General Cheng clicked his tongue and his eyes gradually lit up.
"Hu Ben Dao, the knife is good, the name is even better!"
General Cheng laughed and said.
Xiao Zongshui glanced at Zhou Shu with some surprise. This Zhou Shu really kept surprising himself. The name Tiger Ben Knife really has a charm.
"Master Xiao, who is this?"
General Cheng pointed at Zhou Shu and asked.
In fact, he had seen Zhou Shu a long time ago, but he had always regarded Zhou Shu as Xiao Zongshui's follower. With his status, he naturally wouldn't care too much about such a follower.
It wasn't until Zhou Shu spoke that he really paid attention to Zhou Shu's existence.
"He is a weapon-casting apprentice in my workshop No. 97, and his name is Zhou Shu." Xiao Zongshui introduced, "Zhou Shu is indispensable for the development of this Tiger Blade."
Zhou Shu was a little surprised. He didn't expect Xiao Zongshui to speak like this.
Originally, he had been prepared for Xiao Zongshui to take the sharp standard long knife as his own, after all, he was the owner of the workshop.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Zongshui would give him a share of the credit.
Although he only said that he deserved a lot of credit and did not say that the sharp standard long knife was developed by Zhou Shu himself, it was already very good and Zhou Shu would not ask for more for the time being.
"Oh? Really?"
General Cheng didn't doubt anything. He nodded and said, "He is a talent that can be made."
His words were polite. He asked about Zhou Shu's identity because of what Zhou Shu said before.
He did not intend to have a close relationship with Zhou Shu. After asking Zhou Shu's name, General Cheng turned to Xiao Zongshui.
"Master Xiao, how much does this Tiger Blade cost?"
General Cheng couldn't put it down, so he asked.
"The cost of the Huben knife is more expensive than the ordinary long knife." Xiao Zongshui pondered, "The cost of a knife is three taels of silver!"
"Three taels?"
General Cheng raised his eyebrows.
Zhou Shu was a little stunned when he heard this. Three taels of silver, this is a money grab!
The Huben knife, which is a sharp standard long knife, was forged by Zhou Shu himself. He knew exactly how much it cost.
The cost is just a few kilograms of iron, and other costs are basically negligible!
Although the price of iron is not cheap, to cast a Huben knife does not require even half a tael of iron. Counting the coal and the wages of the forging apprentice, the cost of a Huben knife is less than one tael. p>
Just quote a high price of thirty taels of silver when changing hands. What is this other than robbing money?
Zhou Shu's good impression of Xiao Zongshui disappeared immediately. For Xiao Bapi, his one-month task was to forge thirty Huben knives with three taels of silver each, which is ninety taels!
How much is his monthly salary? Half a tael of silver!
Eat people without spitting out the bones!
"Three taels, for this Tiger Ben knife, it's not too expensive." General Cheng muttered, "How much of this Tiger Ben knife can you take out every month?"
General Cheng is also an expert. He focuses on completing the book and then begins to care about output.
He wants the Tiger Blade, which is used to equip the army. If the number is too small, it will not be of much significance.
"Forging the Tiger Ben knife is not easy. Zhou Shu is already the most skilled weapon-smithing apprentice in our No. 97 workshop. It would take more than two hours for him to cast the Tiger Ben knife."
Xiao Zongshui pointed at Zhou Shu and slapped him with a high hat.
Zhou Shu rolled his eyes in his heart. You just gave me a hat, but you have the ability to give me a raise!
"The casting of Huben knives is much more complicated and difficult than ordinary long knives. In the entire No. 97 workshop, the number of apprentices who can cast Huben knives can be counted on both hands."
Xiao Zongshui told lies with his eyes open. The secret recipe for the sharp standard long knife was in Zhou Shu's hands. Apart from him, no one else in Workshop No. 97 could forge it.
General Cheng didn't know this and didn't care about it. "Just tell me, if I want three thousand Tiger Ben knives, how long will it take you to hand them over?"
Zhou Shu forges knives by himself. On the surface, he can only make one Huben knife a day. Three thousand knives, so it will take ten years!
Obviously, General Cheng cannot wait ten years.
"Three thousand?"
Xiao Zongshui's face lit up and he muttered, "Half a year, no, three months! In just three months, I can deliver three thousand Tiger Ben knives!"
Zhou Shu already wanted to curse, what does Xiao Bapi mean?
To deliver three thousand Huben knives in three months, one thousand must be cast in one month, and thirty in one day!
He is too exhausted to cast it!
"Very good."
General Cheng nodded, "Within three months, if you can really deliver three thousand Tiger Ben knives, then this will be the sword of my Tiger Army from now on!"
General Cheng flicked the blade with his finger, and the blade buzzed and trembled, making a clear clang.
He is also shameless, and the name Huben was immediately used by him as his own.
These people don’t pay royalties either!
Zhou Shu complained in his heart.
From the conversation between the two, Zhou Shu already knew that General Cheng was now responsible for forming a new imperial guard army, and the name had not yet been decided. It was good now that he had directly occupied the name of the Huben Army.
"In that case, thank you so much, General."
