My players are all acting

In the blink of an eye, the night passed.

Li Hongyun woke up in reality, his brain was still a little buzzing.

"too difficult!

"This night, I couldn't forge a qualified knife, I was so mad!

"I got a fake talent, right?

"...It cannot be said that it is useless, but it is still far away from success."

Recalling yesterday's whole night of struggle, Li Hongyun felt a sense of disillusionment that he was working in vain.

Every time the hard forged knife fails the test due to various reasons!

The previous two times were directly broken when chopping hard bones.

Afterwards, Li Hongyun learned from the painful experience and thought about whether it was because of the high carbon content, so he forged more. As a result, this time, the hard bone was not broken, but the blade was bent...

Afterwards, he also encountered various problems, such as not being sharp enough to cut through leather, and the center of gravity of the blade was not good enough to cut through a dead pig even with the strength of the blade, etc.

The most annoying thing is that once his knife seemed to be pretty good, but it was because of poor control of the material that the blade was short.

He tried this knife first, but it was too short to chop a dead pig with one blow.

No way, he thought about whether he could remedy it, so he found another piece of iron and tried to force it on, but it turned out to be futile. There was no such technology as electric welding in ancient times, and the result of forcing it was this knife and this piece of iron. Basically, they are scrapped and can only be rebuilt.

Angry!

Li Hongyun even felt that his talent was useless at the beginning, so what about observing the subtleties? It is said that observation and memory can be significantly improved?

But after failing a few times, he thought about it, and found that this talent did play a role, but the role was not very obvious.

His observation and memory skills have indeed improved. In the game, he can clearly remember the color of the flame, the state of the sponge iron, the approximate temperature of quenching, and so on.

But the problem is that these are difficult to directly translate into a boost to success.

He did remember every failure before, but because the whole process of forging a weapon was too cumbersome, with countless overlapping steps working together, it was difficult for him to determine which link went wrong.

For example, the problem of the broken blade may be due to the carbon content, impurities in the blade, or other reasons...

It is still too difficult to figure out exactly what is going on without being able to determine the specific reason or lock down the specific link.

In short, after a night of tossing, Li Hongyun was a little disheartened.

As a European emperor, he actually doesn't often encounter such frustrating situations.

Check out the forums and see what other players have to say.

Sure enough, the other players were basically devastated.

"The new trial dungeon is too outrageous! It even asks players to use ancient methods to forge knives??"

"Outrageous, let alone the ancient method of forging knives, I can't handle the modern method of forging knives..."

"I think it is acceptable to directly give players some steel with a certain carbon content. Now start directly from the step of iron sand and let players smelt from sponge iron, which is too difficult!"

"The key is that this ancient skill of forging knives has long been lost. Even professional craftsmen rarely play with this kind of thing. They use ready-made steel and power hammers to forge weapons. .”

"Is there a master who can come up with a strategy! I really want to know what is the exclusive talent skill of the god-level talent..."

In addition, there are many who share their previous game experience.

Or more accurately, experience with failure.

Some players got stuck at the first step. They didn’t know that iron sand is a better raw material, so they threw unbroken iron ore into the furnace and burned it. After burning for a long time, the iron ore was still iron ore. Stone, wasted a lot of charcoal and time.

Some players found that after throwing iron sand and charcoal into it, no qualified sponge iron could be produced at all. I don't know if it was because the furnace was damp in the ground, or because the temperature of the furnace was not enough.

There are also some players who have made sponge iron after a lot of trouble, but have not sorted the large pieces of crude steel directly for forging. The final result is of course half the effort.

Of course, there are also some talented players. They either have relevant knowledge reserves in reality, or they are forging enthusiasts themselves, and their progress is much faster than other players.

But these people basically encountered various problems.

Because they play forging knives, they also use modern methods. The raw materials are basically ready-made steel or steel balls, which can be directly melted and forged to get a good knife blank.

And forging does not require them to do it themselves, basically it is done by a power hammer.

At this time, starting directly from the step of smelting and sorting, it stumped a large number of people in an instant.

However, after all, there are big players like Cui Huowang among the players. After a night of hard work, they have already built a good weapon, which is one step away from passing the test on the sword test platform.

Not long after, Cui Huowang released a more detailed preliminary strategy.

The basic content of this guide is similar to the information that Li Hongyun consulted before. It starts with different processes such as smelting, sorting, forging, and quenching, and teaches players various details that need to be paid attention to during the forging process.

The difference is that Cui Huowang's strategy also includes various pictures and descriptive texts, and introduces the memory points of each stage in detail.

For example, when smelting, the approximate ratio of iron sand, limestone powder, and charcoal, the specific arrangement method, how to use the color of the flame to judge the furnace temperature, how to add a small amount of materials, how to sort the smelted crude steel, Which part of the blade can be made of different sponge iron, the detailed timing of quenching, and so on.

