As the name suggests, 'Iron Furnace Village' is related to mining and forging. This is a canyon in the Black Forest. There are more than a dozen mines dug in the canyon, and the village is built around the mines.
The long, slender and winding canyon is blown by non-stop cold winds all year round. The cliffs in the canyon are polished smooth and rounded by the strong airflow. Only a few village buildings are built in the leeward places for human survival.
There are a large number of wooden tracks laid in the village, and the pulleys transporting ore follow the tracks in and out of the mine.
Since the village has a small population, most of the mines are closed and out of operation. Only one or two mines still produce output. The excavated ore will be transported to the smelting room, and after smelting, it will be sent to the forging room, which is the most popular in the village.
of two places.
It is said that because the canyon in Tieliang Village is windy all year round, the villagers built windmills to take advantage of the free power. The gears of the windmill can drive the winch, which creaks to provide power for the heavy pulley, and can also pull the bellows to blow and heat the smelting chamber.
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The huge windmill blades are more than ten meters high. Everyone who comes to Tieliang Village can see the tall wind-driven building in the village at first sight. Its never-ending rotation has become the spiritual totem of Tieliang Village.
The villagers' life depends entirely on it.
When Zhou Qingfeng and his party arrived outside the village, the sentries at the entrance and exit of the canyon had already seen them. As usual, several heavy crossbows arranged on the arrow towers on the wall were aimed at them, asking the visitors to stop advancing and identify themselves.
The appearance of the old dwarf Borg was very conspicuous. He waved and shouted a few times, and the suspension bridge on the village wall fell down. After a while, several heavily armed soldiers came out, wearing heavy armor, heavy helmets, and
It holds a heavy ax or flail.
This luxurious equipment is unique in the entire Black Forest.
"Old Borg." The soldier leader recognized the dwarf witch doctor. He looked at Zhou Qingfeng and others warily and asked, "What are you doing in our village at this time?"
The old dwarf turned back and got out of the way. Zhou Qingfeng rode forward and said in a deep voice: "My name is Victor Hugo, and I'm here to see your leader Fei Zhe. I have some important matters related to the life and death of humans in the Black Forest that I want to talk to him about.
Let’s talk.”
Hahaha..., several heavily armored soldiers laughed. The leader looked at Zhou Qingfeng sideways and asked in a sneer: "Boy, who are you? Did you come to our village because you were hungry?"
Are you begging for food?"
This mocking sound made the faces of the old dwarf and others unable to hold their nerves, and their angry expressions appeared.
Zhou Qingfeng took out the pre-drawn map from his backpack and handed it over, "I don't like nonsense, so show this map to your leader. I will only wait for him for half a quarter of an hour. If he feels that my arrival is worthless,
I will turn around and leave without disturbing you."
The soldier leader stepped forward suspiciously and took the wolf-skin map, opened it and took a look. At first glance, he didn't care. There was still a smell of blood on the newly-tanned wolf skin, and it felt sticky in his hands.
.But when he looked at it a few more times, his brows furrowed...
There are a few simple curves drawn on the wolf's skin, which at first glance look like children's graffiti. But anyone familiar with Ironforge Village can recognize that the drawings on them are the terrain of the canyon where the village is located.
In the canyon, the exact locations of more than a dozen mining pits and the directions inside the mines were marked. If these were just painted on the wolf skin, the soldier leader would be a little surprised at most. How could anyone be so familiar with his village?
But regarding the mine, there is a more detailed enlarged picture on the wolfskin. The picture shows a lot of details of the mine. Some of them are known to the soldier leader. Some of them are not clear to him, but they are things that the villagers have always wanted to explore.
space.
"Where did this picture come from?" the soldier leader asked in surprise and anger.
"I drew it yesterday." Zhou Qingfeng said.
"How do you know the situation in the mine in our village?"
