Tangning's home was in the eastern part of Lieyang City.
There was a long street in the east of the city. It was the dirtiest and messiest slum in Lieyang City. The down-and-out Tangning lived on the west end of this street.
The Rabbit and the Jiao had three caves. Although Tangning had no money or status, he had invested a lot into his home. In the Otherworld, he always felt insecure and felt like someone was trying to harm him. So, he dug two tunnels and a basement in his home. Who would have thought that today, his basement would actually come in handy?
Before returning home, he sold the Magical Boar to a merchant for three silver coins and returned the carriage to the carriage shop.
When he got home, the first thing he did was to take a shower and wash all his smelly clothes. Then, he went down to the basement with today's harvest.
As a micro-carving enthusiast, he always did things in an orderly manner. Therefore, his basement was also tidied up by him.
He had opened a wall cabinet on each of the four walls of the basement. These cabinets stored different types of tools, including maintenance tools, manufacturing tools, and micro-carving tools. In one of the cabinets, there was even a simple machine tool that he had made himself.
The firing pin was shaped like a round handle, about the size of an adult's palm. It was concave in the middle, which could instantly focus wind energy. The concave surface would be engraved with a wind magic array. There was a small hole in the middle for embedding, which was reserved for the embedding of magic crystals. In the wild, because they were in a hurry, this round handle shaped firing pin was made more crudely. Now that they were back home, they could sit down and carve it carefully.
The first problem that needed to be solved was the problem of the firing pin and the barrel's sealing. If the sealing was not good, the air pressure in the barrel would not be able to be formed, which would directly affect the range of the firearm.
After solving the problem of sealing, the rest was much simpler. The trigger and magazine were mechanical problems. As long as the design was reasonable and the materials were matched, it would be fine.
After assembling the parts, a strange-looking rifle appeared in front of Tangning.
The green gun barrel was fixed by a long piece of white wood. The firing pin was black, and the needle was a small hollow tube that fitted the gun barrel perfectly. It could directly transfer the wind energy generated by the firing pin into the gun barrel.
Now, everything was ready. All that was left was to carve a magic array and place the magic crystal on the firing pin. He removed the firing pin and found a small wooden box to put the firing pin in.
"Master Karst, Master Orfa asked me to deliver this to you," he said.”
Karst opened the wooden box and said in surprise,"It's tempered stone. What's this tempered stone for?" Is it polished into a piece of jewelry?"
" I don't know," Tangning shrugged." Master Orfa asked me to send it over. He said he wanted to engrave a wind-type magic array on it and embed a wind-type magical crystal in the middle.”
Seeing that Ka Ta was still staring at the firing pin, Tangning reached out and gently shook it," If you move it like this, the air will activate the wind-type magical crystal in its center, right?”
Karst nodded.
"After the wind-type magical crystal is activated, it will replenish the magic array, right?”
Karst nodded again.
" Once the magic array receives energy, it will activate instantly," Tangning said as she pushed the firing pin forward." Just like that, the wind magic energy will enter the hollow tube..."
" Very clever." Karst began to understand the working principle of the firing pin. He commented," However, it has no practical value. The principle of this thing is very simple, but until now, I still don't know what it can do. The main reason is that this tempered stone is too small. The wind energy coming out of the small tube is indeed very strong, but once this energy leaves the small tube and enters the air, it will gradually weaken. It can't hurt people at all. It hits the magic beasts with thick skin and flesh. It probably wouldn't even be able to tickle him.”
Tangning pretended to be enlightened. She was impressed by Karst's ability to connect the dots, but she wasn't afraid that he would connect the dots to guns.
"Yes, now that you say it, I understand. However, this is something a noble lord asked us to do, so Master Orfa could only agree. Lord Karst, please help us no matter what.”
" That's a total of 120 gold coins, including the magic crystals," Karst said seriously.”
Tangning felt her heart ache. If the firing pin was really Orfa's, she wouldn't have said a single word," Lord Karst, that noble only offered 80 gold coins. If we can't satisfy him, he will tear down Master Orfa's weapon shop. I beg you, Lord Karst."”
"100 gold coins," Karst said through gritted teeth."God of Light, for Orfa's sake, 100 gold coins, no less."”
Looking at Karst's flushed face, Tangning knew this was his bottom line." Okay, when can I come and get it?”
" Tomorrow." Karst picked up the firing pin. It seemed that he was considering how to engrave a magic array on the firing pin." Come and get it at this time tomorrow."”
After saying goodbye to Karst, Tangning headed to the Orfa Weapons Store in the south of the city.
Orfa was one of the best blacksmiths in Scorching Sun City. Other than the Dwarf Blacksmith Ferde Rossi in the west of the city, Orfa's craftsmanship was the best in Scorching Sun City.
The reason why the Dwarves were able to make good weapons was partly because of their superb craftsmanship. The unique skill of the Dwarves, Flame Battle Energy, also helped a lot. This flame battle energy was a special skill that humans couldn't even learn from blacksmiths. So, Tangning did not go to Ferde Rossi's place to learn. Instead, she went to the Orfa Weapon Shop in the south of the city to learn how to make weapons.
In reality, Tangning, who had grown up in a high-tech environment on Earth, didn't really care about the backward craftsmanship here. It was just that he kept a low profile and didn't show off much, so he didn't attract much attention. Even his master, Olfa, only thought he was a little smarter than his average apprentice.
Tangning firmly believed that in this scary world, any skill could play a huge role. In a critical moment, it could even save a life. So, in front of Orfa, he did not fight for attention or show off. Instead, he always completed the tasks Orfa gave him.
When other seniors or juniors achieved something, they would brag about it as if they were afraid others wouldn't know about it. However, Tangning did the exact opposite. Doing more and talking less was his principle in life.
After working in the weapons store for so long, the master craftsman, Orfa, had no idea what Tangning was capable of. He also didn't know that Tangning's forging skills had long surpassed his.
When the master and disciple met, Orfa complained," Black-eyed Tang, why haven't you come to the shop these past ten days? He didn't even say hello. Did he not want to learn craftsmanship anymore?”
" God of Light above," Tangning quickly explained," Master, I've been seriously ill. I'm so sick that I won't be able to get out of bed for the next year. How could I come to the shop to learn my craft? I'm finally feeling better today, so I came to see you."
"Are you sick?" Olfa looked at Tangning and said," No wonder. I won't be giving you any work today. Remember to come early tomorrow."”
" Yes, master," Tangning replied with a grateful expression." Thank you for your concern. By the way, a friend of mine asked me to make some copper balls yesterday. Can I use the stove in the shop?"”
" One silver coin for a single room." Hearing that they were going to use the equipment in the shop, Orfa's expression turned serious." As long as you pay, you can use the furnace as you wish. However, the materials will be calculated separately. You can use as much as you want."”
Tangning couldn't help but mutter," I knew this would happen..."
" What did you say?" Orfa didn't hear him clearly.”
" It's nothing," Tangning quickly handed over the money," Here are 2 gold coins. I still need to buy 300 catties of copper."
" No problem, Black-Eyed Zhang. Do you really want so much brass?" What can copper balls do?"
" I don't know either," Tangning replied." My friend didn't tell me what it's for."
After moving the 300 pounds of brass into the forging room, Tangning began to make the 'copper balls'.
Orfa didn't leave. He was curious and wanted to see what was worth two gold coins.
The production of the copper pellet was very simple. It was to melt the brass and make it into a fist-sized ball. Orfa lost interest after looking at it for a while and turned to leave the forging room.
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