After seeing Cui Huowang's strategy, the disheartened players couldn't help cheering up again.

Yes, old Cui is reliable!

Many players have the illusion of "I can do it" again in an instant.

This is just like other games. When you first start to use a new system, everyone is dizzy and doesn't know how to pass the level. This is the most anxious time.

But once there is a detailed guide and a good-looking finished film, players will instantly have the illusion of "so it is" and "I seem to have no problem at all".

Li Hongyun was even more encouraged.

Because on the one hand, he found that his progress was similar to that of many big guys who had played forging in real life? Does this mean that you are talented?

On the other hand, for Cui Huowang's strategy, Li Hongyun verified the contents of his memory with each other, and actually had several guesses, guessing exactly which link had a problem with his forging the knife before.

"Continue to check information during the day, and continue to struggle at night!"

Li Hongyun cheered up again, waiting for the arrival of night.

...

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Li Hongyun took a deep breath, and threw the knife he had just built aside.

In the open space next to it, there are already more than ten knives of different shapes, some knives are broken, some knives are bent, and some knives have not been put on the sword-testing platform at all.

Because he knew that a knife of this quality would never pass the test, so it's better not to humiliate yourself.

However, after so many failures, the network woven by various experiences in Li Hongyun's mind finally took shape.

At this time, he already had a lot of details in his mind, keeping the key points of each step firmly in mind.

What kind of sponge iron is most suitable for forging knives, when should it be quenched, and how to remedy some problems...

These are all hard piled up with massive resources.

If it was in ancient times, the iron sand and charcoal wasted by Li Hongyun would have been enough to bankrupt hundreds of ordinary families.

But in this trial, he can work hard without worrying about bankruptcy.

Because raw materials are in unlimited supply.

"Again!

"I hope this time, my dog ​​luck will work!"

After all the details are roughly in place, what a swordsmith needs most is probably luck.

Because ancient iron smelting was affected by too many factors, many times, the emergence of magical weapons is the result of the combination of the right time, place and people, and there are many metaphysical factors in it.

It's no wonder that in ancient times, there were many superstitious acts of casting swords with human blood.

Of course, from a modern point of view, the ancient "sacrifice of the body to the sword" is also reasonable.

Because the human body itself contains a lot of fat, when the firepower was insufficient in ancient times, the instantaneous combustion of the human body could quickly increase the temperature, and the carbon content in the human body also helped the carbon content in the sword to come to a more suitable range.

But in fact, using livestock or animals to sacrifice swords has similar effects.

It's just that the ancients believed that all things have spirits, and thought that sacrificing swords with animals is an act of disrespect, or that sacrificing swords with humans can show sincerity... It's impossible to say.

In short, in ancient times, people who were unlucky really couldn't be an excellent swordsmith.

After a period of smelting, another furnace of crude steel was released.

Li Hongyun was already very experienced at this time, and immediately directed his craftsmen to use hammers and chisels to smash the crude steel, which was still at a high temperature, into small pieces, and then cooled and picked them.

He picked out several pieces of sponge iron that looked good and prepared to use them as raw materials for forging knives.

Heating, forging, heating, forging...

After many such boring cycles, Li Hongyun finally made a move.

He took the iron chisel from the blacksmith's hand: "Okay, I will do the rest myself!"

After that, it needs to involve some relatively delicate operations, and then hand it over to these tools and craftsmen, I feel a little worried.

Li Hongyun carefully looked at this piece of red-hot iron, and felt that the effect this time seemed to be good.

Its quality is obviously better than what I have seen before.

There are fewer impurities, and the feeling of beating is moderately soft and hard.

Seems like a good embryo.

Li Hongyun closed his eyes and concentrated on it, trying hard to beat the knife embryo with his intuition, and beat it into the shape he wanted.

The blade is slender, with a perfect arc, and the two spines are slightly higher.

After having a rough shape, another slender piece of iron was taken out, wrapped around the blade, and turned into a sharp edge.

Then, after heating two pieces of iron with different carbon content, they were forcibly beaten and fused together.

This process is very boring, but fortunately, it can be fast forwarded.

Li Hongyun carefully controlled the fast-forward time, and when more precise operations were required, he carefully controlled the force in his hands, for fear that he would use too much force and hit the head too hard to deal with it.

In a sense, blacksmithing and sculpture are both handicrafts, and they have something in common.

One of the essences of sculpture is that when sculpting, the eyes should be smaller and the nose should be larger.

Because the eye carving is small, it can be enlarged; the nose carving is big, it can be made smaller. But if it is reversed, the eyes are big and the nose is small, then there is no way to deal with it.

