Chapter One Thousand and Fifty-Five: The Son of a Swordsman from the Mountain City...
"The God of Fire has a piece of earth on top! The utensils used in the blacksmith shop are: one is a charcoal furnace with an external bellows, which burns charcoal to make a fire. The hotter the better. The second is an iron hammer, at least three large, medium and small ones, which need to be forged repeatedly to strike fine iron.
The third is the anvil, which has different shapes and needs to be strong and thick. The fourth is the pliers, which have a flat head, a round head and a cone head, which are clamped and fixed for forging..."
"The fifth one is the fire sickle, trim and cut the iron while it's hot, and it's a good start. The sixth one is oil in the sink, and quench with cold water and oil. The colder the better, apply oil to protect it after quenching. The seventh one is the iron file, with different thicknesses. File and repair the iron surface.
.Eight are molds, molds for large pieces, mostly ironware for daily use..."
“These eight categories, furnace, hammer, anvil, tongs, sickle, groove, file, and mold, are the work of a good craftsman in forging iron!…”
The head of the weapons team, Otani Kengo, lowered his head, sat on the snow, and drew the appearance of different utensils with his fingers. Then, he wrote the name of a Chinese character next to each utensil. However, he knew the Chinese characters
There are not many. If I want to explain it in detail, I can only write the pinyin kana.
Watanabe Masumi, the monk soldier, also lowered his head and wrote out line-by-line explanations of Otani Kengo's narration. Zuvaro, the exploration leader, opened his eyes wide and marveled at what he saw. When he finished talking about the eight types of equipment, Zuvaro was extremely happy.
, the corners of Lao Gao's mouth were raised! He generously took out a gold amulet, put it on Otani Kengang himself, and laughed happily.
"Haha! God bless you! What a master forging iron! Good!...Haha! Your Majesty said that those who can forge fine iron weapons, pour steel and stir-fry steel are the talents that the kingdom needs most! And as long as they can do these things
When the skilled West Sea craftsmen arrive in the Kingdom of Lakes, His Majesty will never be stingy with rewards, and will even directly make them hereditary nobles of the kingdom!…"
"Fire God Kagutsuchi! Forge fine iron weapons, pour steel and fry steel?..."
After hearing Watanabe's narration, Weapons Group Chief Kengo Otani sweated on his forehead and his eyes were a little wandering. Zuwaro spoke happily for a while, but saw Kengo Otani's nervous expression. He was startled, and then for a moment
After pondering, he asked aloud.
"Witness the Lord God! Can you pour steel and stir up steel?"
“…”
The head of the weapons group, Otani Takeda, was silent for a moment, and shook his head bitterly. This kind of professional skill in the Tang Dynasty is said to be able to produce ordinary refined iron knives in large quantities. Only Bizen-ryu, which has the largest scale, the largest number of people, and the local production of large amounts of iron sand,
Only a swordsmith can do it. As for other schools, including his father's Yamashiro style, they all follow the path of forging ordinary fine iron and forging fine jade steel...
"Uh... where are the weapons made of fine iron? Do you know how to do it?..."
“…”
There was another awkward silence. You can't hide things like knife forging. If you don't have enough skills, you just can't do it. Forging ordinary iron tools is one difficulty, forging fine iron steel knives is another difficulty. And going up to forging and
The best jade steel famous sword in the country, or "yewu", is the top level of difficulty!
As for Otani Kengo's level, he belongs to the lowest level of forging iron. However, he has seen more. He has seen the forging of fine iron and jade steel since he was a child. As long as he doesn't do it himself, it is not a problem to tell him a thing, two or three.
…
After a while, Otani carefully wrote a line of words on the snow.
"My father, the Otani clan, is a disciple of the Yamashiro-ryo industry swordsmith, and he can forge the industry's precious swords!... My name is Otani Kengo, and I am the head of the Uyizaki clan's weapons group. I can forge iron farm tools and repair fine iron weapons... As for forging fine iron weapons...
Iron, jade steel blades, I saw my father forging them when I was young, maybe I can give it a try..."
