Alien Knights

Under Edgar's strange gaze, Todd picked up a piece of ore lying in the open field.

Judging from the appearance, these do not look like washed ores, but a bit like the waste after fire refining - slag.

Under the instruction of the craftsman, a smelting apprentice with a face full of ashes put down his work and walked towards Todd who was holding the ore and observing it repeatedly.

"My lord, what can we humble people do for you?"

Hearing this, Todd showed a little surprise on his face. Looking at the child who was bending over and bowing his head but was the same age as him, he realized that the reason why the other party was so obedient was probably because of the monk's uniform on his body.

Frowning, looking at the cross on his chest, Todd raised the slag in his hand and asked the apprentice, "What are these things?"

"Slag, the residue after silver refining."

"Smelting silver? Are there silver mines here?"

The apprentice replied respectfully: "There is no silver mine near the monastery. These wastes come from the northern quarry, which is a gift from the Silver Ring Kingdom to the monastery."

"Northern Quarry?"

"Yes, I heard that the mines there produce silver ore."

After pondering for a moment, Todd used his own perspective to pass through the surface of the slag, looked at the dots of silver light shining in it, and asked thoughtfully: "I ask you, is the silver smelting in the North Stone Mine the "ash blowing silver smelting method"?"

"Ash blowing silver smelting method?"

Seeing the other party's puzzled expression, he rubbed his head and explained to the apprentice the general process of the "Ash blowing silver smelting method" in his previous life.

The so-called "ash blowing silver smelting method" is a method of separating silver and lead. Silver mines generally contain very low silver content, and the key to silver smelting technology is how to enrich silver. Since lead and silver are completely soluble in each other and have a low melting point, lead is added during silver smelting to dissolve the silver in the lead to achieve the enrichment of silver, and then the silver can be separated.

It sounds simple, but in the previous life, the ash blowing method was subdivided into many categories. In the European Middle Ages alone, there were nearly ten types of ash blowing methods, such as the English ash blowing method, the German ash blowing method, the wind disk ash blowing method, and the formwork ash blowing method.

Todd had only explained for a while, when suddenly a pair of big hands appeared in front of him, tightly covering the ears of the astonished apprentice.

A dark face appeared in front of Todd's eyes, and the ravine-covered face revealed tension and uneasiness. The old craftsman, who seemed to be about fifty years old, lowered his voice and whispered to Todd: "My lord, please follow me."

After being led into a dilapidated studio, Todd found a wooden chair and sat down.

Seeing that the idlers were all driven out by the old craftsman, only Ed walked in swaggeringly.

The boy Edgar, with a look of indifference on his face, walked into the door and found a clean corner, leaning against the wall and looking at himself leisurely.

This caused black lines to appear on Todd's forehead, and he cursed secretly in his heart: I know you bastard is here to spy on me, but how can there be such a blatant surveillance like you in the world?

The old craftsman closed the door tightly, waved away the curious apprentices outside the window, stood in front of Todd respectfully, and said carefully: "My lord, you will kill us."

Opening his eyes wide, Todd asked puzzledly, "Huh? What do you mean by that?"

The old craftsman took off the cloth towel hanging around his neck and wiped his forehead. The old craftsman swallowed: "Although I have never heard of the name of the 'ashblowing' you just mentioned, I have heard of a similar silver refining technique. This silver refining technique is called 'Nathaniel's silver lead technique'. The general process is similar to what you said, but only the royal craftsmen are qualified to touch the detailed techniques. But it will be very harmful to you and us to say it casually on such an occasion..."

Looking at the old craftsman in front of him, he pointed to the top of his head vaguely while talking, and Todd understood what he meant in an instant.

But this is really a depressing thing. If I remember correctly, in the previous life, the "Ash blowing method" was invented by astrologers in 2500 BC (the Babylonians). How come in this world, the royal family set up a "technical barrier" as a baby?

I thought so in my heart, but the most urgent thing is to let the person opposite know that I have no malicious intentions.

Todd said: "It turns out that's the case, but I'm ignorant..."

Knowing that the person in front of him didn't do it intentionally, the old craftsman obviously breathed a sigh of relief. He hung the cloth towel that he was rubbing and pulling down to his waist, and said, "My lord, don't blame yourself. You are the spokesperson of God, so naturally you don't care about things in this world."

"what your name?"

"Aiden, Aiden Kombe, my lord."

"Aiden, I need to ask you some questions."

"My lord, as long as you ask, I will tell you everything."

Using perspective ability to look at the particles with metallic luster, Todd said: "I heard that these wastes are sent from the Silver Ring Kingdom, so what about the silver ore? Why didn't I see the silver ore they sent?"

The old craftsman was a little surprised by Todd's question: "My lord, silver ore can be refined to produce precious silver, so it is naturally impossible for the kingdom to give it to us."

"So, the Silver Ring Kingdom gave the refined waste to the monastery?"

Perhaps because he misunderstood the meaning of the other party's words, Aiden quickly waved his hand and said: "My lord, you may have misunderstood. The Silver Ring Kingdom sent these without any meaning of humiliation or derogation. Although these are wastes after refining silver, they still have high value. The lead water obtained through the fire smelting method is an important source of lead and roof materials for monasteries."

What a waste, with this in mind, Todd asked another key question: "How much slag is there after silver smelting like this?"

The old craftsman raised his head and replied suspiciously: "As much as you want. The slag sent every year is simply inexhaustible, and more than half of it is used to fill the mountain."

He secretly rejoiced in his heart, but put on a calm look on his face.

Todd said with a smile while calculating the benefits, "Aiden, now there is an opportunity for you to contribute to the Heavenly Father, are you willing?"

Taking out and grasping the cross under the robe, the old craftsman crossed his fingers, closed his eyes and bent down deeply: "I am willing to give my all for the Lord."

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"Actually, you don't need to promise to pay him at all."

Hearing Edgar's words beside him, Todd shrugged.

He knew that the boy was right, and he also knew that the belief of the old craftsman was enough to motivate him to work without compensation and without asking for compensation. However, in the previous society, market thinking such as the spirit of contract, distribution according to work, and win-win and mutual benefit have been deeply imprinted into this soul. Besides, compared to the huge profits that will be collected next, the remuneration given to the craftsmen is almost negligible.

With a rare good mood, Todd opened his right arm, hugged Edgar's shoulder, looked at the small freckles on the other's face, and asked softly: "Do you want to eat meat every day?"

The little guy who was still struggling, when he heard this, he immediately forgot all his unhappiness, his eyes lit up, and he nodded his head hastily.

"Would you like to wear new clothes?"

nod.

"Do you want to sleep till dawn every day without working hard?"

Nodding desperately.

Todd opened his mouth and smiled at Edgar, showing two rows of teeth.

"Trust me, these will be available soon."