"Who made this?"

Claire's voice sounded, and the blacksmiths below all looked at each other, turned their heads to look at the people beside them, and were stunned that no one stood up to admit it.

Claire's brows furrowed slightly, and she asked again, "Who made it?" ”

After half a ring, one of the blacksmiths below slowly raised a hand, and his voice trembled a little: "Lord Viscount, maybe I got it?" If you want to blame me. ”

"Why is it possible?"

"Uh......" the other hesitated, "because these statues are the most ...... I've made."

As soon as he finished speaking, the other party hurriedly explained, "But I didn't delay the work of making metal ingots, and I only made these statues in my spare time." ”

"Stop!" Claire reached out and stopped the other, "I didn't mean to blame you. ”

As he spoke, he took out a gold coin from the space ring, flicked his thumb, and landed exactly in the hand of the person who had just spoken.

"You just thought you might be punished, and you have the courage to stand up, and that's a reward for you."

The blacksmith happily held the gold coin and said, "Thank you, Lord Viscount!" ”

Claire nodded, glanced around at the blacksmith below, and said, "Who else has built the statue?" ”

After Claire's words, after a while, more than half of the blacksmiths below raised their hands.

Claire smiled and nodded, then suddenly smashed the mermaid statue in her hand, "Look what you guys are doing!" Are you embarrassed to take it out and sell it for money?! ”

Claire didn't throw it very hard, and the blacksmiths below reacted quickly, and they dodged as soon as they slipped away, looking at Claire with a shocked face.

Mom, how can you lie to people! You just said that you won't blame us, so you will use the statue to smash us?

"Pick it up for me!" Claire pointed to the statue.

Claire's words still worked, and although the blacksmiths were a little scared, they picked it up and carefully took it, put it down and quickly ran back into the crowd.

"Whatever you run, come over here and take a good look at what kind of you've made." Claire took out the statue she had bought and put it on top, putting the two statues together.

The blacksmiths looked at each other again, fearing that Claire was tricking them again, and as soon as they went up, they took the statue and threw it at themselves and the others.

But for fear of returning, the bodies of those blacksmiths were still very honest, and they moved their feet one by one and leaned over.

Claire also consciously gave up a vacant seat for those blacksmiths to observe carefully, and those blacksmiths just stepped forward to take a look, and they didn't need to touch it at all, and they saw the gap between the two statues, which was not at the same level as the one Claire had just used to smash them.

Thinking of what Claire had said when she had just smashed them, they blushed a little with shame.

It is indeed not unjust to be smashed.

"You've seen it all, haven't you?" Claire also stepped forward and picked up the two statues, "How do you feel now?" ”

“……”

The blacksmiths were silent, and Claire also expected this scene, stretched out her hand and casually pointed at a strong man with a beard, and said, "You, that's right, it's you!" Come on! ”

"Uh......" the bearded man grinned, "it's not a big deal, I can make another statue." ”

"You can do that too?"

"Of course, it's just a very simple craft, not only me, but most of the people present can make it."

Claire looked at the blacksmith who had raised her hand first, and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"Uh...... It's true, I can do that. ”

Claire tilted her head in confusion, "Then you still made such a thing?" ”

"Well...... Anyway, the price is the same for fine and rough work, and the efficiency is faster if it is rough, so why spend more time polishing. ”

The words were not rough, and Claire quickly understood.

Claire then asked, "Have you noticed that there have been fewer people coming to collect your statues lately?" ”

The blacksmith scratched his head and replied, "It seems that the statues in my house have not been sold for a long time. ”

In the past, when there was no market competition, no matter what kind of quality statues these blacksmiths made, someone would collect them and then take them to Nafu City to sell, and over time, it formed a market phenomenon of bad money driving out good money.

As a result, the quality of the statues made by the blacksmiths who made the statues in Nagin Town to make extra money dropped vertically, and when the external market forces intervened, the high-quality statues of others suddenly lost any market share in the suppression of their poorly made statues.

Because of their preconceived notions, the vendors who collect the statues will subjectively feel that the statues in Nagin Town are not of good quality and expensive, so they no longer come to buy them.

Claire threw the rough mermaid statue in her hand onto the bearded man, and said softly, "You just said that you can make it, you take this and try it." ”

The bearded man holding the statue of the mermaid looked confused, looked at the statue and then at Claire, and finally was pushed by everyone to the steel-making furnace, and after feeling the familiar heat, he came back to his senses.

He took off the hammer pinned to his waist, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, and stared intently at the red-hot statue.

Then the sound of clanging hammers came from Blacksmith Street, and every time the hammer fell, there was a crisp crashing sound, and gradually formed a unique rhythm.

After almost half an hour like this, as the bearded man put the statue of Hongtong into the cold water, "Huh! Water vapor came out.

When it was clamped out with iron tongs, the originally rough mermaid statue had been transformed into a beautiful new statue of a mermaid with a smooth appearance, and the figure had a touch of agility.

"No!" The bearded man presented the statue of the mermaid to Claire, "I have put some thought into it, it is much better than that." ”

Claire reached out and took the newly built statue of the other party, took it in front of her and looked at it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction after ten or so seconds.

"Indeed, it's much better than it is now."

"Hey, hey, hey." The bearded man laughed embarrassedly.

Claire looked at the statue as she took out ten gold coins from her bosom and handed them over, saying, "This is a reward for you." ”

"Huh!" The bearded man's eyes flashed with excitement, wiped his hands, and took the ten gold coins from Claire's hand, which was his salary for several months.

Claire then held the statue up in her hand and shouted, "Is there anyone else who could make a better statue than this?" I'll reward him with 100 gold coins! ”

“……”

As soon as these words came out, the scene was deadly silent......

Seconds later, a thunderous shout rang out from Blacksmith Street.

The blacksmiths below raised their hands and squeezed forward frantically, shouting, "I'm coming!" I can! ”

Some blacksmiths even directly tore open their clothes, revealing the strong muscles inside, and shouted: "Lord Viscount, I can too!" ”

"Lord Viscount! Pick me! My technique is the best! ”

"you, who doesn't know that my skills are the best on this street! Which customer came not satisfied with my craft! ”

Claire stretched out her hand and pressed down, "Quiet! ”

"Let's do it together, if there is more than the quality of this statue, I will reward a hundred gold coins!"

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