The skin is pale, with a hint of grassy pale green. The head is much larger than the average person, with an average height of only five feet, which is indeed a lot shorter than the average person.

With huge heads and short statures, these people who appeared in front of Joe looked quite strange.

A hundred or so 'green-skinned dwarfs' of Salian and Ferdinand, men, women, and children, cautious, with a look of trepidation and uneasiness, walked out of the huts in small steps, and gathered like a group of timid beasts, led by a gray-haired man.

They fell to their knees at the same time and ...... to Salian The main thing is to kneel down and bow to the steward of the palace of Jörmungad, who is standing beside Salian, that is, Ferdinand's steward.

The man with gray hair, eyes larger than ordinary people, dark eyes shining, and extremely soft eyes raised his head cautiously, and said softly: "Honorable lord...... We ......"

Salian waved his hand, not giving the chief of Jörmungard Palace a chance to speak.

He threw Ferdinand's Hydra badge to the other party, and said indifferently: "Bring their slave contract, from today onwards, they are my people." ”

The head of Jörmungëd's palace stiffened, and then he quickly smiled, he clutched Ferdinand's coat of arms, and bowed deeply to Salian: "As you wish, Your Highness." ”

Joe stood aside with his hands behind his back, and he saw that the knuckles of the steward's fingers pinching the badge were white for a while, and he was obviously straining.

He even noticed that this meticulously dressed and extremely standard aristocratic etiquette, who could have an old man who was nearly eighty years old, quickly covered with a faint layer of blood near the corners of his big eyes.

How angry is this in my heart, so I am so angry?

Salian's lips moved slightly, and a very thin voice sounded in Joe's earholes: "Believe me, Ferdinand doesn't take care of the affairs of Jörmungård's palace, this old fox, I don't know how much extra money I have made with a silver hammer...... Hehe, their family's craftsmanship has always been sought after by countless celebrities in the aristocratic circle! ”

Salian's voice was full of ridicule: "Fool Ferdinand, he is looking for money everywhere, he has no idea that his most trusted old butler has asked the Silver Hammer family to customize a piece of fine jewelry for a noble lady, and the processing fee is at least ten thousand gold marks. ”

Joe raised his eyelids and glanced at the smiling head of Jörmungard Palace.

I see, no wonder he kneaded the badge so hard, and his whole body exuded an aura of bitterness and hatred.

Salian is going to leave these people of the Silver Hammer family, but it will cut off a lot of money for this old manager.

Salian ignored the steward, who stood aside with a smirk on his face.

With his hands behind his back, he looked at the 'green-skinned dwarves' kneeling on the ground in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "The Silver Hammer family? Are you, Jules Silverhammer? The head of the Silverhammer family? ”

The gray-haired man kneeling at the front nodded respectfully, pressed his hands on the ground, pressed his forehead to the ground, and made a solemn bow to Salian: "Dear Highness, yes, I am Jules Silverhammer, your most humble servant. ”

Salian nodded: "Get up, you, and your people, you will be my people from now on...... Serve me wholeheartedly...... If your work satisfies me, then, in ten or twenty years, I will remove you from slavery and make you citizens of the Empire. ”

After a slight pause, Salian said leisurely, "If your work can surprise me...... Perhaps, three years? Five years? Are you real, free citizens? ”

Jules Silverhammer and his people shuddered at the same time, and they kowtowed heavily to Salian at the same time, and then slowly stood up. Although they stood up, they still bent their waists slightly, bowed their heads slightly, and did not dare to look at Salian directly.

Two attendants from the palace of Jörmungandr rushed over, panting, bringing with them a few contract documents.

Salian waved his hand, and a court clerk took the contract document, examined it carefully, and then nodded: "Your Highness, that's right, it's the slave contract of the Silver Hammer family." ”

"Let's go...... Go...... Well, go to the Guards Corps Command...... You guys, do what you have to do, I'm not my father, I don't need your welcome. Salian waved his hand, like a fly, and motioned for the chief of the Jörmungard Palace and a group of attendants and maids beside him to leave quickly.

"So...... Gretai is here for you. With a forced smile on his face, the old steward bowed deeply to Salian, and then led a group of subordinates to turn around and leave.

