Material Empire

As early as when Qin Hai and the others appeared on bicycles, Ge Dongyan was observing these young workers. Seeing that each of them had childish faces and looked several years younger than himself, Ge Dongyan began to regret his impulsiveness. How could such a few people have the skills to make a good dagger?

This is also to blame Ge Dongyan for being too obsessed with ordnance. He is the kind of person who will not hesitate to pay half a year's allowance in order to get a good dagger. Seeing that the sharp weapon he finally got was cut off by his uncle's shovel, he was distressed at first, then shocked, and then he stalked Man Gu to contact Qin Hai and the others. , Ask the other party to help you make a good knife.

This morning, Zhang Laosan asked someone to send a letter, saying that the workers of Qingfeng Factory had made the knife, and Ge Dongyan's sense of expectation was no different from Ning Mo's. Just after noon, he urged Mangu out of the countryside, and when he arrived at Zhang Laosan's blacksmith shop, it was only three o'clock, and it was more than an hour before the agricultural machinery factory got off work.

After finally getting through the time, but the four unremarkable young workers who came to deliver the goods, Ge Dongyan felt that he had been fooled, but how could he say such words?

"You said that you can make a good dagger?" Ge Dongyan stared at Qin Hai with sharp eyes and asked coldly.

Qin Hai raised his head, let his gaze meet Ge Dongyan, and then said with a smile: "A mere dagger is nothing, give me a fulcrum, and I can create a lever to move the earth."

"What a big tone." Ge Dongyan replied, muttering in his heart: This young man has two brushes, his eyes are specially trained, the most normal reaction of ordinary people under his gaze Just at a loss, absolutely not daring to look at myself. But this young worker, who looked less than 20 years old, was not only able to remain undefeated in the eyes of himself, but also said these joking words lightly.

"Have you brought your dagger? I'll inspect it." Ge Dongyan put away the murderous look in his eyes, and stretched out his hand to Qin Hai, begging for the dagger they made.

Qin Hai smiled slightly in his heart, he knew that in the silent confrontation just now, the arrogant soldier in front of him had already been defeated by him. In fact, this kind of game of looking at each other is the confidence of both parties. Qin Hai was a genius in his previous life. Now that he has traveled through time, his thinking is 30 years ahead of others, and he is even a genius among geniuses. How could he be afraid of an ordinary platoon leader? Since there is no timidity in his heart, then when the four eyes meet, he can be calm and unhurried.

"This is the dagger we made. Platoon Leader Ge, please have a look." Qin Hai took the dagger they made from Ning Mo and handed it to Ge Dongyan.

The dagger was inserted into a simple scabbard made of cardboard. When Ge Dongyan took it, he frowned at the ugly scabbard. However, when he took the dagger by the handle and pulled it out of the scabbard, a chill suddenly hit his face, and he couldn't help but praise: "Good knife!"

The surface of the super-strength alloy steel dagger that has been specially quenched does not seem to have any dazzling light. On the contrary, it looks a little dark, which makes people feel a little weird. Ge Dongyan is a person who is good at playing with knives. When he saw the color of this knife, he knew it was something extraordinary, and most of the contempt in his heart disappeared at once.

"Platoon Leader Ge really knows the goods." Qin Hai guessed his psychology from Ge Dongyan's face, and he said with a smile: "Platoon Leader Ge might as well try this dagger first to see if it suits you or not."

"How to try?" Ge Dongyan asked subconsciously, then looked around, looking for something that could be used to test the knife.

Qin Hai pointed to a piece of wood next to it with his finger, and said, "Try this piece of wood first."

The wood is actually a trunk of miscellaneous trees. The wood looks very dense, and there are a few knots on it, which look lumpy. Obviously, it can no longer be used to make furniture. Knotted wood like this can generally only be used as firewood for chopping fire.

Ge Dongyan had also fallen in love with this piece of wood just now. He asked Zhang Laosan for his opinion, and then walked forward with a dagger in his hand, gesticulating on the wood, looking for the place to cut the knife.

"You can try to see if you can cut off this tree knot." Qin Hai stepped forward and offered an idea with good intentions.

Ge Dongyan glanced at Qin Hai, as if he was dissatisfied with his talkativeness. Thinking that I am also a platoon leader in an elite army, do I still need you, a young worker, to teach me how to try a knife?

"Let's see Platoon Commander Ge's arm strength, and see if we can cut off this knot with one knife." Qin Hai cheerfully used the provocative method.

