There is indeed a problem with my summoning spirit system

Chapter 79 Steel is Power
With the arrival of Nakiri Senzaemon, the dinner at Nakiri's house began.

The Nakiri family are all gourmets from top to bottom. Although it is an ordinary family banquet, there are also delicacies and dishes on the table.At least Li Xiang ate to his heart's content.

After dinner, everyone went back separately, while Li Xiang was left alone by Nakiri Senzaemon.

"Emiya, why are you going to the smithy?"

Li wanted to answer: "I need a kitchen knife that fits my own habits. Because I have relevant experience, I want to make a special kitchen knife myself."

"Is that so?" Nakiri Senzaemon lowered his head and thought for a few seconds.In the end, he agreed to Li Xiang's request.

"The day after tomorrow, I will help you find a place. Common tools are usually available there. But I will only help you find a good place, and I will leave it to you to make it.

Li Xiang nodded and said with a smile: "It is enough to have a venue and tools, and I can handle the rest by myself."

Although Li Xiang himself has no experience in forging iron, his current heroic spirit is a master forging, and Hong A has rich experience in making metal swords.Adding a large piece of Uzi steel ingot that he got from the arms dealer.He has a lot of confidence in making a good kitchen knife.

In the next two days, everyone lived in peace, and Li Xiang frantically taught himself the language in his room, spending all his time studying except eating and sleeping.

"I love learning, and learning makes me happy."

Hearing what Li Xiang said in Japanese, Nakiri Erina had a dark face:
"Emiya, are you a little crazy?"

"Not crazy, not live."

"Even the ancient texts are here, Emiya, you are enough!"

Erina frantically took out a handkerchief and covered Li Xiang's mouth.

After making a joke, Li Xiang returned to his normal appearance, and Nakiri Erina told him:

"The smithy has been found for you. Do you want to go now?"

"Have you already made an appointment?" Li Xiang touched his nose, "Okay, I'll go right away with my things. Just wait for me."

Li wanted to take out a heavy burden from his luggage.

"I'm ready to go now."

The Nakiri family still helped to prepare a special car. As expected of a long-term rich family, they are really impeccable in this regard.

For some reason, Erina got into the car with Li Xiang.

"Miss Erina, I can go by myself, you don't need to come with me."

Nakiri Erina said: "It's okay, I have something to do at Fei Saeko's house today, but it just so happens that I don't have any plans today, and I have nothing to do, so I might as well go and see you making knives."

"Since Ms. Erina is willing to watch, then there is no problem."

But what Li Xiang didn't know was that Xinhu Fei Sazi did have something to do today, but Erina came here with Li Xiang on purpose.

Erina really wants to learn the ability to cook the heart, but she doesn't know where to start. "Culinary heart" seems to be a kind of state, which can only be understood but not expressed in words.And her arrogance does not allow her to ask other people for help.Therefore, she plans to find out the secret of Chuxin by observing Li Xiang.

It's a pity that in the past few days when he came to Japan, Li Xiang didn't come out to study in the guest room arranged for him by Nakiri's house, except to take the Yuanyue transfer student exam with her.

Today, Li Xiang came out rarely, and Erina thought it was a good opportunity to observe closely.So follow out.

The place they are going to is an old blacksmith shop "Fujimaru Blade" with a long history. The manager's surname is Fujimaru. The shop has been passed down for four generations since 60 years ago.

"Are you Mr. Emiya and Miss Nakiri Erina who came to borrow our venue and tools today?"

After arriving at the destination, a young man greeted him.

Nakiri Erina nodded with a smile, showing the perfect etiquette of a lady in front of outsiders.

"Yes, Mr. Fujimaru is at home?"

The young man replied:

"Grandpa is resting in the backyard. He asked me to tell you that you can use the tools and materials in the store at will, but please try not to damage them. If you have any questions about the tools and facilities, he is in the backyard. You can ask them at any time. he."

While talking, the young man led Li Xiang and Nakiri Erina into the store.

