Legendary Hero

The leading dwarf, Rolin, knew him. He was the dwarf prince Mercury whom he had met in Alpine Town back then.

"Welcome, my old friend." Rollin was very happy to see this guy.

"Commander of the Silver Crusade, my father and I are very honored to have your trust. So as soon as we received your letter, we came here immediately." Mo Hughes laughed.

Luo Lin's appeal letters were scattered all over the continent, as long as he thought there was some strength and would be helpful in fighting against the dark army, he sent all the letters. The dwarves who are famous for forging the continent are of course the top priority.

This time Moses brought a lot of dwarves, more than 5,000 people, of which 4,000 were dwarf warriors, and the other 1,000, from the looks of it, should be blacksmiths.

In addition to the first time, they also brought 10,000 sets of ordinary nail-studded armor and 20,000 iron swords, which just solved the urgent need for the bridge defenders to lack equipment.

You know, the population of the dwarves is only about 200,000 people. Not to mention the equipment, there are 5,000 people here, and the assistance is not insignificant.

Rollin arranged for these dwarf warriors first, and then held a small banquet on the upper floor of the fortress, specially inviting Moses and several dwarf blacksmiths who came with him.

The scale of the banquet is very simple, the food is not much, and it is not exquisite. The best food is a few black-headed carp caught from the Heishui River.

After the banquet, Luo Lin said apologetically: "The mainland is in trouble, supplies are scarce, and the food is a little simple. I hope you don't mind."

Mo Hughes waved his hand, took a sip of the beer on the table indifferently, and said with a smile: "Marshal, if you really entertain us with those delicacies from mountains and seas, I will look down on you. Look at so many refugees below, we It’s not safe to eat.”

The dwarf said it well, and Luo Lin laughed loudly: "Come, try this fish. Although the ingredients are not much, the chef in the army is still very skilled, and the cooking is very delicious."

The dwarves nodded, chomping on food and drinking ale, not restrained at all, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After drinking for three rounds, Luo Lin said: "His Royal Highness, to be honest, what I value most this time is the blacksmith you brought. What we lack most now are weapons and equipment."

"Haha, I know your difficulties. Don't worry, each of these thousand blacksmiths is very skilled. If they work together, as long as there are enough iron materials and blacksmiths, they can make two thousand irons a day." There are 60,000 swords a month, which is enough to make up for the gap in your weapons." Moses took another sip of ale, fresh fish with ale, he felt very good, and it had a different taste compared with the food he had in the mountains.

This speed is indeed good, but Luo Lin is not satisfied: "Then what if it is a better quality steel sword?"

Iron swords are too brittle and easy to break, which is very fatal in battle. If steel swords can be supplied, Luo Lin hopes to provide steel weapons to the defenders, which can greatly increase the lethality of the army.

Although this improvement is not big, if it is enlarged to an army of 100,000 people, this improvement cannot be ignored. Perhaps because of this improvement, soldiers can kill thousands more soldiers, and may even determine the victory of the battle. Negative.

So Luo Lin hopes to do his best to improve the army equipment.

"Steel sword?" Mo Hughes frowned slightly: "It takes a lot of effort to make a steel sword. If you want a steel sword, the temperature of the furnace is higher, and the forging process is more complicated. The thousand of us, one day You can only build five hundred at most. You know, some weapons need to be built, and self-defense equipment also needs to be built, so there may not be enough time, right?"

Luo Lin smiled, clapped his hands, and immediately a servant came up with a small pile of gray-black 'gravel'.

"This is?" a blacksmith asked, he felt sensitively that it was a kind of burning coal, but he had never seen such a thing.

Luo Lin introduced: "This is charcoal refined by a special method, an invention of an alchemist. With a specific stove and blower, its burning temperature can easily melt krypton gold!"

The stove and the blower were made by the craftsmen of Maple Leaf County. He didn't give much advice, but he made some demands, and then issued a huge reward, just like what he did in Maple Leaf City.

Stimulated by the gold coins, after half a year, some craftsmen would come to their door to receive the bonus while staying with the finished product.

The master blacksmith was taken aback immediately, stretched out his hand and took a piece of charcoal, looked at it, squeezed it again, and finally put it in his mouth to taste, finally nodded and said: "I feel that this charcoal contains condensed fire. Element, I think what you said is right. Marshal, I am also very interested in the stove and blower you mentioned, can you show me the blueprint?"

"Of course." Luo Lin clapped his hands, and a servant took a stack of blueprints.

In this day and age, everyone is fighting against the Dark Legion with all their strength, and these dwarves are interesting enough. Naturally, he doesn't need to hide his secrets, and Luo Lin is sure that he will never suffer.

