Master descends to earth

Chapter 77
"Brother Su, we will have a happy cooperation in the future!"

At noon the next day, Su Yuan came to Zheng's old house, saw Zheng Dongyang, accompanied by Zheng Qianli, and the three drank happily, creating a harmonious atmosphere.

A cooperation was quickly reached, and the Su family sword shop opened a special counter for the Zheng family, as long as it meets the standard, it can be put on the shelves for sale.

Huangnihan spring water is provided at a discount, and Su Yuan is also eligible to borrow the Zheng family's century-old experience. Of course, he also has to share his corresponding experience, so that everyone can enjoy it.

Su Yuan was very satisfied with the result, all he wanted was an attitude, the Zheng family needed a new ally, the two hit it off, and it was a matter of course.

Back in the workshop, it was rare to be quiet, and the matter was left to other people to handle.Xu Kui and Hu Jinquan were in charge of the swordsmiths, Wang Tian managed the store, Yagyu Huimei provided professional support, and with Jin Sanye's background, the Su family sword shop quickly opened up.

"The next step is to become famous in Longquan as soon as possible!"

Looking at the system tasks, Su Yuan has already completed his own business and established his name, but the other half is even more difficult.

Slowly stood up, came to the backyard, picked up the hammer, and muttered to himself: "One dragon is not enough, at least three are enough!"

The so-called sword size is equivalent to a series of works, and it can not be supported by just one or two.According to the plan, Long Yuan can be regarded as a masterpiece, a meteorite from the sky is rare to come across in a hundred years, and has unlimited potential.

If you want to dominate Longquan, you need to build at least two. Not only swords, but also knives are evidence of strength, such as...

Waist knife!

Longteng Waist Saber!

The store was handed over to other people to manage, so you don't have to worry about such a small matter. In the next few days, Su Yuan took Xu Kui to run all over the mines in Longquan, and finally found two pieces of ore with the best quality.

Looking at the ore that is flickering with rich yellow light and dotted with golden light, I can't help but sigh that meteorites are really rare in the sky, and only the right time, place, people and luck can create a dragon.

"Master, are we going to forge a knife this time?" Xu Kui was very excited when he heard that the goal this time was a waist knife. He had never forged a high-quality knife. Although it was always called a sword, the craftsmanship was quite different.

Su Yuan nodded, the stupid big man knew nothing but forging swords, and didn't bother to worry about it, so he just followed him.After this period of running-in, the two cooperated tacitly, especially the blacksmithing process, which tested kung fu and eyesight the most.

Pick up a well-designed pattern, the so-called waist knife, that is, a short weapon with a single-sided long blade worn at the waist.About three feet long, the blade is narrow and the handle is short.

Ming "Wu Bei Zhi Military Equipment": The method of making a waist knife requires more practice with iron. Use pure steel from the back and use a flat shovel to cut it flat to the blade. The blade is sharpened flat and has no shoulders.

Waist knives first appeared in the Baoan people. According to legend, the Baoan people once lived in a beautiful and wealthy Zhuangzi, but their happy life was often envied by the devil.As a result, everyone in the whole village panicked, and Zhuangzi, who was originally full of vitality, became lifeless.

There was a blacksmith named Ha Kemu who lived at the east end of Zhuangzi and vowed to subdue the devil.Late one night, he hid alone with a sharp steel knife beside the cave where the devil came in and out. When the devil came out of the hole, a cold light pierced the devil's head.But no matter how brave Hakemu stabbed the devil, the hateful guy was unscathed.

Ha Kemu failed to subdue the devil, listless all day long, restless.One night, I dreamed of an old man in my sleep. The old man said: "Although your knife is sharp, it cannot subdue the devil."

The devil can be subdued only with a knife called Boriji. The old man guides Ha Kemu to find the thousand-year-old tree beside the Tianchi Lake on the mountain opposite Zhuangzi, and make a waist knife according to the shape of the leaves of this tree, and place it on the knife. The upper part of the surface must be chiseled with patterns of leaves.

According to the instructions of the mysterious old man, Ha Kemu forged the Borji waist knife.Look for an opportunity to assassinate the devil again.This time, Hakemu's eyes were sharp and his hands were quick. He raised the knife and dropped it. The devil's body was immediately splattered with blood, and he lay at Hakemu's feet.

After studying the pattern, Xu Kui analyzed: "In the early years, in order to make good knives, I went to the Baoan family and bought a high-quality folding knife in the Qing Dynasty at a high price. It was forged at high temperature and then folded and kneaded repeatedly. It combines hardness and softness with good elasticity. The texture is peculiar and the blade is sharp. It is a pity that the craftsmanship was once lost with the passing away of the older generation of knife makers, and the current knife is useless."

Su Yuan nodded, how to balance hardness and toughness is an eternal problem in sword making.The blade requires hardness and the back of the blade requires toughness, but in order to maintain toughness, hardness must be sacrificed.

