Chapter 40: Insider

"Iron Furnace Village", as its name implies, is related to mine forging. This is a gorge in the Black Forest. A dozen pits were dug in the gorge, and villages were built around the pits.
The slender and winding canyons are constantly blown by cold winds all year round, and the cliffs in the valley are smooth and rounded by strong air currents. Only a few leeward villages are built for human survival.
A large number of wooden tracks are laid in the village, and the ore transport carriages follow the tracks into and out of the pit.
Due to the small population in the village, most mines are closed and closed, and only one or two mines have output. The excavated ore will be transported to the smelting room, and then sent to the forging room after smelting. These are the two hottest places in the village.
It is said that because the canyon of Tielu Village is windy all year round, villagers build windmills to take advantage of this free power. The gear of the windmill can drive the winch, creak to provide power for the heavy tackle, or pull the bellows to heat the melting chamber.
The huge windmill blades are more than ten meters high. Everyone who comes to Tielu Village can see the tall wind building in the village at first glance. Its never-ending rotation has become the spiritual totem of Tielu Village, and the villagers' life is based on it.
Zhou Qingfeng and his party arrived outside the village, and the sentry at the entrance to the canyon had already seen them. As usual, several heavy crossbows placed on the walled arrow tower came over and asked the visitors to stop moving forward to prove their identity.
The old dwarf Borg's appearance was very conspicuous. He waved forward and shouted a few times, and the suspension bridge on the village wall fell down. After a while, several fully-armed soldiers came out, wearing full body armor, heavy helmets, and holding heavy axes or flail in their hands.
This extravagant equipment is unique in the entire Black Forest.
"Old Borg." The soldier's leader recognized the dwarf witch doctor. He watched Zhou Qingfeng and others vigilantly and asked, "What are you doing in our village at this time?"
The old gnome turned around and gave way. Zhou Qingfeng immediately came forward, and Shen Sheng said, "My name is Victor Hugo, and I'm here to meet your leader Fei Zhe. I want to talk to him about some major issues concerning human life and death in the Black Forest."
Hahaha, several heavy armored soldiers laughed. The leading squinting eyes looked at Zhou Qingfeng, and whispered, "Boy, who are you? Shouldn't you be hungry to come to our village for dinner?"
The ridicule made the faces of the old gnome and others unable to stretch their faces, and their anger appeared.
Zhou Qingfeng took the map drawn in advance from his rucksack and passed it, "I don't like nonsense, I'll show this map to your boss. I'll just wait for him for a quarter of an hour. If he thinks my arrival is worthless, I turn around and leave without interruption. "
The soldier's boss stepped forward and took the wolfskin map, and opened his eyes. At first glance, he didn't even care. There was still a smell on the freshly made wolf skin, and it was sticky on his hands. But when he looked a few more times, he frowned
A few simple curves are drawn on the wolf skin, which at first glance looks like a child's graffiti. Anyone who is familiar with Tielu Village can recognize it, and this is the topography of the canyon where the village is located.
In the canyon, the exact locations of more than a dozen pits and the direction of the interior of the pits were marked. If only these were painted on the wolf skin, the chief of the soldiers would be a little surprised. How could anyone be so familiar with his village?
But for the pit, there is a more detailed enlarged view on the wolf skin. The picture shows a lot of details of the pit. Some of them are known to the leader of the soldiers. Some of them are unclear, but they are spaces that the villagers have always wanted to explore.
"Where did this picture come from?" The leader of the soldier asked in shock and anger.
"I drew it yesterday." Zhou Qingfeng said.
"How do you know what's going on in our village pit?"
"Because it's not a mine in your village at all. It wasn't an iron furnace village a few decades ago, it was an ore refinery in the city of silver leaves in the Black Forest. That ’s what gives you an advantage. "
In addition to the old gnome that has been known for a long time, the soldiers of Ironforge Village and the three adventurers who followed were surprised. Especially the three Luke, they all thought that Zhou Qingfeng would come to Tielu Village to pain the pros and cons, and persuade Fei Zhe of Tielu Village to join.
Who knows that Zhou Qingfeng Leng Buding took out a map of Tielu Village, and also told the origin of the village, and shocked the people in the village on the spot. The secret behind this has made it possible for humans in the Black Forest to search for decades.
Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the armors of several soldiers and said, "The elves' craftsmanship is no worse than that of dwarves. At that time, Silver Leaf City banned humans from entering the Black Forest, but it has always sold the weapons and armor they created.
You should be wearing the semi-finished products that year. It's sad that decades have passed, and you haven't been able to turn them into finished products, let alone make use of this forge. "
Just a few words point to the point.
The soldiers of Ironforge Village were confused and overwhelmed. They kept the secret of Tielu Village, thinking that the outside world didn't know it at all. But now he just ran out of a teenager of unknown origin and uncovered their bosses.
The accompanying Ranger Luke also learned the origin of Ironforge Village for the first time. Immediately after the shock, he sighed coldly to the soldiers: "No wonder you don't allow outsiders to stay in the village, and you don't allow strangers to approach your mine. It turns out there is such a big secret hidden in it."
The female Druinar approached Zhou Qingfeng and asked, "How do you know this, Lord Hugo?"
The wizard apprentice Tambos also raised his ears.
"I know an old guy who has lived a long time, and it told me." Zhou Qingfeng said lightly, and he also poked his lips. "Half a quarter of an hour is about to pass. Should I turn around and leave for another village to talk to someone Cooperation? "
Ranger Luke shouted immediately: "Her Hugo, please forgive us for your previous disrespect, you can go to our Bear Roar Village. You can make any request. We would love to hear about the Elven Forge."
The female Druinar's eyes flickered. Instead of drawing Zhou Qingfeng easily, she took a note from her backpack, wrote a few words on it quickly with a charcoal pen, and then put the note into a small wooden tube and gave it to herself. Winter wolf companion, whispered.
The huge winter wolf whined a few times, took a small wooden tube, turned and ran, and quickly returned to Ash Village.
The wizard apprentice Tambos smiled bitterly, not only that His Excellency Hugo was young and mysterious, but the news he spoke was amazing. But the Black Forest is too far away from the Cold Wind City. Even if he knows the secret, he can't spread it.
Facing the different actions of the three adventurers, the soldiers of Ironforge Village did not know what to do?
But the old gnome Borg yelled, "Stupid, don't tell your leader Fei Zhe soon? Let the stubborn guy with a rocky head meet you in person."
Several soldiers panicked and heard that they immediately turned around and ran towards the village. When they came out wearing heavy armor, they were all majestic and slowly, but stumbled when they returned.
On the arrow tower in the village, the sentry thought that something had happened, and it immediately sounded the alarm, asking the whole village to enter the combat readiness, and even the suspension bridge was put away, severing both inside and outside.
The clumsy heavy armored soldier ran out of breath, returned to the village wall, and shouted to explain the situation. A bearded man soon stood on the fence, looking fierce, and roaringly asked what happened?
When the soldiers talked about the situation intermittently, the big bearded man was also in shock. At this time, Zhou Qingfeng, who was standing outside the village, had turned his horse and was about to turn away.