"no problem?"
Don Quixote looked at Tia's back with a worried look on his face, "This is for her... maybe..."
"No, just right."
Herinen shook his head, his old face full of indifference, "It is much better to let Tiya come into contact with this now than to realize it after being hurt later."
"But Diya accepts death. How is this..."
Luo Ka was hesitant to speak at the side. He knew the character of his sister, and she was quite serious about accepting death. Now there is a high chance that Tia doesn't resent anyone anymore, she is just angry and arguing with herself.
“Concern leads to chaos.”
Zhou Li on the side shook his head. He was not worried about Tia's condition. He looked at Luo Ka and reminded: "Your sister is smarter than you think. She just doesn't want to think, not that she can't think."
"I'm afraid that she will compete with me."
Luo Ka sighed, it was not that he didn't believe Tia. However, he had never seen Tiya with such a helpless look. You must know that even if he was his brother back then, it was Tia who helped him beat up half the boys in the class and stood up for him. Ever since she was little, Tiya has always looked confident.
"Forget it, good people will do it to the end."
Seeing Herining's unconscious worry on the side, Zhou Li felt a little helpless towards these two people.
There is no other way. Headed by Herinin, assisted by the eldest prince Evan, the second prince Loka is a gangster, and the third princess is the favorite of the group. This family is not like other royal families who only engage in intrigues and intrigues. For these people, power Not even half price eggs. As the group's favorite, Tiya is the main target of these people's silent concern. Even the mighty Emperor Herinen would worry about his daughter's mood.
"Let me go and persuade her."
Zhou Li waved his hand, not bothering him, and said to the two of them: "Although I am usually not good at words and shy, I am quite good at persuading people. I am the one who persuades the nobles of Magnum." Yes, don’t worry, it will always have some effect.”
It’s broken, and I’m even more worried.
Zhou Li's gag made the atmosphere less solemn than before. Herining secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then gratefully said to Zhou Li: "Please. Tiya is a good child, but I usually ignore her feelings."
"Okay, give me a moment."
Just as Zhou Li was about to leave, Luo Ka suddenly spoke and said to him: "Tiya should be near the stream next to Mosk's First Garden. She likes it there very much."
After a pause, Zhou Li nodded and left the building without saying anything. Then he walked straight to the Mosk melting pot.
The Mosk Furnace is the second miracle besides the Tariq Energy Tower. It is called a miracle because this giant factory, which produces 60% of Tariq's steel, has a construction area that is almost larger than most towns. At the same time, the furnace has never had any accidents since its construction, which is a real miracle.
"Hello, which smelting plant do you want to go to?"
At the entrance of the Northern Third Furnace, the receptionist bowed respectfully to Zhou Li, and then introduced him: "There are a total of 7,323 northern furnaces, including 32 large furnaces and three ultimate furnaces. If I can book a visit to any of the furnaces for you now if you need.”
"Zane's Furnace."
In this huge furnace that can no longer be simply described as a "factory", there is a smelting plant named "Zane" located on the edge of the ground floor. Because the output is small, the Zane smelting plant has not been started for a long time and has been in a standby state.
"Zane?"
The receptionist was stunned for a moment when he heard this unfamiliar name, but his professionalism allowed him to react quickly. He opened the notepad with search runes engraved on the side and quickly found the furnace that Zhou Li was talking about.
"Zane...Yes, the furnace is located at No. 202, Third Street, Northern Area."
After giving the specific address, the receptionist politely reminded: "This furnace has not been in operation for about a year, and no one is in it except the maintenance staff. Moreover, this furnace is a miniature furnace, and there is nothing to visit. Value, why don’t you take a look at those large or ultimate furnaces?”
"No."
Zhou Li politely declined the reception. He didn't dislike the reception. After all, they served him sincerely and meticulously. After putting away the Brave Exclusive, Zhou Li asked the receptionist: "Did anyone else want to go to Zane just now?"
"There is one, but she went from the South District. I don't have any specific records here."
