My Magic Age

Large magic caravans are still coming and going in front of the North Duisburg Blacksmith Shop. The ten chimneys in the workshop, which are like airport towers, stand like ten Titans. The billowing smoke above their heads forms ten round smoke columns in the air, tilted and pointing to the southeast. People living in the seventh block can clearly know what kind of wind is blowing that day by just looking up at the smoke columns on the ten chimneys standing in the seventh block before going out.

This time, Alia and I came to North Duisburg to order the punch of the magic engraving machine. Among the blacksmith workshops in the imperial capital, after counting them carefully, it is probably only the North Duisburg Blacksmith Shop that has the production capacity of such large forgings. In addition, we also need to order a batch of black iron trousers and black iron heavy boots for those barbarian slaves.

With the successive victories in the plane wars, the imperial army seized a large amount of black iron on the battlefield. Especially after the end of the Kenda plane war, a large number of Nakma people's black iron armor and weapons poured into the imperial capital, which directly lowered the price of black iron products. Many high-end metal products in the imperial capital are basically made of fine forged steel shipped from the dwarf country, but now many metal products in the imperial capital's blacksmith workshops are gradually changing to cheaper black iron processing.

Count Robert, the owner of the North Duisburg workshop, warmly received Alia and me. Compared with five months ago, this Count Robert looked more ruddy and his laughter became louder. He invited us to a spacious reception room in the workshop.

"Miss Alia, you are still as beautiful as ever." Count Robert sat on the soft leather sofa and complimented Alia.

The maids placed some fruits and refreshments on the square table.

Alia smiled charmingly, and her eyes followed the glass window of the reception room, just able to see the busy scene in the workshop. She put on a layer of light makeup today, which made her look less charming, but more youthful and energetic. Her fair skin made her look much younger. She said to Earl Robert, "Earl Robert, you are really good at talking. It seems that your workshop is busier than before. Did you take over the most lucrative steel business in the imperial capital?"

"No, it's just barely maintained. You also know that after the outbreak of the plane war, all industries are not very prosperous. Now it is just a blessing from the victory of the Tokenda plane war. We have received several orders for black iron smelting, and the situation has improved slightly. "Earl Robert narrowed his eyes and stared at Alia's face. There was an admiration in his eyes that could not be concealed. He smiled bitterly and said to her: "You haven't come to me for a long time since the delivery of the light rails."

Alia narrowed her eyes and raised the corners of her mouth and said: "Long time? I thought those light rails were delivered last week!"

After that, Alia asked her personal maid Betty to take out the sheepskin drawings prepared in advance and spread them on the square table.

She leaned forward, and when she leaned over, she used her hands to cover the white and deep cleavage on her chest, pointed to the punch on the drawing and said to Earl Robert: "We came here this time to see if you can do this here!"

Earl Robert stared at Alia's sexy collarbone, his eyes were a little straight.

Alia coughed lightly, and only then did Count Robert come back to his senses. He smiled awkwardly, his eyes fell on the blueprint, and he looked at it carefully for a long time. His face changed from relaxed to heavy, and then he raised his head and said to the maid beside him: "Go and call Chrisandy."

Mr. Goss was still the same, wearing a pair of gray and white silk breeches, a white shirt that was ironed very flat, and his hair was combed meticulously. He walked into the reception room with a cane, and saw me and Alia, and smiled and said to me and Mrs. Alia: "Alia, long time no see, how come you have time to come to us?"

After that, Mr. Goss bowed to me and said: "Hello, Mr. Jijia Magician . "

Alia was familiar with Chrisandy Goss. She relaxed her brows and said to Manager Goss: "Goss, it's a good thing for you to have business coming to you."

Earl Robert hesitated and asked him: "Goss, come and see, can the steam hammer in the workshop hit such a large forging?"

Goss politely took out a pair of glasses from his jacket pocket, hung them on his nose, and walked to the front of the square table. He frowned and looked at the sheepskin drawings on the square table. His eyes fell on those thin lines, with an indescribable concentration. He was the kind of person who lived a clean and tidy life. When Alia looked at him, there was a hint of appreciation in her eyes.

He thought for a long time, raised his head and said to Robert: "You can give it a try."

Hearing what Goss said, Earl Robert took out a handkerchief to wipe the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and said to Mrs. Alia: "For us, this is a test."

Afterwards, I ordered 500 sets of black iron trousers and 500 sets of black iron heavy boots from Earl Robert.

At present, there is a large amount of black iron in the market of the imperial capital. It is said that many blacksmith shops will persuade customers to use black iron instead of fine steel ingots. Goss, the manager of the North Duisburg Blacksmith Workshop, suggested to us that these armors and protective gear should be made of black iron. At this time, the black iron sold in the imperial capital market has the highest cost performance.

In detail, black iron is still slightly more expensive than fine steel ingots, but black iron is the lowest magic metal with magic conduction properties, and it has always been used on the rune plates of the lowest-end magic tools with red copper. (In fact, the largest manufacturing cost of some low-end magic tools is the core metal rune plate, and the largest manufacturing cost of low-end metal rune plates is not the magic metal material, but the manufacturing cost of the inscriptionist.)

