Under the high scorching sun, a cold, forbidding high wall stands on the ground... The high wall is more than twenty feet long, and the entire body is made of black iron.
Thick smoke billowed from the high walls, and columns of black smoke mixed with sparks shot straight into the sky day and night.
Within the confines of this high wall, heat waves are billowing, and even the air is steaming and distorted. For ordinary people, this kind of place is definitely unbearable. Every extra day spent here is like baking in a furnace.
Even the house doesn't know when it will catch fire.
Therefore, the houses closest to this black iron wall are thousands of meters away. As a result, a large blank space is formed between the high wall and the residential complex.
"This is Taiyuanzhou's Sword-making Villa?"
Amidst the sound of churning carriages, Yang Ji lifted the curtains and stuck his head out the window, curiously looking at the high wall in the distance. This was also his first time coming into contact with these mysterious sword-making villas.
Different from imagination, these places are obviously much rougher, like a dry lava field. But there is no doubt that this is the Sword Forging Villa.
Yang Ji could feel the scorching heat even from a distance, blowing on his face, as if it were burning. In this environment, even the horses pulling the cart were a little restless and screamed with joy.
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"Sir, it's really too hot here. The horses can't stand it, so I'm afraid I have to send you here."
The coachman's voice came from the front, and his voice was full of apologies. Business is business, and once you take the business, you should take it to the right place, but the high temperature here is really severe.
It's fine at other times, but it's midsummer. Horses and other animals sweat a lot, can't stand the high temperature, and are already clearly resisting his whip.
"It doesn't matter. Just stop here."
Yang Ji said calmly.
He was not a person who forced others to do anything. As long as the other party said it was reasonable, he would never force him. After paying the bill, Yang Ji quickly jumped out of the carriage.
boom!
As soon as the soles of his two feet landed, a burning sensation immediately came from under his feet. Yang Ji looked down and found that the ground was red, and even the most common gravel was like red sand, as if he had been exercising repeatedly in a furnace.
Live the same.
Yang Ji's heart moved. He stretched out his hand to grab a handful of red sand and ground it carefully. It felt extremely hard, like metal. This texture was already ten times harder than ordinary gravel.
"It's indeed good. To burn the surrounding rubble like this, this sword-making place must have been at least five or six hundred years old."
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
It is impossible for a moment of high temperature to burn the surrounding ground like this. It must go through a long period of time, subtlety, and repeated baking to finally achieve this effect.
No matter how many hundreds of years it takes, this effect cannot be achieved.
The eastern region is not a place where martial arts flourish, nor is it a famous place for weapon refining. But just because of the red ground around it, this sword-making villa is one of the best among all the sword-making villas in the world.
Yang Ji was suddenly full of expectations for this sword-making villa.
"Maybe they can really help me refine those Ten Thousand Years Copper Mother into a powerful blood magic weapon."
Yang Ji flicked his sleeves, his big sleeves fluttered, and he immediately stuck to the ground. He seemed to be walking slowly but quickly, striding towards the Sword Making Villa in the distance.
Although the burning is unbearable and the location is remote, Yang Ji is not the only visitor here. Outside the gate of Zhujian Villa, against the high black iron wall, a number of gorgeously decorated and magnificent carriages are parked outside, densely packed.
There are as many as forty or fifty vehicles.
Although they were equally scorching and kept kicking the horse's spoon, these war horses obviously belonged to a special breed. They had extremely thick bones, were extremely tall, and were well-trained. They were completely different from the commercial horses of the La Yang period.
Yang Ji looked at the emblems on these carriages and vaguely identified the emblems of many wealthy families, aristocratic families, and the military in the "Secret Book". Each of them had a great background.
"Sure enough, Junior Brother Ouyang was right. The reputation of Zhujian Villa is too great. The martial arts examination is approaching, and I am not the only one who has set my sights on Zhujian Villa. Even those powerful aristocratic families and wealthy families are interested in it.
coming."
Yang Ji looked at these extraordinary carriages and frowned slightly.
Casting bronze blood instruments requires the best hands. The more people who come here to obtain them, the greater the competition will be for Yang Ji.
If you wait until after the martial arts examination, it won't make any difference whether you agree or not.
The casting of the bronze blood magic weapon takes time, and Yang Ji must hurry up. This is the reason why he rushed here slowly and hurriedly after staying at the inn for two days.
"It depends on people. I have to give it a try no matter what. I hope it won't be as bad as I thought."
Yang Ji thought to himself that he was a little unsure.
Big aristocratic families and big wealthy families have experts and financial resources. If they want to compete with Yang Ji, it will be difficult for them to compete with them. Yang Ji's biggest asset now is that he has seven iron cavalry who are made purely from iron mother.
This is a priceless treasure that can be used to compete with other forces when necessary.
Yang Ji took a glance and saw that the carriages outside the high wall were all empty. There was only a well-dressed carriage driver guarding the interior. Everyone inside had obviously entered the Sword-making Villa.
"Young master, are you here to make swords?"
Just as Yang Ji was looking at the carriages with extraordinary origins, a voice came into his ears. At some point, a disciple from the Sword Making Villa came over.
This disciple of the Sword Forging Villa had his right shoulder exposed, and his exposed arm was as smooth as a stick of iron.
This attire does not look like a warrior, but more like a strong blacksmith in a blacksmith shop.
