Chapter 24: Curved Blade
"Can this thing be made?"
Thane stared down the carpenter and asked.
The carpenter felt intimidated under his gaze and stammered: "Y-yes, should be doable."
Thane turned to look at Pegin: "The outer layer of this plowshare is iron—can you handle it?"
"Yes, my lord."
Pegin nodded confidently: "About two days should do it."
With apprentices helping out, Pegin was feeling more confident.
"Good, drop everything else and forge this curved moldboard plow first," Thane ordered without hesitation.
Right then Otto stepped in front of Thane and said worriedly: "This is a plow? But we don’t have enough oxen, sir."
Fontdmer Town only had six cattle, all being used for hauling carts.
"We don’t necessarily need oxen."
