Chapter 84 This is an act of fraud
The people closest to the South Blacksmith Camp were dumbfounded as they watched the dozen or so blacksmiths headed by Zhao Yankui making unknown roars while taking out the shiny black ironware from the sacks.
One piece, two pieces, five pieces, ten pieces...
"What the hell... do I have a set of high-quality ironware for everyone?" A blacksmith cursed: "Fraud! This is fraud!"
Even Yuan Gaohao was attracted, and couldn't help but be shocked when he saw more than a dozen sets of high-quality ironware.
"Master Zhao, what are you..."
Zhao Yankui waved the sledgehammer in his hand and grinned: "I re-forged something in my spare time. Isn't it against the rules?"
"It's not a violation..." Yuan Gaohao's sharp eyes saw a certain feature on the hammer, and he suddenly exclaimed: "Wait a minute, you hammer."
He quickly got closer to take a look, and then his voice became louder: "Entropy pattern! An eighth-grade hammer? My God, aren't all of you?"
After checking the hammers of several other people one after another, Yuan Gaohao breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, it is just an ordinary imported product and does not have entropy patterns.
But looking at a dozen blacksmiths, each with a set of high-quality iron tools, he still couldn't help but twitching his eyelids.
Are you here to take part in a regular test, or are you here to show off your wealth?
It is not difficult for a blacksmith to make high-quality ironware, as long as he has the right materials.
The problem is that the blacksmith battalion serves the military, and all it uses is basically ordinary iron.
It is very difficult to make high-grade iron tools from ordinary iron. So far, the number of high-grade iron tools produced by the four major blacksmith camps is not large.
Each set is basically in the hands of a few masters with the best skills in each battalion, and some masters may not yet have one.
The South Blacksmith Camp has the fewest people, but now it has the most high-quality ironware.
Yuan Bingqi, who was not far away, was scolding his mother in his heart when he saw it, and couldn't help but said: "Zhao Yankui, knowing that his skills are not as good as mine, is willing to spend money to buy good things. Isn't it embarrassing to lose again later!"
Zhao Yankui was not angry. The more irritable Yuan Bingqi became, the happier he laughed.
"First of all, these iron tools are all made by our own Nan Blacksmith Camp without spending any money."
"Secondly, who said I can't match your skills? I'm not afraid of the wind blowing my tongue!"
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Yuan Gaohao quickly smoothed things over and said: "Okay, okay, the test is about to begin. Don't engage in unnecessary verbal quarrels. Both the Secretary and the Craftsman are watching."
Zhao Yankui said no more, only shook the hammer in his hand at Yuan Bingqi.
Yuan Bingqi was very angry. Originally, his Hundred Refining Techniques could create lower-eighth-grade weapons when used at extraordinary levels.
It stands to reason that victory is certain, but now Zhao Yankui's hammer is of such a high grade that it offsets the advantage of the Hundred Refining Method to a certain extent.
In this test, it is really difficult to predict who will win and who will lose.
Yuan Bingqi couldn't help but pulled Yuan Gaohao and said: "That Zhao Yankui is going too far. How could he bring so many high-quality iron tools to the test? It's so unfair!"
"Fair?" Yuan Gaohao glanced at his nephew, waved his arm away, and said: "You have so many more people in the East Blacksmith Camp than in the South Blacksmith Camp, but no one has more imported ironware. How can you talk about fairness? The blacksmith can see it. It’s just a comparison of skills. If you are weaker than others, do you want them to use less strength?”
Regardless of his job title or personal status, Yuan Gaohao stood at a high position, leaving Yuan Bingqi speechless for a while.
He could only grit his teeth and think, isn't it just an eighth-grade hammer? It's nothing special!
My Hundred Refining Methods are not vegetarian either!
After a brief commotion, the regular test for the official blacksmith officially began.
Naturally, Yu Maoming personally presided over this event, while Yuan Gaohao and other deputy craftsmen went out to inspect the event to prevent anyone from cheating.
Of all the people, it was South Blacksmith Camp that attracted the most attention. Not only were Zhao Yankui and a dozen other blacksmiths holding high-quality ironware, but also because there was an extra person here who shouldn't exist.
Jiang Lin!
Yuan Bingqi was turning on the furnace to light the fire when he was suddenly pulled down by someone else: "Master Yuan, look over at the South Blacksmith Camp."
"What's there to see? Isn't it just high-quality ironware? It's not unusual." Yuan Gaohao said without raising his head.
"It's not ironware, it's fire making. That apprentice named Jiang Lin, how many stoves does he have to burn at the same time?"
The astonished tone of voice from others made Yuan Bingqi stand up subconsciously and look toward the South Blacksmith Camp.
Then, he was shocked to see Jiang Lin turning on five stoves at the same time, all of them had finished igniting the fire and were adding charcoal to them.
"Does this apprentice have to burn five stoves by himself?" someone asked.
"Impossible." Yuan Bingqi immediately shook his head: "No one can control so many stoves at the same time. I think he is just helping."
"Come on? Why didn't Zhao Yankui and the others make any move? They had no intention of starting a fire with their hammers."
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Yuan Bingqi didn't know how to refute. Yes, even if the apprentice is asked to do it, you should do it yourself.
But Zhao Yankui and others stood in front of the anvil, motionless as a mountain. Only Jiang Lin's busy feet did not touch the ground.
Fifteen pieces of pig iron, three for each stove, have been filled in.
Standing in front of one of the stoves, Jiang Lin stepped hard on the bellows. The muscles on his thick thighs were like copper and iron, and even his pants seemed to be bursting.
Amidst the roar of the wind, the fire instantly rose one or two meters high, and the black coal inside was quickly ignited.
The temperature of the fire soared at an extremely fast speed, reaching a point in the blink of an eye that even an ordinary blacksmith could not bear.
Although I had seen this scene before in the apprentice test, seeing each other again now, not only did the visual effect not seem to be weakened, but because I was closer, the feeling became stronger.
Everyone knows that Jiang Lin can use extremely high fire temperatures to calcine pig iron. This skill alone has won the recognition of many blacksmiths.
But what shocked them was that after the fire in one stove came up, Jiang Lin ran non-stop to the second stove and started to step on the bellows.
"Does he really want to control five furnaces by himself?"
"Impossible! If the fire temperature is normal, that's all. But with such a high flame, the calcination will fail if there is even a slight deviation. How can one person manage it?"
The blacksmiths talked a lot, and almost all of them felt that it couldn't be done. Only a few people saw Jiang Lin's previous performance and chose to remain silent.
But the people in the South Blacksmith Camp were smiling happily when they heard the discussions around them.
Those blacksmiths who had not received high-grade ironware and had to make fires themselves had long since lost their balance and just looked at each other with a smile.
"These bunch of bumpkins who have never seen the world!" they thought in their hearts.
After the stoves heated up one after another, Jiang Lin took a few steps back and observed the flames in each stove.
The level 7 proficient skill allows him to perfectly control the fire temperature within two thousand degrees. The so-called observation is more like a special perception ability.
Even without looking, you can feel the subtle changes in temperature.
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