Yang Ji was not surprised. The disciples of Zhujian Villa were inseparable from the blast furnace and bellows every day, so it was appropriate to have such attire.
"Exactly! This is my first time to your village, Yang Ji. I would like to trouble you to introduce him to you, Taoist brother."
Yang Jicheng said seductively.
"hehe."
Seeing Yang Ji's polite words, the strong disciple of the Sword Making Villa also grinned, revealing a pair of white teeth with slightly darker skin:
"Young master, you are welcome. We are guests from afar. As long as you come to make swords, we will welcome them. Please come with me."
"It's time to work."
The disciple of Zhujian Villa who led the way was in front, and Yang Ji was behind. The two of them walked to Zhujian Villa one after another. The gate of Zhujian Villa was extremely huge, with a width of more than 20 feet. It was connected with the high black iron wall.
flush.
Standing in front of this cast iron gate, it feels like passing through a giant's portal.
"The Earthly Mountain Villa!"
Yang Ji raised his head and saw a few iron hooks and silver strokes on the high gate, with strong and powerful characters. Zhujian Villa was the ruler of these villas.
Dishan Villa is the name of this villa.
After crossing the pig iron threshold of more than two feet high, Yang Ji saw an iron tablet standing next to the door:
"A famous place for making swords!"
Below the four characters with iron hooks and silver strokes, there is a stamp from the Ministry of Industry of the Han Dynasty.
"Hey, the young master may not know this when he first arrives. Our Huoshan Manor is a famous sword-making place designated by the imperial court. It is recognized by Hua Xun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and three military governors of the Ministry of War, as well as documents from the royal family. When necessary,
We can bypass the Ministry of War and recruit a thousand elite troops from the court at any time, or even float a fleet to guard the villa."
The disciple of Zhujian Villa who led the way pointed to the iron monument in front of him, with a proud look on his face, and never let go of this opportunity to declare the glory of his Villa to Yang Ji.
There are not many things to do to welcome guests at the outer gate, and most of them are boring receptions. When there is only one part, all the sword-making disciples who welcome guests at the outer gate are the happiest and most willing to do it.
That is to promote the splendor and glory of Zhujian Villa to the strangers who are coming to Dishan Villa for the first time. Part of it is naturally a rare opportunity to show off, which can satisfy one's own vanity. The other direction is naturally to shock those who covet it.
Welcome visitors to avoid trouble.
After all, the flying swords in the Sword Forging Villa are endless, like a mountain, and they are the coveted targets of countless warriors.
Therefore, the upper management of Zhujian Villa has never prohibited this. Instead, it has encouraged it.
"How can it be?"
Yang Ji was surprised. Although he knew that the other party wanted to show off, he was still shocked when he heard that Zhujian Villa could actually mobilize the imperial court's floating fleet.
The court's military deployment has strict regulations and layers of documents. The floating fleet is a weapon for the court to suppress the border areas. Yang Xuanlan is the prince consort of Taiyuan Palace, so he can build the Huangya fleet with the lowest level, power and scale.
But this Sword Forging Villa, which looks like a private property, actually says that it can mobilize the Yellow Fang Fleet, which is the most important weapon in the army!
"Hehe, I don't know."
The disciples of Zhujian Villa who led the way had a proud look on their faces. No matter who came, no matter what their status was, they would have this expression when they first came here when they heard that they could mobilize the elite heavy troops and floating fleets of the imperial court.
"Our Zhujian Villa is also considered a part of the imperial court and is affiliated with the Ministry of Industry. This iron monument is proof of that. Don't be surprised. It is not easy to get the rights of our Shanhuo Villa. Do you know how many weapons the imperial court has?
What we built? For five to six hundred years, we have been helping the imperial court to forge various weapons on a large scale."
"I'm afraid a lot of the weapons in the treasury now were forged by us."
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After talking about it, the disciples of the Sword Making Villa were filled with pride. The Dishan Mountain Villa has the privilege of mobilizing troops and enjoying the salary. Therefore, although the disciples of the Sword Making Villa are generally not too strong and do not have that many generals, Wu Zong
, but for those big aristocratic families and big wealthy families, they have always been honest. If they are willing to build something, they can build it. If they are not willing, they are unwilling, and no one can force it.
"No wonder, that's how it is."
Yang Ji looked at this disciple of Zhujian Villa. He was shocked at first, but later he understood. The status of Zhujian Villa was earned with his own contribution.
The Han Dynasty had a huge army of millions, and it was impossible for all of these army weapons to be manufactured by the Ministry of Industry. Therefore, sometimes it was necessary to rely on these exquisite craftsmanship and high-level sword-making villas to make them.
The weapons built by Zhujian Villa are definitely much better than the departments under the Ministry of Industry in terms of quality and speed.
In particular, unlike flying swords, the army's standard weapons, no matter how sophisticated they are, are not as demanding as flying swords. Therefore, the Sword Forging Villa can build these things very quickly, but the level and craftsmanship are still very high.
Day after day, year after year, we continued to supply weapons to the imperial court. Over hundreds of years, this amounted to an astronomical figure. Only with this tremendous contribution, Zhujian Villa won special treatment from the imperial court.
There are so many aristocratic and wealthy families, but no one dares to embarrass Zhujian Villa.
Even going a step further, in a rich and prosperous place like Zhoufu where every inch of land is precious, Dihuoshan Villa can actually occupy a piece of land, which shows that the court gives them preferential treatment and attention. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature for more novels. Good update faster!