MTL - Lord Highlander-Chapter 68 67. The market outside the barracks

  Chapter 68 67. The market outside the barracks

Today, the temporary market at the foot of the forest farm is at least three times larger than a month ago. The battle of Moyunling not only attracted a large number of caravans, but also some craftsmen rushed to this city in Handanal. Camp on the edge of the county.

This temporary market extended out for a long time. Gradually, the new merchants who came here were not satisfied with only one street, so the merchants re-opened another street next to the market. The new blacksmith shop It is on this street, although it is farther away from the military camp, but it is close to the river.

This temporary blacksmith shop is actually very simple. In addition to the two tents, there is a large chopping block in the open space. Next to the chopping block are two furnaces built with igneous stone slabs. The furnaces are connected to each other. Connected, there is a large bellows on the side of the furnace. This kind of furnace cannot smelt iron ore, but there is no problem with precision forging and the like.

La Jin brought He Boqiang and Suldak to the front of the blacksmith shop, just in time to see a burly man with a naked upper body and a leather apron on his body, holding a hammer and forging a red-hot iron bar , there was a young guy squatting next to the bellows, pulling the push handle violently, and every time the bellows was pushed, a blue flame would burst out of the stove to a height of several feet.

  Wait until the iron bar was burnt red, the burly man took the iron bar in the furnace to the cutting board and forged it vigorously.

  He Boqiang watched for a while, and the blade part of a knight's long sword was slowly smashed out of the blacksmith's hand.

  There is a row of wooden shelves casually placed outside the tent, on which there are a lot of iron blanks, and some semi-finished swords and swords. In addition to these, there are ironware such as picks, horseshoes, and iron pots.

   At this time, the burly man saw someone at the door, so he inserted the cold iron bar back into the stove.

He put down the hammer in his hand, wiped the sweat on his face with the towel around his neck, walked straight to Suldak, and with a simple and honest smile, he said to Suldak: "This Sir, what can I do for you?"

  Suldak took the somewhat curled Roman sword from He Boqiang. The pattern on the blade was soaked in purple blood, and the entire blade had a strong smell of blood.

  Suldak put the Roman sword in front of the blacksmith and said:

   "I want to repair this Roman sword. Can you re-wrap the edge of the Roman sword with a steel blade?"

The burly man reached out to pick up the Roman sword, scraped the blade with his thumb, and rubbed the edge of the blade back and forth with a piece of oilstone. Seeing that the edge of the blade was not worn, he handed the Roman sword to Sur Dark said:

   "Of course you can re-wrap the blade, but although the edge of your sword is curled, it is not seriously injured. There is no need to re-wrap the steel blade. It can be used for a long time after polishing the edge."

   As he spoke, the whetstone in his hand wiped the Roman sword back and forth a few times, and sure enough, the curled edge was no longer so ugly.

  Suldak glanced at He Boqiang, then compared the Roman sword and said:

   "I plan to lengthen this Roman sword. This Roman sword is not only a little short, but also a little too light for me."

  He said these words on behalf of He Boqiang. Hearing what Suldak said, the blacksmith nodded and agreed:

"Okay, I understand. As you wish, I can increase the length and weight of the Roman sword for you, but I'm afraid I can't keep the patterns on the blade. I'm not good at engraving patterns on swords. Can you accept that the clad steel on the edge of the blade can be forged into layers by stack forging?"

  Suldak said very simply: "Yes!"

   Soon, the blacksmith and Surdak discussed the specific details.

If it is a simple repair, such a Roman sword needs at most three or five silver coins, but Suldak asked the blacksmith to not only re-wrap the steel blade of the Roman sword on the basis of the original Roman sword blank, but also let the This Roman sword lengthened and increased its weight. As a result, this Roman sword needed to add some iron, so the maintenance cost of this Roman sword suddenly soared to fifteen silver coins.

  Such a high repair cost is almost equal to half a month's salary of apprentices for commoners.

However, in Suldak's view, the fee charged by the blacksmith was quite reasonable, so he gave the Roman sword in He Boqiang's hand to the blacksmith, and made an appointment to come to pick up the sword the next evening. Da Ke also readily paid half of the deposit.

  Surdak then asked the burly blacksmith, "Do you sell refined iron shields?"

When the blacksmith heard this, he smiled honestly, pointed to an adjacent shop and said, "Sirs, if you two want to buy finished shields, you might as well go to the shop over there. There are several different styles of finished shields, and the price will not be more expensive than the ones I made here..."

  …

  Amidst the heroic laughter of the burly blacksmith in the blacksmith shop, He Boqiang followed Suldak into the third shop next to the blacksmith shop.