Seeing this, Zuvalo was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, anger showed on his face. He suddenly pulled out the copper axe, and his heart was filled with ups and downs. He wished he could just kill the injured Japanese warrior with the axe.
"Witness the Lord God! You can't even make fine iron weapons? How dare you call yourself a blacksmith?!..."
"Ah? Buddha's blessing! Your Majesty, please be patient and let me explain it to you! There are not many blacksmiths who can forge fine iron weapons. There must be a school of inheritance!..."
Watanabe Masumi, the monk soldier, had sweat on his forehead and carefully explained for a while. He had actually heard about Otani Kengo's situation. He could even guess the reason why the opponent appeared in the fleet.
"Otani's father's family is a swordsmith with a real heritage. Different from the ordinary blacksmiths of the villagers, he is a professional swordsmith who can forge jade steel!..."
Ōtani Kengo's father, named Ōtani Ubobo, was an outstanding swordsman in Wakasa country. He studied under a great swordsmith of the Yamashiro-ryu line, a good swordsman. And "karmon" is a precious sword. The so-called "good business",
It means a good sword.
The sword-forging schools in Japan can be roughly divided into five branches. The oldest founding school is naturally the Yamato-ryu in the ancient capital of Nara. The nominal founder is the legendary "Ten Craftsmen", but the actual founder should be from the Heian period.
There are many temples in Nara, and Buddhism is huge, and the Yamato-ryu is also famous for making monk weapon weapons. For example, the exquisite naginata made by the monk weapon Watanabe Masumi is tough and cold-resistant, and it is the best refined steel weapon. It is the Yamato-ryu weapon.
Forged by craftsmen!
In addition to the ancient Yamato-ryu, there are also the Yamashiro-ryu of Yamashiro country, the Bizen-ryu of Bizen country, the Soshu-ryu of Sagami country, and the Soshu-ryu of Mino country. In fact, Yamato-ryu, Yamashiro-ryu, and Bizen-ryu
, Soshu-ryu, Soshu-ryu, these five major swordsmith schools also mark the five iron-forging centers of Japan: the ancient capital Nara, Kyoto Yamashiro, Bizen, the iron sand production area, Sagami, the center of the Kamakura shogunate, and the transportation hub of Kanto and Kansai.
Meinong.
All in all, the swordsmith skills of Japan, like the swordsmanship of each school, have the characteristics of a small circle of closed inheritance. The swordsmiths of each school, those who are the most skilled blacksmiths, are all passed down in a closed circle from generation to generation according to the school.
Let the special steel forging skills flow out.
Therefore, among the ordinary people with no roots, at most they only have craftsmen who can make iron farm tools, but there will never be outstanding craftsmen who can make fine iron armor. And the kingdom wants to find outstanding blacksmiths.
It can only be found from the five major sects of the Republic of China, or from the five iron smelting centers.
"Huh? This guy can forge fine iron weapons. He is the son of a master blacksmith? I see!..."
After listening to Watanabe's explanation, Zuvalo's anger subsided. He looked at Kengo Otani who lowered his head slightly and looked ashamed, then looked at Masumi Watanabe and asked with some expectation.
"God bless you! Then, is his father currently living in some oyster tribe in the far north?"
"Well…"
Hearing this, Watanabe Masumi pursed his lips and whispered a few words to Otani Kengang. Otani Kengang blinked, lowered his head sadly, and wrote seven characters,
"Five years ago, my father died..."
"Ah! What? He is dead!..."
Looking at Zuwaro who was angry again, Masumi Watanabe touched his nose and was speechless for a moment. Although Ezo produced iron sand and coal, he wanted to find an outstanding knifemaker in the wild Ezo.
That is extremely difficult!
As an outstanding swordsmith of the Wakasa country and the sword forger of the Wakasa Takeda clan, the reason why Otani clan left the affluent Wakasa country and came to the bitter cold Ezoji Mountain Resort was naturally because of Takeda Nobu, who was also born in the Wakasa Takeda clan.
