After that, some relatively delicate operations are required, and it is a bit uneasy to hand it over to these tool makers and craftsmen.

Li Hongyun carefully looked at the red-hot iron block and felt that the effect this time seemed to be good.

Its quality is obviously better than what I have seen before.

There are fewer impurities, and the feeling when struck is moderately soft and hard.

Seems like a good embryo.

Li Hongyun closed his eyes and concentrated, trying hard to use his intuition to hammer the blade into his ideal shape.

The blade is slender, with a very perfect arc, and the two spines are slightly higher.

After having a rough shape, he took another slender piece of iron and wrapped it around the blade to turn it into a sharp edge.

Then, two pieces of iron with different carbon contents were heated and forcibly beaten to fuse together.

This process is very boring, but fortunately it can be fast forwarded.

Li Hongyun carefully controlled the fast-forwarding time. When a more delicate operation was required, he carefully controlled the force on his hands, for fear that he would use too much force and hit his head too hard.

In a sense, blacksmithing and sculpture are both craft activities, and they have something in common.

One of the essence of sculpture is that when carving, the eyes should be smaller and the nose should be larger.

Because if the eyes are made small, they can be enlarged; if the nose is made big, they can be made smaller. But if the reverse is true, if the eyes are made big and the nose is small, then there is no way to deal with it.

In the process of blacksmithing, Li Hongyun also gradually realized this, that is, in the early stage when striking the knife blade, he can use more force, but in the later stage, he has to work carefully, be cautious, and infuse a lot of patience to slowly and slowly

Only by beating it can it reach a perfect state.

Finally, the knife embryo is finished.

After quenching, Li Hongyun lifted the knife embryo and looked at it carefully, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

It can be clearly felt that it seems to be much better than the previous works.

"That's it, grind!"

After handing the knife blank to the craftsman responsible for fine polishing, Li Hongyun started the fast-forward mode.

After polishing, sharpening, and adding a scabbard and various decorations, a single sword is completed.

For this look, Li Hongyun took reference from Sheng Dynasty’s standard equipment single sword.

Compared with the Yi Dao, the blade of a single sword does not have such an obvious curvature, and the curvature of the handle does not extend along with the curve of the blade, but presents a reverse curve, which is more conducive to holding with one hand.

Moreover, the blade is lighter, the rear part is obviously thicker than the front part, and it is more flexible to swing.

Of course, these advantages are actually found out by force. In actual combat, it is still difficult for it to beat Yi Dao.

The biggest advantage of this kind of single sword is that it is easy to build.

In terms of shape, there is no need to make such a large arc, and the blade is relatively straight, which is more friendly to beginners like Li Hongyun; moreover, it does not need to go through many complicated processes like the Yi Dao, further reducing the probability of overturning.

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Since this kind of knife could become the standard equipment of the Dasheng Dynasty, it must be relatively easy to make.

And Li Hongyun's current goal is not to create a magical weapon that will be handed down from generation to generation. As long as he can barely cut off the dead pig, that's enough.

After holding this single sword in his hand and waving it a few times, Li Hongyun couldn't put it down.

He has played with many good knives in various historical slices.

Especially in the history of the Dasheng Dynasty, several barbarian knives were captured. The barbarian knives at that time were basically the pinnacle of cold weapon knife-making, whether it was the center of gravity, feel, sharpness or flexibility, basically

Everything can be said to be impeccable.

As for the single sword in his hand, if he had obtained it in the previous historical slices, he would probably have thrown it aside in disgust and looked for a better weapon.

But now, the meaning of this single sword is completely different.

After all, it took him several days of hard work to finally create a satisfying finished product!

After concentrating his efforts, this weapon instantly became different.

Li Hongyun took the sword to the sword testing platform and looked at the hard bone in the front.

To be honest, I'm a little reluctant to give it up.

This bone has become the biggest obstacle on his way to forging knives. At least five or six knives have been destroyed on this bone.

Either it was broken on the spot, or the blade was simply curled, causing it to fail the subsequent test at all.

It would be a pain for any knife maker to cut hard bones with a knife that you have worked so hard to build, but if you want to test whether the strength of the blade is up to standard, this is a step that cannot be skipped.

Li Hongyun took a deep breath, held the knife in his right hand, and slashed hard at the hard bone!

