supreme golden pupil

Main Text Chapter 063

"Hehe." Facing the shopkeeper's surprise and praise, Ling Shaonan only smiled slightly and didn't say much.Although each sword shop has a strong sense of secrecy, he has never seen the specific process of making a sword with his own eyes, and he does not know what kind of craftsmanship can make the best cold weapon, but he still has the most basic common sense. knew.For example, the three most commonly used materials for making swords are medium carbon steel, high carbon steel, and patterned steel.

Of course, even if he doesn't know these things, with his functional eyes, he can also roughly see the quality of a sword from the tightness of its material. There is no influence at all, and it is even more impossible for him to be elated just because he is praised a few times.

Reaching out to take down the Tang knife, as soon as he got it, Ling Shaonan nodded vigorously: A knife of the same size usually weighs about two kilograms, but the one in his hand is almost 20.00% heavier Well, the shop owner said it was well-crafted, but there is some truth to it, at least compared to other swords in the shop, it is not bad.

Of course, Ling Shaonan's evaluation of it is only "good", and there is still a big gap from his requirements. Although he has not tried it himself, Ling Shaonan still feels that this knife can only withstand one person at most. If there is more of all the true qi of a second-rate mid-stage master, it will suffer great damage, and it is very possible that it will even be shattered directly.And this is obviously unacceptable to Ling Shaonan.

"Boss, do you have anything better in quality than this knife here?" Ling Shaonan danced two knives casually, and tapped it lightly with his left index finger, and Ling Shaonan put the knife in his hand again. Put it back, turned to ask the shopkeeper.

"Better?" Apparently, the dissatisfied look on Ling Shaonan's face exceeded the shopkeeper's expectations, and he said slowly after a moment of consideration: "Sir, the master who makes swords in our shop is very famous in Longquan. The steel used is also top-notch, and this knife is the best choice among them, if the husband is still not satisfied, I am afraid the shop can do a lot!"

Ling Shaonan didn't say anything on the surface, but he shook his head in his heart. He knew very well that despite the reputation, the current Longquan swords are actually not worthy of the name. As far as he knows, most of the sword companies in Longquan are now producing A kind of sword called "iron bar". The pneumatic rolling machine is their main production tool. The ready-made steel plates and steel blocks are stamped and polished, and then assembled with a scabbard and metal decorations of about ten yuan. The "Longquan Sword" is completed.

Such a "Longquan Sword" is simply a name, and it has no meaning to Ling Shaonan.And although the knife he saw just now was hand-polished, it was only glamorous in appearance. The craftsmanship was actually very rough, and it was also far from his requirements. Inheriting innovative craftsmanship for thousands of years, it is a real good knife produced by hand after steel is tempered!

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That night, Ling Shaonanhao and Shaoming did not find the good sword he wanted, not even a sword of the same level as the Tang sword in the first shop.And in the next three days, the two of them also got nothing, even the most famous sword shops with a long history in Longquan didn't have anything he could fancy.

However, even though the hope was extremely slim, Ling Shaonan still did not give up. After inquiring about all the sword shops in Longquan City, he started to visit the local old people again, hoping to get some useful news from them.

During this process, Wei Shaoming persuaded him more than once, since Longquan can't find it, he should look elsewhere. China is so big, and Longquan is not the only one who has swordsmiths.But Ling Shaonan turned a deaf ear to it. He believed that, as the hometown of swords and swords with the longest history and deepest heritage, if he couldn't find the good sword he wanted in Longquan, the hope of finding it elsewhere would be even slimmer.

The so-called hard work pays off, on the eighth day after arriving in Longquan, that is, on April 4, Ling Shaonan finally heard a piece of news that interested him from an elderly man in his 11s: According to their family's genealogy records In the Ming Dynasty, when Qi Jiguang went to the southeast to fight against the Japanese, Longquan had a general surnamed Ou. Their family lived at the foot of the southwest mountain in Longquan County for generations. When the southeast coast was harassed by Japanese pirates, this general Ou Organize some local people to resist the looting of Japanese pirates together. After General Qi Jiguang came here, he led his companions to join the Qi family army. When he joined the army, he also gave General Qi Jiguang a big gift: Three hundred carefully crafted long knives!

