Chapter 183: The Foundry
Golden Feather City is home to dozens of foundries of various sizes, half of which are owned by the Blue Gold Chamber of Commerce, which manufactures a steady stream of airship parts to maintain its huge transport boat parked on the landing pad, while the rest provides equipment building, enhancement, and repair services for hunters throughout the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
There are nearly 10,000 resident hunters in the city, and there are only a few more trainees and traveling freelance hunters, and there are dozens or hundreds of orders of business every day just for the maintenance of equipment, so the workshops in the city are always in a state of intense and busy work. Especially in November every year, hunters who participate in the hunting festival take out the money and equipment they have saved for a year and create a hunting outfit that they are reluctant to wear on a regular basis, in the hope that they will shine in the arena. During this period, even the large workshops that only accept orders for spare parts for airships on weekdays do not mind taking on some scattered orders. Airships are mostly at a standstill during the winter months, and there are not many spare parts for maintenance and modifications, and during this special period, these additional revenues sometimes exceed the income of the airship workshop's main business.
All in all, November is the spring of the foundries in Golden Feather City.
"Which one are you going to take us to?" Jia Xiao asked.
"It must be some dragonman forger's shop." Xiong Fuji said with a yearning on his face, the place where the legendary hunter chose to manufacture the equipment must not be ordinary.
"The works of the dragon craftsmen are indeed of high quality, and the old teacher and I know some of them." Luo Pingyang explained, "However, they generally pursue quality too much, and sometimes it takes more than half a month for a weapon to be ready, and we don't have enough time." Moreover, the armament you need is still 'low-level' equipment, and there is no need to spend extra money and time on the pursuit of such a trivial improvement. ”
"It's because I don't have any money." Nie Xiaoyang muttered. The two instructors' financial situation was much worse than they had thought, as evidenced by the dilapidated courtyard they had rented for themselves and others. Two legendary hunters can make a lot of money by taking a short-term commission casually by virtue of their fame, I really don't know how the two of them have survived so far, and they have ended up so down.
"The owner of the workshop we're going to has an old relationship with Xiao Luo, and if you're lucky, you don't have to pay much." Amphinis walked ahead and paused visibly awkwardly before saying, "But rest assured, the quality of the equipment is beyond doubt. ”
After a while, Anfinis stopped outside a store.
"We're here." Luo Pingyang said.
"It's weird, it's ...... Does fish taste like meat? The nose of the dust sealed opened and closed a few times, and ** was born, "It's just after noon, and the blacksmith shop is about to close for dinner?" ”
"No...... This was originally a restaurant. Nie Xiaoyang pointed to the plaque above his head that read "Hunter's Taste".
"The owner of this hunter's taste, who was also a hunter in his early years, opened a restaurant here after retiring." The old hunter said, "The owner of the shop has been instructed by the dragonmen that the casting methods are much higher than those of ordinary human craftsmen. ”
"We're going to gear up at a restaurant?" Feng Chen said in surprise.
"As long as it's not made of iron from a cooking stove...... I don't want to have a constant smell of oil smoke on my gear. Xiong Fuji whispered. With smoke still wafting from the chimney on the roof of the restaurant, it's hard to imagine that this restaurant, which only sells some home-cooked dishes, would produce high-quality equipment.
Most of the people who come to eat at this small shop are also hunters who stay here and wait to make weapons and equipment. The diners gathered in twos and threes, but from time to time their eyes glanced further back in the back of the kitchen, where the clanging sound had not ceased since the boys had entered, and the stir-fry certainly did not make such a sound of gold and iron.
"Man, there's a guest!" At the front desk, a big-bellied Elu cat was napping, and when she heard footsteps, she opened half of her eyes and roared loudly for the little maid to entertain her.
"Objective, is it eating or forging?" A short young man not far away was fighting with a rag and the stain on the table, and when he heard the shouts from the front desk, he quickly stood up to Amphines and asked
"I'm here to see your boss." Amphinis said.
"You must be friends with the boss," the little guy glanced at the back kitchen, and he didn't know what he saw: "Our boss is busy, there are too many orders since the hunting festival, I'm afraid I won't be able to spare my hands, everyone should wait for a while and eat something to cushion their stomachs?" ”
"This kind of workshop that is supported by a restaurant, and there are still customers?" Nie Xiaoyang said in surprise, his voice was lowered so that only the four companions could hear it clearly.
"The aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys, this boss does seem to have some skills." Jia Xiao nodded.
"No need." Old Ai Lu waved his hand, "I won't be sensitive to your food, but you go and tell your boss, just say that Luo Pingyang is visiting, please come out quickly-"
"Boom!" Before he could finish speaking, a violent explosion sounded from the depths of the kitchen, followed by the sound of pots and pans and ping-pong and heavy footsteps, as if a beast had escaped its cage and smelled blood and rushed towards the front hall.
"Little Rollo is here?"
The dishes and chopsticks on the table were slightly shifted by the exaggerated sound, and Feng Chen's ears were shaken to the core, and he could distinguish what seemed to be a woman's voice in a trance.
"Where did little Rollo go?"
What appeared in front of the trainees was a tall and hot woman, a woman in her thirties who was like a peony in full bloom, a pair of willow eyebrows that did not smile and flatter, and a pair of slender and strong thighs even higher than the top of Amphinis's head. If this good body were in the circle of scholars, it would not have required much effort to win food and clothing, but in front of the boys, it was covered behind the insulated robes and aprons used for forging.
The woman held the anvil hammer in her hand, and her face still had black and gray stains left by the smoke, and her body was also full of black and gray, which was very embarrassing, but with her natural charm, there was a little more of a strange charm.
"Instructor Luo? He was ......" Nie Xiaoyang pointed with his backhand, and when he turned around, he found that the black hunter who was standing behind him had disappeared silently for some time, "He was still here just now." ”
"Hmph, little Rollo will only avoid me." The woman crossed her waist and put on a puffed up look, but there was no anger in her eyes, and her voice was reduced to a normal level. Feng Chen smacked his lips, it was hard to imagine that the beast roaring dragon roaring voice just now came from this charming woman.
"At the door, on the roof." Ailu, who was sitting at the front desk, opened half of her eyes again, and her little ears moved back and forth as she spoke.
"Thanks! Lawrence! The woman raised her hand and said a word, and then rushed out the door, leaving behind a group of unknown spectators and apprentice hunters.
"Instructor, this woman is Instructor Luo's concubine?" Looking at the woman's fleeting back, Xiong Fuji asked Ai Lu in a low voice.
"You said that she and Instructor Luo are old, but I didn't expect it to be so 'old'." The black hunter never smiled, but he didn't expect that there would be such a romantic debt left in this deep street, Jia Xiao sighed with a black line on his face.
"Be quiet, this woman is what I call the foundry, and she listened, be careful to mix the ashes with you in the iron ingots used to make your armor." Elu's index finger was on the rabbit's lips, but there was a disrespectful smile on her face.
"You want her to make us equipment?" Feng Chen's eyes widened.
"Whoa-" The plaque in front of the store fell from the ground, and sawdust flew and splashed all over the floor.
Elu, whose name is Lawrence, heard the loud noise, opened half of her eyes to confirm the situation, and then closed it back again.
The little guy who ran the hall was newly hired at first sight, and he had never seen the boss provoke such a battle, so his mouth opened wide, and he muttered: "Mom, ......" (to be continued.) )