Several young apprentices and helpers who were rotating in the attic watched Zhao Qing sit down at the tea table in the lobby, casually took out an iron basin-like thing, and stewed a pot of delicious food without adding firewood to the fire.
Fish soup, I can't help but feel a little surprised and confused about the situation.
There are actually quite a lot of weird-tempered practitioners among the practitioners. However, considering that they are only ordinary warriors with first- and second-level cultivation, they are sixteen or seventeen years old and have never traveled far away. They have always just listened to what their disciples say.
Shangguixiang County is located in a remote area, but this was the first time I saw it with my own eyes.
For a while, the apprentice helpers were talking in low voices. They didn't know whether the visitor wanted to buy some goods, occupied his own place to eat, or came to sell delicious fish soup door-to-door. So they nudged each other, hoping to get their companions to come closer and ask.
Asked, but no one dared to really take action.
The young man was shy and reserved. He had been working hard in the workshop all year round and had little experience in dealing with the opposite sex. When he saw Zhao Qing and Xia Mi, who had extraordinary temperament and seemed quite mysterious, they naturally developed stage fright.
However, no one thought of going to the backyard to inform the elders when an old man in gray robes with disheveled hair walked in from the side door. He took a deep breath of the aroma and showed on his face that he was about to scold the apprentice for secretly eating and drinking.
But suddenly he noticed the soup pot Zhao Qing put on the table.
"Why doesn't this pot use firewood or smoke?" The old man looked slightly shocked and quickly took a few steps closer to take a closer look: "You can make soup just by putting it on the table. How do you do that?"
Under the wide-eyed gaze of the apprentices, before Zhao Qing could reply, the old man in gray robe leaned over to look under the table, then looked through the gap between the table and the pots and basins, and finally jumped up and grabbed the root with his hands.
The beam, seen from above, after the flexible movements, it fell into deep thought.
"So that's how to attract attention...it's quite similar to an induction cooker." Xia Mi blinked and understood the reason why Zhao Qing stewed fish soup on the spot. This method seemed ordinary and simple, but it actually broke the ancient people's understanding of the fish soup.
The fixed cognition of making fire and cooking.
As a dragon who appears to have a junior high school degree, but has actually taught herself almost all subjects in university, she is very aware that in human history, from the ancient ancestors drilling wood to make fire to the use of gas and natural gas, although the fuel used has changed,
The method of making fire is still to directly ignite the fuel itself, and the essence is still the same.
The concealment of cooking on the battlefield, because the smoke of the fire will reveal one's whereabouts and even the total number of troops, has always been a very important issue - but as long as you give up the idea of ​​"making a fire" and cooking, then
It will be easier to solve.
The pots and pans that Zhao Qing made casually used the method of heating with infuriating energy, and it was not a high-end skill. After all, even the spiritual master in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" could use his skills to boil water.
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However, based on this, developing corresponding rune pathways for cooking was an unprecedented initiative. It broke the inertia of thinking and surprised the old craftsmen of Xiajiang Workshop.
I quickly realized its value.
Even if this type of talisman is not technically difficult, in his eyes, the craftsmen who can come up with it and make it are admirable masters and are more creative than ordinary craftsmen who follow the rules.
Much more.
Could it be that the other party brought the automatic boiler here just to cooperate with Xiajiang Workshop and promote this product? Or is this just a daily manifestation of the exquisite life of two girls with extraordinary temperament?
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While the thoughts of this old craftsman from the Four Realms were rising and falling, Zhao Qing was sensing the operation of this Chudi workshop. His mental thoughts spread and he continued to collect information. It seemed that he was doing nothing.
There is no intention to introduce the Zhenyuan Boiler.
The construction area of ​​this training place called Xiajiang Workshop is not large, but the overall scope also includes a hill next to it. Behind the front courtyard, which covers an area of ​​more than ten acres, is the processing area of ​​the craftsmen.
The site is dotted with many waterwheels, smelting furnaces, and complex pipelines, with smoke gushing out from time to time.
As a border county that has gone through many wars in the early years, the population of Guixiang County is not large, only fifty or sixty thousand, and the size of the town is average. However, thanks to the frequent smuggling trade on the Qinchu border, life is pretty good.
good.
During non-war periods, the main purpose of the Xiajiang workshop that moved here was actually to mine some special local minerals. It did not expect to get any high-value orders. It just recruited a group of apprentices and helpers and sold various products to external parties.
Daily necessities, real talismans are rarely sold.
The products of the workshop displayed in the attic include round-blade drill sets used in local salt well mining, well ring filters, hundreds of refined steel swords used by people in the world, machine needle barrels, special sleeve arrows, and small repeating arm crossbows.
Wait, there are even business directions such as beads and flower jewelry, stone and jade carvings, etc.
As for the magic tools engraved with runes, their value is far beyond the reach of the former. They cost thousands of dollars. They are mainly purchased on a custom-made basis, but they are also placed in the inner courtyard to reveal the workshop to distinguished guests.
Exhibits of state-of-the-art skills.
"Tell me about the talismans of your workshop." After drinking the fish soup, Zhao Qing folded the pots and put them away, took Xia Mi towards the depths of the yard, and threw out a bag of dazzling bright jewels:
"As long as the quality is up to standard, we can buy as much as we have."
