Cao Thief

Chapter 32 Vulcan Song (12) [-] Asking for Push, Asking for Acceptance

In the hearth, smoke began to appear.

Cao Ji didn't dare to stop, and continued to drill the drill pipe, singing loudly.

"Friend, push hard!"

With Cao Ji's shout, Cao Peng pulled out the pole with all his strength, and then gave it away with all his strength.In the hearth, a ball of flame suddenly rose up, instantly igniting the drilling board.Cao Ji quickly let go, pushed Cao Peng aside, and shouted: "Peng'er, add charcoal, add charcoal!"

Wang Meng and his son brought in two barrels of charcoal from outside the shed.

Under Cao Ji's guidance, Cao Peng poured it into the furnace very rhythmically.

To fill the furnace, and maintain the temperature of the furnace.When the charcoal fire appeared, Cao Ji let go of the lever and signaled Cao Peng to back down.

Cao Peng was so tired and drenched in sweat after only a short while of effort.

Not only physically tired, but also mentally tired... This ceremony of welcoming the coming of the Vulcan created an extremely solemn environment.Working in this environment, using one part of the force is equivalent to using three or four parts of the force in normal times... How can Cao Peng not be tired?
"The god of fire is coming!"

The charcoal fire reflected Cao Ji's face flushed, and a bright smile appeared on that honest face.

"Father, is this the end? When can we hit the hammer?"

"Where does this end?"

Cao Ji smiled and said: "This is just the beginning. We have to watch the fire here. When the flame changes color, when can we start the first hammer. Friends, I told you a long time ago that blacksmithing is a It's a very hard job. Just start the furnace, from now on, my father and I can't take a step away. It's really over when the first hammer falls. You take a rest and recharge your spirits!

Whether the first hammer is hit well or not is of great importance. "

Cao Peng couldn't help swallowing!
Oh my god, after tossing for a long time, is it just the beginning?

"Ah Fu, work hard, I'm waiting for the treasured sword you made with your own hands."

Wang Mai laughed heartlessly, so angry that Cao Peng shouted angrily: "Get out!"

In the blink of an eye, Wang Mai disappeared...

Wang Meng was on the sidelines, helping and chatting with Cao Ji.

The temperature in the shed gradually increased. Cao Peng wiped the sweat from his head and sat down beside him. 360 lines, every line is the champion... It seems that blacksmithing is really a technical job.An ordinary craftsman like Dad has to put so much effort into it.It is estimated that those master craftsmen, masters, will work harder.I really don't know, how did those legendary master swordsmiths come about?
Cao Peng was thinking while watching Cao Ji busy.

In this way, without knowing it, the time of the day gradually passed.

As the sky started to darken, suddenly it snowed heavily.

Deng Ji also came back and helped outside the shed.

"Let's start melting the iron."

When Cao Ji gave an order, Wang Meng immediately picked up a wooden bucket full of broken ironware and poured it into it.These broken iron objects were all collected before.In fact, it is of no great use, mainly to pave the way for the first hammer.Once the furnace is turned on, it cannot rest.When the ironware in the furnace began to melt together, Cao Ji waved to Cao Peng, telling him to get ready to hammer.

Using pliers to clamp out a workpiece, Cao Peng stepped forward with a special hammer.

This hammer weighed eighteen catties, and was specially prepared by Cao Ji for Cao Peng.Cao Peng took a deep breath, clamped down on the workpiece, and pulled away.

Pushing hard with one arm, he only heard a loud roar, the anger left his dantian, and the wheel hammer fell down.

clang……

A crisp sound, sparks scattered.

"Golden flowers bloom, Vulcan returns to the palace!"

Cao Ji was overjoyed, rushed over, grabbed the pliers, and smashed them with the wheel hammer.

The hammer he used weighed 68 jin, which was [-] jin heavier than Cao Peng's hammer.Naturally, the force with which they were smashed down was also different, and the sound of jingling could be heard endlessly.In the light of the fire, Cao Ji had an excited smile on his face, his eyes were focused and charming...

With a hammer, it almost used the strength of the whole body.

After Cao Peng retreated, he let out a long breath of foul air.

"Ok?"

"Hehe, no mess up."

"That's good, that's good!"

Deng Ji was in the shed, watching with horror.

How could he have imagined that with a hammer, he could achieve such momentum.

As Cao Ji moved the sledgehammer, the muscles on his bare arms beat rhythmically.Not only his arms were exerting force, in fact Cao Ji's whole body was moving, including his mind.

"Ah Fu, does the method you mentioned really work?"