And Li Hongyun gradually realized this in the process of forging iron, that is, when striking the knife embryo in the early stage, the strength can be stronger, but in the later stage, he has to be meticulous, cautious, and pour a lot of patience to slowly Beat it to get it to a perfect state.

Finally, the knife embryo is finished.

After quenching, Li Hongyun lifted the knife embryo and examined it carefully, feeling a sense of accomplishment spontaneously.

It can be clearly felt that it seems to be better than those previous works.

"That's it, start grinding!"

After handing over the knife embryo to the craftsman in charge of fine grinding, Li Hongyun started the fast-forward mode.

After being polished, sharpened, and equipped with a scabbard and various decorations, a single knife is completed.

For the styling this time, Li Hongyun referred to the standard equipment of the Sheng Dynasty.

Compared with the Yi Dao, the blade of the single-knife has less obvious curvature, and the curvature of the handle does not extend with the curve of the blade body, but presents a reverse curve, which is more conducive to holding with one hand.

Moreover, the blade is lighter, the rear part is obviously thicker than the front part, and it is more flexible to wield.

Of course, these advantages are actually found out by force. In actual combat, it is still very difficult to defeat Yi Dao.

To say that the biggest advantage of this single-handed sword is that it is easy to build.

In terms of shape, there is no need to make such a large arc, and the blade is relatively straight, which is more friendly to beginners like Li Hongyun; moreover, it does not need to go through many complicated processes like Yi Dao, which further reduces the probability of overturning .

Since this kind of knife can become the standard equipment of the Dasheng Dynasty, it must be relatively easy to make.

And Li Hongyun's goal now is not to create a magical weapon handed down from generation to generation, as long as he can barely cut off the dead pig, that's enough.

After holding this single sword in his hand and waving it a few times, Li Hongyun couldn't put it down.

He has played a lot of good knives in various historical slices.

Especially in the historical slices of the Dasheng Dynasty, several Yidao were seized. At that time, the Yi knife was basically the pinnacle of cold weapons making knives. Whether it was center of gravity, feel, sharpness or flexibility, it could basically be said to be impeccable.

And the single knife in his hand, if he got it in the previous historical slice, he would probably throw it aside in disgust, and then look for a better weapon.

But now, the meaning of this single knife is completely different.

After all, it took him several days of hard work to finally create a satisfactory finished product!

After condensing my hard work, this weapon instantly became different.

Li Hongyun came to the sword-testing platform with a knife, and looked at the hard bone in front.

To be honest, I'm a bit reluctant.

This bone has become the biggest obstacle on his way of forging knives, at least five or six knives were destroyed on this bone.

Either it was broken on the spot, or the blade was rolled directly, which made it impossible to pass the subsequent tests.

Even a knifesmith would be distressed to use a knife that he has worked so hard to chop hard bones, but it is a step that cannot be skipped if you want to test whether the strength of the blade is qualified.

Li Hongyun took a deep breath, held the knife in his right hand, and slashed towards the hard bone!

There was a muffled sound, and bone chips flew!

After a while, Li Hongyun opened his eyes and carefully looked at the blade of the single knife.

There is a slight edge curling phenomenon, but it's not a big problem!

No break is the best news.

Looking at the hard bone again, although it would return to its original shape after each cut, at this time, there was already a rather obvious crack on it.

Li Hongyun couldn't help but cheer up, there is something to play!

He came to the dead pig again.

Wiping off the saliva left behind somewhat disappointingly, holding the handle of the knife with both hands, he took a deep breath.

Strictly speaking, this single knife is actually not suitable for two-handed holding, because the handle is not that long, and the shape of the handle was made for one-handed use from the beginning.

But if you want to split the dead pig in half, you must use the strength of your hands.

Of course, this will test the player's way of exerting force, but in general, it will test the knife itself more.

Because no matter how good a player is at using a knife, if there is a problem with the center of gravity or arc of the knife itself, it will be difficult to make up for it with force.

On the contrary, if the knife itself is very good, even if there are some problems in the way of exerting force, it will not hurt.

Li Hongyun was experienced in many battles in the game. Although he was better at using muskets, his sword skills were not bad, so there would definitely not be a big problem with the way he used his strength.

He took a deep breath, then held the knife in both hands, and chopped from the upper right to the lower left!

I can clearly feel the short-term blockage when the blade cuts into the skin, cuts the muscle, and chops the bone, and finally the feeling of sudden enlightenment when the blade comes out from the other side.

Since when Li Hongyun killed enemies before, most of them were armored enemies, and he only needed to stab or slash the vital parts to kill him, so he had basically never tried such a knife to cut down the middle.

And at this time, using his own knife to cut such an effect also made him suddenly feel hearty.

He didn't stop, but continued to slash at the taut leather with his knife, easily making a cut in it.

"Successful?"

