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Chapter 272 Redstone Blacksmith Shop

At the end of Nilogan Road in the third district of Douala, there is a small two-story building.

Outside the wall of the small building is a large stove, which is closely attached to the small building and embedded in it.Above the stove is a tall chimney, which is also embedded in the wall of the small building and stretches straight to the sky. This unique appearance makes this small building unique.

This is the Red Stone Blacksmith Shop. The reason for this name is that the anvils at the entrance of the Blacksmith Shop are all made of red stones. The red is dazzling and eye-catching.

There are some agricultural tools piled up near the door outside the blacksmith shop, all of which are wooden handles and iron handles. If you take a closer look, you will find that the mud and dirt on these agricultural tools seem to be always clear and unclean. It's stained with rust.

This is what Norman saw before coming to this smithy.

"Under the kingdom's productivity level, the production technology of ironware is still very backward, and it is quite normal for ironware to rust. Therefore, among the ranks of handicraftsmen, blacksmithing is actually a very good profession, and there will never be a lack of income."

The knowledge that Lancelot taught Norman a long time ago came to mind. This was something he had taught in Cardenas.

But now is not the time to think about it.

Following behind Ji Ruoxi, Norman walked forward step by step - according to the suggestion of the Knights Templar, they came to find a place to make magic items today.

As for why Ji Ruoxi is brought along, it is because the mainstream thinking in the kingdom is that men are superior to women, and there are many industries that women cannot touch. For example, blacksmithing is one of them, so it will not work for Norman to come here in a female costume. , it is impossible for others to agree to give him a place to build things for him.So Norman could only use La Ji Ruoxi as a puppet and himself as an assistant to make magic items in a roundabout way.

There was a young man at the door of the blacksmith's shop, he was not very old, he looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was quite burly, he should be an apprentice.

The young man was originally sitting behind an anvil, resting bored. When he saw Norman and the others walking towards the blacksmith shop, he quickly stood up and greeted them. Said: "What do you want to buy? Farm tools or kitchen knives?"

Norman had already discussed the rehearsal with Ji Ruoxi this morning, so there was no need to communicate at this moment, Ji Ruoxi said directly: "I don't buy anything, we want to borrow your place to build something. "

"Borrow a place?"

It was probably the first time for the young man to see such a weird guest, and he was stunned.

Then, his eyes scanned Ji Ruoxi's whole body twice carefully. Although he couldn't see anything special about this middle-aged man who looked so ordinary, he didn't dare to neglect it. After thinking for a while, it seemed that Thinking of something, he said with some hesitation, "Then...then come in."

With that said, he turned around and led the two into the shop.

If it was normal, the young man would have a high probability of driving these two down-and-out guys away. No matter how you look at it, it looks like they are here to cause trouble!
But now it's different.

With the closing of the annual Golden Autumn Art Festival, Douala is now experiencing the annual wave of returning home. At this time, Douala is full of people from the art capital.Although offending these people will not lead to too serious consequences, it will be difficult for civilians like them after all. The young man has heard many such things in the past years, so he decided to lure these two people out of caution. Go see the teacher and talk.

Maybe these two seemingly inconspicuous guys are masters?

The outside space is wide, so I don't feel much, but as soon as I walked in, Norman sensitively noticed the gap between the inside and the outside: due to the poor air circulation, the inside of the blacksmith shop is obviously much hotter than outside.

After entering, Norman swept in all the furnishings in the blacksmith shop with two eyes.

There was no big difference from those blacksmith shops he had seen. This blacksmith shop was also a typical representative of messiness, with things scattered everywhere and dirty everywhere.

Looking along the left hand, there is also a stove on the left near the big stove on the outer wall, which seems to be connected to the outside.

The stove was burning hot now, and a muscular man was standing in front of it with his back to them.

The man held pliers in one hand and a big hammer in the other and beat them repeatedly. A young boy was squatting beside the man, pulling the bellows vigorously. He squinted half-closed, looking as if he was asleep.

"Portlem!"

The boy who led Norman and the others in yelled at the man - calling each other by their first name is quite common among these uneducated low-level people, of course, this does not apply to the nobles.Even uneducated civilians would always add a suffix of awe when facing nobles.

Maybe it was because the sound of the bellows was too loud, maybe it was because the sound of the blacksmith was too loud, the man didn't hear the boy behind him shouting, so the boy shouted again, "Portlem!"

After several times in a row, the man finally heard it, but he didn't stop his work, but also shouted at the top of his voice: "Wait a minute!" Sparks seemed to be mixed in the voice.

So the boy stopped shouting, and just stood there with his hands tied, standing here with Norman and the two of them.

After they waited for a while, the man finally finished his work.

Judging from the preliminary shape, what he was forging just now was a kitchen knife.After the general process was completed, some of the remaining odd jobs were handed over to the boy who pulled the bellows directly, making the eyes of the boy next to Norman and the others turn red with envy, but he was helpless.

Finally, the man turned around and walked in front of Norman and the others.

This muscular man didn't know if it was for the convenience of work, so he shaved his head bald. He had a round head, and he didn't look kind. He looked fierce.

He was wearing a pair of clothes that looked like a big bib that was so dirty that the original color could not be seen at all. It was still full of oil stains, making it even dirtier to look at.

The blacksmith Portlem's eyes wandered around Norman and the two of them before looking at the young apprentice, so the young man hurriedly introduced: "This gentleman came over just now and said he wanted to borrow some of our The venue..."

