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Chapter 76 Blacksmith Shop (Zhang Da Yang Mazi)

Since Zhao Zhen annexed Shuibo Liangshan, he has cared most 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.

I only heard 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.

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Name: Yang Mazi (a skilled blacksmith in the military, good at making weapons, swords, guns, swords and halberds, especially knives.)

Race: Terran

Reputation: 5 (A famous craftsman in Liangshan was originally a blacksmith in the army. He accidentally killed someone in a fight 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 Skills (picking materials, burning materials, forging, shaping, steel throwing, quenching, and tempering)

Martial arts: fists and kicks (entry, use fists and kicks to gain +2 force)

Equipment: blacksmith furnace, wind box, hand hammer, anvil, sledgehammer, grindstone.

Monthly salary: 5 dollars

The four apprentices are all young men of 17 or 18 years old. Their strength and physique are at 13 or 14 points. They have only learned martial arts. It only takes one or two years to become a hero. If Zhao Zhen is willing to eat some spiritual things, he can become a hero even faster. Hurry up.

"Xunzi: Kingship" 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 there be rewards. 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 single village, it is no longer the case in Xixi Village, where there were three or two big cats and kittens, and everyone went to explore it.

Seeing Yang Mazi this time, Zhao Zhen realized that these production-oriented talents were 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 a high-level weapon, you must have good iron first, and then a good blacksmith. I make weapons that are sharper than ordinary blacksmiths, but I have never made a high-level weapon.

Firstly, there really was no 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 method of pouring steel is not a secret. It is taught by blacksmiths with inheritance, including blacksmiths in the army. All edged weapons such as swords and guns must be thrown with 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.

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Thirty Refined Pu Dao (Made by Yang Mazi, a blacksmith in Xixi Village. The knife is more than six feet long, the blade is two feet four inches long, and the Pu Dao's shaft is three feet six inches long. It is combined into a long-handled Pu Dao and broken down into a short sword and a short stick. )

Characteristics: Sharpness +2, Sturdy +1 (by pouring steel, repeatedly discounting 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: "Six of us and I can make a 30-year-old steel-making knife in two days."

Zhao Zhen said: "This sword is also very well made. How much did it cost?" Yang Mazi said: "It's about four ounces of money."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Blacksmith Yang, with your current skills, can you make something better?"

Yang Mazi said: "I have also made fifty-refined, seventy-two-refined, and hundred-refined steel swords, but they cost much more."

Zhao Zhen said: "First make twenty hundred-handled knives, and then three hundred thirty-hand plain knives. I still have 300 gun knives in my village. You should also go and see if there is room for improvement."

I will connect the next yard to this yard and use it as a blacksmith shop. I will recruit more apprentices in the village. If this is done well, I will also promote you to be the deputy manager, and you will be responsible for the forging in the village from now on. "

After Yang Mazi heard this, he knelt down and bowed down, saying, "Master of the village, I'll take care of this for you. The steel knives you make are sharp and durable."

Zhao Zhen helped Yang Mazi up, patted Yang Mazi on the shoulder and said, "In that case, I'll leave this matter to you. Everything will be taken care of by the housekeeper Zhao Yuanli."

Zhao Yuanli nodded and signaled to Yang Mazi.

Zhang Da took out a few farm tools from the side room and handed them to Zhao Zhen: "Master, these are newly made farm tools. They also use Brother Yang's steel filling method. The blades are all made of steel, but there is less forging. I only forged it twice."

Zhao Zhen took a sickle and saw that there was nothing else in the blacksmith shop. The methods of cutting ginger, peeling paper, and shaving were all inconvenient, so he had to use the feeling method to try it out. 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 will be doubled for everyone in the blacksmith shop."

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 summon the iron farm tools from Gianzhuang 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 modified. It will save a lot of labor in the future."

Immediately ask Zhao Yuanli to notify Tang Tian and Ding Chou to send the farm tools of each village to the blacksmith shop.

Zhao Zhen said to Zhang Dada: "Zhang Da, your physique should have reached 15 points now, right?"

Zhang Da Dao: "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 an inauguration ceremony so that you can experience the benefits of being a hero earlier."

His mouth was wide open, and his happy teeth were leaking out. 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 were all accumulated by himself, so he might 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)