Chapter 39: Doing What You Want (Fifth Update)
Originally, Blacksmith Qi thought that he could teach Jiang Lin for at least ten days and a half.
As a result, in just one day, Jiang Lin's progress was far faster than he imagined.
The only consolation is that Jiang Lin still has a big gap in mastering the quenching time and quenching position.
Jiang Lin said humbly: "Master Qi is too self-effacing. Even if he masters the quenching technique, he can still learn how to sharpen it."
"Edging is the simplest skill in the entire casting process. It won't be a problem for you. After a little practice, you will know how to do it." Blacksmith Qi said.
This is true, military weapons do not have high requirements for sharpening, especially the angle, most of which are only about 60 degrees.
To put it simply, it means that it is not sharpened to prevent it from breaking easily when chopping the enemy's armor and colliding with weapons.
On the contrary, folk kitchen knives and the like have higher requirements for the angle of the cutting edge. After all, cutting meat and vegetables only requires a sharp edge, and it will not come into contact with anything very hard.
Bone cleavers and the like, he said.
All in all, Jiang Lin has learned the three most difficult casting skills so far, and is only one step away from becoming a real blacksmith.
After tempering a few more knives, it was getting dark and it was time for the blacksmiths to call it a day and go back to eat.
"Master, I want to temper these weapons that failed to be tempered again," Jiang Lin said.
Zhao Yankui was exhausted after a day of hard work. Hearing this, he said, "There's no need to work so hard. It's not too late to come back tomorrow."
"Today's business is finished today." Jiang Lin said.
Zhao Yankui understood his temperament and nodded: "In that case, you can see for yourself. Don't be too tired."
Then, all the blacksmiths left, and only Jiang Lin stayed to work.
An apprentice planned to come to help, but he refused.
Jiang Lin wanted to take this opportunity to continue to improve his proficiency in fire-making and tempering, as well as to collect gold and fire spirits.
Asking others to help is equivalent to doing it in vain.
When the apprentices saw that he persisted, they couldn't say much and could only leave one after another.
Not far away, I heard the whirring of the bellows coming from the blacksmith shop.
Some apprentices lamented: "Master Jiang is Master Jiang. He is so talented, yet he works harder than me. It is really incomparable."
"Who says it's not the case? I guess, he might want to take regular tests this year before becoming a full-time player."
The apprentice next to him was full of surprise: "Will he become a full-time employee this year? He will only be two months old by then, right?"
"You haven't noticed. Mr. Jiang has started to learn the quenching skills from making fire to tempering. And in line with the master's intention, he seems to have learned quite well. Judging from this speed, it is not surprising to catch up with this year's regular test."< br>
Several apprentices looked strange when they heard this. Some of them have been in the South Blacksmith Camp for one year, two years, and even three or five years, but they still haven't been able to become full-time employees.
Jiang Lin will become an official blacksmith in two months?
But thinking about the progress of Jiang Lin's skills, it seems that there is really something to be done.
At the same time, in the dining room, Blacksmith Qi was talking to Zhao Yankui about this matter.
"With Jiang Lin's current crazy energy, I'm afraid the regular test will become a regular test this year?"
Zhao Yankui held the rice bowl and swallowed it in big mouthfuls. After most of the bowl was in his stomach, he said: "Then let's go."
Blacksmith Qi looked puzzled: "Aren't you surprised?"
"What's so surprising?" Zhao Yankui continued to grab the food and said: "This kid's future is far beyond what you and I can compare with. Regardless of talent or other things."
After finishing half a bowl of food, Zhao Yankui put down his bowl and chopsticks, and then said with a solemn expression: "How long do you think Jiang Lin can stay in the blacksmith camp?"
"What do you mean by this?" Blacksmith Qi asked even more confused.
"The best blacksmith in our blacksmith camp never stays here for long. Even if he is a master craftsman, it is difficult to retain someone. Either he will be transferred away by the palace as a royal servant, or he will be poached and used by those aristocratic families. The worst is Asked by the border army to make sharp weapons.”
Zhao Yankui sighed and said: "With Jiang Lin's talent, his reputation is still small now. When he really rises to prominence, someone will come to seduce him." Blacksmith Qi listened silently, and this was indeed true.
The best blacksmiths can never stay in the blacksmith camp. They are all blacksmiths, so why don't they go to a better place.
Those aristocratic families can offer a monthly salary of a hundred taels of silver to a high-grade blacksmith.
What about the blacksmith camp?
Even the master craftsman's current monthly salary is only fifty taels.
The assistant craftsman earns thirty taels, a master like Zhao Yankui earns eighteen taels, and an ordinary blacksmith cannot earn more than ten taels of silver a month.
With such a huge gap, how many people can endure it.
Blacksmith Qi sighed quietly and wondered if there was any way to keep him here, such as not allowing Jiang Lin to participate in this year's regular test.
But after thinking about it, I still couldn't say it.
People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places.
If he had such talent, would he be willing to stay in the blacksmith camp?
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Blacksmith Qi felt that he might not be able to do it either.
As the saying goes, don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you. Why force others to do things you can’t do yourself?
Zhao Yankui patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, even if he leaves, it won't be ten days and a half. It's still early. Look at me, I won't worry about this kind of thing."
Blacksmith Qi said angrily: "Of course you won't be bothered. That's your apprentice. The more famous he is, the brighter your face will be. I'm different. If you are promoted to deputy craftsman, then I will..."
Blacksmith Qi stopped mid-sentence. He wanted to say that if he succeeded as master, it would be painful to see a good young man like Jiang Lin fly away.
Zhao Yankui laughed, because Blacksmith Qi was right.
No matter where Jiang Lin is, he always holds the title of master.
At this time, in the blacksmith shop, Jiang Lin had already re-calcined a weapon and was hammering it with a hammer.
Sparks flew everywhere, and the originally twisted and deformed blade was knocked back to its original shape, but the black spots on it did not disappear.
Failure in quenching would bring more defects to the weapon, so Jiang Lin simply eliminated the defects without stopping.
【Long knife of average quality】
Looking at the evaluation information of the weapon, Jiang Lin smiled slightly.
He is personally quite satisfied with the progress these days.
"There are still about ten days left before the regular test. The quenching is already at level 4. It should be able to successfully reach level 5 tomorrow. By then, it can basically handle the casting of most weapons. As for sharpening..."
Jiang Lin thought for a while and decided that even if he learned the quenching technique, he would wait two days before learning to sharpen it.
Biting off more than he can chew, he now masters the three skills of burning fire, hammering, and quenching.
It seems that I learned quickly, but in fact I spent the whole day trying to improve my proficiency in quenching, and I almost fell behind on burning and tempering.
Glancing at the slight changes in the proficiency of each skill in the information, Jiang Lin couldn't help but sigh: "There is still too little time. I really want to break myself into eight pieces and use them!"
That is to say, there is no one in the blacksmith shop, otherwise if other people hear this, they will be jealous and grind their teeth to pieces.
In less than two months, except for sharpening, other skills are almost the same as those of a formal blacksmith. How come you are still not satisfied?
Then, Jiang Lin glanced at the remaining dozens of long knives, one-third of which were made for the Nanling Camp.
Thinking about Liao Mingxu's last visit, he had provided him with a lot of help. Without his deterrence, today's eunuch test would have been difficult.
"Then I'll give you a small token of appreciation." Jiang Lin smiled faintly and decided that all the weapons of the Nanling Camp that were made by him would have all defects eliminated and reach the highest quality!
As for how the Nanling Camp would react after receiving these weapons, that was beyond his consideration.
Anyway, there will only be benefits and no harm.
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