Infrastructure Throne

This level of verbal provocation is not even scratching an itch in Shen Qingze's ears.

Shen Qingze looked at him indifferently, and even replied a thank you.

The man found it interesting and wanted to say a few more words, but was interrupted by Shelley.

"Fuqu, you are too rude." Shelley's eyes revealed a hint of dissatisfaction. If the elf girl hadn't slipped her mouth, Fuqu was so curious that she insisted on following, she would never have brought him with her.

In the Northland, Shen Qingze has a great reputation, even the lord of Mingzhu City dare not disrespect him face to face, but now he was abruptly confronted by a strange alien, Xiao Meng and Teng Changqing's expressions suddenly sank.

Teng Changqing has a rough personality, wishing to teach the other party a lesson on the spot, but Shen Qingze's eyes stopped him, so he could only give Fu Qu a stare.

Seeing that Shen Qingze was not angry, Shelley relaxed slightly, and introduced to him: "This is His Royal Highness Fuqu, the Seventh Prince of the Mermaid Clan, and the Mermaid Clan is the royal family of the Sea Clan, leading the entire Sea Clan."

Shen Qingze and the others subconsciously looked under Fuqu's belly, just like humans, they had two straight legs, and they couldn't see the rumored mermaid tail.

The seventh prince, Fuqu, was not annoyed at all by being offended. Instead, he shook his fin-like ears very proudly: "In my clan, only those underage brats can't separate their legs. They can only swim in the water." Swim."

Shen Qingze was silent for a moment, and praised subtly with his eyes: "Your Highness the Seventh Prince is really amazing, he can move freely on land."

"Hahaha, it's just average, it's just average." Fuqu narrowed his eyes with a smile, and his praise for Shen Qingze was very useful, and even changed his opinion of him a lot.

Xiao Meng and Teng Changqing looked at each other wordlessly, and the elf girl covered her mouth and smiled secretly.

Shelley pressed his forehead in embarrassment. He always suspected that the mermaid prince didn't pour out the sea water from his head when he split his legs and went ashore: "Stop standing here and talking. Priest Shen has worked hard all the way. Go and rest."

Fuqu leaned forward and chattered endlessly: "Take me, this prince knows the royal city like the back of his hand. You are newcomers, and you are from the backcountry of the Northland. You must have never seen such a prosperous capital."

"The delicacies here are delicious, the beauties are like clouds, and our headquarters of the Blue Sky Merchant Alliance sells the rarest things in the entire Shuguang Continent."

Seeing Shen Qingze's lack of interest, Fuqu racked his brains: "Oh yes, a hotpot restaurant opened in the city a while ago, you must have never eaten it, it is always full on weekdays, but this prince is a special guest , I can take you to taste it, how about it?"

Shen Qingze's brows moved slightly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your love."

Fu Qu was taken aback.

Shen Qingze: "That store is a chain store from our Yuanliu City."

Fu Qu: "..."

His Highness the mermaid prince who loves flattery was mercilessly discouraged by Shen Qingze, so he had no choice but to give up resentfully.

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During the time before the opening of the Shenbing Forging Conference, Shelley, as the host, led Shen Qingze and his party to tour the Blue Sky King City for two days, and introduced the power structure of the King City one by one.

The Blue Sky Merchant Alliance is a loose alliance formed by the union of many ethnic groups. The sea clan, elves, and human races headed by the mermaid clan, and members of the royal family form a round table council to make decisions about the country's affairs.

The three parties often fight openly and covertly for the seats in the parliament. Fortunately, the Blue Sky Business Alliance is a peaceful country that is not easy to fight for hegemony and focus on making money. The various groups have lived together for a long time and have long been accustomed to each other's existence. It is not like the northern human race and the orc race. .

It is rumored that a large piece of black water suddenly gushes out from the ground in a barren beach near the sea. The black water is viscous and flammable. Crystal's mystical spar.

The well-known forging masters in the Royal City of the Blue Sky Merchant Alliance regarded it as a treasure, and tried different methods, but they were unable to forge it.

Mermaids, elves, and humans saw that no one could swallow this treasure all by themselves, so they had to send out invitations to the entire continent, hoping to invite strange people, disassemble it, take part of the spar as a reward, and the rest will still belong to the Blue Sky King City all.

Shen Qingze's heart couldn't help beating when he heard this, what kind of mysterious spar, the "black water" that ignites on fire is the real treasure!

If only I could buy this enclave...

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When Shen Qingze was secretly thinking about the idea of ​​"Black Water", the famous Divine Weapon Forging Conference in the Shuguang Continent finally kicked off.

Famous blacksmith masters from all over the continent gathered in the Blue Sky King City. At the same time, there were also craftsmen who were attracted by the master's guidance, and people who were eager to buy the magic weapon blade.

Blue Sky King City has rich experience in holding similar grand events, the inner and outer city environment is beautiful and luxurious, and the shops and hotels are booming, lively and orderly.

The Shenbing Forging Conference is mainly divided into two stages. In the first stage, the truly capable masters will be selected from the vast number of craftsmen who received the invitation letter. In the second stage, the mysterious spar will be smelted. Who can smelt and forge it? Can be the leader.

Since most craftsmen in the Dawn Continent use the refining method to forge weapons, pig iron is smelted into iron in a blast furnace, and repeatedly hammered and forged into steel.

But it takes a long time and consumes a lot of materials. The most difficult thing is that the uneven carbon content leads to a decrease in performance. Even the same master may forge weapons of different standards.

