Chapter 318 - 197: Making Charcoal and Firing Bricks
"There’s nothing we can do about it. Right now, we can’t build the blast furnace, and we can’t build the Water Hammer either (since all the carpenters have been drafted to build the bridge). We don’t even have a source for iron ore... Without these things, we can’t do anything but help others with their work. It’s not like the carpenters who can work as long as there are trees.
But we don’t need to worry. The leader and Capito value the Iron Workshop highly, and they’re anxious too. I believe it won’t be long before we can happily forge like we did in Sarabia."
"Forging happily in Sarabia?! I don’t think so. That heartless guy paid poorly, the living conditions were bad, the food wasn’t good, and he urged us to work more every day... It’s not like here, where the tribe allocates land and houses, even distributes wives, has people to help farm, and we get paid for forging. If we do well, we could become Nobles in the future. The Nix Tribe is practically an Elysian Paradise for us blacksmiths!"
"Absolutely right!" everyone loudly agreed, except for one person who stood there in a daze.
"Sistos?"
"Sistis!"
"Hmm?"
"What are you thinking about? Was it that your young wife from last night made you exhaust your energy, and now you can’t focus on work and just want to sleep?"
"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.
Sistos ignored him.
The blacksmith continued to ask, "Sistos, am I right, is the Nix Tribe an Elysian Paradise for us blacksmiths?"
These days, their companions often teased Sistos, and he had gotten used to it and was too lazy to respond. Changing the topic, he said, "You’re all busy chatting, but this side of the dirt mound hasn’t been dug out yet."