After getting the answer, Zhou Li nodded. Then he entered this huge melting pot city and walked through it with ease. Although it was his first time here, it felt like he had been there thousands of times before, without once looking at the map or signboard.
Because he has really walked this road thousands of times.
A small building that looks like a blacksmith's shop in ancient times. It's very simple, yet it looks neat and tidy due to regular maintenance. There was a small, roughly hand-carved wooden sign hanging near the metal door. The writing on it has been deformed due to long-term high temperature, making it difficult to read clearly.
"Be strong and protect the ones I love."
Zhou Li read those words in his heart. He knew this building and what this furnace meant to Tiya.
In the previous life, Zhou Li was Tiya's comrade-in-arms and one of her few friends. On a rainy night, Tiya once told Zhou Li many things, including her mother.
A gentle, ordinary, kind woman. When Tiya was sixteen years old, she died of an illness. Herinen tried every means but failed to save her life. The day she left, Herrinin's hair turned gray overnight, and he seemed to have aged thirty years. If it weren't for the Emperor's Medal on his chest, he might have given up on himself.
According to Tia's description, her mother was the most powerful woman she had ever seen in her life.
"Dong dong dong."
There was a knock on the door, and Zhou Li could hear the clanging sound of iron inside. He also knew that Tia could hear the knocking on the door.
The tinkling sound of the iron gradually slowed down, and the girl's slightly rapid breathing gradually became clearer. After a while of footsteps, the door was opened, revealing the girl inside.
Her long blond hair was tied into a ponytail and fell behind her, with the hair falling on both sides sticking to her sweaty cheeks. The black training shorts outline her beautiful curves. Her sleeves were pulled up high, revealing her white forearms. The muscles were beautiful and healthy, and her slender white fingers were holding a thin piece of iron.
Tiya looked at Zhou Li, her red lips slightly parted, her beautiful face full of surprise, "How did you know I'm here?"
This place is a piece of pure land in Tiya's heart, and it is also a memory left to her by her mother. Except for himself, no one knew that he had such a melting pot, not even his father Herinin. But for some reason, when Tiya looked at the smiling young man standing in front of her, absurd thoughts arose in her heart.
"Did we know each other before?"
Tiya blurted out such a sentence as a result of ghosts and gods. As soon as she asked, she felt something was wrong. But she was not like those girls who always act like a child. She just looked at the boy in front of her with confusion and confusion on her face.
"Maybe we know each other."
Zhou Li looked at the furnishings in the furnace, including an iron-making blast furnace, an exquisite forging table, and neatly arranged objects. This was no different from the cabin in his memory. The only difference is that there is no incense used by Eluma and the liquor hidden on the roof.
"What's wrong with you?"
Tia put the iron piece aside in a panic. At this time, she was not wearing the armor of an imperial princess, but a blacksmith-like shorts and trousers. Although she didn't have a good relationship with her etiquette teacher, she also knew that this was not how a princess should look when facing foreign guests. What's more, I am still covered in sweat, which is very inappropriate.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to persuade you."
Zhou Li withdrew his gaze, looked at Tiya, and said with a faint smile: "Do you like blacksmithing?"
Tiya quickly regained her composure and calmed down. She nodded and said calmly: "Yes, my hobby is actually blacksmithing."
At the end, she seemed to have remembered something, and did not forget to add, "Of course, you are the only one who knows my hobbies now."
"It's pretty good. It's more or less a craft. Unlike Magnum III, who can do nothing but slump on the chair with that stinking face all day long. Last time I asked him to help me create a magic blast. He doesn’t even know how to drill him, it’s a waste of my feelings.”
Hearing this, Tiyayan laughed and said, "I can't create what you said."
"Of course, neither will I."
Zhou Li spread his hands and said calmly: "I don't know anything about blacksmithing except that I need to temper the iron thousands of times."
"But you know that hard work is enough."
Tiya shook her head and said with a smile: "Many people don't know that iron needs to be tempered repeatedly. Luo Ka also said that iron is just a puddle of water that solidifies and becomes solid. I was so angry that I didn't talk to him for a long time."
