Chapter 6825 Innovation

Chapter 6825 Innovation
In the end, Han Duan was almost forced by Bai Wang and He Zhen to go to the sword-making workshop, because the two were somewhat curious about what would happen to the Rui Shi's usual weapons after they were recast. More importantly, they were even more curious about what would happen to the magical creature like the sword spirit after the recast.

Of course, the simple and crude logic of these two guys is that since the sword spirit is raised by us, even if it dies, we can raise it again. Anyway, I don’t believe that the sword spirit has never died once in the process of raising it before!
Who am I? What level am I at? How could I not know this? In the early days, when I couldn't feel the sword spirit, I must have raised it to death.

"Brother Han, relax. Think about who we are. We are the kind of people who can even kill a dog. How could it be possible that there wouldn't be any problems in the process of raising a high-end thing like a sword spirit? It must have been killed before!" He Zhen said with excitement while holding Han Duan's hand.

"Yes, yes, yes. For guys like us who are rough, the sword spirit must be the typical one that is tough and durable, otherwise it would have been killed by us. Old Han, tell me with your conscience, with your personality, can you raise such a delicate thing?" Bai Wang was also excited to support Han Duan to forge the sword. He was really curious about whether the sword spirit would become two after forging the sword. Such a classic question.

"Then why don't you try it yourself? Why do you have to put me on the rack to try it?" Han Duan shouted at the two bastards with a dark face.

"Because we only need one sword, not two, and you really need two swords now. Let's go, while there are many people in Chang'an, let's go and forge swords, maybe we can do it!" He Zhen and Bai Wang held Han Duan on the left and right, and ran to the place where the Shaofu was in charge of the mining and smelting department, ready to get a weapon for free.

"I really don't trust you two bastards." Han Duan struggled hard, but was held tightly by He Zhen and Bai Wang, and finally dragged to Huayang Smelting Company.

"Sima Bai, Sima He, and Captain Han, what business have you three come to our Huayang Smelting Department for?" The Cao official in charge of the Smelting Department did not know these three guys, but Song Yuan, the old soldier guarding the Smelting Department, knew these three guys. Seeing these people coming in a group, he immediately went to greet them.

"Old Song is still calling himself by his job title." Bai Wang cursed with a smile.

"This is not fucking work. Unlike you guys, I have to watch this gate every day." Song Yuan said unhappily. He was quite satisfied with watching this gate before, because he was disabled before, and the Han Dynasty arranged such a position for him. Every day he only needed to sit here and watch the people coming and going and register them. Now forget it. Song Yuan said that he just wanted to kill people.

The problem is that in a job like Chang'an, where each person is assigned to a specific position, you have to go through the process even if you want to resign. So today, Song Yuan just listened to a group of brothers gambling in a gambling house, gambling with the Romans, gambling so lavishly, and so on, and then he just watched the scene here.

There is no way. This job is full-day in nature. It used to be a good job to accommodate Song Yuan, but now that Song Yuan's arm has been reconnected, this is not a good job for Song Yuan. Although he has been idle for several years after becoming disabled, Song Yuan is still a top-notch fifth-level smelter and can be listed on the world veteran list. It would be strange if he continued to watch the scene like this every day.

"How is the new arm?" Bai Wang asked Song Yuan. When Song Yuan was disabled in the past, the brothers would at most bring some gifts to Song Yuan when they passed by Chang'an. They didn't dare to ask for too many things. Now that he is no longer disabled and a bright future has arrived, there is nothing else to say. Let's just do it!
"It has been assimilated, but it will require very intensive training to recover. It's now at about 90% of the level and can already use some forbidden moves. I heard that you had a fight with Rome today. How was it?" Song Yuan replied briefly and led the three brothers inside, asking as they walked.

"Those who come from Rome are all tough guys. There are three who can be considered at the seventh level, and a group at the sixth level. You know Old Yuan's gambling house, right?" He Zhen explained with some emotion.

