Now, Rurik is more concerned about the issue of silver jewelry.
The next casting process is not complicated. Kawei first poured silver water into the semi-ellipsoid concave mold, and it began to gradually cool.
When Kawei felt that the cooling time was almost there, he pulled the still hot and soft silver ingot over, and a wonderful semi-elliptical silver ingot was born. He used it to forcefully press the ruby into the silver ingot. While the silver ingot was still soft enough, he began to tap it with a small hammer, as well as the edges and corners at the lower end. He knocked out a raised area and made a hole with an iron hammer. .
Undoubtedly, this hole is used for stringing the neck.
Klavason was responsible for the remaining silver water, which was poured into the bracelet's mold and gradually became a larger silver ring.
Rurik was very interested in Kawei’s technique of making a silver pendant. As the pendant gradually took shape, his eyes caught sight of Klavasen who was making a bracelet.
It was still a surprise operation with a small hammer. Klavasen did not dare to touch the rough but soft silver bracelet directly with his hands. He clamped it with a small pliers and knocked the edges and corners flat with the hammer in his hand. It was such a fine workmanship that Rurik didn't know how long he could stop and watch it. He had to admire the blacksmith and silversmith in the ninth century AD. He actually underestimated the work of the Klavasen father and his son.
These professional blacksmiths are fully capable of precise processing. I am afraid that the obstacle that restricts them from going further is the problem of smelting technology.
After the crucial beating was completed, Clavarson personally used a mixture of fine iron sand and ordinary sand to polish the silver jewelry. The silver pendant and silver bracelet reflect an extremely beautiful metallic luster, especially the smooth and flat back of the silver pendant, which is completely like a mirror.
Although he was processing small items, Klavasen, who was tall, round, and with an exaggerated beard, had smoke coming out of his hair and beard, and his face was also red. It wasn't that he was sweating too much because he was scorched by the fire, but that precise work required full concentration.
Clavason finally sighed: "Ah! It's done here, the great leader, and Rurik. You see, my son and I didn't spend too much time, I hope you will like our work."
The two exquisite ornaments had completely cooled down, and he presented them personally, especially for Rurik's inspection, in order to obtain a satisfactory answer.
"Child, what do you think?"
"I think...it's okay." Rurik first carefully played with the silver pendant. From the perspective of an accessory, , it also needs further polishing.
The back is flat and smooth, and some text can be engraved here.
Rurik looked at Rumia and then at Karavasin: "Blacksmith, engrave some words on the silver jewelry for me."
"Yes, even on the bracelet I can also engrave words. Now what do you want me to engrave?”
Yes, what do you want me to engrave? For example, some words of blessing. After all, the two ornaments are gifts.
Seeing his son's hesitation, Otto made his own decision: "Klavasen, you can engrave my son's name on him. This way, this little servant will remember it for a lifetime."
"Dad! Isn't this inappropriate?" Rurik felt something was wrong.
"It doesn't matter." A big hand covered his head: "Just listen to me. Also engrave some words on the bracelet, and make it as beautiful as possible."
Lu Mia, she is not very happy about getting two pieces of jewelry now. In fact, she still doesn't fully understand the value of silver. She just feels that if she wears a pendant around her neck, she may become better, at least the owner Liuli Grams thinks so.
Before forging the sword, Klavassin had to complete the delicate work of engraving the silver.
He had a very small iron awl and tapped it lightly with a very small wooden board, leaving clear dents on the silver. His professional level was limited, the tools in his hands were rudimentary, and without the help of a magnifying glass, his aging eyes were unable to perform the most detailed carvings.
He tried his best to engrave the words "Rurik" and "Servant" in rune letters on the back of the silver jewelry, and also engraved a so-called spell on the bracelet that Otto himself told " I am Rurik’s servant and I will serve him all my life.”
Otto insisted on making things very ritualistic today. In the blacksmith shop, he made Rumia kneel down on her knees and held her head up.
"Rurik, put it on your servant now."
"Okay...Okay."
Rurik was a little hesitant. The pendant in his hand has been polished again. The silver is like a mirror and the ruby is like red suet. It was originally a very happy thing, but it was turned into a ritual by my father.
But...
The short time left Rick thinking about many things.