"It's unseemly...... Salian shrugged his shoulders and muttered to Joe, "Rely on the old and sell the old, don't you?" According to the rules, even if I drive him away, he should wait quietly as far as my eyes can see...... But now, he actually left, really just like that. ”

Spreading his hands, Salian sighed lightly: "If it was twenty years ago, when Grandmother was still willing to take care of things...... Hehe, these people, how dare they do this? ”

Joe looked at Salian curiously: "Your Majesty, are you okay now?" ”

Salian pursed his lips vigorously, he raised his hand and patted Joe's shoulder gently, "You'll know...... Well, now, let's verify the power of your revolver, as well as those custom-loaded copper-cased bullets. ”

Joe's eyes widened and he looked at Salian in horror: "It's a big job to build these things!" ”

Salian squeezed his eyes at Joe: "I know, this is a big project, any mature weapon, behind it is a big project...... However, I have seen the drawings, the design of the revolver, it is simple...... The Silver Hammer family has the ability to manufacture it by hand in the shortest possible time. ”

Joe looked in horror at the members of the Silver Hammer clan who were standing silent.

These short, green-skinned guys really have such skills?

Joe hesitated, he reached out and pressed the pocket on his chest.

Then, he remembered the two and a half million gold marks that he had been 'blackmailed' by Ferdinand...... His heart ached, and he decided to save the money.

Silver Hammer Family...... This group of dwarfs shouldn't be anything special, right?

Joe followed Salian back to the headquarters of the Guards, and Salian sent his henchmen to various places in Hyderabad, bringing in all kinds of materials needed—including the teachers and students of the Metallurgical Department of the First University of the Delenn Empire, in the laboratory, using extremely high cost and extremely complex processes, to manufacture in small quantities, hundreds of pounds of special alloys of excellent quality.

The quality of this 100-pound alloy is excellent, and the properties are excellent in all aspects, but because it is prepared by hand in the laboratory, the cost of 100-pound alloy has reached nearly 1,000 pounds of gold!

On the third floor of the basement of the headquarters, in a spacious warehouse, Salian played with the two alloy bars in his hand, and while striking the two steel bars on each other, making a 'ding' sound, he looked at Joe very seriously and said: "In the drawings you gave, there are several new steel formulas in the drawings of the super-large new steel mill. ”

"The properties of those steels in all aspects are only higher than those of the special alloys prepared in these laboratories."

"But the cost of these special alloys, I have just said...... And the steelmaking plant you gave ...... The cost of these new steels is even lower than the cost of smelting pig iron in the Imperial Iron Mills today. ”

"If verified, the drawings and process flow of this steel mill are feasible...... Trust me, Joe...... The Empire will not treat you badly, nor will it treat the Riteu family badly. ”

Jo smiled reservedly, pressed his right hand to his heart, bowed slightly, and made a standard aristocratic salute to Salian.

Salian nodded in satisfaction, and then he played with the two steel bars and looked solemnly at the busy Silverhammer family in the corner of the warehouse.

Led by Jules Silverhammer, a hundred short men with slightly greenish skin were busy around a large pile of strange instruments.

Burning alcohol lamps, bubbling measuring cups and test tubes, long glass tubes connected the complex experimental utensils, and all kinds of strange chemical materials in the measuring cups and test tubes, which made Joe's scalp tingle.

Dozens of silver hammer family members, over the years with their own hands to build a variety of machine tools, flywheel rotation, gear friction, bearing rapid spinning, all kinds of complex machinery 'click' operators.

In the huge warehouse, even a medium-sized steam engine was erected, driving two machine tools to whirl.

'Boom~Boom~'!

Driven by a small steam engine, a small steam hammer is constantly striking the anvil at a steady frequency.

In a mold carved by hand over a quarter of an hour, Jules turned the delicately polished copper into delicate, shiny bullet casings of identical size under the bombardment of the steam hammer.

Next to these bizarre devices, two Hydra guards carefully pulled open a long drawing of a detailed drawing of a revolver.

Jules and his people looked up at the drawing from time to time when they were busy. Their eyes, which were much larger than ordinary people, shone with wisdom and fanatical light from time to time.

Joe looked drowsy, and Salian and a group of generals of the Guards Legion who had rushed to hear the news had green eyes, staring directly at every move of the Hundred Clansmen of the Silver Hammer Family.

And so, an afternoon passed in a flash.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, Jules Silverhammer gasped heavily.

He raised his head and looked at Salian solemnly: "Your Highness, it's done...... Twenty half-inch caliber revolvers...... 3,000 rounds of half-inch caliber copper-shelled ammunition. ”

After a slight pause, Jules ** asked solemnly: "Can I meet the master who provided this drawing?" ”

When Salian heard this, he just laughed out loud, then shook his head slightly. 1603425992