Zhou Shu looked at the surrounding environment and was in a state of confusion.
Traveled through time?
This idea was so nonsensical that Zhou Shu himself couldn’t believe it.
But facts speak louder than words. He really can't think of anyone who would make such a joke to him except time travel.
He obviously slept in his luxurious 20-square-meter bedroom last night, but he woke up in such a shabby farmyard. If someone was joking with him, the cost would be too high.
Having said that, it is impossible to find such a shabby little courtyard in the city now...
My own bedroom is bigger than the entire yard!
Zhou Shu complained silently, and suddenly a series of messy memories flew violently into his mind.
The sudden encounter made Zhou Shu groan miserably and squat down with his head in his hands.
After a long time, the swelling and pain in his head gradually dissipated, and his eyes became clear again.
Daxia...Forging Division...
Zhou Shu browsed through the memories that came to his mind and had a general understanding of his situation.
This body, whose name is also Zhou Shu, has just turned eighteen this year. Three generations of his ancestors were craftsmen in the Forging Department of the Ministry of Industry of Daxia, responsible for casting weapons.
The predecessor's grandfather and father both died early due to overwork, so when the predecessor turned eighteen, he inherited his father's business and became an apprentice in the Weapon Casting Department. As a result, he was also exhausted to death, and he took advantage of Zhou Shu in vain.
Traveler.
"Forging soldiers...isn't it just forging iron?"
Zhou Shu looked at the living environment in this life while browsing his memories.
The small courtyard he is currently in is a residence provided by the Casting and Weapons Department of the Ministry of Industry for craftsmen. Although three generations of his family have been employees of public institutions directly under the national ministries and commissions, they have not been able to get along in this imperial capital of Great Xia.
A house.
Before the death of my predecessor’s parents, I spent all my savings on medical treatment.
In other words, this small courtyard is now the only place for this body to settle down and live.
At least there is a place to stand, and you won't end up living on the streets...
Zhou Shu comforted himself and thought.
Living in the capital is not easy...
It’s pretty good to have a dormitory.
This yard is twenty square meters in total. In addition to a simple bedroom, there is a shed in the corner of the yard. Under the shed, it looks like a blacksmith shop. That was the guy who used to eat.
Along with the place for working and sleeping, the Forging Department is also a place that eats people without spitting out their bones.
"Sure enough, as the lowest level, there are leeks waiting to be cut everywhere."
Zhou Shu sighed in his heart.
In fact, the treatment in the Forging Department is quite good. Even the lowest-level apprentice like Zhou Shu is responsible for food, food and housing, and has a monthly salary of half a tael of silver.
But I can’t stand the intensity of this work.
Taking Zhou Shu's current situation as an example, the Weapons Forging Department requires them to hand in 100 weapons every month, which means that he must forge at least three weapons a day on average to complete the mission. Otherwise, what awaits him is a whipping punishment. His predecessor came from a family background and started making weapons since he was a child. Even so, it would take him two or three hours to forge a weapon.
To forge three weapons, it will take seven or eight hours, and this is when everything goes well.
In fact, the success rate of casting soldiers cannot be 100%. Once it fails, he has to start over, so he works almost eight hours a day!
In other words, in addition to eating and sleeping every day, he has to work all the time in order to barely complete the task.
With this kind of work intensity, it’s not surprising that my predecessor would be exhausted to death.
"Are you going to be exhausted just now after traveling through time?"
Zhou Shu wanted to cry but had no tears. With this method, he felt that he would not survive more than a month.
"If you want to survive, it seems that you can only find a way to become an official weapon caster."
Zhou Shu was thinking in his mind.
He has signed a contract with the Forging Division, and it is impossible to leave. However, there are also promotion paths within the Forging Division.
He is now a weapon-casting apprentice, which belongs to the lowest level of work, similar to a handyman. Above the weapon-casting apprentice, he is a formal weapon-casting master.
Weaponsmiths are already technicians of the Weaponry Department, and their treatment is very different from that of Weaponry Apprentices.
They can have a real residence, with a kitchen and a toilet, and their salary is several times that of a soldier-casting apprentice. The most important thing is that their work intensity is not as intense as that of a soldier-casting apprentice.
For a weapon maker, as long as thirty weapons are turned in every month, the mission is considered complete.
Above the Weapons Forges, there are also Senior Weapons Forgers, who are the core talents of the Weapons Forges Division. Every senior Weapons Forges is the wealth of the Weapons Forges Division, and their treatment is better than that of the Weapons Forges Division.
Much higher.
Above the Senior Weapon Forger, there is also the Great Craftsman. If the Senior Weapon Forger is the Weapon Forging Department’s wealth, then the Great Craftsman is the Weapon Forging Department’s treasure.
Every master craftsman is a national treasure. That is no exaggeration at all.
In terms of status, the master craftsman is almost equivalent to the doctor of the Forging Department. The doctor of the Forging Department was an official of the fifth rank. In Zhou Shu's previous life, he was equivalent to the deputy department and bureau level, and the same as the deputy mayor.
One level.
In fact, even the doctor of the Forging Department must treat the master craftsmen with a certain degree of respect. After all, there are many officials from the fifth rank, but only a handful of master craftsmen.
There seems to be a more powerful weapon maker above the master craftsman, but that is not information that Zhou Shu's predecessor could have access to.
If you can become a weapon maker, your future will be very bright, but becoming a weapon maker is not that easy.
Three generations of Zhou Shu's predecessors were weapon-casting apprentices in the Weapon-casting Division. Until the predecessor, they had not been able to become weapon-casting masters, which shows how difficult it is.
If you want to become a weapon maker, the condition is actually very simple, that is, you must be able to forge high-quality weapons!
The weapons in this world are divided into four categories: Heaven, Earth, Xuan, and Huang. The weapons forged by apprentices like Zhou Shu are standard weapons and do not fall into the hierarchy.
The secret recipes for forging high-quality weapons are all in the hands of the weapon forger, and have always been kept secret. Zhou Shu did not have a master, so it was almost impossible to become a weapon forger.
In fact, among the tens of thousands of weapon-casting apprentices in the Weapon-Forging Department, only one out of a hundred can be promoted to a weapon-casting master.
"Is it possible that we really want to die trapped here?"
Zhou Shu picked up a standard long sword forged by his predecessor and looked at it. He knew nothing about blacksmithing, and he had no clue about the difference between standard weapons and imported weapons.
"What should we do?"
He thought hard and tried to come up with a solution from the memories of his past life.
Suddenly, his eyes flashed, and he saw a brilliant golden light. While he was slightly dizzy, a book with a blue cover appeared in front of him.
There were a few simple big characters written on the cover of the booklet. When Zhou Shu saw them for the first time, he already understood what they meant.
Atlas of Divine Weapons!
"Crash-"
The blue-covered book flipped without wind. I turned through an unknown number of pages before finally stopping.
Zhou Shu's eyes fell on the writing, and he saw the shape of a long knife drawn on the writing. It looked exactly like the standard long knife in his hand. The drawing was very exquisite, and it looked like the real thing.
There is also a line of ancient characters on the long knife.
"A sharp standard long knife"!
Just when Zhou Shu could clearly see the line of small characters, a piece of information suddenly appeared in his mind.
How to cast a standard long knife!
Zhou Shu's eyes suddenly lit up. There was a solution to the current predicament!