Li Hongyun stroked the blade lightly, and the performance of this knife simply exceeded his previous expectations.

"So... is this the happiness of a craftsman?"

Li Hongyun suddenly realized a little bit about the fun of those masters of knife forging and handicrafts on the Internet.

The reason why human civilization has a long history and endless vitality is precisely because human beings have wisdom, and wisdom comes from continuous exploration, experimentation and transformation of the world.

In ancient times, craftsmen did not have so many scientific theories to support them. They were like guides who kept groping forward in the dark. From slash-and-burn farming to the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, they promoted the continuous development of productivity.

In ancient China, craftsmen were ranked third among scholars, farmers, businessmen, and craftsmen. Although craftsmen were respected to a certain extent, they were still far from enough. As a result, although technology was always ahead in the long ancient period, the germination of modern science was not. It was much later than the West, which led to the backwardness of modern times, but these skilled craftsmen still left a strong mark in the history of Chinese civilization.

The joy that creation brings to human beings is unparalleled.

Li Hongyun has spent all his energy on forging the knife these days. Although he was frustrated at the beginning because of constant failures, in retrospect, every time he explored the appropriate temperature and timing, he got closer and closer to the forging knife. ultimate success.

And after he made a finished sword with his own hands, all the previous hard work finally turned into a great sense of happiness, which gave him enough rewards.

"Okay, in the future I can use the magical weapon that I forged!

"Well, it's not considered a magical weapon, but at least you can customize some special weapons according to your own needs!

"When I have a chance in the future, I must try to rub a flintlock gun by myself. It's very interesting to think about it!"

At the same time, everything around him also began to change rapidly.

In the illusion of Shenji's trial, this huge workshop disappeared out of thin air, and directly appeared in Li Hongyun's fief, replacing the original small blacksmith's shop.

As for the scene in the trial illusion, it changed drastically again.

After the white mist in front of him dispersed, Li Hongyun was surprised to find that his perspective had changed.

Become a God's perspective.

At this time, he seemed to be floating in the air, the white clouds that blocked his vision dissipated, and the scenery below him was unobstructed.

It appears to be the ruins of an imperial city.

At this time, it is being demolished continuously, and another huge imperial city is being planned on its ruins.

Tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers are busy here, some are dismantling the ruins of the original imperial city, some are moving all kinds of wood and stones, and some are constantly moving and distributing the materials transported from various places. pick.

Li Hongyun found that he could zoom up or down the camera as he wanted, and he could see farther places, and he could also go deep into the building to check various details.

This kind of feeling was quite uncomfortable at first, and I always felt afraid of heights, but I got used to it soon, and instead had a pleasant feeling of flying freely in the sky.

And as Li Hongyun zoomed up the camera, some key locations around the city were also shown in front of him.

In the mountains to the southwest, there are a large number of craftsmen quarrying stones in the mountains.

These huge stones weigh hundreds of catties, and it is impossible to carry them by human power. These craftsmen began to dig a well at intervals during the journey, and then when the weather was freezing, they poured water on the ground to form an ice road, and then pulled it with ropes.

There were still people in front of them constantly splashing water to keep the ice smooth. In this way, countless huge stones were transported to the imperial city under construction.

In the farther southeast, the two provinces have to provide different tribute bricks to the imperial city, one is big green bricks and the other is gold bricks.

These tribute bricks are carefully selected, dried in the shade, and fired with special materials. They are delicate, hard, and have a crisp sound. After careful selection, they are transported to the imperial city through the Grand Canal.

And in the farther mountains, countless craftsmen are logging in the mountains. These huge golden nanmu trees grow in deep mountains and old forests. They cannot be transported by manpower. They can only be piled up on the mountain. The Grand Canal was sent to the capital.

Countless craftsmen are like hard-working ants, constantly busy, using weak and tiny manpower to transform nature and build a spectacle in ancient civilization.

Immediately afterwards, Li Hongyun discovered that in his field of vision, a frame composed of countless dotted lines appeared.

It's a bit like some kind of blueprint, or a phantom of a real building.

As long as you build according to this dotted line, you can build a ready-made palace.

Li Hongyun carefully looked at the imperial city, which can only be regarded as a large-scale construction site at present, and after comparing it with Xuying, he finally determined the goal he wanted to accomplish this time.

Forbidden City!

Yes, this is the famous Forbidden City built during the Dasheng Dynasty. It covers a huge area and can be said to be a miracle in the history of world architecture.

The good news is that Li Hongyun doesn't need to start with bricks and tiles. Craftsmen from all over the world are sending in a steady stream of raw materials. Restore this hall.

The bad news is that the number of building blocks is an astronomical number.

Li Hongyun's face turned dark, and it was difficult to accept this fact for a long time.

"Designer, are you playing with me..."