The blacksmith shop located in the south of the town introduced by Verricro is called Big Hammer. It is said that the first generation owner of this blacksmith shop was nicknamed Big Hammer. He moved to Bailu Town decades ago to escape the war.
When I first came here, I had no money, so I built a stove and helped the fishermen in the town make some fishing equipment. Over time, people used the boss's nickname Big Hammer as the name of this blacksmith shop.
The current boss is the grandson of the first boss. He is a tall, burly man with a voice as loud as thunder. His name is Mike. The place where the open-air stove was placed has been turned into a large yard with brick walls.
A forging iron furnace with a four-story high chimney and a row of large tile-roofed houses. The sound of forging in the tile-roofed houses continued, and it had become a very busy small workshop. Various iron ores and fuels were piled on the ground in the yard.
Coal, charcoal and other sundries, apprentices and porters coming and going...
Verricro called Boss Mike out. He had no choice but to do it. It was too noisy in the yard. If he spoke in a lower voice, he wouldn't be able to hear anything. He had to yell.
Claude gave him a drawing with a crosshair sight, and took out the matchlock gun and told him its purpose. Boss Mike was not interested in what Claude wanted to build and install it on, and what its use was. He just interrogated him.
Expressed his concerns and doubts about whether Claude can legally hold a matchlock gun.
However, when Verricro introduced Mr. Morsan, the administrative director of White Deer Town, as Claude's father, Boss Mike's attitude suddenly became a little attentive. He sincerely expressed his apology and explained that if he didn't
Knowing Claude's identity, if something happens to this matchlock gun, he will be implicated because there is something made by him on the gun, so he has to cross-examine before he can make a decision, whether to accept this crosshair sight or not.
Made...
Since we already know the father-son relationship between Mr. Morsand and Claude, there is no problem in building this thing. Then Boss Mike carefully checked the drawings designed by Claude, and took the tools and carefully re-measured them.
As for the diameter of the muzzle of the matchlock gun, I calculated all the data again and decided that there is no problem. This crosshair sight can be built.
However, because this thing is relatively small and has a somewhat complicated shape, it is difficult to create a complete outline by hand, so Boss Mike decided to make a mold with plaster and then pour molten iron into it, trying to form it in one go and then repair and polish it by hand. It will take about a week.
Time, the cost is one silver thaler and seven riyals. This is because of Mr. Morsan's sake, the price is a little discounted. Originally, according to the market price, it would cost about two silver thalers...
When Claude came out of the big hammer blacksmith shop, he found that he was a pauper again. He had spent all the three silver thalers he had received when he came back from Bailuzhou, and he only had three riyals left.
Ask for more money. The money is too wasted. In just less than ten days, Claude almost spent as much as Mr. Morsant's monthly salary from adventure...
The next day, Claude found an opportunity to have a private chat with Bockar and reiterated the old plan, asking him to find a way to sell the Sullivan gold coin. Claude would take it when he went on an adventure at Bailuzhou.
He took out five Sullivan gold coins and found a perfect excuse for himself to go to the underground floor. Then everyone divided the loot and got one, and Claude got an extra one for killing the python.
Now Claude just wants Bockar to sell these extra Sullivan gold coins privately, and keep another as a souvenir like everyone else. Of course, there are still thirty Sullivan gold coins hidden under his bed in the attic.
have no idea.
"You are so timid when you don't have money!" Claude sighed: "I didn't realize what would happen when I had no money. But now that I have money, I feel that I have become less timid when I have no money. I passed by that place in the morning.
I didn’t dare to take a second look at the mutton grilled naan stall, for fear that I wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation of the aroma and buy one to try...”
Bockal rolled his eyes: "Who told you that you like to buy lavishly when you have money? Let me calculate, the one silver thaler you spent in the Wakuri store to buy three rags is actually meaningless.
Not to mention the fish bone dagger, the house number and the big fish pen holder are not worth three riyals at all, so you stupidly bought the three items for a single silver thaler.
Also, last night you asked Vero to take Vero to the Big Hammer Smithy to order a custom-made sight. It cost one silver taler and seven riyals. Now you don’t have any money around... I don’t even know what to say.
You, you have to have a plan when it comes to spending money. You can’t just buy whatever you like. Before buying something, you have to think about whether it is of use to you..."
Claude covered his mouth: "Okay, just say a few words, don't keep nagging like a bitch. I know where the money is spent. I'll wait until I get the crosshair sight."
Only then will you understand that with that thing, you don't need to adjust the aiming and shooting distance error when shooting a musket, and you can hit wherever you want."
Bockaar pushed away Claude's hand covering his mouth and looked at him suspiciously: "Really? You didn't lie to me..."
"Why did I lie to you..." Claude couldn't laugh or cry: "That's for my own use. I built one for testing first, so I'm happy to spend more money. You'll know when it's ready. Think about that
Target, didn’t you complain that it was too simple at first?”
Bokoal thought about it and said, "Well, if the crosshair sight you mentioned is useful, I promise to sell your Sullivan gold coin at a high price."
Since it will take seven days to complete the crosshair sight, Claude is not going to go to the woods outside the town after school in the afternoon to practice shooting and waste guns and gunpowder. He has paid for the equestrian training class and it can't be in vain.
