Otherworld's Organ Master

Chapter 4 Broken Gold Thread (Continue to ask for support

The main income of Jinzhu Village comes from making broken gold wire.

There is a large golden bamboo forest in the mountain behind the village, but the production of broken golden silk is limited every month, mainly because its production process is very cumbersome.

Broken Golden Bamboo is green in color, with golden spots on its skin, the older the bamboo, the bigger the golden spots.It is best to use bamboo that is more than three years old to make broken gold threads. Hsinchu bamboo has too many impurities, which is not only easy to break, but also inferior to old bamboo in various aspects.

However, even for old bamboo, it is necessary to try to remove the impurities in the bamboo thread.

There is a nitrate mine behind the village, the color is slightly darker than ordinary soil, and the texture is finer.The villagers use nitrate ore to grind the bamboo threads until the turquoise in the bamboo threads is so pale that it is almost invisible, and the bamboo threads turn pale yellow.

This is not over yet, the light yellow bamboo shreds need to be soaked in nitrate water for three days and three nights.At that time, the light yellow color of the bamboo thread will turn into a deeper golden color. Until then, a broken gold thread is not really finished.

The nitrous granules are insoluble in water and will settle to the bottom of the water after a while, so the nitrous water needs to be stirred constantly to fully mix the water and the nitrous particles.The processed broken gold wire is extremely flexible and will not break no matter how bent it is.The woven silk surface is difficult to penetrate with a sharp knife, impervious to water and fire, and is often used to make the shell of organs.

After fully understanding the production process of the broken gold shreds, Chang Ming lamented that no matter what kind of rice it is, it is not so delicious.With such a complicated process, the last broken gold wire can only be sold for eighteen coppers... Thinking about it this way, he felt that the fifty silver coins he got were too simple.You know, one silver coin is equal to one thousand copper coins, and fifty silver coins is equivalent to more than 700 finished broken gold wires!

Although the production of broken gold wire is complicated, most of it is water milling.Its real difficulty is the first step - removing the bamboo thread from the bamboo pole.

The length of each broken gold wire collected by Lianjia must be more than one meter.Bamboo threads within one meter are waste products, and they will not accept them.Moreover, the one-meter-long bamboo thread must be uniform in thickness and as thin as a sheet of paper, which requires very high craftsmanship.Every household in the village makes gold shreds, but there are only ten people who can successfully slice good bamboo shreds.

Chang Ming walked to the door of Lao Ping's house, and the village head said that Lao Ping was one of the ten people in the village who could slice bamboo silk, and he was also the one with the best craftsmanship.

Lao Ping was working, and he was sitting steadily in the courtyard, with a lot of bamboo poles piled up next to him.

He was so focused that he often came in without even looking up.Chang Ming didn't bother him either, and stood quietly watching.

Lao Ping grabbed a bamboo pole with one hand, and pinched a narrow blade with the other hand, aiming at the head of the bamboo pole.His right hand didn't move, but his left hand shook twice, and a long bamboo thread was sliced ​​out.

Sure enough, the thickness is uniform, it is as thin as paper, it is a perfect bamboo thread.

Lao Ping didn't stop until he had completely sliced ​​the bamboo pole - at that time, the surface of the bamboo pole had completely disappeared, leaving only the blue and white bamboo flesh inside - then he raised his head and silently greeted him with his eyes.

Chang Ming didn't pay attention to his movements, he was holding a bamboo thread, his eyes were focused, and his face was thoughtful.His mind was replaying Lao Ping's actions just now, how the blade was pinched, the angle at which it cut into the bamboo pole, the hand gestures when the slice was released, the frequency and timing of his left hand shaking...

All of this appeared in his mind in detail, and every detail was not missed.

When he was a child, his grandfather taught him that the so-called practice is not to repeat mistakes, but to do it purposefully after careful observation.

Repeating a mistake a hundred times is also a mistake. Only by walking the right path can we reach the other side of success.

He carefully watched Lao Ping's entire process of processing a bamboo pole. For this bamboo pole, he sliced ​​out a total of 43 bamboo threads. Sometimes there will be some small flaws, resulting in some errors in the thickness of the bamboo threads. .However, none of the 83 bamboo threads failed. It took about half an hour in total, showing extremely superb skills.

After one bamboo pole was sliced, beads of sweat appeared on Lao Ping's forehead, which obviously required a certain amount of physical strength.

After replaying the whole process ten times in Chang Ming's mind, he raised his head, and just as he was about to speak to Lao Ping, an uncle walked in and shouted: "Lao Ping, is there a finished product? Ha, sure enough, I'll come Received!"

Lao Ping stood up silently, turned around, and handed him a long and narrow bamboo basket.The bamboo baskets are filled with shredded bamboo that has just been sliced.

The uncle counted the points and said: "There are three hundred coins in total, and each one costs ten coppers, or should we pay with silver coins?"

Lao Ping nodded, and took the silver coin in his hand.

After Chang Ming asked, he found out that there are only ten people in the village who can slice bamboo, which is less than one per household on average.In the process of making broken gold wire, only pieces of bamboo wire require skills, and the rest are all water milling work.Therefore, the village arranged these ten people to specialize in making pieces of silk, and each piece of silk received ten coppers.

