Lord of Hyranza

Chapter 68
Today, the temporary street market at the foot of the forest farm is at least three times larger than it was a month ago. The battle at Moyunling not only attracted a large number of caravans, but some craftsmen also rushed to this place in Handanaar. Camp on the edge of the county.

This temporary street market extends out for a long time. Gradually, the new merchants who came here are not satisfied with only one street, so the merchants opened another street next to the street market, the new blacksmith shop. It was on this street, although it was further away from the barracks, but it was close to the river.

This temporary blacksmith shop is actually very simple. In addition to the two tents, there is a large chopping board in the open space. Next to the chopping board are two furnaces built with fire stone slabs. The furnaces are connected to each other. Connected, there is a large wind box on the side of the furnace. This kind of furnace can't smelt iron ore, but there is no problem with precision forging.

Larkin took He Boqiang and Surdak to the front of the blacksmith shop, and happened to see a burly man with a naked upper body and a leather apron holding an iron hammer, and was forging a red-hot iron bar. , a young man squatted beside the bellows and yanked the pusher. Every time he pushed the bellows, a blue flame would soar from the stove to a height of about a foot.

When the iron bar was burned red, the burly man took the iron bar in the furnace to the chopping block and forged it hard.

He Boqiang watched for a while, and the blade part of a knight's longsword slowly smashed out of the blacksmith's hand.

Outside the tent there is a random row of wooden shelves, on which there are many blanks of iron ware, as well as some semi-finished swords, in addition to these, there are iron utensils such as picks, hoes, horseshoes and iron pots.

At this time, the burly man saw someone at the door, and then inserted the cold iron bar back into the stove again.

He put down the hammer in his hand, wiped the sweat on his face with the towel around his neck, walked straight to Surdak, and said to Surdak with a simple and honest smile: Sir, what can I do for you?"

Surdak took the Roman sword with some rolled blades from He Boqiang. The pattern on the blade was soaked with purple blood, and the entire blade had a strong smell of blood.

Surdak put the Roman sword in front of the blacksmith and said:
"I want to mend this Roman sword. Can you re-coat the steel blade on the edge of the Roman sword?"

The burly man stretched out his hand to pick up the Roman sword, scratched the blade with his thumb, and used a whetstone to sharpen the blade back and forth twice. Seeing that the edge of the blade was not worn much, he handed the Roman sword to Sur. Duck said:
"Of course you can re-wrap the blade, but although the blade of your sword is rolled, it is not too seriously injured. There is no need to re-wrap the steel blade. It can be used for a long time after a good sharpening."

Saying that, the oilstone in his hand kept wiping back and forth on the Roman sword a few times, and sure enough, the place where the blade was rolled was no longer so ugly.

Surdak glanced at He Boqiang, then compared the Roman sword and said:

"I plan to lengthen this Roman sword. Not only is this Roman sword a bit short, it's also a little too light for me."

He said these words on behalf of He Boqiang. The blacksmith nodded and agreed when he heard Surdak say this:
"Okay, I understand, as you wish, I can increase the length and weight of the Roman sword for you, but I'm afraid I can't keep the patterns on the blade. I'm not good at engraving patterns on the sword, only Can you accept that the clad steel of the cutting edge can be forged with layers by stack forging?"

Surdak said very simply: "Yes!"

Soon, the blacksmith negotiated specific details with Surdak.

If it is a simple repair, such a Roman sword would need at most three or five silver scorpions, but Surdak asked the blacksmith to not only re-clad the Roman sword with steel blades on the basis of the original Roman sword blank, but also let This Roman sword was lengthened and heavier. As a result, this Roman sword needed to add some iron to the forehead, so the maintenance cost of this Roman sword suddenly soared to fifteen pieces of silver.

Such high repair costs are almost equal to the half-monthly salaries of apprentices for the commoners.

However, in Surdak's view, the fee charged by the blacksmith was quite reasonable, so he gave the Roman sword in He Boqiang's hand to the blacksmith, and made an appointment to come to pick up the sword the next evening. Dak also readily paid half the deposit.

Then Surdak asked the burly blacksmith, "Do you sell fine iron shields?"

When the blacksmith heard this, he smiled honestly, pointed to a shop next door and said, "Sir, if you two want to buy finished shields, you might as well go to the shop over there. There are several different styles of finished shields, and they don't cost as much as the ones I've built here..."

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Amid the heroic laughter of the burly blacksmith in the blacksmith shop, He Boqiang followed Surdak into the third shop next to the blacksmith shop.

It is said to be a shop, but in fact, there are two rows of weapon racks in front of the tent.

