Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 54

2021-01-23

Chapter 54 Giovanni's Request
In Madame Navarre's secluded little drawing-room, Antoni Ao was lying on the sofa admiring the paintings on the wall, as comfortable and comfortable as in his own home.

Winters, on the other hand, looks at the nose, the nose, the mouth, and the heart, and sits upright in a chair like a sculpture.

"Don't be so restrained." Antonio happily handed the small plate with nuts to Winters: "You look like a cultivator of painstaking cultivation now, you are about to take a flail and smoke it yourself. I got my back."

"Who's to blame?" Winters was very annoyed when he saw the person in charge looked like a matter of no concern to oneself.

Antonio casually picked up a fig from the small table and peeled it little by little: "Didn't I come with you?"

Why Winters and Antonio Olympics coming to Navarre Mansion? There are some twists and turns in speaking of which.

Major Moritz has only ten steel cones, which is not enough. So Winters turned to his little Uncle, Giovanni Seretti, Antonio's younger brother.

The history of the Serbian Ti family in Hailan City is not long. Starting from Antonio and Giovanni's father Cavalli, the Serbian Ti family has only spread its branches in Hailan.

Cavaglia, a big-nosed, hot-tempered Veneta, was forced to leave his family as a young man for a vendetta.

His mother put two gold coins into his hands, kissed his cheek, and cried out, "My dear son, don't you spend these two gold coins, Carry it close to you but don't spend it. The red traces in the gold coin pattern are the blood of Saint Noverata. Carry them, and Saint Noverata will bless you. I will also every moment Praying for you."

His father silently handed him a sharp sword.

In this way, with a sword, two gold coins and mother's blessing, Kavalia came to Hailan City from Hundred Flowers City alone.

He pawned the good sword first, then spent two gold coins and lived a comfortable life. Within a few days, the money ran out, and the new "friends" Cavallia had made at Aquamarine abandoned him twice as fast as they approached him.

No one to rely on Cavallia, who has another miserable life, and is finally taken in as an apprentice by a kind gold and silver artisan. After surviving the arduous apprenticeship, he became a full member of the Precious Metal Craftsmen Guild of Ocean Blue City.

When Cavallia's eldest son Antonio was born, he has become a gold and silver craftsman with a small reputation in the sea blue city, and has a very good workshop. And redeemed the good sword and the two gold coins that are said to be stained with the blood of San Novella

The eldest son Antonio of Cavallia Serbia was admitted became an Army officer Academy and became a soldier. And his youngest son Giovanni inherited the father's craftsmanship, and after Cavallia died of illness, he inherited the workshop and became a gold and silver craftsman.

If Antonio has the same status as a father in Winters' hearts, then Giovanni's name is Uncle, and he is really a big brother.

Kavaglia's children were difficult, and five children died prematurely. It was many years after the elder son had a second healthy grown son, Antonio and Giovanni fourteen years apart in age, while Giovanni was only nine years older than Winters.

So compared to his fourteen-year-old brother, the playful Giovanni and Winters are closer. The main bad things that Winters through childhood did were done by Giovanni.

If Winters sets the house on fire, he won't talk to Antonio and Corsa, but he will talk to Giovanni. If Giovanni killed someone, he wouldn't tell his big brother that he would ask Winters to help him move the body.

Of the ten steel cones Moritz gave to Winters, only five pointed steel cones could be used in actual combat, of course not enough. Winters wanted someone to make a batch of the same cones that the major gave him.

Since it was a metal thing, Winters immediately thought of little Uncle Giovanni. Although Giovanni was a precious metal craftsman, in Winters' view, Giovanni should also know some highly skilled blacksmiths.

In addition to forging a collection of steel cones, Winters had another purpose: to make a scabbard for Elizabeth's dagger.

The dagger that Elizabeth had ruffled about and took away from Winters had already been returned to Sophia, but she didn't know what kind of persuasion skills Elizabeth used, and Sophia actually gave the dagger to Elizabeth again.

The leather scabbard that Elizabeth had sewed herself was useless and was soon pierced with holes by the dagger. So Winters has another mission, asking Giovanni to make a silver scabbard for Elizabeth. Of course, only the scabbard and only the outer shell is silver, and a cork liner should be added to prevent the dagger blade from being blunt.

Winters thought it would be easy to make hundreds of identical steel cones, but he didn't know how difficult it was until he talked to a real blacksmith.