Xiao Zongshui said with great joy.
Three thousand Huben knives are equivalent to nine thousand taels of silver. This is a big business. After taking away the cost, not only can I make a lot of money, but I can also achieve great results. It is not impossible for my position to rise further. p>
"Don't rush to thank me." General Cheng shook his head and said, "I have seen the Tiger Ben knife. Now you have to prove that this Tiger Ben knife was really forged by your No. 97 Workshop."
"Don't let it be that you got a knife from some armorer to fool this general, but in the end what you delivered was an ordinary long knife!"
General Cheng seems to be experienced. He is worried that the sample is inconsistent with the final product.
Xiao Zongshui seemed to have expected it, and said with a smile, "That's natural! Xiao specially brought Zhou Shu here this time, just to prepare a Tiger Blade for the general in person!"
Only then did Zhou Shu understand that Xiao Zongshui brought him to the military camp just to make him a tool.
In the military camp, there is no shortage of fuel and iron materials, and even smelting furnaces are ready.
Normally, damaged weapons need to be repaired in military camps. After all, new weapons cannot be supplied all the time.
Zhou Shu knows his identity well. He is just a worker. He will do whatever his boss says.
I honestly forged a sharp standard long knife in front of everyone.
When casting, he deliberately restrained his strength, and it took him longer than the last time he cast the knife in front of Xiao Zongshui. It took him three full hours to complete the casting.
Then General Cheng asked someone to take the sword over. This time he tried the sword in person, and only after confirming that it could still break through the third level of armor, the smile appeared on his face again.
"Okay!"
General Cheng laughed and said, "With this Tiger Ben knife, the strength of our Tiger Ben army will be increased by 30% out of thin air! This time, we finally live up to the expectations of the Holy One!"
"Master Xiao, you have made a great contribution this time!"
"They are all serving the imperial court. This is Xiao's responsibility."
Xiao Zongshui’s smile turned into a flower.
"Master Xiao, I want this Tiger Blade." After General Cheng smiled, his face became serious, "But I have a condition."
"General, please speak!"
Xiao Zongshui also suppressed his smile and said seriously.
"This Tiger Ben knife can only be supplied to our Tiger Army from now on, and cannot be used for other purposes!"
General Cheng said word for word.
"If you can do this, I will give you four taels of silver for each Huben knife. If you can't do it, just pretend you haven't been here today."
Xiao Zongshui narrowed his eyes slightly. The workshop of the Weapon Making Division has a lot of autonomy. Xiao Zongshui can repay the cost of each knife at four taels.
Even if you pay two taels to the company and the remaining two taels fall into your pocket, it is still a large amount of money.
It’s just...
"General, isn't this against the rules?"
Xiao Zongshui hesitated.
"Rules?"
General Cheng sneered twice.
"Master Xiao, the secret recipe for the Tiger Ben knife was developed by your own workshop No. 97. According to the rules of the Forging Department, you have the right to dispose of it, right?"
"As long as the secret casting recipe is not handed over to the Forging Department, it is your private property. It is up to you to decide how to deal with it."
"So, my general bought the secret recipe for the Tiger Ben Sword and then entrusted Workshop No. 97 to cast it. Is this in compliance with the rules?"
"Zhou Shu, please wait for me outside. General Cheng and I have important matters to discuss."
Xiao Zongshui did not answer, but first drove Zhou Shu out, who was stunned.
Zhou Shu didn't come back to his senses until he walked out of the big tent. These guys really know how to play. Isn't this trying to steal the country's wool?
No, these two guys are still trying to steal their own money!
Zhou Shu was a little aggrieved. The secret recipe for the Tiger Ben knife was his, not Workshop No. 97, and not Xiao Zongshui's!
According to the rules of the Weapon Forging Department, if you hand in the secret weapon forging recipe, you will receive a reward, but in that case, the secret weapon forging recipe belongs to the Weapon Forging Department.
Of course, he can also choose not to hand over the secret casting recipe, but to hand over the weapons.
Both methods have their own pros and cons, and we can’t say which one is better or worse.
Now that guy Xiao Zongshui has directly taken the secret recipe of the Huben knife for himself. Isn't this an open robbery?
Why did he decide to sell the secret recipe for the Tiger Ben Knife to General Cheng?
Zhou Shu looked back at the big tent and said, well, it seems that he really has no room for resistance.
A soldier-making apprentice, whether it is Xiao Zongshui or General Cheng, can easily crush himself to death.
Like the tall and thin man who attacked Zhou Shu before, no one asked him a question even after he died.
However, I'm afraid Xiao Zongshui and General Cheng don't know. They think they have harvested their own wool, but they don't know that they can also harvest it back.
If all three thousand Huben knives are equipped to combat troops, how much feedback will it bring to you? How much improvement in strength will it bring to you?
If they didn't do this, Zhou Shu really didn't know how he could distribute the weapons he forged to so many people.
"It's just a sharp standard long knife. If you want it, I'll give it to you. I still don't like it." Zhou Shu said to himself, "But I have written this down. Sooner or later, I will let you know that my advantage is not