Duke came to the hydroelectric factory and saw the neatly stacked steel on the ground, blooming with black metallic luster, this is the medium-carbon alloy manganese steel he has been waiting for for a long time, and finally appeared in this world!

Copperbeard was also very excited at this time and introduced to Duke: "Lord Lord, I have already tested the first batch of steel, although the weapons created are slightly inferior to Damascus steel, but in terms of output and cost, they are far superior to the other party, we can equip the storm army with all staff and become the sharpest weapon in the hands of the soldiers!"

"Very good copper beard, the long sword in the hands of the Storm Army is already hungry and thirsty!"

Duke also replied excitedly, the previous battle with the Spartan Legion had already shown the defects of the Storm Fortress weapons, because the long sword of the Storm Fortress basically could not pierce the shields of the Spartan warriors, which led to his absolute formation and equipment superiority, and he actually only fought with the Spartan Legion for a five-five game!

If it weren't for the fact that the Storm Army had only been in existence for a short period of time, and for the reputation of the Spartan Legion, Duke would have even thought that it was actually a failed encounter.

Just when Duke was happy, Copperbeard splashed a basin of cold water: "Lord Lord, although the manganese steel you requested has been successfully smelted, it is far from as simple as armor to turn steel into weapons, because the process of weapons is more demanding. ”

"What do you mean?" Duke asked rhetorically when he heard this, he was not even a novice in the production of cold weapons, he was just a pure mouth theorist.

Seeing Duke's blank face, Bronze Beard knew that Lord Lord didn't know much about weapon forging, so he patiently explained: "Lord Lord, the armor only needs to be molded in prototypes, and then molded with impurities by relying on a hydraulic hammer forging machine. But the weapon is slightly flawed, and it may break on the battlefield, which will be a fatal flaw. ”

"And weapons also have grinding, quenching and other complicated steps, although you can save a lot of time by relying on the hydraulic hammer forging machine, but if you want to build so many weapons, relying on the current number of blacksmiths in Storm Castle is far from enough, you must have more craftsmen, I'm talking about the kind of craftsmen who can really build weapons!"

Copperbeard emphasized it, and Duke knew what he meant, because when the blast furnace was short of manpower before, Duke even counted those who could burn fires as blacksmiths, so he could maintain the production of storm armors.

But obviously, this kind of "blacksmith" who fishes in troubled waters is okay with the use of building storm armors, because in a sense, the production of storm armors in hydraulic factories is close to the kind of industrial streamlined production in later generations, and you only need to know how to play one step.

But weapons are different, whether it is modeling or quenching, it needs to be handled by an experienced blacksmith master. As Copperbeard said, the Storm Armor is not a big problem if it is a little flawed, and it can still play a protective role. However, once the weapon is flawed, it will collapse at least and break directly at worst, which is simply a fatal defect on the battlefield.

Now the problem is that in a broken place like Storm Castle, there are only a few people who can be called "blacksmiths", and the master can't find any except the copper beard. As for the outcasts, Duke did not have much hope, because in this era, the master smith is definitely a sought-after commodity, even if it is war, it will not be reduced to the point of being a homeless, after all, this is a talent who depends on his craft to eat.

"It's impossible for craftsmen to have craftsmen, and there's no craftsman in the entire Storm Castle who can craft weapons, so Copperbeard, you can just say something else. ”

Duke replied very single-mindedly, no is no, he can't help it.

Hearing Duke say this, the dwarf with Copperbeard opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, this lord is too simple, even more simple and rude than the dwarf.

"It's not impossible, but I don't know if you can accept it, my lord. ”

"Anything, as long as it's not too exaggerated, I can accept it. ”

Hearing Duke say this, Copperbeard just wanted to say something, but swallowed it back again. Seeing the appearance of the copper whiskers, Duke felt a little strange, what does this dwarf usually say, and now it is so difficult to say a way?

"Copperbeard, if there is any way, you can say it directly. Duke urged, unable to understand what there was to hesitate about.

At Duke's urging, Copperbeard finally spoke, "We have many craftsmen in our Alpine Dwarf Tribe, and if you are willing to accept our Alpine Dwarf Tribe, I am confident that I will persuade them to serve you." ”

As Brass said this, his bronzed face turned a rare red, and he didn't dare to look at Duke anymore. Because he has a lot of selfish intentions in saying this.

Copperbeard's alpine dwarf tribe is called the Hammer Tribe, which is different from the ordinary dwarves who hide in the deep mountain mines that are inaccessible, and the Hammer tribe of Copperbeard is located in the Saint-Michel Mountains, very close to human cities.

The Saint-Michel Mountains stretch for hundreds of kilometers, most of the time covered by heavy snow, except for minerals, other resources are very scarce, all their tribes have a hard time surviving, and the purchase price of minerals is also very low by humans, and in many cases it is difficult to maintain even basic survival.

It is for this reason that many dwarves of the Hammer Tribe have entered human society and relied on their own crafts to serve humans, and Copperbeard is one of them, and he previously worked in the alchemy laboratory of Serra.

However, the race is different, dwarves are discriminated against by humans and considered to be vulgar savages, and in many cases, there is no way to protect their rights and interests, and it is common for them to be owed wages by their employers.

There is even a risk of being treated as a dwarf spy by the Holy See, and Copperbeard was imprisoned in the Inquisition before because of his dwarf status, and he was directly regarded as a heretic like Serra.

Therefore, Copperbeard has always wanted to improve the lives of his people, but in a human city, it is almost impossible to have a dwarf shelter. But after coming to Stormcastle and coming into contact with Duke, Copperbeard had a completely different feeling.

Not only did Duke not have the vulgar discrimination of ordinary nobles against dwarves, but he could also shake hands and hug dwarves warmly, and even gave himself the treatment of being a master and honorable, and he also had a weapons laboratory, which could not be felt anywhere in the mainland.

But what really made Copperbeard make up his mind was Duke's subsequent edict to liberate the witch, and the sentence in the castle lord's edict: Stormcastle will never be condemned as a human, but should be judged by his virtue!

Copperbeard was shocked by these words, and at the same time, the lord could tolerate even witches, and maybe dwarves could too. No one wants their people to live forever in a barren and cold cave, and Copperbeard wants to have a home of his own in Stormcastle, just like the witches.