After Suhlen prepared the materials, Bruce began to work. He needed to refine the materials first. Most rare weapons were made with the Hundred Fold Forging technique. Some skilled blacksmiths could create cloud patterns while forging the weapons.
The steel made with this technique was called cloud pattern steel. Suhlen prepared meteor iron, tungsten steel, and amethyst. They were all rare rare materials. It was not easy to merge them perfectly.
Bruce called all of his apprentices over. There weren't many opportunities for them to observe the forging of high-grade rare weapons at such a close distance. It would be very helpful for them to master more advanced skills. The furnace was burning fiercely. Under the urging of the hydraulic blower, the temperature in the furnace was getting hotter and hotter. Standing in the blacksmith's shop, waves of heatwaves assaulted their faces.
Putting the materials in the furnace and adding all kinds of accelerants, the furnace's temperature soon rose again. The materials in the furnace soon turned red and softened. Then, he took them out and began to hit them. Sparks flew everywhere, and a rhythmic sound was heard.
Suhlen did not wait for Bruce to forge weapons. Instead, he went to inspect other places in the territory. After more than a month, the first batch of bricks was finally done. The foundation of the outer city wall of the North Castle had been built. Now that there were bricks, the progress could be sped up.
In fact, other than bricks, the outer city walls of the North Town Castle were also made of slag. Every month, the blast furnace in the blacksmith's shop would produce a lot of slag when it was producing iron ore. The slag was very hard, so it was very suitable to build the city walls with some adhesive materials.
Because the outer city wall was too big, if he built it with rammed earth and then converted it with Mud to Stone, he would not be able to convert much of it with his current mana. Mud to Stone could convert earth into stone. The more he converted, the more mana he would need.
The outer city wall was at least four kilometers long. Each section was ten meters high and six meters wide. Su Lun could not change much at a time, but after using the masonry structure, he only needed to transform the cement between the masonry into rock with Mud to Rock, and the magic power consumption was reduced at once.
Of course, it would take longer, but the advantage was that Suhlen didn't have to stay at the construction site all day long. The Beastman labourers from the Centaur tribe were also arranged here. With these strong Beastman labourers, the construction of the city walls sped up a lot.
Because there was nothing urgent, Suhlen had been very relaxed these two days. Kris had taken care of most of the things, and he only needed to confirm the rest.
"Master, these are the coins that were just produced by the Coin Workshop." While Suhlen was hiding in the study and watching Attendant Qin, Kris came in with a delicate box.
Throwing the book aside, Suhlen stretched and hugged Kris in his arms. He sat down on the chair again and buried his head in her broad chest. Taking a deep breath, he picked up the box and checked it.
Kris had long known Suhlen's preferences, so she wasn't surprised by his sudden attack.
"Are these the coins they made?" Suhlen said as he played with a few coins.
There were six coins in the box, two gold, two silver and two copper coins. Suhlen picked up a copper coin, which was the smallest value. The copper coin was slightly green and had a good texture. Compared to the copper coin that was circulating next to it, it was better in terms of appearance and quality.
Next, Su Lun checked the other coins. The silver content of the silver coins was the same as the silver coins circulating in the kingdom, 80% silver and 20% other metals. The same was true for the gold coins. Su Lun did not intend to make a large number of inferior coins in his territory. The consequence of this was that the people did not trust coins and resisted the use of coins. They would still use the barter method, which was completely contrary to his original intention.
In the Kingdom of Florence, many nobles with real power would privately make coins. Although those nobles who made inferior coins would earn a lot of money in the beginning, it wouldn't take long for the trade in their territory to wither quickly. No merchants would trade with them.
A gold Nar was 80% gold, but its face value was pure gold. Su Lun had made 20% of his profit from the coinage alone. He didn't intend to make inferior coins like killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, such as white sugar and liquor, which were in high demand.
"Make the coins according to these." After checking it again, Suhlen decided on the style of the coins.
"Okay, I'll ask them to start making them in large quantities." Kris got out of Suhlen's arms lightly, then gave him a flirtatious wink and ran away with a smile.
Suhlen tidied up his tight clothes and left the study.
The blacksmith shop was bustling with activity, and the clanging sounds were very rhythmic. Bruce's eyes were bloodshot, and his bare chest was dripping with sweat. His skin was red from the heat of the furnace, but his expression was very excited, and he was directing the many apprentices to get busy.
There were all kinds of rare materials beside him. Forging extraordinary weapons didn't mean that all the materials had to be extraordinary materials. Many of the auxiliary materials were just some rare minerals.
Forging didn't directly mix all the materials together. If it was done this way, there was no other possibility other than wasting materials. The forging process in this world was still very magical. During the forging process, various catalysts or some strange things would be added.
The Purple Dragon Halberd used some Cryopterus' blood to quench it during the forging process. The weapon was originally red, but after entering Cryopterus' blood, it quickly cooled down. A burst of ice element energy instantly even lowered the temperature in the originally stuffy blacksmith shop by dozens of degrees.
After the second quenching, Bruce heated up the metal again and hammered it again. The hammering was very rhythmic, and it seemed to have an indescribable charm. After hammering for a while, the metal was heated up again and some new materials were added.
Under this repeated hammering, the metal became more compact. Strange patterns were faintly discernible during the forging process. All kinds of rare materials were added one after another. The meteor iron and tungsten steel had long been fused into one, and now a new kind of alloy was formed.
Bruce was completely immersed in the forging process. This was a very rare opportunity for a skilled blacksmith. In this state, the blacksmith's skills would be greatly improved. If the forging process was successful, then Bruce's craftsmanship would improve tremendously.
If he was lucky, it wouldn't be impossible for him to become a Blacksmith Master. Suhlen didn't disturb Bruce who was immersed in this special state. He also drove the apprentices who were about to wake him up to watch, leaving only two people to assist him.
The clanging sounds seemed to converge into a piece of music at this moment. The Purple Dragon Halberd was also slowly taking shape in this state.
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