Tonghammer Street is the place where craftsmen gather in Lebour City. Standing at the end of the street, you can see that there are shops that build iron making tools next to both streets. There are endless jingles and knocks, and the people who come and go on the street are also young and strong young men.

Speaking of the Copper Hammer Street, the mayor said proudly: "Lord Eugen, I am not bragging to you. The blacksmith craftsmanship in our city of Leber is quite superb. There are not many towns in the entire empire that can surpass ours. The armor and weapons we have created are almost the same as those of the famous casting masters in Milan."

Eugen observed the blacksmith shop here as he walked, and after a moment he suddenly said with a strange expression: "I believe what you said, but why are the marks made on the finished products all Milan's marks?"

After saying this, he immediately thought of something, looked at the mayor with a playful look, and said with a smile: "Are you all imitating the iron tools made by Milan?"

When creating ironware, the marks from other towns are used. To put it nicely, it is a copy, but to put it badly, it is a counterfeit. Although the quality difference may not be big, the price and cost-effectiveness of the craftsmanship are several times worse.

When the mayor saw Eugen's secret, he couldn't help but blushed and muttered and argued: "In fact, our craftsmanship is not worse than that of Milan. When they took the things they created here, our people could still create them, Guanbao was exactly the same."

Although he said this, imitation was not a glorious thing after all. As the mayor spoke, he lowered his voice and was ready to be scolded by Eugen.

Unexpectedly, Eugen suddenly grabbed the mayor's hands when he heard the mayor's words and said with surprise: "What did you say? Are you saying true? They can copy it when they see something?"

The mayor was confused by Eugen's sudden surprise and did not understand what his lord meant. After thinking about it, he still told the truth: "Basically this is the case. Sometimes they don't have to see the finished product, and they can create it as long as they see the patterns of things. Perhaps because there are too many imitations, their abilities in this area are more outstanding."

Eugen was really excited. He didn't need any exquisite craftsmanship to build weapons and armor, but the ability to make objects based on patterns. His memory was full of guns, weapons, various production tools, and mechanical equipment patterns, but he didn't know how to make medieval blacksmiths create modern iron products.

However, with such a group of blacksmiths who are good at imitation and manufacturing, these problems are immediately solved. He does not need these blacksmiths to understand any craftsmanship knowledge, as long as they can imitate them according to their own interpretation.

Once this can be done, Eugen is confident that he will create the first modern weapons. Then use these weapons to create huge benefits, and a virtuous cycle will appear until he finally reaches the final level of making machinery from machinery.

When Eugen thought of the bright future, he felt a hot heart. He looked at the blacksmiths on the street and said excitedly: "It's great, these are all precious talents. With them, some things can be carried out in advance."

However, he then thought of the Black Death that had been pressing on his heart, and thought to himself: "But the most urgent task at the moment is to solve the threat of the Black Death. Unfortunately, I remember that the most effective way to deal with the Black Death is to isolate it, which is difficult to do with iron tools."

After thinking about it, he had no idea, so he temporarily put the idea aside. He looked up at the blacksmith shop around him, and Eugen waved his hand and said ambitiously: "Mr. Mayor, next I want you to gather all the capable blacksmiths here, and buy all their blacksmith shops. I want to build a large production site here and gather everyone to do things together."

Seeing Eugen's evaluation of these blacksmiths so high, the mayor was also very happy, but after hearing Eugen's request, he was in trouble.

"Master Eugen, are you really sure you want to do this? It would be a considerable expense to buy all the shops on the street." After all, the mayor was used to poor life, and he was tortured by gold coins to repay his debts. At this moment, when he heard that Eugen was going to do such a big thing, he was immediately worried that he would follow in the footsteps of the previous lord.

Eugen waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, there will be gold coins, everything will be there. The premise is that you have to help me handle all these well. Can you do it? Mr. Mayor."

He was not bragging, the royal family agreed to fund his castle to build the capital, and the first batch of 50,000 Kild gold coins were already on the road. This was not the kind of IOU that needed to be redeemed, but the real money and silver placed in the box, which was escorted by an entire cavalry team.

When the funds are in place, not to mention getting rich instantly, at least there is no problem in supporting his plan for a short period of time.

Seeing Eugen's confidence, the mayor stopped asking more questions and assured Eugen that he would complete the task.

In his own territory, the noble lords had very extensive power. With Eugen's order, the mayor did not dare to refuse, so all it took to complete this task was time.

Leaving the Tonghammer Street, Eugen returned to the rented hotel. He definitely wouldn't live in Leber Castle. The mayor also asked to arrange a room for him at his office, but Eugen immediately refused.

Thinking of that dilapidated little place, Eugen thought it would be better to live in a hotel. He would have to take a good rest these two days and prepare to meet some of the local little nobles.

The royal cavalry sent by Eugen just contacted some of the small nobles around his fiefdom. These nobles had no strength and their wealth was not rich, but they were all gathered as a powerful force.

When he came to this place as an earl, he naturally had to send out invitations to gather all the people. At the same time, under Margaret's suggestion, he also learned that this was also an opportunity to receive congratulatory gifts, which was a conventional rule in the aristocratic world.

When Eugen thought of the gift, he suddenly became eager to meet those people as soon as possible. Therefore, he set the time for the gathering three days later. As for the location, it was in the entire city hall of Lebour City. It had already been paid off by the mayor, and now it has become a luxury hotel, and it is not shabby as a banquet venue.

It was just a bit terrible when I thought of my identity as an earl, and it would be fine if I didn’t have my own castle, but I had to rent a hotel banquet hall for even holding a banquet.
Chapter completed!