And the ancestor of this old man was one of the members of Qi's army who was inspired by General Ou to join his team at that time.

According to the old man's genealogy, after General Qi Jiguang was transferred from the southeast, that General Ou did not leave with the army, but chose to disarm and return to the fields.However, although he is no longer in the army, under his organization, hundreds of thousands of Miao knives are still continuously transported to the Qi family army every year, making great contributions to the fight against the Japanese with few people knowing. contribution!

However, after the death of General Ou, it was never heard that his descendants made a single weapon, and it is still the case until now.

Therefore, the old man doesn't know whether the Ou family's sword-making technology was lost due to the war, or because of other reasons, let alone whether the Ou family can still forge swords now.

However, even so, it is enough for Ling Shaonan, this is already the best news he has heard in the few days since he came to Longquan.At that moment, Ling Shaonan, who was excited in his heart, wanted to set off immediately to find the hometown of the General Ou recorded in the old man's genealogy, but was dragged back by Wei Shaoming because it was too late.

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"Thirty miles upstream along the Longquan River from Longquan City, there is a tributary flowing in from the northwest. Third, is this the place the old man is referring to? But it seems that there are no people around here?"

In the early morning of April 4th, Ling Shao, Nan Hao, and a young man set off from Longquan city without even having breakfast, and it was not yet eight o'clock when they arrived at the location designated by the old man.However, although the environment of the mountains and rivers here is good, he did not see the village that the old man mentioned, which made Wei Shaoming very puzzled.He even wondered whether that General Ou still lived here after returning to the field, or whether, after hundreds of years of vicissitudes, the descendants of General Ou had already moved away from here.

"Anyway, we've already arrived here, let's get out of the car and look for it, anyway, the road conditions here are not very good, driving is not as convenient as walking!" Ling Shaonan opened the door of the car and got off the passenger seat .And Wei Shaoming also parked the car on a gentle grassy slope and followed closely. He was just complaining casually, and he might not be happy to let him go back here.

Not long after the Ching Ming Festival, it was early spring, but in southern Zhejiang, where the climate was warm and humid, the trees and weeds had already grown quite luxuriantly.Ling Shao, Nan Hao and Shao Ming stood on a small soil slope, raised their eyes and looked around, the rolling hills were covered with lush green trees, and occasionally there were one or two birdsongs in their ears, which made them a little anxious His mood also calmed down instantly.

"My third son, this is really a good place to live! In such an environment, I'm afraid people can live many years longer!" Taking a deep breath of the slightly moist air, Wei Shaoming said in admiration. Said to Ling Shaonan who closed his eyes slightly.

"Hehe, it's the same everywhere. As long as your mind is calm, even if you sleep on the main road, it's no different from living in seclusion in the mountains. Let's go, there seems to be someone over there, let's go and see!" Waiting for Wei Shaoming's voice After falling for a long time, Ling Shaonan opened his mouth to say something that he half understood, and without waiting for him to answer, he stepped down the small slope and walked to the foot of a small mountain hundreds of meters ahead to the left past.

Although Ling Shaonan couldn't see very far because of the cover of the mountains and forests, his ears were extremely sharp, and he could vaguely catch the voices of nearly a thousand meters away amidst the chirping of birds and insects.And as long as they find people, their trip will not be in vain.

"Why didn't I see anything? This third child, what kind of mystery is he playing again?" Whispering, Wei Shaoming's footsteps were not slow, he came to Ling Shaonan's side after a few leaps, followed He walked forward side by side.

Turning around this small hill with a radius of hundreds of meters, Ling Shaonan and the two of them suddenly saw the scene in front of them: Dozens of men and women were busy in paddy fields in the flat land between the mountains, some of them were Leveling the land, some people are watering the land, and they are all preparing for the official rice planting in a while.

This is a very common scene of busy farming in the south of the Yangtze River, but Ling Shaonan keenly discovered something different from other places: the dozens of farmers in the paddy field, especially the men, have arms that are much larger than ordinary people Even thicker, with knotted muscles on the top, obviously they all have extraordinary arm strength.

With this alone, the hope in Ling Shaonan's heart increased a bit: who has particularly strong arms?Blacksmith!It seems that I am very likely to find what I want here!

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