Chapter 763 Folding Forging

After forging the iron block flat enough, Li Gan used pliers and hammer to fold it, and after folding it completely together, he continued to forge it repeatedly.

Looking at this forging technique, Zhou Xu suddenly thought of something, and couldn't help asking.

"What is this forging technique?"

"Li Gan figured it out himself, saying that this forging technique can forge steel more stably."

In front of Zhou Xu, the forging director dared not take the credit for himself.

"Normally forging iron weapons, after hammering it flat, it is considered that the initial form of the weapon has been forged, so the energy consumed every time he folds it is equivalent to forging one more iron weapon, and he has to fold it like this fifty or sixty times!"

Speaking of the latter, the forging director himself couldn't help but sigh.

This is equivalent to forging one weapon with the time and energy of forging fifty or sixty iron weapons!

While talking, a member of the project team, with excitement, presented the only finished weapon here at this stage to Zhou Xu.

Zhou Xu looked at Li Gan who was still concentrating on the forging work, and he didn't mean to disturb him.

"Let's go to the test site."

As a department for forging weapons, the forging department undoubtedly has a special site for testing weapons.

Holding the hilt of the sword, Zhou Xu exerted a little force, and a cold light flashed in front of his eyes. A sharp blade came out of the sheath and was exposed to the cold winter sun.

On the sword body, special lines were looming in the sun, creating a unique charm, which made Zhou Xu gasp.

"Good guy, this is not ordinary steel!"

In the time it took to say a word, Zhou Xu couldn't help grinning, and the joy on his face had already reached a point where it could not be concealed.

Steel with special patterns like this is called differently in different places. In Europe, it is called Damascus steel, in Russia, it is called Brat steel, and in China, it is called patterned steel!

The patterns on the patterned steel are formed in the process of continuous folding and forging.

Iron is made into steel after a long time of forging, and steel is made into blue after a long time of forging.

This "blue" refers to patterned steel!

During this period, Silk and others who were following the side also looked at this sword with a hint of brilliance in their eyes. Obviously, no enchantment was performed, but this sword was shining coldly in the sun, and its edge was exposed!

In this test field, there is naturally no shortage of weapons for testing. According to Zhou Xu's intention, he directly took out an iron sword and chopped it against it.

After one blow, the blade of the iron sword was directly cut with a visible gap, while the blade of the sword was basically not damaged.

Zhou Xu was overjoyed at the sight, but at the same time, he also had a hint of evil in his heart.

"Silk, how about...try it with your silver steel sword?"

Hearing this, Silk subconsciously hid the silver steel sword behind him, and looked at Zhou Xu with a hint of vigilance.

"Let's not do it."

Zhou Xu just smirked at the sight, and he didn't really intend to use the silver steel sword to test the sword.

The raw material of the silver steel sword is mithril steel, which is a special alloy, and mithril steel is made by melting mithril and steel.

Let alone the steel used in the silver steel sword, Zhou Xu felt that it was highly likely that it would not be as good as the patterned steel.

After all, the silver steel sword was the standard weapon of the elven knights in the old civilization period, and it was estimated that it would be manufactured in large quantities at that time.

In the era of cold weapons, when craftsmen relied purely on their own strength, skills and experience to forge, it was undoubtedly unrealistic to manufacture patterned steel in large quantities, or even to equip it on a large scale.

Of course, for the sake of caution, Zhou Xu still asked a question...

"Have other craftsmen in the forging department tried to forge with this forging method?"

Faced with this question, the forging director's face showed a trace of embarrassment.

"Many craftsmen have tried it. According to Li Gan's forging method, the failure rate of others is very high."

During the entire folding forging process, no problems occurred. In fact, the most frequent stage of accidents in forging weapons is the quenching and tempering stage.

At this stage, the weapons they forged with this method cracked at any time, and even the forging director himself was no exception.

In response to this question, Li Gan was asked, and Li Gan didn't know what to say.

After all, from Li Gan's perspective, following his forging method is a success. He was surprised that you broke it every time you hit it.

In this regard, Zhou Xu, who understood the situation, could only say, "Master forger, awesome!"

Sure enough, iron forging also depends on talent. The existence of Li Gan undoubtedly made the craftsmen in the forging department experience what a genius is.

Perhaps wanting to save the face of their forging department as much as possible, the forging director spoke again...

"But aside from the folding forging technique, we just adopted the method of repeated forging, and the success rate has increased a lot. After some attempts, we also forged two weapons. After a simple test, they are stronger than the original iron weapons."

While speaking, a member of the department next to him presented two sharp swords to Zhou Xu.

Drawing the sword out of the sheath, compared with the sword forged from patterned steel, these two swords are very obvious, and the blades do not have any patterns.

But according to the test results, these two swords are probably forged into steel swords.

Under this premise, Zhou Xu can roughly understand why Li Gan adopted folding forging.

Because they have never seen steel before, they cannot be sure whether the iron has been forged properly.

Under this premise, Li Gan gave a standard, that is, folding and forging directly fifty or sixty times, then it is 100% steel!

This genius's approach is really simple and crude.

If he had not seen the patterned steel sword, Zhou Xu would undoubtedly be very satisfied with these two steel swords placed in front of him.

But now that there is a patterned steel pearl jade in front of him, looking at these two steel swords, it feels a bit not good enough.

However, encouragement should be given, and Zhou Xu will naturally not be vague about the rewards that should be given.

"This steel sword, you guys optimize it, weapon strength, success rate, and forging cost, find the most stable and cost-effective one."

For weapons like this that need to be manufactured on a large scale, you can't just pursue strength crazily. Stable mass production and sufficient cost-effectiveness are the key.

Otherwise, who can afford to use patterned steel for every soldier's weapon?

Even if the funds allow, Li Gan's arm that swings the forging hammer may not allow it!

In the case of pure manual forging, the folding forging of this patterned steel is extremely labor-intensive. Li Gan has to take a break every time he completes a round of forging, otherwise he can't lift his hands the next day.

Although this is also affected by his current physical fitness, it is not difficult to see from it that forging patterned steel weapons is by no means an easy job.