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Chapter 72 The Craftsman's Workshop

The next morning, Huang Shang got up early, washed up, carried all his belongings and walked down the mountain to the road he had told him last night. He looked for a hidden place on the way down the mountain, hid all the packages and weapons, bows and arrows, and then went down the mountain.

Luohe Town is located on the east side of Huangzhou Prefecture in the eastern part of Daxi Kingdom. It is the official road leading to Zhebe City to the north, and it is the south to Gurri City. It is an important passage for Daxi Kingdom to travel south and north.

And extend the ridge eastward and cross the mountain. At the foot of the mountain to the east is the original important town in the southwest of Ulan Kingdom, now the Tianyang City controlled by Daxi Kingdom.

Luohe Town is located at the junction of Zhebei Mountain and Feiying Mountain, with a slightly gentle terrain. The waters of the Zhui River at the edge of the town are turbulent. These rivers all come from the Zhebei Snow Mountain in the north and flow down. The waters of the Zhui River in the north are clear and transparent, but the waters of the rivers in the south seem reddish-brown, because a large amount of iron water flows into the river in the town.

When Huang Shang stepped into the town, there was a pungent smell everywhere in the town, and all kinds of jingles filled the eardrums. The blazing fire pits in the blacksmith shop, the busy workers, and the door was filled with weapons and daily tools. Merchants from all over the country stood at the door of the blacksmith shop and looked at the finished products and bargained with the boss.

From time to time, groups of workers carried bamboo baskets, and the bamboo baskets were filled with ores of various colors. The workers transported the ores to various blacksmith shops and then returned to continue transportation. From ore mining, transportation and processing to the final sales of finished products, the whole town was in order.

Yum Craftsman's Shop is very easy to find. Huang Shang only asked a passerby and found the location of the Craftsman's Shop, because the Craftsman's Shop, which is mentioned by Gaoshenyuan, is the largest blacksmith shop in Luocha Town.

"Please, I'll look for Wu Gouwa."

Huang Shang politely said to a man standing under the huge signboard and inspecting the finished product.

"What did you say? Wu Gouwa?!"

The man asked back in surprise.

Is there no such person here? So Huang Shang said Wu Gouwa's name again?

"Wait." The man looked at Huang Shang strangely before hurried into the shop.

After a year of about fifty years, the burly man came out with the man just now and looked up and down at Huang Shang.

"You are looking for me? You are here to work. Well, I have the strength. Aqiang, please take him there and let him follow you. I will settle the wages."

"Are you Wu Gouwa?" Huang Shang seemed a little unbelievable. Logically speaking, the name Gouwa would never be the name of a person in his fifties.

"Don't shout, call Manager Wu." Aqiang reminded Huang Shang and said.

"It's okay, take him, I'll go and meet the boss." Wu Gouwa looked carefully at Huang Shang's instructions to Aqiang.

"You are new here, I'll tell you the rules here."

After Aqiang took Huang Shang to the back room, he sat down and said to Huang Shang who was standing.

"I think you have all your strength, just let me imitate the iron. I will teach you how to imitate the iron later. In addition, when you meet Manager Wu in the future, don't yell. Wu Gouwa is his nickname. No one here dares to call him like this. Now he is a celebrity around Boss Gao. Come on, go to work. I have a lot of things to do recently. I have to work overtime every day, and I can't finish it."

Aqiang ignored Huang Shang, who was stunned and went out alone.

Huang Shang carefully observed the blacksmith shop, and there were ore piles everywhere. Many people threw large pieces of ore into a high furnace. In a groove at the bottom of the furnace, orange-red and hot molten iron kept flowing out.

The workers then scoop the iron into the prepared mold. After the iron is half-cooled in the mold, they will take it out and place it on the iron plate and use an iron hammer to correct it.

Here, weapons will take shape. Different weapons need to be polished and opened. For example, the gun tip needs to be sorted out, and the knife needs to rub the blade.

The last step is to decorate the weapon, such as hollowing out the handle.

A blacksmith is a job that relies entirely on physical strength, and of course it also requires certain skills, otherwise the semi-finished product made of the mold will be directly damaged.

After one morning, Huang Shang felt that his whole right arm no longer belonged to him, but after a short rest at noon, his whole body was filled with infinite strength, which was all due to the benefits of his age at the peak of his body.

Everything was normal all day long. The only thing that made Huang Shang feel alert. While he was working, he caught a glimpse of Wu Gouwa in the morning, with a man in a very luxurious dress, opening half of the door in the inner room, pointing at him, not knowing what they were saying.

For Huang Shang, who is in a state of escape, he must pay attention to any disturbances.

Fortunately, the man who was dressed very luxuriously did not come out to cause trouble for him, but left quickly.

Although it is extremely difficult to make a blacksmith, it can at least temporarily stop the pace of escape and give you a short peace. For Huang Shang, who has been desperate all the way, such a life is not bad.

Aqiang is also strong, but he is about thirty years old. Since he summoned Huang Shang, he has instructed Huang Shang to do many things. First, due to his own age, and second, his apprentices help him with his work, so of course he will not do it himself. From ancient times to the present, the master has done this. What the master needs to do is to give instructions, correct and criticize him, and then he will sway around with his own water cup.

After a few days, Huang Shang had already fully familiarized the entire weapon production process. Of course, in addition to the last modification process, as for the melting pot of iron smelting, Huang Shang also knew it quite well under the guidance of A Qiang.

The principle of the furnace is actually very simple. Add a lot of firewood or charcoal to burn the inside of the furnace to a high temperature, and then pour in the crude iron ore and melt it.

A Qiang didn't seem to know the most critical technology here, which was the temperature inside the furnace and the composition of poured raw materials. Huang Shang noticed that all these raw materials were not only crude iron ore, but also various other ores of various colors. However, these ores were specially transported from a house where two strong men stood at the door. Anyone who approached that house would be driven away.

After Huang Shang finished what Aqiang explained that day, it was almost dark. Huang Shang hurriedly took the wages for the past few days and rushed to the traditional Chinese medicine shop in the town. After grabbing a few Chinese medicines, he bought some meat and hurriedly walked into the mountains.

Along the way, Huang Shang always felt a pair of eyes staring at him in the distance behind him. When he stopped to look back, he did not find any clues.

Maybe it was because of his recent escape that made me overly sensitive. Huang Shang smiled bitterly and shook his head and continued on the way.

Gao Shenyuan seemed particularly happy these days. Every time Huang Shang came back from the foot of the mountain, the old man would smile. He didn't know where he got two bottles of good wine, and the meat brought back by Huang Shang. While drinking, he told Huang Shang about his past experiences, including some key precautions for the production of weapons, which made Huang Shang understand the formation of weapons.

Huang Shang, who was lying beside the stove, suddenly jumped up from the ground. Looking at Gao Shenyuan who was sleeping soundly on the broken bed, Huang Shang did not wake him up, but just tiptoed to the wooden door and looked out.

Because he heard many small footsteps coming from afar.
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