At the end of Nilogan Road in Douala's 3rd district, there is a small two-storey building.

Outside the wall of the small building is a large stove, which is tightly attached to the small building and embedded in it. Above the stove is a tall chimney, which is also embedded in the wall of the small building, jutting straight into the sky, which makes this small building unique.

This is a redstone blacksmith shop, and the reason why it has such a name is because several anvils at the door of the blacksmith shop are based on red stones, which are dazzling red and eye-catching.

Outside the blacksmith's shop, near the door, there were a number of farm tools, all in the shape of wooden handles and iron handles, and if you looked closely, you would see that they were stained with rust under the dirt that seemed to be forever clear and unclean.

This is what Norman saw before he came to this blacksmith shop.

"At the level of productivity in the kingdom, the production process of ironware is still very backward, and it is normal for ironware to rust, so in the ranks of craftsmen, blacksmithing is actually a very good profession, and there will never be a shortage of income. ”

Lancelot's knowledge of what Norman had been taught a long time ago had come to mind, and it was something he had taught in Cárdenas.

But now is not the time to think about that.

Following behind him, Norman walked slowly and slowly towards him—at the suggestion of the Knights Templar, they had come to find a place to make magical items today.

As for why he brought Ji Ruoxi, it is because the mainstream idea in the kingdom is that men are inferior to women, and many industries are inaccessible to women, such as blacksmiths, so if Norman comes in female costumes, it will not work, and it is impossible for others to agree to let a place build things for him. As a result, Norman had to take the roundabout way of using Dragiros as a puppet and himself as an assistant to make magic items.

There was a young man at the door of the blacksmith's shop, not very old, he looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old, but he was quite burly, and he looked like an apprentice.

The young man, who had been sitting behind an anvil and resting in boredom, saw Norman and the others coming towards the blacksmith's shop, and hurriedly stood up to meet them, and his eyes wandered over the two of them, but he did not see them holding farm tools, so he asked, "What do you want to buy?" farm tools or kitchen knives?"

Norman had already discussed and rehearsed with Ji Ruoxi this morning, so there was no need to communicate at this moment, so Ji Ruoxi said straightforwardly: "Don't buy anything, we want to borrow your place to build something." ”

"Borrow a place?"

It was probably the first time for the young man to see such a strange guest, and he was stunned for a moment.

Then, his gaze carefully swept over Ji Ruoxi's whole body twice, although he couldn't see anything special about this middle-aged man who looked really ordinary, he didn't dare to slack off, thought for a while, seemed to think of something, and said with a little hesitation: "That...... Then come in. ”

With that, he turned around and ushered the two into the shop.

If it were normal, the young man would most likely drive these two down-looking guys away, no matter how you look at it, it looks like you're here to make trouble!

But now it's different.

With the annual Golden Autumn Festival coming to an end, Douala is now also the annual homecoming season, and at such times, Douala is mostly populated by people from the art capital. Although offending these people will not have too serious consequences, it will be bad for them civilians after all, and the young man has heard a lot of such things in previous years, so for the sake of caution, he decided to lead these two people to meet the teacher.

Maybe these two inconspicuous-looking guys are some kind of masters?

The outside is spacious, so it doesn't feel like much, but as soon as he walks in, Norman is sensitive to the difference between inside and outside: the inside of the blacksmith is much hotter than the outside because of the poor air circulation.

Upon entering, Norman swept all the furnishings of the blacksmith's shop with both eyes.

It wasn't much different from the blacksmiths he'd seen, and the blacksmith was a typical example of dirty mess, with things scattered everywhere and black and dirty.

Looking along the left hand, there is also a stove on the left side against the large stove on the outer wall, which seems to be connected to the outside.

The stove was now blazing, and a muscular man was standing in front of it with his back to them.

The man was holding pliers in one hand and a sledgehammer in the other, and beside the man was a young man squatting, pulling the bellows vigorously, his eyes half-squinting from the spark foam that popped out every time he pulled, and he looked as if he was asleep.

"Potlem!"

The young man who had brought them in shouted at the men - calling each other by their first names was quite common among the uneducated and uneducated people, and of course this did not apply to the aristocracy. Even uneducated commoners have to add a suffix of awe to the nobility when facing them.

Maybe it was because the bellows were too loud, maybe it was because the sound of striking iron was too loud, the man didn't hear the shouts of the young man behind him, so the young man shouted again, "Potleme!"

After a few consecutive sounds, the man finally heard it, but he didn't stop what he was doing, but shouted at the same top of his voice: "Wait a minute!" The words seemed to be mixed with spark foam.

So the boy stopped shouting, and just stood with his hands tied, and stood here with Norman and the two of them.

They waited for a long time before the man finally finished his work.

Judging from the preliminary forming, he was forging a kitchen knife just now. After the general process was completed, some of the remaining odd jobs were handed over directly to the boy with the bellows, and the eyes of the young man beside Norman were red with envy, but he was helpless.

Finally, the man turned around and walked in front of the Normans.

This muscular man didn't know if it was for the convenience of work, so he shaved his head directly, with a round head, and he didn't look kind, looking fierce.

He had a big bib that was so dirty that he couldn't see the original color, and it was covered with oil, which made it even more dirty to look at.

After blacksmith Potlime's eyes wandered around Norman and the two of them, he looked at the young apprentice, so the young man quickly introduced: "This gentleman just came over and said that he wanted to borrow our grounds......"

