Chapter 24 The Spear
Walking into Anping Street, the first thing you feel is the bustling crowd and the chaotic shouting sound, the third child has never seen so many people when he is so old!
In the crowd, there were not only Dawan people wearing animal skins, but also Central Plains people wearing silk and black pupils like him.
With the growing economic exchanges between the Central Plains and Dawan, it is not surprising to see the Central Plains people here, after all, economic exchanges are beneficial to both sides, and no one will think that their tribe is strong.
Dawan does not pay attention to production, animal husbandry is the most important, and the principle of the Central Plains pays more attention to production, the grain and cloth of the Central Plains are very expensive in Dawan, and the meat of Dawan is also valuable in the Central Plains.
The third child walked into the crowd, his height was too short, not to mention Dawan, even compared with the Central Plains, he seemed short, so he almost earned enough eyeballs along the way.
"Grandpa Tong, Grandpa Tong......"
A little girl stood on the carriage, took the arm of the old man next to her, pointed to the third child who passed by from the carriage and said, "Look at that person, he looks so small, like the uncle who sells cooking cakes in our alley in Biancheng." ”
"Xing'er, don't point your finger at people indiscriminately, this kind of behavior is very impolite. The old man's face was loving, although he was reprimanding, but more of a girl was teaching her to learn to be polite.
"But he's really like Uncle Wu who sells cooking cakes. Although the little girl muttered unwillingly, she obediently withdrew her fingers.
"This friend, my young lady is not sensible, if you are offended, the old slave apologizes to you here, and I hope you don't know like a child!"
"Get out of the way, kid......"
The third child smiled, although he is not very old, but his mind is very mature, and with his current honor, no one is surprised to say such things!
"This friend is extraordinary, and he will be extraordinary. The old man complimented, thanking the other party for his understanding.
"It's okay!" the third child waved his hand, then looked at the old man with a curious look and asked, "Oh yes...... Who is the little girl talking about Wuda, is it very famous?"
"Forehead ......"
The old man was stunned for a moment, and then there was a touch of embarrassment on his face, but he was quickly covered by a smile, and explained with a smile: "This friend misunderstood, the Wuda in Miss's mouth is just a vendor selling cooking cakes, because Miss likes to eat the cooking cakes he makes, so she came out of his mouth." ”
"Oh...... So that's what happened!" The third child nodded, and then smiled: "Okay, I still have something to do, don't leave it at that!"
The old man arched his hand, smiled and said that there would be a time later, and then drove away in the carriage!
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After the old man left, the third child also continued to look for the blacksmith shop on both sides of the street, but he couldn't help but think of the name that the little girl had just shouted, Wu Da...... This name sounds very majestic, his name is the third child, the third child is a little awkward, he is thinking about whether to change the name of the mighty and domineering, but he didn't expect that the little girl has solved this problem for herself, Wu Da ...... Sounds lofty.
Just when he had just decided to use the name Wuda, the sound of gold and iron clashing suddenly came from the front!
"Bell", "bell", "bell", ......
Even in this noisy street, the continuous sound is clearly audible, and the continuous sound is in one key, which is obvious...... It's the sound of banging!
There was a touch of joy on the third child's face, he didn't expect to find the blacksmith shop so quickly, and it was effortless, just a few more steps!
Passing through the crowd, and in less than a cup of tea, he came to the place where the sound of striking iron was heard, but to his surprise, it was not a blacksmith's shop, but a huge circular stone platform, ten feet high, surrounded by people.
On the stone platform, a raging fire was burning, and seven strong men stood on it, five of them stood in a row, and the other two were busy, one squatting not far from the flames, pulling the bellows hard, so that the temperature of the flames reached its peak.
The other was sweating beside the flames, and a hammer the size of a child's head was struck accurately on the stone by his dancing tiger.
The stone is red, and it looks like it has been forged for a long time, but each blow only slightly deforms the stone, and it will definitely take a lot of time to forge it into a weapon.
Every time the strong man struck, the bulging muscles on his body like the roots of an old tree would tremble violently, and under the gaze of the third man, this person swung the hammer a total of fifty-three times, as for how many times he had before, he didn't know.
After fifty-three strokes, the strong man's body shook a little, and then he took a step back, and the five strong men standing behind him walked out directly, took the forging blow, and continued to wave without pause.
In this way, under the continuous alternation of the hammer-wielding man and the person pulling the bellows, the seven of them forged for three hours without any interruption, and the stone was finally blown to the limit, the impurities were gone, and all that was left was the essence!
Not only the third child, but everyone was stunned at the same time, they were also looking forward to seeing the formation of this weapon!
