Chapter 76 Blacksmith Shop (Zhang Dayang Mazi)
Since Zhao Zhen annexed Shuibo Liangshan, he has been most concerned about the army, prisoners, land, and population, but he has paid much less attention to production-oriented talents.
Zhao Zhen thought of this and took advantage of this period of time to ask each village to conduct a population registration and sort out the various talents in the township.
Just listen to Yang Mazi say: "Master, I have taken my apprentices to make two thirty-refined swords in the past few days, and will present them to the master later."
Zhao Zhen was overjoyed after hearing this and looked at a few people with his eyes open.
World Log
Name: Yang Mazi (a skilled blacksmith in the military, good at making weapons, swords, guns, swords and halberds, especially knives.)
Race: Human
Reputation: 5 (A famous craftsman in Liangshan was originally a blacksmith in the army. After fighting with others, he accidentally killed someone and became a bandit in Liangshan)
Occupation: Blacksmith (Production Hero)
Level: Level 1, Level 7 (Strength 12)
Attributes: Strength 19, Constitution 18, Agility 7, Spirit 5
Skills: Seven Blacksmith Arts (picking materials, burning materials, forging, Shaping, throwing steel, quenching, tempering)
Martial arts: fists and kicks (entry, use fists and kicks +2 force)
Equipment: blacksmith furnace, wind box, hand hammer, anvil, sledgehammer ,millstone.
Monthly salary: 5 Guan
The four apprentices are all young men of 17 or 18 years old. Their strength and physique are all at 13 or 14 points. They have only learned martial arts and only have one or two years to become a hero. If Zhao Zhen is willing , eat some spiritual things, and take office faster.
"Xunzi·Kingdom" says: No merit will be rewarded, and no crime will be punished. Rewards without merit are cheap. If you can get rewards without doing anything, who will do them seriously? Therefore, Zhao Zhen would not easily give spiritual objects to ordinary people. Only by making meritorious deeds would he be rewarded. Of course, there will be preferential treatment for the talents and fighting heroes that are urgently needed in Liangshan Township. For example, if the fighting heroes are like each other, they will be given the spiritual creature four-bearded carp.
Now that Zhao Zhen is in charge of a township, it is no longer Xixi Village. There are three or two big cats and kittens, and everyone goes to explore it.
Seeing Yang Mazi this time, Zhao Zhen realized that these production talents are also indispensable. Several people drank and dined, and Zhao Yuanli paid the bills.
Zhang Da led everyone towards the blacksmith shop, and Zhao Zhen talked to Yang Mazi along the way. Zhao Zhen asked: "Brother Yang, have you ever made an advanced weapon?"
Yang Mazi said: "Master, to be honest, if you want to make an advanced weapon, you must first have good iron. , and the second is a good blacksmith. I make weapons that are sharper than ordinary blacksmiths, but I have never made advanced weapons.
First of all, I really don’t have good iron, and secondly, I only learned how to pour steel. "
Zhao Zhen asked: "Is this steel filling method easy to learn?"
Yang Mazi said: "The steel filling method is not a secret. There are blacksmiths who have inherited it, and blacksmiths in the army. There are teachers who teach that swords, guns and other edged weapons must be thrown from steel
There are two methods of throwing steel in the army, one is called bright steel, and the other is dark steel. The so-called bright steel is that the iron material is completely wrapped with steel on the blade of the knife; the so-called dark steel is that steel and iron are mixed and beaten together on the blade. The amount and uniformity of the steel on the blade are the criteria for evaluating the quality of the knife. "
While talking, return to the blacksmith shop. Yang Mazi took out two simple knives, and Zhao Zhen took them.
World Log
Thirty Refined Simple Swords (Xixi Village Made by the blacksmith Yang Mazi, the knife is more than six feet long, the blade is two feet four inches long, and the plain knife shaft is three feet six inches long. It is combined into a long-handled plain knife, which can be broken down into a short knife and a short stick)
Characteristics. : Sharpness +2, solidity +1 (with steel pouring method, repeated discount 30 times)
It's a little sharper than Zhang Dazao's thick-backed sword, but weighs two kilograms less. Zhao Zhen couldn't help but be overjoyed. The weapon was two kilograms lighter. Not only was the consumption of iron material reduced, the most important thing was that the soldiers' weight was reduced, and their physical strength for fighting must be more abundant and lasting.