What a waste, even if you can already ride a horse and have passed the test, you still have to ride it for a walk from time to time.
Vericro was a little angry. He thought it was a bad behavior for Claude to give up shooting practice. Because only by practicing more shooting can the body's memory be strengthened and the various shooting steps of the musket become its own.
Instinct reaction, so that you will not make mistakes while busy, and it will be of great help to familiarize yourself with the performance of the gun...
Of course, Viricault also has good intentions. He thinks that Claude is very talented in shooting, so he should work harder. As for Bockar, Viricault has given up on treatment. What that guy wants is just knowing, not proficiency, and it is a waste.
He bought the Obas II standard matchlock gun that his father bought for him. The kingdom’s latest military equipment musket fell into his hands. It was like a secret move...
But there was nothing Vericro could do if Claude refused to go to shooting practice. Although he was tall and powerful, he was poor at words and had a good temper, and would not force his partners to do what he wanted.
This is one of the reasons why the four of them have always had a good relationship.
So the four of them went to Erikson's private dock after school. When they arrived at the dock, Claude discovered that after the ocean-going fishing boat called the Red Sea Shark set out to sea, the entire dock seemed unusually empty and deserted. However, in one corner of the dock
, a row of fires were lit, and the Erikson family's boat, the Wave Rider, which had been parked on the dock, was now being cooked on top of the fire.
This should be dismantling the ship planks, right? Claude thought, Verricro has already said that there are grooves between the ship planks and they are glued up and down to prevent water leakage, so they use fire to melt the glue and separate the two ship plans.
, but aren’t you afraid of scorching the wood of the ship if you use fire to bake it like this? No one is watching...
Claude walked to the fire and discovered that there was a thin iron plate under the fire-baked ship plank, about two or three centimeters away from the ship plank. The flames licked under the iron plate, and the heat rose and smoked the ship plank. The temperature dropped.
An obvious gap has appeared between the high ship plank and the ship plank, and occasionally drops of glue-like liquid drip onto the iron plate.
No wonder it is said that breaking up a ship is a technical job. If you don't dismantle it in this way, not a single good ship plank will be left. Didn't Viricero say that using all your strength is in vain. The ship plank is broken into two pieces where the glue solidifies.
It's still a big piece connected together, very strong.
However, the coagulation power of this glue is good, and can even be said to be very strong. The only drawback is that it is afraid that it will melt on its own when the temperature rises. However, there is no need to worry about using it on the ship board. The sea is not a cauldron on fire below, and there cannot be seven or eight.
A high temperature of ten degrees...
"Claude, come here." Erikson called, standing in front of the capsized ship that had its planks removed. Bockaard and Verrickson stood next to him, looking at Pei
Uncle Ge took the tools and was doing repair work on the remaining bottom beam.
Claude walked over and looked at the sea turtle with only a frame left.
"Please help me clean the glue and paint on the ship's rails. There are scrapers and trowels in the box on the floor, and then help me think about how to arrange the position of the cabin. By the way, there is one more thing. I originally wanted to
This sea flipper is equipped with a movable mast on the top of the wave, but the hull of this sea flipper is relatively short, and the other is that the head and tail of this sea flipper are connected to the girder underneath, which is high up.
It’s different from the flat bow and stern of the boat that rides in the waves. There is no way to install this movable mast. Do you think there is any way?"
Erikson posed a problem for everyone.
The wave is more than seven meters long, and the movable mast on it is more than four meters high. When lowered, it is flush with the bow of the ship. The sea capstan is only about five meters long, and the bow and stern of the ship are raised high, so even the mast is
If it is installed at two-thirds of the hull, it will still protrude about one meter from the bow, making it inconvenient for sailing and docking.
But if the mast is cut off by one meter, the sails will have to be lowered, and whether or not it can survive the wind is another matter. However, the helmsman who blocks the back cabin of the ship has an absolute view of the boat. How can he drive if he can't see the front?
Boat...
In the end, Claude said, since it is a small fishing boat, let's just not make a movable mast and just make a fixed one. This will also strengthen the strength of the entire boat and connect it as a whole. There is no need to stand the mast up again.
Just put it down and save yourself the trouble...
Erikson frowned and thought for a long time. He really wanted to install the movable mast that penetrated the waves on his small fishing boat. Firstly, it was to recycle waste, and secondly, it was to make his small fishing boat cool.
The mast is movable...
But that movable mast was installed on the ocean-going fishing boat in order to reduce the storage space on the ocean-going fishing boat, and it could also sail with the wind at sea. However, this small fishing boat modified from a sea-turner was used on Lake Beringa, and the mast was not movable.
There's really no need to be active.
"Okay, as you said, I'd better install a fixed mast." In the end, Erikson accepted Claude's suggestion with some reluctance.
In the next few days, Claude and the four others helped at the dock of Ericson's family, even on Sundays. Until that day when they were going to the dock after school, Viricolo suddenly reminded: "Yes.
Come on, Claude, it’s been seven days, aren’t you going to go to Sledgehammer to get that crosshair sight of yours?”