There is only one kind of armor on the weapon rack, which are shields of various shapes, from small round shields wrapped in yellow pine wood with a layer of thin iron, to square shields wrapped in hard oak with a layer of iron, and dwarf chains forged from pure fine iron. Shields, sturdy and light knight light shields, kite-shaped shields that are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom and show a half-shuttle shape, and even bone shields cut from the ribs of the chest of evil spirits, bronze shields made of bronze, and so on.

This is a shield merchant specializing in selling shields. Among these shields, bronze shields are the most expensive, but what attracted the attention of He Boqiang and Surdak was the bone shield. The ribs, behind the shield, have a very solid metal bracket, so this bone shield is very delicately designed.

The two moved to the front of the bone shield, and Surdak said in amazement: "So the sternums of evil ghosts can still be used like this..."

It seems that he regrets very much that he did not make full use of the corpses of the evil ghosts before, and he can completely saw off the sternums of those evil ghosts to make this kind of strange-looking bone shield.

The shield merchant is an ordinary-looking old man. He heard Surdak's sigh, and quickly came out and said:

"What's the matter? There are people who use the leg bones of evil spirits to make bone-crushing sticks. The bones of evil spirits are as hard as fine iron, and this kind of shield has additional magical uses on the battlefield."

Surdak asked curiously:

"What magic use?"

He Boqiang said in his heart, what else can you have when you take the sternum of someone else on the battlefield, and you have a mocking effect...

Sure enough, the shield merchant said:
"No matter where the warriors holding the bone shields stand, they will become the target of the evil spirits, which is easier to provoke them than taunting them. The main purpose of buying this kind of shield is to attract the hatred of the evil spirits and create some for their companions. There is a chance to kill evil spirits, but the warriors who dare to take this kind of bone shield must be the elite in the team, otherwise they will be directly killed by evil spirits on the battlefield. There is no such bone shield in our shop. Sell ​​ten."

"Ah, there is such a statement... but it seems quite reasonable." After listening to Suldak, he showed a look of surprise, but he pulled He Boqiang decisively away from the weapon rack with the bone shield. He asked He Boqiang, "Which one do you like?"

He Boqiang's gaze swept across the small round and square shields and stopped in front of the dwarf chain shield.

But before he said anything, the shield merchant lifted a dwarf chain shield from the shelf, and it could be seen that he was struggling a bit.

The Shield Merchant said to Surdak and He Boqiang:
"If the two are warriors of the infantry regiment, then there is absolutely no need to carry the cumbersome dwarven chain shield. The whole dwarven chain shield is made of fine iron of the dwarf kingdom. Of course, there is nothing to say about its firmness, but its only disadvantage is that it is too heavy."

He held his breath again, blushed and put the dwarf chain shield back on the wooden frame, saying:
"The standard heavy armor of the infantry regiment itself is very heavy, and it has to carry the Roman heavy sword. In the absence of the heavy load of horses, choosing the dwarf chain shield is a bit too heavy. It is better to have this oak square shield, which is only covered outside. A layer of iron, strong and durable, with so much wood here, it's easier to repair..."

It seems that this shield merchant has rich experience in using the kind of shield suitable for different professional fighters, and he does not recommend Surdak to buy the dwarf chain shield.

But before he came, He Boqiang had already made it clear to Surdak that he didn't want a wooden shield anymore.

Because this kind of shield can't stop the spikes in the devil's hand at all.

Surdak knew what He Boqiang was thinking, so he said to the shield merchant, "Forget the hardwood shield."

He turned around and asked He Boqiang, "Which one do you prefer, the dwarf chain shield or the knight light shield?"

He Boqiang is somewhat inclined to the beautiful-looking light knight shield, but the light knight shield is obviously designed for cavalry, so he is a little hesitant, and also thinks that the dwarf chain shield may be more practical.

Just when He Boqiang was a little confused, the shield merchant came over at the right time and said:
"Well, if the two guests want to choose between these two shields, no matter which one they like, they can buy one first. The two officers may wish to try it out for a few days, because the price difference between the two shields is not much. If you're used to it, you can take it back to me for exchange without too much wear and tear."

Surdak's eyes lit up and asked, "Is this okay?"

"Yes……"

The shield merchant showed a confident smile on his face and said to Surdak.

Not long after, He Boqiang and Surdak walked out of the shield shop, and He Boqiang had a heavy dwarf chain shield on his back...

Surdak still wanted to stroll around the street market, why did Bo Qiang look for a set of full-coverage armor that suits him, only to see Gabi, the curly-haired boy, running over out of breath, whispering beside the two that Larkin had already Find a buyer for the four Goblin Heads...

(End of this chapter)