Chapter 120 Why Don’t You Go and Rob?

Willy is an old blacksmith who has been engaged in blacksmithing for many years. He has been learning blacksmithing from his father since he was very young. With his own talent and hard work, he quickly learned all his father's skills.

His father thought that he was a very good blacksmith, and what he lacked now was nothing more than experience. But Willy was not satisfied. He felt that he still had too little to learn. He took some money and went to a big town, experiencing some experiences in the process. Things ended up being an apprenticeship to an old blacksmith.

This old blacksmith has a weird temper, but his blacksmithing skills are very good. He especially has his own understanding of weapons and armor. Even the nobles value him, but he will not join a certain noble in particular, but will use his freedom to Stay in the town as a citizen.

If you want me to make a weapon for you, you can come directly, and you still need to queue up, because there are a lot of nobles in front.

A noble once directly threw down a thousand gold coins and asked him to make weapons first, but he was rejected. He said that he had principles and would not accept the behavior of jumping in line, so he had to wait in line.

Because of this, many people said that he was ungrateful and offended the nobles, but there was no good end.

In fact, the old blacksmith was indeed persecuted by the nobles, and many knights wanted to take him away. However, there happened to be an intermediate knight beside him at the time, who risked his life to take him out.

From then on, the old blacksmith stopped making iron, and Willy was driven away, and then came to Ash Town.

It is precisely because he has studied with the old blacksmith for several years that Willy's blacksmithing skills are quite good, and he keeps in mind the old blacksmith's words that blacksmithing is a science, and his thoughts cannot always be too fixed, and must change according to the actual situation encountered. , just like flames have different temperatures. If you cannot control the flame, you will be swallowed by the flame.

The blast furnace he used was improved based on his own understanding, but the raw materials were too poor to be used for a long time.

Lin En nodded after listening to his words, "I will provide you with the materials to make changes. In addition, this cement can also replace the soil that blocks the gaps and have the function of continuous operation. You can do it without any worries. I’m worried about the materials, but one thing you need to remember is that every time you fail, you must learn from experience and lessons, and you can’t fail again and again in the same place.”

Willy was stunned for a moment, these words reminded him of the old blacksmith.

"What's wrong? You can't do it?" Lin En frowned slightly.

"No, it can be done, but your words reminded me of the master. He once told me that there is no need to be afraid of failure in blacksmithing, because every failure will bring you experience. The more experience you have, the fewer mistakes you will make. ." Willy replied.

"Oh, who is your master?" Lin En asked. To be able to say such words, the other party's master is not simple.

"His name is Roland."

Karis's eyes moved, "Master Roland?"

"You know him?" Willy asked.

Karis said with a surprised expression, "I didn't expect you to be Master Roland's apprentice. No wonder your blacksmithing skills are good."

He explained to Linn: "Master Roland is a famous master blacksmith. He has made hundreds of weapons, each with its own name. Two of the long swords have become The king's sword and the three long swords are the weapons of high-ranking knights, and by the way, one of them is Knight Matthew."

Lin En nodded, it turns out there is such a connection.

"The heavy sword in the earl's hand was made by Master Roland. I heard that when the earl was young, he followed him and killed countless enemies and monsters. Even the dark sword was stained with blood that could not be wiped off. .”

Lin En remembered that in his memory, he had seen an epee when he was a child. He could feel the aura on it from a distance. Ordinary people couldn't get close to it. Later, when the epee was put away, he could see it again. Never seen it either.

With the count's current condition, he might not even be able to pick up the heavy sword.

"Later, for some unknown reason, Master Roland disappeared and I never heard from him again," Karis said.

"That's because a noble asked the knight to capture him and wanted him to make weapons for that noble forever." Willy opened his mouth and told what he had experienced.

After hearing this, Karis felt pity, "I really didn't expect that this would happen."

Lin En disagreed. A character like the old blacksmith will suffer from something like this sooner or later. As others said, if he offends the nobles, it's over. Even though he has such good blacksmithing skills, he is not very strong. ah.

Most of the nobles are petty people. If an ordinary free citizen says this, they will only think that the honor of the nobles has been harmed and they will inevitably retaliate.

Matthew is like this, Roland is like this, and Linn estimates that many others are like this.

After all, no matter what era you are in, there will always be some weird things.

But it just so happens that these weirdos have their own unique abilities.

"Is Master Roland still alive?" Linn asked.

Willie replied, "I don't know, I haven't seen him in years and I don't know if he's still there."

"Well, if you have time, go look for him. If you can bring him back, that would be great. If not, just treat him as master and disciple again."

Linn really wanted such a master to settle in Ashes Town, but Willy said that Roland had a temper, and even if he tied him up, it would be of no use, and it would be easier to offend him.

Anyway, it is a very happy thing to make cement today.

"You all saw the process of making cement that I just made. I will follow this process next. I hope that the speed of improvement of the blast furnace will be accelerated so that more cement can be produced."

Linn paused and asked again: "If you need anything, just tell Caris."

He left the blacksmith shop and before leaving, he glanced at a young blacksmith standing on the edge with his head lowered, as if he was afraid of being noticed.

"Is he new here?" Lynn asked.

Karis followed the adult's line of sight and looked over. When he saw the other person, he immediately replied, "Yes, sir, I forgot to tell you about him. This person is very weird."

"Kiel!" Karis shouted.

When blacksmith Kil heard the shouting, he immediately ran over and said in a trembling tone: "Sir, are you looking for me?"

Karis said: "His name is Kiel, and he is also a free citizen, but his life is relatively difficult and he can't make much money."

Lin En looked at it for a few times and said, "As a blacksmith, but having no money, it seems there is a special situation."

