Everyone followed Ying Zheng to the backyard of Jingyao.
I saw equipment of different sizes placed in the open space in the middle, some were slightly red, and some were steaming.
Meng Wu, Wei Liao and everyone outside the Jing family class were all dumbfounded.
What are these things?
Isn't this a blacksmith's shop?
Ying Zheng knew the doubts in everyone's minds and explained: "These objects in front of you are instruments made according to the forging secrets of ancient magic weapons. Only by making these instruments can you create a qualified magic weapon 'my weapon' .”
"And if these instruments are not used, the magic weapons created will be slightly different." Jing Fan added on the side, "This is why there are two types of magic weapons with different qualities here."
Wei Liao looked at the imitation and said, "If it is as expected, this imitation is an experimental product made without the use of equipment."
Jing Fan nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly it."
Only then did everyone in the Meng family understand.
Ying Zheng patted one of the instruments with his hand and said: "Recently, it happens to be the day when the alloy materials for forging the magic weapon are released. You are also lucky enough to witness the forging process of this magic weapon."
As soon as they heard that the forging of magic weapons was about to begin, everyone's eyes widened a bit.
Ying Zheng waved to Li Si: "Let's get started."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Si said with his hands raised.
The craftsmen of the Jing family class walked to each instrument in an orderly manner and took their places. It seemed that there had been a clear division of labor.
With a creaking sound, a craftsman moved the wrench of an instrument. The side of the instrument was opened, and a lot of bright silver metallic liquid flowed out from it.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
According to common sense, metal liquids are melted by high temperatures, are bright red in color, and have extremely high temperatures.
But the metallic liquid in front of me is obviously very different from what I thought. No matter from the color or state, it can't be seen how high the temperature is. It's just that there is a faint white air on the surface.
The metallic liquid flowed into a square bucket half as tall as a person.
After all the liquid has flowed in, someone stepped forward and put a square lid on it. There was a craftsman on the left and right stepping on the pedal next to it. The left person stepped on it, and the person on the right lifted it up. The person on the right stepped on it, and the person on the left stepped on it. people lift up.
This appears to be a lever-like seesaw.
The two craftsmen stepped on each other for a while, seeming to accumulate the alloys into another device connected to the square barrel.
Looking at the connected device, it is a cylinder as tall as a person. There are craftsmen on the left and right below pushing and pulling the boxes.
Lis explains that this is a process that increases the pressure within it.
Gradually, seeing that the two craftsmen were struggling to push, one more person was added to the left and right.
When he couldn't push it anymore, Li Si shouted stop and then pulled a handle on the side.
There was some noise in the large cylinder, and it seemed that the alloy liquid was flowing elsewhere.
Sure enough, there was a rectangular instrument on the back side, and according to Li Si, the mold was inside.
So the sound just now should be due to the pressure being used to press the alloy liquid into the mold.
Then, several craftsmen began to bake the rectangular instrument over a dark fire.
This process took some time, and it was time for lunch.
Jing Fan arranged for people to bring in tables and chairs and put out dishes for everyone to eat while waiting.
Although everyone was eating in their mouths, their eyes were not far away from the instruments.
After a meal, the baking was over. The craftsmen took out the mold, put it into a crab-like utensil, and began the beating process.
And the beating this time was not a direct manual beating.
I saw two rows of craftsmen sitting on both sides of this equipment. In front of each person there were two iron stakes similar to "crab legs".
The craftsmen started clanking.
The beating sound does not seem to be messy, but the regular beating sound is like beating a can.
Not only is there fun to watch, but there is also music to listen to.
About half an hour later, the knocking stopped, and the craftsmen took out the mold and put it into a well-sealed water tank.
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Under the water tank, there is also a seal that increases pressure, and several craftsmen push and pull it.
There were also two people pouring some sticky, oil-like stuff into it at intervals on both sides, probably to ensure its sealing.
Ying Zheng knew that the water in the water tank was not water, and it should be gradually decreasing.
