Broad World

Chapter 13 Learn to forge

Field Hotel is located in the west of the town and is the most expensive place for consumption in the entire Belgoost. Integrating bars, hotels and ** in one. And here also sells magic scrolls and a small amount of magic items.

Entering the lobby, the entire hotel is not too tightly wrapped in red. The red carpet, the red tablecloth, even the ceiling is red. Coupled with white marble pillars and some green plants, it gives a noble and luxurious feeling.

“Although I don’t know how the food tastes, I’m sure they must be extremely expensive. Is your wallet ready for Kagan?” Henry said with a laugh at the dwarf.

“Don’t worry, I took enough coins to go out today.” As he said, Kagan found a table against the wall and sat down.

A beautiful waitress came over and asked, “Good noon, you two would like to have something to eat. Our specialties include char-grilled steak, stewed pork with turnips, mushrooms in meat sauce, grilled whole chicken, and steamed fish.”

“I want a char-grilled steak and another mushroom with meat sauce.” Henry ordered two dishes at random.

“Give me some steamed fish, another grilled chicken, and a bottle of winter wine.”

“The good two, please wait a moment.” After writing down the menu, the waitress turned and left.

“Kagan, you drank so much wine yesterday, do you want to drink it at noon today?”

“I ordered it specially for you.”

“But I never drink.”

“Oh, little Henry men don’t like to drink. You are still a little boy who can’t realize the benefits of wine. This is winter wine, and one sip can give you a feeling of being in the ice and snow.”

“Forget it, you don’t want me to explode your house while working in the afternoon.” Henry still refused. He was a non-drinking person before crossing. I never think ethanol has anything to drink. And as a mage, it is better to stay away from alcohol, drugs and women. Many famous mages have fallen over here.

The dishes were served soon. Henry silently ate steak and mushrooms in meat sauce. Kegan was eating roast chicken and fish while drinking winter wine. He kept chattering to him that it is a man who should have a drink often.

A total of 5 gold coins were spent for lunch, which can be considered a sky-high price for a meal. Henry bought some blank scrolls by the way. After the dwarf paid the bill, the two began to walk back. Thirty minutes later, he returned to Cagan’s house.

opened the door of the basement, and a large amount of dust fell. A musty smell irritated the nose. Henry frowned and asked, “Kagan, you haven’t used this ironing place for many years.”

“Forty years? Or thirty years? I don’t remember clearly. I haven’t used it since the smithy closed last time.”

“Cleaning up here is really a big project.” Henry saw the bellows full of dust and cobwebs, and the punches, chisels, steel files, steel chisel, clamps and other tools piled on the iron table had begun to a large number. It’s rusty. It cannot be used without polishing.

“Let’s start cleaning. Sprinkle some water first, and you will clean the sanding tools. I will clean the ground. Finally, I will clean the stove.” Heng wrapped his head and face with a cloth and started to sprinkle water with a bucket. The dwarf picked up the grinding wheel and began to re-grind and remove rust from various tools.

After three hours of hard work, the tool was polished and sparkled. The dust on the table on the ground was swept away. The stove was emptied, and the chimney and bellows were dredged again. The two sat on the ground tiredly, panting.

“It’s over at last, buy some coal tomorrow, and buy some ore to start work.” The dwarf shook his hair and the dust on his beard vigorously.

“You still need a helper or apprentice.” Henry removed the cloth wrapped around his head and said to Cagan.

“A lot of people who want to learn dwarf forging techniques are that I can recruit a lot of apprentices who don’t need a salary.” Speaking of forging Kagan, he stood up and said proudly.

“I think we need to take a bath now. Then go to my house for dinner together. My sister is still waiting for you to tell her an adventure story.”

“Haha, I like to tell adventure stories.” The two stood up and walked towards the well with wooden barrels. After washing off the dust and dirt on his body with cold water, he put on his clothes and came to Henry’s house.

As soon as they entered the door and greeted each other, Lina came up and pestered Kagan to tell the adventure story. Henry helped his mother prepare the fire for dinner. Henry brought a large pot of chicken and mushroom soup to the table when the little girl and the dwarf were arguing whether the digger could jump up. The mother then brought the bowl and bread.

Tired all afternoon, the hungry dwarf stopped arguing, filled a large bowl of soup, and ate it. Kegan took a big sip and praised: “Lily, the mushroom soup you make is always so delicious.”

Mother smiled to Kegan and said, “Thank you for the compliment and also for taking care of Henry. Although I don’t know how you went out on the adventure this time, I think he must have caused you a lot of trouble.”

“In the beginning, there was a little trouble, but then his performance was really amazing. Superb magic skills, good ideas one after another. Otherwise, we won’t be able to earn so many gold coins this trip.”