"The one that's sure to cheat, right? I go there to make some money when I'm broke occasionally." Song Yuan nodded. This is what an excellent fifth-level smelting veteran is. A veteran who can go to Lao Yuan's gambling house to withdraw money steadily when he is broke is a real elite monster.

"The Romans won a lot there." Han Duan nodded, "I went down and played with one of them, and I almost capsized."

Song Yuan's expression became much more solemn. The veteran who had been to Lao Yuan's casino could best understand what it meant to win money in that shabby place. That was really powerful, extremely powerful!

Especially when top veterans gather together and can generally win money, that is really amazing.

Many times, the veterans in Chang'an went to Lao Yuan's gambling house, not to win money, but to watch the big guys gamble, lose some money to the big guys, and then see with their own eyes how the big guys cheated and learn new techniques. If people can be convinced to pay money to learn, then it can only mean that this thing is really useful.

"These Romans who came were also carefully selected. At least when no one knew their background, the Romans won more and lost less, which means that their average level is slightly higher than ours." Bai Wang said expressionlessly, "In the end, we had a cricket competition with Rome. How should I put it? We won by a narrow margin, but even so, it ended in a draw."

"There's nothing we can do. Many of our brothers are not here." Song Yuan brought Bai Wang and others to the depths of Huayang Smelting Company. The rolling heat waves invaded them, and it was exactly the time when molten steel was produced. The three of them watched the golden-red molten steel pour into the trough, and then it was quickly taken away by the blacksmith with large pliers, and then a clanging sound was heard on the other side.

"Master Song, the situation is not good. The blast furnace may break down." After a furnace of molten steel was poured, Officer Cao from the Smelting Department walked quickly over and whispered to Song Yuan. Although Officer Cao was much higher in rank than Song Yuan, the gatekeeper, Officer Cao had been giving face to Song Yuan since he came. After Song Yuan had his arm repaired this year, although he had not been transferred yet, the two of them had obviously become much closer.

"Ah, the steel furnace is about to break down?" Song Yuan's face turned a little green. Damn it, he just brought three buddies here for a visit today, and the steel furnace is about to break down. Are these three plague gods?

"We have observed irreparable damage, and it is estimated that it will be destroyed in one or two more times. The large steel furnace has been in operation for four years and has produced tens of millions of kilograms of molten steel. If it dies, we will have to find the Taichang who is in charge of etiquette to draft a posthumous title." Officer Cao quickly held Song Yuan down and explained.

This steel furnace is the one that Stina repaired back then. Li You said at the time that it would not lose money if it could last for a year, and would make a huge profit in two years. As a result, this steel furnace has been running smoothly for four years. In addition, it is located in the capital, so it can be called a national treasure. Many noble families who return to Chang'an will make a special effort to see it, after all, it is really amazing.

However, since the end of last year when Zhuge Liang used his special spiritual talent to observe the flaw, it has occurred basically once a month. So far this month, Zhuge Liang has already occurred three times, and now even Cao Guan has vaguely discovered the damage.

So now the officials of Huayang Smelting Bureau feel that they cannot handle such a big thing by themselves, and they have to report it to the Executive Yuan, which will decide whether to continue operating the steel furnace until it explodes, or to give it a posthumous title and let it go. These are not things they can handle, and they require instructions from higher levels.

"Brother, it seems that you have come at a wrong time today. The two of us have to go to the Executive Yuan to report. Something big has happened." Song Yuan said to Bai Wang and the other two with some helplessness.

"Well, then you guys go and deal with it quickly. The three of us are just going to find a swordsmith to help forge the sword, so there's no rush." ​​As a sound-killing warrior, eavesdropping on other people's conversations has become an instinct for Bai Wang, so even though Cao Guan and Song Yuan's conversation was in a low voice, Bai Wang knew that something big had happened.

"Swordsmith?" Song Yuan raised his eyebrows. "If you are not in a hurry, wait for a while and Master Pu will come back. Then you can go find him."

