As the name suggests, 'Iron Furnace Village' is related to mine forging. This is a canyon in the Black Forest, and more than a dozen mines have been dug in the canyon around which villages have been built.

The slender and winding canyon is constantly blown by cold winds all year round, and the cliffs in the valley are smooth and rounded by strong air currents, and only a few leeward areas have been built into village buildings for human survival.

The village is covered with a large number of wooden tracks, along which the ore trolleys carry in and out of the pits.

Due to the small population of the village, most of the mines were closed and ceased to operate, and only one or two mines were still productive. The excavated ore is transported to the smelting room, which is then sent to the forge room, two of the hottest places in the village.

It is said that because the valley of Tielu Village is windy all year round, the villagers built windmills to take advantage of this free power. The gears of the windmill can drive the winch, creak and rattle to power the heavy pulley, and can also pull the bellows to heat the blast air in the melting chamber.

The huge windmill blades are more than ten meters high, and everyone who comes to Tielu Village can see the tall wind-powered building in the village for the first time. It never stops turning, and has become the spiritual totem of Tielu Village, and the villagers' lives depend on it.

When Zhou Qingfeng and his party arrived outside the village, the sentinels at the entrance and exit of the canyon had already seen them. As usual, several heavy crossbows mounted on the walled turrets were aimed at them, asking them to stop and identify themselves.

The old dwarf Borg was very conspicuous, and he waved and shouted a few times, and the drawbridge on the village wall fell. After a while, several heavily armed soldiers appeared, wearing heavy armor and heavy helmets, and holding heavy axes or flails in their hands.

This extravagant equipment is unique to the entire Black Forest.

"Old Borg." The leader of the soldiers recognized the dwarf witch doctor, he looked at Zhou Qingfeng and the others vigilantly, and asked, "Now at this time, what are you doing in our village?" ”

The old dwarf turned around and moved out of the way. Zhou Qingfeng stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "My name is Victor. Hugo, come to meet your leader, Fitzer. I have something important to talk to him about the life and death of humanity in the Black Forest. ”

Hahaha...... several heavily armored soldiers burst out laughing. The leader squinted at Zhou Qingfeng and asked in a sneer, "Boy, who are you?" Didn't you come to our village hungry to ask for food? ”

This ridicule made the faces of the old dwarf and the others uncontrollable, and their angry faces loomed.

Zhou Qingfeng took out the map drawn in advance from his backpack and handed it over, "I don't like nonsense, show this map to your leader." I just waited for him for half an hour. If he thinks my presence is worthless, I will turn around and leave, without disturbing me. ”

The leader of the soldiers suspiciously stepped forward to take the wolf skin map, opened it casually and glanced at it. At first glance, he didn't care. The wolf skin that had just been nitrated still had a bloody smell on it, and it was sticky on his hands. But when he looked at it a few more times, his brows furrowed......

The wolf's skin is painted with several simple curves, which at first glance look like a child's graffiti. Anyone familiar with Iron Furnace Village will recognize that this is the terrain of the canyon where the village is located.

And in the canyon, the exact location of more than a dozen pits is marked, as well as the course of the inside of the pits. If this was only painted on the wolf's skin, the leader of the soldiers would be a little surprised at best, how could anyone be so familiar with his village?

However, as for the part of the pit, there is a more detailed enlarged picture on the wolf skin. A large number of details of the pit are depicted in the picture. Some of them were known to the leader of the soldiers. Some of them are not clear to him, but they are spaces that the people in the village have always wanted to explore.

"Where did this picture come from?" The leader of the soldiers asked, shocked and angry.

"I drew it yesterday." Zhou Qingfeng said.

"How do you know what's going on inside our village's pit?"

"Because it's not your village's pit at all. A few decades ago, this was not an ironforge village, but an ore refining ground in the Black Forest Silver Leaf City, which was built by elves. After the day of eternal darkness, the elves withdrew from this place, allowing you to take advantage. ”

In addition to the old gnome who had already known, the soldiers of Iron Furnace Village and the three adventurers who came with them were all surprised. Especially the three Lukes, they all thought that Zhou Qingfeng was going to come to Tielu Village to explain the pros and cons, and persuaded Fei Zhe from Tielu Village to join the gang.

Who knew that Zhou Qingfeng took out a map of Tielu Village coldly, and also told the origin of the village, which shocked the people in the village on the spot. The secret behind this has been sought by humans in the Black Forest for decades.

Zhou Qingfeng pointed to the armor of several soldiers and said: "The elven craftsmanship is no worse than that of the dwarfs, and the Silver Leaf City forbade humans to enter the Black Forest back then, but they have been selling the weapons and armor they have created.

You should be wearing semi-finished products left over from that year. It's sad that decades have passed, and you haven't been able to turn them into finished products, let alone really put this forge to good use. ”

Just a few sentences to the point.

The soldiers of Iron Furnace Village were confused and at a loss. They have always kept the secrets of Iron Furnace Village, thinking that the outside world does not know about it. But now, a teenager of unknown origin casually ran out and revealed their old roots.

Luke, the Ranger who accompanied him, also learned about the origin of Ironforge Village for the first time. Shocked, he immediately stepped forward and whispered coldly to the soldiers, "No wonder you don't allow outsiders to stay in the village permanently, let alone strangers near your mines. It turns out that there is such a big secret hidden in this. ”

The female Druinar approached Zhou Qingfeng and asked, "Your Excellency Hugo, how do you know this?" ”

The wizard's apprentice, Tambos, also pricked up his ears.

"I know an old guy who's lived for a long time, and it told me." Zhou Qingfeng said lightly, and he also pouted, "Half an hour is almost over." Shouldn't I turn around and leave and talk to someone in another village about cooperation? ”

Ranger Luke immediately shouted: "Your Excellency Hugo, please forgive us for our previous rudeness, you can go to our Bear Roar Village." You can ask for anything. We'd love to hear about the Elven Forge. ”

The female druinar's eyes flickered, she did not easily woo Zhou Qingfeng, but took out a note from her backpack, wrote a few words on it quickly with charcoal, and then put the note into a small wooden tube, handed it to her winter wolf companion, and whispered a few words.

The huge winter wolf whined a few times, took the small wooden tube in its mouth, turned and ran, and quickly returned to the village of ashes.

The wizard's apprentice Tambos smiled wryly - this Lord Hugo was not very old and had a mysterious origin, but the news he told was extremely shocking. But the Black Forest was too far away from Coldwind City, and even if he knew the secret now, he couldn't pass it on to the outside world, so he had to stay and watch.

Faced with the different actions of the three adventurers, the soldiers of Iron Furnace Village didn't know what to do?

Instead, the old dwarf Borg scolded, "Idiot, why don't you go and inform your leader Fei Zhe?" Let that guy with a stubborn head like a rock come and greet him personally. ”

Several soldiers panicked, and immediately turned around and ran in the direction of the village. When they came out in heavy armor, they were majestic and slowly soaring, but when they returned, they stumbled and walked awkwardly.

On the arrow tower in the village, the sentry thought that something had happened, and immediately sounded the alarm bell, asking the whole village to enter combat readiness, and even the suspension bridge was put away, cutting off the inside and outside.

The clumsy heavily armored soldier ran out of breath and returned to the village walls, shouting for explanations. Soon a bearded man stood up on the wall, with a fierce face, and roared to ask what was going on?

When the soldiers finished talking about the situation intermittently, the bearded man also fell into horror. At this time, Zhou Qingfeng, who was standing outside the village, had already turned his horse's head and was about to turn around and leave.