The "Mr. Fujimaru" referred to by this young man and Nakiri Erina's words is the current owner of this blacksmith shop, Fujimaru Ipokazu, who is also the grandfather of the young man in front of him.

The old man is now nearly 55 years old and is the most skilled blacksmith in the Fujimaru family.

However, this title is actually a bit "victorious".After all, no descendants are willing to inherit his craftsmanship.As a blacksmith, especially a craftsman who still follows the ancient method of making crafts and swords, the age of 40 is the best age.After all, being a blacksmith is not like doing cultural relics or archaeology. Experience is important, but in terms of skills, it still depends on the strength of craftsmen.

With the continuous development of urban modernization, the family's blacksmith craftsmanship has gradually become less attractive to the descendants of the family. Up to now, there are only Fujimaru and this old blacksmith in the Fujimaru family who are still sticking to their ancestral business.This old shop may disappear after Fujimaru Kazuo and Shigan can't move.

Entering the store, messy sundries, tools, etc. are randomly piled up on the ground and in the corners.Some places are still dusty.Erina, who was used to the clean and tidy workbench, was very uncomfortable with this messy environment.

Although the working environment is a bit messy, in fact, this seemingly random arrangement is actually the most convenient working environment for craftsmen who have worked here for a long time.

Many people will also have this experience, and it doesn't mean that the desktop is clean and the items are neatly packed.Sometimes the table is full of things, but the owner of the table can always find the tools he needs. On the contrary, after tidying up, he will slow down his work efficiency because he cannot find the tools he needs.

Li Xiang's current possessed Heroic Spirit Red A was originally a "Japanese blacksmith".So Li Xiang now feels like a fish in water, and started working skillfully.

Although the technology of artificial forging iron and steel forging is different in China, India, the Middle East and other places for various reasons, in the final analysis, the principle is still similar.That is, after heating the iron material, it can be plasticized in various ways.

The reason why Japan needed to repeatedly fold and forge the material of casting knives in ancient times was because of the defects of the material.

The so-called folding and forging means that a piece of iron is beaten into thin sheets, folded in half, made into thin sheets, folded in half again, and made into thin sheets, and repeated many times.In this way, a piece of iron becomes a harder iron block formed by stacking dozens, hundreds or even thousands of layers of iron sheets.At the same time, some patterns formed by folding and forging will appear on the knife body.This kind of pattern steel is called cast pattern steel.

During the folding and forging process, the carbon content in the iron decreases due to oxidation and folding forging, and finally the carbon content becomes uniform in the whole steel, and the overall carbon content drops to between 0.8% and 1.0%.If the carbon content is uniform, the properties of the steel will be more uniform, and if the carbon content is low, the material will change from iron to steel.

However, this method is essentially a workaround to overcome the shortage of Japanese materials.For a region that has high-quality iron ore and coal mines, this forging method of exchanging manpower and working hours for quality seems a bit redundant.

The material Li Xiang used was high-quality smelted patterned steel produced in ancient India. Unlike cast patterned steel, the pattern of smelted patterned steel was already produced when the steel was formed. Due to the excellent quality of the steel itself, the processing method is much simpler.It only needs to be heated and then forged to shape, and the knife blank is completed.

The legendary Damascus knife has a cloud-like pattern, high strength and extraordinary willfulness at the same time.The retention is also excellent, and the sharpness is invincible. It is the most perfect knife in the era of cold weapons.

Unfortunately, the craftsmanship of this legendary knife was eventually lost.

In Li Xiang's view, the Damascus knife is already a legend that is difficult to reproduce.

Damascus knives are made of smelted pattern steel produced in India, also known as woozi steel. This steel is smelted from ore produced in a specific area, and contains certain trace elements in a specific proportion to form a steel with excellent mechanical properties. alloy.Later, after the mine was mined, the material was lost, and the authentic Damascus knife was lost.

The large piece of ancient Uzi steel ingot in Li Xiang's hands may be the raw material of the last orthodox Damascus knife.

(End of this chapter)