Now this temporary market at the foot of the forest farm has expanded at least three times compared to a month ago. The battle at Moyunling not only attracted a large influx of caravans, but also some craftsmen rushed to this place in Handanar.
Camp at the edge of the county.
This temporary market extended out for a long time. Gradually, the new merchants who came here began to be dissatisfied with only one street, so the merchants reopened another street next to the market, and the new blacksmith shop
It's on this street, although it's further away from the military camp, but it's close to the river.
This temporary blacksmith shop is actually very simple. In addition to the two tents, there is a large chopping block in the open space. Next to the chopping block are two furnaces built with igneous stone slabs. The furnaces are connected to each other.
There is a large wind box on the side of the furnace. This type of furnace cannot smelt iron ore, but there is no problem with precision forging and the like.
Larkin brought He Boqiang and Suldak to the front of the blacksmith shop, and happened to see a burly man with a bare upper body and a leather apron holding a hammer and forging a red-hot iron bar.
, there was a young man squatting next to the wind box, yanking the pusher, and every time he pushed the wind box, a blue flame would shoot up from the stove to a height of several feet.
When the iron bar was burned red, the burly man took the iron bar from the furnace to the chopping block and forged it hard.
He Boqiang watched for a while, and the blade of a knight's long sword slowly emerged from the blacksmith's hand.
There was a row of wooden shelves casually placed outside the tent, and there were a lot of iron blanks on them, as well as some semi-finished swords. In addition to these, there were also iron tools such as pickaxes, hoes, horseshoes, and iron pots.
At this time, the burly man saw someone at the door, so he inserted the cold iron bar back into the stove.
He put down the hammer in his hand, wiped the sweat on his face with the towel around his neck, walked straight to Suldak, and said to Suldak with a simple smile: "This
Sir, what can I do for you?"
Suldak took the slightly curled Roman sword from He Boqiang's hand. The pattern on the blade was soaked in purple blood, and the entire blade had a strong smell of blood.
Surdak placed the Roman sword in front of the blacksmith and said:
"I want to repair this Roman sword. Can you re-cover the edge of the Roman sword with a layer of steel?"
The burly man reached out and picked up the Roman sword. He scratched the edge of the sword with his thumb and sharpened it twice with a whetstone. When he saw that the edge of the sword was not much worn, he handed the Roman sword to Sur.
Dark said:
"Of course you can re-blade it if you want. However, although the edge of your sword is curled, it is not seriously damaged. There is no need to re-blade it. If you polish the edge well, it can still be used for a long time."
As he spoke, he kept wiping the Roman sword back and forth with the oilstone in his hand, and sure enough, the curled edge was no longer so ugly.
Suldak glanced at He Boqiang, then compared the Roman sword and said:
"I plan to make this Roman sword longer. Not only is this Roman sword a bit short, it's also a bit too light for me."
He said these words on behalf of He Boqiang. When the blacksmith heard what Suldak said, he nodded and agreed:
"Okay, I understand. As you wish, I can increase the length and weight of the Roman sword for you. However, I am afraid that the patterns on the blade cannot be preserved. I am not good at carving patterns on swords.
Can you accept that we can use the stack forging method to forge layers of steel on the edge of the blade?"
Surdak said very simply: "Okay!"
Soon, the blacksmith discussed the specific details with Surdak.
If it was a simple repair, such a Roman sword would require at most three to five silver ingots. However, Suldak asked the blacksmith to not only re-clad the Roman sword with a steel blade based on the original Roman sword blank, but also to
The length and weight of this Roman sword increased. As a result, the Roman sword needed to add some additional iron, so the maintenance cost of this Roman sword suddenly soared to fifteen silver coins.
Such high repair costs are almost as much as half a month's salary of apprentices to civilians.
However, in Suldak's opinion, the fee charged by the blacksmith was quite reasonable, so he handed the Roman sword in He Boqiang's hand to the blacksmith and made an appointment to pick up the sword in the evening of the next day.
Duck also readily paid half of the deposit.
Then Suldak asked the burly blacksmith: "Do you sell fine iron shields?"
When the blacksmith heard this, he smiled honestly, pointed to the adjacent shop next door and said: "Sir, if you two want to buy a finished shield, you might as well go to the shop over there.
There are several different styles of finished shields, and the price is no more expensive than the ones I make here..."
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Amid the heroic laughter of the burly blacksmith in the blacksmith shop, He Boqiang followed Suldak into the third shop next door to the blacksmith shop.
