"Bell~"

"Crackle~"

"The wind drum is bigger, and the fire must burn vigorously, so that the iron that is beaten out is good iron."

The sound of the bellows, the shouts of the blacksmiths, and the thumping complemented each other, and continued to be heard from the empty sheds on all sides, and the sound was transmitted back from the valley not far away, and the signs of human activity seemed so small in the ancient mountains.

"Landorford, how's business going? Did His Majesty the Emperor make you rich? ”

A man dressed in coarse linen joked at Landorford, who was battling with iron, and his tattered sheepskin waistcoat hung reluctantly over him, as if a gust of wind could blow it off its owner.

"Damn Frederick III, you know what? He's almost exhausted me, and you'll want to throw him into the hut when you pound this damn iron ore for weeks on end. ”

Andreu Ucho laughed pleasantly, apparently he understood what Randolph meant.

"Come on, Landorford, I dare say, you've made a lot more money in the past few weeks than before, and maybe you can cover the previous year's orders."

Someone on the side interjected, Landofu was shirtless, and the movements in his hands did not stop,

"Shut up, Lip, if you can shut your damn mouth, I'm sure Lavra won't run away with the other men."

Randolph's words caused a burst of laughter, and Lip shut his mouth in a huff, muttered a few words, and then stopped talking.

For these people, such jokes are irrelevant, everyone is trying their best to live decently, even if they can't live calmly like the princes and nobles in the drama script, but people can always find their own fun in life, not to mention, in the current world, nobles do not necessarily have to be elegant.

"What about you? Andrei Ucho, I heard that you want to go on a journey with His Majesty the Emperor? I'm afraid it's not going to be that easy. ”

Turning his head, Landorf said to Andrea Ucho.

Andrea Ucho shrugged indifferently, he seemed to be so indifferent to everything, but it made him look sure.

"I don't know, but if I had to go, I'd get you some good weapons."

Landorford grinned, I don't know if it was because of the business or whatever, you can never know what a person is laughing at, just as you can never know what is going on in a person's head.

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor is at war with his own clan this time, and he is his own nephew, which is simply incomprehensible."

After laughing, the blacksmith Randolph talked about other things,

"I heard that this nephew of his took refuge in the Romans, God Christ, the Romans, I have hardly heard of this name in my life, that is, in recent years, the news about the Romans has begun to fly all over the sky, as if they had suddenly come out of some corner of the country, and I heard that they are also Christians, and I can't believe it, didn't His Majesty the Holy Father explicitly prohibit wars between Christians?"

Shaking his head, Randolph clearly expressed his incomprehension of what was going on between these big shots.

"It's all false, my dear Andrei Ucho, I advise you not to get involved in the struggle between the big men, isn't it good to be a blacksmith in our little mountain village? If you want, I am even willing to accept you as my godson, and under the witness of God Christ, I will never tell lies to deceive you. ”

Andrea Ucho is very young, at least compared to Landorf, plus the other party is handsome, down-to-earth and hardworking, and Landorf himself has no son, so he is naturally willing to do this favor.

Andrei Ucho shook his head, he had his own ideas, he was still very young, and he didn't want to spend his life in this small mountain village,

"Thank you, Landoff, but no, do you know more about His Majesty the Emperor?"

Seeing that Andrea Ucho couldn't move, Landorf could only give up and talk about the topic that the other party was interested in.

"According to the lord who often comes here, that is, the municipal officials of the city of Intal not far away, His Majesty the Emperor has spent a lot of effort this time, just to build weapons and equipment, just workshops like mine, in the whole of Tyrol, no less than dozens of them are working at the same time, we have to face the Bohemians this time, yes, those mercenaries,"

Affirming Andrea Ucho's doubts, Landorford's status as a blacksmith allowed him to have more contact with city officials and get a lot more information than others,

"If you want to talk about the Bohemians, I heard of them decades ago, they were not this emperor before, they were another emperor, they suffered a lot in Bohemia, boy, that's why I want you to be careful, Bohemians are not easy to mess with, the previous emperor was defeated by the Bohemians, and I also know a very secret thing,"

Landorf's voice lowered abruptly, signaling Andrea Ucho to come over with his ear, his own mysterious,

"I heard that His Majesty the Emperor has won a great victory in Austria and has recovered the Grand Duchy of Austria, and is preparing to rush directly to Prague to arrest his nephew, and it is estimated that the war will be over soon."