If magic patterns can be engraved on these armors made of black iron in the future, these armors will have powerful magical properties. This is the true value of black iron armor.

No matter what happens to these black iron trousers in the future, I was convinced by Mr. Goss anyway, and then I ordered all the black iron trousers in one go.

It's just that no one, including Aria, expected that the black iron trouser armor I customized would be so big. They didn't expect that the black iron trouser armor I customized would consume more black iron than an ordinary set of armor. The giant trouser armor consumes more black iron. When I took out a woodcut leg model of a barbarian, even Aria showed a look of shock.

These two thick legs are a head taller than me, and the roots of the legs are as thick as a water tank. I made some requirements to Mr. Goss, requiring that the thickness of the black iron armor should be able to withstand throws from 600 meters away. Ordinary flying spears cannot cause penetrating damage to trouser armor. This alone requires the thickness of the armor layer to be no less than a finger.

The manager, Mr. Goss, exaggeratedly said loudly: "Oh my God! How much black iron will be used? This much black iron is enough for an ordinary little lord to build a luxurious black iron heavy armored infantry regiment with more than a thousand people." , Magician Jijia, you only made six hundred sets of trousers and heavy boots. This is really exaggerated. Are you trying to sell your black iron trousers to those four-legged Naqma people?"

Earl Robert couldn't help laughing and said loudly: "Haha! In addition to four thick thighs, those Naqma people also have a thick big tail!"

Mr. Goss said to me seriously: "But to be honest, Mr. Jijia Magician, the size of these trousers of yours is exactly the same as those of the Naqma half-armours. There are still some in the recycled scrap warehouse of our workshop." It’s full of these Naqma black iron half-armours!”

I sat on the sofa and said to them: "Everyone, I want to build an army of giants. Is there anything wrong?"

Christian Goss immediately stood up and said humbly: "Of course, I am very honored to be able to help you."

Earl Robert adjusted his sitting posture. He put his left leg on his right knee and wanted to reach for the cigar box on the square table. He noticed that Aaliya frowned slightly and immediately gave up calmly. He retracted his hand to support him. On the armrest of the sofa, he turned to me and asked: "Just regarding the magic black iron ingots consumed, do you plan to purchase them from outside, or use the stock in our workshop?"

"What's the difference?" I said.

Earl Robert gently rubbed his forehead with his hand and said, "Oh, actually it's only a small amount. It might be cheaper to use the black iron ingots provided by our workshop."

I blinked, glanced at Aaliya, and saw that she did not express any objection, which meant that Earl Robert's proposal was acceptable.

So I said: "Then why should I not choose the black iron ingots from Duisburg North?"

When Robert heard the answer, he immediately said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Magician Jijia, you have made a wise choice!"

Heavy armor is divided into two forms: scale armor and plate armor. Scale armor is made of armor pieces inlaid on tight-fitting leather armor. These armor pieces are not necessarily all magic metal pieces. It is said that high-end armor pieces are made of dragon scales. Plate armor is made of metal plates hung on a hard leather lining. Plate armor is thicker and heavier. The physique and strength of a warrior who can wear this kind of armor need to be very good.

The black iron trouser armor I customized is a heavy plate armor. In addition to the black iron material, I also need to choose the material used to make the hard leather armor lining. In fact, this kind of heavy plate armor takes into account the firmness, etc. For the lining of hard leather armor, you also need to choose strong and durable leather. The most common one is the rawhide of one-horned bison, which is both cheap and durable.

The North Duisburg Blacksmith Workshop has a specialized leather shop that cooperates with me. As long as I choose the type of leather, the leather craftsman will sew the hard leather pants according to the leg model I provided. Just for a piece of black iron trousers, Earl Robert quoted me thirty-five magic crystals. If I want to customize the black iron heavy boots, I need to add another fifteen magic crystals, which is five hundred sets of black iron. I need to pay 25,000 magic crystals for the trousers and heavy black iron boots.

Counting the 10,000 magic crystals I spent on the five hundred Naqma half-armours I purchased at a private auction, I have invested nearly 30,000 magic crystals in preparing armor and weapons for these barbarian slaves. spar.

To be honest, if the Astrologer's Guild hadn't spent more than 54,000 magic crystals to buy my fish skin hood at the 'Magic Pattern of Life' demonstration, even if I was sitting on the Pirate King's treasure and the magic pattern spider silk, I would still have no money. It is impossible to customize this kind of heavy magic armor with such arrogance.

When paying the deposit, Earl Robert couldn't help but take a breath of air when he saw me taking out a magic sealing box directly from the magic pocket.

I placed the heavy Demon-Sealing Box on the floor of the living room. The Demon-Sealing Box fell to the floor, making a dull impact. Then, I opened the magic-sealing box, revealing a whole box of magic crystals inside. This magic-sealing box contained exactly 27,000 magic crystals.

