The makeshift market at the foot of the forest farm is now at least three times larger than it was a month ago, and the battle of Moyunling has not only attracted a large influx of caravans, but also a number of craftsmen have rushed to the camp on the edge of Handanar County.

The makeshift market stretched out for a long time, and gradually the new merchants began to be dissatisfied with only one street, so they opened a new street next to the market, and the new blacksmith shop was on this street, which was farther away from the barracks, but close to the river.

In addition to two tents, there is a large cutting board in the open space, and next to the cutting board are two furnaces made of flint stone slabs, which are connected to each other, and on one side of the furnace is a large windbox, which cannot smelt iron ore, but there is no problem with precision forging and the like.

Larkin led He Boqiang and Surdak to the front of the blacksmith's shop, and just saw a burly man with a shirtless body and a leather apron in his hand, holding a hammer in his hand, forging a red-hot iron bar, and next to him a young man squatting next to the windbox, pulling his hand violently, and every time he pushed the windbox, a cyan flame would skyrocket out of the furnace a foot-high.

When the iron bar was burned red, the burly man took the iron bar from the furnace to the cutting board and forged it vigorously.

He Boqiang watched from the side for a while, and the blade of a knight's long sword slowly smashed out of the blacksmith's hand.

Outside the tent was a row of wooden shelves, on which were placed a lot of iron blanks, as well as some half-finished swords, and in addition to these, there were also pickaxes, hoes, horseshoes, iron pots, and other iron tools.

At this time, the burly man saw that there was someone at the door, so he reinserted the cold iron bar back into the furnace.

He put down the hammer in his hand, wiped the sweat from his face with the towel around his neck, walked straight to Surdak, and said to Surdak with a sincere smile: "Sir, what can I do for you?" ”

Surdak took the somewhat curly Roman sword from He Boqiang's hand, the pattern on the blade was soaked in purple blood, and the entire blade had a strong smell of blood.

Surdak put the Roman sword in front of the blacksmith and said:

"I want to mend this Roman sword, can you re-wrap the edge of the Roman sword with a steel blade?"

The burly man stretched out his hand and took up the Roman sword, scraped it with his thumb, sharpened it twice with a stone of oil, and saw that the edge of the sword was not worn much, so he handed the Roman sword to Surdak and said:

"Of course you can re-wrap the blade, but although the edge of your sword is rolled, it is not too seriously injured, there is no need to re-wrap the steel blade, and the edge can be used for a long time if you polish the blade well."

As he spoke, the oil stone in his hand kept rubbing back and forth on the Roman sword a few times, and sure enough, the place where the blade was curled was no longer so ugly.

Surdak glanced at He Boqiang, then compared it with the Roman sword and said:

"I'm going to make this Roman sword a little longer, it's not only a little short, it's a little too light for me."

He said these words on behalf of He Boqiang, and when the blacksmith heard Surdak say this, he nodded and agreed:

"Okay, I see, as you wish, I can increase the length and weight of the Roman sword for you, but I'm afraid that the pattern on the blade can't be retained, I'm not good at carving patterns on the sword, I can only use the stacking forging method to forge the clad steel of the edge of the blade into a layer, can you accept this?"

Surdak said very simply: "Yes! ”

Soon, the blacksmith worked out the details with Surdak.

If it was a simple repair, such a Roman sword would require at most three or five silver hammers, but Surdak asked the blacksmith to not only re-wrap the Roman sword with steel blades on the basis of the original Roman sword blank, but also make the Roman sword longer and heavier, so that the Roman sword would need to add some iron, so the maintenance cost of the Roman sword suddenly soared to fifteen silver hammers.

The high cost of repairs is almost equal to half a month's salary for the apprentices.

However, in Surdak's opinion, the blacksmith's fee was quite reasonable, so he handed over the Roman sword in He Boqiang's hand to the blacksmith, and made an appointment to come to pick up the sword the next evening, and Surdak also paid half of the deposit very happily.

Surdak then asked the burly blacksmith, "Do you sell iron shields?" ”

When the blacksmith heard this, he smiled innocently, pointed to an adjacent shop next door, and said, "Two sir, if you two want to buy a finished shield, you might as well go to the shop over there, there are several different styles of finished shields in the shop, and the price will not be more expensive than the one I have made here......"

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In the heroic laughter of the burly blacksmith of the blacksmith shop, He Boqiang followed Surdak into the third shop next door to the blacksmith shop.

It is said to be a shop, but in fact, there are two rows of weapon racks in front of the tent.

