Hearing the good news from Lu Zhizi, Zhao Muyun was shocked and walked quickly towards the blacksmith shop.
Inside the blacksmith shop, there was a strong smell of burning coal, and blacksmiths with bare chests were sweating profusely.
Lu Zhizi carefully took a knife with a cold glow from a table in the blacksmith shop and handed it to Zhao Muyun.
The knife is three feet and one inch long, the blade is two feet and seven inches long, and the blade is one inch thick. It is very suitable for holding with one hand, and it is also very comfortable to hold with two hands.
There is no ring at the end of the handle, and it is made of iron. There are also circles of quenched patterns on the blade. It is not only beautiful, but also shows that the bayonet is unusually sharp.
"Master Zhao, over the past month, we've tried over twenty forging techniques and broken countless swords, but we've finally completed it!"
Lu Zhizi pointed at a pile of messy scrap iron in the corner of the blacksmith shop, but there was an unconcealable pride on his face.
This is the excitement a craftsman feels after working hard to complete a work of art.
"The ironmaking method you suggested, with hard steel covering the outer layer and soft steel inside, is very effective. Combined with hardening the blade but not the spine, it ensures a sharp edge while also making the blade strong and not prone to breaking."
"It really gave me an epiphany!"
"I have no regrets in my life as I was able to create this sword."
Just as Zhao Muyun was looking at the knife, Lu Zhizi could no longer contain his excitement and kept chattering.
When a person is successful, he has a strong desire to share.
Moreover, the person who shared it was very knowledgeable. In this case, how could Lu Zhizi not be excited?
Zhao Muyun reached out and scratched the blade to test its sharpness, then bent the blade with force and found it to be very tough.
It is already remarkable that Lu Zhizi can forge such a high-quality sword under such simple conditions in Yinzhou.
"Master Lu, thank you for your hard work! I wonder if this knife is sharp?"
After Zhao Muyun finished speaking, he immediately took the knife and performed two sword flowers, with a fierce and chilling aura.
It happened so quickly that Zhao Muyun shook his wrist and slashed with his sword.
The sound of metal clashing and sparks flying!
An iron sword placed on the wooden rack in the blacksmith's shop was cut directly into two pieces, and the cut was very smooth.
"Sir, your swordsmanship is excellent!" Lu Zhizi applauded.
Zhao Muyun picked up the knife and saw that the blade was intact.
Then, Zhao Muyun asked Li Si to go to Han Zhong to borrow a set of captured Tartar copper armor and a set of iron armor, and put them on two wooden stakes respectively.
This time, he handed the knife to Li Si and said, "You try it. Swing hard and see if you can cut through these two sets of armor of the Tartars."
Li Si took the knife excitedly, gestured a few times, and then shouted angrily. He first slashed the heartguard of the Tartar's iron armor, and then slashed at the position of the skirt armor.
Crash!
Many armor plates were cut in two, and the iron armor shattered immediately.
Seeing that the knife was so powerful, Li Si did not stop and stabbed the bronze armor with the knife.
With a clear sound, the tip of the knife penetrated the bronze armor and pierced into the wooden stake.
Li Si took great effort to pull it out, and with a red face, he returned the knife to Zhao Muyun reluctantly.
The sharpness and strength of the knife are obvious to everyone.
After several rounds of testing, Zhao Muyun was very satisfied.
This sword is probably still far from a real horizontal sword, but it is already very remarkable to have reached this level.
Zhao Muyun nodded and praised, "Congratulations, Master Lu, this knife is done! I'm very satisfied!"
"Li Si, tell Miss Bai to give Master Lu a special reward of 100 taels of silver. Also, give each of the brothers in the blacksmith shop a pot of wine and a leg of lamb. Immediately!"
When the blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop heard this, they were all delighted.
But Lu Zhizi waved his hands repeatedly, expressing his unworthiness for the silver: "Sir, just give us some wine and meat, no need for the silver!"
"Master Lu, your contribution to sword forging is truly immense! With this sword, no matter if they are the gold-armored Tartars, the silver-armored Tartars, or the bronze-armored Tartars, they will all be slain by our sword."
"Yinzhou Prefecture is currently facing financial difficulties, and can only offer this much silver as a reward for now. Master Lu, please don't think it's too little!"
Zhao Muyun said with a smile.
"If you say so, sir, I'm truly flattered! I'll respectfully obey your command!"
Lu Zhizi and Zhao Muyun met by chance in Shuozhou and agreed to come to Yinzhou, naturally they had their own plans.
At his age, it's normal for him to be greedy for a little money.
Zhao Muyun wanted to keep Lu Zhizi by his side for a long time, so of course he was not stingy with money.
Although Lu Zhizi only made a high-end replica of the horizontal sword, the forging technology of this sword has surpassed the level of other current weapons.
After a while, Li Si went to inform Bai Ruolan that he had sent a reward of 100 taels of silver, as well as wine and lamb legs. After distributing them to everyone in the blacksmith shop, Zhao Muyun smiled slightly:
"Thank you, Master Lu. Within a month, I hope that all officers in the scout battalion and above the rank of sergeant can use this knife! This should be no problem!"
What!
Lu Zhizi shuddered and almost dropped the silver he had just taken.
There are forty people in the scout battalion, and one hundred officers above the rank of sergeant in Yinzhou Prefecture. That means his blacksmith shop has to produce one hundred and forty such knives within a month!
"Sir Zhao, I'll return the silver to you!" Lu Zhizi said with a bitter face.
I thought Zhao Muyun was so generous, but I didn't expect him to reveal the face of a "profiteer".
"Master Lu, I've already received your money, so let's get to work! You guys discuss this first, I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first!"
"Well, there's also this knife. I'll try it out for a while and see if there's any problem!"
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