Chapter 24: A Day of Satisfaction
Where is this kitchen knife, it's obviously a murder weapon, if you really use it to cut vegetables, I'm afraid not only the vegetables will be cut, but even the table will be cut in half.
Thinking of this, he put the kitchen knife aside and said, "You made it?!"
"Yes!" the little leopard nodded, with a smug smile on his face, and being able to use the materials used to make kitchen knives to create kitchen knives that were as sharp as fine weapons was enough to show his talent in iron smelting.
You must know that the Wujia iron shop operates a variety of iron business, from the hammers and hoes used by farmers, scissors and kitchen knives used by citizens, to the weapons and iron armor in the army.
Because of this, the various blacksmiths of the Wu family are mainly divided into three categories, one is to specialize in building weapons and equipment, and the other is to build civilian equipment, the two are distinct, but the status of building military equipment is much higher than that of building civilian products.
After all, the requirements for military equipment are much higher than those for civilian equipment, and each weapon iron armor is related to the life of a soldier, so even the Wujia ironware shop has to be cautious, in the Wujia ironware shop, there are blacksmiths who specialize in creating this type of weapon, these blacksmiths, even if they are not craftsmen, are craftsmen with at least ten years of experience.
Weapons are not only needed by the army, but also by the people in the rivers and lakes, so the third category of the Wujia weapons shop is to create all kinds of weapons for the people in the rivers and lakes, and the weapons created for the people in the rivers and lakes are different from the previous two categories, most of the people in the rivers and lakes wander the rivers and lakes, belonging to the kind of guys who do not enter the stream, and they do not pay attention to weapons, as long as they are sharp and strong, this kind of weapons does not need craftsmen to build, only some skilled blacksmiths are needed, the Wujia family is not lacking in such people, but there are also some famous people who have high requirements for weapons, they need to be tailor-made, and there are many requirements, these requirements, even some ordinary craftsmen are difficult to do, fortunately, there are not many such people, so the demand is not large, with the foundation of the Wu family's master craftsmen, it is enough to meet the demand.
Qingyangji's ironware shop is small, it belongs to the lowest status and the smallest level of Wujia ironware shop, there is only one craftsman, and it is also a teacher, and it usually doesn't shoot at all, and it only does two kinds of trading, one is ordinary civilian ironware, and the other is ordinary Jianghu people's weapons.
Therefore, the blacksmiths here are also divided into these two, but the requirements for building weapons are always much higher than kitchen knives and the like, so their treatment is much better than that of another blacksmith, not to mention that the salary alone is twice as high as that for building civilian iron.
An apprentice like Little Leopard was originally unpaid, and the blacksmith shop provided you with food, clothing, and taught you the craft, and you still had to be paid?
However, there is no salary, but there is a reward, if you can create some high-quality utensils, the ironsmith shop will give you a reward, the reward is measured by the value of the utensils you build, of course, there is also the meaning of encouragement, encourage these apprentices to learn with their hearts, a lot of high-quality products, naturally, these so-called high-quality products, refers to civilian utensils, as for weapons and the like, it can only be those apprentices who have a teacher, that is, the real blacksmith can touch things, in the blacksmith shop of the Wu family, there is also a rule, an apprentice, as long as he can create a qualified weapon, he can get rid of the identity of the apprentice, become a blacksmith, and get paid.
Generally speaking, from an apprentice to a qualified blacksmith, ordinary people have to go through at least five years, and this little leopard has only been here for half a year, and he has such a level, which really surprised Qin Xuanlong, but he was surprised, looking at the forging level shown by the kitchen knife in his hand, Qin Xuanlong decided that the forging level of this little leopard had reached the level of forging weapons, and at the same time, he also saw that this kid's future future is much brighter than his own。
As one of the people in the Wujia iron shop, he is naturally clear about the origin of the little leopard, this kid was born in a mountain village, and the reason why he came to this Wujia as an apprentice is just because there are too many men in their family, and they can't afford to raise them, so they left the door and came in as an apprentice, and no one would have thought that this kid was a genius at that time.
But even if he is a genius, he is just a child now, and what achievements he wants to achieve is also a matter of the future, now, he is just a poor boy, if he helps him at this time, it is tantamount to sending charcoal in the snow, so Qin Xuanlong will make such a decision. In his opinion, no matter how talented the little leopard is, he is only an eight-year-old child, and he will definitely be grateful to himself for this incident.
The little leopard is indeed very grateful to him, but he is not as grateful as he imagined, and it is naturally not difficult for him to guess what kind of idea Qin Xuanlong has in mind, but this kind of thing is good for everyone, and it is strange not to accept it.
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It has been more than half a year since the little leopard successfully got rid of his apprenticeship and became a qualified blacksmith.
In the past half a year, the little leopard has lived a very nourishing life, and the blacksmith's monthly salary is also considered to be the best in the entire Qingyang Market, even if a large part of it is used by him to subsidize the family, the rest is enough for him to live a very nourishing life, not to mention, there are bonuses to be won in this Wujia ironware shop.
After more than half a year of forging career running-in, in terms of building weapons, the little leopard is basically a combination of theory and practice, in terms of craftsmanship, in the entire Wujia ironware shop can be regarded as a genus two.
Qin Xuanlong was shocked to see his progress, and made the same decision as Lao Xing Tou at that time, so that after the little leopard turned ten years old, he would participate in the first round of selection of the entire Wu family, he believed that with the current level of the little leopard, it was enough to stand out in the selection, plus his age, he would definitely be valued by the Wu family and become a core member of the Wu family.
The little leopard understands that there are two key factors why he is so good, the most important is the epiphany that happened in the backyard smashing the stake, that epiphany, he benefited a lot, and he has a perfect understanding of the rhythm and strength of the hammering, for a long time in the future, the little leopard has tried countless times to get himself into that state, but the result is in vain, he can only give up, and even, if it is not for his eyes to maintain in that strange state, he can't even fully grasp his epiphany。
"Fortunately, my eyes are perverted enough!" the little leopard walked on the street, breathing in the fresh air, feeling the warm sunshine, and the corners of his mouth curved a trace of smugness.
Another factor is his heart method of leaving the fire, this heart method is the fire practice method, although the level is not high, but it greatly improves the little leopard's mastery of the fire temperature, ordinary blacksmiths, just experience to master the fire, the little leopard is different, he has the internal qi from the fire in the body, you can use the internal qi of your fire line to detect the temperature and fire of the object at any time, which is much more direct than just experience.
Therefore, he is very satisfied with his current life.
Can you not be satisfied? With enough money to spend, the workload is not large, and you can learn your favorite martial arts, is there anything more enjoyable in this world?
Without!
At least the little leopard thinks it's gone.