This kind of jewelry, like the pots and pans just now, are all things she made at will. Today, with Zhao Qing's cultivation, even the hardest natural minerals, diamonds, can be synthesized. Ordinary gems can be synthesized.
Baoyu is no big deal.
The old man in gray robe was shocked again, and then he was overjoyed. This discerning and generous guest is the most welcome in every workshop, and represents a kind of trust that the guest has in him.
Even if this place is located on the border, we do not rule out the possibility that the other party is from Qin. As long as the selling price is much higher than the cost price, our brothers can re-purchase the materials and create more talismans. That can be regarded as a way to serve the country.
ways to contribute.
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Seeing that the market price of this bag of jewelry exceeded the total income of the workshop for several years, the craftsman surnamed Zeng immediately led the way and soon came to a small building in the inner courtyard and knocked on the door: "Brother, a guest is here.
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The next moment, the door opened without any wind, revealing a short, thin old man with his head lowered against a few lenses. His arms were motionless, his muscles were stiff, and only two fingers were trembling slightly. In addition, he had not seen the sun for a long time.
His pale face is reminiscent of the legendary zombie.
However, any practitioner who has some understanding of the production of Chu utensils will understand that the reason why this person behaves so strangely is precisely because he draws and carves the runes in extremely fine places, in order to avoid interference caused by the natural shaking of the body, and actively performs the runes.
A meditation technique that paralyzes part of the body.
If you can carefully observe the old man's fingers, you will find that the man's fingers are twisting a long needle as thick as a hair. The tip of the needle is constantly scratching and drawing on a piece of metal as thin as paper.
Each ancient line.
"Are you here to order flying swords or flying needles? You know I'm rushing for the order for the 'Tiangong Pavilion', right? There's still one and a half months to complete the batch of parts on hand, so I'm very nervous. This is related to me.
Whether or not you can get the title of 'Famous Craftsman' is a big deal."
After completing the last stroke of a certain rune, the skinny old man raised his head, took off the talisman used to improve his eyesight, and his muscles relaxed and escaped from paralysis:
"Junior brother, can't you make the decision if something happens? Just fine-tune the few flying swords in the inventory to meet the customer's customization needs."
Listening to Senior Brother's perfunctory remarks about the distinguished guest, the craftsman surnamed Zeng couldn't help but look a little embarrassed: "I just got out of the state of compiling runes, and I usually can't see things in the distance... Please don't blame me, Senior Brother, he has been busy improving in recent years.
The rating on the title of Master Craftsman is a bit confusing.
But after all, he is a spiritual cultivator who is about to enter the realm of ‘famous craftsman’, and he has absolutely no problem with his craftsmanship.”
Zhao Qing nodded to express his understanding.
Skilled craftsman, famous craftsman, and holy hand are the three ranking levels among the craftsmen in the Chu Dynasty workshop. Generally speaking, one must at least enter the fifth level of spiritual consciousness and have a greatly enhanced spiritual perception before he is qualified to participate in the production of high-end talismans.
Literary instruments can only be called "skillful craftsmen".
On top of "skillful craftsmanship" is the title of "famous craftsman", which is mainly based on the craftsman's skill level and the quality of the talismans he makes, and is obtained by being recognized by many "masters". Once he becomes a true famous craftsman, even if his cultivation level is still
In the fifth realm, the status can also be higher than that of ordinary practitioners in the six realms.
As for the "Holy Hands" whose status is comparable to that of the Seven Realm Grandmasters, only those who can reach the "Silk Road" level, that is to say, craftsmen who can accurately lay out runes on a filament the size of a hair.
It has very fixed standards.
You must know that the thickness of a human hair is only a few tens of microns. If you can carve runes on it, the accuracy may have entered the sub-micron or even nanometer range, comparable to the chip engraving process at the beginning of the 21st century.
Even Zhao Qing may not be able to do it easily.
Because of the advantages of high realms, at least half of those who can reach this highest level are true masters who have entered the Seven Realms and Move Mountains. The two combined will be even more powerful.
The Xiajiang Workshop has recently processed some parts and sold them to the superior workshop "Tiangong Pavilion". It is called the workshop, but it is actually one of the top ten training places in the Chu Dynasty. It has several masters, including the former Chu Dynasty.
Chu Qifeng, one of the four strongest masters in the dynasty.
In Zhao Qing's observation, this type of talisman workshop has evolved into an "enterprise-style sect". It often receives orders from all parties and has parts production and assembly steps. It seems to have entered the stage of industrialization.
It has become a representative of advanced productivity.
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He quickly figured out that the guest had actually come in with his junior brother. Hearing his words and the astonishing amount of the deposit, the skinny old man immediately apologized. At the same time, he also noticed that as a spiritual practitioner, he did not notice the other party in advance.
movement.
Simply having money is not enough to win the respect of a famous craftsman like the old man, because in his opinion, as long as the product is of high quality, there is no shortage of buyers.
But the other party not only possesses an unprecedented true energy boiler, which means that he has a unique understanding and appreciation of talismans, but also has a very good cultivation level. Judging from the appearance and age, it means that he has extremely high talent and attitude.
To be continued...