It's said to be a shop, but it actually means there are two rows of weapon racks in front of the tent.
There is only one kind of armor on the weapon rack, which is a shield of various shapes, from a small round shield made of yellow pine wood wrapped with a thin layer of iron sheet, to a square shield made of hard oak wrapped with a layer of iron sheet, to a dwarf chain forged from pure fine iron.
Shields include strong and light knight's light shields, kite-shaped shields that are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and even bone shields cut from the ribs of the demon's chest, bronze shields made of bronze, etc.
This is a shield merchant who specializes in selling shields. Among the shields here, the bronze shield is the most expensive. However, what caught the attention of He Boqiang and Suldak was the bone shield. The bone shield was actually the evil ghost's sternum and
The ribs have a very solid metal bracket behind the shield, so this bone shield is very delicately designed.
The two of them got in front of the bone shield, and Surdak said with amazement: "It turns out that the sternums of evil spirits can be used like this..."
It seemed that he regretted not making full use of the corpses of the previous evil ghosts. He could have sawed off the sternums of those evil ghosts to make this strange-looking bone shield.
The shield merchant was an ordinary-looking old man. Hearing Suldak's sigh, he quickly came out and said:
"What's the matter? There are people who use the evil ghost's leg bones to make bone-crushing sticks. The bones on the evil ghost's body are as hard as fine iron, and this kind of shield has additional magical uses on the battlefield."
Surdak asked curiously:
"What's the magic?"
He Boqiang said to himself, if you go to the battlefield with the sternum of another person's companion, what else can you do? It will have a mocking effect...
As expected, the shield merchant said:
"No matter where a warrior holding a bone shield stands, he will become the target of the evil spirits' fire. This is more likely to anger them than taunting them. The main purpose of purchasing this kind of shield is to attract the hatred of the evil spirits and create some firepower for his companions.
A chance to kill evil spirits, but 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. This kind of bone shield is not available in our store.
Sold ten sides.”
"Ah, there is another saying... but it seems quite reasonable." After hearing this, Suldak showed a look of surprise, but he pulled He Boqiang decisively away from the weapon rack with the bone shield.
Asked He Boqiang: "Which one do you like?"
He Boqiang's eyes passed over the small round shield and the square shield, and stopped in front of the dwarf chain shield.
However, before he could say anything, the shield merchant lifted a dwarf chain shield from the shelf. It could be seen that he was having some difficulty lifting it.
The shield merchant said to Suldak and He Boqiang:
"If the two are warriors of the infantry regiment, then there is no need to carry a heavy dwarf chain shield. The dwarf chain shield is made entirely of fine iron from the dwarf kingdom. There is nothing to say about its sturdiness, but its only drawback is that it is too heavy."
He held his breath again, blushed, put the dwarf chain shield back on the wooden stand, and said:
"The standard heavy armor of the infantry regiment is very heavy, and it also has to carry a Roman heavy sword. Without the weight of the horse, it is a bit too heavy to choose a dwarf chain shield. It is not as good as this square oak shield, which only covers the outside.
A layer of iron sheet is strong and durable, and there is so much wood here that it is easier to repair..."
It seems that the shield merchant has rich experience in understanding which shields are suitable for different professional warriors. He does not recommend that Surdak buy a dwarf chain shield.
But before coming, He Boqiang had already told Suldak that he no longer wanted the wooden shield.
Because this kind of shield can't stop the spike in the evil ghost's hand.
Suldak knew what He Boqiang was thinking, so he said to the shield merchant: "Forget it about the hardwood shield."
He turned back and asked He Boqiang: "Which one do you prefer, the dwarf chain shield or the knight's light shield?"
He Boqiang is somewhat inclined towards the beautiful-looking knight's light shield, but the knight's light shield is obviously designed for cavalry, so he is a little hesitant. At the same time, he also feels 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 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 for a few days, because the price difference between the two shields is not much. If you don't use it,
If you're used to it, you can definitely bring it back to me for exchange if it doesn't suffer too much wear and tear."
Surdak's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is this okay?"
"Yes……"
The shield merchant showed a confident smile on his face and said to Suldak.
Not long after, He Boqiang and Suldak walked out of the shield shop. He Boqiang had a heavy dwarf chain shield on his back...
Suldak still wanted to go shopping in the market, why Boqiang was looking for a set of full-coverage armor that suited him, but he saw the curly-haired boy Gabby running over panting, and whispered beside the two of them, Larkin has already