Chang Ming was stunned for a moment, and asked: "In this way, you can only earn eight coppers for such a cumbersome process?"

The uncle laughed: "Who told us not to have this skill? We know more, do more, earn more, how normal!"

Chang Ming asked thoughtfully: "If I can also make a piece of bamboo thread, can I also make a job?"

Lao Ping glanced at him, and the uncle laughed even louder: "Of course, brother Ming, if you can produce qualified bamboo threads, we can also charge you ten coppers a piece! But this job is not so easy to do." Yes, look at your delicate hands, be careful not to be scratched by the bamboo threads! Don't look at Lao Ping's simple work, he is the number one in the village, and the success rate of others is not so high!"

Although he said it frankly, he obviously didn't believe that Chang Ming could do it.

Lao Ping didn't say a word. The uncle left after finishing the settlement. He glanced at Chang Ming and said concisely: "Do you want to try?"

Chang Ming nodded immediately: "Yes!"

Lao Ping handed him both the knife and the bamboo pole, and Chang Ming took a deep breath and sat down.

He didn't do it right away, but stroked the bamboo pole lightly, feeling the fine texture.Then, he picked up the razor blade and scratched lightly on the shredded bamboo meat twice.

Seeing his preparations, Lao Ping's eyes lit up.

Chang Ming recalled the process twice in his mind, raised his head and smiled: "Uncle Ping, maybe one of your bamboo poles has to be scrapped."

Lao Ping said succinctly, "It's all right!"

Chang Ming took a few more deep breaths, pinched the blade, put the blade against one end of the bamboo pole, and cut it off without hesitation!
His gestures are exactly the same as Lao Ping's, and the angle and depth of the cut are exactly the same.Immediately afterwards, his right hand did not move, but his left hand trembled, but the coordinated frequency was not in place, and when the bamboo thread appeared about [-] centimeters, it broke suddenly.

Chang Ming's expression didn't change at all, he rearranged his posture, and made another stab.This time it was still unsuccessful, and the frequency of coordination was not done well.

The third knife, the fourth knife, the fifth knife...

Chang Ming's eyes remained the same, his breathing remained the same, except for the slight adjustments in his movements, every failure did not affect him in any way.

Lao Ping's calm eyes gradually showed surprise. He really deserves to be the number one craftsman in Jinzhu Village, and his eyes are extremely sharp.He quickly saw the point.

Every time Chang Ming adjusted, his movements became smoother than the previous one.Gradually, instead of completely copying Lao Ping's model, he added some of his own habits.

He failed 15 times in a row, and when he reached No. [-], he finished shaking twice in a row, and a complete bamboo thread appeared in his hand!
Chang Ming kept on moving, No.16 failed again, but No.17 succeeded.

Eighteen failed, nineteen failed, and twenty succeeded.

Chang Ming's success rate is getting higher and higher. He spent a total of 34 knives on this bamboo pole, and the last five knives were all successful, and none of them broke!

After all the pieces of a bamboo pole were finished, Chang Ming exhaled and put down the tools in his hand.

There was light in Lao Ping's eyes, and he said briefly: "You should become a mechanism engineer!"

Chang Ming picked up the bamboo strands he had made and looked at them, then shook his head and said, "No, the quality is not good enough. Look at the thin ones on the top and the thick ones on the bottom..."

Lao Ping didn't speak, just patted Chang Ming on the shoulder and pointed somewhere.

Chang Ming looked in the direction of his fingers and saw four bamboo pillars bundled together.The bamboo pillars are densely engraved with scratches, and the meat can be seen deep in the depth of each knife, which already has some history.

Lao Ping said: "This is a record of failure!"

Chang Ming was taken aback for a moment, and instantly understood.Every time Lao Ping made an unsuccessful attempt, he carved a knife on the bamboo pillar.The entire bamboo column is full of scratches, which shows how many times he has failed!

Lao Ping pointed to the pile of new bamboo threads in front of him, each of which was uniform in thickness and as thin as paper... Behind such a work, there are countless failures and countless efforts!
Chang Ming smiled gratefully at him and said, "Well, Uncle Ping, I know. I will continue to work hard until I am like you!"

His mind went back to Grandpa and the tape recorder.

It seems to be an understatement to tap, but there are hundreds of thousands of experience hidden behind it.This is the case no matter what you do, find the right method, work hard, and go to success!

After thinking for a while, Lao Ping handed him his small blade and said, "For you."

Chang Ming had carefully looked at it before, and it seemed to be just a metal blade, but it had obviously been polished countless times.The curvature and the touch of the handle all make people feel extra comfortable.Chang Ming did not refuse, took the blade, bowed deeply to Lao Ping, and said, "Thank you!"

What he thanked was not just the blade, but Lao Ping's silent warning.

Never be frivolous, and always be calm and calm.

There is still a long way to go to truly become a mechanism engineer, but no matter what the road is, one must walk step by step!
Chang Ming raised his eyes to look at Zhu Zhu. He saw resentment, unyielding, and persistence in the knife marks.For him, staying in Jinzhu Village has another meaning besides inquiring about news.

Honing the craft and making the perfect golden bamboo silk——

Mechanism engineer is a purely manual profession, and basic skills are definitely the most important. This is just a good opportunity for Chang Ming to practice basic skills!
(End of this chapter)