It is handcrafted, it is difficult to guarantee the consistency of shape and weight. The steel cone that Major Moritz gave Winters was a cylinder, which could not be made by hand forging. If steel is also used, filing is more time-consuming and labor-intensive.

At the same time, it is necessary to ensure that each piece has the same weight, and the production difficulty will be doubled again.

The difference in weight between the ten steel cones that Major Moritz had given Winters could not be checked with Giovanni's most precise balance for weighing gold.

These ten steel cones made Giovanni's blacksmith friend click one's tongue in wonder and bluntly said that he did not have this ability, and even if he made great efforts to do it, the price of each steel cone would be more than A Silver Coin.

According to Giovanni: "The material of this thing is not expensive, but the hard work of the craftsman far exceeds the value of the material itself. The value of the craftsman's labor is seriously underestimated, so few people will be in the base metal. It took so much work. These little things are like carving patterns on iron."

It was only then that Winters understood why Major Moritz used Silver Coin as a casting material - a special kind of The steel cone is actually more expensive than a Silver Coin.

It would be better to use Silver Coin as an arrow, at least Silver Coin is uniformly produced by the Veneta Mint and is a readily available material of equal weight and approximate shape.

Comparing to the predicament of custom-made steel cones, making a scabbard for Elizabeth is much easier.

Winters brought the dagger with him. Giovanni took the measurements, poured the wax mold, and Elizabeth just had to wait at home for Giovanni Uncle to bring her the scabbard.

"By the way, did the little girl say what pattern do you want to use on the scabbard?" Giovanni asked casually, returning the dagger to Winters.

Winters was questioned, and he didn't dare to call the shots on Elizabeth's behalf. Had no choice but to ride the strong luck and run home to ask Elizabeth herself.

Elizabeth did not answer Winters immediately, but gave Winters two paintings after a visit to the studio.

These two paintings are different from the common religious style paintings, they are more inclined to freehand painting, do not pay attention to the principle of perspective, and use delicate and delicate brushstrokes to outline the picture of flowers. At the same time, it does not lose complexity, and makes good use of the white space technique.

When Giovanni saw these two paintings, he was astonished, and on the second day he delivered the finished scabbard. The pattern provided by Elizabeth was reproduced on the scabbard by Giovanni using the embossing method.

The relief method is a process in which a small chisel is used to knock out a chiral symmetrical pattern on the back of the metal sheet, so that a bas-relief pattern can be obtained on the front of the metal sheet. Then through hand-carved details, the clarity of the relief lines is increased. The end result is a beautiful embossed pattern on the metal surface.

The relief on the scabbard can not only play a decorative role, but also make the scabbard can be grasped more firmly to a certain extent.

After getting the scabbard, Elizabeth couldn't put it down, and happily showed it off to Kesa and Antonio.

But Giovanni came to find his little nephew for another thing. Giovanni laughed and hooked Winters' neck hard: "Where did those two patterns come from? Is there any more? Do you have the pattern?"

It turned out that Giovanni showed the two patterns to another wealthy businessman's wife, and immediately got an order for two silver salt boxes.

Precious metal craftsman skills are valued more than base metal craftsmen. No matter how much effort is spent, it is difficult for iron to sell for the price of silver. However, after the careful work of precious metal craftsmen, the price of gold and silver utensils can be much higher than the value of the material itself.

So compared to the base metal craftsmen who pursue mass production, precious metal craftsmen have embarked on a different path: putting more effort into a small amount of fine gold and silver utensils to make money.

The sharp-smelling Giovanni found that wealthy female customers liked this pattern very much. This new style of pattern was tantamount to a new vein for Giovanni, and he was eager to make it. Get more patterns.

Winters explained: "Ira gave me the drawings, doesn't she always go to Mrs. Anguissola's studio? She should have drawn them herself."

Giovanni Nicky hearing this regretfully said, "Ira, the little girl, if I ask her for it, she will take the opportunity to blackmail me."

"There's no way." Winters spread his hands.

"But didn't Ella listen to you since she was a child?" Giovanni seemed to have had a case for a long time: "You help me manage her and ask for a few more drawings, and then help you solve the steel cone. How about it?”

