The fat old man didn't react much after hearing this, his attention completely focused on the iron block on the anvil.
The hammer in his hand struck the red-hot iron block like lightning.
Under the fat old man's forging, a piece of red-hot iron essence became slender, eventually turning into a long iron rod.
The fat old man's forging technique was without any excess; with just a few hammer blows, the hard iron essence became like clay, easily molded.
The perfect combination of strength and skill made the monotonous iron forging pleasing to the eye.
The fat old man directly handed the iron rod to the blacksmith who was forging iron with him; the blacksmith took it and combined it with several other iron rods, vaguely forming a triangular frame.
In the forging room, more than fifty blacksmiths were working simultaneously, each specializing in forging a certain part, and finally, all the forged parts were gathered together for connection and assembly.
And what they were assembling was a bicycle.
The fat old man put down the hammer and looked at the man who came to report, saying, "Silong, quickly tell me, what changes have occurred on the other side."
The fat old man changed his calm attitude during forging, becoming impatient, and the masterly demeanor he had shown before disappeared completely.
This fat old man's name was Lou Gao; although he didn't look impressive, he was one of the only three remaining divine blacksmiths on the Douluo Continent.
Originally, Lou Gao settled in Gengxin City, Xingluo Empire, researching ironware and metals.
However, a year ago, the bicycles sold by Quan Yi flowed into Gengxin City, a famous metal city.
The first time Lou Gao saw the bicycle, he not only saw the hope of improving the blacksmith's status but also saw the unfamiliar technology contained in the bicycle.
Driven by curiosity, Lou Gao immediately ordered people to investigate the source of the bicycle; eventually, they learned that the bicycle came from Sa'aus City, and Lou Gao immediately led his disciples to explore.
However, when he learned that there was a powerful force behind this shop, he gave up the idea of rushing in directly to inquire about the technology.
But, with the doubts in his heart unresolved, Lou Gao did not choose to leave but chose to compete in the same industry to learn the technology.
Silong replied, "Master, the other side has launched a new type of bicycle with a shifting function today."
Lou Gao's eyes suddenly gleamed, and he asked excitedly, "Shifting? How does it achieve shifting? Did you buy one back?"
Silong paused awkwardly and replied, "No. I didn't know they were releasing a new product today, so I didn't get in line. However, I saw it with my own eyes."
Saying that, Silong handed the drawing he had made to Lou Gao.
Lou Gao snatched the drawing and looked at it carefully.
"They actually arranged several gears of different sizes side by side on the rear wheel, and then moved the chain to change the gear size. Haha, what a clever design and thought.
The level of the blacksmith on the other side is definitely not low; I just don't know who he is, why I have never seen him before.
I heard that there is a force called the Iron Fist Family behind them, supporting them. If it weren't for this Iron Fist Family, I could definitely recruit the blacksmith on the other side, it's a pity."
As the chairman of the Blacksmiths' Association, Lou Gao has been working hard to improve the status of blacksmiths throughout his life; at the same time, as a divine blacksmith, he is also keen to seek new technologies.
If it weren't for the existence of the Quan family, restricting Lou Gao from acting rashly, otherwise, with his character, he would definitely find the blacksmith on the other side and use his position and influence among the blacksmiths to annex them.
A look of surprise flashed in Lou Gao's eyes; for him, the most difficult part of copying a bicycle was not the overall strength but the precision.
The size and dimensions of each part must perfectly match; any slight deviation must be discarded.
Therefore, it requires the cooperation of many high-level blacksmiths; however, even so, they will inevitably have errors and time losses.
More than fifty people, including him, the divine blacksmith, can only forge a dozen bicycles a day with great effort.
This is only the efficiency they can achieve without participating in metal refining.
They directly transported materials such as iron essence from Gengxin City to Sa'aus City, which also means that the actual number of blacksmiths involved is far more than fifty.
Lou Gao was confident that their forging team could be said to be the number one forging team on the continent, but now, a blacksmith team that is even stronger than them has suddenly appeared, and the shock in his heart can be imagined.
In addition to the shock, Lou Gao murmured, "The other side must have mastered some technology that I don't know."
Silong asked carefully, "Master, what should we do next? If we don't lower the price, we may lose a lot of customers."
"Then lower the price; this time we lost to the other side." Lou Gao's heart gave birth to an unwilling emotion, and he continued, "However, this is only temporary; don't be happy for too long."
On the other side, in the Yuan family blacksmith shop on the edge of the city.
Quan Yi was looking at the report sent by Quan Ying.
At this time, Yuan Blacksmith sat aside and asked, "Young Master, is the other side really the divine blacksmith Lou Gao?"
A look of admiration flashed in Yuan Blacksmith's eyes; for him, Lou Gao was an idol and also his goal.
Quan Yi smiled and said, "What, is Yuan Blacksmith afraid?"
Yuan Blacksmith also shook his head with a smile, "No, even the divine blacksmith Lou Gao has no chance of winning."
With a standard production line and fuel power, their production efficiency and precision cannot be compared to the other side's pure manual forging.
Therefore, in this regard, Yuan Blacksmith has absolute confidence.
However, this does not affect him from continuing to admire Lou Gao; after all, the other party's technology and knowledge are indeed very powerful.
They are still the first batch of blacksmiths to forge products close to theirs.
Bicycles that can withstand the power of a Soul King level, and are still purely hand-forged, are enough to prove their ability.
It's just that the technology that Quan Yi has mastered is a dimensionality reduction strike for them.
If Lou Gao mistakenly thinks that the level shown now is their limit, then they are naive.
Before this, Quan Yi was just playing around.
"Divine Blacksmith Lou Gao, I don't know what move you will make next."