  It is said to be a shop, but in fact, there are two rows of weapon racks placed in front of the tent.

There is only one kind of armor placed on the weapon rack, which are shields of various shapes, from small round shields with a thin iron sheet wrapped in yellow pine wood, to square shields wrapped with a layer of iron sheet in hard oak wood, and dwarven chains forged from pure fine iron. Shields, strong and light knight light shields, kite-shaped shields that are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, and even bone shields cut from the ribs of the chest ribs of evil spirits, bronze shields made of bronze, etc., have everything you expect.

This is a shield merchant who specializes in selling shields. Bronze shields are the most expensive among the shields here, but what attracted the attention of He Boqiang and Suldak was the bone shield. The ribs have a very solid metal bracket behind the shield, so this bone shield is very delicately designed.

  The two of them leaned in front of the bone shield, and Suldak said in amazement: "It turns out that the sternum of evil spirits can still be used in this way..."

  It seems that he regrets that he didn't make full use of the corpses of the previous evil spirits. He can completely saw off the sternums of those evil spirits and make this kind of strange-looking bone shield.

  The shield merchant is an ordinary-looking old man. Hearing Suldak's sigh, he stepped out and said:

   "What's the matter? Some people use the leg bones of evil ghosts to make bone-crushing sticks. The bones on evil ghosts are as hard as fine iron, and this kind of shield has additional magical effects on the battlefield."

  Surdak asked curiously:

   "What magical effect?"

  He Boqiang said, what else can you do if you take the breastbone of your companion to the battlefield, it comes with a mocking effect...

   Sure enough, the shield merchant said:

"No matter where a warrior with a bone shield stands, he will become the target of the evil spirits. This is easier to irritate them than ridicule. The main purpose of buying this kind of shield is to attract the hatred of the evil spirits and create some for the companions. Opportunity to kill evil spirits, but warriors who dare to use this kind of bone shield must be elites in the team, otherwise they will be directly killed by evil spirits on the battlefield. This kind of bone shield is not available in this shop at all Sell ​​ten noodles."

"Ah, there is such a saying...but it seems quite reasonable." After hearing this, Suldak showed a look of surprise, but he pulled He Boqiang away from the weapon rack with the bone shield decisively. He Boqiang asked, "Which one do you like?"

  He Boqiang glanced over the small round shield and the square shield, and stopped in front of the dwarf chain shield.

   But he didn't say anything, the shield merchant lifted a dwarven chain shield from the shelf, and it was obvious that he was a little struggling to lift it.

  The shield merchant said to Suldak and He Boqiang:

   "If the two are warriors of the infantry regiment, then there is absolutely no need to carry the bulky dwarf chain shield. The dwarf chain shield is made of fine iron from the dwarf kingdom. Of course, there is nothing to say about its strength, but its only disadvantage is that it is too heavy."

   He held his breath again, blushed and put the dwarven chain shield back on the wooden stand, saying:

"The standard heavy armor of the infantry regiment is very heavy, and it has to carry a Roman epee. In the absence of horses, it is a bit too heavy to choose a dwarven chain shield. It is not as good as this oak square shield, which is only covered A sheet of iron, strong and durable, with so much wood here, easier to restore..."

   It seems that this shield merchant has extensive experience in what kind of shields are suitable for different professional fighters. He does not recommend Suldak to buy a dwarven chain shield.

  But before coming here, He Boqiang had already indicated to Suldak that he didn't want wooden shields anymore.

  Because this kind of shield can't stop the spike in the evil ghost's hand.

  Suldak knew what He Boqiang was thinking, so he said to the shield merchant: "Forget about the hardwood shield."

   Turning around, he asked He Boqiang again: "Which one do you prefer, the dwarf chain shield or the knight light shield?"

  He Boqiang prefers the beautiful knight light shield, but the knight light shield is obviously designed for cavalry, so he hesitates, and also thinks that the dwarf chain shield may be more practical.

   Just when He Boqiang was a little confused, the shield merchant came over at the right time and said:

"Well, if the two guests want to choose between these two shields, no matter which one you like, you can buy one first. The two officers may as well try it for a few days, because the price difference between the two shields is not much. If you are used to it, you can take it back to me for a return without too much wear and tear."

  Suldak's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Is this okay?"

"Yes…"

  The shield merchant said to Suldak with a confident smile on his face.

   Not long after, He Boqiang and Suldak walked out of the shield shop. He Boqiang had already carried a thick dwarf chain shield on his back...

Suldak still wanted to take a stroll in the street market. He Boqiang was looking for a set of full-face armor suitable for him, but he saw the curly-haired boy Gabi running over panting, and whispered beside the two that Larkin had already Find a buyer for the four demon heads...

  (end of this chapter)