Giovanni’s solution for the steel cone Winters wanted to customize was this: the cylindrical shape required too much manual labor to be considered; so simply use a triangular prism , which can be directly forged and formed on the anvil with V groove; after the blacksmith has made a roughly equal weight blank, it is sent to Giovanni's workshop, and then the precious metal processing technology of "fine grinding" is used for secondary processing; Although it can't be as exact as the ten steel cones in Winters' hands, it can also ensure the consistency of shape and weight to the greatest extent.

More importantly, the cost is acceptable to Winters.

Winters couldn't refuse this proposal at all, but Winters didn't expect Little Uncle to change, so he had to make a deal with himself in this way.

Looking at Winters' resentful eyes, Giovanni had to promise to make another silver saddle head as a reward for the pattern. And whether or not Winters can get more patterns, it will help Winters solve the steel cone problem.

To Winters and Giovanni's surprise, Elizabeth told Winters that the drawings were not drawn by herself.

She gave the name Winters least wanted to hear right now: Ana Navarre.

Elizabeth not only knew Anna, but also had a close relationship. Anna, Elizabeth and several other female friends studied together in Madame Anguissola's studio. The two drawings were drawn by Elizabeth and Anna.

Self-esteem is a delicate thing that drives noble behavior and sometimes prevents communication between people.

Because of self-esteem, Major General Layton fulfilled his promise to be the first to jump into the gang, and Winters rushed into the enemy's cabin regardless of the knife wound on his arm;
It was also because of self-esteem that Winters was too lazy to accept Wa Young Lady Lei explained that she didn't want to see each other again. After all, that slap in the face that can't be said, it still hurts.

But Elizabeth smiled wickedly and refused to agree to help Winters find Anna for a pattern anyway. Apparently, she already knew from her own channels that Winters was slapped by Anna. This is probably because she was plain. The rare joys in life will never be easily let go.

"Your friend has a very bad impression of me. I can't see if I can see it. Do you want to see another slap in the face?" Winters grabbed Elizabeth and prevented her from running away.

"Winters, I'm doing this for your own good." Elizabeth had her own set of crooked reasons, and pretended to be serious: "You're almost mad at Anna, and now my female companions You treat yourself as a very unruly man...you apologize to Anna and she will forgive you."

"Why should I apologize?" Winters didn't know whether to cry or laugh, He had seen through Elizabeth's thoughts: "Are you happy to see me slapped again?"

Elizabeth couldn't take it any longer and laughed impudently. It happened that Antonio had just returned home, and Elizabeth hurriedly asked her father for help.

Antonio's attitude was very open-minded: "I thought they were little girls just going to Mrs. Anguisola's studio to play, so do they paint well? Since Jonny needs to ask for permission. With the help of Young Lady Lei, I'll take you to Navarre House."

"Then you can go to Mrs. Navarre yourself and let her get some paintings of her daughter?"

"Johnny asked for your help, not me. You should have gone by yourself, I went to Navarre House to apologize to Navarre Young Lady Lei for my offense." Ann Tonio's smile is exactly the same as Elizabeth's, and Winters reaffirms that Ella's mischievous personality is definitely inherited from Antonio.

Back to Madame Navarre's small living room, Antonio and Winters came to the Navarre mother and daughter duo.

Antonio, an old friend of Madame Navarre, explained his intentions in a few words, hoping to ask for a few works by Younger Lady Lei of Navarre for his younger brother Giovanni. Without waiting for Anna to speak, Madam Navarre agreed for her daughter.

Antonio then cheerfully talked to Anna first in Old Tongue, and then in Old Tongue.

Ana was eloquent, and Mrs. Navarre was not knowing what to do.

Winters could understand, but Antonio and Ana were just chatting daily, with no real chatting content.

After confirming that Anna was indeed able to use the old language and the ancient language, Antonio stood up, bowed solemnly to Anna, and said sincerely: "[Old language] Miss Anna, How offended, I mistook you for a normal woman, please accept my apology."

Ana, Madame Navarre, and Winters were all taken aback.

In any case, the status of men in this era is far higher than that of women; not to mention that even if Anna is a man, the social status of Major General and Legion Corps Head Antonio Seretti is far behind. higher than her.

It is very rare for a high-status person to apologize to a low-status person, no matter what era or country. Most high-status people, even if they should apologize, just pretend that nothing happened.

Seeing this, Winters began to admire his uncle's bearing, because Antonio had no reluctance and was sincerely apologizing to Ana for his actions.

