Chapter 54: Assembly Line Operation (I)

Three days later, a convoy came from outside the gate of Qianjifang, and twelve long hybrid cars filled the huge field at the entrance.

A few stewards hurried over, only to see an old man with a withered face stepping out of the hybrid car at the head.

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly greeted them, and saluted and greeted each other.

"It turned out to be Sun Immortal Craftsman's arrival!"

"Juniors meet Sun Miao Immortal Craftsman!"

"The apprentice greets the ancestor..."

“......”

"Master?" Sun Miao glanced at a steward with some curiosity: "Which one is your master?"

The deputy steward of the alchemy room replied respectfully: "Family master Dan Yunzi, the apprentice grandson once accompanied the master to visit the ancestor, just last year..."

"Oh, remember... Well, what about your young patriarch?"

Sun Miao was a little embarrassed and quickly pulled the words away.

His apprentices have collected too much, and the apprentices and grandchildren are even more thousand, and the family is often crowded with people for three festivals and two longevitys, where can you recognize them all?

Before the words fell, Zhao Qian had already appeared at the door with two dark circles under his eyes, looked at the hybrid cars, and said with a smile:

"Uncle Sun, why do you bother to send it personally?

Sun Miao greeted him with a bright smile, and said angrily: "What uncle is not uncle, give face, call me Brother Sun, if it doesn't work, just call me Lao Sun!"

Zhao Gan led him inside, laughing as he walked: "Then how can it be done, Uncle Sun and my father have a relationship with each other, I can't mess up the generations." ”

"Let's talk about each other, besides, if you really want to count the generations, the God of Wealth is a few generations higher than me!"

Zhao Qian laughed and said, "Okay, then I'll call you Brother Sun in the future, everything is ready?"

Sun Miao smiled: "Brother, can you still do what you ordered? I came today to open my eyes, but I don't know if I can have this honor?"

Zhao Qian laughed and said, "Outsiders can't see it, can't your brother Sun see it?"

Sun Miao shook his head and sighed: "If you can really do it, you will be able to leave a name in history, and I can also get a little light and witness history!"

The two of them walked inside, and a group of stewards and craftsmen gathered at the door, looking at the strange things removed from the hybrid car, whispering.

"This is the Dan Furnace, why is it so small?"

"Is this the kitchen counter? Young Patriarch is here to improve our food?"

"Hey, what's this, hanger?"

"How did the desk move into the refining room?"

"Are these boxes full of medicinal herbs?"

"How is it possible, just in our alchemy room, so many medicinal materials can't be refined in a few years..."

"Also, Steward Qiu, you are in charge of the account room, how many accounts have been issued in the past few days?"

"The young patriarch only mentioned eighty immortal stones. ”

"Eighty Immortal Stones... It's enough to buy a few Dan furnaces, but depending on the relationship between the young patriarch and Sun Miao's immortal craftsman, it is possible to sell them half and give them away. ”

"That's right, anyway, it's only three months, as long as it's not for the help of the clan, it's not against the law. ”

“......”

Xiao Hammer and Song Gongming were busy, directing those workers to send these strange things into the three refining chambers in different categories.

Zhao Qian and Sun Miao had been waiting in the refining room for a long time, watching the metal tables spliced together and forming the furnaces one by one.

Later, on the desk, there were metal blocks again, smooth on three sides, only the front was engraved with grooves, which were strange and strange, and I don't know what it was for.

The stewards had already followed, and they were confused.

After a few hours of busy work, the refining room has completely changed.

A series of silver shining metal tables are connected horizontally and vertically, like a silver dragon shuttling between the furnaces.

On the metal table, there were small objects like measuring array vessels connected to each piece of metal, with pointers and scales on them.

At the other end of the metal block, there are dark pipes that lead directly to the furnace mouth, and at the top is a funnel-shaped thing.

In addition to those in charge, the craftsmen of the original refining room were also gathered in the corner at this time, and they were also confused.

Gu Zhen is a true craftsman who has been working in Qianjifang for more than 40 years.

Although his qualifications are limited, and he has no hope of being a heavenly craftsman in this life, he has rich experience and can be regarded as a master in the Thousand Machine Workshop.

He led a team to be responsible for the casting of the No. 3 standard flying sword, and after so many years, every process and step has been honed into instinct, and he will never make a mistake with his eyes closed.

At this time, he was stunned to look at the metal table in front of a furnace on the left.

On that metal table, there were a total of thirteen metal blocks, each with different grooves, large and small.

He poked a craftsman beside him with his arm and asked softly, "Old Hu, do you understand what those things are?"

A man with a beard and a dark complexion was drinking water with a teapot on his face, and when he heard this, he glanced at him and said:

"Hell knows what that weird thing is... We do our job. ”

Gu Zhen smiled bitterly: "According to this arrangement, there is no place to stay... What are we going to do in the future?"

Lao Hu put down the teapot and said with a smile:

"You call salty radishes and don't worry about it, the owner can't make this battle for no reason.

Besides, as long as you have a lot of money, why do you care so much?"

Gu Zhen pointed to the metal table in front of the furnace:

"Don't you think the grooves on those things look familiar? Look at the one in the middle, doesn't it look like a sword embryo when it is formed?"

