Chapter 14: The Dwarven Blacksmith
The next day, early in the morning.
After eating breakfast, Jiang Hao took Vivian and the two guards and changed into simple casual clothes.
Today they were going to the town of Ottei, which was much bigger than the town of flowers.
Unlike Flower Town, which has a population of 2,000 people, Aotai Town has more than 8,000 people, which can be compared to Flower Town at its peak.
The reason why the town of Aotai has developed so well has little to do with the lord, mainly because it has the role of a transportation center.
As soon as you enter Aotai Town, you can feel that it is extraordinarily prosperous.
Merchants come and go, and if you continue to walk forward, it will be a more prosperous commercial street.
Looking at this prosperous town, Jiang Hao also secretly swore in his heart that he would build Flower Town like this in the future.
And his destination this time is the alley in this commercial street.
The tinkling sound can be heard in the alleys, and it is some blacksmith who is making farm tools.
Weapons are not something that every blacksmith can create, and the kingdom has certain constraints on these blacksmiths.
Unless you are hired by a lord, you can't craft weapons and equipment on your own.
This time, Jiang Hao came to this alley, but he was actually recommended by Lao Corey.
Old Corey used to come to the town of Ottai often, and by chance, he met a blacksmith here.
If he was just an ordinary blacksmith, he might not be able to get the other treatment of Old Corey.
But this blacksmith is different, he is not an ordinary Terran, but a Dwarven.
The dwarves have no advantage in either magic or combat.
But in terms of refining weapons, they have a talent that other races don't have at all.
It is said that the dwarven craftsman was originally captured by a caravan and was to be sold to Moonlight City.
However, the dwarven craftsman escaped on the way and took root in the town of Otei.
The dwarven craftsman is extremely skilled at crafting, but he doesn't often do it unless he comes across something he finds worthwhile.
Even the lords of this place have no way to invite the blacksmith of this dwarf clan.
This blacksmith has been here for more than ten years, but only a few weapons have been created.
Even so, the income from crafting those weapons allowed the dwarven blacksmith to live a prosperous life.
Old Corey just casually mentioned this matter, and didn't think that Jiang Hao could invite the craftsman back.
Jiang Hao slowly walked to the innermost blacksmith shop, the doors of the other shops were open, only the one in front of him was half-covered.
Jiang Hao walked to the front and back of the door and knocked hard.
"Who?"
There was a rough noise from inside the door.
"I want to come and invite Your Excellency to my realm and help me train blacksmiths."
Jiang Hao didn't go around the corner, but directly said his thoughts.
"You'd better go, I'm not interested at all."
The sound of the door was heard again, and in addition to that, there was the sound of clanging iron.
"There's something about me that might be of interest to you."
A smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Hao's mouth, and he continued.
After saying this, he took a piece of steel from his bosom and threw it directly into the blacksmith's shop.
At this time, in the blacksmith's shop, a dwarf was wearing an apron, and his face was full of impatience.
There are simply too many people like Jiang Hao who want to invite him out of the mountain, but he is not interested in it at all.
After seeing a piece of iron thrown in by the other party, he just glanced at it, and then prepared to continue building the weapon in his hand.
But just one glance made him stop what he was doing.
The iron on the ground looks shiny and shiny, which is completely different from ordinary iron.
The dwarven blacksmith stepped forward as if he had seen a treasure, picked up the iron on the ground, and rubbed it carefully.
For craftsmen, a good steel is simply like a beauty, and it is also particularly dazzling in their eyes.
"Where did you get this steel? Is there more? ”
The dwarven blacksmith ran to the door and opened it directly, his words full of excitement.
A hint of cunning flashed in Jiang Hao's eyes: "If Your Excellency still wants it, there are still tons of steel in my territory." ”
When the dwarven blacksmith heard this, he seemed to hesitate: "I just want to practice my craftsman's skills well, and I don't want to be a slave to you humans." ”
"Come to our territory, you can be the head of the Craftsman Bureau, and I will assign a group of people to you, plus this."
Jiang Hao took out two books from his pocket on the side and placed them in front of the dwarf blacksmith.
These are the two books I bought yesterday, and Jiang Hao happened to bring them over, which can be regarded as a gift to the dwarf blacksmith.
When the dwarven blacksmith saw that this was a human book, and that it was also a craftsman's book, there was a glint of disdain in his eyes.
"If that's all it takes, then you can go back, I've read a lot of craftsman books, human ones, heh."
The dwarven blacksmith let out a disdainful laugh and continued.
"You can take a look and then make a decision, if not, then I can now, and I will never bother you again."
Jiang Hao said with a smile, people and animals are harmless.
When the dwarven blacksmith heard this, he stretched out a hand and opened the book casually.
But at a glance, the dwarven blacksmith seemed to have fallen into it, and then flipped in two sides.
As the dwarven blacksmith flipped around, the disdain in his eyes had been transformed into surprise.
Just as the dwarf blacksmith was about to continue flipping through, Jiang Hao took the book back.
The dwarven blacksmith scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, and wanted to continue reading the book.
"Well, my lord, can you lend me that book for a while?"
The dwarven blacksmith scratched his head at the moment and said with a wry smile.
Now the initiative has been secretly transferred to Jiang Hao's hands.
He smiled slightly: "This is naturally no problem, but I have a request, these two books are given to you, you work for me for two years, and I will give you back your freedom." ”
When the dwarven blacksmith heard this, there seemed to be some hesitation in his eyes.
And Jiang Hao was shaking the two books in his hand, not in a hurry at all.
"Well, count me Philodo unlucky, lord, I promise you."
The dwarven blacksmith nodded, and then said.
Hearing this, Jiang Hao's face turned happy, and he threw the two books in his hand directly to the dwarven blacksmith.
The dwarf blacksmith was also a little surprised when he saw Jiang Hao being so generous: "Isn't the lord afraid that after I get the book, I will leave directly?" ”
Jiang Hao shook his head: "If you leave now, it will definitely be your loss, because in my hands, there are still more books, and it is not worse than this." ”