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What, no more hiring?
Yan Yu's expression froze.
The blacksmith shop owner tore off the recruitment notice posted on the door, turned around and walked inside with the last two handymen he had just hired.
"Hurry up and follow me. You'll be working next to Blacksmith Wang soon. Be quick, okay?"
The two new handymen nodded quickly as a guarantee: "Don't worry, we will do our best!"
The blacksmith shop owner heard this, looked at the slightly bulging muscles on the two men's arms, and grumbled in dissatisfaction: "If it weren't for extraordinary times, the blacksmith shop would never hire people like you."
The two of them immediately smiled as if they were lucky: "Yes, yes, thank you boss for giving us the opportunity."
The blacksmith shop is the place with the best treatment in the village except for the patrol team. Compared with the patrol team that often has to go out to kill monsters, the safety is guaranteed. Therefore, many young people are eager to work in the blacksmith shop, and they are almost fighting for their chance.
If they hadn't reacted quickly, they probably wouldn't have been able to have such a good thing.
Originally, the minimum requirements for employees in the store were a strength value greater than 13 points and a constitution value greater than 10 points. If it were not for the upcoming event, the blacksmith shop would need to produce a large number of weapons in a short period of time and it would be impossible to lower the requirements to recruit people.
There are only two blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop, each with two assistants, plus the boss, a total of seven people.
Today, the blacksmith shop owner hired six more handymen at once, preparing to assign them to the assistants under Blacksmith Wang and Blacksmith Li in order to improve their work efficiency.
The blacksmith shop owner asked the two newcomers to stand side by side with the previous four people, and began to lecture them in a serious tone.
"Let me be frank. If I find any of you slacking off, you'll be fired immediately. I don't keep idle people here, especially during these extraordinary times. If anyone drags your feet, I will show no mercy."
The six people nodded in unison.
"Okay, go find the blacksmiths you are responsible for."
The blacksmith shop owner sent the six people away, but there was still a hint of sadness between his brows, and he couldn't help but sigh softly.
When he turned around, he was almost scared by Yan Yu who was following behind him.
"Why are you still here? Go away, I'm not hiring anymore."
Yan Yu pondered over the words the blacksmith shop owner had just said, and in his heart, he highlighted the four words "extraordinary times" that he said twice in a row.
This is key information.
The blacksmith shop was recruiting temporary workers and automatically lowered the requirements. It hired six people in one go. It seemed that something big was going to happen in the near future, and it was something that required a lot of weapons and equipment.
Considering the main quest of the current dungeon in the survival game [Survive for 7 Days], it is very likely that monsters will invade the novice village within these 7 days.
Either a high-level monster, or a low-level monster wave or something like that.
If players think that they can survive safely for 7 days by entering the Novice Village, they are too naive.
Survival games don't seem like something that would engage in charity, so Yan Yu didn't hesitate to speculate about it with the greatest malice.
Thinking of this, Yan Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he felt a little anxious about his own guess.
If that is the case, then she must improve her strength as soon as possible, at least to be able to protect herself.
Killing monsters is the only way to quickly improve strength, but she has no weapons or equipment, no life-saving skills or red medicine, so she will definitely die if she goes out.
After thinking about it, Yan Yu decided to trick the blacksmith shop owner into keeping her in the shop.
"Boss, don't rush to drive me away. I'm here to discuss cooperation with you, not to be a handyman."
Yan Yu's back was very straight, his posture was relaxed and confident, he looked confident and had a very impressive posture.
In fact, she was not sure either, but at the negotiation table, you must never let your opponent easily see through your strengths and weaknesses.
The blacksmith shop owner, upon hearing Yan Yu's words, subconsciously looked her up and down, his gaze lingering for a moment on her somewhat tattered clothes. "You're only a level 3 refugee. I have no business collaborating with you."
As he spoke, he waved at Yan Yu, as if to drive her away.
Yan Yu's expression remained unchanged. "These are critical times, and the day is almost here. Boss, do you think that with your current efficiency, you can produce enough weapons and equipment within a few days?"
"If it fails to be completed, the consequences will be very serious."
Yan Yu deliberately blurred some information, clarified the pros and cons, and let the other party take the initiative to identify themselves and thus enter her negotiation rhythm.
The blacksmith's owner's eyes darkened. "Whether it can be completed or not, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."
I'm in the trap.
Yan Yu shook her finger: "Actually, you have a better choice."
"But I don't believe you." The blacksmith shop owner obviously understood the girl's implication and still refused her bluntly.
Yan Yu knew very well that the other party would not believe her based on just a few words.
She was patient, her tone gentle yet firm. "Although I'm only level 3, I've been learning forging from my father since I was a child, and I'm quite experienced in forging equipment. If it weren't for the sudden change in my family, I wouldn't have ended up here."
Serious nonsense.
The blacksmith's owner narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you a forger?"
Yan Yu raised her chin slightly, revealing a proud expression that startled the blacksmith shop owner. "Of course."