Most of the artisans who went to Blue Sky King City brought their existing works to the meeting.

Only a very small number of those who can't produce their works will choose to use the smelting room and materials provided by Blue Sky City to forge weapons on the spot.

For example Shen Qingze.

There are many factors that affect the forging of a high-quality cold weapon. In addition to the craftsman's own attainments, what is more important is the quality of the ore, smelting furnace, furnace temperature, fuel, auxiliary agent, etc., each of which is indispensable in the smelting process. part of the

Shen Qingze did not intend to directly use the smelting room of Blue Sky City, the furnace here can at most smelt ordinary iron, he needs to use the existing materials to make a crucible that can withstand a high temperature of [-] degrees.

The Blue Sky King City is one of the economic centers of the Dawn Continent. There are all sorts of strange things on the market here, and there are countless materials.With Shelley's help, the clay, graphite, and high-quality coke that met Shen Qingze's requirements were quickly delivered to him.

Yin Er and Tong San have worked in the smelter for more than a year, and they are now experienced blacksmiths, more than enough to help the officiant.

With the fastest speed, the three transformed the ordinary ironmaking furnace in the smelting room into a small clay crucible according to the crucible furnace blueprint attached to the system.

The crucible is disposable and is strong enough to withstand extremely high temperatures for hours without exploding or deforming.

There is a regenerator outside the furnace, and the hot blast is carried out by manpower.

Blue Sky King City is close to the southern tip of the mainland, and the temperature is relatively high, but it is still early spring outside.In the smelting room, the temperature soared near the scorching flames and high-temperature furnace, and indoors and outdoors seemed to cross the poles of the northern and southern continents in one step, and the temperature difference was terribly high.

Shen Qingze put the melted wrought iron and cast iron in the crucible, and the whole crucible was erected on the coke-covered bracket in the furnace, mixed with glass shavings as a flux, and lime powder to remove sulfur and phosphorus.

Burned for four to five hours, the burning coke is burned to an almost incandescent color at high temperatures, rather than the golden red of ordinary coal or charcoal.

The iron material is slowly melted into molten steel in a crucible, poured into a mold, cast into a steel ingot, and finally forged into shape.

Compared with wrought iron forged ironware, the steel produced by the crucible method has fewer impurities and a more uniform texture. After polishing, it is white or silver, and it is extremely hard.

Several people were sweating profusely in the smelting room.

Shen Qingze only wore a thin cotton short-sleeved shirt, sweating under the high temperature, fine beads of sweat slid down the side of his neck, the material was tightly attached to the back, and the two protruding butterfly bones followed his movements Spread your wings and want to fly.

The three of Shen Qingze stayed in the smelting room for a full week, smelting countless iron materials, and the hand holding the hammer was stiff and numb. The intermediate blacksmith's proficiency increased to 100%, and when he was promoted to a senior blacksmith, the system Finally gave him an excellent label.

The weapon that can be used to participate in the first-stage selection is freshly released—it is a steel axe, which is so simple in shape that it is no different from the ax used by street woodcutters.

If I insist on the difference, the whole ax head is icy silver in color, the spine is thicker and stronger, and the blade is thinner and sharper.

Shen Qingze finally finished his participating works, and most of the other artisans who came to participate in the conference have already completed the first stage of participating in the evaluation.

In the resplendent exhibition hall, there is a dazzling array of magic weapons, including swords, guns, swords and halberds. The flickering cold light gives people the illusion of cutting their eyes.

Those who can be listed on the exhibition stand are all famous forging masters from the three empires.

Shen Qingze, a young man in his thirties, immediately attracted everyone's curious eyes when he stepped into the selection hall - when did the apprentice blacksmith have the courage and confidence to participate in such a grand event?

When he handed over the steel ax in the wooden box to the judging meeting for the forging of the gods in the blue sky city, all the craftsmen on the scene and the nobles who participated in the judging almost didn't laugh out loud. Karize's background in the Northland is exactly the same.

"Boy, you said it only took you seven days to build this ax?"

A strong man with beards laughed loudly. On his serpentine jacquard neckline, a metal badge was shining, with the logo of the Blue Sky City Forging Association engraved on it.

Shen Qingze calmly nodded.

The craftsmen of the Forging Association frowned:

"This is the Shenbing forging conference, not the tree-cutting conference. Let me remind you that not everyone can come for entertainment. The test will be conducted in public later. If you are afraid of losing face, it is too late to leave now."

Seeing that Shen Qingze had no intention of retreating despite the difficulties, the man shook his head, and pointed to a huge two-meter-high conical iron pillar in the center of the hall:

"This iron pillar is cast from the hardest iron in Blue Sky City, and it is divided into three parts from the bottom to the top, the upper, middle and lower."

"You can choose a section and judge it according to the depth of the marks left by the weapon."

He glanced at Shen Qingze's wood-chopping axe: "It looks sharp on the outside, but I don't know if it's not useful. You can chop three times with this axe."

Shen Qingze raised his eyebrows: "Three times?"

The man looked Shen Qingze up and down, who looked like a gentle noble young master in a plain sacrificial robe, curled his lips and said: "If you can't swing the axe, let your guard help you. If there is no trace left , you can go home.

Shen Qingze: "If it breaks, do I have to pay for it?"

"Of course I won't pay." The craftsman of the association showed suspicion. This guy didn't want to deliberately smash the ax to extort money, right?

Shen Qingze nodded: "Then I can rest assured."