In the yard, the master and apprentice had a fierce conspiracy.
The apprentice kept lamenting the master's cunningness.
The master kept praising his apprentice for his innovation.
The two exchanged opinions and had active discussions in a friendly atmosphere.
As the meeting ended successfully, Feng Chen and Lu Liang also returned.
"Master, Junior Sister, we are back." Lu Liang shouted, carrying an empty wine jar with one hand and moving it into the yard.
"Huh? You can go to the ground now? It seems that this brown sugar water is quite effective?" After greeting the master, the senior brother looked at Yan Bing and said, then he put the large bundle of bamboo in his arms on the ground, turned around and started again
Go back and move the next bundle.
"Senior Brother, Fifteenth Senior Brother, please stop for a moment. Master has something to say." Yan Bing shouted to them.
The two brothers looked at each other, put the things in their hands on the ground, dusted off the dirt on their hands, and walked back.
"What's wrong? Master?" Feng Chen asked first as he entered the courtyard.
The old man looked at everyone, showed a mysterious smile, and said slowly: "Now my master is telling you something, just do it. As for why, don't ask, I will tell you when the time is right."
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Feng Chen and Lu Liang looked at each other, so if you don't want to ask, just don't ask.
Then, the two of them replied in unison: "Yes, Master."
The old man continued: "After you have finished moving the things in the car, Fengchen, you go with your junior sister to the blacksmith shop and take down the shop. Then in the blacksmith shop, you do whatever your junior sister asks you to do.
What, just do it."
Feng Chen knew clearly in his heart that the purpose of buying the blacksmith shop was to give Junior Sister a place to forge swords in the future. With Junior Sister's skill, it would definitely be a huge profit. As for bargaining, who else would it be?
As for when I get to the blacksmith shop, I will do whatever I am asked to do? What the hell is that?
Forget it, I won’t let you ask anyway.
He smiled and agreed, "Don't worry, Master." Then he turned around and went out to unload the truck again.
The old man nodded, then looked at the fifteenth senior brother and said: "Lu Liang, you too, go and move first. After moving, go and remove the floor tiles of the empty room in the backyard. You don't need to remove them all. Just half a foot long and half a foot wide."
That's enough, remember! Don't throw the floor tiles you removed out of the door, they will all be piled in the corner of the room."
Lu Liang was confused when he heard this.
If it comes to buying a blacksmith shop, Lu Liang can also figure it out, but what is the purpose of paving the floor tiles...?
But the master has told me not to ask..., so I won't ask.
Lu Liang said: "Yes, Master." Then he turned around and went out to continue moving the wine jar.
After the two left, the old man looked at Yan Bing again and said, "You should go back and lie down first. After all, you are not feeling well now. When you get to the blacksmith shop later, you can do whatever you need to do by instructing your senior brother. Everything else will be done as directed."
We just did what we agreed to do."
"Yes, Master." Yan Bing raised his eyes, smiled at each other and turned around to go back to his room.
When Yan Bing returned to the room, he did not rest. Instead, he took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone and began to write and draw.
After I finished painting, I lay back on the bed. As soon as I sat down, I heard the senior brother shouting from outside the door: "Little junior sister! I've finished moving! Let's go!"
"Okay!" Yan Bing agreed, then got out of bed, picked up the paper he had just drawn on, picked up Qingxuan, and went out.
On the way to the blacksmith shop, Yan Bing also specially selected a few pieces of jade embryos that were similar in color to Qingxuan's handle and guard. He found a jade shop, put the Qingxuan Sword and the jade embryos on the counter, and said
: "How long will it take to make the pommel and guard of this sword?"
The shopkeeper picked up the sword, looked at it, and said: "Three days, you can pick it up in three days. I guarantee that you will be satisfied."
Yan Bing shook his head and said, "I don't need to carve the pattern on it. I just need the shape to be similar. How long will it take to finish it?"
"Then it can be done in two days at the earliest." The shopkeeper replied with a smile.