After the young man finished introducing the situation, Portleme's eyes returned to Ji Ruoxi, looked at it a few more times, and suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

Obviously, like the young apprentice, he also thought that Ji Ruoxi might be a certain master from the capital of art. However, unlike the young apprentice, he has been in this industry for decades, and because of his relationship in Douala, he will see some celebrities in the industry every year, so his knowledge is still okay, and many masters have heard of names even if they have not seen them.

If the person in front of you is a certain master, then it is not impossible to lend the venue for use.

"Hugo? ”

Ji Ruoxi reported a name, which was also the name that belonged to her in the identity set by "Norman" for the three of them.

"Hugo?"

Portlem frowned.

He hadn't really heard of that.

This blacksmith is also really upright, and when he heard that Ji Ruoxi was not a master he had heard of, he immediately switched into another set of patterns: "How much can you pay? You also saw when you came in just now, I have a lot of work here, and if I lend you the place, I will waste a lot of time...... Of course, if you can make some compensations for this, then I don't think there will be any problems at all. ”

The people at the bottom are really upright, Norman thought to himself.

In the face of Portlem's request, Ji Ruoxi said directly: "I don't have any money." ”

It is true that they could not even afford to eat, and they did not borrow money from the blacksmith shop.

Not only that, Ji Ruoxi even said: "Not only do I not have the money to pay you for borrowing the venue, but I also don't have the tools and materials, all of which need to be provided by you." ”

Free use of the venue, but also provide your own materials and tools?

This is a robber at all, and he deceives people too much!

Portlem was about to change color, and Ji Ruoxi said: "But we can make a deal." ”

"Lend me the space, and let us use all the tools and materials freely, and then I will give you a blade, enough to satisfy you. I assure you, the value of that blade is far greater than the cost of the field you have hoped for. ”

These reactions on the scene Norman had already guessed in advance, and he had already prepared for this, and he had rehearsed with Ji Ruoxi, and now Ji Ruoxi said what Norman had taught her - of course, it had to be matched with a rough male voice that matched her current identity.

After hearing the content of Ji Ruoxi's transaction, Portleme's face softened.

He hesitated for a moment and asked, "What if you can't?"

Ji Ruoxi said: "If I can't do it, you can let the people from the Municipal Affairs Bureau come and throw us in prison, I won't joke about my own personal safety, right? You didn't lose anything in the whole process, on the contrary, you got a chance to make a fortune, I don't think you have any reason to refuse this offer." ”......

It's a gamble.

After thinking about it for a while, Portlem felt that the result of losing his bet was a waste of a little time and some materials that were not very valuable, and if he won the bet, the small man opposite him who had never heard the name was indeed some unknown master, and really gave him a divine blade made by a master, then wouldn't he be rich?

This one is worth betting!

Potlime finally made up his mind and agreed, "Good!"

Then he asked the apprentice over there to come over and make room for Ji Ruoxi in front of him.

Originally, Portlem wanted to see the little man from the sidelines and see how he built it—if this man was really a master, then the process of watching from the sidelines alone would be worth the cost of borrowing the space. However, Ji Ruoxi claimed that "the construction process needs to be absolutely hidden, and no spectators are allowed", and drove them out.

Although Potlaim was a little disappointed by this, at the same time, his expectations were also rising: so mysterious, for fear that his craft secrets would be leaked, this little man now looked more like a master!

As for Ji Ruoxi, they took something and ran away or something, but Potlaim was not worried - as soon as the front and back doors were closed, where could these two people run?

Eventually, all three of the Redstone Blacksmiths ran out of the blacksmith, and Norman was ready to do it after closing the doors and windows firmly.

Norman originally wanted to create a magical item directly, but the first proposal given by the Knights Templar was not quite the same as the traditional concept of a magical item in the kingdom.

The Knights Templar wanted to forge a razor-sharp blade first.

"Magic items are indeed precious, but the production of magic items also requires a lot of more precious materials, we are now poor, it is not suitable to make magic items, we must accumulate some money first. And how do you accumulate that money? It's a good idea to make something that costs a lot and sells well, like a very sharp blade. ”

"Before I get into the following information, there is some information that I need to explain to you first, and that is some knowledge about iron. ”

"Iron is a metal product smelted from iron ore, coincidentally, this is also widely used in your world, and it is the main source of metal, for example, your farm tools and weapons are basically made of iron, but you need to know that even metal iron is divided into several forms. ”

"In the definition of the earth world, the different types of iron are distinguished by the amount of carbon contained in iron: generally speaking, those iron with a carbon content of 2%-6.69% are pig iron, wrought iron with a carbon content of less than 0.02%, and steel with a carbon content between pig iron and wrought iron. ”

"According to our information, the current level of productivity in the kingdom is very low, and the level of smelting is especially low, and most of the iron you use to make agricultural tools and weapons is pig iron. In terms of the attributes of weapons, pig iron is more suitable, but steel is more suitable, but the smelting level of the kingdom is too low, from the information we have, the amount of steel in the kingdom is very small, and the basic materials of those divine weapons defined in your traditional meaning are steel, and some may be alloy steel with better metal properties. ”

"Because steel is so difficult to make, those magic weapons are very expensive, but we can easily turn these not very valuable pig iron into steel with excellent metal properties, so that the price can immediately increase by tens or hundreds of times. ”

"That's how we can build up some money upfront. ”

Lancelot described their plan in detail, and that was exactly what Norman was going to do now.

Steelmaking.