In the early morning.

A faint white mist enveloped the entire small town.

As if draped in a veil!

After breakfast, Lynn walked through the town, inspecting it.

The town dining hall was completed yesterday.

A five-meter-high gabled roof, built from stacks of red brick walls.

In the central area, neat rows of red brick columns supported the roof.

Long benches made by the Woodworker Workshop were also completed.

Dozens of craftsman apprentices were finishing the final assembly in the dining hall.

In at most two days, the dining hall could be put into use.

After passing a few red brick houses, Lynn arrived at the Blacksmith Workshop.

The Blacksmith Workshop was still bustling with activity!

The constant sound of metal clashing against metal was echoing throughout the workshop.

Lynn glanced around, as four iron smelting blast furnaces operated at full capacity, enveloped in scorching heat.

This entire area felt like a steaming oven.

Inside the workshop, all the blacksmith apprentices were working hard to produce standard plate armor.

With the presence of assigned roles, the apprentices' movements were becoming more skilled, and work efficiency was increasingly high.

Thanks to Grayson's arrival with a thousand slaves, Lynn gained a large workforce.

Aside from the hundred soldiers added by Rose, Lynn increased the number of apprentices in each Blacksmith Workshop by one hundred.

This was to enhance the efficiency of armor production in the Blacksmith Workshop.

Each workshop had two hundred people, with forty responsible for running the iron smelting blast furnace nonstop for twenty-four hours.

Forty were responsible for refining pig iron into wrought iron, and converting it into molten iron.

Twenty used small carts to drag sand boxes for casting armor components.

The sand boxes filled with molten iron were transported to spacious ground for natural cooling and solidification.

Another twenty removed the solidified armor components from the sand boxes.

Twenty continuously made sand boxes according to armor mold reference models.

Twenty more worked on the trimming, grinding, polishing, and tempering of armor components for a finer finish.

The remaining twenty apprentices assembled the leather lining and armor components together.

They were then transported to the finished product storage area for proper storage.

Each division of labor was handled by a fixed blacksmith apprentice.

They just needed to focus on their specific tasks.

Lynn walked around the workshop, inspecting.

Perhaps because some of the apprentices were newcomers, their movements were clumsy and awkward.

But Lynn didn't mind at all.

As long as they continued working, their speed would naturally increase.

Walking to the back end where the finished standard armor was stored.

Looking at the piled-up chest armors, Lynn felt a sense of satisfaction.

Although only twelve chest pieces had been produced so far, it further validated Lynn's decision to use molds for making armor.

Before coming to his territory, there were not more than five apprentices with blacksmithing experience among them.

Had they relied on the Forging Water Wheel to forge armor piece by piece, perhaps not even one chest piece could have been made from all four workshops.

With armor molds, it was completely different.

They could complete the task by following orders, without much thought.

At this moment.

Ehrelo briskly approached Lynn.

Seeing Master Lynn looking at the chest armors without a word, Ehrelo felt a slight ease.

Clearly, Master Lynn was satisfied.

Ehrelo respectfully greeted, "Master Lynn."

Lynn turned to look at him and asked, "Have you tested the quality of these chest armors?"

Ehrelo assuredly replied, "Master, yes. I personally hit the chest armor with a heavy hammer several times. Apart from slight dents, there were no cracks or breakages."

No cracks or fragmentation indicated that converting pig iron to wrought iron using the refining method was feasible.

Lynn continued, "Is the assembly fit precise?"

Ehrelo responded, "There are some gaps, but we've tested it and it doesn't affect anything."

These armors were cast with sand boxes, so they couldn't achieve the precision of hand-forged armor.

As long as they could withstand a rain of arrows and the thrusts of long spears and pikes during a cavalry charge, they were considered adequate armor.

Lynn never imagined his soldiers would become invincible by wearing this armor.

All concerns on Lynn's mind were addressed.

Taking a few steps, Lynn approached the stacked chest armors and noticed the wolf head emblem at the center with some surprise.

On the black chest armor, a golden wolf head emblem stood out prominently against the armor's outline.

The wolf head emblem was about thirty centimeters in size, and despite being a simple outline, its ferocity was palpable.

The sharp eyes, menacing fangs...

Lynn's right hand gently caressed over the wolf head.

It had a distinct raised and smooth feel.

After trimming and polishing, these armors were not much different from the set he had forged himself.

Looking at the wolf head emblem between his fingers, Lynn felt a surge of satisfaction.

Lynn intended for his soldiers to contrast sharply with ordinary townsmen across the territory.

Once becoming a soldier, they could eat meat at every meal, receiving a monthly salary.

Once becoming a soldier, they could wear full armor.

The wolf head emblem on this armor was meant to instill pride in their identity as soldiers.

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