When a medieval monarch ennobled a vassal, he would make him kneel down, then tap the vassal's left and right shoulders with his sword. After that, the vassal would also kiss the monarch's right hand. This set of rituals is the conclusion of the power and obligation relationship between the monarch and his vassals. Moreover, vassals were indeed servants of the monarch.
Thinking of this, Rurik felt much better.
He gently bowed his low body, holding the pendant in both hands, looking at the corners of Rumia's eyes that were trembling with excitement, and brought the silver pendant up.
What about the bracelet? Rurik had some difficulty because Rumia was still too young and her wrists were too slender. Although some women wear anklets, her ankles are just as slender.
Rurik quickly thought of a brilliant trick. The hemp rope of Lumia pendant was made into a buckle, which just happened to hold the entire silver bracelet.
The bracelet is like a halo, and in the middle is the pendant inlaid with gems.
Including gems, this set of silver jewelry weighs more than fifty grams. It is worn around the neck of a thin girl who is only ten years old. It cannot be said that she becomes more beautiful because of it, although sheYou will definitely become more beautiful as you grow older.
Maybe it is like a spiritual shackles, and the words engraved on the silver jewelry are simply a label.
"Get up." Rurik ordered.
Rumia stood up slowly, her hands unable to help but touch her baby. She subconsciously approached Rurik and said thank you several times in Norse language.
"Okay, my son. In this way, your servant is no longer an ordinary servant, but your personal servant and the most important servant. Are you satisfied now?" Otto asked loudly.
"Satisfied! Next..." Rurik couldn't help but look at the sky outside. He had spent a lot of time because of the silver jewelry. No, the sun was already setting impatiently.
He thought for a while, maybe the matter of making the iron sword should be pushed back?
No! I want a steel sword!
He quickly asked Klavasen: "Wise blacksmith, are you feeling tired now?"
"Not tired at all! Boy, do you think we are just for making silver jewelry?" I'm out of breath. The work on the silver jewelry is completely finished. Now I implore you to tell me how to make a hard and excellent best iron sword, the kind of sacred sword with beautiful patterns that can easily cut off ordinary iron swords!"
"Well, since you are very insistent. Before that, I want to see your skills and finally tell you how to make a good sword."
Klavasen's Beard Trembling, he had a strong thirst for knowledge and wanted to grab the child by the collar and ask him how to make a good sword. Finally, Klavason's reason prevailed, and even his beard was trembling.
"Since you want an ordinary iron sword, I have one ready-made here." He suppressed his excitement and told his son Kawei: "Go and take out one from the box."
< p>"No!" Rurik refused directly.“Why?”
“I am your buyer, and I want to see the ore turned into an ordinary iron sword. I don’t want your ready-made goods!”
< p>"But what's the difference?""Of course there is a difference, I just want to see your work." Rurik said this very honestly, he must understand the full set of the Ross tribe now Iron smelting process, so that it can be improved. He had another idea and said: "There is another reason!"
Putting his left hand on his right arm, he muttered regretfully: "Look, I'm just a child, I can't even hold an iron sword used by adults. . I need a short sword as long as my forearm. I want you to make it carefully and inlaid with silver and gems. I will always carry this sword with me and pass it on to my children." /p>
Clavason couldn’t help but think that this child was indeed different, his words were so far-reaching.
The more I look at Rurik’s servants, the more I feel that my speculation will turn out to be true. He must have intended to upgrade his “close servant” to a full wife, otherwise he would not have spent money on a little girl. Making silver jewelry, what else are you talking about?The dagger is passed down to descendants.
This kind of thing is not impossible no matter how you think about it, just because the location of the Ross tribe is too remote. Little does anyone know that there are many brother tribes in the south. It is normal for powerful men there to have multiple wives and maids.
In comparison, leader Otto is really loyal to his married wife!
Klavasen laughed boldly twice. "I understand! Come on then, kid. Stay here as long as you don't feel tired. My son and I will work all night long, hoping you can finish."
Rurik He also smiled with satisfaction and said, "My servant and I can accept it. I even intend to stay at your house for one night, of course, if you can accept it."
"Huh?" Clavarson suddenly Stunned, "I...my place is very simple."