"I don't know when his orders will end. We don't need such good weapons. Just a good sword will do." He Zhen was speechless. Don't they know what Pu Yuan is like? There shouldn't be too many people who ask that guy to forge swords every year.

"If you don't need such good weapons, then you can go to the Yellow River Forging Factory. Xiangli has a fully automatic steel rolling workshop. You can go to Xiangli. The quality of the weapons they make is actually very good. At least among standard weapons, they are absolutely top-notch. If you are willing to pay more money, they can even produce weapons close to Pu Yuan's level." Song Yuan thought for a while and said.

What can I say about Xiangli's mechanical manufacturing level? It is indeed amazing, and they know how to manufacture this. In addition, their core technology is actually the optimization of the assembly line, so when Xiangli can forge swords, they can forge swords in batches on a large scale.

The reason why Pu Yuan has forged fewer swords in recent years is that Xiangli built a steel rolling workshop. The method of forging swords and knives by rolling steel is a dimensionality reduction attack on ordinary swordsmiths. Many craftsmen who make a living by forging swords have directly withdrawn from the industry due to this technological innovation.

There is no way. After Xiangli's rolled steel was forged, not to mention the explosive growth in production efficiency, just talking about quality, the works of Pu Yuan, the number one sword-making master in the Three Kingdoms, in previous years were no better than those coming off the assembly line in the steel rolling workshop.

In Xiangli's words, what forging? I can make hundreds of tons of rolled steel by stamping and forming them into one piece. Pu Yuan has to get out of the trend of the times.

Pu Yuan did not retreat, but he felt the pain of South Korea, one of the seven major powers in the Warring States Period. It was obvious that the best bows and crossbows in the world were made in South Korea, but when it came to covering attacks on the battlefield, it was all Qin. There was no way. Xiangli said, one strong is not strong. If you get one, I will get a hundred, or even a thousand. Even if each one is only 95% of your level, it is enough to kill you!

In fact, let alone 95%, even if it is at the 70% level, it would be enough to pile up so much.

What Pu Yuan is facing now is the rolling mill of Xiangli's steel rolling workshop. Even if it is only a few hundred tons of rolled steel, it is enough to make Pu Yuan dizzy. As a top sword-making master, Pu Yuan is facing such a heaven-defying situation for the first time in his life. More importantly, as a master, he still has to have some face. If he can't beat the standardized stuff, he thinks he should quit this business.

However, the problem is that it will take a lot of time for Pu Yuan's existing technology to defeat Xiangli's steel rolling and stamping. In the past, Pu Yuan only took more than ten days to make a sword, but this level has been caught up and surpassed by steel rolling and stamping technology. Even if you are willing to spend more money, and if Xiangli is not busy recently, they can adjust the metal smelting process to give you excellent metal properties.

The weapons made in this way can catch up with the fine weapons that Pu Yuan spent more than a month to make before. Then the question is, how big is the difference in efficiency between the two!
In short, Pu Yuan can only maintain its position with inefficient manual production of fine weapons, because Xiangli's steel rolling and stamping are too powerful.

"Is it reliable?" Bai Wang asked with a frown. He really didn't understand these new technologies, so he couldn't help but have some doubts. After all, in the past few decades, they have heard about how powerful the fine weapons hand-forged by the big guys were. No matter how exaggerated the standard weapons on the assembly line were, they could not catch up with the handmade ones of the big guys.

"There are so many swordsmiths in the world, and there used to be a swordsmith exchange competition. But there has been no swordsmith exchange competition since the year before last. That's because the swordsmith exchange competition was held next to Xiangli's, and Xiangli also joined in the fun. Then they used their own rolled steel and stamped a batch of sword blanks, which they sharpened on the spot and defeated almost all swordsmiths." Song Yuan said with some emotion.

The big guys on the front line don't pay much attention to this information, but he is in the smelting department in the rear, and this kind of news is big internal news, and he can't help but pay attention to it.