There is only one type of armor on the weapon rack, which is a shield of various shapes, from a small round shield wrapped in yellow pine wood with a thin layer of iron sheet, to a square shield with a layer of iron wrapped in hard oak, a dwarven chain shield forged from pure fine iron, a strong and light knight's light shield, a kite-shaped shield with a wide top and a narrow bottom, and even a bone shield cut from the ribs of the devil's chest, a bronze shield made of bronze, and so on.

This is a shield merchant who specializes in selling shields, and the bronze shield is the most expensive of these shields, but what attracts the attention of He Boqiang and Surdak is the bone shield, which is actually the sternum and ribs of the demon, and there is a very solid metal bracket behind the shield, so this bone shield is very delicately designed.

The two of them approached the bone shield, and Surdak said with a look of amazement, "It turns out that the sternum of the demons can still be used like this......"

It seemed that he regretted that he had not made full use of the corpses of the demons before, and that he could have sawed off the sternums of those demons to make this strange-looking bone shield.

The shield merchant was an ordinary-looking old man, and when he heard Surdak's exclamation, he hurriedly walked out and said:

"What's that, there are people who make bone-crushing sticks out of demon leg bones, the bones on the demon's body are no less hard than fine iron, and this kind of shield has additional useful use on the battlefield."

Surdak asked curiously:

"What's the point?"

He Boqiang said in his heart, if you take the sternum of other people's companions to the battlefield, what else can you have, with a mocking effect......

Sure enough, the shield merchant said:

"Warriors with bone shields will become the target of the demons no matter where they stand, which is easier to provoke them than taunts, and the main reason for buying this shield is to attract the hatred of the demons and create some opportunities for their companions to kill the demons, but the warriors who dare to take this bone shield must be the elite of the team, otherwise they will be directly killed by the demons on the battlefield, and this bone shield has not sold a total of ten in the store."

"Ah, there's that saying...... But it also seems to make sense. After hearing this, Surdak showed a look of surprise, but he pulled He Boqiang to decisively leave the weapon rack with the bone shield, and asked He Boqiang, "Which one do you like?" ”

He Boqiang's gaze swept over the small round shield and the square shield, stopping in front of the dwarven chain shield.

But before he could say anything, the shield merchant lifted a dwarven chain shield from the shelf, and it was evident that he was struggling to lift it.

The shield merchant said to Surdak and He Boqiang:

"If the two are warriors of the infantry regiment, then there is no need to carry the heavy dwarven chain shield, the dwarven chain shield is made of fine iron of the dwarven kingdom as a whole, and there is certainly nothing to say about the sturdiness, but its only drawback is that it is too heavy."

He held his breath again, blushed and put the dwarven chain shield back on the wooden frame, and said:

"The standard heavy armor of the infantry regiment itself is very heavy, and it also has to carry the Roman heavy sword, in the absence of the weight of horses, it is a bit too heavy to choose the dwarven chain shield, not as good as this oak square shield, only a layer of iron on the outside, strong and durable, there is so much wood here, it is easier to repair......"

It seems that the shield merchant has a lot of experience with which shields are suitable for different types of warriors, and he does not recommend Surdak to buy a dwarven chain shield.

However, before coming, He Boqiang had already made it clear to Surdak that he did not want a wooden shield.

Because this kind of shield can't stop the spike in the demon's hand.

Surdak knew what He Boqiang was thinking, so he said to the shield merchant, "Forget about the hardwood shield." ”

He Boqiang turned around and asked, "Which one do you prefer, the dwarf chain shield or the knight light shield?" ”

He Boqiang was a little inclined to the beautiful appearance of the knight's light shield, but the knight's light shield was obviously designed for cavalry, so he was a little hesitant, and at the same time felt that the dwarf chain shield might be more practical.

Just when He Boqiang was a little entangled, the shield merchant came over at the right time and said:

"Well, if the two guests want to choose between these two kinds of shields, no matter which one they like, they can buy one side first, and the two chiefs may wish to try it for a few days, because the difference in the price of the two shields is not much, if you are not used to it, you can take it back to me for return without too much wear and tear."

Surdak's eyes lit up and he asked, "Is this okay?" ”

"Yes......"

The shield merchant said to Surdak with a confident smile on his face.

Soon after, He Boqiang and Surdak walked out of the shield shop, and He Boqiang was already carrying a heavy dwarven chain shield behind him......

Surdak also wanted to wander around the market, why did Boqiang look for a set of full-cover armor suitable for him, but saw the curly-haired boy Gabi running over out of breath, and whispered beside the two of them that Larkin had found the buyer of the four demon heads......