The so-called dark pattern of the folding knife is the trace of the fusion of steel and iron. This is the fusion of water and milk of steel and iron after repeated forging to ensure the perfect combination of sharpness and toughness.

Commented: "Later I heard that the three craftsmen of Ganhetan, Ma Shengfu, Ma Zizheng, and Ma Zhijun, have made painstaking research and repeatedly tested the craftsmanship that has been lost for half a century. It is said to be similar to the Mixi knife in the Western Regions of the Yuan Dynasty. If you have the opportunity, you can see it. "

In fact, after the Song Dynasty, due to the different war situations and development of the times, the types of knives increased rapidly. The waist knife alone had many shapes.Such as wild goose feather knife, wild goose wing knife, wild goose hair knife, oxtail knife, fish head knife, lancet knife, etc.

This time Su Yuan designed the Yanling Saber, which looks like the feathers of a huge goose, so it is called Yanling.The total length is mostly about 110cm, the blade length is 80cm, and the handle length is 15cm.The width of the blade is 5cm, the thickness of the ridge is 0.6cm, and the weight of the knife is two kilograms.

The blade is straight, with a slightly upturned tip. There is a reverse edge 20cm from the tip to the back of the knife, which runs through the entire back of the knife. The section of the blade is an isosceles triangle.

Because of the influence of Mongolian swords, most of the blood grooves of Yanling swords in the Ming Dynasty had one blood groove, while in the Qing Dynasty, the blood grooves of Yanling swords became multiple, and the shape of the blood grooves was weird and complicated, and it was extremely lethal.

To say that the most famous waist knife is the Tiandiren series created by Qianlong. In the 13th year of Qianlong, he instructed, reviewed, and appointed the General Manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to make imperial waist swords. It took 22 years to complete the casting and decoration, and it took nearly ten years for the skilled craftsmen of the manufacturing office to complete it.

Now I can still see some of them when I go to the Forbidden City. Six golden nanmu boxes were made by the Manufacturing Office of the House of Internal Affairs. "People under" words.

Each knife box is 120 cm long, 35 cm wide, and 20 cm high. The bottom bracket of the waist knife box is 22 cm high. Each box contains five waist knives.

Koming Knife weighs 24 taels; Kong Chun Knife weighs 25 taels; Moon Blade Knife weighs 24 taels; Fengshuo Knife weighs 23 taels, manufactured in the Qianlong period.

After a hundred years of war, the production of knife boxes with the inscriptions "Dragon" and "Tiger", and the production of knife boxes with the inscriptions "Jing" and "God" in 60 years, each of ten.In 58, there were only five knife boxes with the inscription "Feng", and it is estimated that there were at least five waist knives for imperial use, which were lost among the people, and where are they now?

Until it appeared on the auction a few years ago, it was collected by a mysterious buyer at a sky-high price of 5000 million, setting a record for the highest domestic sword.

Even Qianlong was very fond of swords and swords. He personally wrote the imperial pen on the box and named it Zhan E Tao Jing!

Zhan means deep and thick; E refers to the blade of a knife; Tao is the sheath and box for bows and arrows; Jingyi refers to the purest, most delicate and essence extracted from the material.

In addition, the imperial inscriptions on the knife box: "Yunwen Yunbao", "Shuange Hanqing", "Baozhi Ningtao", "Deyaoxiangjin", "Gongquan Sharp Weapon", etc., have extraordinary meanings in their names.

According to historical records, in the process of making the Tiandiren Waist Knife, the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs consistently adhered to the edict of Qianlong. From the beginning of creation, it instructed the waist knives to draw a pattern first, and required each knife to draw a paper sample.

A waist knife even needs to draw four patterns of the knife, and then make a comprehensive comparison, so as to select the style of the waist knife to achieve excellence.Jin Kun, the royal painter of Ruyifang, painted eight patterns of knives such as Moon Blade, Kong Chun, Koming, Lian Jing, Fei Que, Su Ting, Chao A, and Flying Snake, etc., and presented them to the eunuch Hu Shijie, according to the order: "Do as usual, this is it."

Even the golden peach skin decorated on the scabbard is extremely valuable, the outer surface is red and black, and the inside is golden yellow. It comes from the mountains in the east of QQHE City. The skin, in fact, does not bear peaches, and the spring branches are folded at the age of tribute.

Qianlong deserves to be the old man of Shiquan, the strongest collector in history. According to the records of the Qing Dynasty, during the four east tours to Shengjing, the upper layer of the Feilong Pavilion of the Imperial Palace contained the imperial weapons of Qing Taizong, Shizu, Shengzu, Shizong, and Gaozong, such as bows and arrows. , 櫜瞬, saddles, knives, swords, guns and other objects, Qianlong transported more than 600 kinds of weapons once every eight years for collection.

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