"Hey, what you say is really a bit like..."

"And a few on the side, the hilt of the sword, the support... It's all there, but there are a few more, so I don't know what it is. ”

"Could it be that the proprietor is going to forge a sword with this thing? What are you kidding... Each sword embryo has to be tempered thousands of times before it can be formed, so what's the use of just having an appearance?"

The two were chatting there, and Zhao Qian had already taken Sun Miao, Xiao Hammer, Song Gongming and others to walk around the refining room.

Sun Miao pointed to the metal blocks and pipes and smiled: "Nothing else, these molds have taken me a lot of effort."

Mithril is just that, it's nothing more than spending a little more money, but Black Fire Sands is not easy to find.

For the sake of these pipes, I asked someone to empty all the stocks in the treasure house of the Maid Immortal Association to get them together.

Well, how do you do this assembly line work, can you show me now?"

"Let's try it first..."

Zhao Qian turned his head and looked in the direction where the craftsmen were.

Song Gongming immediately took a step forward and provided personnel information:

"Master, the old master at the front is named Gu Zhen, a true craftsman who has been working in Qianjifang for forty-three years, earlier than Wan Bo.

Now he is mainly responsible for the casting of the No. 3 standard flying sword, with skillful techniques and superb skills, and for six consecutive years, he is the quality pacesetter of the refining room. ”

"Oh, that's a talent, although it's just a real craftsman, but the foundation should be good, let him choose a few people. ”

Song Gongming immediately ran over, and after a while, he walked back with Gu Zhen and his three craftsmen.

Zhao Qian gestured towards Gu Zhen's head, took out a jade slip and handed it over, then pointed to the furnace behind him, and said:

"Master Gu, I have a recipe here, after you prepare the mineral materials, you will open the furnace and smelt it, no problem, right?"

Gu Zhen didn't reply first, but looked at it with his spiritual sense, pondered for a while, and then nodded:

"The melting point of these minerals is not high, and the ordinary furnace is enough, and there is no problem. ”

"Okay, let's get started!"

Gu Zhen didn't say much, and got busy with a few craftsmen.

There are a total of seventeen kinds of mineral materials on Zhao Qian's formula, several of which are rarely used on weekdays, and Qianji Pavilion has not been stocked, but Sun Miao has already prepared them according to Zhao Gan's list.

Add spirit stones, start the formation, and in a short time, a blazing flame has been ignited in the furnace, and Gu Zhen added the mineral materials in order according to the requirements of the jade slip.

Ten minutes later, there was a puddle of pale golden metal solution in the furnace.

Zhao Qian looked at the color of the flames, shook his head and said, "Replace two immortal stones, increase the temperature by three hundred degrees, and then smelt for another ten minutes." ”

"Huh?" Gu Zhen was stunned.

The price of a No. 3 standard flying sword is only more than a hundred spirit stones, and depending on the amount of metal solution in the furnace, at most two can be refined.

Warming up with fairy stones?

That's too expensive, isn't it?

However, since it was the owner's order, he naturally didn't say anything, took the immortal stone handed over by Zhao Gan, and filled it into the array plate under the furnace ding.

Ten minutes later, the metal solution had become less voluminous, and its color had turned to pure gold.

"Okay, let's get two-thirds of the solution into tube No. 1. ”

Those pipes and funnels leading to the furnace mouth were numbered, and in the middle was the No. 1 pipe, Gu Zhen distinguished it a little, and then operated.

The golden solution flowed through the funnel, and a moment later, it appeared in the groove of the central piece of metal, which was just filled.

"The rest of the solution, three into the No. 2 tube, one into the No. 3 tube, half into the No. 4 tube..."

Zhao Qian's words did not stop, and Gu Zhen did it one by one.

In a short time, the metal table in front of the furnace was filled with golden solution in the grooves of each metal block.

"It's okay, there is a formation next to each mold, fill in the spirit stone to start, and cool down quickly in five minutes!"

"This..."

Not only Gu Zhen, but all the craftsmen were a little dumbfounded.

The metal solution melted at high temperature must be cooled slowly, otherwise extremely fine cracks and bubbles will be formed inside, which will have a great impact on the material, which is common sense that even ordinary instrument repairers know.

This one is good, and it is directly cooled down rapidly with the formation, so that the forged sword embryo is only afraid that it will shatter at the slightest touch, right?

Zhao Qian frowned, and beside him, Xiao Hammer shouted: "What are you waiting for?

His voice was too loud, and Gu Zhen trembled with fright, and quickly found the formation on the side, filling in a spirit stone in the central part.

With the sound of 'sizzle', a thin layer of colored light flashed on the surface of the golden solution.

Five minutes later, the spirit stone shattered, and a sword embryo with a layer of multicolored light floating on the surface was also formed.

Zhao Qian walked to the front of the mold and took a few looks, and said with a smile: "Master Gu's craftsmanship is good, and the heat is just right." ”

Everyone looked at each other.

You must know that the most labor-intensive thing in forging a flying sword is the sword embryo, even if it is a veteran like Gu Zhen, it will take several days of hard work and thousands of tempers to take shape.

But now?

The front and back add up to less than half an hour, and that's it?

You're kidding...