For Occam's mission, Yi Hui showed his mercenary badge to prove that he was a member of the Iron Shield Mercenary Regiment, and then got detailed mission information.

At this moment, the entire mercenary union provided a total of nearly 100,000 mercenary teams to the border, and thousands of mercenary groups, large and small, participated in the defense, and they were scattered along the nearly 10,000-kilometer border between the Hanseatic Empire and the Golden Horde.

Intelligence shows that the Iron Shield Mercenary Regiment and others under the leadership of Occam are currently being assigned to the Supreme Commander of the Violent Bear Legion in the Second War Zone of the Hanging Axe Pass under the command of Salkinson, to assist them in the defense of the eastern part of the Hanging Axe Pass.

The Hanging Axe Pass was a geographical point between the Hanseatic Empire and the Golden Horde, a natural pass between two peaks in the northern part of the Broken Sword Mountains, named after one of the peaks that resembled a giant axe. The axe-like peak leans against another peak in mid-air hundreds of meters high, leaving only a passage tens of meters wide between the two peaks to pass through.

The Hanseatic Empire relied on the terrain to build a strong defensive fortress at the Hanging Axe Pass, guarding the entire pass against the invasion of the Golden Horde in the north.

Two-three out of ten of the Hanseatic Empire's defense forces were distributed around the Hanging Axe Pass, about hundreds of thousands, which can be described as an impregnable wall. If the Hanging Axe Pass is lost, the Iron Cavalry of the Golden Horde can drive straight into the plains of the Flat River, and there is no pass to stop the Golden Horde, and the entire capital Clemensa will be exposed to the Golden Horde's troops.

Yi Hui followed the instructions and found the location of the Violent Bear Legion on the magic map and made a heavy mark, and then left the mercenary union.

Yi Hui has been wondering why the mercenary union, which is usually bustling and crowded with people who have handed over tasks and going through formalities, seems a little deserted today, and only after asking about the whereabouts of the Iron Shield mercenary group did he understand that these mercenary groups who are usually active in the guild have been sent to the front line to help defend them.

Now that he knew the whereabouts of Occam, Yi Hui had a plan for the next step.

He's going to the border to find the Iron Shield Mercenary Regiment.

Although he already knew the danger of this mission, Yi Hui's surname would never put himself out of the matter, and after experiencing the bloody slaughter of the killing arena and the parting of life and death, Yi Hui felt that protecting the people and things he cherished at the moment was the only meaning of his ability to improve.

Now that he had made up his mind to go to the Hanging Axe Pass, Yi Hui spent a morning studying the map and finding a convenient route.

Of course, although he had already made up his mind and determined the route, Yi Hui still had some things to deal with in Grenoble before heading to the Hanging Axe Pass.

One of them is the mecha components made of dwarf steel that he set in the "round-headed forging hammer", science and technology are the primary productive forces, and if these mecha components made of high-quality steel are brought to the bolt mining area as soon as possible, the mining efficiency of the gnomes will be greatly improved.

Yi Hui came to the round-headed forging hammer to find the boss of the fire beard, and got his custom-made dwarf steel components as promised. These components are impeccable in both appearance and specifications, and under the miraculous forging skills of the dwarves, they are actually standardized production, and all the components are almost identical, so that the seamless docking and interchange between different components can be realized.

Putting these components into the space decoration, Yi Hui said to Huoxu with satisfaction: "Thank you so much, Huoxu boss, I am very satisfied with these high-quality mechanical components, and I hope to cooperate more in the future." ”

Boss Firebeard laughed loudly, his voice was as loud as thunder: "Where, your support for our Firebeard family can be regarded as a great help to us, with that batch of high-quality magnetite ore, our Firebeard family has made a lot of money this month alone, and has forged a lot of high-quality equipment." These are the ...... you want Uh, the components, we spent our best efforts to cast them, although I don't know what you're going to do, but I always feel that it's not simple enough, can you talk about it? ”

"Is this ......" Yi Hui pondered for a moment, but still decided to share some of the information with Firebeard, after all, he was going to cooperate with the round-headed forging hammer for a long time, and sharing information earlier would be more or less beneficial for future cooperation, "That's why we can mine a lot of ore, and these sturdy components made of dwarven steel will have unexpected effects in ore mining." Sorry, that's all I can say about this component. "Sharing is sharing, and when it was time to sell the guanzi, Yi Hui still sold the guanzi.