About half an hour later, Li Si ordered someone to take out the mold.
I saw that the mold had swollen, like cotton soaked in water, and felt soft.
Several craftsmen gently peeled off the softened mold layer by layer, while someone stood aside and kept dripping a few drops of light red juice.
The innermost mold was peeled off bit by bit, and the magic weapon inside finally revealed its true appearance.
After the last bit of mold was stripped away, the wet magic weapon was wiped again and again by the craftsmen.
After completely wiping it clean, Jing Fan stepped forward and took over the newly forged magic weapon. He looked at it carefully, with a look of approval and pride on his face.
Jing Fan held the newly baked magic weapon in front of Ying Zheng and handed it over respectfully: "Your Majesty, please take a look."
Ying Zheng took over the magic weapon, took it to the long table behind him, and put it together with the ancient "my weapon" for comparison.
After Li Si arranged for the craftsmen to sort out the equipment, he also came over. The craftsmen who had just operated the equipment also followed behind Li Si.
Ying Zheng picked up the ancient "I-ware" and weighed it again, while Li Si took the freshly baked one to test the feel and carefully looked at the finer structure inside.
After trying these two, Ying Zheng picked up the one he had given to Hu Yu before. He picked up the heavy one and the edges were not so sharp.
When he put down the imitation, Ying Zheng looked a little disgusted.
Hu Yu didn't pay attention to Ying Zheng's face. Her attention was on the newly released magic weapon, but she still resisted checking it first. After all, if she lost this game, she wouldn't be able to open her mouth and change it.
Ying Zheng couldn't tell what the one made this time was, but he thought it was more reliable than Hu Yu's one, so he waited for Li Si to speak.
After Li Sizai carefully looked at every part and every corner twice, he said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, it's done!"
There was a burst of cheers from behind Li Si.
The happiest thing is the craftsmen who forged this magic weapon with their own hands. Their sweat was finally not in vain.
Ying Zheng couldn't restrain his excitement, stepped forward and grabbed Li Si's arm, and said tremblingly: "It's done...it's finally done!"
Jing Fan also hugged Tian Yi and others.
Meng Wu and his Meng brothers also came closer, excitedly picked it up and looked at it again and again.
After being happy for a while, Ying Zheng remembered someone, so he came to Wei Liao and said, "Captain, now that you have witnessed the forging process with your own eyes, please analyze the difference this time again."
"Your Majesty, since Lord Tingwei is so sure, I guess you don't need to read it." Wei Liao cupped his hands and said.
"Let's take a look." Ying Zheng was still smiling, "Don't be afraid to pour cold water on it. If there are any shortcomings, then make improvements quickly."
"Yes, Your Majesty." In agreement, Wei Liao came to the long table.
Meng Wu and his son put the two magic weapons on the table, but because they were looking at each other, they could no longer tell which one was which.
This made Meng Wu quite embarrassed.
This time, identification becomes even more difficult.
Wei Liao didn't panic. He picked up one of them and looked at it carefully. After putting it down, he picked up the other one.
After checking both of them, Wei Liao handed over to Ying Zheng and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the magic weapon forged this time is already very close to the ancient magic weapon, but its surface, probably because it was just made, is still different. It’s not as delicate and smooth, but it’s much better than before.”
Meng Wu mixed up two weapons, thinking that he would take this opportunity to test Wei Liao, so he said: "Of these two magic weapons, which one was just forged, and which one is the ancient magic weapon? ?”
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, including some of the craftsmen in the Jing family class who didn't know how to tell the difference.
Wei Liao slowly turned around, pointed his hand gently at the magic weapon on his right, and said slowly: "This one is the ancient magic weapon, 'my weapon'.
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Ying Zheng asked: "How can you tell?"
Wei Liao smiled and said: "Although this time, Wei Chen did not use the method of dripping water to verify the superficial differences, but Wei Chen remembered during his observation that the ancient magic weapons did not have the totem of that monster."
