The word Tai Chi first appeared in "Yi Zhuan-Xici".
As a work with far-reaching influence on Chinese traditional culture, its content covers almost hundreds of schools of thought.
"Tai Chi?"
Zhang Wanzhen nodded repeatedly, "Wuji and Tai Chi are very suitable for your boxing skills. However, where did you learn this boxing skills?"
"Well..." Cao Peng hesitated for a moment and then explained bravely: "This is a boxing technique taught to me by a wandering alchemist in the early years. In the early years, my family lived in Zhongyang Town, and the wandering alchemist once lived in Zhongyang.
Take a break...Oh, Brother Hutou also knows about this."
The same lies can be used to hide Wang Mai and Wang Meng, but I don't know if they can fool Zhang Wanzhen.
"There is such a strange person?"
"Yes, Brother Hutou still regrets that he didn't learn from his master back then."
Zhang Wanzhen had no doubts, but there was a look of yearning on her face.
These days, the alchemist is sometimes synonymous with "immortal". If the alchemist was a powerful man, it would not be surprising to teach Cao Peng these skills.
"Let's go back and install the bellows."
"Master Cao..."
"Oh, just call me Ah Fu. If you don't call me a young master, what kind of young master am I?"
Zhang Wanzhen smiled brightly, showing her cute little tiger teeth.
"Well, I'll call you Ah Fu. Don't call me miss. Just call me Yueying."
"Yueying?"
"Well, Yueying is my nickname. When I was young, my father called me A Chou because I was yellow. But when I grew up, my father thought that A Chou was not nice, so he called me Yueying. Wanzhen
It's also my name, but it's not commonly used, so just call me Yueying."
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, people's names were valued by their single names.
In addition to names, there are also words. In addition, there are many nicknames, nicknames, nicknames...
For example, Cao Cao, whose given name was Mengde, whose nickname was Jili, was also called Amo.
Cao Peng asked curiously: "What about your name?"
"My last name only has the character 'Shuo', but it's not commonly used."
Zhang Shuo?
It's quite a boyish name.
Cao Peng felt that the name Yueying seemed familiar. Zhang Yueying... was a pretty common name, and was very common in later generations.
So Cao Peng didn't think too much, just chatted and laughed with Zhang Wanzhen and returned home.
The bellows made by Zhang Wanzhen was placed outside the wooden shed. It was very exquisite and the workmanship was very good. Cao Ji and Wang Meng were squatting aside, looking curiously. When Cao Peng came back, Cao Ji immediately stood up and asked: "Peng
Son, how do you use this thing?"
"It's the same as the stove stove. Just remove the stove stove and replace it with the bellows."
"I see."
Cao Ji suddenly realized it and quickly called Wang Meng to come over and help. When the stove was installed, it was not fixed to facilitate its disassembly. So the two men quickly removed the stove and put the bellows back on.
. Then standing next to the iron furnace, Cao Ji turned to look at Cao Peng, "Peng'er, it's installed...is it the same as the use of the ladle? How about we give it a try first?"
"Of course I have to try it."
Cao Peng nodded, walked over and helped Cao Ji open the furnace door.
Zhang Wanzhen stood outside the wooden shed, with excitement on her face.
The molten iron furnace gradually heated up, and Cao Ji motioned to Wang Meng to pull the bellows lever. Wang Meng bent down, tested the strength of the lever, and said to himself: "This thing is not light."
As he spoke, he suddenly exerted force, pulled out the lever, and then pushed it in hard.
The collision of airflow occurs in the bellows, and it blows into the furnace from the opening, that is, the air valve. The charcoal fire suddenly rises up, dancing with blue flames.
"So hot!"
Cao Ji couldn't help shouting.
He can't distinguish water, but his ability to recognize fire is pretty good.
He knew exactly what kind of flames, what kind of temperature they produced, and what kind of items were most suitable for making. Just by looking at the flames rising, Cao Ji knew that the bellows had worked. So he immediately left the iron furnace.
He picked up a scrapped knife blade and threw it into the iron furnace.
Originally, after the iron furnace opened, Cao Ji planned to make some farm tools.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he put forward this idea, Wang Meng expressed strong opposition: "Old Cao, are you interested in something? Since Ah Fu has helped you solve the quenching problem, why do you need to stick to farm tools anymore? Ah Fu, this is
But according to the Immortal method, you will be punished by God if you make farm tools. How about making swords instead, which can hone your skills. Do you want to be a third-rate blacksmith in this life? "
In Wang Meng's opinion, Cao Peng knew so much, it must have been the alchemist who taught him his skills.
