Chapter 297: Strong Demand for Steel
In the early morning, with the first rays of sunlight rising at sea level, Lu Li slowly opened his eyes, and just when he was about to stretch his waist, he suddenly found that Vivian didn't know when to climb on top of him, and the whole person hugged his neck tightly like an octopus, like a fledgling seeking protection. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
For fear of accidentally waking up the little guy, Lu Li dragged the girl's buttocks with one hand, stood up lightly, and then laid it flat on the bed.
Despite his care, Vivien eventually woke up.
I saw her rub her sleepy eyes, and said, "Master, good morning, what do you want to eat in the morning?" ”
"No, this is a hotel, and someone will naturally bring food in a while. I might be going to the dungeon today, so I can't take you with me, and if you're still a little sleepy, you can just sleep until noon. With that, Lu Li picked up the towels, cups, toothpaste and toothbrushes he had brought with him, and prepared to wash up at the fountain not far from the hotel.
Kempera is a huge port city, so the groundwater is basically salty and undrinkable, and all the clean water is brought through aqueducts, from distant rivers, and finally transported to every corner of the city in the form of fountains.
According to his preliminary estimates, there are probably hundreds of fountains and fountains of various types in the city, and if it were not for supernatural powers, it would be difficult to imagine that with the current level of technological development in another world, such a complex automatic water supply system could be established and maintained.
"Why can't you take me there?" asked Vivien, jumping out of bed and putting on her brand new little leather boots.
Lu Li stopped, turned around and raised two fingers: "Two points, the first is that you have no combat power, and the second is that we have to start directly from the tenth or eleventh layer, you don't have the key dropped by the lord, so let me stay in the city honestly, that kind of dangerous place is not something you should go to." ”
Vivien was a little unconvinced, but she couldn't refute it, so she could only sit on the bed and sulk.
After washing, everyone had a simple breakfast, quickly packed up their equipment, and drove together to the door of Will's blacksmith shop.
It may be too early, most of the blacksmiths and apprentices are cleaning and have not yet started work.
Will, who was already waiting at the door, didn't say a word, and handed over a few NTW-20 anti-materiel sniper rifles with diaphragm: "Here, I've got it for you." Be careful, though, I've found that these guns have very large bullets, and you'd better not inject all of your mana at once, or I'm not sure they'll break. ”
"Thanks, don't worry, I know the power. With that, Lu Li took these big guys over and stuffed them all into the back compartment.
Long after grabbing the NTW-20, he went online to understand the difference between the new gun and the OSV-96.
To put it simply, the OSV-96 is semi-automatic, which can empty all five rounds in the magazine in one go when necessary, while the NTW-20 is a primitive manual bolt that fills the chamber with one bullet for each shot.
The caliber of the bullets used in the other two anti-materiel sniper rifles is also very different, the former is a 12.7×108mm bullet, and the latter is a 20×110mm bullet.
If the OSV-96 is compared to a long sword that takes into account both power and tactics, then the NTW-20 is a heavy sword that pursues ultimate lethality, often penetrating targets such as tanks, armored vehicles, and helicopter gunships with a single shot, and the range is more than two kilometers.
The power of nature means that the charge is large, the heat generated at the moment of explosion is high, and the damage to the coating is large, and it should reach the limit after about three shots.
As for the specifics, you have to try it yourself before you can figure it out.
"Since you know what to expect, then I won't talk nonsense, and I wish you a smooth adventure. Will smiled and patted Lu Li on the shoulder, turning around to return to the blacksmith shop.
But just as he took the first step, something suddenly sounded, and he immediately stopped and knocked on his head directly: "Oh, I almost forgot, the steel you shipped last time consumed nearly half, if it's convenient, it's best to replenish it as soon as possible, I don't want to live the days without iron before." ”
"What??,
You must know that it is fifty tons of steel, and according to the calculation of five kilograms of a big sword, at least 10,000 can be built!
He didn't think that the almost primitive blacksmith shop in front of him could create tens of thousands of finished weapons in a month or two.
Will shrugged his shoulders helplessly: "No way, there are a lot of high-level adventurers who have come to the door to customize weapons recently, and many of them like to use heavy weapons, such as war hammers, giant axes, broadswords, and horse swords, which will consume hundreds of kilograms of steel." ”
"Well, I'll bring you a batch next time I visit, but you'll have to lend me the magic backpack you have for easy transportation. The corners of Lu Li's mouth twitched and made his request.
To be sure, he didn't want to transport something as heavy as steel, because it was too tiring to carry, but it still had to be transported.
After all, the steel trade is a trump card for Lu Li to ensure his own security and status, as long as the energy source continues to provide steel, few people in Kempera dare to act rashly, and the other is that the other party has helped him so many times, even in return, to ensure that the supply of steel cannot be interrupted.
However, fortunately, the density of steel is relatively large, and there are more than ten or twenty tons when a trailer is full, and with the output of steel on the earth, only one or two hundred tons will not attract the attention of others.
"Hahahaha! No problem! I'll borrow you a few 1:50 magic backpacks then!" Will didn't think about it, patting his chest and giving a guarantee.
Nothing was more important to him than to re-establish himself as a leader in the blacksmith industry, but for this to happen, an adequate supply of steel must be ensured, given that this is a world that is severely lacking in iron ore resources......
Secretly sighing at Kempera's strong demand for steel, Lu Li suddenly remembered that there was a mysterious metal picked up in the Elemental Heart on the car, and immediately turned it out and asked: "Help me see what this is, it can actually keep not melting in the magma." ”
"Show me!"
As a blacksmith, Will was very interested in all things metal, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, followed by another skill that he didn't know what it was, and finally shook his head with a smile.
"It's a piece of bad silver, also known as volcanic silver, and it's worthless. Because its melting point is so high, it can often fry the stove, and it is too soft to make a weapon. Many volcanoes on the mainland are frequent, and the locals beat them into the shape of pots with stones to cook rice and water. If you need it, I'll be ready to get you one or two hundred tons for free. ”
"Volcanic Silver?" Lu Li obviously heard the name for the first time, and subconsciously frowned.
In his opinion, a metal that can resist thousands of degrees of heat without melting is certainly not so simple, and perhaps it should be brought back to Earth to be tested in a more professional way......