"I'll pick it up in one day." Yan Bing is very aware of the procrastination of these craftsmen. In fact, if they put down other tasks and concentrate on one thing, it won't take long to finish it.
But they would rather smoke a bag of cigarettes, chat for a while, do this for a while, and then do something else for a while when they get bored, which is why it is so time-consuming. If they meet a high-ranking official, the speed is astonishingly fast.
"This... you are putting me in a bit of trouble..." The shopkeeper looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak.
Yan Bing smiled when he heard this.
Although she has not yet entered the society, the books she has read and the TV series she has watched since she was a child have already nurtured a modern youth who has not yet fledged to the countryside and become a qualified social educated youth.
The meaning of "difficult to handle" is easy to understand. Translated, it means that as long as the money is in place, this matter will be no problem!
Yan Bing didn't bother to talk nonsense with him. He took out a ten-tael banknote, slapped it on the table, and asked, "Can we do it?"
The shopkeeper was frowning a moment ago, but now he turned into a "business smiling face" and promised: "No problem! If we hurry, we can finish it before noon tomorrow!"
The senior brother saw this, and although his flesh ached, he thought that as a junior sister, he could forge swords and brew wine, and would soon be able to earn a lot of money, so he didn't say anything more.
The two left the jade shop and went to the blacksmith shop. After a heated exchange of words with the senior brother, they quickly settled on the price.
"Eight taels! It can't go any lower! I don't want anything else. I have to take this whetstone with me." The blacksmith pointed at the foot-operated grinding lathe that Yan Bing had made before and said firmly.
Before the senior brother could speak, Yan Bing had already replied with a smile: "I originally made this, so it's not a bad idea to give it to you for free. Seven taels and five cents, and the rest belongs to me!"
The eldest brother chuckled and looked at Yan Bing raising a thumb, with an expression of relief written on his face that said, "You are a teachable boy."
After the blacksmith left, Yan Bing asked his senior brother to light a fire, while he collected the materials that had been thrown into the shop and quickly made a new pedal lathe.
Senior Brother lit the fire, looked at Yan Bing excitedly and asked, "How many will you cast this time??"
Yan Bing smiled and handed the manuscript paper in his arms to his senior brother.
The senior brother thought it was a sketch of a sword shape, so he took it with a joyful expression and unfolded it to take a look. Then the smile on his face completely froze, his brows became more and more wrinkled, and his expression became more and more confused.
"What is this thing??" The senior brother was obviously impatient. He pointed at the picture and asked directly: "This thing that says a shovel doesn't look like a shovel, and says a bucket doesn't look like a bucket is what you want to hit?"
But modern people can tell what is drawn in the picture at a glance.
That is a "Luoyang shovel".
Yan Bing nodded and said, "Do you still remember what Master said? Don't ask, just do it."
The senior brother was speechless for a moment. He pouted and said angrily: "Okay, okay, do it, do it, do it."
Then the two began to divide the work.
Since there were no strict requirements on quality this time, just ordinary pig iron would be enough. Yan Bing added a few pieces of charcoal to the stove, pointed out the key points of several processes to his senior brother, and then started to look for yellow mud and make embryos.
The senior brother was responsible for keeping an eye on the stove and adding firewood to the stove from time to time. After a while, the fire became too strong, so he took a fire hook and hooked out two pieces of charcoal.
Before dark, the two of them made two Luoyang shovels of different sizes and two large shovels.
"What are you doing now? My junior sister and aunt?" The senior brother has been completely out of temper by this young junior sister who only does things but doesn't talk.
"Go back and come back later." Yan Bing picked up four shovels, put them in his senior brother's arms, and said.
The senior brother asked with a surprised look on his face: "Go back? Are you coming back later? There's already a curfew in a while? Why are you here? As soon as you light up the fire, the officers and soldiers will arrive soon. It's better to come early tomorrow morning..."
Before Yan Bing could finish complaining, he interrupted directly: "Don't ask! Just do it!"
Feng Chen immediately felt as if he had eaten a yellow lotus, with a grimace on his face, and he obeyed the instructions obediently.
