Blacksmithing is their first occupation in the minds of any dwarves, and the actual work of guards, vendors, and mayors seems to them to be merely temporary part-time jobs.

Their skills are indeed exquisite, and even if other races try their best to steal masters, they cannot accurately control the temperature of forging just by the observation of their eyes and the feeling of their skin, like the dwarves. In recent years, due to the rise of firearms, the demand for swords has decreased, and dwarves have also begun to build barrels, but in the hearts of most dwarves, cold weapons are the highest level of forging.

Anyway, no matter what you build, it's impossible to do without a fire. Now that the flowing magma has solidified into black stone, and the Meze Islands do not produce coal mines, moving is the only option for the dwarves.

"Where are you going to move?" Lukka asked.

"There is a small island more than 300 nautical miles to the south, and that island produces high-quality anthracite. The mayor of the Deep Furnace replied.

"Uninhabited island?" Lukka asked.

"Of course not. Now on the sea, as long as the area is not too small, where are there any uninhabited islands?" The mayor of the Deep Furnace shook his head helplessly, "It's a border station for the orcs, and they are not used to mining, so I rented it for half a year first, and then scraped together the money to buy it." ”

"The price isn't too low, is it?" Lukka knew as soon as he heard it, this was the best chance to ask for a sky-high price.

The mayor of Deep Furnace replied: "We can still support the rent for half a year, but what I'm worried about is half a year later." ”

"Yes," Lukka nodded, "after half a year, when you settle down, you can only accept how high the price they want." ”

The mayor of the Deep Furnace frowned, sighed, and didn't say anything more.

"Don't be too depressed," Lukka patted him on the shoulder, "If I were to say that I could go and talk to the mountain spirit and ask her to bring back the heat of the volcano, how much would you be willing to pay?"

"She?" asked the mayor of the Deep Furnace, confused. In the lingua franca of the sea world, she and him are clearly distinguished.

"Don't worry about the details," Lukka said, waving his hand, "and it's all about the money." ”

"You make an offer. "The mayor of the Deep Furnace doesn't plan to bargain anymore, Lukka sees the dwarf's plight clearly, he has no leverage in his hand.

Lukka thought for a while and said: "That's it, I don't care about anything else about the business you do with the black market, but as long as it is a forged product, whether it is a cold weapon, a firearm or a kitchen knife and scissors, I will take half of the profits, count it in my account, and I will send someone to take it regularly." ”

"The Undercurrent Chamber of Commerce won't agree to this, right?" asked the Mayor of the Deep Furnace with hesitation.

"You don't have to worry about this, I'll talk to them. Luca said.

"Of course, if that's the case, we won't have anything to lose!" "The Mayor of the Deep Furnace's face finally stopped being so heavy, "But can you really communicate with the Mountain Spirits?" I haven't heard anything from the Mountain Spirits since you went. ”

Of course you can't hear it, Lukka muttered to himself, the real one is too lazy to talk to you, the fake one has been riding all the way in the iron ship, and now he doesn't know about it.

Still, he pretended to say, "I'll give it a try." ”

"How long will it take?" asked the mayor of Deep Furnace eagerly.

"Well, you'll help us prepare a good breakfast...... No, what time is lunch??"

"Eleven o'clock in the morning. Crete took out his pocket watch and looked at it.

"No matter what kind of meal, prepare more delicious food for us, arrange a few comfortable rooms for us after eating, and send us a few pots of hot tea, and then don't let people disturb me, I can communicate with the spirit of the mountain." "Luca has been walking with sore muscles for the past two days, and the most urgent need is to find a place to rest.

"No problem," this effort is nothing to the mayor of the Deep Furnace, "How long will it take to get results?"

"You know, it's a matter of communicating with the spirit of the mountain, it's not in a hurry. Lukka pretended to paced two steps in a deep way, "But with me on the horse, there will be results by tonight at the latest." ”

The Mayor of the Deep Furnace nodded, and found someone to retrieve his chief apprentice, telling him to stop the move and go and prepare the food and room that Lukka needed first. Although Jean was reluctant, it was a direct order from the mayor, and he could only carry it out with a resentful face.

After eating, Lukka found a storage room for the rock giant, planted a guard circle around him, and added a layer of spider web to his mouth to prevent him from talking nonsense. Then lead everyone to the lounge provided by Mayor Deep Furnace.

Seeing that there were no dwarves in the way, he shut up and immediately flew to the table and said, "I have never seen you do such a lucrative business!"

"I didn't intend to make any money from them, I just found a way to get silver coins from the black market. Luca said.

"It's not like you. Shut up and tilted your head to look at him.

Luca said: "Although I like to make money, I don't like to take advantage of people's danger. You know me, I'm a very upright person. ”

Phil had just taken a sip of hot tea when he heard this, and immediately sprayed it all on the ground, patting his chest and coughing continuously.

"Then how do you go about telling the black market?" asked Ollie.

"Don't we have a rock giant? sell it to them, and that's what it takes. Luca said.

"Are you sure they'll say yes?" Nora asked.

Lukka knew that he couldn't say more, so he had to fool around: "Surely, no, there are still means of the wizarding world." ”

Everyone is used to his whims, so they don't bother with how to carry it out, and Lukka can always figure it out anyway, even if it sometimes deviates a lot from the plan.

"So, we can just sit back and wait for the money to be collected by just letting Thea reactivate the volcano now?"

"Yes. Luca said.

"No, I can't. Thea said.

"Eh, why?" Lukka didn't expect that things would go wrong with Thea.

"No!" Thea repeated aloud, "I won't do it!"

"You're saying you don't do it, not that you can't do it?" Lukka asked.

Thea nodded and said, "You said it for a long time, you are earning it." I asked me to do my best, but I didn't earn a single silver coin, so I didn't do it. ”

Phil muttered quietly, "I wonder if she was just as rich when she was a mountain spirit before?"

"I think the same," said Shut Up, "or why would she be so fond of silver metal discs?"

Lukka waved at the two of them, turned to Thea and asked, "Then how can you agree?" ”