After Huang Shan made an agreement with Liu Ruyan, he turned and walked into his utility room, which was full of scrap ironware that he had recently unearthed.
I have cut a lot of wood in the past few days, and it is time to start working on the blast furnace.
You can first use these scrap iron tools to make an ax to try your hand, and then you can cast the crossbow mechanism and other mechanical parts needed for the repeating crossbow.
After loading the scrap iron into the bamboo basket in advance, Huang Shan packed up a bundle of wood and prepared it.
Tomorrow I will stop going into the mountains to cut trees, and I will also return the ax from the village chief's house.
"Ruyan, I'm going to send back the ax from the village chief's house!"
Liu Ruyan, who was preparing cereal rice for her husband in the kitchen, responded repeatedly. She turned around and saw her husband striding out of the courtyard.
"Husband, it's getting late. It's not convenient to return the ax now."
Huang Shan raised his head and looked at the bright starry sky at night, then turned around with a smile and walked back to the courtyard, closing the door bolt with his backhand.
As Ruyan said, it is indeed getting late. Returning things now may affect the rest of the village chief and his family. He should return them early tomorrow morning.
When Liu Ruyan saw that her husband had listened to her persuasion, she speeded up her hand movements to prepare the meal quickly.
...
Huang Shan walked to the village chief's house early in the morning with an axe. On the way, he saw a big dog that was already high and was "walking around" shirtless.
Consuming too much of Wushi Powder will make your body feel hot and make you want to blow dry unconsciously.
Seeing the big dog in such a state, no one from Huangshan or the surrounding villagers wanted to get close, and they all stayed away.
The village chief had just finished cooking a pot of multigrain porridge at his home when he heard the sound of Huangshan.
"Village Chief, I'm here to return the axe!"
The village chief put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hands and looked seriously at Huang Shan, who came to return the axe.
"Zishan, why don't you go into the back mountain to cut wood?"
"Then what are you going to do?"
Huang Shan heard the worry about him in the village chief's voice. He smiled and put the ax in the village chief's yard, then walked into the house and handed it over.
"Village Chief, I'm going to light up the stove today and try to make an ax myself."
"When my hands become familiar, I will make a kitchen knife to honor you."
After hearing this, the village chief glanced at Huang Shan, who had a good attitude, waved his hand and said with a chuckle that Huang Shan was aware of the kitchen knife. Now that he has no shortage of kitchen knives, there is no need for Huang Shan to give him one.
However, a hoe at home is broken, and I hope Huang Shan will have time to repair it for himself.
When Huang Shan learned that the hoe owned by the village chief was broken, he immediately guaranteed it and said it would be covered by him.
After watching Huang Shan leave, the village chief's eyes were full of relief and he smiled and said to his family: "Zishan is a hundred times stronger than before. It will be a lot more convenient to have multiple blacksmiths in the village in the future."
Huangshan returned the axe, carried the things he needed on his back when he got home, and walked towards the blast furnace in the north of the village.
When I came to inspect the blast furnace before, Huangshan had already been repaired, and now the blast furnace is ready for direct use.
Huang Shan first burned the wood in the stove, and then further processed the processed crossbow wood while observing the temperature of the stove.
The strength of the crossbow's pulling force depends on the quality of the bow arm material and the quality of the crossbow string material.
Now that I have both good wood and steel wire to make the crossbow string, as long as I don't make serious mistakes, the repeating crossbow won't be too bad.
However, even the inferior Liannu in Huangshan's concept is a dimensionality reduction blow for this era.
The blast furnace that had been abandoned for some time suddenly started to emit white smoke, which naturally attracted the attention of the villagers.
A few good-natured villagers came to the blast furnace looking for white smoke, and immediately saw the yellow cedar adding wood for the fire.
"Brother Huang Shan, it turns out to be you!"
"Are you ready to start blacksmithing!?"
Huang Shan had already placed the repeating crossbow parts in the bamboo basket and looked at the villagers coming over with a chuckle.
"Yes, I have chopped some wood in the past few days. I want to burn the stove and make an ax myself. I can't always borrow the ax from the village chief's house, right?"
The villagers who were asked by Huang Shan nodded in agreement, and at the same time came forward to say that if they needed anything, they could borrow it from them.
Regarding the sudden kindness from the villagers, Huangshan naturally understood what was going on.
It’s too late to go early if you don’t have any profit!
However, Huangshan is not disgusted with this kind of kindness.
All the bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit.
After sending away the villagers who came to watch the excitement, Huang Shan took another look at the stove. After feeling that the temperature was about the same, he put the scrap iron from the previous mobile phone into the stove for calcination.
As the temperature of the furnace continues to rise, the scrap iron in the furnace begins to react.
...
"village head!"
The villagers working in the fields greeted the village chief one after another when they saw him walking on the field road.
The village chief nodded and chatted with the villagers for a while, then walked towards the blast furnace that was smoking thick white smoke in the north of the village.
Soon, the village chief saw the yellow cedar tree that was struggling to beat the red iron block into the shape of an axe.
Then a heat wave hit the village chief's body, causing his beard to fly.
Huangshan, who noticed the arrival of the village chief, put the iron block that had some ax shape into the furnace again.
"Village Chief, it's very hot here. Why are you here?"
The village chief patted Huang Shan on the shoulder, and the surprise on his face could no longer be concealed.
"Zishan, you have such a skill, why didn't you use it early instead of fooling around with those two guys Huang Pizi and Dagou?"
When Huang Shan heard the village chief's question, he could only sigh helplessly.
“Young men don’t know what it’s like to be sad!”
"Village Chief, don't mention the past anymore. I'm living a good life now. Isn't that good?"
The village chief murmured the words "Young people don't know how to feel sad" and then sighed softly.
"A prodigal son can never change his fortune. I think it's good that you are like this now. You must never gamble again."
"Okay, I won't interrupt your work anymore."
Huang Shan hurriedly stepped forward and sent the village chief away a few steps. After watching the village chief go away, he immediately took out the semi-finished ax from the furnace, smelted the remaining scrap iron, and prepared to pour the crossbow and other parts he needed.
When the sun turned to the west, Huang Shan just carried the rough ax that he had made and walked towards his home with the bamboo basket on his back.
The people who had been working on the farm for a day had a look of amazement on their faces when they saw Huang Shan carrying a newly made axe.
"Huang Shan really came out with an axe!"
"It's good now. Huangshan has become the blacksmith in the village. If any ironware breaks in the future, just ask him to repair it."
"Brother Huang Shan, I will definitely trouble you in the future!"
Huang Shan nodded perfunctorily when he heard this. Now he suppressed his inner excitement and walked quickly towards his home.
When he returned home, the first thing he did was to take out the repeating crossbow and prepare for test firing.
