"It's nothing, I'm just here to take a look at you today, I may need to come to you in a few days to build some long swords, will you make them?" Gervais has been planning to recruit soldiers these days, and the recruitment of soldiers is convenient, but he currently has no food, but it takes a while to build sword equipment, so if you want to prepare your weapons, you can recruit people directly when the time comes.

Gervais was actually worried that his territory was so remote, in case this only blacksmith shop could only forge farm tools, not weapons and armor, he still needed to go to other nobles' territories to make or buy, it would take a long time.

There is no need for any skill to make agricultural tools, basically every blacksmith can build it, but the long sword is different, the long sword is long and thin, and it also requires hardness and toughness, which tests the blacksmith's ratio of materials and the control of quenching.

If the material is not right, the strength of the weapon will not be guaranteed, the quenching control is not good, and if the sword body has hardness but no toughness, it will be like glass, and if it hits any hard object, it will immediately shatter into several pieces.

"Noble lord, it's no problem to make a long sword, but the price is a bit expensive, I don't know how many you are going to make?" Hearing that Gervais was going to build a long sword, the middle-aged blacksmith was full of confidence and did not hesitate to answer Gervais's question.

"Oh? Can it really be built? Gervais was a little surprised, blacksmiths who can make longswords and other weapons are very popular everywhere, and the middle-aged blacksmith in front of him is full of confidence, as if he can really forge longswords, and it seems that his skills are still very good.

"How can you come to such a remote place with such good technology?"

This thought flashed through Gervais's mind, you must know that Gervais's territory is basically full of serfs, and there are only more than 2,000 people, and I am afraid that few farmers will come to the blacksmith shop to make ironware all year round.

However, the middle-aged blacksmith was so calm and confident, Gervais was a little confused, so he continued: "You should know who I am, right? ”

The reason why Gervais asked this is very clear, that is, he is worried that the blacksmith in front of him does not know his identity and wants to fool him.

"If you go back to the noble lord, if you guess correctly, you should be the new lord of this territory, Lord Baron Gervais." The middle-aged blacksmith did not harbor other emotions because of Gervais's suspicions, and still had a faint smile on his face.

"Looks like you're really capable! Don't know what your name is? Seeing his calm appearance, Gervais also laughed, it seems that the blacksmith in front of him has some skills, otherwise he knows his identity and dares to tell himself, it is definitely an old birthday star who hangs himself, and thinks that he has a long life.

"Bernard Hammer, this is my son Alec, honorable Lord Gervais, you can call me Bernard!" Bernard said his name, and pointed to the sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy next to him, probably because of the perennial iron, this young man is very burly, but the expression he showed at this moment is not as calm and calm as Bernard.

When Gervais looked at him, the boy's face was visibly stiff, and although he was smiling, there was nervousness in his eyes.

"Hammer?" Gervais felt a little unable to see through this blacksmith, the surname Hammer sounds vulgar, but this surname has had a glorious time, and it also has a great history, and it is recorded in the history books that the king of the former kingdom once gave the surname Hammer himself, and gave it to a good blacksmith, who was the only person who became a nobleman as a blacksmith.

At that time, except for the nobleman and his family who were given by the king himself, if anyone else used this surname, it might have caused murder, but now, the kingdom is now extinct, and it is not known whether this Bernard is a descendant of that family, or if he has obtained this surname for the convenience of making money all these years.

Gervais raised his eyes and looked at Bernard carefully for a moment, and found that he couldn't see any clues, so he didn't delve into it anymore, anyway, he was just a blacksmith, as long as he was good at his craft and not a person full of evil, even if he was a wanted criminal, Gervais didn't care.

"Since you are so confident, then I have decided to build twenty long swords at once, and twenty round shields made of wood and iron." Gervais no longer hesitated.

Whether Bernard is a liar or not, Gervais thinks it is more likely that he is not, just because of the calmness shown by Bernard, Gervais thinks that this person is extraordinary.

Of course, if Gervais guessed wrong, there is no hurry, the monk can't run the temple, and this blacksmith shop alone is worth more than twenty swords.

"Thank you Lord Gervais for your trust, I wonder if the forged iron was provided by the lord or made by a blacksmith?"

Iron materials in this world are also very valuable, some serfs do not have so much money to make iron tools for farming, they will go to the river to use magnetic stones to suck the iron sand on the river beach, although the process is slow, but perseverance, will always accumulate, when the time only needs to pay a small amount of wages to make agricultural tools.

Gervais doesn't have any iron material at the moment, so he is going to ask Bernard to provide it directly, anyway, he won 5 gold coins for nothing yesterday, and Gervais thinks he can be generous once.

However, in order not to be slaughtered as a pig by Bernard, Gervais still needs to determine the price first.

"I don't know what the price is calculated for whether I provide iron myself or not?"

"If you provide iron, a long sword will cost 1 silver coin, a round shield will be 20 copper plates, if iron materials are not provided, a long sword will need 2 silver coins and 80 copper plates, and a round shield will need 40 copper plates." Bernard did not hesitate and quoted the price directly.

"Lord Gervais, this price is because you are customizing 20 at a time, so it is already a discounted price, and it can't be lower."

Listening to the offer, Gervais nodded, this price is indeed a lot discounted, if there are no special requirements for the long sword in this world, the general standard long sword specifications are two-handed swords with a length of 130CM, the width of the blade is 6CM, and the cross gauntlets are used, and the weight is basically about 2.8 kg.

To build such a long sword, the price is generally 3 silver coins, and it will be increased according to the situation, for example, a blacksmith with good craftsmanship will add some extra wages.

The price of less than 3 silver coins shows that Bernard did not have Zagvais, but because of the large number, each one gave Gervais a discount of 20 copper plates.

As for the round shield, the market price is generally 50 copper plates, and 10 copper plates are also discounted.

"Yes, since you are so generous, then I will pay you 30 silver coins in advance now, and when you build it, I will give you the rest of the money after I accept it. What do you think of Bernard? Seeing that Bernard was so happy, Gervais saved the trouble of bargaining, and simply made a decision today.