Zhao Zhen asked: "How long did it take to make this simple sword?"
Yang Mazi replied: "It took us six people and two days to make a thirty-sword sword." "Steel-making knife."
Zhao Zhen said: "This knife is also very good. How much does it cost?" Yang Mazi said: "About four dollars."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Blacksmith Yang, with your current skills, can you make better ones?"
Yang Mazi said: "I have also made fifty-refined, seventy-two-refined, and hundred-refined steel knives. It only costs a lot more."
Zhao Zhen said: "First make twenty hundred-handled knives, and then three hundred thirty-handled plain knives. I still have three hundred gun knives in the village. You can go too. Let's see if there is room for improvement.
I will connect the courtyard next to this one and use it as a blacksmith shop. I will recruit more apprentices in the village. If this is done well, I will promote you as well. Become a deputy steward and take charge of the forging affairs in the village."
After hearing this, Yang Mazi knelt down and bowed, saying: "Master, this matter is on my shoulders. I call it steel. The knife is sharp and durable.”
Zhao Zhen helped Yang Mazi up, patted Yang Mazi on the shoulder and said, "In that case, I will leave this matter to you. Everything will be taken care of by Zhao Yuanli, the housekeeper."
Zhao Yuanli nodded to Yang Mazi. , made a gesture.
Zhang Da took out a few farm tools from the side room, handed them to Zhao Zhen and said: "Master, these are newly made farm tools. They also use Brother Yang's steel filling method. The blades are all made of steel. They are just forged. There was a little less beating, and it was only forged twice."
Zhao Zhen took a sickle and saw that there was nothing else in the blacksmith shop. There were many methods for cutting ginger, peeling paper, and shaving hair. It's inconvenient, so I have to use the feeling method and give it a try. Zhao Zhen held the sickle upside down in his left hand, extended his right thumb and touched the blade horizontally. It actually feels like the skin is about to break, and its sharpness is no less than that of ordinary swords and guns. Others such as shovels and pickaxes are also easier to get into the ground, saving a lot of effort. Hoes, hoes, hoes, and plows each have their own advantages.
Zhao Zhen said to Zhao Yuanli: "This month's monthly salary, everyone in the blacksmith shop will pay double the salary."
After hearing this, everyone in the blacksmith shop was overjoyed and thanked Zhao Zhen.
While talking, Zhuang Ding arrived driving two ox carts. Everyone helped load the carts and transported them directly to the dock for two fast ships to be transported to Liangcun. At the same time, Zhuang Ding was asked to send a message and transport the iron farm tools from Tianzhuang and Zhangzhuang to the blacksmith shop for unified transformation.
Zhao Zhen said: "Zhang Da, the quality of this batch of farm tools is very good. The farm tools of the other four villages have also been renovated. It will save a lot of labor in the future."
Immediately ask Zhao Yuanli to inform Tang Tian and Ding Chou, Deliver farm tools from each village to the blacksmith shop.
Zhao Zhen said to Zhang Dada: "Zhang Da, your physical fitness should have reached 15 points now, right?"
Zhang Dada: "I would also like to thank the owner of the village. After eating a four-tailed carp, his physique has reached the standard of an inaugurated hero."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "We will choose a good and auspicious day to hold a meeting. The inauguration ceremony will also allow you to experience the benefits of being a hero earlier.”
Grinning his mouth wide, his teeth leaked out with joy. He patted his chest and kept expressing his loyalty to Zhao Zhen. It can be seen that being able to become a hero is a matter worth celebrating for Zhang Da.
Zhang Da’s qualifications are all accumulated by himself, and he is afraid that he will not be able to become a hero. There seems to be only one point of difference, but for Zhang Da, who has poor qualifications, it may be stuck for a lifetime.
Seeing that nothing was going on at the blacksmith shop, Zhao Zhen left Zhang Da, Yang Mazi and others and went to the next place with Zhao Yuanli.
(End of this chapter)