forest kingdom

Chapter 73 Blacksmith
Lawrence did not go to Emma's house. After sending Sophia to Emma's house, he went to the blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith shop has been rebuilt, and the steaming furnace is burning with high-temperature flames.

The current blacksmith is the younger brother of the previous blacksmith, and inherited his brother's blacksmith shop and women after the blacksmith's death.

Lawrence walked to a sloping hillside, bent down and slowly approached the blacksmith shop.

The blacksmith shop is an airy room made of wood and thatch. From the large exposed window, you can see the men working inside.

Next to this house there is a wooden shack house 25 meters long and five to six meters wide. This is the home of the blacksmith.

Lawrence approached the blacksmith shop window and said hello: "Hi, Maude, how are you?"

The blacksmith who was working outside looked up and saw Lawrence, and shouted enthusiastically: "It's Mr. Lawrence, what do you want?"

Lawrence said: "I need to make a sharp blade for carpenters to use, probably an iron piece like this."

Lawrence took out a piece of wood and handed this to the blacksmith as a mold.

The blacksmith took it, looked at it, and threw it into the charcoal fire nearby. "No problem, I have quite a few here."

Lawrence looked into the house from the window and found that there were many iron tools in the blacksmith shop, including axes, swords and hoes.

"Business has been good recently?" Lawrence couldn't understand why there were so many things.

"Doug's arrangement." The blacksmith swung the hammer and struck the iron dullly, and said with a clanging sound: "After Andrew comes back, we will also go out to make a fortune."

Lawrence was speechless for a while. It seemed that Andrew's appearance gave Doug his ambitions and plans.

If this idea was not strong before, then the last time the Kur and Pumixiu people robbed and were robbed, it made the Pumixiu people pick up their wildness.

After killing someone, there are few people who can be as calm and rational as Lawrence and continue to live a quiet life.

Lawrence sighed: "Let's wait until Andrew comes back. I also need some water jars. Do you have any here?"

The blacksmith placed the forged iron block in the furnace and continued to heat it. He walked around the furnace and said, "I have it at home."

Lawrence followed the blacksmith into the house.

The blacksmith's house looks big, but it's actually not that big.

A house that is 25 meters long and five to six meters wide has an area of ​​only 150 square meters.

The entrance is not on the wide side, but in the middle of the long side.

After entering the house, you can see a fire pit. Several women and children are squatting by the fire pit, polishing iron pieces on the stones in front of them.

To the left of the fire pit is a wooden bed. There are many curved wooden boxes like treasure chests on the wall. Farm tools, axes and other weapons are placed in the corners.

There is bacon hanging above the fire pit, which costs about 40 to [-] yuan.

To the right of the firepit is the area for sheep, dogs, and pigs. The yellow stacks of grass are the most obvious, followed by the black damp ground and hens walking freely on the ground.

There are also inconspicuous places, such as toilets near pig pens. Here you don’t have to worry about the accumulation of feces. The pigs and dogs in the house will clean up these things in time.

This kind of house structure was not normal for this era, and no normal person would be this big.

The blacksmith's house is already considered a large household. This more than 100 square meters can perfectly solve the problem of eating, drinking and littering for a family and more than ten animals.

Except for Andrew, who is so powerful, everyone else will keep their livestock under their noses. At the same time, the temperature in the fire pit can also ensure that the people and livestock in the house will not freeze to death.

Although it is still very cold, it is basically possible to survive.

The blacksmith quickly asked his wife and children to take out the pottery pots. Every household here will prepare many pottery pots for water and wine.

Because it was inconvenient to carry, Lawrence chose a jar that was one palm high and a wine glass made of hollowed out horns.

Lawrence suggested: "How about exchanging meat? Or two chickens for these?" The blacksmith shook his head and rejected the offer.

"It's been snowing a lot lately, and there's been a lot less wood near the village. The charcoal in the blacksmith shop is almost running out."

"I heard that you can burn good charcoal. I would like to ask you to bring me more charcoal."

Lawrence was stunned for a while, who said that?
Who told me about burning charcoal?

Has Salil been in the village recently?When was the last time you burned charcoal?
Lawrence suddenly remembered that Emma happened to visit him on the mountain when he was burning charcoal last time.

How come this place is so well-informed?

Lawrence said in a bad mood: "Okay, can I have a hundred pounds of charcoal?"

The blacksmith looked at Lawrence suspiciously.

Lawrence rephrased the expression, "Two baskets."

The blacksmith now knew how much it was, and smiled happily, "Okay, I heard that you need a wooden shield, and I can give you another wooden shield."

Am I not needed?Lawrence had never thought of asking for this thing, and looked at the blacksmith blankly.

Lawrence soon thought of something, "Yes, I need it, that's it. I will send the charcoal tomorrow tomorrow. If the weather is fine, that's it. If it rains and snows heavily, then wait until the weather gets better." Come again."

It was Sophia who needed the wooden shield, and Salil had been consciously training Sophia's self-defense skills.

What Sophia needs is what Lawrence needs, so just need it.

Lawrence quickly left the blacksmith's house and breathed in the cold but fresh air.

“Feeling well-informed isn’t all bad.”

Salil sent some grain and dried meat to Emma's family. When Lawrence returned, Salil and Sophia took the sheep and prepared to leave.

Although Emma's family is still a free citizen of this village, because none of the family has done any meritorious service, they are not allocated much supplies.

"Salil, I agreed to come back in two days. How are you doing here?"

Salil said directly: "No problem, Emma's family is very nice, and she also gave me a jar of salt. Let's go back."

Lawrence put the clay pot, the iron piece, the wooden shield and the horn cup on the sled, and then led the sheep out of the town.

Salil and Sophia didn't sit on it directly. The way down the mountain was much easier. Domu Sheep would have had a hard time pulling things when going up the mountain, so they only sat on it for a small part of the way back.

Lawrence led the sheep forward for less than a minute and arrived outside Friesen's house.

There was a man standing outside the door of Friesen's house. The man came over quickly after seeing Lawrence.

"Mr. Lawrence, Friesen has gone to bed, and his wife has prepared the cost of this treatment."

Sariel moved her head and body towards her with a curious expression, and asked angrily and excitedly: "Lawrence, you said you were not allowed to reveal that you would see a doctor, but you just said it yourself!"

Lawrence refused to reason with the woman and said calmly: "Okay, I should go back."

Not wasting much time, Friesen, who had just tried to lie down to sleep, quickly fell asleep. His wife thought Mr. Lawrence was very wise, so she happily paid the previously mentioned fee.

A jar of butter, a chicken, a bucket of frozen goat's milk, and two extra sea fish, each as long as an arm.

I went fishing at the beach before and obviously got a lot of harvest. The survival skills of this group of people have to be said to be very powerful.

However, rather than fishing for food from the dangerous sea, the people here prefer to rob treasures, food and livestock from the weak southerners.

In the evening, Lawrence returned to the silent mountain forest with two beautiful girls and a cartload of rich harvests.

(End of this chapter)