"At present, it is said that the craftsmen who can cast Taihe iron are not ordinary people, and they generally live in Tianyu Castle in the south of the Land of Sighs. It is said that most of these foundries were reluctant to serve ordinary people. They generally only cast equipment for cultivators with high skills, and the fees are very high, and there is only one guy named Jiemuer, who is said to be willing to cast for those who are not too high in cultivation at a lower price. ”

However, it is said that Jiemoore has been ostracized by the High Blacksmiths Guild and has not lived a satisfactory life. Ryushiro added.

Luo Ming was very satisfied with what he heard, and he was full of confidence in casting equipment with Taihe iron. He invited Yanagi Shiro to settle in the Yoro Mansion with his apprentices, and promised a good salary.

But Liu Shilang was unmoved, and said with a respectful smile: "We are used to living like this. Although it is usually harder, the people in and out of the city have some work, so it is more convenient for us to find us. When you enter the palace, you are not free, and the people are inconvenient. In the future, no matter what the little prince needs, tell us to place an order, and we will definitely rush to work day and night to serve you. ”

Luo Ming thought about it, this is fine, and there is no need to spend money to raise a lot of blacksmiths, when there is any need in the future, it will be outsourced to them. So he no longer forced them to join the king's house.

He quickly rushed to the barracks at Yelang Mountain. Liu Long and Liu Hu reported: "Is the training plan formulated by the prince too harsh? So far, the 5,000-strong troops have eliminated nearly half of the people. Many of those who have been eliminated are reluctant to go, crying here all day long hoping to return to the team. I have a headache, what should I do?"

Luo Ming replied: "There can be no slackness in the training plan, it must be strictly controlled, and those that cannot be adhered to will be resolutely eliminated." But now we can be flexible: organize all those who are not willing to leave after being eliminated, and I will set up an engineering army and give them twice the salary of ordinary troops. Most of these people are pulled to the Land of Sighs and mine Taihe iron ore for me. A small part remained here to intensify the construction of barracks. ”

He continued: "Liu Hu is in charge of the engineering unit. Remember, you have to do as much as you want, you can't be lazy, and if you can't do the job, you will still be eliminated. Those who have performed well, are willing to return to the field troops, and think that their physical strength can keep up with the training, may apply to return to the regular field units to participate in training. ”

"Field troops, regardless of whether they are veterans or new recruits, are no longer involved in the construction of the project. Their salaries will be raised again, from twice the original salary of ordinary troops, to three times, in order to attract more people to join the army. But the training standards cannot be relaxed, and anyone who can't keep up with the training will not stay. For the time being, Liu Long was in charge of this force. ”

After Luo Ming explained some specific matters that needed attention to the two of them, he took Xiao Yu in a hurry and rushed to the empty place. The fat general was very happy to see him coming, and said that this bird place was too quiet to be interesting, and that His Royal Highness the prince should be lively and lively, and he proposed to go out together to hunt some game and come back for a barbecue.

Luo Ming didn't have this leisure, he hurriedly explained that there would be engineering troops coming here to mine, and other troops would take over the defense here in a month, and so on, so he was anxious to know the distance to Tianyu City.

The fat man said: "The road to Tianyu City is relatively far, and there may be interference or obstruction from some soul beast cultivators along the way, so the risk is not small. "But Luo Ming was anxious to find a senior caster, and insisted on rushing to Tianyu City immediately.

He and Xiao Yu hastily ate something and hit the road. Fearing that they would be attacked by some soul beasts on the way, they did not dare to ride horses, but walked south on foot, all the way through the dense jungle.

Despite their fast pace, they arrived at Tianyu City the next day. Luckily, I didn't run into any trouble along the way.

Tianyu City is said to be a city, but it is actually very small, not even a quarter of the size of Black Cloud City. This is just a resting stop and market for cultivators in the endless desolate land at the southern end, and there are many similar small towns. There are only inns, hotels, foundries, pawnshops, tailors and bazaars in the town. There were very few real inhabitants, most of them craftsmen and merchants. The main purpose of the practitioners here is to rest and exchange goods, so basically no one comes here to make trouble.

Luo Ming rushed to the street where there were many blacksmith shops, and when he inquired, he learned that the equipment used to make Taihe iron here, the simplest swords and other equipment required at least a hundred gold coins, and if it was a bow and crossbow and armor and other equipment, at least two hundred gold coins were needed. And that's just the price of the general equipment. If in the casting, the equipment above the advanced level of the Xuan Pin is exposed, the price will be increased by at least ten times. Otherwise, the foundry will return your 100 gold coins and compensate you for the same weight of Taihe Iron Ore, and the mysterious equipment that bursts out will go to the blacksmith shop.

Luo Ming smacked his tongue when he heard this: one or two hundred gold coins a piece, and a person with a simple outfit - that is, a knife and a piece of armor - all need at least three hundred gold coins. How many gold coins do you need to arm an army? Even if you only build a small team of 1,000 people, it will cost at least 300,000 gold coins, which is terrifying, isn't it?

He shook his head and went back to inquire where Jie Moore was. Many people were reluctant to answer him, and a zealous passer-by later told him: "Jiemoor lives in a dilapidated house on the outskirts of the western city. He was originally a skilled caster, but since the loss of the diamond casting hammer, he was rejected by his peers and rushed to live outside the city.

However, his craftsmanship is really good, and the price is also very cheap, and he only charges twenty gold coins for minting a piece of equipment for Taihe Iron Ore. However, I will tell you in private that a caster who does not have a King Kong casting hammer, no matter how high his skill level, the probability of him exploding the mystical product is very low, and even if it is a legendary-level equipment cast, it is a grade lower than that of his peers, and there will always be something less in attributes. This is also the main reason why his peers ostracized him. Of course, many poor people are still willing to ask him for equipment, because his fees are too low. ”

Luo Ming then rushed to the outskirts of the west of the city to find the foundry. In a dilapidated foundry shed, he met the tall foundry with a long beard and a gloomy and haggard expression.

"What materials did you bring with you, and what equipment do you want to fight?" Jie Muer glanced at him, then stopped looking at him, and looked intently at a piece of yellow ore in his hand, as if there was some secret hidden in it.