"Yeah, that's what I thought at first. But a friend of mine later told me that iron needs to be tempered thousands of times to become steel, and steel needs to be tempered thousands of times to make weapons and armor. The same is true for blacksmiths. Only by swinging thousands of heavy hammers , so that skills can be sublimated.”
Hearing these words, Tiya's eyes suddenly sparkled. She looked at Zhou Li and asked excitedly: "Who is this friend of yours? Can I meet her?"
This is who you will be in ten years.
Zhou Li looked at the excited girl in front of him and laughed secretly in his heart. He said calmly on the surface: "It's not convenient for me to reveal her name. If there is a chance in the future, I can introduce her to you."
"Okay, thanks."
Tiya leaned over slightly to express her gratitude. She followed Zhou Li's line of sight and looked around at the furnishings in the furnace, with a look of memories in her eyes. For some reason, Zhou Li felt very friendly to her from the first meeting. Just like the two of them had fought side by side, they had an inexplicable connection with each other. Coupled with Zhou Li's status as a hero, Tiya, who had been tense, relaxed a little.
She took the towel and wiped her sweat, then hung it aside. Zhou Lizheng was staring at the piece of iron curiously. After hearing the sound, he turned his head and asked Tiya:
"What is this doing?"
"I actually didn't do anything."
Tiya stepped forward, twisted the piece of iron, and said softly: "I just enjoy the feeling of hammering this piece of iron. I don't have to think about anything, and I don't have to think about anything. I just need to swing the hammer, smash it down, swing it up, and smash it down." .Soon, the iron will become sharp and hard.”
Looking away from the iron piece, Zhou Li looked at Tiya and asked knowingly: "Is this what your father taught you?"
"No, it's my mother. This furnace was also a birthday gift she bought me."
With a smile on her lips, Tiya looked at the piece of iron in her hand and sighed: "Do you think my mother is a blacksmith?"
"Is not it?"
Zhou Li asked with some confusion on his face: "Forging iron...shouldn't it be the blacksmith who teaches you?"
"My mother is a doctor, a lady, but she can't even lift a forging hammer."
Turning the hammer weighing dozens of kilograms in her hand, Tiya smiled and said to Zhou Li: "She doesn't know how to blacksmith at all, and she is also afraid of the heat. She doesn't like places like blacksmith shops at all."
"But why..."
Zhou Li pointed at the room with a suitably puzzled expression, his meaning self-evident.
"My mother is a lady, but she never wanted her daughter to be a lady."
Putting the hammer aside, Tiya knocked on the furnace in front of her. The sound was no longer as energetic as before, but had a faint softness.
"I have been very strong since I was a child, and I also like to fight against injustice. Luo Ka was very thin at the time and was always bullied. He did not dare to tell the teachers and parents. After I found out, I taught the boys in his class a lesson by myself. I was caught by the teacher and sent to the office. My father was busy at that time and didn't come home very often, so only my mother came to pick me up."
"At that time, I thought that my mother would scold me severely. After all, I was a girl, and when I came to the senior class to fight, I was beaten to a disgrace, which was not ladylike at all. But what I didn't expect was that my mother took me back. The queen didn’t scold me, she just taught me not to use violence to solve problems easily, and then praised me for helping Luo Ka get justice.”
"She doesn't think it's wrong for girls not to take part in civil service, not learn makeup, or not find a good family to marry. She said that the most important thing a person should do in life is to make the choice deep in his heart. She Say, since you want to uphold justice, then do it and work hard to become a person who upholds justice."
"After getting my answer, my mother helped me sign up for the military academy. After six years of hard training, I also got a career as a sword dancer. When I was eighteen years old, my mother spent most of her savings to buy This furnace. She knew that I loved blacksmithing, and even though it made me sweat like rain, without any appearance or grace, she still supported me."
"My mother once told me that all labor in this world is regardless of high or low."
"People should be the same."
