He was born as a blacksmith, but he dominated the world

Chapter 39: Do What You Don’t Want Me To Do (Fifth Update)

Originally, Blacksmith Qi thought that he could teach Jiang Lin for at least ten days or half a month.

As a result, in just one day, Jiang Lin's progress was far beyond his imagination.

The only consolation is that Jiang Lin still has a long way to go in mastering the quenching time and quenching position.

Jiang Lin said modestly: "Master Qi is too modest. Even if you have mastered the quenching technique, you still need to learn how to sharpen the blade."

"Sharpening is the simplest skill in the entire casting process. It will not be a problem for you. After a little practice, you will know how to do it." said Qi the blacksmith.

This is true. The requirements for sharpening military weapons are not high, especially the angle, most of which are only around sixty degrees.

To put it simply, the edge is not sharp enough to prevent it from breaking too easily when chopped against enemy armor or weapons.

On the contrary, folk kitchen knives have higher requirements on the blade angle. After all, cutting meat and vegetables only requires sharpness and will not come into contact with hard objects.

He said that bone-cutting knives and the like are another matter.

All in all, Jiang Lin has already learned the three most difficult casting skills and is only one step away from becoming a real blacksmith.

After quenching a few more knives, it was already dark and it was time for the blacksmiths to finish their work and go home for dinner.

"Master, I want to temper and forge these weapons that failed to be quenched again." Jiang Lin said.

Zhao Yankui was exhausted after working all day. Hearing this, he said, "No need to work so hard. It won't be too late to come back tomorrow."

"Let's finish today's work today." Jiang Lin said.

Zhao Yankui understood his temper and nodded, "In that case, you can do it yourself. Don't get too tired."

Afterwards, all the blacksmiths left and only Jiang Lin stayed to work.

An apprentice wanted to help, but he refused.

Jiang Lin wanted to take this opportunity to continue to improve his proficiency in firemaking and hammering, as well as to collect gold essence and fire essence.

Asking others for help is like working in vain.

Seeing that he insisted, the apprentices had nothing to say and could only leave one after another.

Not far away, I heard the whirring sound of bellows coming from the blacksmith shop.

One apprentice said with emotion: "Master Jiang is Master Jiang. He has such incredible talent, but he is even more hardworking than the rest of us. There is really no comparison."

"Who says it's not true? I guess he wants to become a regular employee after passing the regular test this year."

The apprentice next to him was surprised: "He will be promoted this year? By then, he will only be two months old, right?"

"You haven't noticed that Master Jiang has gone from burning fire to hammering, and now he has begun to learn the art of quenching. And judging from what Master Qi said, it seems that he has learned it quite well. At this rate, it won't be surprising for him to catch up with this year's regular test."

Several apprentices looked strange after hearing this. Some of them had been in the Southern Blacksmith Camp for one year, some for two years, and some even for three to five years, but they still hadn't been able to get regular employment.

Jiang Lin will become a formal blacksmith in just two months?

But considering Jiang Lin's progress in skills, it seems that there is indeed hope.

At the same time, in the dining tent, Blacksmith Qi was talking about this with Zhao Yankui.

"With Jiang Lin's current crazy momentum, I'm afraid he will be able to pass the regular test this year?"

Zhao Yankui held the bowl of rice and swallowed it in big gulps. Only when most of the bowl was in his stomach did he say, "Then let's turn it."

Blacksmith Qi looked puzzled: "Aren't you surprised?"

"What's so surprising?" Zhao Yankui continued to eat his food and said, "This kid's future is far beyond what you and I can compare to. Regardless of talent or other things."

After finishing half a bowl of food, Zhao Yankui put down his bowl and chopsticks, and then asked solemnly: "How long do you think Jiang Lin can stay in the Blacksmith Camp?"

"What does this mean?" Blacksmith Qi asked even more confused.