“Grandpa Cagan, that’s not what your adventure story just said.” The little girl pierced Cagan’s cowhide again.

“Hahahaha, the adventure stories are quite exaggerated. The bard also told the story of halflings vs. dragons.”

Lina rolled her eyes and muttered: “But you said just now that an axe cut off the heads of four earth-digging insects, and another axe split the insect king in half.”

“Puff, cough.” Henry couldn’t help but sprayed the soup on the ground. Then he looked at the dwarf in surprise. This cowhide is too big, right? If the insect king hadn’t prepared poison at the beginning, three people would have to explain that they had to store food for the insects in the cave. The cheeky dwarf didn’t realize it, and continued to eat and drink.

After dinner, when Cagan left, he told Henry to come back at noon tomorrow. In the morning, he was going to order some coal and iron ore as well as a combustion aid. After the dwarf left, Henry told his sister and mother about the adventures. He didn’t want his sister to be brainwashed by exaggerated adventure stories. It seems that when I was a child, I had listened to Cagan’s story about adventure, the story of killing the Quartet and gaining treasure and glory, and embarked on this path.

Henry came to Cagan’s house at noon the next day, and the blacksmith shop opened normally. A small sign says that the Hammersmith’s shop hangs above the gate of the dwarf’s house. The first floor was transformed into a display of weapons and armor. An apprentice in the basement was vigorously pulling the bellows, the wind entered the furnace, and the flames in the furnace burst straight. With his naked torso, Kegan clamped the red-hot iron tool to the anvil with pliers. He held the iron tongs in his left hand to turn the iron material, and his right hand held the hammer to hit the iron material with special techniques.

Henry stood by and watched silently without speaking. After hundreds of beatings, the shape of a long sword gradually emerged. The dwarf picked up the sword embryo and put it into the sink. With a squeak, a burst of white smoke floated up and the quenching was completed.

“Here you come, see that if this is not the basis for ironing. First, the ore needs to be melted to remove impurities and turned into molten iron. Then it is poured into the mold to form and cool. The most important thing is repeated heating, forging and quenching. In terms of ordinary materials, the more A good weapon needs to be hammered more often. It can range from hundreds of times to as long as several months.” Kegan explained to Henry the key to ironing.

“You need to learn from the basics, the easiest first, and practice forging techniques.” The dwarf had taken the rough of a dagger. “First go to heat, and then repeatedly hit with a small hammer on the anvil. Feel the strength with your hands and stare at the shape with your eyes.”

Henry also learned to take off his shirt and put on an apron. Use pliers to pick up the blank and put it into the stove to start adding. When the iron starts to turn red and soft, take it out immediately, put it on the anvil and raise the small hammer to start forging. “Don’t use too much force, and the frequency of beating must be even” Kegan instructed on the side. One click, two clicks. I felt sore and numb in my arm when I hit the fiftieth. He gritted his teeth and persisted until the embryo was beaten out of the shape of a dagger before it was put into the sink for the first quenching.

Henry dropped his tools and sat on the stool, panting heavily, sweat dripping down his cheeks. The whole body was soaked. Kegan took the dagger and looked at it carefully and said: “The first half is not bad, the second half is uneven. Your endurance needs to be exercised. In the next few days, you will be responsible for beating the rough, and you must have a good body for ironing. UU reading www.uukanshu.com teaches you a dwarf’s unique breathing method, which can save a lot of effort.”

Henry drank a glass of water and nodded. He picked up the rough next to him and took a deep breath when he lifted the hammer in the way the dwarf taught him, beat it four times and then changed his breath. Sure enough, a lot easier. For the next seven days, he came to Kagan’s smithy every day to beat the rough. From the simplest daggers to long swords, axes, two-handed great swords, and spear tips. With his strong learning ability, he learned the essence of forging and the timing of quenching in just seven days.

On the eighth day, Kegan began to teach him how to identify ores and how to remove impurities from mineral veins. There are also annealing, normalizing, tempering and other processes and tell him how to sharpen the sword. And taught many alloy formulas used by dwarves. After studying for two days, Henry upgraded from the basement to the first floor and began to sharpen the forged weapons.

Henry had learned all the forging techniques and processes on the eighteenth day. “You are already a good blacksmith who is not inferior to me.” Cagan said after seeing Henry’s graduation work with a beautiful scimitar. This scimitar is made of fine steel, using several unique processes on the earth, using Baotou technology for quenching thousands of times in 2 days, and the blade is carburized. After experimentation, ordinary iron swords can be cleaved without damaging the blade, and tough leather armor can be cut with a light stroke.

The dwarf made a beautiful scabbard out of shark skin, inserted the scimitar and gave it to Henry, and named the knife Streamer. Because the black blade was hidden when it was swung quickly, only the cold light from the specially treated blade could be seen. ———————————————————————————————

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