The sky is clear.

A black, purple-blue raven fluttered its wings over Luleå Bay and landed gently on the highest longhouse.

Standing on the eaves of the dragon-shaped boat, the raven combs its feathers and looks down below.

On one side, a semicircular wall several kilometers long surrounds the town made of turf, stone, and wooden planks.

People enter the town by land through two gates, or by sea through the bay's port.

There were several causeways and a semicircular fence in the harbor for defense.

The thousands of acres of enclosure are the heart of Northtown.

The wooden pavement is arranged in a vertical grid, and the roofs of the houses on both sides of the pavement are almost touched, like a fleet of boats rising and falling on the sea, and the stream provides domestic water through the ditch.

On the flat side of Northtown, there is a boxy market square.

At this time, the square was crowded with people, crowded with a large number of Norse people who joined in the fun.

There isn't that much entertainment in this day and age.

The fair trial of the chieftain Ethenor was one of the Norse's favorite events to participate in during the winter break when they had nothing to do.

In the eyes of many Norse, the leader Ethelno, who stood on a wooden platform, spoke.

"You're happy to legislate, but you're even more happy to sabotage them."

Ethelno was a middle-aged man with long curly blond hair.

Wearing chain mail and dark brown animal skin, he looks exceptionally tall and strong.

He has a heroic demeanor: "Like a child playing on the beach, tirelessly building sand towers and then laughing at destroying them." ”

"But when you build the sand tower, the sea brings more sand to the beach."

"And when you destroy the sand tower, the sea laughs with you."

"Indeed, the sea always frolicks with the naïve and ignorant......"

Many Norse people chanted the Commandments of Odin

When the hymn is finished, the just trial begins.

The first to come up was the thief.

The penalty was smashed.

The thief was smashed and vomited blood before stopping.

The second one who came up was a murderer.

It is determined that they killed the other party in an argument, and they did not publicly publicize their responsibility, and there was an act of concealment.

He was sentenced to become an outlaw and was no longer protected by the law, and anyone could kill him like a wild beast.

After a while, the murderer became a corpse in blood revenge.

The third one that comes up is a transaction dispute.

Fourth ......

Most of the time, it can be solved efficiently.

If it can't be solved, Ethelno is happy to discuss it with other nobles and freedmen, and hold a tribal assembly.

The Norse people are eager to offer their wisdom and dance with joy when they see it being adopted.

When Vondolph came over, he saw the Norse playing and dancing.

He was also surprised, and participated, but after singing a few words, Ethelno noticed and beckoned to him.

The Norse looked at it in unison.

They looked at the black-haired and black-eyed boy in black and couldn't help but shout out the nickname: "Black Prince." ”

"Poor blacksmith, having touched a hungry herd of bears, is left with only one child."

"I don't know how the leader will judge the blacksmith's inheritance......"

In the eyes of the crowd, Feng Dolph walked up, and the worst was planned in his mind.

If......

"The Norse family lives together, and when the old man goes to Valhalla, the eldest son will inherit the ancestral house, and the other children will have to go to the sea to find a way out."

Ethelno hooked Vondolph's shoulder, and his voice was loud as if it could shake down the earwax: "Their son has also died, and there is no heir to the eldest son in the first order." ”

"Purple-blooded Feng Daofu, you are not their adopted son, and it stands to reason that you do not have the right to inherit."

"But!"

"A qualified blacksmith is more important to the Norse than the wealth of a blacksmith!"

Ethelno glanced at the other nobles.

No one refuted it.

In total, there are more than 5,000 Norse people living around Luleå Bay.

Because iron ore is found in the nearby mountains, the owners of the self-sufficient Noth Farms have more or less simple forging techniques.

But there are only five blacksmiths in total.

This line of work is too technical, and there is only one professional blacksmith for 1,000 people.

The Norse are in great need of blacksmithing skills and are eager to train more new blacksmiths, but each of those professional blacksmiths has their skills and knowledge hidden.

In the fair-minded Norse tribe, the blacksmiths were unwilling, and the chiefs and nobles could not force it.

Although he was young, the blacksmith praised his talent many times before he died, saying that he had the wisdom bestowed by the great gods.

It is also said that Feng Daofu has already started just by looking at it, and when he becomes an adult, he will be able to surpass all the blacksmiths in the northern world.

And they believed.

Ethelno hoped: "Vondolf, as long as you can prove your forging ability and forge a qualified short knife, you will inherit their inheritance." ”

Feng Dolph subconsciously repeated the question.