In fact, Song Yuan's so-called victory over almost all swordsmiths was already a face-saving achievement for other swordsmiths, because the swordsmith exchange competition was an on-site sword-making competition, which only took a few days. The swords produced were indeed fine products in the past, but compared with things like steel rolling and stamping, they were just toys.

All of them were cut off, Pu Yuan's sword was cut off.

The Xiangli clan felt deeply embarrassed by this and they said that they were just there to join in the fun. When the locals saw such a large group of people crowded together, they went over to take a look, and then they found out that they were sword-forging, so they produced a batch of sword blanks to participate in the competition. But who knew that you were so fragile!

What a fragile thing! The weapons made by Pu Yuan and his group were absolutely top-notch ten years ago, but they couldn't withstand the high-dimensional crushing of Xiangli. What a joke! There is already a gap in modern times.

"Why not give it a try?" He Zhen suggested to Han Duan. Unlike Bai Wang, they were willing to accept new things.

"Okay, it's nothing anyway." Han Duan thought for a while and said. After all, he was from Jizhou and had heard this joke before. It's just that the credibility of local rumors these days is really questionable. What's more, Pu Yuan's name is known all over the world and is a trustworthy sign. After all, so many brothers holding Pu Yuan's magic sword and magic knife all think that Pu Yuan's things are good. This is a real sign. So when Han Duan heard this joke, he scolded the guy who made up the joke for having bad intentions.

But now that this joke came out of Song Yuan's mouth, you can't help but believe it. After all, Song Yuan is a real insider and it's impossible for him to fool you in this regard.

"Do you really think Xiangli's steel rolling and stamping can catch up with Pu Yuan?" Bai Wang looked at the two and asked. He had seen many brothers who used magic swords and magic knives. Those things were really great. Many people were even willing to spend half of their wealth to get such a thing. But now you say that it has been caught up by standard weapons. Isn't that funny? If that's the case, those brothers will explode with Pu Yuan!
"There's nothing to do anyway, let's go and take a look. Besides, we don't know when Master Pu Jian's order will be scheduled, and we can't cut in line. Let's go, let's go to the Yellow River Forging Factory." He Zhen had a high ability to accept new things like this, and after hearing this, he didn't delay and pulled Han Duan to go.

"Let's go, Brother Bai, let's go and take a look." Han Duan also stopped Bai Wang, and then the three of them left the Huayang Smelting Company and walked towards the direction of Xuanwu Gate, preparing to go directly to the Yellow River Forging Factory. Anyway, with their mobility, it would only take a few days to get there, and it wouldn't take too much trouble. As for whether it would work or not, they could just take it as an experience.

The next few days were calm. The Roman brothers went to Yuan's gambling house to gamble day and night. Gamblers like Actaeon felt the joy of winning money, but more and more brothers came to stop Actaeon. Even the top elite veterans were somewhat overwhelmed by the temptation of so many Han veterans. It only took a few days for the score to go from 80 to 50 to 50.

After all, having seen many tricks, there will naturally be ways to crack them, which is why the Yuan family gambling house has been able to operate until now.

Many veterans come here not for gambling, but to learn new skills and broaden their horizons. After all, many damn tricks are purely first-time kills. If you are prepared, it’s not a big problem. But if you don’t realize the logic of the attack, you might be taken away on the spot.

"Why have you been chasing me lately?" Naki's figure emerged from the alley. Hanyu and Jinpeng's faces turned ugly. They both found evidence that Naki was problematic, but before they could send the evidence out, Naki suddenly appeared in the alley.

"The situation is a bit bad, Lao Jin." Although he was smiling, it was an ugly smile. There was something wrong with Naki, and it was a big problem. But this huge problem was exposed now, which was too bad for these two people. It could be fatal.

"You go first!" Jin Peng said to Han Yu without turning his head, then he pushed his heels and pounced on Naki who appeared on the opposite side with all his strength!

Damn it, it wasn't sent out