"The best blacksmiths in our blacksmith camp never stay here for too long. Even the position of chief blacksmith is hard to retain. They are either transferred to the palace to serve as the emperor, or poached by the aristocratic families for private use. At worst, they are used by the border troops to make sharp weapons."

Zhao Yankui sighed and said, "With Jiang Lin's talent, he is still not famous now. When he really stands out, someone will definitely come to tempt him." Qi the blacksmith listened in silence. This was indeed true.

The best blacksmith can never stay in the blacksmith camp. They are all making iron, so why don’t they go to a better place?

Those aristocratic families could offer a monthly salary of one hundred taels of silver to a high-level blacksmith.

What about the Blacksmith Camp?

Even the Lord Engineer only has a monthly salary of fifty taels.

The deputy chief blacksmith earns thirty taels of silver, a master blacksmith like Zhao Yankui earns eighteen taels of silver, and an ordinary blacksmith will not earn more than ten taels of silver a month.

With such a huge gap, how many people can endure it?

Blacksmith Qi sighed and wondered if there was any way to keep him here, such as not allowing Jiang Lin to participate in the regular tests this year.

But after thinking about it, I still couldn't say it.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

If he had such talent, would he be willing to stay in the blacksmith camp?

Blacksmith Qi felt that he might not be able to do it.

As the saying goes, do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. Why force others to do what you cannot do yourself?

Zhao Yankui patted his shoulder and said, "Alright, even if he wants to leave, it won't be ten days or half a month. It's still too early. Look at me, I won't be bothered by such things."

Blacksmith Qi said unhappily, "Of course you won't worry about it. He's your apprentice. The more famous he is, the more proud you will be. But I'm different. If you get promoted to deputy master craftsman, I will..."

Blacksmith Qi stopped talking halfway. He was thinking that if he were to succeed the master chef, he would be heartbroken to see a good talent like Jiang Lin fly away.

Zhao Yankui laughed out loud because what Qi the blacksmith said was right.

No matter where Jiang Lin is, he always holds the title of master.

At this moment in the blacksmith shop, Jiang Lin had already forged a new weapon and was swinging the hammer continuously.

Sparks flew, and the originally twisted and deformed blade was knocked back to its original shape, but the black spots on it did not disappear.

Failure of quenching will bring more defects to the weapon, so Jiang Lin simply went all out and eliminated the defects directly.

【Long sword of average quality】

Looking at the weapon's evaluation information, Jiang Lin smiled slightly.

He is personally quite satisfied with the progress made these days.

"There are still about ten days until the scheduled test. The quenching is already level 4. It should be able to reach level 5 smoothly tomorrow. By then, I can basically handle most weapon casting. As for the blade sharpening..."

Jiang Lin thought about it for a moment and decided that even if he had learned the quenching technique, he would wait for two days before learning how to sharpen the blade.

He bit off more than he could chew, so he now masters the three skills of fire-making, hammering and quenching.

It seems that he is learning very quickly, but in fact he has been rushing to improve his tempering proficiency all day, and has almost fallen behind in fire-making and hammering.

Glancing at the slightly changed information about the proficiency of various skills, Jiang Lin couldn't help but sigh, "There's still too little time. I really wish I could break myself into eight pieces!"

In other words, there was no one in the blacksmith shop, otherwise if others heard this, they would probably bite their teeth with jealousy.

In less than two months, except for sharpening, other skills are almost the same as those of a formal blacksmith. And you are still not satisfied?

Then, Jiang Lin glanced at the dozens of remaining long swords, one third of which were made for the Nanling camp.

Thinking about it, Liao Mingxu provided a lot of help to me when he came last time. Without his deterrence, it would be difficult for me to pass the eunuch test today.

"Then I'll give you a small token of my appreciation." Jiang Lin smiled faintly, and decided that all the weapons of the Nanling Camp made by him would have their defects eliminated and reach the quality of the products!
As for how the Nanling Camp would react after receiving these weapons, that was not within his consideration.

Anyway, there will only be benefits and no harm.

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