Chapter 4 Star Steel
Early the next morning, Qin Bing had breakfast and rushed out. After making some corrections to Qin Hu's cultivation, he entered Wanliping to practice alone.
I didn't return to Zhuangzi until noon.
As soon as I walked into Zhuangzi, I heard a knocking sound from my forging room.
"It should be Grandpa who are refining Xingchen Steel." Listening to this knock, Qin Bing thought to herself.
Qin Yi told him last night that the forging of this star is not an easy thing. This fine steel alone is worth a lot of money. As the saying goes, money is not exposed. Mr. Qin Hong has lived for so many years and knows more about this than ordinary people. Only Qin Sanxiong and himself participated in the whole forging process, and the other apprentices were expelled. Except for a few insiders, no one in the village knew about forging Xingchen Steel.
In the next month, the three heroes of the Qin family went out early and returned late. In addition to hunting in the mountains from time to time, they went to the forging house to help. And the knocking sound in the forging room lasted for a month without stopping.
This month is neither long nor short.
Qin Hu's cultivation in this month is also extremely hard. Although he has not yet cultivated his true qi, according to Qin Bing's guess, it should be only these days. In these days, he did not enter Wanliping to practice, but stayed to take care of Qin Hu.
On this day, Qin Bing, as usual, came to Qin Hu's house after breakfast to guide Qin Hu's practice.
"Brother Hu, according to the operation route and the technique of acceptance I taught you, luck!" Qin Bing looked at Qin Hu sitting on the ground and told him.
"Hmm!" Qin Hu nodded, even if he closed his eyes, calmed down, and followed the luck of the dragon elephant.
"Sneer!"
With a burst of fragrance, Qin Hu felt a small warm current in his body, and he couldn't help but be happy. This is exactly what Qin Bing said about the true spirit. At present, I didn't dare to be careless. I hurriedly carried this warm current and walked two weeks according to the operation route of dragon elephant Prajnagong. When this stream stabilized, I slowly opened my eyes.
"Xiao Bing, I succeeded. I'm really angry!" As soon as he opened his eyes, Qin Hu took Qin Bing's hand and said excitedly.
Hearing this, Qin Bing couldn't help but look happy and hurriedly said, "Brother Hu, let me have a look!"
After saying that, he put his hand on Qin Hu's wrist, and the true qi in his body slowly entered Qin Hu's body through his fingers. Sure enough, he felt a true qi in Qin Hu's Dantian. Although there is still a big gap between the amount of true qi and the true qi in Qin Bing's body, Qin Hu's first step in cultivation has been taken, hasn't it?
"Congratulations, Brother Hu, you have really practiced your anger." Taking back the hand on Qin Hu's wrist, Qin Bing smiled.
"Have I gained a lot of strength now? Can I lift a 1,500 catties of stone lock?" Qin Hu asked excitedly.
"I'm afraid it won't work!"
There was a bitter smile in Qin Bing's heart. Although the true qi can indeed help people gain a lot of strength, it is an accumulation. There is true qi in Qin Hu's body, but the true qi is too little, not even enough for Qin Hu's blow. How can he increase his strength for him?
"Why, didn't you say that you can grow with real strength?" When Qin Hu heard the words, he was stunned and asked puzzledly.
"Because the amount of true qi in your body is too small, when the true qi in your body is as big as a fist, you can definitely lift 1,500 catties of stone locks at that time." Qin Bing said hurriedly.
"Oh..." Qin Hu looked disappointed and said a little discouraged, "I have practiced such a little true spirit for a month. If I want to practice to the size of a fist, I don't know how long it will take!"
"Brother Hu, what is the most taboo to learn martial arts?" Hearing Qin Hu's words, Qin Bing's face suddenly became serious.
"I'm impetuous!" Looking at Qin Bing, who was getting serious, Qin Hu quickly said. These days have been guided by Qin Bing to practice. Although Qin Bing is younger than him, Qin Bing is more powerful than him. Qin Hu admires his cousin very much and obeys Qin Bing's words.
"As long as you understand!" Seeing Qin Hu's face, Qin Bing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and continued, "The most painful thing about practicing martial arts is when you first and encounter bottlenecks, and there is no bottleneck in your skills. As long as you continue to practice hard, you will definitely become a master and lift 1,500 catties of stone locks in half a year at most. That's enough!"
"Really?" Qin Hu, who had been disappointed, hurriedly asked when he heard Qin Bing's words.
"Of course!" Qin Bing nodded with a smile and said, "However, you need to work as hard as you do every day, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to lift 1,500 catties of stone locks in half a year!"
"Alle! I won't give up!" Qin Hu clenched his fist and said with a firm face.
Qin Hu's point is also the most appreciated by Qin Bing. As long as his simple mind recognizes one thing, he will not give up no matter how difficult it is. With the strong aura of this world, as long as Qin Hu can persevere and cultivate the first level of dragon and elephant Prajna skill in half a year, it is not difficult. At that time, with the power of a dragon and an elephant, it is not difficult for him to lift 1,500 catties of stone locks.