Firebeard laughed and said, "It's okay, even our dwarven forging skills won't be easy to tell, we can understand this." You can tell me what these things are for, and you've given us a lot of trust. Knowing this answer, I finally feel much more comfortable, hahaha. ”

Yi Hui glanced at the furnishings in the store and asked, "It seems that Boss Firebeard, your business has been good lately, and all the large and small equipment in the store have been sold, right?" “

Firebeard nodded and said: "But isn't it, it seems that there is going to be a war in the north, not only us, as far as I know, the equipment in the large and small weapon shops and armor shops is almost out of stock, and these mercenary groups have paid a lot of money in order to be able to kill a few more people on the battlefield or save their own lives." ”

"Oh, I see." Yi Hui and Huoxu exchanged pleasantries for a while, then got up to say goodbye and left, "Round-headed forging hammer." ”

On the way back, Yi Hui kept thinking about the information that Huoxu had inadvertently revealed.

In this world's war mode, the proportion of cold weapon confrontation still accounts for the majority, although there are magicians who can launch large-scale magic to carry out long-range strikes, but magicians are a money-burning profession, and the kung fu and investment of cultivating a magician can almost attract hundreds of warriors at the same time.

The demand for equipment from warriors is endless, and the craftsmanship of dwarves is of course the best when forging equipment, and at this moment, the out-of-stock equipment in the major dwarven shops is reflecting the shortage of iron ore from the side.

Iron ore trading, a war-linked industry, is undoubtedly promising in this border friction environment, and obtaining a steady stream of iron ore means a steady stream of wealth and strength.

And Yi Hui happened to have such a high-quality magnetite in his hands.

If they could have their own forger, Yi Hui and the entire bolt family would be able to get more profits, but the weak dwarf was only suitable for the design and manufacture of precision machinery and not for the forging and smelting of large metal castings.

The dwarves' thick skin can withstand the blazing heat of the furnace, their thick arms can carry large forging hammers that are not much smaller than their own weight, and their knowledge of metals and the rich experience accumulated by immersing themselves in silver for a long time in forging can make the most of all kinds of metal ores.

Let professional people do professional things, this is also the concept that Yi Hui has always advocated, since there is a friendly cooperative relationship with the boss of Huosu, Yi Hui's ore trading will not make any less money, and Yi Hui does not mind making a fortune with his friendly people.

Thinking of this layer, Yi Hui suddenly had a bold idea, and he turned his head and ran back to the round-headed forging hammer.

Huosu was surprised by Yi Hui's return and returned, and before he could ask why Yi Hui had already spoken: "Boss Huoxu, I have a reluctant request. ”

"Oh, my friend, just say anything, as long as I can do it." Boss Firebeard quietly waited for Yi Hui's next step, he didn't know what Yi Hui would ask for next, and he didn't like to beat around the bush for a race like dwarves.

Yi Hui slowly took a deep breath, his action made Huoxu irritable for a while, it was too ink.

"That's the ......" Yi Hui finally sorted out his words under the fervent anticipation of Firebeard, "It's very presumptuous, I want to ask Boss Firebeard to introduce a few dwarven blacksmith apprentices to me, I want to hire them to go to our mine for forging work, I will provide all the ore and equipment, and the forged equipment will be half of us, do you think this is good?" And I can give another 10% of the price of all the iron ore sold to the Firebeard family. ”

"Oh oh oh, you are so generous, dear Yi Hui! I agree with your proposal. "Lord Firebeard hastened to agree, there is nothing more wonderful than a dwarf having an endless supply of ore to forge for himself.

In a few moments, Firebeard pulled out three dwarven smithing apprentices from the back hall of the shop, and he pointed to one of them, a sturdy tower-like dwarf with a thick red beard, and said, "This is my nephew Tylton?" Firebeard, he will lead the other two to your mine to form a new forge workshop. I'll leave it to you, these awesome boys. ”

Yi Hui looked at these short, sturdy, rock-like dwarves and couldn't help but be happy, and he couldn't wait to know what kind of chemical reaction the two technologies of forging and mechanical making would produce together.

Before leaving, Firebeard slammed a punch on Telton's chest and roared: "Termun, this time you are going to set up a blacksmith workshop by yourself, I hope you can work well under Yi Hui, don't fall into the reputation of our Firebeard family in the forging industry, Yi Hui is a very important customer of our Firebeard family." ”

"I'll do my best, my dear uncle." Telton replied in a loud voice. "I'm going to be a good blacksmith!" (To be continued.) )