Kil scratched his head in embarrassment, as if he didn't know how to answer.

Karis said for him, "His habits are very strange. He often spends a lot of time carving an iron tool, just like a hoe. Other blacksmiths only need to make it. The size of each hoe will have a certain The difference, as for him, would be so accurate that it would be the same for every hoe.

It is precisely because of this that he was very slow to build tools, and over time, no one wanted to find him. "

Keir grinned, unconfidently in his smile.

"There's nothing I can do about it. If I don't make them accurate to a certain extent, I'll feel uncomfortable and won't be able to sleep at all." Kil sighed. He also thought about correcting it, but no matter how he changed it, it was still the same.

"Obsessive-compulsive disorder!" Linn blurted out.

"Ah?" The two said in unison, not quite understanding the word.

"It means forcing yourself to do something. If you don't do it, your mind will keep thinking about it, and it may even affect you to do other things." Linn explained briefly.

Kil nodded wildly like a chicken pecking at rice, "Yes, that's it. Are you the same, Lord?"

"I'm not, but your obsessive-compulsive disorder isn't that big of a problem," Linn thought.

The blacksmith suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder. For him, it is a painful thing, especially making quantitative tools. Unless a machine is used, no one can make every piece of iron tool exactly the same.

However, to a certain extent, he can concentrate on building some refined things, such as bearings, barrels, etc.

"Let's do this. You help me build something and follow me to the castle. You can build it according to the drawings. There is no need to build other agricultural tools." Linn said.

Although Kil didn't know what he wanted to build, since the lord said it, it must be something precious.

They returned to the castle and Linn handed him several drawings.

When Kiel took it over and saw the painting on the drawing, he was immediately attracted. What a delicate object it was. If it could be built, it would definitely satisfy him greatly - according to what the adults said, it was obsessive-compulsive disorder. .

Kiel took the drawings and left.

Karis didn't understand what was on the drawing, but he didn't ask. The master must have his own ideas about what he did, and he only had to do his job as a steward.

"Sir, you went to the Count after you came back from the camp. I haven't reported some specific things to you yet."

"What else is going on?" Lynn asked.

"I have counted the gold coins you brought back. There are five hundred and twelve in total. In addition, there are a large number of weapons and a small amount of armor. I will temporarily put the weapons and armor in the warehouse. The weapons can be given to others. People can use it, but the armor doesn’t work, Jack and Miles have tried it, it’s just too big.”

Linn was not surprised. The lone wolf was so strong. It was not an easy task to find a knight similar to him.

"In addition, there are a large amount of seeds, beer, cloth, spices, livestock, etc., in addition to twelve horses, three of which are thoroughbreds, and the rest are draft horses, which I have The draft horses are arranged to work on the cultivated fields, while the thoroughbred horses are taken care of by the servant Biton."

Lin En left in a hurry that day and did not check in detail how much he had obtained. Now it seems that the militiamen ransacked the camp.

"There is a great number and variety of seeds, and some suitable for current plantings have already been planted," continued Kallis.

Linn nodded, very satisfied with Karis's arrangement. Only such a housekeeper could help him. After all, it was impossible for him to take care of all these small things.

"I have some ideas about livestock."

"Tell me."

"I think since we have already established commercial areas, residential areas, agricultural areas, etc., I think we can also add a livestock area."

Linn looked up at Caris and motioned for him to continue.

"Since you want to build a livestock area, you need to fully consider the living conditions of the livestock. It is necessary to have sufficient pasture and water, and it must be cleaned regularly. Before, I thought that the area would be small, but you said it would be enough. Buying wool in large quantities, I think we can raise our own sheep while buying it, so that if they don't sell us wool, we won't have no wool at all.

In addition, I think we can also expand the scale of breeding cows, goats, chickens, ducks, pigs and other livestock. The first four can produce products. After satisfying our own consumption, we can sell the abundant products. As long as the breeding is successful, within the next few years You can rely on them to continuously earn gold coins.

As for pigs, they are relatively easy to breed and do not take too long to grow up. One pig can feed dozens of people. If provided to serfs, hundreds of serfs can feed them for a long time.

Therefore, the scale of this construction cannot be too small, and it is best to be close to the river. "

Karis spoke out his thoughts and waited for a reply.

Bang bang!

The sound of applause sounded, and Lin En said with great satisfaction: "The ideas you mentioned are all good. Just do what you said and build a livestock area. As for the specific location, it needs to be planned, but you can make preparations now. , buying large quantities of livestock.”

Karis immediately replied, "Master, you don't need to buy too much, because you brought back a lot of livestock last time, including twenty-one cows, thirteen goats, hundreds of chickens and ducks, and sixteen sheep. And three old sows.”

Lynn: "."

"So many?" Lin En was really surprised.

"Yeah, maybe we just need to buy more sheep."

Linn stood up directly, "No wonder they say that robbery is the fastest way to make money. Now it seems that I have underestimated it. Why don't you go for robbery?"

But think about it, Lone Wolf's group of mercenaries dared to kill even noble lords, and they must have robbed many villages and towns for such a long time.

He also felt strange, what was the Lone Wolf doing keeping these livestock? For people like them, it would be better to exchange them for gold coins.

What Linn didn't know was that the lone wolf was preparing for his own territory. He had left these livestock on purpose, but he didn't expect that they were taken away by Linn in the end.

After hearing what Linn said, Karis said anxiously: "Master, you can't do this. Robbery will cause the nobles to join the expedition, and it will be a great damage to the honor of the nobles."

Lin En didn't care much about the so-called honor of the nobility, but he also knew that any orthodox noble lord would not do such a thing, because once discovered, not only would he die, but he might even lose his noble status.