Andrei Ucho was puzzled, his face full of puzzlement,

"Who are you listening to, Landorford, you can't make it up yourself, do you?"

Hearing Andrea Ucho begin to question himself, Landorf's eyes suddenly became anxious,

"I didn't say this myself, did the Lord of Intar City say it, or did he accidentally say it when he was happy, how can this be fake?"

"Doesn't that mean that Andrea Ucho can't even meet His Majesty the Emperor in front of him if he doesn't hurry up?"

Lip stepped forward, Andrei Ucho's thoughts had already spread in this small village, and it was normal for Lip, as the most well-informed person in the village, to hear about it.

Looking at Lip's evil smile, Landorf angrily pushed the other party's shoulder, forcing the thinner Lip to take half a step back,

"Don't gossip, boy, go and pull the box well, the furnace must be kept at a strong temperature, otherwise the quality of the iron will deteriorate, and if the Lord Intar comes and doesn't have a qualified weapon to be taken away, I won't be able to get the rest of the money, then I will deduct your salary."

In the face of Landorford's threat, although he felt that the other party was joking, Lip did not dare to take this risk, waved his hand helplessly, and began to pull up the bellows again.

Landorf looked at Andrei Ucho and wanted to say something, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, and Landorf, who saw the person coming, didn't bother to talk to Andrea Ucho, and greeted him with a smile on his face, and clasped his hands together crampedly,

"My lord, why are you here, it's not the day to get a weapon today? I haven't completed the adult target yet, but I've only partially completed it. ”

Lan Duofu was afraid that the other party would be very dissatisfied with this, so he bent over and hung his head, standing beside the other party, smiling, and not daring to be disrespectful.

"Lan Duofu, your progress must be accelerated, other workshops have completed the tasks given by Your Majesty one after another, and have begun to deliver, Your Majesty is about to raise troops to solve the trouble, and we must speed up the progress here."

As he spoke, the visitor quietly moved away from the stinky Lip until he reached the outer edge of the shed, where he felt the fresh air fill his body.

"I'm already the fastest here, and now I can build two qualified swords every day, after all, I don't have many people here, so it's understandable that I play slower, my lord."

Obviously, the person who came also knew that this was the truth, and did not persecute Landorf too much, but just said lightly,

"How much stock do you have now? Take them all, I'll take them, you take the car to Intal City, it's still the old place, you just go over and say it's this batch of weapons. ”

He took a bag from the hand of the attendant in the rear and handed it to Landorf, who opened it in front of the other party, tried the fineness of the gold coin, and showed a satisfied smile.

"Of course, as you wish, my lord."

After putting the money away, the stone in Landorf's heart was finally put down, and just as he was immersed in joy, the voice of the Lord from Intar with doubts sounded in his ears,

"Who is this?"

Although Andrea Ucho was not dressed obviously, he had a dignified appearance and resolute eyes, which quickly attracted the attention of big people.

"This is one of my distant nephews, my lord, when I met the priest in the parish church, the priest conveyed God's will to him, asking him to join the army and serve the country, so he very much wants to join the army of His Majesty the Emperor, if there is a chance, please also arrange for this distant nephew of mine, so that he will not fall into the glory and reputation of the family."

Regarding the family glory and reputation in Landorf's mouth, this big man obviously scoffed and didn't think so, what glory and reputation does a blacksmith family like Landorf have to maintain, and it's not a big family, this kind of talk is just thoughtless nonsense to pursue fashion and attract attention, but about Andrei Ucho's desire to join the army...

He pondered for a while, and then nodded, the key element of war is people, although the more soldiers, the better, but it is okay to have more Andrei Ucho, and he can also recommend the candidate for the guard to the 'big man' who has recently come over in the city, this is the real 'big man', not a small municipal official like him can compare.

"Yes, what's your name?"

Now that it's decided, it's natural to ask the other party's name and origin, etc., as for whether this will be a spy or a spy or something,

There is no one who money cannot buy, 33

The other party thought so in his heart.

Some people died, but not completely......