"It doesn't matter, it's decided." Rurik deftly turned his head and looked at his father: "Dad, you won't object. "
"That's okay. Since you insist, I agree."
Because this Klavasen is a trustworthy old guy, Otto has always been very satisfied with this guy. The most gorgeous decoration made on the sword passed down from generation to generation. Klavason's technology is excellent. The sword is inlaid with a large ruby about the size of a thumb. More than ten years later, it is still firmly stuck to the hilt.
It’s okay for the son to have more contact with the old blacksmith. As for the steel sword-making technology that the son learned from Odin, it’s best to make it a reality.
Steel, as it is known in Europe, was introduced to Europe along the Eastern commercial trade lines. In the ancient German region, that is, the central and northern region of the Frankish Kingdom in the ninth century, people here called imported steel "stakhlijan" originally meant "the hardest iron". After a thousand years, this word evolved into the modern English "steel".
Old Norse is part of the ancient Germanic language. This word for "hardest iron" is pronounced "stol" when it comes to the Rus tribe.
So Rurik didn’t think anything of it when he heard this word. As an old guy who had passed CET-6 in English before time travel, he also understood the changes in English to some extent and understood the languages of the Nordics and the British. This means that they are Germanic dialects of each other, which makes perfect sense.
Steel, it is indeed the "hardest iron", so hard that it can cut iron like mud.
At Rurik's urging, the Klavasen father and his son took a short break and began the so-called most primitive iron smelting operation.
Rurik and Rumia became spectators. They sat on the leather mats not far from the stove and watched the details of the blacksmiths' work.
I have to say that their manufacturing process is really primitive!
Most of the structure of the low-profile stove made of mud has turned into hard pottery due to the high temperature of the charcoal.
The stove is small and primitive, and it at least already has a larger outlet, as well as a larger top feed opening. Directly above the feed port is a skyIn the hollow, a simple chimney made of clay was made around the Tonklavason, so that the thick smoke of burning could be discharged, but the heat in the room was also easily lost.
It doesn’t matter to the blacksmith, because a series of blacksmithing processes requires sweating profusely, working around the boiler, even on the coldest days, he is more willing to wear a linen tailor’s undershirt and hammer.
There is only one outlet for the furnace. Obviously, Clavarson’s furnace has not yet advanced enough to set up an additional slag outlet.
Let’s continue and see what he will do.
Rurik first saw Klavasen coming with a large amount of black charcoal and putting it vertically into the furnace. Soon, his son Kawei picked up several stones piled together and threw them in with all his strength.
Those stones are iron ore! They are actually black ores!
Rurik had quick eyesight and quick hands. He stood up suddenly and rushed to the stove in a few quick steps. Regardless of the dirty charcoal, he hugged what looked like a small piece of ore with both hands and tried his best to remove it. Take it out.
His efforts were in vain.
"What? You think it's weird? This is ore, and it's also a very strange ore. Small pieces of ore can actually stick together. It must be an adult like me who can separate the two." Krava At the same time as Sen reminded him, he kindly took out all the ores to satisfy the child's curiosity.
Rurik still had his eyes wide open, observing the ore at such a close range and trying to separate it.
Finally, he called Rumia over and finally separated a small piece of ore.
"Is this a big pile of magnets?!" He observed confidently and found that there were a lot of debris on the ore, and he could easily remove the debris with his fingers, just put the debris on the ground. Holding the ore and swinging it above it, the debris was absorbed again.
Ah! This thing is a magnet! It's actually a magnet!
Now, it was Rurik's turn to be shocked. They actually used high-quality magnetite as raw material. Look at its overall black color and the crystal-clear reflective luster on its rough surface.
Rürik actually knew very well that Sweden produced the best quality iron ore in Europe, so historically Sweden quickly became the dominant player in Northern Europe by selling iron. Even in the ninth century AD, Sweden was still a huge tribal alliance. Sweden became the overlord, but the Russians did not get a share of this region.
However, there is no historical record at all. The early Russians were already using local high-quality iron ore.
Rurik could not have imagined that the so-called "highest quality iron ore" was actually magnetite. Among all iron ores, it has the highest iron content!
The truth is even crazier than what Rurik suddenly realized.