wind and rain scissors shop

Chapter 67-67. The Rich Man's Half-Inch Steel
Tian Erya was confused: "Fourth young master, I don't understand the principle of leverage you mentioned at all. You just said what kind of scissors we should make to cut the extra thick and greasy felt cloth in winter." ?”

Zheng Yuansheng thought: "It should be the kind of scissors with the head longer than the handle."

"I understand what you said, and I'll go to the blacksmith yard tomorrow and try to forge one." Tian Erya stuffed the comic book into her arms and bowed: "Fourth young master, I want to go back to rest, your gold install."

"Tomorrow I will follow to help."

Tian Erya grinned: "Fourth young master, your duty is to study hard. In the future, you will be admitted to the Jinshi examination, become an official of the imperial court, and make decisions for us ordinary people. The iron and scissors are still forged by us rough people. Do it! Don't hurt your noble body."

Zheng Yuansheng shook his head: "What you said is wrong. There is no distinction between high and low in the industry, but everyone has their own merits. Don't people often say '36 lines, the best in every line of work'? You will be the number one in the industry of blacksmithing and forging scissors. "

Tian Erya rubbed her head and laughed happily: "I can't, I'm very stupid."

"You can do it! Erya, you are smart and eager to learn, and you have the tenacity that others don't have. Work hard!"

Tian Erya watched him, a scholar, clenched his fists and cheered for himself, and smiled so much that his big eyes narrowed into slits.

When Zheng Yuansheng saw her bright smile, the depression in his heart was swept away, he stretched himself, and walked to the room as well.

Tian Erya came to the blacksmith yard in the morning and was cleaning the water tank. Hearing from the person who delivered the meal that the Zheng family would try cutting in the yard, she hurried to join in the fun.

The Zheng family put up a big battle this time. Dozens of oil-soaked and frozen coarse cloths and a large basket of scissors were placed in the yard for trial cutting.

After hearing the news, the master and servants in the mansion gathered around to watch.

Zheng Zongde was supported by the servant girl and stood in the main seat, his eyes stared like copper bells, and the five sons also watched intently as the servant pointed the scissors at the cloth.

Housekeeper Lu held the scissors: "Master and Madam, young masters and young mistresses, the scissors in my hand are made of iron. Master, shall we start cutting cloth now?"

Zheng Zongde replied in a deep voice: "Cut."

As his words fell, the blade of the forged iron scissors slashed across the cloth, and the cloth snapped.

Everyone smiled.

"Now change to the scissors sold by Longshunhe." Lu Butler put on a pair of ordinary scissors and cut the cloth with only two layers up and down.

Zheng Zongde, his eldest son Zheng Yuanxin, and his second son Zheng Yuanli straddled their shoulders and almost collapsed on the ground. Fortunately, they were supported and managed to stand still.If you fail the trial cutting today, you will definitely fail the inspection of the Armed Forces Institute tomorrow, and you will definitely be punished again.

Butler Lu took a deep breath, and cut it hard, click, click, the cloth snapped, but the scissors were intact.

Everyone laughed and clapped their hands.

Tian Erya frowned slightly. Both iron forged scissors and ordinary scissors were cutting cloth without any problems at the moment, but there was an obvious crackling sound when cutting the cloth just now, and some scratches may have appeared on the blade, which is not easy to see now. , when you try the scissors for the second time, the blade may collapse or roll up.

Zheng Zongde was very satisfied: "Okay! The scissors are worthy of being forged by our Zheng family's ancestral skills. The blades are really sharp. I believe that our Zheng family will definitely pass the test of scissors tomorrow without any problems."

Zheng Yuanxin asked: "Father, our ordinary scissors can meet the requirements of the government's trial cutting, so do we still have to present scissors made of iron?"

"No. Iron is a rare thing in the world. Even if many sword shops get it, they won't be able to make the best use of it like ours. Our Zheng family will make it the treasure of Long Shunhe's town store." Zheng Zongde told Zheng Yuanli, "Second brother, these scissors should be placed on the counter so that they can be easily displayed to the guests and let them know that our Longshunhe scissors are the best."

"Okay." Zheng Yuanli smiled and said, "Father, our family can have several forged iron scissors, thanks to the third brother. Fortunately, he was able to find iron, which is considered the only one in the provincial government."

Zheng Zongde nodded: "Yes. This time, the third child did a good job."

Zheng Yuanfei received the praise, and he was in high spirits: "Father, this is nothing? From now on, let me supply the raw materials that our family supplies, and I promise that I can handle them neatly for you."

"Praise you, I don't know what your last name is." Zheng Zongde glared at him, "You have a frizzy personality, and you have to learn more from your fourth brother. He is not very old, but he is stable and mature."

"Yes." Zheng Yuanfei lowered his head and squinted at Zheng Yuansheng, with resentment and unwillingness on his face.

Zheng Yuansheng bowed: "Father, the third brother has a different personality from me. He has his strengths. The third brother has worked hard for the family business. Yuan Sheng has not made half an inch of merit. He should learn from the third brother, the eldest brother, and the second brother."

Zheng Yuanfei's expression was slightly pale, and he cupped his hands: "Fourth brother, Miao Zan, you have a deep heart, and you are calm when you are in trouble. This point, daddy is right, I really want to learn from you."

Zheng Zongde smiled happily: "You brothers and sisters are respectful, united and harmonious, it is our Zheng family's blessing, and our Zheng family's business will also flourish."

Tian Erya was looking at the five young masters of the Zheng family.Even though she had not been in Zheng's house for a long time, she knew that the five young masters were not as friendly as they appeared on the surface, and they were all trying to outdo each other.The Eldest Young Master, Second Young Master, and Third Young Master have already started fighting openly and covertly over the property of the family. I believe that the Zheng family's battle for wealth will happen sooner or later.However, this has nothing to do with her. It is better for her to make a pair of scissors with longer cutting heads according to Zheng Yuansheng's leverage principle.She turned around and went to the blacksmith yard.

In the iron courtyard.

Zheng Yide stared at the hammer in a daze, and when he heard her call 'Second Master', he turned his head: "How was the interview before?"

Tian Erya picked iron materials: "The scissors forged by Er Ye are naturally no problem."

"You girl also learned to be hypocritical and didn't tell the truth."

"I'm telling the truth."

Zheng Yide fixed his eyes on hers: "Dare you say that you really didn't see the difference between the raw materials used near the bearing edge and the previous ones?"

Tian Erya lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then said, "It's a little different. That part didn't use iron or fine steel. You probably did that on purpose to save some materials."

"It is to save raw materials. However, it was not my idea, it was Zheng Zongde. He calculated the money to the core. He made a model for me to cut the steel sheet, and I must cut the steel sheet with scissors strictly according to his scale. His comparison According to my calculations, it was only half an inch short."

"For the sake of this half-inch steel, does Mr. Zheng have to strictly limit the use of steel?" Tian Erya was speechless.

Zheng Yide snorted coldly: "Zheng Zongde has always been picking and picking. He said that each pair of scissors saves half an inch of steel, and if you make a thousand scissors, ten thousand, or one hundred thousand, you will save more steel. , Gather armpits as fur, and accumulate sand to form a tower. He is a rich man with tens of millions of family property, and he can't waste half an inch of steel."

(End of this chapter)