There must be a blacksmith in the military camp.
Blacksmithing is still a relatively busy job, with too much to do.
The main thing is to build and repair various instruments. When you are free, you can build various weapons and armors. Anyway, you will not be idle.
There is no time for leisure. Dozens of blacksmiths serve a large army and have too many things to do.
When Zhou Xiaozhou found the craftsman's camp, he saw a busy scene. There was the sound of banging and banging everywhere, the fire was rolling, and many people were shirtless and sweating profusely even in the cold weather.
Working by the fire is quite comfortable in the cold weather.
But tired.
A furnace usually requires three people to operate, a blower, a sledgehammer, and a small hammer.
The fire needs to be heated enough to melt the molten iron, and the blower needs to be pulled continuously for an hour or two, which can pull the person's arm until he is unconscious.
The molten iron is melted and poured into the mold. When it cools slightly and solidifies, it is beaten, which is finishing.
The one who wields the big hammer produces hard work, and the one who wields the small hammer produces skill.
The clothes he wore were enough to show that he was an unusual person. When he walked in and wandered around, no one stopped him.
After looking around, I found an idle stove with no one operating it, so I immediately walked over.
He has read "The Forging of Gods" over and over again several times, and has also studied "The Diagram of Ten Thousand Formations". He has long wanted to try it on the whole stove at home. But I was too busy with cultivation and too noisy with blacksmithing at home, so I never had the chance to try my hand.
Everything is here, saving him the trouble of setting up the whole stove.
Just getting a professional stove is very troublesome, not to mention that he is only a half-timer and has only been an apprentice in the blacksmith shop for two or three days, so everything is limited to words on paper.
When talking on paper, it seems natural and logical, but in reality, there will always be problems here and there, and it is difficult to achieve the ideal state.
Just setting up a stove is a lot of effort.
It's better to pick it up ready-made.
"Can... Ben... Ben... Can I borrow this stove?"
he raised his voice and asked the people nearby.
Many people glanced at him and ignored him.
Can a person like you still blacksmith?
Just kidding me.
What should I do if I make a mess?
It is true that the stove cannot be moved casually. If an outsider messes with it, the stove can be completely destroyed.
It might even blow up the furnace.
Instead, a young man who was tapping something dropped his work and walked over, asking, "What's the matter?"
Zhou Xiaozhou asked, "Is this stove yours?"
This young man was a little younger than him, with an immature look on his face, and said, "My master has reached his waist and is recuperating. He is temporarily idle."
Zhou Xiaozhou pointed to the clothes on his body: "Can I borrow it?"
The young man couldn't tell what his clothes meant. Although he had several holes, he could afford to wear such clothes, and he looked like a person of noble status. He was a little frightened and said, "You have to ask my master."
Zhou Xiaozhou naturally didn't bother to ask and said, "This stove is not your private property. Since no one is using it, I can borrow it temporarily, just temporarily.
Are you going to warm the stove? "
"No, no one can do anything without my master's consent. Master will be angry."
The young man turned around and ran to find his master.
Although this stove is a public property, the craftsmen are all temperamental people. If you don't respect them, you may quit. Even if you insist on staying, if they don't work hard, it's equivalent to being useless.
A well-used workbench has a better feel. Once someone messes with it and makes a pit here and there, it will feel bad and even anger the craftsman.
It is difficult to find a good craftsman. He is a high-paying talent, which is equivalent to...
hardware engineer.
After finally getting a chance to try his hand, Zhou Xiaozhou naturally didn't want to give up, no matter whether his master would be angry or not.
But the boy ran away, so he could only warm the stove himself.
When a cold stove is turned on, you can't just turn on the fire. You need to warm the stove slowly.
Blacksmithing may seem rough, but in fact it is a delicate work, and every step is very particular and even indispensable. Often the slightest difference can lead to a huge mistake.
For example, if you want to melt iron, a layman will just burn a hole in the furnace, and the iron in the furnace will still be cold.
It takes more than 1,000 degrees to make normal iron into a liquid state, and more than 1,500 to 1,500 to 1,500 degrees to make steel, in order to separate some of the impurities, stir various minerals, and neutralize the ratio to meet the requirements for pouring into the mold.
There is no instrument to detect the proportion of the mixture, it all depends on the experience of the craftsman.
If it breaks easily when knocked, you need to reheat it, add other things to it, and keep trying until it becomes tough and not easy to break.
It often takes many times to complete a qualified work.
It's almost impossible to do it in one go.
Each piece of ore contains a different proportion of minerals, and it requires experience and luck to add them to achieve better results.
"The Divine Forge" has relatively detailed records, but everything is only theoretical and needs Zhou Xiaozhou to try it himself.
Moreover, if you want to create a magic weapon, you must engrave the corresponding formation.
The formation is carved not with a pen, but with a hammer.
The strength, position, distance, interval, etc. of the hammer's strikes cannot be the slightest difference.
If you knock it wrong once, your efforts will be in vain, you will not be able to form a formation, and you will need to go back to the drawing board and start over.
The craftsmanship is very delicate and the difficulty is quite high.
That's why it's so difficult to make magic weapons, and there are very few craftsmen who can meet the standards of a weapon refiner.
Even for a genuine weapon refiner, it is difficult to create a magical weapon. If you continue to fail, you may not be able to create one in a few years.
Such a difficult and delicate work, performed on such a simple stove, consumes a lot of energy, physical strength, and mental power. It is difficult for just one person to perform it. It usually requires several people to do it.
The people who do it must also be elites in the industry so that they can cooperate with each other.
Zhou Xiaozhou was alone and wanted to try his hand.
Fortunately, he had been an apprentice in the blacksmith shop for two or three days, and the basic operation of the furnace was not difficult for him. With his understanding of the divine casting method, he began to fiddle with it.
Zhou Xiaozhou's greatest advantage may be his ability to draw inferences from one example. He will not follow others' footsteps too rigidly. He only learns from other people's successful experiences, has some ideas of his own, and can often even carve out his own path. .
Even if the road is blocked, you have to keep trying.
These ideas may have little chance of success. If you keep trying, you can get closer to the end, or even take a shortcut.
A well-dressed young man went to the craftsman's camp to open a furnace, which was quite eye-catching.
Is this because I'm so idle or something?
Many people cast strange looks at me while they were busy working.
When we go back and make things happen, it will be fun to watch...
The young man led a middle-aged and elderly man and hurried over, shouting: "Stop, my master is here!"