"I don't need you to worry about my arm strength, you should worry about whether your knife will break." Ge Dongyan choked Qin Hai, then clenched the handle of the knife, and slashed at a tree knot as thick as a cup.

"flutter!"

With a muffled sound like stepping on mud, Ge Dongyan felt that there was no obstacle in his hand, and the knife had passed through the center of the knot lightly. Knots fall from the trunk, leaving a smooth section.

"It's too strong!" Zhang Laosan, Man Gu and others who were watching by the side cried out in shock. Everyone knows that the knots are the hardest part of the wood. Some knots are so hard that even an ordinary hatchet can't cut them, and you need a big ax to chop them open bit by bit. However, such a tree knot was easily cut by a dagger, and the sharpness of the dagger can be seen from the smoothness of the section.

"Not bad!" Ge Dongyan's face finally burst into a smile. It turns out that this gentleman not only knows how to laugh, but also smiles more heartily than others. He had been sullen before, but it was just putting on airs to show his majesty.

The first cut was good, Ge Dongyan became emotional, and swung the dagger to chop and chop on the wood. Wherever the dagger went, sawdust flew, and pieces of wood fell to the ground one by one. Zhang Laosan watched from the side, laughed and said to Man Gu: "Platoon Leader Ge is helping me chop wood, how should I thank him later?"

At this moment, there was a crisp sound of "ding", and everyone trembled in their hearts. This was clearly the sound of metal colliding, which was completely different from the sound of cutting wood in front. Ge Dongyan was even more nervous. He didn't bother to see what he had hit, but first checked the edge of the dagger in his hand.

There is a slight scratch on the edge of the knife, but the blade is not damaged. Ge Dongyan was relieved, and then turned his attention to the piece of wood.

In the place he just cut, there is a small bright spot. He looked closely, and found that it was actually the severed end of an iron nail that had been cut off in the middle. I don't know when the iron nail was nailed in. It was stuck in the middle of the wood. No wonder Ge Dongyan didn't see it.

"It's amazing, this is cutting iron like mud!" Zhang Laosan cheered loudly.

"Good knife, good knife." Man Gu was also full of praise.

Ning Mo and the others stared straight at the dagger. They were looking forward to the performance of this dagger, but they didn't expect it to be able to cut off an iron nail easily. With such strength, how can it be considered a dagger, it is almost similar to a turning knife.

"Good knife!" Ge Dongyan had had enough of it, and couldn't bear to use it for a while longer. He put the dagger back into the simple cardboard scabbard, then held it in his hand, and said to Qin Hai: "Your surname is Qin, right? Master Xiao Qin, I want this knife. How much is it? price."

Qin Hai smiled slightly, stretched out a slap, and made a "five" gesture.

Only five yuan? Man Gu watched from the side, feeling stunned. It is true that a dagger does not use as much steel as a shovel, but with such a steel mouth and fine workmanship, it is not too much to sell for ten yuan. This little master Qin only wants five yuan?

Zhang Laosan was also a little puzzled. In his opinion, the price of twenty for this dagger should be more reasonable, because the quality of the steel is so good that it cannot be valued according to the standard of ordinary ironware. Such a good dagger is priced at five yuan, could it be that Master Qin made a mistake in his calculations?

Ning Mo and the others felt a little thumping in their hearts, and Yu Haitao immediately wanted to go up and ask Qin Hai if he had made a mistake, because just for the machining of this dagger, the cigarettes they gave away were more than five yuan. However, as soon as he moved, he held back. He found that Ning Mo and Miao Lei gritted their teeth and did not make a sound, although the muscles on their faces kept twitching. Before setting off, Qin Hai had already told them that he would be responsible for negotiating the price alone, and told them not to talk nonsense. Reminiscent of Qin Hai's previous actions, Yu Haitao felt that Qin Hai's asking this price should have been considered.

"Five? Fifty?" The only one who understood Qin Hai's gesture was Ge Dongyan. Others don't understand the value of a piece of good steel, but he knows it very well. He had asked an acquaintance from the machinery repair shop to forge the dagger from a piece of good steel, and he had spent forty or fifty dollars on the materials and the money to treat the acquaintance to dinner afterwards, and he felt that he was not wronged at all. Compared with the dagger in his hand now, that dagger can only be thrown into the garbage dump. If the price of this dagger is 50, he can be regarded as picking up a big bargain.

"That's right, fifty." Qin Hai said, "My colleagues all admire soldiers very much, and they insist on transferring this dagger to you at the cost price, so I can only offer the lowest price."