106: Jim's excitement

Ironthorn Town, having weathered the heavy rain, returned to its usual bustle and noise.

After seeing off the team led by Brutus and Spartacus, Lister arrived at the location of the Workshop.

He had just entered the door when Malo stepped forward to greet him respectfully, his excited demeanor clearly indicating he had encountered something good again.

Just as he expected, after Malo finished his greeting, he said impatiently: "My Lord, thanks to the repeated experiments of the Artisans, the Cement has been successfully produced."

Lister did not doubt his words, because he had already seen that half of the floor inside the Workshop had turned into the Cement floor he was very familiar with.

Following Malo to the laid Cement floor, he observed it carefully, and at the same time, Malo's voice sounded again.

"My Lord, this piece of Cement floor should have solidified a few days ago, but due to the humidity brought by the heavy rain, it was delayed by a few days."

Lister nodded, not surprised; after all, this situation was no different from Cement laying in his previous life.

Immediately, at his signal, the attending Knight Dewey Stann activated his Dou Qi Energy and fiercely struck the ground with the longsword in his hand.

Clang—!

A crisp, melodious metallic sound rang out, and the Cement floor only showed a shallow scratch.

Being able to achieve such hardness was because the raw materials for making the Cement were slightly different from those in his previous life, and it was much superior in terms of hardness.

Feeling very happy, Lister naturally did not forget the credit of Malo and the other Artisans.

For their ability to complete the Cement production so efficiently while ensuring quality, and even doing the laying perfectly, he gave high affirmation and praise, and also rewarded everyone involved.

Excitedly, Malo then took Lister to inspect the work of the brewing Artisans.

Although they had been hit by heavy rain in the past two days, they had not stopped.

The exquisite taste of the Distilled Liquor made these brewing Artisans, who were already obsessed with winemaking, work even harder.

Through their unremitting efforts, they had completed the blending of more different types of Distilled Liquor.

Next, they just needed to wait for the newly blended Distilled Liquor to finish fermenting.

Lister did not play favorites and rewarded them as well.

Ten minutes later, at the Weapon Development Department.

Before he even entered the door, he heard the strenuous shouting of the blacksmiths and the crisp metallic sound of hammers striking.

As he stepped into the gate of the Development Department, a wave of heat rushed towards him.

Although it was already winter, the temperature in the Weapon Development Department was as warm as spring, and even a little sultry.

After Brutus's strict personnel selection and Lister's review and approval, the current staff of the Weapon Development Department had reached over fifty people.

Among them, there were more than a dozen formal employees, and the rest were interns still under assessment.

Due to the importance of the Weapon Development Department, external supervision was the responsibility of Soldiers, implementing a twenty-four-hour shift rotation system.

As for the internal supervision of employees, it was the responsibility of special personnel who were not employees.

Internally supervised by the external, externally supervised by Knights, and the final supervisor was Lister.

This interlocking mutual supervision system was to ensure that everyone could be supervised to the maximum extent.

Regarding Lister's arrival, the employees of the Weapon Development Department were happy and also competed to perform more diligently.

After delivering a speech, he discussed the issue of embedding black refined stone into armor with the person in charge, Gimel Arnold.

Looking at the black refined stone the size of a washbasin in front of him, Gimel thought carefully for a moment and said with a fairly firm tone: "My Lord, according to the size of this black refined stone, if the forging does not go wrong, it should be possible to complete the inlaying for ten sets of armor."

"Just as I thought." Lister nodded and instructed: "Do not rush the inlaying time, because the Knights will have some emergency tasks from time to time that require the protection of armor."

"In addition, there are currently fewer than ten Knights in the Knight Squad who possess complete armor, so the task of inlaying armor will be carried out in rotation."

"This way, when emergency tasks arise, I can make reasonable arrangements and scheduling."

"As for the forging of new armor, it should also be put on the agenda. I have already arranged for people to go to the surrounding territories to purchase fine iron materials, and I expect them to be brought back in two days."

"Do not be timid and afraid of waste during forging just because the fine iron is a bit expensive. I only have one requirement for you now: fast."

"You must notify all blacksmiths about this."

Gimel said gratefully: "I, on behalf of all the blacksmiths in the Weapon Development Department, thank you for your generosity, My Lord."

It was no wonder he was so excited; Lister's words were truly beyond his expectations.

One must know that the fine iron commonly used to forge armor is absolutely crushing in all aspects such as hardness, toughness, and durability compared to ordinary iron.

Therefore, the price of fine iron is much more expensive than ordinary iron. Generally, when nobles and wealthy merchants ask blacksmiths and Forgemasters to forge, they will urge them to be careful.

In this way, blacksmiths and Forgemasters will be unable to fully unleash their talents because they are tied up.

Although this reduces waste and ensures the yield rate, it also reduces the probability of crafting top-quality armor to an extremely low level.

This restrictive situation will gradually wear away the passion of many blacksmiths and Forgemasters for forging.

But these were not the points that surprised Gimel the most. What surprised him the most was that Lister actually dared to let the blacksmiths forge to their heart's content.

Blacksmiths and Forgemasters, although they seem to be forging ironware, their forging capabilities are worlds apart.

Ironthorn generally forges ordinary weapons and tools. For forging precision Knight armor that requires higher requirements...

The technical ability and professional knowledge required are very lacking, so the failure rate of forging Knight armor is very high, or it can even be said to be pitifully low.

Only by becoming a Forgemaster can one truly possess the ability to craft Knight armor, and the finished product rate can be guaranteed.

And in the Weapon Development Department, currently, apart from Gimel, who has the best technical skills and is a true Forgemaster, there is only another apprentice Forgemaster who has just acquired professional knowledge but has not yet personally practiced.

Therefore, regarding Lister's boldness and generosity in letting a group of Ironthorn people forge at will, he had nothing but infinite admiration in his heart.

However, this also has a benefit, which is that it can sharpen the blacksmiths' forging skills very quickly.

Enabling them to quickly possess the technical capabilities of a Forgemaster, and then through systematic professional knowledge learning, greatly increasing the probability of becoming a Forgemaster.

Lister naturally knew Gimel's thoughts. His behavior of throwing money so hard was to make Ironthorn Territory have more Forgemasters.

However, if Gimel were not here, he would absolutely not do this.

Because self-taught and having guidance from an existing teacher are completely different things.

The latter is a foundation that can help him quickly achieve his goal, while the former cannot.

After Gimel finished speaking, a purple crystal the size of an egg appeared out of thin air in Lister's hand.