Chapter 531 Crystal Iron
Listening to the report from the attendant outside, Zhou Xu’s eyes suddenly lit up.
At that moment, the excitement suddenly made the fatigue that had surged up due to the massive consumption of mantra power dissipate a little bit.
After this period of time, the Forging Department has already successfully smelted sharp crystals and iron.
This step actually doesn’t take much time. What really takes time is the ingredient ratio.
A long time ago, the forging department had already forged multiple samples.
Just as Zhou Xu guessed, the sharp spar content is high. After polishing and opening, the edge will be sharp, but it will become brittle than before, completely gone. The toughness of iron weapons.
On the other hand, if only a small amount is mixed in to ensure the toughness of iron weapons to the greatest extent, they will hardly feel the improvement in sharpness.
In this way, in order to find the best ratio, they conducted a lot of tests.
During the continuous comparison process, the number of test samples was gradually reduced. When there were only three samples left, Zhou Xu also came over to confirm.
In fact, at this point, the difference between the three samples is already very small.
There is not much difference between them in terms of sharpness or toughness. There is no one that is the best. I can only choose according to your own needs.
Zhou Xu finally chose the one with the highest toughness among the three samples.
Because this weapon is to be put into mass production for military use. For military-standard weapons, the most important performance aspect is stability and durability.
A sword that breaks after a few cuts is not suitable for the army no matter how sharp it is.
After selecting it, Zhou Xu asked Wang Dachui to make the final optimization, which is now the official sample.
He arrived at the forging department as quickly as possible. Wang Dachui had already been waiting there because he knew that their king would definitely come.
"Stop talking nonsense, where is the knife?"
Interrupting Wang Dachui's salute, Zhou Xu searched excitedly, and finally his eyes fell on the finished product placed next to him.
Zhou Xu picked it up directly, and the hand holding the handle of the knife was slightly hard. In an instant, a sharp edge was revealed in the cold winter sun.
Even if he only looked at it with his eyes, he could feel that this sword exuded a sharpness that was different from ordinary weapons!
Due to the incorporation of sharp crystals, the texture of the metal has also changed.
Pulling out a whole knife, Zhou Xu held the knife in front of his eyes and carefully looked at the metal that made the blade. He could see patterns on it that were like tiny crystals.
These crystals are not unground sharp spar. Under the processing of stone mill, the sharp spar is completely ground into powder, and before use, it will be screened again to ensure that there is no What impurities are mixed in?
According to Zhou Xu's idea at this time, these patterns that resemble fine crystals should be a manifestation of some reactions produced by sharp crystals at high temperatures.
Neither sharpness nor durability need to be tested.
Now there is only one thing left that needs his confirmation.
【Basic weapon blessing! 】
With the injection of the power of the mantra, the mantra characters carved on the blade seemed to come alive. A stream of light flowed in the grooves of each character, and finally the seal was completely engraved on it. The mantra activates.
In an instant, there was a gentle buzzing sound from the blade. After being carefully polished, the blade with a faint crystal texture showed even sharper than before!
At this moment, Zhou Xu's joy was beyond words. Although it still needs to be tested to see if the enchanting effect can form an effective cycle before a final conclusion can be drawn, Zhou Xu has a hunch that this time, it should be successful!
With this mentality, in order to get the results faster, Zhou Xu appropriately consumed the enchantment power in the weapon.
It wasn’t until the edge on the blade gradually dimmed that he sheathed the knife and took the weapon back.
In the next period of time, he will personally observe and confirm this new weapon!
The next two days passed, and the entire state of the weapon changed little. Until the morning of the third day, Zhou Xu pulled out the knife as always.
At that moment, he keenly noticed that the originally dimmed blade had regained some of its edge without even realizing it!
“Hahahahahahaha!!!”
This discovery made Zhou Xu ecstatic.
“It’s done! It’s finally done!!”
The mantra combination of 'Basic Weapon Blessing' itself can replenish the consumed energy by absorbing natural energy, and has a very simple self-cycle.
The blade's return to sharpness shows that this cycle has been formed, and this new metal smelted with the addition of sharp crystals can indeed store the power of the mantra to a certain extent.
How long can the power of the mantra stored in it be sustained?
After the power is exhausted, how long does it take to recover naturally?
These problems will still take time to be tested slowly, but what is certain now is that they have successfully produced a serious enchanted weapon!
"I announce that from today on, the new metal obtained by smelting sharp crystals will be named 'Crystal Iron'. This sword will be called 'Crystal Iron Sword'. Mass production will begin immediately!"
In the order After giving this order, Zhou Xu certainly did not forget the hero who developed this crystal iron sword.
“In addition, the members of the research and development team will be rewarded with three thousand yuan for them to distribute among themselves, and then Deputy Minister of Ordnance and Equipment Department Wang Dachui will be rewarded with one thousand yuan separately, plus a piece of silk as a token of recognition.”
“Yes!”
After receiving the order, the attendant rushed towards the direction of the forging department.
Wang Dachui was also very excited after receiving the order. At this moment, he couldn't help but dance.
This is not only because of the reward from their king, but also because of the successful development of the Crystal Iron Knife!
Wang Dachui actually knows in his heart that he does not have genius-like abilities like Zhuang Mengdie. He can only strike more and more efficiently than ordinary members.
Ordinary craftsmen can quickly get closer to themselves or even surpass themselves if they work hard.
This also makes Wang Dachui, who sits in the position of deputy minister, not dare to slack off even for a day. He keeps forging iron every day to improve his forging skills.
He originally thought that his life would just pass like this.
Who would have thought that one day he would be able to successfully forge an enchanted weapon like the Crystal Iron Knife.
This made him, as a weapon craftsman, feel prouder than ever before!
“Brothers, let’s get started!!!”
After that, Wang Dachui himself didn’t even need to be urged by the attendant who came to deliver the order. Wang Dachui himself had already shouted and devoted himself to the crystal iron sword. Going into mass production.
That whole state was just like being injected with chicken blood!
(End of this chapter)