The blacksmith shop was not in the castle, but near the iron mines, and it took Marshall and Abel twenty minutes to get there in a carriage. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Far away, I heard the sound of a hammer smashing iron, and I looked at the sound of a row of neat stone houses made of huge stones, each with a huge chimney on the roof, and at this time, four of the six chimneys were emitting black smoke.

Seeing these stone houses, Abel also saw from them that the Marshall knights attached great importance to the blacksmith shop, those boulders were the same as the boulders used in the castle, they were all transported from the distant mountains, not to mention their own value, the cost of transportation alone was a huge expense.

"Master Bentham here is invited by me from Harvest City, you must respect him after meeting, his craftsmanship is the best in Harvest City, if it weren't for his son's eldest son, he wanted to hand over the shop in the city to his son, I wouldn't be able to invite Master Bentham back. The Marshall knight explained carefully to Abel.

"Marshall, welcome. ”

Master Bentham, who was 2 meters tall and stout, with a bearded face and a beard, had already greeted him when he saw the lord's carriage, and simply lowered his head, which was considered a salute.

The Marshall Knight, who didn't care about this, returned the salute and said to Master Bentham with a smile, "I have brought a young man to be your apprentice today. ”

Master Bentham turned his gaze to Abel's and asked with some hesitation: "Are you talking about this child?" Marshall, don't think that I don't know the difference between a young man and a child, this little guy is just a child, no more than 14 years old, you must know that studying on my side is a strong apprentice, not an underage child." ”

Due to Master Bentham's arrival, many people from the neighborhood gathered around.

"Master Bentham, this is my adopted son, Abel, who is a trainee knight and needs to learn forging from you to strengthen his mastery of power. ”

"It's a good idea, but no, I'm not going to take him. Master Bentham said solemnly, "Forging is a very hard work for a noble young master, and I don't believe that a midshipman at such a young age can wield a hammer. ”

"Master Benthham, I can endure hardship, and my strength is great. Able stretched out his arms and made a strong gesture.

"Haha. In front of Master Bentham who is 2 meters tall and as strong as a bear, Abel is only 1.6 meters tall After making a strong pose, the contrast made the onlookers laugh.

"Abel, in two years, when you are 15 years old, taller and stronger, if you still want to learn blacksmithing, I will teach you. "Because Abel was the adopted son of the Marshall Knight, Master Bentham patiently promised Abel.

"How much strength do you have to be for you?" Abel asked.

Looking at the stubborn Abel, Master Bentham said, "You come with me." ”

The Marshall Knight led Abel and followed Master Bentham to the courtyard behind the stone house.

The crowd of onlookers also flocked to the backyard together.

"How many do you think this kid can lift?"

"It's nice to be able to lift one. ”

"He's a midshipman, I say he can lift a second one. ”

"I bet he'll lift one. ”

"I'm betting I can lift two. ”

The voices of the crowd were chattering noisily.

Knight Marshall and Abel ignored these arguments, and followed Master Bentham to the backyard, where they saw that on one side of the backyard, from small to large, there were two large iron ends, and in the middle was something with an iron rod in the middle.

The more Abel looks at it, the more familiar it becomes, this thing is the same thing as a barbell, but it is much rougher than the barbell he knows, even if the cultural background is different, people's understanding of how to better exert their strength is still similar.

"I built these locks for my apprentices, from the smallest to the largest, the smallest being 50 pounds, the largest being 400 pounds, and each from left to right by 50 pounds. Master Bentham said, pointing to the device on the ground called the Iron Lock.

"Garden, come here. Master Bentham shouted as he pointed to a large man in the crowd who was almost as strong as the Master himself.

"Master, I, I, I'm not lazy, I just dumped the slag. Garden stammered as he explained, his swarthy face drenched in sweat from nervousness.

The onlookers laughed, everyone knew Garden, this was Master Benthham's new apprentice after he came to the castle, because of Garden's earnestness and hard work, he had been accepted as a disciple by Master Bentham.

There is a big difference between an apprentice and a disciple, and the apprentice often has to do a lot of coolies, such as burning a lot of wood every day in the blacksmith's shop, and the fragments of these pieces of wood are the work of the apprentice, and the work is not paid.

The disciple is different, the disciple can give priority to learning the master's craft, and can also receive a salary that matches his own craft every month.

"Garden, I've called you here so that you can show Abel how to use the iron lock, and let him know the power it takes to become a blacksmith. "Master Bentham was very fond of this disciple, honest, hardworking, and studious, and for the care of Marshall Knight, he also wanted someone to replace him after his old age and infirmity to continue to serve Marshall Knight.

"Okay, master. Garden smiled innocently, rubbed his hands on his body, walked to the third lock, turned to Abel and said, "Abel, you can see my movements clearly. ”

Grabbing each side of the iron rod in the lock with both hands, he shouted loudly, and the 150-pound lock was lifted from the ground and lifted it over his head with ease, and Garden was not like a 150-pound lock, but a straw.

"Good. Amid the applause of the crowd on the sidelines, Garden threw the locks on the ground.

Garden glanced up at Master Bentham and the Master nodded to him and said, "Gaden, go on." ”

Garden walked over to the fourth, and this time the 200-pound lock was lifted with ease. Then came the fifth lock, which was clearly not as easy as it had started, but it was still lifted above his head.

At this time, everyone on the lookers held their breath and watched Garden walk towards the sixth iron lock, which was a 300-pound iron lock, and it was not easy for ordinary people to lift it, let alone lift it.

This time Garden stood in front of the sixth lock, and did not lift it immediately, but closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, and after a while, Garden who opened his eyes let out a loud shout, and the 300-pound lock rose from the ground, and his face was swollen red from the force, and the green tendons on his neck burst.

As Garden finally lifted the lock above his head, the crowd cheered loudly.

"Garden, you're a little stronger, and you'll be ahead of me in a few years. Master Bentham looked at Garden with satisfaction.

"You're far from me. Garden blushed a little at the master's praise, and touched his head in embarrassment.

"Abel, it's up to you. Master Bentham looked at Abel, thinking that Abel would retreat in the face of difficulties, but Abel had unceremoniously walked to the third iron lock.

Abel just watched Garden's demonstration, and to be honest, he still recognized Garden's strength, but he really couldn't agree with the unskilled weightlifting method.

As a fitness instructor, the barbell is one of the equipment he played the most before, Garden's strength is 300 pounds, if Garden's weightlifting skills can be earth's weightlifting skills, then 350 pounds can be lifted, and there are many mistakes in Garden's posture just now, but his body is too strong, so it does not cause harm, and the wrong weightlifting method will more or less cause damage to the body if used for a long time.

"He's going to lift a 150-pound lock?"

"Oh my God, he can't lift it. ”

"Is he crazy?"

The chatter around him came again, and Abel couldn't help frowning, he didn't like others to look at him like a circus.

"Get out of here. Master Bentham saw that Abel didn't like the crowd of onlookers, and thought that he was embarrassed to make a fool of himself in front of everyone, so he stepped forward to drive away the crowd of onlookers.

Seeing that Master Bentham was angry, the crowd dispersed.

"Don't push yourself, just do your best. Master Bentham advised Abel.