Chapter 24: Picked Up A Big Bargain

  Long before Qin Hai and the others appeared on their bicycles, Ge Dongyan had been observing these young workers. Seeing that each of them had a look of childishness on their faces, looking several years younger than himself, Ge Dongyan began to regret his impulsiveness. With such a few people, what kind of technology could they use to make a good dagger?

  This is also because Gu Dongyan was too obsessed with military equipment, he was the kind of person who would pay half a year's salary for a good dagger. Seeing his hard-won sharp weapon being chopped by his uncle's iron shovel and becoming blunt, he first felt heartbroken, then shocked, and finally kept pestering Man Qian to contact Qin Hai and others, asking them to help him make a good knife.

  This morning, Zhang Lao San sent someone to deliver a message saying that the workers at Qingfeng Factory had finished making the knife. Ge Dongyan's anticipation was no different from Ning Mo's. Just after noon, he urged Man Kui to come out of the countryside and rush to Zhang Lao San's blacksmith shop. It was only 3 o'clock when they arrived, still more than an hour before the Agricultural Machinery Factory got off work.

  It was finally time, but the ones who came to deliver were these four unimpressive young workers. Ge Dongyan had a feeling of being cheated, but how could he say such a thing?

  "You said you could make a good dagger?" Ge Dongyan asked Qin Hai with piercing eyes.

  Qin Hai raised his head, letting his gaze meet Ge Dongyan's directly, then smiled and said: "A mere dagger is nothing, give me a fulcrum, and I can create a lever that can move the earth."

  "What a big tone." Ge Dongyan responded, his heart secretly muttering: This young man has two brushes, his own eyes are specially trained, ordinary people under his gaze, the most normal reaction is to be at a loss, absolutely dare not look him in the eye. But this young worker who looks less than 20 years old can not only maintain his composure in the face of his gaze but also say these teasing words with ease.

  "Bring your daggers here, I'll check the goods." Ge Dongyan withdrew the murderous aura from his eyes and stretched out his hand towards Qin Hai, asking for the daggers they had made.

  Qin Hai smiled slightly in his heart, knowing that the proud soldier in front of him had already been defeated in this silent confrontation. In fact, a staring contest like this was about comparing each other's inner strength. Qin Hai was an exceptional person in his previous life and now, after crossing over, his thinking was 30 years ahead of others, making him an exceptional person among exceptional people. How could he possibly be afraid of an ordinary platoon leader? With no fear in his heart, when their eyes met, he was able to remain calm and composed.

  "This is the dagger we made, Ge Pai, please take a look." Qin Hai took the dagger they had forged from Ning Mo's hand and handed it to Ge Dongyan.

  The dagger was inserted into a simple scabbard made of hard cardboard. When Kaito took it, he frowned at the ugly scabbard. However, when he grasped the hilt and pulled out the dagger from the scabbard, a chill suddenly swept across his face, making him involuntarily exclaim: "Good knife!"

  The surface of the ultra-strong alloy steel dagger, which had undergone special quenching and heat treatment, did not have any dazzling luster, but instead looked somewhat dark and gloomy, giving people a strange feeling. Ge Dongyan was an expert at playing with knives, and as soon as he saw the color of this knife, he knew it was no ordinary object, and his slight disdainful intention in his heart immediately dissipated by half.

  "Ge Pai Chang indeed knows his goods." Qin Hai guessed Ge Dong Yan's mind from his expression, and smiled: "Ge Pai Chang might as well try this dagger first to see if it fits or not."

  "How about a try?" Ge Dongyan asked subconsciously, then looked around and wanted to find something to use as a test knife.

  Qin Hai pointed to a piece of wood beside him and said, "Let's try this piece of wood first."

  That lumber is actually a section of miscellaneous wood tree trunk, the wood quality looks very dense, and there are several knots on it, looking bumpy, obviously can no longer be used to make furniture. This kind of knotty lumber can only be used as firewood.

  Ge Dongyan had also taken a liking to this piece of wood, and after seeking Zhang Lao San's opinion, he walked up with his dagger in hand, making gestures on the wood to find the right place to make the cut.

  "You can try to see if you can bring down this knot." Qin Hai walked forward, kindly offering his advice.

  Ge Dongyan gave Qin Hai a glance, seemingly dissatisfied with his garrulousness. Thinking to himself that he was also a squad leader in an elite unit, did he really need this young worker to teach him how to try out a knife?

  "Let's see the strength of Ge Pai Chang, let's see if he can cut down this tree knot with one knife." Qin Hai laughed and used his provocative method.

