supreme golden pupil

Supreme Golden Eyes - Chapter 073 Hundred Swords Thousand Swords

"Hehe, the little brother must be thinking, our Ou family has not forged a sword for outsiders for hundreds of years, why do we still have a treasury?" Much shrewder, with a turn of his eyes, he could only guess what was going on in Ling Shaonan's mind from his expression.

"Hey!" After being guessed by Ou Jiakuo, Ling Shaonan didn't know what to say. After all, his thoughts were suspicious of whether Ou Jia strictly followed the ancestral precepts, so he had to let out a laugh.

"It is true that our Ou family has never made swords for outsiders in the past 400 years, but our craftsmanship has not been lost. To do this, necessary practice is naturally indispensable, and the Ou family's collection Those semi-finished products are actually the best works left by every blacksmith whose strength has been recognized by the contemporary patriarch of the Ou family over the years. After hundreds of years, there are no less than a thousand pieces in total!

The purpose of keeping these semi-finished products is, on the one hand, to preserve them as the highest achievement of these ancestors, so that future generations can remember them, which is a great honor to the Ou family outside; on the other hand, it is just in case Even if Oujia suffered major setbacks due to certain irresistible factors such as wars, leading to the severance of technology and craftsmanship inheritance, future generations can still research the metal formula and forging process we use from these semi-finished products, making Oujia's forging Technology continues to be passed on. "

After being explained by Ou Jiakuo, Ling Shaonan suddenly realized that it seemed that he had not thought thoroughly.That's right, if it's just for making farm tools, the Ou family's sword casting technology may have been lost for hundreds of years. After all, some experiences can only be passed down by word of mouth, hand in hand, and want to be recorded in words It is almost impossible, especially when technology was not developed hundreds of years ago.

At the same time, Ling Shaonan became more and more excited: thousands of semi-finished swords!Judging from the historical origin of the Ou family, I am afraid that the knives among them account for the vast majority. Even if I can only get half of these semi-finished products, it is enough to use them!

Thinking of this, Ling Shaonan hurriedly asked: "Then, to what extent is the semi-finished product you mentioned? Is it a newly formed knife blank or..."

"Of course it's the last step of the production, the only thing left is to sharpen the blade! Otherwise, how can we see the skills of the ancestors?" The speaker is Ou Jiaji, the eldest son of Ou, who has already learned the forging technology handed down from his ancestors. , and is the No.1 choice for the next head of the Ou family, so talking about these things is so familiar that you don't even have to think about it.

"It's only about to sharpen?" Ling Shaonan's voice was both surprised and happy. He knew that in the Chinese sword casting industry, there has been an unwritten tradition for a long time: a good knife must be sharpened, but a sword must not be sharpened. of.This may be related to the different cultures represented by the sword (the master of a hundred soldiers, the master of killing, especially on the battlefield), and the sword (the king of a hundred soldiers, the master of majesty, which is more of a symbol). It is impossible to test whether this is the case.

"Yes! If the little brother is interested, the old man can take you to have a look. Anyway, our Ou family can already forge weapons again. It won't be long before there is no need for this storehouse!" When he said this, Ou Zhentang thought In addition to the excitement, there is also a hint of sadness. I feel sad for those ancestors who forged swords that cannot be displayed in front of the world, but can only be deeply locked in the treasury. They are already well-known masters of sword casting (this title is handed down from ancient China, referring to people who have reached a certain level of casting swords and other weapons, not just casting swords, not knives)!

"Of course I'm interested! If it's convenient for the old man, how about we go and have a look now?" Ling Shaonan naturally had no problem, and he even stood up as he said.

And the Oujiaji and Oujiakuo brothers also showed interested expressions on their faces, because in the past hundreds of years, only the patriarchs of each generation can enter the Oujia Treasury, and no one else is allowed, even works The craftsmen who are included in it are no exception.Therefore, although they know some information about the treasury, they have never entered it once, so they are naturally looking forward to it.

"Alright! Then let's go now!" After saying that, Ou Zhentang stood up from the chair, lifted his feet and walked out of the house, heading straight for the courtyard gate.Then, he didn't go to any house in the village as Ling Shaonan imagined, but went straight to the mountain where the bleeding knife was originally sealed.

