The dog-leg knife is known as the most composite knife in the world, and the size is also suitable.
It's easy to hide when you put it on your body, and when you take it out for use, you can't feel the position of the blade.
The fighting method is weird, it can chop and poke, and has many functions.
Lu Qi thought about it and felt that the dog-leg knife was the most suitable for him at the moment.
Just do it.
Lu Qi first took out a knife and started carving a mold. At the same time, he melted the iron material and turned it into molten iron.
Since he was already proficient in the art of casting, Lu Qi's manual skills doubled and he was able to carve a mold for a dog-leg knife in one go.
The mold was in place and the molten iron was ready for use. Lu Qi used the steel pouring method to obtain the molten steel, poured it into the mold, and obtained the iron mold for the dog-leg knife.
Because Lu Qi's steel filling method was not very mature, the hardness and quality of the steel dog-leg knives he obtained only just reached the level of low-grade iron.
It's still a little inferior to the low-grade knife just now.
There is no way around this. After all, there are quality differences in iron-making. If you want to reduce the quality gap, you can only continue to forge it.
This time Lu Qi planned to make a dog-leg knife that was the best among low-grade, but not even mid-grade.
Just take the dog-leg knife and start forging it with the method of making steel.
The so-called "hundred steel making" is to fold the steel bar until it is soft and forge it repeatedly, usually more than a hundred times. It can be called "hundred steel making", and the hardness will be the best.
Lu Qi estimated that the hardness of real 100-refined steel could reach the level of top-grade iron.
He doesn't want to be that good. Even if he can do it, he doesn't want to because he is afraid that someone will find out.
A common man is not guilty of carrying a jade.
Lu Qi only needs to have a low-grade peak knife. A low-grade peak knife for the first-level skin refining realm. As the most personal weapon, this seems a bit luxurious, but it is not impossible.
After all, he sold ordinary low-grade knives. If he didn't have a better knife for self-defense, it wouldn't be justified.
"A hundred refinings of steel can produce high-grade steel. I only need nine refinings, and I should be able to make the knife reach the peak of low-grade steel."
Lu Qi thought this and started to forge.
This forging was also very fast. After a dozen times, it was red-hot and folded. Repeatedly, after nine times, a dog-leg knife that had been tempered for thousands of times was successful.
Lu Qi picked it up with tongs and struck it a few times with a small hammer. He could determine the hardness by listening to the sound. It was just as he expected - the peak of low grade.
"Haha, it's done!"
Lu Qi was overjoyed. He took out a string and wrapped the handle, and kept trying to grasp it with his hands. After he got the most comfortable grip, the knife was considered a success.
but.
He still didn't polish it.
because.
He hasn't smelted the knives he will sell tonight yet.
Lu Qi looked up at the sky and estimated the time. It should be around nine o'clock in the evening.
"At this time, you should be able to smelt a weapon before ten o'clock, and then spend another half an hour polishing all the knives, and you're done."
After ten o'clock, Lu Qi could not continue working.
That would affect the neighbors and arouse suspicion.
As for the weapon that he planned to sell off this time, Lu Qi planned to make a Tang Hengdao. Of course, without using hundreds of steel-making methods, the hardness and sharpness would not reach the level of a real Tang Hengdao.
But the shape of the knife is made according to the Tang Dynasty Hengdao.
He didn't want to make a standard knife because it would arouse others' suspicion and would cause him trouble if they were to trace it.
Tang Heng Dao is so rare that no one in Chiba Prefecture has seen it.
Appearing in the dark shop will only make people think that he is an outsider, and thus they will not continue to pursue the matter of Hengdao.
Lu Qi immediately began to carve the template of the Tang Heng Dao. He forged the Tang Heng Dao just like making a dog-leg knife, but the quality was only that of a low-grade knife.
Just the right level.
Not even 10% or 20% higher, just qualified.
because.
Lu Qi didn't want to attract attention.
The foreign knives happened to be low-grade knives. If he, a warrior, sold them off, no outsider would think it was inappropriate.
Tang Heng Dao was made.
Lu Qi then began to sharpen and sharpen all three knives.
This polishing took half an hour.
By the time everything was done, it was already half past ten.
Lu Qi frowned, "It's still a little slower than expected, but luckily no one bothered me."
Lu Qi hid the dog-leg knife close to his body, then wrapped the Tang Heng knife in a sack, and put the low-grade standard knife into a basket in the warehouse.
After all this is done, you can call Li Muer.
