Claude was talking about a coppersmith who lived in a forest a few miles away from the village where he lived, and here there was a hut that was built, and a stream flowed beside it, and Arold and his party rode through the mossy forest, and when they were a hundred meters away from the hut, Claude got off the back of his old horse and walked alone, and Arold waited in the green forest in the company of the knights of the Inner Palace, and after a while, A middle-aged man with unkempt hair and a leather apron limped behind Claude.

"In front of you is the palace minister of the Duchy of Mason, this is my cousin Luther. Holland is one of the finest coppersmiths in the area. Claude introduced Arold to the craftsmen behind him, and to his cousin.

"Oh, honorable Miya-sama, why are you here?" Hearing that he was in front of a high-ranking prince of the Duchy of Mason, Luther hurriedly bent down and bowed.

"Well, it's a good place, there must be a copper mine around here, right?" Arold knows that artisans usually like to set up workshops where the raw materials are produced, so that they can save time transporting the raw materials and can always find high-quality raw materials.

"Yes, yes, there is a copper vein in this forest, but it has not been mined, and only the occasional exposed copper ore can be collected, and I have paid taxes for Duke Mason." Luther. Holland said a little nervously, he thought that Arold had come to collect his taxes, knowing that he was in this barren and remote forest. Duke Mason's tax collector didn't bother to come, and the copper ore here was not mined, and he only picked up some copper ore occasionally.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to track down the taxes you haven't paid, on the contrary, I'm here to order something from you, can we go into your workplace and talk?" Arrod said to Luther with a pleasant face.

"Of course, please come in." When he heard that he was not here to chase the taxes he had escaped, Luther breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the land here belonged to the Duke of Mason in principle, and the poor could only pick up dead wood branches from the forest as firewood. Forest trees cannot be cut down without the Duke's consent. Otherwise, it would be regarded as the strictest form of theft, and Luther was able to smelt copper and make zuò bronze here because he was a member of the artisan guild in addition to being a son of a family. Members of the Artisan Guild can use a portion of the natural resources when they need it. But the corresponding artisan guild was to serve Duke Mason. In return for the duke's generosity, the guild members could pay a portion of the money and goods as compensation for the use of the duke's property.

Luther's workshop was built of wood and thatch. However, the main body is made of stones, and the whole is still sturdy and durable, and on the outside side of the thatched hut is a simple copper zuò shed, and a half-old child is pulling the bellows at the furnace to send oxygen to the furnace, and the copper juice is bubbling in a tong pot on the furnace.

"I need you to help me make a copper wine jug." Arold walked into Luther's studio, but sent Claude away, and said to Luther.

"Flasks, oh, Lord Earl, how about I have a few of them?" Luther immediately recommended to Arrod that he had taken time out of his free time to make them, and had not intended to find a buyer for them, but he did not expect that he would be lucky to have such a distinguished guest come to his workshop, which made him a little nervous.

"Dangdang~~." Luther walked into a corner, he lifted the curtain, and a thick layer of dust floated up, not only Arrod but also the knights of the guards had to hide, and when the curtain was pulled down, Arold heard the sound of metal clashing, and he saw that there were many bronze vessels that exuded lilac, most of them were really flasks, but they were all the kind of wide-mouthed Greek flasks, and the hand-held flasks that were common in the Middle Ages.

"No, none of that." Arold walked over and crouched down to look at the copper kettles, but unfortunately it was far from what he asked, so he said to Luther.

"Are you not satisfied with so much?" Luther said in surprise that although the copper kettle he made was not a fine product, it took Luther a lot of thought to make it to make a wide variety of zuò.

"Yes, bring me a piece of paper, oh no, just let me say, it's a flask with a gut inside, the handle of the flask is hollow, and there is an inconspicuous little eye on it that leads to the inner tank." Arold even said with a gesture, hearing that Luther was confused, this kind of wine pot not to mention making zuò, he had never even heard of it, but fortunately, Arold's expression ability was not weak, and after talking for a long time, Luther finally understood.

"You mean that when you press your finger against the hole, the wine in the inner tank will not come out, but the wine in the mezzanine will flow out?" Luther. Hollan was a good coppersmith, and he quickly reacted to what Arold meant.

"Yes, this flask is very important, and when it is ready, I will send someone to bring precious stones and gold, and make sure that it is decorated with great luxury." Arold said to Luther.

"Yes, yes, Miya-sama, I will do as you order." Luther hurriedly said to Arrod.

"Well, I'll let my knight of the Inner Mansion Ron protect you." After Arrod finished speaking, Ron immediately held the hilt of the sword on his waist, walked over and stood outside the hut door, where is the protection is clearly spying on Luther, which makes Luther feel a little unhappy, but Luther understands his status, he can only try to do everything well.

When this qiē was arranged, Luther took the bulging money bag that Arrod had untied from his waist, and his heart was ecstatic, this income was better than a year's work, but the knight standing at the door was in the way of his hands and feet, which gave him a headache.

While Arold was preparing the tools to kill Count Lauzitz, Harvey was dressed up and standing dirty outside the door of Count Lauzitz's manor, which in this dangerous era even the nobles' manor houses had thick and tall courtyard walls to prevent attacks and harassment by thieves and bandits.

"Du, Du~~~." Harvey knocked on the thick wooden door of the manor, and after a long time, a small window opened on the door, and the gatekeeper inside looked out.

"What are you going to do, beggar, get out, there's nothing to eat for you here." The gatekeeper looked at Harvey's tattered appearance, thinking that it was a beggar wandering there, so he impatiently sent him away.

"I'm not here to beg, I'm just asking if you need workers here, just give me a little food." Harvey said pitifully to the gatekeeper.

"Well, it looks really pitiful, you wait a minute." The gatekeeper looked at Harvey, who looked like a little Hanako, but when he heard that the requirements were very low, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, since Count Lauzitz took in those northerners, they came every day to fight with each other, or get drunk, which made the workers in the manor miserable, and now it would be nice if there were more people.

So he closed the small window, only to hear a click inside, the small wooden door on the door opened, and one hand beckoned to Harvey, as if agreeing to let her run away, Harvey hurriedly walked in.

The manor is full of greenery, along the avenue leading to the main house, two rows of neatly trimmed trees, and a few rows of grape trellises are planted behind the big trees, which makes this manor full of poetry, I didn't expect Count Lautz to have such a manor, but I can also see that the plants inside have been trampled, with a few rough sounds, the birds falling on the trees in the manor, frightened wings fly, Harvey followed the gatekeeper to the kitchen next to the main house of the manor, There is no need to inform the Count of Lautzitz about entering a subordinate, and only need to report to the head of the manor to know, and Harvey couldn't help but be startled when he saw this head of the manor. (To be continued......)