"Hehe, the Ou family treasury is in a cave just like the Lixue Dao, otherwise, if it is in the village, how could it not be discovered?" Seeing the doubts of Ling Shaonan and Wei Shaoming, the Ou family Kuo first explained something with a smile, and then followed his father's pace and walked into the mountain.

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The location of the Oujia treasury is not in the same direction as the cave where the Lixue Knife is stored. After entering the mountain, Ou Zhentang turned onto another small road, leading Ling Shaonan and the others along the zigzagging road for nearly half an hour before stopping .

Unlike the cave where the Lixue Knife was sealed, there is no huge stone blocking the door where the Oujia Treasury is located. Instead, after entering the cave for more than 20 meters and turning two corners, there is a road locked by an old-fashioned copper lock. The big iron gate.

When Ling Shaonan thought about it, he suddenly realized that it was different from the cave where the Lixue knife was sealed. Every generation of patriarchs of the Ou family in this cave would come to store some semi-finished swords and swords in it, and even clean it up every once in a while. Set the bar for entry that high.

After entering the door, Ou Zhentang took out a lighter from his body and lit a few torches stuck on the wall. Immediately, Ling Shaonan and others had a panoramic view of the entire cave.

This cave is not as big as the one where the Lixue knife was sealed. It is about a square with a side length of more than 30 meters, and there are many artificial excavation tools around it. Obviously, the Ou family members after Ou Taiwu dug it themselves, or transformed it from the original small cave. of.

At the same time, it may be because no one has cleaned it for a long time. Although the vents of this cave are small, a thin layer of dust has accumulated on the ground. Clouds of flying dust.

However, Ling Shaonan didn't pay attention to these, but turned his gaze to the opposite mountain wall as soon as he came in, where there were big dark brown wooden boxes more than one meter long and half a meter high, lined up neatly.If his expectations are correct, all the achievements and wisdom crystallizations of the ancestors of the Ou family for hundreds of years are hidden in these big boxes!

Sure enough, Ou Zhentang, who was beside Ling Shaonan, walked up with a slightly excited expression, while reaching out his hand to gently caress one of the boxes, as if he was stroking his own child, and whispered in a sleepy tone: "Over 400 years Come on, the works of the ancestors of the Ou family preserved here have reached 1152 pieces! Among them, except for 115 swords, the other 1037 are all kinds of knives! Moreover, among these knives, at least three The second one is made according to the pattern of the Leaking Blood Knife. Although it is still far from the Leaking Blood Knife, each one is worthy of the title of "magic weapon"!

It's a pity that, limited by the legacy left by Taiwu's ancestors, these treasured swords didn't even have the chance to show their edge, so they just fell into dust here.Now, God is sorry to see you. Sending little brother Ling Shaonan to our Oujia Village, the Oujia, which has been silent for hundreds of years, has a chance to make its own voice in the sword-making world again, and these magical weapons finally have a chance to see the light of day again! "

As he spoke, Ou Zhentang's voice choked up uncontrollably, and two lines of muddy tears flowed down his wrinkled cheeks, making Ling Shaonan and the others empathize with them and feel sad secretly.

After a long time, Ou Jiakuo was the first to react, wiped away the tears on his face, first smiled at Ling Shaonan and Wei Shaoming embarrassingly, then turned his head to the tearful Ou Zhentang and said: "Let the two You are laughing at me. Dad, today is the most celebrated day for our Ou family in hundreds of years. Don’t get too excited. After talking for so long, you also open the box and let the two little brothers take a look. Don’t worry. Neglect the guests!"

"Hehe, it's the old man who lost his temper!" When Ou Jiakuo reminded him, Ou Zhentang immediately reacted, smiled embarrassedly, wiped his face with his big hand a few times, dried his hands on his clothes, and then Only then carefully opened the box in front of him.

As soon as the box was opened, Ling Shaonan's eyes immediately looked in, and saw that in the box over one meter long, a bunch of sticks wrapped tightly in oilcloth lay neatly inside, although there was no detailed number. , but Ling Shaonan can tell at a glance that there are at least thirty or forty sticks!

"Little brother, look at this knife!" Noticing Ling Shaonan's expression, Ou Zhentang smiled proudly, took out one item from the box, and handed it to Ling Shaonan.

"Thank you, old man!" After thanking, Ling Shaonan gently put down the bleeding knife in his hand, took it over with both hands, and then solemnly opened the outer oilcloth layer by layer, so that the wrapped things could be revealed. in front of my eyes.

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