Chapter 20     The Golden Blacksmith!

"The little customer has such a good eye. It's not a prank. Although our blacksmith shop is a little smaller, the iron tools are absolutely sturdy, durable, and the price is very reasonable. If you buy such a kitchen knife for only twenty cents, you will buy it. Whether it's cut or chopping bones, you won't have a rolling blade for three to five years!"

"No, I won't buy a grocery knife!"

"Oh, the little customer wants to buy something. We have all kinds of farm tools. If you buy more, the price will be cheaper!"

Seeing that the new guest was coming, Jin Blacksmith put down his hammer and came out to entertain him warmly.

Li Zhao looked at the other party and took the initiative to bow and salute: "What do you call me?"

"I dare not be accused of it. I'm Jin Ruifeng. Everyone calls me Jin Blacksmith. I wonder what the guest official wants?"

"I want to bother Master Jin and help create a few weapons!"

"What, weapon?"

Jin Blacksmith was a little surprised. Most of the customers who wanted to buy weapons went to the big weapon shop in the city. No one had ever visited their own shops. And seeing that the other party was only fourteen or five years old, what were they doing to buy weapons?

"Little guest, we are a small blacksmith shop. We usually only make some kitchen knives, farm tools, etc. If you want to buy weapons, please go to the big weapons shop in the city to take a look!"

"I know that all you make are farm tools, but I also see that Master Jin's craftsmanship is absolutely extraordinary. The kitchen knives he made are much sharper than ordinary swords, and he uses the "Bao Steel" method. If you are not bad as expected, you should be a great craftsman who builds weapons!"

While speaking, Li Zhao flicked the knife's blade with his finger, and suddenly made a crisp sound, with endless lingering sounds.

The "Baosteel Method" is an advanced technology that appeared in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It uses 100-strength steel as the intermediate blade to increase toughness, wrap it with cooked iron to increase the hardness of the blade, and then process the blade with quenching technology... The weapon made in this way is extremely sharp, can break the strong heavy armor, and has sufficient toughness, so it is not easy to break during fighting.

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"The little guest official has such a good eye, but it's really not good. Our Jin family's ancestors were once a great craftsmen in Shangfang, the former dynasty, who specially created weapons for the emperor. His craftsmanship was definitely first-class, and there were many magical weapons and sharp blades he created.

Later, the Sui Dynasty was destroyed, and the ancestors were tragic among the people, and they still made a living by building weapons. The craftsmanship was passed down from generation to generation and the technology was perfect, but the business was declining, and the generation was worse than the other. In my generation, I even wore tofu in a hemp rope - I couldn't even mention it. Today's customers all like fancy things, and truly good weapons could not be sold!"

Jin Blacksmith's tone was full of helplessness. The weapons he created were hundreds of times stronger than those sold in the city. He looked a little simpler, so the business was extremely poor and he couldn't sell a single weapon in a year!

I couldn't put down my airs and created those flashy things. In desperation, I had to make some farm tools for sale and barely make a living!

Now, a person who knows the goods has finally come to know the goods, and his attitude is very sincere. To be honest and reasonable, he should take on this business.

"Young customer, I don't know what weapons you want. Although the shop is not in stock, as long as you tell the style, you can make it below!"

"Master Jin, I want these kinds of weapons. I wonder if you can build them?" As he spoke, Li Zhao took out four drawings from his arms, all of which were drawn in advance, and the sizes were marked on them.

The blacksmith in the golden hand was stunned. On the first drawing, there was a very strange dagger: the blade was one foot and two inches long, two inches wide, and half a minute thick. It was the shape of a short sword, with blades on both sides, and four deep blood grooves; the handle was six inches long, with a protective barrier in front and a counterweight behind... Its shape was hideous and mighty.

The Jin blacksmith lived for most of his life and had been living by forging, but he had never seen such a dagger.

Strange, so strange!

To be fair, it is not because of Jin Blacksmith's shallow knowledge, but the dagger that Li Zhao wanted to create was not a product of this era at all. It should have appeared more than a thousand years later, and there is a very loud name: the Bayi Army Bastion!

The Bayi Army Battalion looks strange, but it is actually a killing weapon, and has three major advantages:

First, the blade is thick and strong. During the fight, even if it hits the opponent's weapon, it will not be broken easily. It is absolutely sturdy and durable.

Second, there are four bloodletting grooves on the blade. As long as you hit it, blood will spurt out of the wound. Even if it is not stabbed into the vital part, it can quickly kill people. Therefore, it has a nickname: Bloodletting King!

Third, there is a counterweight behind the hilt, which can be used as a hammer. When fighting against the enemy, hitting the head hard can be fatal!

Holding such a sharp blade in hand and fighting with the enemy in close combat will definitely take advantage of it.

Unfortunately, the technology of this era is limited. Otherwise, when smelting, a certain amount of arsenic (the main component of arsenic, highly toxic) would be added to the military assault, which would be even more perfect. Just scratch the skin a little, it would be enough to kill the enemy.

