When this water hammer works well, it can crush over 1,500 pounds of iron ore in a day, something that would take more than ten people with iron hammers an entire day to barely achieve, because at night they must rest, while the water hammer does not.
In fact, the blacksmiths have also come here with melted iron to forge at the request of my former master, which is much easier than doing it themselves. However, they complained that the force from the water hammer was either too strong or too weak, and it often malfunctioned, severely affecting the quality of weapon production. Thus, they eventually gave it up.
But I think—"
Kadesos hesitated for a moment and then lowered his voice to say, "The main reason the blacksmiths are strongly opposed is that—if the water hammer is widely used in forging, some blacksmiths and laborers might be replaced…"
