, what's wrong with your sword to pay off the debt." ”
The woman is very fat, but she hates it very much when someone says that she is fat, and the big palm is waved at the bald man's face, and the force of striking iron directly knocks out the man's front teeth, and the man is angry and holds the knife to cut the woman's head, and in the panic when he sees that the knife is about to fall on the woman's head, a sword like autumn water penetrates in, only to hear the sound of 'ding', and the hundred refining steel knife is broken into two.
The swordsmith brought out his newly crafted sword and saved his daughter's life.
Sharpen iron like clay, this is definitely a good sword.
The man's eyes lit up, he was knowledgeable, and instantly knew that this was definitely a rare sword, so he immediately took a step forward, changed his domineering temperament, and saluted: "Master Tu, you are a trustworthy person, the shopkeeper of my family promised to help you back then, and you also promised to repay you with a sword, this sword..."
The earth master shook his hand and threw his sword on the ground, turning to clean up the stove.
Jing Ming inquired about the people around him and learned that this group of people was from Fumanzhuang, and Master Tu owed them money when he was young, and promised that the swords he cast would be auctioned in the auction house to pay off his debts until the debts were paid off.