After the young man finished introducing the situation, Potlem's eyes returned to Ji Ruoxi, and after a few more glances, he suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

Obviously, like the young apprentice, he also thought that Ji Ruoxi might be a certain master from the art capital.However, unlike the young apprentice, he has been in this industry for decades, and because of his relationship in Douala, he will meet some celebrities in the industry every year, so it is still possible to gain knowledge, even if many masters are Never seen or heard the name.

If the person in front of him is a certain master, then it is not a bad idea to lend the venue to use.

"Hugo Houston."

Ji Ruoxi reported a name, which was also her name in the identities set by "Norman" for the three of them.

"Hugo?"

Portlem frowned.

He has never heard of this.

This blacksmith is also really upright. Hearing that Ji Ruoxi is not the master he has heard, he immediately switched to another mode: "How much can you pay? You saw it when you came in just now, my work here But there are many, if I lend the place to you, I will waste a lot of time...Of course, if you can pay some compensation for this, then I don't think there will be any problems at all."

The people at the bottom are really upright, Norman thought in his heart.

Facing Potlem's request, Ji Ruoxi said directly, "I don't have any money."

The fact is true, they can't even afford to eat, and they really didn't borrow the money for the blacksmith shop.

Not only that, but Ji Ruoxi even said: "Not only do I have no money to pay you for renting the venue, but I also don't have tools and materials, which I need you to provide."

Use the venue for free, but also provide your own materials and tools?

This is a robber at all, it's too deceiving!
Potlem was about to change color, but Ji Ruoxi said again: "But we can make a deal."

"You lend me the venue, let us use the tools and materials freely, and then I will give you a weapon, a weapon that is enough to satisfy you. I assure you, the value of that weapon is far greater than Your heart centers on the desired venue fee."

Norman had already guessed these reactions on the scene in advance, and had prepared for it, and had rehearsed with Ji Ruoxi, and now Ji Ruoxi is saying what Norman taught her——of course, it has to be Accompanied by a rough male voice that fits her current status.

After hearing the content of Ji Ruoxi's transaction, Potlem's expression softened.

After hesitating for a while, he asked, "What if you can't do it?"

Ji Ruoxi said: "If I can't do it, you can let the people from the municipal administration come and throw us in prison. I won't make fun of my own personal safety, right? You have nothing to lose in the whole process What, instead, you got a chance to make a fortune, and I don't see any reason for you to refuse the offer."...

This is actually a gamble.

After thinking about it for a while, Potrims felt that the result of losing the bet was wasting a little time and some worthless materials, and if he won the bet, the person on the opposite side whose name he had never heard If the little man is indeed an unknown master, if he is really given a magic weapon made by the master, wouldn't he be rich?
This one is worth the gamble!
Potlem finally made up his mind and agreed, "Okay!"

Then he asked the apprentice over there to make room for Ji Ruoxi in front of him.

Originally, Potlem wanted to watch this little man from the sidelines and see his building process - if this man is really a master, then the process of watching alone would be enough to pay back the cost of borrowing the venue.But Ji Ruoxi claimed that "the building process needs to be absolutely concealed, and no onlookers are allowed", and drove Portlem and the others out.

Although Potlem was a little disappointed by this, but at the same time, his expectations were even higher: so mysterious, I am afraid that the secrets of his craftsmanship will be leaked, this little man looks more like a master now!
As for Ji Ruoxi and the others taking things and sneaking away, Potlem is not worried - close the front and rear doors, where can these two go?
So in the end, all three people from the Redstone blacksmith shop ran outside the blacksmith shop, and after Norman closed the doors and windows firmly, they were ready to do it.

Norman originally wanted to directly create a magic item, but the first plan given by the Knights Templar was not quite the same as the traditional concept of magic items in the kingdom.

The Knights Templar wanted to create a sharp weapon first.

"Magic items are indeed precious, but the production of magic items also requires a lot of more precious materials. We are now poor and white, and it is not suitable to make magic items. We need to accumulate some money first. And how to accumulate these money? Make a low-cost, Something with a good price is quite appropriate, such as a very sharp weapon."

"Before introducing the following information, there is some information I need to explain to you first, that is, some knowledge about iron."

"Iron is a metal product smelted from iron ore. Coincidentally, it is also widely used in your world. It is the main source of metal. For example, your agricultural tools and weapons are basically made of iron. But you need to know that even metal iron can be divided into several forms."

"In the definition of the earth world, different types of iron are distinguished by the level of carbon contained in iron: generally speaking, those irons with a carbon content of 2%-6.69% are pig iron, with a carbon content of 0.02% The following is wrought iron, and the carbon content between pig iron and wrought iron is steel."

"According to our information, the kingdom's current productivity level is very low, and the level of smelting is especially low. Most of the iron you use to make farm tools and weapons is pig iron. From the attributes of weapons, pig iron is more suitable, but Steel is more suitable, but the level of smelting in the kingdom is too low. From the information we have, the amount of steel produced in the kingdom is very small, and the basic materials of those magic weapons defined in your traditional meaning are all Steel, and some may be alloy steel with better metal properties."

"Because the production of steel is too difficult, those magical weapons are very expensive, but we can let you easily turn these not very valuable pig iron into steel with excellent metal performance, so that the price can be doubled immediately Ten to a hundred times."

"This is our plan to accumulate some money in the early stage."

Lancelot's words described their plan in detail, which is exactly what Norman is going to do now.

steelmaking.

(End of this chapter)