"This friend, why are they forging weapons here?" the third child pulled a big man beside him.
Dahan was watching happily at this time, and kept cheering as the forging hammer was waved, when he suddenly felt that someone was pulling him, and turned his head to look at it with an unhappy face, and saw that it was a small dwarf, and he was ready to get angry.
However, his anger did not come out after all, because he saw a golden baht.
The third child handed the golden baht to Dahan, and with a hint of apology, explained: "This friend, I'm really sorry to disturb you." ”
The big man took the golden baht with a smile, and then waved his big hand, and said heroically: "What did my brother say, people in my generation naturally want to help each other when they have something, you still apologize, didn't you break me?"
"Yes, yes, it's all down, it's not. The third child hurriedly said, "Friend, do you know why they want to forge weapons here?"
"Of course you know!"
"I hope my friends will give me advice!"
"Hmm!"
Dahan nodded, for the sake of Jin Baht's face, he will also tell the truth!
"Before I introduce the reason, let me introduce you to the identities of these seven people!"
"Please ......"
"These seven people are surnamed Hu, they are the brothers of a milk compatriot, the name is for the convenience of remembering, others call them Hu Yi to Hu Qi, these seven brothers are my famous forging master in Dawan, and the weapons created are highly sought after by Dawan people!"
"Just a month ago, these seven brothers inadvertently obtained an extremely hard strange stone, and at that time, the seven brothers worked together to forge a war knife with iron like clay, which was bought by a great Wanwu general at a high price. ”
"That's the strange stone you're talking about?" the third child interrupted the big man's words, and pointed to the stone that the seven big men were forging on the stage with a puzzled expression!
"Isn't it?"
"That ......"
"Listen to what I say and you'll understand!" Dahan knew what the other party wanted to ask, and said directly without waiting for the special question: "Just after that military general bought the war knife, he returned it seven days later, and it was not the war knife that was returned, but the stone!"
"What? You mean the sword turned back into stone after seven days?" The news was a bit shocking, how could a piece of sword be forged back into stone again?
"Not bad!"
Dahan nodded and gave his guess an accurate answer!
"What the hell is going on?" asked the third again, already curious about the stone.
"Who knows?" the big man shrugged, a bearded man made this action, but it was a different flavor.
However, Dahan still continued to explain: "In the general's sword...... After the strange stone was returned, the seven brothers were not reconciled, and once again forged a heavy sword from this stone and sold it, but seven days later, the person who bought the heavy sword returned the strange stone like the general. ”
"There is such a miraculous thing in the world!"
"Yes, these seven brothers are also brainless, and this strange stone is more energetic, over and over again the strange stone into a weapon, but again and again from the weapon back to the strange stone, alas......" said this, the big man sighed, who doesn't like to sharpen iron like clay weapons, this strange stone has such qualifications, but it has the power of mysterious return to the light, it's a pity......
"And there is one more important point...... "Dahan has not finished speaking: "Every time this strange stone is forged, the hardness will increase by one point, this time, it is estimated that it is the last time the seven brothers of the Hu family will forge this strange stone, if it doesn't work, the next time the hardness of this strange stone, they will not be able to break the ......"
"No wonder!"
The third child suppressed the shock in his heart, looked at the seven brothers who had lost their strength on the stone platform, and then fixed his eyes on the strange stone that was constantly changing shape.
Forged so far, the weapon has taken on a basic shape, it is a stick, but I don't know what they will make in the end, but it must be a long weapon, it may be a gun, it may be a halberd, or it may be a long stick!
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The big man no longer spoke, just like the third child, his eyes were all on the weapon that was about to take shape, guessing what kind of weapon it would be!
"When", "When", "When"......
The seven brothers on the stage did not stop for a moment, and gradually ...... A wisp of sharpness came out of the weapon, and this sharp aura was extremely condensed, obviously a weapon that concentrated attacks at one point!
Guns, must be guns.
The third child seems to have a sense, in fact, it is not only him, many people have already guessed what the weapon will be!
Time was still moving slowly, and finally, after another pillar of incense, the last strong man who waved the forging blow suddenly picked up the weapon that had been burned red and plunged into the water!
"Laha ......"
A stream of heat rose from the water, covering the pool and the seven strong men.
Immediately afterwards, an extremely sharp, as if killing the common people's aura suddenly appeared, enveloping the entire stone platform, including the crowd watching the excitement under the stage!
This sharp energy emerged from that layer of mist, and the sharp qi seemed to want to pierce everyone's bodies, causing the skin on everyone's body to appear a little dented.
This gun is too strong.