Seeing Ethelno nodding, Vondolph felt relieved.

The worst-case scenario doesn't happen...... Vondolph asked, "Time frame?" ”

"The harbor has been frozen under the divine power of the goddess Scati, and the tide freezes until the parade of the goddess of spring."

"I'm planning to organize a revenge hunt for the bears before the New Year, as long as it's done before then," Ethelno said. ”

The port of Luleå is in the northern part of the Baltic Sea.

According to modern calculations, it is November that freezes, and the entire sea will be covered with ice.

Feng Dolph converted it, and he still had 2 months to go.

Although I learned about metal, I also like to watch the forging knife competition, which is known as the electronic opening O dew, and I have mastered a lot of theoretical knowledge.

But in ancient times, there was no finished steel, and the conditions were so rudimentary, that Feng Dolph did not know whether there was enough time.

The leader spoke, and there was no room for refusal.

And I'm a player of "Riding and Striking Iron 2", and I have hung up, and I started from scratch to professional in two months, so it shouldn't be a big problem.

Vondolph nodded: "I will do it, and I also ask the leader to let me participate in the hunt, and I will personally avenge them." ”

Ethelno patted him on the shoulder and laughed.

Everyone else gave them approving glances.

......

After the party, Vondolph rode back to the farm.

On the way back, the riding broke through.

"Riding Upgrade!"

"Gain Specialty - Flexible Warhorse (+10%) Handling"

[Riding Lv. 1: Specialty - Agile Warhorse (+10%)

Feng Daofu could feel that there had been a significant breakthrough in riding, and the beginner was at the Great Perfection level.

has a specialty bonus, and even has an illusion of being one, and wants to show off a wave very much.

Sarri next to him looked at him suspiciously: "Vondolph? ”

Feng Dolph forcibly suppressed his impulse, and continued to chat as if nothing had happened.

He was accompanied by a dozen or so men, all neighbors who lived in the same area and shared a wall.

The farmhouse is outside the walls of Northtown.

The Norse did not have a standing army to maintain social stability.

Every Norse farmer must defend his farm, his family, and his property.

For the sake of safety, several Norse families will come together to help and support each other.

"Black Prince, if you need help, just say it."

The neighbors were welcoming.

Vondolph wanted to be polite.

But when I saw someone harvesting hay with a scythe, I thought, "Is it difficult to collect hay?" ”

"Is it difficult? It's so hard! ”

A neighbor complained.

On average, each cow needs 2 tonnes of hay to survive the winter.

"But pastures are not as fertile as in the south, and harvesting and stockpiling enough hay is the most difficult but extremely important job of the year."

Vondolph did the math.

In good years, the hay production efficiency of the North people here is only 0.5-0.9 tons/15 acres, which is equivalent to only 33 kg of hay in 1 acre of grassland and a cow in 60 acres of grassland.

The annual yield of modern grassland can reach 20~32 tons of forage per mu.

In contrast, the yield per mu of the Norse tribe is poor.

If you want to raise a dozen livestock, you have to have at least 1,000 acres of pasture to have enough hay to feed the livestock for the winter.

Because of the yield per mu, the North farmers can only spread out in a large pie, and a few or a dozen families will form a community, and will not live in the town of North.

With this amount of work, it's no wonder that I have to complain.

Vondolph himself wanted to complain.

Because of his own livestock rations, he is now also responsible for it!

Although most of the reserves have been made before, there is a lot of work left in the gap.

This work can be done by slave laborers...... Let those three little hairy?

Feng Daofu shook his head in his heart.

It's not about pitying them, it's about what they're doing now.

It's better to pay for people.

This falls on the forging again, and it is necessary to improve the craftsmanship as soon as possible to open a store and make money.

Grass harvesting machinery on the hour?

The difficulty is too high, so start with the introductory farming tools.

Feng Dolph opened his mouth and said, "I can help you without helping." ”

"Help us?"

The neighbors were stunned.

"I don't think those scythes are very useful."

Vondolph gestured to a Norse farmer.

The Norse farmer harvested a stubble of hay with a scythe, then stacked it diagonally against the wall and dried it.

Most of the hay is stored in the barn, and when it is stuffed, a small part of the hay is stored outdoors and piled into haystacks, and the surrounding and surface are piled with turf to protect against moisture and cold.

After not working for a while, the scythe began to fail.

The farmer took out a grinding stone and sharpened the scythe, re-tying the rope that connected the blade to the handle.

