The Legend of the Fishermen of Sicily

Both Greek mythology and Eastern proverbs were urging Leo to give it a try.

Leo, following the guidance of fate, agreed.

"The three of us need to divide the work." Aurelio had never fought such a rich battle before.

Before, it was just one person messing around, but now it's three people working together, including two young men, so we need to figure out the division of labor.

He pointed to himself and said:

"I understand forging, I have experience, and I'm older, so I can take on more responsibility. You will follow my instructions for the next few days."

Bianchi and Leo nodded without objecting.

Leo introduces himself:

"I can offer some new ideas in certain aspects."

Aurelio and Leo have both spoken, so Bianchi should also say a few words:

"I don't understand anything, but I have strength."

"Fantastic!" Aurelio gave the team the highest praise. "We're the epitome of courage and strategy!"

After assigning tasks, the next step is to implement a concrete plan. Leo asked Aurelio:

"Time is tight, we have to start tomorrow. What's the plan for tomorrow?"

Aurelio frowned slightly:

"We can't start tomorrow; we need to buy steel first, because we don't have enough materials at home."

Leo continued to ask:

"Then starting the day after tomorrow?"

Aurelio shook his head:

"Not necessarily. It's hard to say when the goods will be delivered. I'll try my best to urge them to hurry up."

"But time is running out." Leo calculated the time and frowned. "If we delay any longer, we may only have two or three days left to make it. How can we possibly make such a long harpoon?"

Bianchi gripped the shark tooth around his neck:

"We can definitely make it, even if it only takes a day!"

"Don't get agitated," Aurelio reassured Bianchi, then said to Leo, "How many meters of steel do you want to buy? I told you I'd only charge you a furnace fee, you decide that, but if you buy a lot, they can definitely deliver faster."

Leo couldn't calculate the meters; he just wanted to know the total price.

"How much do we need to buy so they can deliver it as quickly as possible?"

Leoli thought for a moment and replied:

"Buying four or five hundred thousand lira should be about right, and we can save the rest for later."

Leo took a sip of red wine and wiped his mouth:

"If we're just making a harpoon, how much would the steel cost?"

Aurelio recalled the "design scheme" numbered 21 and said:

"I suggest ordering a few extra meters, so that if any step fails, we can start over immediately. Our challenge is very difficult, so we need to be prepared to start over if we fail. If we buy too little, we'll be struggling. A few hundred thousand is about right."

Leo finished the last bit of red wine in his glass, making a sound that wasn't heavy, but enough to attract the attention of both of them.

"Waiting for the steel to arrive is too passive and will waste our precious time carefully making the harpoons. I suggest we start as soon as possible, preferably tomorrow."

Aurelio picked up his glass and drank:

"There's no steel tomorrow."

Leo pointed around:

"We have so many materials, we can reuse them..."

Two streaks of purplish-red liquid flowed from Aurelio's nose. He didn't bother wiping them away, and asked in alarm:

"Are you going to melt my treasures down?"

Bianchi pulled a shock-absorbing spring from under his buttocks with his left hand and a chipped winch gear from under his buttocks with his right:

"They said even the garbage collectors wouldn't want the stuff in your house."

"Rumors! Absolutely lies! I wouldn't sell to garbage collectors for 1000 lira per kilogram!" Aurelio broke down, yelling at Bianchi, "These are all treasures!!"

Leo patted Aurelio's thigh, reassuringly saying:

"Everything for the Cyclops."

"I... Ouch!" Aurelio clutched his head in pain.

.......

Leo had never fought such a rich battle before.

Aurelio's family had so many old things that he didn't know which ones to melt down; he was overwhelmed by the choices.

The Cyclops made a compromise, but not a complete one. He said that all the items he kept at home were carefully collected, each with a story, and absolutely could not be recycled. He took Leo and Bianchi to the forge.

Leo had been here a few hours earlier, but Aurelio had only shown him around briefly before leaving without opening the door.

Having witnessed Aurelio's "decoration style," Leo instinctively ducked to the side when the door opened, as if something would spill out with a gurgling sound, like opening a closet door in a men's dormitory.

Surprisingly, the scene I had imagined did not appear, and the forging workshop looked quite clean, with a furnace, anvil and all kinds of forging tools.

Leo wandered around inside for quite a while. Aurelio was rich and had a "hamster-type" personality. Almost every forging tool that could be found and bought in this era was available here, and the models were also very complete.

"Come and see what we need?" Aurelio called out to Leo from in front of a door.

Inside was a small warehouse, filled with nautical-related items, but they were arranged haphazardly, as if they had been carelessly tossed aside.

"Why don't you put these things out?" Leo cautiously walked in.

Aurelius turned his head away, not daring to look any longer, for fear that he would regret it if he looked again:

"These don't have much of a story, so I don't like them that much."

Leo casually picked up a ship nail:

"Are you sure you can let me use it?"

This is much better than the ones displayed outside. The nails outside are bent, broken, and severely worn, while this one looks almost brand new.

Aurelius reluctantly parted with his beloved:

"Take it, before I regret it!"

Leo walked around the warehouse:

"Shouldn't we decide on the forging method first? Once that's settled, it'll be easier to find targets."

Aurelio stood outside the warehouse and said:

"First, a steel plate is melted, then it is twisted and made more flexible, and then it is forged into the designed shape."

Leo turned back and asked him eagerly:

Will we use 'Three Steel' or 'Malaysia'?

Aurelio looked into the warehouse and blinked:

What are "Three Steel" and "Malaysia"?

Leo was just a viewer who enjoyed watching the "Sword Forging Competition." He guessed that the translated names might not be accurate, so he explained the process of these two forging techniques in great detail to make it easier to understand.

Unexpectedly, a flame suddenly ignited in Aurelio's eyes:

"Such forging techniques exist in this world?"

Leo was horrified.

You really don't know...

Bianchi, who had already taken off his shirt and was shirtless, was getting impatient.

He brought in a hammer from outside and pushed aside the two people who were still discussing forging methods:

"You guys keep talking, shall we turn these lumps of iron into steel plates? I'll start now."

Leo clutched his chest and stumbled back two steps.

Oops!

Three heads are better than one!