The dwarf immediately took out a crystal lens, then lay down on the blueprint and looked at it carefully.

Everyone didn't interrupt him and let him study.

About half an hour later, the dwarf nodded and said: "It's a very exquisite design. I think this thing is better than our lava forge. To be honest, if you use it to forge steel swords, it's really overkill."

As expected of a master, after half an hour of studying like this, he has almost fully grasped this device.

Only then did Luo Lin speak out about his purpose: "Your Highness, I think the thousand dwarf blacksmiths you brought are still too few. I think I can send a large number of young men as apprentices to help you complete some simple but The tedious and repetitive work should improve a lot of efficiency, what do you think?"

The dwarves have always kept the forging technology of the human race a secret. To be honest, the method proposed by Rowling is already playing around the corner.

Mohus exchanged glances with several dwarf forging masters, and Rowling saw the master who was looking at the drawings just nodded slightly, and then Mohus said, "That's a good idea."

The human race has shown great sincerity, and without any concealment, they have come up with a set of excellent forging equipment. Of course, they can't just pay nothing, and they are just apprentices. Even if they are allowed to watch, as long as they hide a little , These apprentices can't learn much.

Rollin smiled immediately, raised his glass and said, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation."

He didn't ask those apprentices to learn the essence of dwarf forging technology, as long as they could learn 70% to 80% of dwarf skills.

At that time, he will use the method of fine division of labor to open a forging factory and build weapons and equipment on a large scale. Although the quality of these equipment is definitely not as good as dwarf products, the advantage of the human race is that it has more people and more weapons. Can quickly become self-sufficient and meet the needs of warriors of all races.

Everyone is not an idiot. Quantitative changes will always lead to qualitative changes. There will always be smart people who will emerge and start to improve the technology bit by bit. After a few years, the human race's forging technique may be able to become its own, competing with the dwarves. down.

To be honest, when discussing the deal with the dwarves with Horn, Horn was opposed to sharing the forging furnace and blower.

In Horn's view, this is a good thing that the human race finally produced. How could it be learned by the dwarves, who have always kept their forging skills tightly covered.

But Rowling finally convinced Horn with a set of reasons.

His reason is very simple, that is, one of the biggest advantages of the human race is that there are many people.

The entire dwarf clan has more than 200,000 people, but although the human race has suffered a catastrophe, the population of the entire northern border is now more than five million, which is an order of magnitude higher than that of the dwarves.

A very simple reason, such as a new technology that can increase a fighter's combat effectiveness by 10%, if it is popular among dwarves, but the population of dwarves is only a little over 200,000, and the number of fighters is only over 10,000, then the overall The increase is just over 100. But the number of humans is more than 20 times that of dwarves, so the overall increase in combat power exceeds 2000.

The effect of each technology on the human race and the dwarf race will produce a huge inequality, and the human race always takes a huge advantage.

This is just the simplest reasoning, and it does not include more opportunities and more innovations brought about by a huge population.

Therefore, it seems that neither party will suffer from this deal now, but after a few years, the population advantage of the human race will start to play a role, and the dwarves will probably cry without tears.

This is Luo Lin's deepest consideration. Because of his wisdom and foresight, he appears to be very sincere in his dealings with the dwarves, without any secrets.

Dwarves are a passionate race, as long as they feel your sincerity and you treat him sincerely, they will immediately repay you with the greatest sincerity.

The host and guest enjoyed the meal.

Afterwards, several master blacksmiths did not rest for a moment, and immediately took most of the blacksmiths on the merchant ship to Fikes Island.

"Time is very tight, we have to create enough equipment and weapons as soon as possible!" These are the words of the dwarf master, showing sincerity.

Fakes Island is far away from overseas, so there is no need to worry about defense issues. It is the best base. The dwarves set up a blacksmith shop, which is naturally on the island.

Luo Lin's trick is not only effective for the dwarves, but also very effective for the elves whose population is less than a million and whose reproduction rate is far slower than that of the human race when the elves come.

The large number of people is the most inconspicuous of a race, but it is also the greatest advantage.

Only a pair of spiritual eyes and a pair of skilled hands are needed to fully dig out the huge energy contained in it.

It can be said that if the human race can always implement Luo Lin's thinking and face all races with an open attitude, then this race will reach the pinnacle of the continent with an irresistible trend until it becomes the undisputed master of the continent.

This is the wisdom to control the general situation. Fortunately, in this world, not many people understand this.

The dwarves were only the first wave of support, and five days later, Iona from the Far North also returned.