The next day, Lou Gao's shop officially closed. Outsiders mistakenly believed that it was due to the inability to cover costs during the price reduction process, ultimately leading to bankruptcy due to financial problems.
This matter also led the outside world to mistakenly believe that the cost and price of bicycles were very expensive.
This also caused the popularity of Quan Yi's bicycle shop to surge again.
However, compared to this, Lou Gao's joining made him even more delighted.
In one day, Lou Gao passed the position of president of the Blacksmiths' Association to Si Long and joined the Quan family alone.
Although, besides Lou Gao, there were also many blacksmiths who wanted to follow Lou Gao and join the Quan family, in the end, Quan Yi refused.
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The blacksmiths of the Blacksmiths' Association were a mixed bag. In the short term, they could indeed greatly increase their strength, but in the long run, it would not benefit the family.
Because the equipment he was researching was a top secret to the Quan family and could not be revealed in the slightest until Quan Yi was truly ready.
Moreover, now that he had a steam-powered device, he didn't need too many people. He paid more attention to the individual talent of the blacksmiths.
Therefore, at this stage, Lou Gao alone was enough.
The remaining blacksmiths chose to return to Gengxin City to continue producing bicycles.
This was tacitly approved by Quan Yi, but in exchange, Gengxin City needed to provide various metal ores at a price lower than the market price, and also bear the freight.
Si Long, after Lou Gao's chief disciple took over as president, immediately agreed to this request.
As long as he could gain Quan Yi's approval and continue to produce bicycles, even if Quan Yi asked him to provide minerals for free, he would be willing.
The cooperation between the Blacksmiths' Association and the Quan family reached a consensus in this way.
Although Quan Yi did not directly control the Blacksmiths' Association, he had a closer connection with the Blacksmiths' Association.
In the future, if there was a need for further cooperation, there would also be a certain foundation.
On the afternoon of the day Lou Gao joined the Quan family, Quan Yi took Lou Gao to a brand new blacksmith shop.
The location of this blacksmith shop was just in the opposite direction of the Yuan family's blacksmith shop.
The two walked into the blacksmith shop together, and Lou Gao curiously looked at the various novel objects arranged in the forging room.
Especially when he saw the giant steam forging hammer in the center, he revealed a surprised expression.
"Young Master, what is this?"
Lou Gao pointed to the forging hammer and asked Quan Yi.
Quan Yi smiled without saying a word, but instead, he walked to the side of the boiler and added charcoal to it.
After waiting for a moment, the boiler heated up, and the water stored in the boiler began to boil after being heated.
Then, accompanied by the harsh sound of steam ejection, the hammer head and the piston rod device of the cylinder moved up and down, and the steam hammer began to float up and down.
Quan Yi took out a piece of red-hot iron and placed it on the anvil below the forging hammer.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
As the huge hammer moved up and down, a basketball-sized iron block was instantly smashed into a deep pit.
In just four or five minutes, ordinary iron blocks were forged into pure iron essence.
The huge impact force generated by the impact impacted Lou Gao's heart through the air.
"This is truly an incredible device, worthy of being called a forging artifact. With it, ordinary craftsmen can easily refine metals, and the efficiency will directly increase several times."
Lou Gao walked to the steam engine and looked at the position and operation mode of various parts with fascination.
Quan Yi walked to his side and introduced:
"Master Lou, this is the forging room I specially built for you. Here are various convenient tools that use steam power. With these, the master can easily forge various metals and objects without effort.
From now on, this forging room will be Master Lou's workspace.
In the future, when conducting research and forging, the master can use it at will."
Lou Gao thanked Quan Yi excitedly: "Thank you, Young Master, I am very satisfied. Just this thing called a steam engine is enough for me to study for a long time."
Quan Yi smiled and said: "Haha, Master, time is of the essence. I would like to entrust Master to study something."
Lou Gao's expression became solemn, and he replied seriously: "Please instruct, Young Master. I am ready."
Quan Yi took out a thick stack of drawings from his chest.
After Lou Gao took the drawings, he found that the drawings were all strange instruments that he could not understand.
He could barely understand that the design on these drawings had a great similarity to the steam engine.
He asked: "Young Master, is this a steam engine?"
"That's right, this is the result of my joint research with another blacksmith Yuan, recording the research process from the beginning to the present."
Lou Gao looked at the drawings in his hand in disbelief and asked: "Young Master, are you not afraid of leaking information by handing all of these over to me?"
Indeed, if Lou Gao leaked secrets, he would definitely be hunted down by the entire Quan family. This was a powerful family with Soul Douluo and Soul Sage.
It was not something that he, a blacksmith, could provoke.
Moreover, Lou Gao was very clear that they would not even need to use Soul Douluo to deal with him. Just the young man in front of him could easily solve him.
Lou Gao said with a serious expression: "Don't worry, Young Master, I will keep it strictly confidential."
Quan Yi nodded and then said: "During this period of time, I hope Master Lou can first study the principles and structure of the steam engine carefully.
After the master has mastered it, I would like to ask Master Lou to use his ability to further improve the power unit of the steam engine."
"Okay, please rest assured, Young Master. I will thoroughly understand these studies as soon as possible."
Then, Quan Yi summoned five Quan family blacksmiths and said: "These five are blacksmiths cultivated by the Quan family. They were specially called to assist Master Lou in research. The five of them participated in all research. If the master doesn't understand anything, he can ask them."
Lou Gao's eyes swept over the blacksmiths beside Quan Yi, and he was a little surprised in his heart.
Only because these blacksmiths were not very old, and their ages did not exceed forty.
The age of the team that created the steam engine was too young.
At this moment, he couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart: "Young Master, who is the sacred blacksmith who created the steam engine and the bicycle? Could it be that the age of that master is similar to these people?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the five people present became strange, and they looked at Lou Gao with a strange expression.
Seeing the atmosphere become strange, Lou Gao asked uneasily: "What's wrong? Did I ask a question I shouldn't have asked?"
Quan Yi smiled and replied: "The bicycle and the steam engine were developed by me and another forger. Most of the drawings in the master's hand were drawn by me.
As for the information of the other forger, I cannot reveal it because of confidentiality, but if Master Lou has any questions in the future, he can also directly ask me."
Lou Gao couldn't stop the shock in his heart, he was a little unbelievable.
However, when he saw the five people beside him looking at Quan Yi with fiery, worshipful eyes, he couldn't help but believe Quan Yi's words.
Lou Gao's various fantasies about the mysterious blacksmith shattered at this moment.
Who would have thought that the mysterious blacksmith who convinced him was actually a teenager.
Complex emotions disturbed Lou Gao's thinking.
