Dreadfort CastlePOV of Domeric Bolton

  "Any other news for me Auntie?" he asked, and she gave him a nod before she climbed on top of her horse and told him to follow her.

  He gave a nod, climbed ba Grim's back, and followed behind her as she led him toward the se of the river where he had built the water wheels and the Bst Furnace.

  "You were right." She said after a long silence as they reached the rge furhat was empty at the moment.

  "So, they pleted it?" he asked after a long silence, and the look on her face, which reminded him of someone who had eaten a sour lemon, made him ugh at her.

  "They did." She said bitterly "The first day when Master Tobho Mott ran the Furnace, he produced 40 steel ingots within six hours. 40 steel ingots! you believe that?" she asked with a slight fasation, and he had a feeling that she had a love-hate retionship with the bst furnace.

  Love because of how beneficial it was for them. Hate because it proved her wrong.

  Ae all her good qualities, he khat his aunt was a woman who could hold her grudge for a long time over really petty matters.

  So instead of egging her on, he simply gave a nod and asked, "How many steel ingots have they been produg every day sihen?"

  "About 150 steel ingots over 3 shifts per day." She replied curtly.

  "Hmm… and the quality of that steel?" he asked.

  "I don't know much about such things, but Tobho Mott informed me that the steel produced here is even more sturdy than Castle fed Steel. Armor and ons made from it will be highly sought after ohey are released to the market."

  "I see." He said and hummed a little before asking "I believe that even all the bcksmiths in the castle bined are not able to deplete our steel ingot supply?"

  She ughed at his words. It was not a derisive ugh. But a ugh filled with amusement.

  "No. They are not even able to finish 1/3rd of the steel ingot that we produce every day. And now, instead of pig iron, our warehouses are filled with high-quality steel."

  "Not for long." He replied and she looked at him with a raised eyebrow, asking him what he meant by those words, and he smiled back at her before taking out a part from his bottomless poud giving it to her.

  She unrolled the part and looked at the diagram drawn in it before she looked back at him once again "I don't uand what it is. I see that it will be using the power from the river judging by the water wheel drawn in it. But I don't know what the rest is all about." She returhe part to him "You might as well tell me what that is."

  "It's a water wheel powered hammer." He replied "The water wheel will supply the power to raise the rge hammer before letting it fall oeel ingot. This will save the bcksmiths hours of time in f armor and swords along with other equipment. It'll defiake some time for them to set up this design and even more time to get used to it but in the end, it'll increase the supply of steel products created by us by a huge amount."

  As he finished, he could see that his aunt was enamored by the whole idea.

  After all, high-quality steel was more valuable than pig iron. And high-quality ons and armor were more valuable than high-quality steel ingot.

  The more armor and ons that they produ Dreadfort, the more easily they'll be able to arm their men. And ohey've armed all their men properly, they'll be able to sell the remaining steel products to the other houses. Gaining mold. Which will lead to more prosperity.

  She was right in her views, in a way. Except for the fact that even if gold did bring prosperity to the people of a kingdom, there were other ways to make a pce more prosperous.

  "Give it to Master Tobho Mott when he wakes up in the m." He said, "He'll uand what to do with the design."

  His aunt gave a nod and then carefully pocketed the design in her pocket as he wondered how long it would take for the bcksmiths te these Waterwheels.

  Maybe a month. Maybe less. Maybe more.

  The point was that when it does, he'll start making steel plows and other such things for the smallfolk in huge quantities so that they'll be able to increase their harvest even more iure.

  That would definitely be more useful to him than making ons and selling them to other houses.

  "You're leaving already?" his aunt asked sadly, and he realized that he had indeed not spent a lot of time with her sihe start of the Greyjoy Rebellion.

  "Yeah. Sorry about that Auntie." He said with a bitter smile but khat he o leave in order to search for Children of Forest or information about how to create Heart Trees.

  He also pnned on searg for priceless artifacts like Valyrian steel bdes and dragon eggs once he was out there on his search but khat he had to use his magic wisely as there were very feood trees in the world right now.

  Regardless, having a simple breakfast with his aunt wouldn't dey him too much.

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