There was a muffled sound and bone fragments flew!

After a while, Li Hongyun opened his eyes and carefully looked at the blade of the single sword.

There is a slight curling phenomenon, but it’s not a big problem!

Not being interrupted is the best news.

Looking at the hard bone again, although it will return to its original shape after being chopped, at this time, there is already an obvious crack on it.

Li Hongyun couldn't help but cheer up, there's something exciting!

He came to the dead pig again.

Wiping away some of the saliva left behind by disappointment, he held the handle of the knife with both hands and took a deep breath.

Strictly speaking, this single knife is not suitable for holding with both hands, because the handle is not that long, and the shape of the handle was designed for one-handed use from the beginning.

But if you want to split this dead pig in half, you must use the power of your hands.

This will of course test the player's way of exerting force, but in general, it will test the knife itself more.

Because no matter how good a player is at using a knife, if there is a problem with the center of gravity or curvature of the knife itself, it will be difficult to use force to make up for it.

On the other hand, if the knife itself is very good, then even if there are some problems with the way it generates force, it won't hurt.

After all, Li Hongyun has experienced a lot of battles in the game. Although he is better at using muskets, his sword skills are pretty good, and there will definitely not be any big problems with the way he uses his force.

He took a deep breath, then held the knife with both hands and slashed from the upper right to the lower left!

You can clearly feel the brief feeling of blockage when the blade cuts into the skin, cuts the muscles, and chops the bones. Finally, you can feel the sudden feeling of enlightenment when the blade comes out from the other side.

Since when Li Hongyun killed enemies before, most of them were armored enemies, and he only needed to stab or chop the vital parts to be fatal, so he had never tried to cut them in half with a single blow like this.

At this time, using his own knife to create such an effect also gave him a sudden and satisfying feeling.

He did not pause, but continued to slash at the tight piece of leather with his knife, easily making a gash in it.

"Success?"

Li Hongyun gently stroked the blade, and the performance of this knife simply exceeded his previous expectations.

"So...is this the joy of craftsmen?"

Li Hongyun suddenly realized the fun of those knife forging masters and craft masters on the Internet.

The reason why human civilization has a long history and continues to thrive is precisely because humans have wisdom, and wisdom comes from constant exploration, experimentation and transformation of the world.

In ancient times, craftsmen did not have so many scientific theories to support them. They were like guides who kept groping forward in the dark, driving the continuous development of productivity from slash-and-burn cultivation to the Bronze Age and then to the Iron Age.

In ancient China, craftsmen were ranked third among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. Although craftsmen were respected to a certain extent, the importance was still far from enough. Even though science and technology had always been at the forefront during the long ancient period, the germination of modern science had not yet begun.

It was much later than the West, which led to the backwardness of modern times, but these skilled craftsmen still left a mark in the history of Chinese civilization.

The happiness that creation brings to mankind is unparalleled.

Li Hongyun spent all his energy on forging swords in the past few days. Although he was disappointed at the beginning due to constant failures, looking back now, every time he fumbled for the right heat and timing, he got closer little by little.

ultimate success.

And after he crafted a finished sword with his own hands, all the previous hard work finally turned into a huge sense of happiness, giving him enough reward.

"Okay, from now on I can use the magic weapons I forged!

"Well, it's not a magic weapon, but at least you can customize some special weapons according to your own needs!

"When I have the opportunity later, I will definitely try to make a flintlock gun with my own hands. It's very exciting just thinking about it!"

At the same time, everything around him began to change rapidly.

In the illusion of Shenji's trial, this huge workshop disappeared out of thin air and appeared directly in Li Hongyun's fiefdom, replacing the original small blacksmith shop.

As for the scene in the trial illusion, it has undergone drastic changes again.

After the white fog in front of him dispersed, Li Hongyun was surprised to find that his perspective had changed.

It becomes God’s perspective.

At this time, he seemed to be floating in the air, the white clouds blocking his vision dispersed, and the scenery below was unobstructed.

This appears to be the ruins of an imperial city.

At this time, it was being continuously demolished, and another huge imperial city was being planned on its ruins.

Tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers are busy here. Some are demolishing the ruins of the original imperial city, some are transporting various types of wood and stones, and some are constantly transporting and distributing materials transported from various places.
To be continued...