The blacksmith didn't spend much time in there, and soon came out, followed by a burly middle-aged man in linen. His skin was shiny black, even his face. He was obviously a blacksmith, but his clothes were decent, and it was obvious that he didn't work as a blacksmith much.

Dolai, who was warming himself by the fire, saw this man and immediately stood up, lowered his head and said, "Hello, Brother Ha, I want to apply for a job as a laborer."

Ha Ge came close to Dole and looked him up and down. He suddenly reached out and patted Dole on the shoulder.

Duolai knew what he was doing and didn't try to dodge. Instead, he pushed hard with his feet to meet Ha Ge's big hand.

bump.

Dolai's feet shook, and he shrunk a bit, but his body remained straight.

Ha Ge squeezed Dolai's shoulder and said with a smile, "Boy, you're great. Your work in the mine these past two years has not been in vain. Now, go work with Virak. Do whatever he asks you to do. Four coppers a day is okay?"

Ah, and an extra copper coin. Duolai immediately patted his chest and said, "Okay, okay, thank you, Brother Ha, thank you, Brother Ha."

Ha Ge looked at Duolai's young face, thought for a moment, and said, "If you don't want to be a laborer and want to be an apprentice, it depends on whether you have good eyesight."

Can I be an apprentice? Duolai's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed.

Although a blacksmith apprentice does not receive any salary, unlike a laborer, he can learn the craft from a master and become a formal blacksmith in the future. A formal blacksmith, even a naturalized blacksmith registered with the Blacksmiths' Union, earns monthly income in silver coins, not copper coins. It is definitely a skyrocketing thing. If you can become a blacksmith apprentice, then the matter of the dictionary can be postponed to later and there is no need to rush.

Ha Ge was just talking casually. He could see that Duolai didn't want to waste a whole day on eating, so he worked as a handyman. However, the blacksmith shop also needed people. If Duolai wanted to be a blacksmith in the future, he could do it with his current physique. Of course, physique is physique. Whether one can make a living from this job still depends on talent and hard work. It doesn't really have much to do with physique, but physique is the foundation. Without physique, one can't do it.

Virik was the blacksmith whom Dolai had just talked about. When he saw that Ha Ge agreed, he also smiled in a simple and honest way.

Virak is a second-level blacksmith who can forge second-level ironware. Now he has no laborers to help him, so he is very happy.

Hago said a few words, then left the forge and went to the back, while Dolai stayed beside Virak.

Verrick looked at Dolai and said in a muffled voice, "This is your first time as a laborer. Let me be frank. If you mess up, I will beat you up."

Dole naturally nodded quickly, indicating that he would do a good job.

Virek is a second-level blacksmith, responsible for a forge alone. Next to the forge are molds, iron felt, ice water for quenching, and everything else. There were not enough laborers these days, so they were all assigned to the third-level blacksmiths. As a result, Virek, a second-level blacksmith, had no laborers to use. He was very worried, but when Dolai arrived, he was very relieved.

Virick has already started the fire in the forge, and he just needs to wait for it to burn well before he can start preparing for the work. At the other forges, the workers have already started working on them, so Virick is quite anxious.

After the matter was settled, Virak assigned work to Dole. The first thing was to light the fire, add carbon to the forge, and then pull the bellows to make it burn more vigorously, while Virak prepared the mold and iron ingots.

As a member of the city of Dormont, Dolai has some experience in iron ore processing. The freshly mined iron ore needs to be screened, then sanded, and then processed into pig iron through a blacksmith furnace. The pig iron is then smelted to remove more impurities and become rough iron, and then it is refined again before it can be turned into usable steel. To get higher-grade steel, more processing and some means are needed before it can be turned into usable steel ingots. Among them, fire plays a big role. In the city of Dormont, in addition to the charcoal fire used by civilians, the most powerful one is the large magic fire used by the officials themselves. That is a flame that only wizards can use, and civilians cannot touch it at all.

To ordinary people, wizards are like sacred beings. They cannot normally come into contact with them, let alone the magic fire. It is said that it is a flame that is ten times more powerful than charcoal fire. Charcoal fire can melt steel, so wouldn’t the magic fire be even more terrifying?

While Dole was burning the fire, he was thinking about all sorts of things in his mind. Soon, he made the fire burn brightly. Compared with working in the mine, pulling the bellows was a very easy job.

Virak, who was standing there busy, was secretly happy to see Dole working very hard to make the fire burn brightly. He had already brought the iron ingot over, and when he saw the flame was burning brightly, he asked Dole to get the crucible and prepare to melt the ingot.

The work was not difficult, just tedious. Virak wanted this and that, and he also had to take care of the flame all the time and not let it get lower. After a while, his whole body was roasted red by the flames and steaming all over.

Dole pulled the bellows vigorously, making the fire red, and the iron ingots in the crucible quickly melted. At this time, Virick had already prepared the mold.

Dolai was not just simply making a fire, he was also observing his surroundings and was very curious about all the blacksmith's skills.

The mold is a sandbox with very fine and firm sand inside. After it is fixed, a wide broadsword prop is put in. After pressing a mark in the sand, the broadsword is taken away and the sandbox is closed again, leaving only one end of the sandbox exposed and placed on the ground.

The next process was unremarkable. The ordinary iron ingot was melted into water and then poured into the mold. With a burst of smoke, after all the molten iron was poured in, wait for a moment, open the mold, and the black broadsword embryo was revealed. At this time, forging would begin.

The two men worked together, one to light the fire and add carbon, and the other to hammer the blank. A morning passed quickly, and a nine-forged broadsword was freshly produced.

The next step is polishing.

Dole saw that during the forging process, Virek was not simply hammering the broadsword back and forth, but had a pattern, switching between the big hammer and the small hammer, and paying attention to the broadsword's appearance, center of gravity, etc. at all times, all of which were very particular.

After finishing a sword fight, Dolai felt that he had learned a lot.

After the break, Virek called Dole and prepared to eat something. At this time, Virek truly accepted Dole. The young man was strong and capable, not bad.

It was lunchtime, and as he walked in, he saw many people coming out with food. Dolai saw what they were eating: fragrant rice and small pieces of meat. His eyes widened immediately.

Seeing Dolai's expression, Virak laughed and said, "Work hard. If you do a good job, you can eat this every day."

Along the way, many people greeted Virak, and many people saw the little boy Dolai and gave him friendly greetings.

This made Dolai feel that the blacksmith group was still very loving.