Ana also became a little panicked when she saw Antonio bowing deeply to her, she also quickly stood up and curtseyed back in a hurry.

Antonio said more, turned his head to Madame Navarre, and said with a smile, "Then ask Navarre Young Lady Lei to take some paintings and make them."

Madame Navarre was confused, she didn't know what happened, and she didn't understand a word of the conversation between Antonio and Ana just now.

At last, Antonio began to speak Common language again, and Madame Navarre gracefully leaned on the chaise longue and replied, "Let the two children go together. You and I, but we said There's no end to it."

Winters followed Anna, and the two walked straight to Anna's studio without a word.

There are several stands in the studio, and the table is full of canvases and paper. Many panels, covered with white cloth against the wall, appear to be completed works. There are also many white papers with line drafts casually thrown on the ground.

"humph." Anna turned her back to Winters and rummaged at the table, before opening her mouth angrily: "Mr. Serbia still despises women, 'I mistakenly regarded you as ordinary. Women', can you treat ordinary women so lightly?"

Winters was dumbfounded.

The more she thought about it, the more angry she became. She asked Winters angrily: "What do you think? Mr. Montagne."

Winters thought for a while, then said slowly: "My thoughts As a guest, I shouldn't be treated like this."

Two rolls of drawing paper moved towards Winters were thrown over, but the throwing party was not strong, and the drawing paper was not a javelin, so it was easy to be caught by Winters catch.

"Can guests ask for my work after humiliating me?" Anna came over with several large scrolls of drawing paper and shoved the drawing paper to Winters: "I'll give it to you!"

“No one else can represent me. I have never thought of you lightly. On the contrary, you are very rude to me.” Winters replied humbly: “If you don’t want to give me the painting , I can also buy it. But to be honest, compared to before, I don't respect you as much now."

Anna is really going crazy now.

"How about you slap me again?" Winters asked quietly.

The words were so sarcastic that Anna was completely pissed off, and then she...she cried.

Yes, Anna was crying.

Squatting on the ground and crying.

Winters was dumbfounded.

He was stunned and at a loss.

"Huh? What are you crying for?"

"Aren't you pretending to cry?"

The other party cried even louder.

"What kind of thing is this? I'm innocent."

"Let your servants hear it, and I can't wash it...you can't wash it."

Still no effect.

Winters also squatted on the ground and asked tentatively, "How about... I'll slap you too and we'll even out?"

"You hit!" Anna raised her head Head, twitching, weak, helpless, and fierce.

It finally worked.

"I don't hit... a lady." Winters wanted to say not to hit a woman, but thought of Sophia, there are many women who are assassin as Sophia, so she still replaces the woman with a lady.

Anna stopped crying, her eyes were red, and she asked Winters, sniffling without a ladylike image, "You said I would paint what you want to buy, right?"

"I can buy it. , you can make an offer."

"This is not a lion's big mouth", Winters thought: "I have to ask Giovanni Uncle to reimburse."

"You will know Price." Anna glared at Winters and pushed him out of the studio.

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On the way home, Antonio said to Winters with emotion: "Nava Young Lady Lei is really very difficult to deal with, I think if If she wasn't a woman, she would have done more."

"Didn't you just tell me a few days ago that it was the widow who held up half of Veneta?" Winters retorted.

"Yes, I'm talking about widows." Antonio smiled: "It would be even better if Nawa Young Lady Lei became a widow."

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In the Navarre Manor, Anna buried her head in Mrs. Navarre’s arms, and her face could no longer be seen crying just now.

"Are you familiar with that youngster named Winters?" Madame Navarre asked casually.

"No, it's only the second time we met today." Anna replied absentmindedly.

"What do you think of him?"

"Not good!"

Mrs. Navarre said to Anna seriously: "I know his mother , have seen his father. He has a bloodline of northerners, our family is not married to northerners, do you understand?"

"Aiya! mother, what are you talking about! I'm not Catherine, I just want to get married all day long!”

Thanks to book friend 20170726153222839 for the recommendation ticket, thanks to book friend 20181013204343295 for the recommendation ticket, thanks to book friend Yan Yunsan for the recommendation ticket, and thanks to the book friend for the recommendation of the shrimp pond Thank you to my friends who have voted for me before. thank you all. The history of widows' property rights changes and the process by which widows are gradually recognized as persons with full civil capacity is very interesting.

(end of this chapter)