Dongfeng City is one of the largest cities near Lushui County.
After placing Dabai in a mountain forest far away from the city, Wang Sheng and the others walked to the gate of the city.
There were many poorly clothed refugees outside the city. They were prevented from entering the city, but they were unwilling to leave.
The four of them looked at each other and seemed to confirm the rumors they heard in the salt field, and then prepared to enter the city.
I thought that during the war, the inspections would be strict, but in fact the management was very loose, and the four people entered the city easily. Of course, the cost was some money.
To put it simply, the soldiers guarding the city gates did not check at all and just let people in after giving them money.
The interior of the city is not prosperous, but it is somewhat popular. At least there are people walking on the streets.
Big cities are different. As long as they are not the main areas of contention between the two sides in the war, they will be less affected than small villages and small towns, because the strength of the city will be much stronger, and they will not dare to plunder without any strength.
Of course, there is another possibility that Shuzhou has stabilized after more than half a year.
But that's okay. They would only be worried if there was really no one around. This time they could come and inquire about the news.
After entering the city, several people found an inn and decided to meet up here and then went about their own business.
Wang Sheng naturally found a blacksmith shop.
He mainly wants to know what is needed for a blacksmith shop, tools, necessary facilities... Everything needs to be learned. He plans to build a blacksmithing place in the village for his own convenience.
However, before that, he went to the medicine book first and exchanged ordinary ginseng for some silver. Finally, the silver cleared the way, and since he was not learning blacksmithing skills, the blacksmith spoke in detail. , he got what he wanted very smoothly.
In short, Wang Sheng basically wrote down everything, and also ordered a blacksmith suit for the blacksmith to prepare and pick it up later.
After doing this, he went to the inn where Li Yongfeng and others were not back yet, so he went to find a remote place to sit down and wait for others.
There were not many people in the inn, but there were still some people talking among themselves.
"Are the people outside the city from those three counties?"
"It should be, otherwise where did so many people come from? Those who should have escaped would have escaped long ago!"
"What a sin, no one is going to deal with that scourge? Never..."
"Shut up, are you desperate? Don't you know how Wang Er Mazi died?"
One person interrupted the person speaking.
"...I hope it won't affect our Dongfeng City!"
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Everyone in the inn couldn't escape Wang Sheng's ears. Basically, they were talking about two things.
How should the refugees outside the city and themselves survive?
Not long after, Li Yongfeng and three others came back one after another, and soon everyone was there.
Wang Sheng got straight to the point and asked, "What news have you found out?"
Li Yongfeng was the first to speak and said: "Just like what I asked in the salt field, the three counties of Lushui, Dieshui and Yong'an are already under the control of the Qingjiao Gang. Many people have fled, but some towns and villages have been directly controlled by the Qingjiao Gang. Watch carefully, the people inside can't get out at all."
"Is it really like what the people at the salt farm said, that they want to use all the people in the three counties as sacrifices?"
When I was at the salt farm, the person in charge said that more than half a year ago, people from the Qingjiao Gang arrested people in the three counties.
Now it is even more powerful, directly blocking the people in the three counties in their respective villages and towns, and there are people from the Qingjiao Gang patrolling all the three counties.
The refugees outside Dongfeng City found opportunities to escape, while more people were discovered while fleeing and were captured.
"That's what I heard over there. It seems that they offered sacrifices several times half a year ago, but suddenly stopped, and then directly started to blockade the three counties."
"It is no longer a secret that the people of the Qingjiao Gang worship an evil dragon. It is said that they want to sacrifice all the people in the three counties to an evil dragon. Some people say that none of the three counties have escaped yet.
People are actually being held captive by people from the Evil Jiao and Qing Jiao gangs."
"..."
Li Yongfeng and the others told the news they had learned.
Generally speaking, it is one thing. People in Lushui, Dieshui and Yongan counties seem to be raised in captivity and will eventually be sacrificed to the evil dragon.
"What's the situation in Shuzhou? Doesn't anyone care about this evil dragon?"
"Shuzhou is now under the control of King Yongnian. The previous city lord of Dongfeng City surrendered directly, so Dongfeng City was not damaged..." The speaker was Wang Shuwen, and he spoke very quietly, "As for the crusade,
It is said that there was a ninth-level warrior who failed in his five expeditions and was killed by an evil dragon..."
"Can't even a ninth-level warrior defeat him?"
But if you think about it carefully, it's normal. People from the Qingjiao Gang can become fifth- and sixth-level warriors by worshiping evil dragons.
It is estimated that it can at least be compared with human grandmasters.
"As for Mr. Yongnian Wang who controls Shuzhou..." Wang Shuwen's voice became even lower, "Now he has too much time to take care of himself. It is said that he has been criticized verbally and writtenly for more than half a year, and there are still people who are attacking him, so he can't spare any power at all."
What Wang Shuwen found out was very simple: King Yongnian had too much time to take care of himself and could not send his master to deal with it.
To put it bluntly, we are letting the people of the three counties fend for themselves!
Zhou Yong also continued to speak.
"Speaking of this, I thought it was fake before, but not necessarily now. I heard that one month later, the Qingjiao Gang will hold a sacrifice. I felt a little weird. It seemed that someone deliberately spread the news, so I didn't pay attention. Now
Not necessarily…”
Wang Sheng knocked on the table and listened to various news.
Evil dragon...is it? People from three counties offered sacrifices...
Everyone talked for a while and then planned to leave.
"Our village is in Lushui County. This information is very useful. Let's go back first!"
I haven't been out for more than half a year, and I never thought something like this would happen.
The Qingjiao Gang controls three counties and keeps everyone in captivity. The key is that there is no one to deal with it.
Everyone felt a little heavy, so they simply packed up their things and prepared to leave. Wang Sheng went to get his blacksmith suit, and then they left the city.
Dabai lay down in his original position in the forest. After packing his things, he left directly.
On the way back, Dabai's speed was much slower because he had transported thousands of kilograms of salt.
But we still returned to Qingshan Village before dark.
Li Yongfeng and others went to the village chief to report the matter.
Wang Sheng found some people to help build his blacksmith shop.
The bellows, sledgehammer and other items were all used directly from the blacksmith in Dongfeng City. Using silver to clear the way, it was easy to "convince" the blacksmith. The most important thing was the furnace for burning iron.
It took almost a week to build this stove.
Then Wang Sheng began to work, forging iron.
After almost half a month, he stopped.
Then there were two things in his hands that looked like jet aircraft, about the size of a plate.
This is exactly the mechanism "Cloud Wing" in "Mechanism Essentials: Qinglong Chapter". Wang Sheng directly deleted the appearance of unnecessary wings to make it more compact, so it looks like an aircraft.
Of course, since it is made of ordinary iron, each one can only be used once.