Double liquid quenching is unheard of!
It must be a magical method, otherwise how could Cao Peng know about it?
Cao Ji felt that what Wang Meng said made sense, so he nodded in agreement.
It just so happened that at the end of the year, Jiyang County was cleaning up the treasury, and many weapons needed to be replaced and repaired. Deng Ji was working in the Yamen, so he asked for this job. It is said that there are people in the court who are easy to do, so he will definitely not give it to him to buy and replace weapons.
Cao Ji, but this kind of tinkering happens to be what Cao Ji is good at. Kuai Zheng doesn't care about this. It's all about repairing anyway. Who can I leave it to? Isn't it repairing?
So in the end, the business of repairing arsenal weapons was handed over to Deng Ji.
Although Deng Ji was honest, he was not a fool either. He immediately handed over the matter to Cao Ji. This is called keeping the wealth from others...
In the past few days, Cao Ji also repaired many swords, and gradually became familiar with the skills he had left behind in the past.
Dang-dang-dang!
The iron pliers took out the flaming red knife embryo, placed it on the chopping board, and continuously forged and struck it. Every time he struck, Cao Ji used all his strength, and saw sparks flying, the knife embryo gradually took shape, and the temperature slowly dropped.
When the blade embryo turned dark red, Cao Ji stopped forging, clamped the blade blade, and put it into the horse urine trough. The pungent stench made Zhang Wanzhen frown and take a few steps back.
"Then what is in the sink? Why is the smell so pungent?"
Cao Peng smiled and did not answer.
Zhang Wanzhen didn't ask any more questions, but just watched quietly.
Guessing the temperature, Cao Ji took the knife embryo out of the water tank, glanced at it, nodded and put it into the grease tank.
Compared with the most popular single-liquid quenching method nowadays, the double-liquid quenching method can ensure the hardness of the knife blank while preventing cracking and deformation, giving it a certain degree of toughness. Speaking of which, this is really not a great invention. But for this era
It is undoubtedly of great significance.
In fact, the so-called invention just depends on whether you have thought of it or not.
Thinking what others dare not think is progress...
Regardless of these two simple liquids, the skills and experience of the craftsmen also need to be considered. There is no temperature measurement or temperature control equipment, and the operation is completely based on feeling. If it is done by an inexperienced person, even if you have a pair of
The liquid quenching method is also useless.
It is true that Cao Ji had never fought with a sword in his early years, but he had accumulated enough experience by repairing farm tools for a long time.
Therefore, Cao Peng only opened a crack for him, but he could quickly open the door and walk into the hall. The mystery of this, even if Zhang Wanzhen is smart, cannot fully grasp it. She just felt that those two sinks
There is a big secret hidden inside. But it involves business rules. Cao Peng can let her watch from the sidelines, but it is impossible to tell her the truth. Of course, Zhang Wanzhen can figure it out on her own, but she will not ask rashly. She knows
In terms of severity, I better understand what can be asked and what should not be spoken.
After the knife chop repair is completed, further polishing is needed.
It was almost noon, so Zhang Wanzhen said goodbye and left.
However, she and Cao Peng agreed that every morning, she would take a boat across the river and learn Tai Chi from Cao Peng.
As for Cao Peng, naturally he would not refuse...
After sending Zhang Wanzhen away, Cao Peng returned to the yard.
"Dad, how effective is this bellows?"
Cao Ji was washing the front, and when he heard Cao Peng's question, he raised his head.
"Dad, why are you unhappy?"
Cao Ji sighed and said with a wry smile: "The temperature of the iron furnace has been solved... Your bellows is almost as good as two rows of rafts."
A row of prongs contains almost ten stove prongs.
In other words, this bellows can produce the effect of twenty furnace prongs. According to this calculation, the effect of the bellows should be very good. But Cao Ji's sad face made Cao Peng feel uneasy, "Dad, could it be that
Isn’t this good?”
"That's good, but today I only used one basket of charcoal in this afternoon. Normally, it's only one basket of charcoal a day. If you replace it with your bellows, two baskets of charcoal a day might not be enough... Ah Fu,
We are repairing weapons, and if we continue at this rate, the cost will be too high. The thing you made is good for use in a workshop, but it is not worth it for a small family like ours."
When the wind is strong, the burning of charcoal will also accelerate, and the consumption will naturally increase.
Cao Peng really didn't consider this aspect... The piston-type two-way continuous blower appeared in the Ming Dynasty. The social form at that time was quite different from the Three Kingdoms period. The scale of handicraft workshops was not comparable to that of today's society.