Wang Meng asked softly, Cao Peng smiled and said, "Whether it works or not, don't you know if you try it?"

As early as the Warring States Period, the ancestors invented and created the quenching technology.But for a long time, from the Warring States period to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, no matter how people quenched, they still couldn't get rid of using water as the cooling medium for quenching.During the Eastern Han Dynasty, people realized that by quenching with different water, knives with different properties could be obtained.Therefore, distinguishing water has become a compulsory course for foundry craftsmen.

It's just that the ability to distinguish water requires talent.

There may not be one out of a hundred people, so that master craftsmen become extremely scarce.

Pu Yuan, an expert knife maker in the late Three Kingdoms period, possessed such a technique.It's a pity that there are very few people who can master this kind of technology.

Cao Ji didn't know how to distinguish water, so naturally he couldn't become a master.

However, Cao Peng gave him an idea: quenching with animal urine first, and then quenching with animal fat, may have a miraculous effect.

How did he know this?

Cao Peng said, "That old alchemist told me."

In my heart, I don't know how grateful I am to that mysterious old alchemist.If it wasn't for him, Cao Peng really didn't know how to explain it.

In people's minds, an alchemist is a person with great supernatural powers, maybe even a fairy.

Since it was said by the gods, it must have a special effect.Cao Ji naturally believed in it, and expressed his willingness to try without hesitation.

If Cao Peng's method can really solve the water problem, then Cao Ji can break through a threshold and take a big step forward.

In the shed, a pool of horse urine and a pool of lard were prepared.There is no need to spend money on horse urine, and the three horses of the Cao family are almost enough.

It's just that this lard... really cost a lot of money.

If it fails, Cao Peng is afraid that it will be unavoidable and he will suffer some blame.

"Father, I'm tired, I'm going to rest first..."

"Okay, you go and rest first."

Cao Peng is naturally full of confidence, because he told Cao Ji that the double liquid quenching method has been confirmed in later generations.During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Qi Wuhuaiwen, a master soldier caster, invented this double liquid quenching method and created the famous Su Tie Dao.It is precisely because of the emergence of this double-liquid quenching method that the later Hengdao and Modao came into existence... Cao Peng believes that Cao Ji will make a big step forward after solving the quenching problem.However, he did not tell Cao Jisu how to forge the iron knife, because he felt that it was too early.

Back in his room, Cao Peng seemed to have collapsed, sat down on his buttocks, and never wanted to move again.

Finally solved a problem!
If Dad can use the double liquid quenching method to hit a good knife, no matter who he serves in the future, he can gain a firm foothold.

This is a great achievement...

The problem of quenching is solved, and the rest is to increase the furnace temperature and solve the problem of the bellows.

Cao Peng took a breath, stood up and walked to the desk.

Huh?
Where are my drawings?
He was surprised to find that the blueprint of the bellows he had drawn before had disappeared...

Cao Peng shuddered and rummaged through the house, but he couldn't find those blueprints.Don't be taken away!
Regardless of his fatigue, he rushed out of the room like the wind.

"Mom, who came into my room today?"

Mrs. Zhang and Cao Nan were preparing dinner, when they heard Cao Peng's roar, they were stunned.

"I didn't go in... Ah Nan, did you go in?"

Cao Nan shook his head, "I haven't entered Ah Fu's room before? Ah Fu, what happened? Why is your face so ugly...Hey, where are you going?"

Before she could finish speaking, Cao Peng turned his head and left.

Usually no one would go into his room...

Except for Mrs. Zhang and Cao Nan helping him clean up the room, neither Cao Ji nor Deng Ji, including Wang Meng, would go in.

Wang Mai went in and out quite often, but he stayed with him all day today.

Calm down, keep calm!

Cao Peng kept reminding himself, trying hard to remember.

Last night, I also studied the drawings... Then I felt tired and went to sleep!But before going to bed, I... by the way, I stuffed the drawings into my leather pocket.

Where is my leather pocket?

Cao Peng is really in a hurry...

"Brother Hutou, have you seen my black leather pocket?"

Wang Mai said, "Is that the leather bag you took away this morning?"

"Yes!"

"Didn't you bring it back?"

I remembered!

When I am resting after practicing, I take off the leather pocket and put it under the peach tree on the river beach.At that time, I was in a hurry, and I forgot about it.

It's broken, don't be taken away...

That leather pocket is not worth much money, at best it is commemorative because his mother sewed it for him.But the drawings inside...

On Cao Peng's forehead, a thin layer of sweat beads appeared in an instant.

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