Li Muer was actually very excited when he saw Lu Qi starting to polish.
"Lu Lang, I didn't expect that it only took you two hours to complete a knife and polish it."
Lu Qi worked hard for more than two hours, from making a fire to sharpening the knife, which was exactly the same process, but in fact he made three knives with different styles.
Among them, the dog-leg knife is still the pinnacle of inferior quality.
but.
Lu Qi didn't want to be exposed, so he smiled and said, "What's going on outside?"
Li Mu'er said: "Aunt Wang next door, Uncle Niu across the street, and the government officials patrolling the street came here, but they all just took a look and left."
"Li Zheng is also here. He told us to turn off the engine and be quiet before leaving."
Lu Qi nodded, the guy's reaction was better than he thought.
They probably knew about his situation and understood that Brother Dao had given him a task and he had to work overtime to have a chance to complete it.
Coupled with his status as a master blacksmith, people didn't want to offend him, so no one asked for trouble.
Neither Li Zheng nor the yamen paid much attention to it, and even Li Zheng just asked him to stop working before midnight to avoid disturbing others.
but.
Lu Qi definitely wouldn't do it to the end.
Even so, Lu Qi still ordered: "In this case, tomorrow you go door-to-door to apologize, tell them that they have been working late in the past few days, and ask them to be considerate, and they will get half the discount for making iron tools in the future."
Li Mu'er was shocked, "No need, we are all neighbors, and we get half the discount, so what else can we eat?"
Lu Qidao: "Listen to me."
Seeing Lu Qi's determination and remembering that Lu Qi was the leader in the family, Li Muer nodded and agreed.
Lu Qidao: "I gave you a lot of money during the day to buy some food tomorrow, and I have to go out now. You turn off the lights and rest at home. Unless you hear my knock on the door, no one should open the door."
He knocked lightly on the door a few times as a signal.
Li Muer wrote it down, but was very worried, "Lu Lang, why are you going out so late? It's too dangerous."
Lu Qidao: "I have a reason to go out, don't ask, can you help me guard my home?"
Li Muer immediately became firm and nodded heavily, "Lu Lang, don't worry, I will definitely protect my home."
Then with tears in his eyes, he said, "But you must come back safely."
Lu Qi nodded, then asked her to go back to the room, closed the door, turned off the lights, and rested as usual. After a while, he took out a wooden mask and put it on under the cover of night.
He stuffed his only change of clothes into his arms, put on his outer clothes inside out, hid the dog-leg knife close to his body, and wrapped the sack around the horizontal knife.
After getting all this done, he simply tried to change his voice and lowered his voice, feeling a little relieved.
But just to be safe, he came to the stove, crushed the molds of the dog-leg knife and the horizontal knife, and wiped his face with black mud to make sure that even if he stood in front of Li Mu'er at this time, he would not be thrown out.
That's reassuring.
"It's almost getting dark. Let's go to the dark shop and sell the knife in exchange for some food and meat. I'm getting more and more hungry."
Lu Qi endured hunger and rolled over to the vacant house next door, then passed several yards in succession before turning onto the street, suddenly speeding up and heading towards the secret shop on another street.
On the road.
He also heard the neighbors talking.
"It finally stopped. The Lu family's little Luzi worked hard all night, and I couldn't even sleep."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Brother Dao's task is too heavy, and he definitely won't be able to finish it during the day."
"He can't finish it at night. With his weak body, he can't finish it even if he does it day and night for seven days. He will be exhausted."
"Hey, we are all poor people. Just bear with it for these few days."
Lu Qi listened to the voice, remained silent, and left.
Less than half an hour.
Lu Qi walked along the street corner to slander, and finally arrived at the dark house in Chiba Prefecture.
It is said that the secret shop is run by the Lu family, and the county government also gets a share.
Lu Qi came to the door and was about to go in.
An old man at the door was smoking a dry cigarette and blocked it with a cigarette pole.
He blew out a puff of smoke and said: "The entry fee is one yuan, and it's five yuan to go up to the second floor."
Lu Qi then remembered that his father had brought him in for free because he was still the core of the Lu family. Now he had to pay a fee to come as an outsider.
The first floor is a trading place for ordinary people, one money.
The second floor is the warrior's trading ground, five coins.
Lu Qi painfully took out the only money he had, which he got from making a kitchen knife for Aunt Niu.
After paying the ticket price, Lu Qi finally entered the secret workshop that he longed for and could change his current situation again.