In fact, he is Takeda Nobuhiro's hometown party member and an old friend whom he met when he was young. He is one of the people whom Takeda Nobuhiro trusts the most. It is precisely because of this relationship that his eldest son Otani Kengo can
Became the head of the weapons team of the Oyizaki clan.
As the leader of the weapons team, Otani Kengo was only the second person among the Oyizaki samurai to follow Murakami Yoshitsuki on the ship. The apparent reason why he appeared on the ocean-going ship this time was to fight in the extreme.
In the cold climate, he repaired the easily damaged iron swords and spears, and maintained the large number of trading irons carried on the ship. As for the secret reason, that is, as a descendant of Takeda Nobhiro's trusted country party, he secretly supervised the trade in the Far North to prevent
Murakami Yomichi and Watanabe Masumi colluded to embezzle the property obtained from the maritime trade!
After all, the last trade in the North, just the trade around Iwakatai Island and the opposite Shantao, made the Uyizaki family ten times the profit! With the previous harvest, the large amount of goods carried north this time has a huge impact on the size.
For the small Oyezaki family, they have spent everything they have. And the expected profit from the furs is also very staggering. Murakami Yoshitsugi must be assigned someone who can check and balance supervision...
"Uh... Don't be impatient, my dear! Otani's younger brother is also a swordsmith with a heritage. Although he is not as good as his father, he can also forge fine iron! And Otani Jiangang has been accustomed to the work of a swordsmith since he was a child. Although he is not good at forging swords,
But he is also a blacksmith on board the ship and can repair weapons for your troops..."
After writing this, Watanabe Masumi, a monk soldier, pointed his fingers, and then he remembered that the leader of the Jiaomen in front of him was using expensive bronze weapons. But such a collection of vintage weapons, such a bold and wealthy weapon, can only be made by craftsmen from Nara and Kyoto.
Maybe it will be cast...
"Huh!... God bless you! It's okay to have such a son of a master blacksmith! At least he is a knowledgeable blacksmith who can guide the kingdom's arduous journey..."
Exploration captain Zuvalo took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. He inserted the copper ax back into his waist and held the bunch of horizontal hair in the center of Otani Kengo's head. Otani Kengo's body stiffened for a while.
He bowed his head and bowed respectfully.
"The Lord God bless the kingdom! Go! Take him to manage the captured iron weapons and iron soldiers... By the way! He can access the weapons, arrange three warriors, and watch him carefully!"
"Yes! Captain!..."
"Are there any more? Are there any others with special skills?!..."
Seeing Takeru Otani limping away, the remaining eight Oyezaki warriors looked at each other for a while, and then four more injured soldiers walked out.
As ordinary Ezo warriors, they didn't know much. Their best skills were not fighting, but farming and hunting! They also knew some simple spear skills and bow skills, as well as various swords that would become famous in later generations.
Skills, you have to join a school to learn them. In fact, sword skills are more suitable for one-on-one fighting, and are far less useful than spears and spears on the battlefield. They are more like martial arts rather than battle formation skills.
"Well...these four injured people who took refuge were all arranged in a small tent and squeezed together! As for the last four remaining guys, they were arranged on different sleds and slept together with the transported goods.
…What kind of tent? They don’t have a tent. Each person is given a thick robe, so as not to freeze to death! The rest will be discussed after returning to the camp in the south and holding a conversion ceremony..."
"Yes! Captain!"
"God bless you! Let's do it!"
Zuvalo waved his hand, and the last prisoners were arranged. With this layer of differentiated treatment, coupled with the subsequent blood oath, I am afraid that this group of prisoners will not be broken down and subdued...
"Lord God! The snowstorm is getting closer and closer. We have to set off today..."
After pondering for a moment, Zuvalo looked at the gloomy sky in the north, then stepped on the deep snow marks and walked to the glacier not far away. Before leaving, he had one last difficult thing to do, which was to arrange the boat to arrive.
A hard-earned, precious five-masted ocean-covering ship. That ship seems to be much better than the kingdom's longships. It will happen that next year the owner will send people back on the ship to pack these captives and transport them back to the kingdom...