"Because that is not the mine of your village at all. This was not an Ironforge Village decades ago, but the ore refining field of the Silver Leaf City in the Black Forest. The elves built this place. After the Day of Eternal Darkness, the elves evacuated this place.
That’s why you took advantage.”
Except for the old dwarf who had already known about it, the soldiers of Ironforge Village and the three adventurers who followed were all shocked. Especially the three Lukes, they all thought that Zhou Qingfeng was coming to Ironforge Village to explain the pros and cons and persuade the people of Ironforge Village.
Zhe joins the team.
Who would have thought that Zhou Qingfeng would suddenly take out a map of Tieliang Village and tell the origin of the village, shocking the people in the village on the spot. The secret hidden behind this can make the humans in the Black Forest search for dozens of people.
Year.
Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the armors of several soldiers and said: "The craftsmanship of elves is no worse than that of dwarves. Back then, Silverleaf City prohibited humans from entering the Black Forest, but they kept selling the weapons and armors they made.
What you are wearing should be the semi-finished products left over from those days. It’s really sad that decades have passed and you haven’t been able to turn them into finished products, let alone make real use of this forging ground.”
Just a few sentences get to the point.
The soldiers in Iron Furnace Village were confused and at a loss. They had always kept the secrets of Iron Furnace Village tightly, thinking that the outside world didn't know about it. But now a young man of unknown origin randomly ran out and revealed their background.
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The accompanying ranger Luke also learned about the origin of Ironforge Village for the first time. He was shocked and rushed forward and shouted coldly to the soldiers: "No wonder you don't allow outsiders to stay in the village permanently, and you don't allow strangers to approach you.
The mine. It turns out that there is such a big secret hidden in it."
The female Druidnar approached Zhou Qingfeng and asked: "Sir Hugo, how do you know this?"
The wizard apprentice Tambos also pricked up his ears.
"I know an old guy who has lived for a long time, and he told me." Zhou Qingfeng said lightly, and he curled his lips, "Half an hour has almost passed. Should I turn around and leave, and talk to someone in another village?
Something about cooperation?”
Ranger Luke immediately shouted: "Sir Hugo, please forgive us for our previous rudeness, you can go to our Bear Roar Village. You can make any requests. Regarding the Elf Forge, we are very willing to listen."
The female Druidnar's eyes flickered. She did not win over Zhou Qingfeng easily. Instead, she took out a note from her backpack, quickly wrote a few sentences on it with charcoal, then put the note into a small wooden tube and handed it to herself.
The winter wolf companion whispers a few words.
The huge winter wolf whined a few times, held the small wooden tube in its mouth, turned around and ran, quickly returning to Ashes Village.
The wizard apprentice Tambos couldn't help but smile bitterly - this Lord Hugo is young, has a mysterious origin, and the news he tells is extremely shocking. But the Black Forest is too far away from Cold Wind City, and even if he knows the secret now, he can't tell it to others.
Just stay and watch.
Faced with the different actions of the three adventurers, the soldiers in Ironforge Village didn't know what to do.
On the contrary, the old dwarf Borg cursed, "Idiot, why don't you go and inform your leader Fei Zhe? Let that guy with a head as stubborn as a rock come and greet you personally."
Several soldiers panicked, and after hearing this, they immediately turned around and ran towards the village. When they came out wearing heavy armor, they were majestic and soared slowly, but when they returned, they stumbled and walked awkwardly.
On the arrow tower in the village, the sentry thought that something unexpected had happened, and immediately sounded the alarm, asking the whole village to enter combat readiness, and even the suspension bridge was closed to isolate the inside and outside.
The clumsy heavily armored soldier ran out of breath and returned to the village wall, shouting to explain the situation. A bearded man quickly stood on the wall with a ferocious face, roaring and asking what happened?
When the soldiers finished explaining the situation intermittently, the bearded man fell into horror. At this time, Zhou Qingfeng, who was standing outside the village, had already turned his horse and was about to turn away.