  "My arm strength doesn't need your concern, you'd better worry about whether your knife will break or not." Ge Dongyan scolded Qin Hai, then gripped the hilt tightly and chopped at a tree knot as thick as a bowl with one knife.

  "Plop!"

  A dull thud like stepping on a rotten mud, Ge Dongyan felt no hindrance in his hand, and the knife had already passed through the center of the tree knot with ease. The tree knot fell off from the trunk, leaving a smooth cross-section behind.

  "Too strong!" Zhang Lao San, Man Gen and others who were watching from the side exclaimed in shock. Everyone knew that tree knots are the hardest part of wood, some tree knots are so hard that even ordinary hatchets can't chop them, and need to use a large axe to slowly chop open. But, such a tree knot was actually easily cut open by a dagger, and from the smoothness of the broken surface, it could be seen how sharp the dagger was.

  "Not bad, not bad!" Ge Dongyan's face finally cracked a smile, and it turned out that this gentleman not only knew how to laugh, but also laughed more brightly than others. Before, he had been putting on a straight face, just pretending to show off his own majesty.

  The first knife cut smoothly, Ge Dongyan came in the mood, waving a dagger to chop on the wood. Wherever the dagger went, wood chips flew everywhere, and pieces of wood were shaved off onto the ground. Zhang Lao San watched from the side, laughing and saying to Man Que: "Ge Pai Chang is helping me split wood, I wonder how I should thank him later."

  Just then, a crisp "ding" sound was heard, and everyone's heart trembled. This was clearly the sound of metal colliding, completely different from the sound of chopping wood earlier. Ge Dongyan became even more tense, and he didn't bother to look at what had been chopped, but instead first examined the blade of the dagger in his hand.

  There was a slight scratch on the blade, but the knife edge was undamaged. Ge Dongyan felt relieved and only then did he shift his gaze to the piece of wood.

  In the place where he had just chopped, there was a small bright spot. He looked closely and found that it was actually the head of an iron nail that had been cut off at the waist. This iron nail didn't know when it was nailed in, stuck in the middle of the wood, no wonder Ge Dongyan didn't see it.

  "This is too awesome, it's like cutting through iron like mud!" Zhang Lao San shouted loudly in excitement.

  "Good sword, good sword." Man Ge also praised without stopping.

  Ning Mo and several others stared with wide eyes, they had some expectations for the performance of this dagger, but they didn't expect it to easily cut off an iron nail. Such strength, how can it still be considered a dagger, it's simply similar to a chopper.

  "Good sword!" Ge Dongyan had enough of his illness and couldn't bear to use it for a moment longer. He inserted the dagger back into its simple cardboard scabbard, grasped it in his hand, and said to Qin Hai: "You're surnamed Qin, right? Little Master Qin, I want this sword. How much is it? Name a price."

  Qin Hai smiled slightly and stretched out a palm, making a "five" gesture.

  Only five yuan? Meng Jue looked at it and felt shocked. A steel material for a dagger is indeed not as much as an iron shovel, but with such a sharp mouth and fine workmanship, selling it for ten yuan would be reasonable, how could this little Qin master only want five yuan?

  Zhang Lao San was also somewhat perplexed, in his opinion, this dagger should be priced at twenty, which is relatively reasonable, because the quality of the steel is too good, it can't be valued according to the standard of ordinary ironware. Such a good dagger is priced at five yuan, didn't this little Qin master make a mistake?

  Ning Mo and others also felt a sudden jolt in their hearts. Yu Haitao immediately wanted to go up and ask Qin Hai if he had made a mistake, because just the mechanical processing of this dagger would cost more than five yuan. However, as soon as his body moved, he restrained himself. He found that Ning Mo and Miao Lei's facial muscles were twitching, but they bit their teeth and didn't make a sound. Before departure, Qin Hai had already instructed them to let him handle the price negotiation alone and not to speak out of turn. Thinking back to Qin Hai's previous actions, Yu Haitao felt that Qin Hai must have had some consideration in setting this price.

  "Five? Fifty?" The only one who understood Qin Hai's gesture was Ge Dongyan. Others didn't understand the value of a good steel, but he was very clear about it. His original dagger was made by a friend from the repair factory using a piece of good steel, and even the cost of materials and the dinner to thank that friend afterwards, he had spent forty or fifty yuan on it. He thought it was not a waste at all. Compared with the dagger in his hand now, that dagger could only be thrown into the trash, if this dagger was priced at fifty, he would have gotten a great bargain.

  "That's right, fifty." Qin Hai Dao said, "My colleagues all admire soldiers very much, they firmly requested to transfer this dagger to you at cost price, so I can only quote the lowest price."