In the next few days, in addition to urging Qin Hu to practice every day, Qin Bing practiced alone until one day, the sound of knocking in the forging room disappeared. Qin Bing knows that his weapons will be forged in the next few days.
The sound of the sudden disappearance of the forging room did not attract the attention of Zhuang insiders, but that afternoon, Qin Bing entered the forging room under the leadership of Qin Yi.
As soon as some black wooden doors opened, a hot airflow came to his face, which made people feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, Qin Bing had been psychologically prepared for the situation of the forging house, otherwise he would really be shocked.
In the forging room, Qin Yi's three brothers and Qin Hong have put down the hammer in their hands at this moment, leaving only the fire that is still burning, and there is a large silver-gray iron block with a little silver on the ground next to the fire. And this is the star iron that Qin Hong and others have worked hard to forge for more than a month!
This is Qin Bing's first time to come to the forging room. Generally speaking, Qin Bing can't enter until he is 16 years old, even though Qin Bing has never been here before. The area of the forging house is not large, with a total of three fires, and the ironware and * products usually used by Qinjiazhuang are made from here by a hammer leaning against the wall.
Forge without stopping for a month. Even a strong man like Qin Yi has a trace of fatigue on his face, and the fatigue on Qin Zheng's face is deeper than Qin Yi. Qin Yi just comes to help from time to time, while Qin Zheng and Qin Hong have been forging. Star steel is forged in the house. Qin Zheng is fine. Although he is about 40 years old, he is still in middle age, and Mr. Qin Hong, who is in his 60s, is still in the old age. With such a strong forging, the old man's eyes and face are extremely tired.
However, when they saw Qin Bing coming, there was more joy in their eyes.
"Binger, come and have a look. This is the star steel we forged!" Qin Hong quickly waved to Qin Bing, pointed to the iron pieces emitting silver on the ground, and laughed loudly. There is a little pride in his eyes. This star steel can't be forged by any blacksmith, but Qin Hong can be forged!
Looking at the four Qin Hong, who were obviously still tired, Qin Bing was moved, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but be a little wet. In order to hide all this, he quickly bent down and looked at the iron on the ground.
Reaching out and touching the silver iron block on the ground, a faint coolness came through his fingertips, making Qin Bing unable to help but quickly run the true qi in his body. His fingertips seemed to inadvertently click on the iron block, but it used all the strength of the soul-searching finger, but the iron block did not move at all without any damage!
"Good thing!" Qin Bing couldn't help saying.
It can withstand Qin Bing's full blow without any damage, and even the transmission of true qi is unimpeded. Such an iron block is definitely a rare treasure, which is probably not worse than the gun barrel used by Qin Bing in the previous generation!
"Of course!" Hearing Qin Bing's admiration, Qin Hong couldn't help laughing, "This is the ancestral skill of my Qinjiazhuang. How can it be worse?"
After saying that, a trace of pride appeared on his face. Even Qin Yi and the three people beside him also had a faint trace of pride on their faces. Qinjiazhuang has been standing for thousands of miles for thousands of years. Although there are no famous people in his ancestors, his ability to strike iron is not bad.
"Do you know, Xiaobing, this star steel is 500 catties of fine steel, mixed star iron and other rare materials. It has been repeatedly forged for 40 days. It has not been successfully forged until now. This star steel is probably better than what is sold in the world!" Qin Zheng laughed and said that he could create materials worth tens of thousands of taels by himself, which Qin Zheng dared not imagine before, but now it is also a proud thing.
It should be noted that the star steel sold in the world is also forged, but how can it be compared with the star steel that was forged by Qin Hong and the four people? It is better than Qin Zheng's conservative estimate than the star steel on the market!
"Zheng'er, weigh it and see how we have been doing for more than a month!" Although Mr. Qin Hong is a little tired, he is particularly happy at this moment. The materials are ready. The next step is to forge weapons, and a magic soldier is about to be born. For Qin Hong, who has a lifetime of farm tools and ordinary swords, it is also a very important thing.
"One hundred and fifty-two catties and three taels!" After Qin Zheng said it, he was surprised.
"The ratio close to four to one is indeed much better than three to one on the market!" Mr. Qin Hong said with a smile.
The proportion mentioned by the old man is exactly the proportion of the consumption of Star Steel caused by the forging of various materials. The larger the proportion, the better the Star Steel will be. The most of the products on the market are about 5 to 2, and the good ones are 3 to one, which is indeed worse than the Star Steel forged by Qin Hong.
Forged more than 500 catties of steel into more than 100 catties! This... Qin Bing was extremely shocked. You should know that this is not a previous life. There are various advanced technologies that can be used. If you want to remove the scum in steel here, you only rely on human strength! How many knocks does it take to do this? Until now, Qin Bing finally really realized how the four Qin Hong came over these 40 days!
This is his grandfather, uncle and father! This is his home. At this moment, Qin Bing finally had a trace of understanding in her heart. This is her relatives, who sweated for herself!