Before I could tell the amount of magic crystals, Earl Robert looked at me with a hint of emotion. It could be seen that he clearly knew the approximate number of magic crystals in this box. Thinking about it, it was true. How could the boss of Fortress not know how many magic crystals could be contained in a magic sealing box?

Earl Robert asked me with some uncertainty: "These are..."

I squatted in front of the magic sealing box, reached out and grabbed a handful of magic crystals, threw the magic crystals back into the box, and said to Count Robert: "This is the cost of forging the stamping head and making the black iron leg armor this time. I happen to have quite a lot of money, so I just handed it over in one go, Bei Dui The reputation of Fort Smith Blacksmith Workshop is still trustworthy. Although we only customized a printing head this time, it is just a sample. If the next experiment of this printing head goes well, I think the next order will not be It will be smaller than the order for this batch of black iron armor.”

Earl Robert did not hide the surprise on his face. He rubbed his hands excitedly, walked to the magic box, and said excitedly to me: "Oh... this is really exciting news. Mr. Jijia Magician, you are really awesome." A generous person, then I will ask Chris Andy to do this immediately and put the production cycle of the black iron pants armor on the schedule. "

"Please take your time," I said to Count Robert.

After talking about these things, Count Robert and Mr. Goss personally sent us to the gate. When Alia and I walked out of North Duisburg and boarded the magic caravan, Alia pursed her sexy lips and looked charming. Zangchang glanced at me and asked me, "Where should we go next?"

I opened the car window a little to let the cool wind blow into the car, and then said to Alia: "Didn't you also order a batch of high-grade white rock rhinoceros leather for me? Let's buy those high-grade rhino leather first. Come back and find a larger leather shop and ask them to make these high-grade leathers into hard leather armor. I am preparing to customize a batch of magic pattern armor for the orc warriors. "

Alia sat next to me, held my arm, and asked me: "Do you really want to form an army and become a plane lord?"

I said, "What's wrong?"

"..."

She didn't say anything, just shook her head gently.

"Are you worried about me?" I couldn't help but reach out and pinch her fair chin, smacked her sexy lips, and said, "Don't worry, plane war is not as scary as you think, maybe there is If you have the opportunity, I will take you to see my battlefield and blow the hot and humid south wind of the Hierro plane."

"You've decided, haven't you?" Alia asked me.

"The matter was decided five months ago. I plan to build a town there first." I nodded and admitted.

Then I sighed: "Speaking of which... the plan still doesn't change quickly! If I had known that we would make such high-end hard leather armor so quickly, we wouldn't have put so much effort into making those giant crocodile leather armors."

Alia held my arm, rested her head on my shoulder, and murmured: "Jijia, how many secrets do you have!"

I chuckled and asked her, "Do you think I'm like a golden mountain that you can never dig out?"

Aaliya squeezed my arm hard, pushed me away, and yelled: "You are such a stinker."

She then dropped a bunch of keys on me.

I took the bunch of keys and asked her, "What is this?"

Aaliyah said to me, "The key to the airport town warehouse. Five hundred sets of Naqma black iron half-armors are placed there. You can take them away at any time."

I sighed: "Hey, with your help, it seems to have become very easy all of a sudden."

After hearing what I said, Aaliya looked a little proud and said to me: "In the past few days, there has been some news about you from the Magic Guild."

I raised my eyebrows and asked her: "What news, good? Bad?"

Alia said to me: "That's good news!"

Since it is good news, of course you should listen to it.

So I said to her: "Tell me about it!"

There was an irresistible beauty in Aria's eyes. She pursed her lips and said, "I heard that the House of Representatives of the Magic Guild held a second voting meeting on the 'Magic Pattern of Life' on the fishskin hood. , it was proposed at the meeting to hold another inscription demonstration meeting, and the fish skin hoods made at the demonstration meeting should be given to the inscription masters present! "

I said with some surprise: "Ah... this doesn't sound like a good thing!"

Aaliyah said: "I heard that this topic was a hot topic in the voting meeting of the House of Representatives, and many great magicians agreed. However, during the final vote, half of the magicians actually voted against it!"

I breathed a sigh of relief and praised: "Is this still happening? These people are really cute!"

Aaliya smiled mysteriously and said to me, "Do you know why?"

I shook my head and said honestly: "...I don't know!"

Aria's eyes were bright and she said to me excitedly: "I heard that the voting process was quite exciting. It is said that several court magicians belonging to the Angel Bould royal family voted against it. Probably They wanted to sell Prince James a favor. Maybe they thought that even if they voted against it, it would not change the final result. Almost all magicians from the Royal Academy of Magic, the Imperial Academy of Magic, the Water Magicians Guild, and the Astrologers Guild voted against it, as well as the provinces of Shloit, Durva, Triestina, and Bena. Magicians from local forces such as , Haiyinsi City and others also stood up and voted against it. Jijia, when did you get to know so many powerful magicians? "

"No, I don't know them at all!" I said to Aaliya in confusion.