Love and passion, cutting up the wasteland

Lu Meng returned to the longhouse.

His mood was not affected by the change at all. After exercising, his heartbeat also slowed down with the stroll, and he continued to lie down on the floor and slept soundly.

Although the door of the house has been demolished, those hornless people can serve as a warning.

Not to mention tonight, no one will dare to disturb the owner of this room for a long time from now on.

After waking up, Lu Meng and Huo Buyang began to install the wooden bed.

The adventurers also brought Li Liu over to visit them.

To be precise, I am here to help deliver various materials and components.

There is a basic workbench, as well as a series of tools such as hammers, pliers, hand drills, angle grinders... and three large anvils carried by Xiao Gu.

In addition, there are some necessary supplies for machine maintenance, such as oilstone, sandpaper, abrasive paste, etc.

It won't take much to simply forge armor pieces, but it will definitely be needed to make finished armor later.

Lu Meng will use them to assemble a heavy armor forging platform.

He entrusted adventurers to purchase these in advance in various places in the city.

The parts are too fragmented and complicated. It would be too energy-consuming to select them one by one.

"Where's the stove?" Lu Meng asked.

He checked and found that the iron furnace for heating the metal blocks before forging was missing. This was arguably the most important part of the forging bench.

Although it is not necessary to make iron and steel at home, he can buy ready-made iron blocks - but they have to be heated before they can be stretched and shaped, and then they can continue to talk about the compressed air holes and adjustment of streamlines during forging.

"Brother Lu, the situation is like this..."

Yuke's companions explained.

It turned out that the owners of blacksmith shops in various places were unwilling to sell to them.

"We purchased the parts separately from stores in the city. For the rest, the blacksmiths can't guess the specific uses, but when it comes to the parts of the heating furnace, they are very vigilant."

"Some ignored us, some came up to us and questioned us, and what was even worse was that some people directly called the bodyguards and kicked us out..." someone said angrily.

"Hey." Yu Ke stepped forward to interrupt, indicating that there was no need to say anything more.

'No wonder I saw a circle of blue on your eyes...'

Several other people gathered around, discussing in low voices, but their expressions looked relaxed.

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"Is it prohibited from selling..." Lu Meng pondered.

It seems that the identity of the adventurers pretending to be businessmen is not omnipotent.

In a large military town like Sikun Town, there are only three or four companies in the city that actually have iron production capacity, and they are almost in a monopoly position.

When it comes to heating furnaces, every home will naturally have many of them.

In addition to being used by blacksmiths for formal work, they are also provided for apprentices to practice.

With just the replacement parts prepared, it is estimated that several more units can be assembled.

However, if you have it, you may not be able to buy it.

The business of the blacksmith shop is to sell the swords and armor produced, not to sell blacksmithing tools.

It's like buying grain from a farmer, which is reasonable; but rushing to buy someone else's hoe is too weird.

‘The problem is that Scone Town does not have a complete industrial system. Except for the one currently used in the blacksmith shop, there are no suitable heating furnaces elsewhere. ’

‘The forged tools are the means of production and the cost of living for them, and they will not be easily leaked out, lest they create more competitors. ’

Lu Meng looked at the adventurers.

From his perspective, you can actually see it. Excluding the injuries on their faces, many people also had a lot of bruises on their bodies, which may have been caused by pushing or even beating.

Not just a furnace.

The process of purchasing other parts won't be as easy as they say either.

This time, he accepted the love from the adventurers.

"Actually, I have a way." The old mercenary Gu Fang added: "If it is just a temporary emergency, using an ordinary coal stove, charcoal stove and a foot blower can barely make the flame reach the required temperature..."

Adventurers all know the five-day temporary stay limit for Lu Meng and others.

This is also the reason why I try my best to help him.

I don't mention this matter on weekdays, just to avoid causing additional pressure.

"That's all we can do for now." Lu Meng nodded.