Ying Zheng had to secretly admire Wei Liao's thoughts in such detail.
The so-called monster totem is the totem of Xi, the guardian beast of Lishan Mountain.
When he was in Lishan Mountain, Ying Zheng promised to carve Xi's totem on the "my weapon" he made, and the magic weapons made by Jingjia Ban had Xi's totem on the outside of the shield wall. totem.
In fact, this totem is quite obvious, but if you want to judge which one should be there and which one should not be there without knowing it, it is a bit difficult.
"Hahaha..." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "The captain really has a good eye. This totem was added after my order."
Wei Liao gently touched the totem and said, "With all due respect, Weichen, this totem feels more ferocious but not domineering enough, and the location of the carving seems inappropriate."
This totem was carved on a mold first, so of course it was not perfect, and Ying Zheng's painting skills were indeed limited.
"How about the captain design the style of this totem separately?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Wei Chen takes the king's orders." Wei Liao cupped his hands and said.
At this time, Li Si said from the side: "It would be a bit arbitrary to judge the advantages and disadvantages of these two magic weapons by eyes alone. Why not compare the two magic weapons? If this newly forged magic weapon can withstand the ancient 'My weapon', then it will be considered as if the imitation has passed the test, and it can be forged like this in the future."
Li Si's intention was to verify the newly forged magic weapon, and at the same time let Wei Liao gain some authority in the Meng family's new army.
How could Ying Zheng not hear it, so he said: "Then Wei Liao will hold the new weapon, and then select a warrior from the Meng family's new army to compete."
Meng Wu also wanted to know the details of Wei Liao, so he followed up and said: "That's very good, just don't hurt each other, we must stop there."
At this time, a man jumped out from the new army, cupped his hands and said: "I, Zhang Yong, would like to have a few moves with the captain."
The new men of the Meng family are all passionate men, and when it comes to competition, they all move forward courageously. What's more, the opponent is the new boss. If he wins, he will be able to kill his majesty, and if he loses, he will be convinced.
The soldiers of the new army applauded Zhang Yong one after another to boost the morale of their companions.
So, Wei Liao and Zhang Yong each held a magic weapon, walked to the open space, saluted each other, and opened their postures.
Wei Liao was calm and collected, and still had the demeanor of a scholar.
The veins on Zhang Yong's forehead were exposed and he looked menacing.
"Captain, I'm offended." Zhang Yong shouted loudly and raised his weapon to hit Wei Liao.
Wei Liao did not use his body skills to dodge, but also raised the magic weapon in his hand to block.
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The two magic weapons collided with a dull sound. No sparks could be seen shooting out, but there was a flash of cold light.
The two of them took two steps back at the same time, neither of them expecting the other to have such strength.
Zhang Yong's momentum remained unabated, he raised his weapon and stabbed straight at him.
Wei Liao did not dare to be careless, moved his feet wrongly, turned around and came to Zhang Yong's side, and cut Zhang Yong's shield blade.
Zhang Yong took a step sideways and used his shield blade to attack.
Unexpectedly, Wei Liao only made a feint. With the help of the rotation of his upper arm, he used the front hook to hook Zhang Yong's shield blade. After applying force, he turned it to Zhang Yong's side.
After Zhang Yong staggered for a moment, he just stabilized his body and saw that the opponent's shield blade was already close to his chest.
Wei Liao smiled and lowered his posture.
Zhang Yong felt a little ashamed, and cupped his hands and said: "The captain is very skilled in martial arts, Zhang Yong is willing to be inferior."
Wei Liao still kept smiling: "My martial arts skills are beyond comparison, but I know how to use some skill. When it comes to fists and kicks, I'm definitely no match for you."
Both sides gave each other enough face.
Ying Zheng came over and said, "Take a quick look to see if the weapons in your hands are damaged."
The two men then put their weapons together.
There was no trace at all where the two weapons collided.
"Okay." Ying Zheng said with great joy, "I finally forged this ancient magic weapon!"