When the blacksmith shop owner heard Yan Yu's affirmative answer, his eyes first lit up with joy, but then the joy was quickly replaced by suspicion.
"How do I know if what you say is true or false?"
The other party was completely fooled. Yan Yu smiled calmly: "What is true cannot be false, and what is false cannot be true. I can make equipment on the spot to prove myself."
"It depends on whether you, boss, have the courage." She paused and added with a low laugh.
After saying that, Yan Yu stopped talking and handed over some of the initiative.
Provoke + retreat to advance.
The blacksmith shop owner lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Alright, I'll let you try. But first thing's first, if you're a liar, you'll have to leave our village forever and never set foot in it again!"
There is only one blacksmith shop in the entire village, and there are only two blacksmiths available. Even if they work 24 hours a day without eating or drinking, it is impossible for them to produce enough equipment to equip everyone within 6 days.
If Yan Yu is really a blacksmith as she said, even if her blacksmithing level is only E-level, it will greatly relieve their pressure.
Now the situation is urgent, he has to take a gamble.
The blacksmith shop owner took Yan Yu into the inner courtyard.
There were four huge furnaces burning in the yard, with hot molten iron surging in them. Four shirtless assistants were busy shuttling around in them, and behind them followed newcomers who were watching and learning.
There is a forging table on the east and west sides of the yard. In front of the forging table are two middle-aged men with bare chests. They are holding hammers weighing hundreds of pounds and hammering on the condensed and initially shaped molten iron with a "ding ding dang dang" sound.
Soon, the middle-aged man at the forging table on the east side struck the final blow with his hammer, successfully creating a new weapon.
Yan Yu used his detection skills on the dagger.
[Nameless Dagger]
Quality: E grade
Basic Attributes: Attack Power +2
Additional attributes: None
Special effects: None
There is no doubt that the E-level dagger worth 80 copper coins in the store came from the blacksmith shop.
Yan Yu then checked the other finished products displayed in the yard one by one. Most of them were E-grade, with only a dozen or so D-grade items, and none above C-grade.
After thinking about it, Yan Yu launched the detection technique towards the middle-aged man in the east.
The next second, the detection technique took effect.
[NPC·Blacksmith Wang]
Level: 7 (50/220)
Health: 240/240
Strength: 20
Constitution: 13
Agility: 7
Spirit: 10
Talent: E-level Forger (E-level equipment creation rate 65%, D-level and above equipment creation rate 0%)
E-level forger? The rate of completing equipment of the same level is only slightly more than half. This talent is somewhat useless.
E-level equipment only has single-digit attack or defense attributes, and with only a few points added, it is truly no different from garbage.
Yan Yu turned around to check the data of Li the Blacksmith.
[NPC Li Blacksmith]
Level: 9 (10/260)
Health: 277/277
Strength: 24
Constitution: 12
Agility: 10
Spirit: 11
Talent: D-level Blacksmith (E-level equipment creation rate 95%, D-level equipment creation rate 50%, C-level and above equipment creation rate 0%)
Blacksmith Li's attributes in all aspects are stronger than Blacksmith Wang's. It can be said that he is the highest-level person in the entire blacksmith shop. Moreover, his talent is also one level higher than Blacksmith Wang's. He has become a blacksmith from a forger.
It is estimated that all the D-level equipment in the village was made by this blacksmith Li.
Yan Yu glanced at his SSS-level talent and breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as we get the equipment blueprints, defeating them will be a piece of cake.
After all, her talent is six or seven levels higher than those of these two blacksmiths, which can be called a dimensionality reduction attack.
"Come on, you can start now."
The blacksmith shop owner led Yan Yu to an empty forging table and asked her to prove herself with her strength.
Without the blueprints, she was just a figurehead with a treasure but no way to find it.
Yan Yu cleared his throat and said, "Without the materials, I can't start."
Blacksmith shop owner: “?” Are you kidding me?
Seeing the blacksmith's face gradually darken, Yan Yu simply continued to deceive him, "It's like this. Although I'm a D-level blacksmith, I only got three equipment blueprints from my father. You don't have all the raw materials needed for those three types of equipment, so I can't make them."
She couldn't reveal her true talent, so for the sake of various considerations that followed, she directly used Li the blacksmith's talent.
Blacksmith Li is highly respected in the shop, as can be seen from the fact that his forging table is twice as big and twice as advanced as Blacksmith Wang's.
Moreover, when recruiting workers at the beginning, the boss remembered to recruit people for Blacksmith Li first, and then it was Blacksmith Wang's turn, so in the end the two new talents were recruited under Blacksmith Wang.
She made it clear that she was a D-class blacksmith, and she believed that the boss would pay more attention to her, which would give her greater bargaining power.
After hearing Yan Yu's explanation, the blacksmith's owner softened his tone a little: "So what are you going to do? If you can't prove yourself, I won't be polite."
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