It's obviously a life skill, but you developed it into a magical skill

Zhou An saw the middle-aged blacksmith's expression and thought that this matter had basically been successful.

In Anding County, it is much easier to have one policeman covering you.

Sure enough, after the blacksmith's eyes lit up, he asked tentatively: "Sir, are you serious about this? As long as you enter the door, you will be able to protect our blacksmith shop."

Zhou An nodded and said: "Within the scope of my authority, as long as you find me, I will help you."

The middle-aged blacksmith gritted his teeth: "How much does it cost?"

The policemen in Anding County often make money from the common people.

Although the things I catch each time are not much, sometimes they are insignificant, just three melons and two dates.

But as time went by, it did not leave a good impression in the hearts of the people.

It is normal for a middle-aged blacksmith to have this question.

Zhou An shook his head and said: "I made it clear, I won't ask you for half a penny, I just came here to learn blacksmithing."

"You provided me with a place, and I came here every day to study at noon."

After the middle-aged blacksmith repeatedly confirmed that Zhou An really had no other problems, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Sir, I will teach you tomorrow."

He did not continue to ask why he wanted to learn blacksmithing. These were matters for the official and he would not ask.

People pay more attention to interests.

"Teach me today." Zhou An said.

Don't rush too late, just learn something when you come.

The middle-aged blacksmith didn't expect Zhou An to be in such a hurry, but he didn't hesitate and led Zhou An to a small stand next to him.

When the blacksmith led Zhou An, Zhou An also learned the name of the middle-aged blacksmith.

The surname is Zhao and the name is Tie, which fits the identity of a blacksmith very well.

The place in front of me is much smaller than the blacksmith's place.

"Sir, this is a place for apprentices to learn. You can come here to learn at noon every day."

"I'm studying here, where will your apprentice go?" Zhou An asked.

Zhao Tie scratched his head in embarrassment: "I recruited several people before, but they all gave up after learning for a short time. Our business is very tiring and we have to be exposed to fire, so there are not many people, so we simply stopped recruiting. .”

It's all the truth.

Blacksmithing requires strength, and you have to stay by the stove. Very few people can endure the hardship.

"Then let's start." Zhou An said.

Blacksmith Zhao didn't waste any time and started to explain.

When it comes to professional knowledge, he becomes very serious.

After spending about a stick of incense, Blacksmith Zhao gave an overview, and Zhou An also understood some of the basics of the blacksmithing industry.

The three hardships in life are: forging iron, punting a boat, and grinding tofu.

The blacksmith endures the heat day and night by the smelting furnace, and living is like going to hell.

There is always a risk of capsizing and death when the boat is sailing in the wind and waves.

Selling tofu, sleeping at midnight and working as a donkey, I could only make a living.

Blacksmithing ranks first, and the difficulty can be imagined.

First, the blacksmith buries the cut iron into a pile of charcoal in a blazing fire to burn the iron red.

When forging, the blacksmith takes out a red iron block with his left hand, places it on the anvil, and uses a small hammer with his right hand to hammer it.

When hammering, lift the sledgehammer to hammer in an orderly manner.

Beat the iron material until it turns from red to dark, then put it back into the furnace and heat it red. This process is repeated until iron tools with different sizes and curvatures are finally forged.

After forming, it is heated red again, immersed in a pool of water to cool, or buried in slag and ashes to cool naturally. Finally, it is polished with a whetstone to make it sharper.

These are all processes. Although the process is simple, the difficulty lies in grasping different materials, heat and quenching time.

If a blacksmith does not have excellent quenching skills, it will be difficult to make a living.

Normally, the master makes a small hammer and the apprentice makes a big hammer, but Blacksmith Zhao has no apprentices, so he can only do it alone.

After Zhou An listened to the general explanation, he also started to give it a try.

"Just try to hit a handful of iron bars." Blacksmith Zhao said.

Zhou An nodded and put the iron materials into the furnace.

Under Blacksmith Zhao's explanation, after the iron material was red-hot, he took out the iron material and started pounding it with a small hammer.

While hammering, Blacksmith Zhao was still talking.

The most important thing in blacksmithing is quenching, but that doesn't mean that beating is unimportant.

Under the instruction of Blacksmith Zhao, Zhou An's hand with the hammer was very steady. During the hammering process, even Blacksmith Zhao was surprised.

Tiejiang Zhao has lived for more than half his life, and he has never seen a novice who can be so stable.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

A series of knocking sounds sounded in the room.

Not long after, Zhou An hammered the red iron material into a long shape, but it looked unsightly.

After all, he is a novice. Even if he has talent in this area, he cannot do the craftsmanship of a master.

The red-hot iron bar is slightly curved. If you didn't tell others, you wouldn't know it was a piece of iron bar. It looked more like a twisted insect.

"Sir, this kind of progress is already very good." Tiejiang Zhao praised.

This is not flattery, but to be honest, it would be great if a newbie can play it.

"The next step is quenching. This must be done at a good time." Blacksmith Zhao said.

During quenching, the heated iron block needs to be quickly immersed in cold water or oil to increase the surface hardness of the iron block.

If the cooling is too fast or too slow, it will also cause the iron block to deform or lose its due hardness.

Cooling can be carried out according to factors such as the size, type and required hardness of the iron block.

To be clear, it requires experience.

Zhou An nodded, put the bent iron bar into the furnace again, heated it red, and then put it into the water aside.

Soon, white smoke appeared.

The iron bar cools rapidly.

Although Blacksmith Zhao was on hand to give guidance, Zhou An was a novice after all, and was still far behind in terms of heat.

When the cooled iron bar was taken out of the water, Zhou An's face turned slightly dark.

The iron bars that were taken out were pitted and uneven in color.

Not only that, Zhou An found that the iron bar was still very brittle.

Blacksmith Zhao on the side saw Zhou An's expression was not good, so he quickly said: "Sir, don't be impatient, it's already good to be able to do it like this for the first time."

Of course Zhou An was not in a hurry, because a line of text had already appeared in front of his eyes.

[Blacksmithing lv.1: 1/10000]

Proficiency appears, proving that your method is correct.

If you follow this method slowly in the future, your proficiency will increase.

If you put in the effort, you will get something. This sentence is more straightforward in Zhou An's case.

"continue!"

Zhou An shook off his previous mood, took out the iron material again, and continued to beat.

The whole noon passed like this.

When Zhou An came out of the blacksmith shop, he waved his arms.

Blacksmithing was very tiring, but fortunately the Qi in his body had a restorative effect.

In front of my eyes, the words changed.

[Blacksmithing lv.1: 2580/10000]

Since I spent a lot of time studying, I didn’t play for long at noon, but my level 1 proficiency increases very quickly. I used to be able to reach level 2 in one night.

Zhou An thought that he would spend the next noon here and went straight back to the Yamen.

There was not much to do in the afternoon. After the break, Zhou An and Yu Hang went home together.

Just after arriving home, Zhou An lit the oil lamp on the table and found an extra letter on the table.

What life skills increase defense?