"I have a way to improve it," Vondolph said. ”

"Ah.......h

The scythe is a guy who eats, and the neighbors are a little hesitant.

Feng Daofu looked at them and said in a mysterious tone: "This is the top secret knowledge of the Ceris Empire, have you forgotten what happened before?" ”

"Maurizio Sarri, how did you feel the last time you used it?"

"It's very useful, it's not uncomfortable to go to the toilet."

Surrey thought of the magic of the Black Prince, and his expression was a little relaxed: "It is worthy of the royal top secret knowledge." ”

Feng Daofu said that eating more vegetables is certainly useful.

He continued to fool around, what to see if everyone was a neighbor to help, and what to miss this opportunity was not.

In the end, he also released a unique skill.

"Everyone helped me a lot at this funeral, and I plan to take out the secret recipe to thank everyone!"

"Is it the same as before?"

"This one is even more fierce!"

Feng Daofu said: "I added a big red robe inside. ”

"What is this?"

They were stunned, the Norse language family did not have this sound at all.

Feng Daofu said: "Da Hong Pao is a rare herb, on the cliff of the sacred mountain for thousands of meters, absorbing the breath of the gods and the sun, it is a secret medicine that only the royal family, and I don't carry much with me." ”

"I am a person of noble character, and I love to help others, and I can't wait to help a hundred hairnuts treat fire poison every day."

"But the big red robe is also extremely precious to me, if not ......"

"Vondolph, needless to say."

Sarri grinned, "They're just a bunch of cowards, I believe you, please help improve my scythe!" ”

He directly took out the money bag: "How much does the payment cost?" ”

Seeing his posture, the neighbors who had been stunned by the flickered confusion all agreed.

"You've done a super flicker!"

"Diplomatic escalation!"

"Gain Specialty - Warsong (+20% Prestige gained in battle)"

"Diplomacy Lv2: Specialty - Flexible Tongue (+15% Persuasion Strength), Specialty - Battle Song (+20% Prestige Gained in Battle)"

"Character Level Up! Gain 1 stat!"

After a wave of experience and a chance to practice again, Feng Daofu was in a happy mood.

He said: "In order not to interfere with the hay harvesting, one by one, I will first transform Surrey's sickle. ”

After a few silver coins and a few pleasantries, Vondolph rode home.

Vondolf rubbed this silver coin struck by Eastern Rome on the road.

In his eyes, the portrait of Emperor Centurion Phocas on the silver coin looked cute.

I almost couldn't resist going back to the market to buy a lot of food.

The value of one silver coin is strong, enough to buy 4.58 kilograms of barley, enough for a family to eat for several days.

Feng Dolph has the negative trait of gluttony, which is more edible than two adults, but it is enough for a long time.

"Sure enough, it's a blacksmith to make money."

Vondolph admired it for dozens of seconds, and it wasn't until the horse barked three times that he realized that he had arrived at the door.

Put the silver coins away carefully....... It's so unproductive!

Feng Dolph forcibly took his hand back: "I'm the Black Prince!" ”

This is Vondorf's most valuable asset right now.

As long as the force is maintained, selling swords in the future can be several times more expensive than other professional blacksmiths!

Feng Daofu said in his heart: "An ordinary iron sword sells for 6 silver coins, and in modern terms, it is an entry-level block iron sword. ”

"The price of a well-made decarburized steel sword can increase tenfold."

"What the blacksmith has in mind is to create a top-level longsword that can sell 200 silver coins, leave his own exclusive inscription on it, and become a famous craftsman in the northern world."

"The nickname of my Black Prince, as long as the skills are in place, the reputation is much better than that of the blacksmith."

Sell 200 silver coins for one handful, that's 400 chickens.......

Vondolph stopped: "It's a bit of a fantasy. ”

Professional blacksmith income has an off-season and a peak season.

Going to sea to plunder is the peak season, and the monthly income can rise to three or four hundred silver coins.

On the one hand, everyone has money, and weapons and farm tools are sold.

On the other hand, it relies on the after-sales fee for maintenance.

For example, chain mail, which is very easy to rust, costs 9 silver coins to clean it once.

Relying on the two major fist projects of selling ordnance + after-sales, professional blacksmiths are much more nourished than most nobles.

In contrast, the family of the Norse peasants only earned about 120 silver coins a year without the additional income of going out to plunder, a difference of thirty or forty times.

"You must complete your goal within two months!"

Vondolph was determined.