These tools are not difficult to purchase. They are all things that ordinary people may use at home and can be bought in general stores.

Everyone was busy for a while, setting up the simple stove and placing it on the side of the plank making table.

This simple furnace is sufficient for heating and forging nail plates.

Although the quality of the final product will not be too high.

Anyway, he is still in the practice stage, so he will install it first.

You can also use it for cooking when you have free time.

The heavy armor forging bench that is missing the heating furnace has also been installed, but it cannot be started yet.

Lu Meng's [Engineering] skill also increased by 2 points during the assembly process, reaching level 6, making it easier to operate.

——This set of things has cost him more than 50,000 yuan.

The price is quite reasonable.

After all, for a skilled craftsman, if he can have several complete sets of workbenches, not only will his livelihood be a problem for the rest of his life, but he can also bring a few apprentices with him, and he can become a capitalist right where he is...

Blacksmithing? What else is there to do with iron?

You have to know how many old craftsmen can only work in shops and rent other people's equipment throughout their lives.

It is really a luxury for a novice like Lu Meng who has just started to have the conditions he has now.

——In other words, "poor students have too much stationery."

Originally including the 30,000 yuan to buy a house and other scattered expenses, Lu Meng's assets have dropped below 200,000, and now only 130,000 to 40,000 are left.

He has only been in Scone Town for two or three days and has no additional income.

‘Ju Buyi. ’

Lu Meng sighed slightly.

But most people don't have the capital to spend as much as he does, nor do they have so many things they want to do.

For them, if they have this money, they should save it honestly, which is enough to live a mediocre life with no worries about food and clothing.

- Provided that the surrounding environment allows people to do so.

When the adventurers left, Lu Meng quietly left Salik behind.

"Who are the stores that attacked you..."

He didn't intend to change things just like that.

"Isn't this bad..."

"Don't you want to deal with them?"

"think!"

…

Lu Meng knew that Yu Ke didn't want to talk more about the grievances they had suffered because he didn't want to cause trouble to him.

In comparison, his sister seemed much more cheerful.

And if you want to develop in the long term, you still have to get a formal heating furnace.

He doesn't have his own ordering channels like the old stores, so he can only start with these stores that already have heating furnaces.

After writing down the names and locations of the shops, Lu Meng did not rush to the door.

In broad daylight.

He is also a person who keeps to himself.

Huo Buyang, mother and son, were cleaning the longhouse, clearing out all the debris and garbage that had passed by.

The ground also needs to be leveled.

Lu Meng lit the charcoal stove, sat in front of the board-making table, stepped on the blower regularly, and watched the flames turn red and heat waves billowing out.

Then use pliers to hold the iron block and bake it in the stove.

The heating efficiency of the simple stove is somewhat slow.

While waiting for the iron block to turn red.

Lu Meng closed his eyes and reviewed the content recorded in ancient science books, and recalled his previous experience of forging iron blocks during his metalworking internship.

——But at that time, he was using an automated air hammer, so he didn’t need to swing it himself. This memory provides little tactile help.

The fitter's technique and the rhythm of tapping can still be used as a reference.

After heating, he stopped the blower.

Hold the reddish iron material with your left hand and adjust its position on the anvil.

The sledgehammer in his right hand came down smoothly.

clang--

There was a sound of gold and iron clashing.

The iron material deforms, and a black hard shell falls off the red surface, which is its oxide scale.

"Yeah." Lu Meng nodded secretly and commented:

"——It's just a random fight."

[Armor Craftsman Level 1]

He didn't stop moving and continued to try different angles and intensity.

Sometimes crisp and sometimes dull, the sound of iron hammering echoed around the beams in the longhouse.

Time passed minute by minute and hour by hour.

Lu Meng's movements gradually became fluent.

It seems boring, but it is actually full of rhythm.

His consciousness was also immersed in this process.

【Armor Craftsman 1→2】

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【Armor Craftsman 2→3】

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