The Tang Dynasty did not have this technology, but after the military sect was built, soaking it in arsenic water can also increase the lethality!

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On the second drawing, the drawing is a kind of hand-shaking dart, which is three inches and seven cents long and weighs three taels and two cents. The front is a triangular sharp dart head with strong penetration and a small wooden tail wing behind it, which can increase flight stability. A total of thirty-two pieces are needed.

On the third drawing, there are a complete set of climbing tools: flying claws, ropes, pulleys, iron locks, small steel cones, small steel hammers... There are as many as twenty or thirty types.

If you have this set of tools and Li Zhao's ability, you will really be walking on high buildings and walking on flat ground.

The fourth drawing is even more strange. They are some parts of large and small, strange shapes, made of metal, wooden, corner, and tendons... but I don’t know what to do?

The blacksmith of Jin has been fighting iron for half his life, but he has never seen so many strange things. It’s really a bit like a little bit of a tiny jingle - a ignorant feeling!

Then again, the business of the small blacksmith shop has always been not very good. Sometimes I can’t even make three meals a day. Now that a big business comes, there is naturally no reason to refuse. The things are a little weird, but they can still be made with my own skills.

The question is, what is the identity of this little guest official, and whether he has the right to wear a sword. If he randomly creates weapons for others, once something happens, the government will be punished.

"Master Jin doesn't have to worry. This is my master's fish talisman. Please check it out!"

Li Zhao took out a bronze fish talisman from his arms, which was engraved with information such as his name, origin, birthday, etc. In other words, the fish talisman is a kind of advanced ID card.

Tang system regulations:

Prince, Prince... and officials above the third rank were wearing purple robes, goldfish bags, and a goldfish talisman inside.

Children of the royal family with titles and officials above the fifth rank were wearing red robes, silverfish bags, and a silverfish talisman inside.

The idle royal family and officials under the sixth rank were wearing green robes, blue fish bags, and a bronze fish talisman was installed inside.

Although Li Zhao had no official position, he was a clan of the royal family after all, so he owned a bronze fish talisman and enjoyed the privileges of not paying taxes, not serving labor service, wearing a long sword, and not worshipping officials below the fourth rank...

"Oh, I'm sorry, the little man is a clumsy. It turns out that the little man is a clan of the royal family. The villain is really disrespectful. There were many offensive things in his words just now. Please give me a lot of them, so I'll forgive me!" Jin Blacksmith then realized that the little guest in front of him was actually a phoenix son and dragon grandson. He hurriedly bowed and looked very polite.

Although Li Zhao was just an idle royal family, with no official position or no title, he almost couldn't have enough food a few days ago, but in the eyes of these poor people, he was a noble figure.

"I'm grateful to the young master for his attention. The villain must have shown his unique skills and build these weapons well. But I don't know what materials the young master wants to use. There is only ordinary cooked iron in the small shop. If you want to use high-quality fine iron or 100-sharpened steel, you have to buy it in the city!"

"The last few items are made of fine iron and 100 steel. As for this dagger, I have a piece of material here. Can you see if it can be used?" As he spoke, Li Zhao took out an iron ingot from his arms, which was the one he won from the casino before!

"This is...god...is it?"

The Jin blacksmith took the iron ingot, looked at it repeatedly for a while, weighed the weight again, and his expression became excited, as if he had seen a rare treasure. Then he placed the iron ingot on the cutting board, picked up a hatchet and chopped it hard.

With a loud ding, the hatchet bounced back, and a gap the size of a broad bean popped up on the sharp blade, but the iron ingot was not damaged at all, and no trace was left behind!

"Haha, that's right, it's it, a treasure that's more expensive than gold. How can you get this thing?"

"According to this, Master Jin met him?"

"If the villain reads correctly, this is the famous Persian parasite!"

"What, Persian parasite?"

"That's right!"

Jin Blacksmith nodded surely, and then explained:

In ancient Persia, a very special steel was produced. The sword made of swords were cut into gold and broken jade. It was extremely sharp. The blade was covered with a pattern, like a moving cloud, like flowing water, and was extremely beautiful, so it was named: pattern steel!

Since the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Persian merchants brought this pattern to Middle Earth, which immediately caused a huge sensation. It was regarded as the best material for building weapons. With the superb forging technology of Middle Earth craftsmen, many magical weapons and blades were born.

However, the output of this kind of paraform steel is very small, and even less flowing into the middle ground, so the price is ridiculously high. Now in the market in Chang'an City, one or two paraform steel can be exchanged for three or two gold!

This piece of pattern steel weighs about three kilograms, which is equivalent to nine kilograms of gold, which is 144 kilograms. (One kilogram and 16 kilograms in the Tang Dynasty.)

One tael of gold can be exchanged for ten taels of silver, and one tael of silver is a permanent copper coin!

In other words, this piece of patterned steel is worth 1,440 guan of copper coins, which is definitely a huge sum of money for ordinary people. Buying a house, buying a land, and marrying a wife and taking concubines is enough.

(End of this chapter)
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