"Lord, look."

Outside Luoyang City, in a dense forest far away from Luoyang City.

On a thousand-year-old tree.

Zhao Ding and a middle-aged man dressed in sackcloth with an honest face, like an old farmer next door, stood on a branch of this thousand-year-old tree that was the thickness of an ordinary person's thigh.

At this moment, both of them were wearing linen clothes woven from vines, and under the support of green leaves, they almost blended in with the thousand-year-old trees beside them.

In addition, at this moment, this dense forest is on the top of a small hill, and the height of this thousand-year-old tree, from this angle, you can just see the scene and appearance of the garrison valley under the mountain.

The entire garrison valley takes on the shape of a huge gourd.

Narrow in front and wide in the back.

At the front of the valley there is a dense barracks.

At a cursory glance, there were no less than 300 seats.

This means that there are at least 5,000 Xuanjia soldiers stationed in this valley.

If you count the defensive bonus brought by the heavy armor of the Xuanjia Army, if you want to break through this valley from the front, I am afraid that you will have to pay ten times the number of troops.

Behind that dense barracks was a continuous fire house.

From time to time, you can see thick fireworks slowly drifting out of the valley below.

Not surprisingly, this fire room should be where the beams are located.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides, and locked by barracks on one side.

It's a natural prison.

The craftsmen who stayed inside to forge soldiers were not so much craftsmen as prisoners, and their birth, old age, sickness and death were carried out in the valley, and as long as they went in, they would not be able to get out for the rest of their lives.

"Lord Wang, be careful."

Just as Zhao Ding looked at the valley below, the man on the side suddenly whispered in Zhao Ding's ear.

Zhao Ding immediately squatted on the trunk of the tree, relying on the linen clothes woven by the vines on his body, and then relying on the dense trunk of this thousand-year-old tree, just enough to completely hide him and the figure of this big dry dark pile.

Just when Zhao Ding and the figure of the big cadre were just hidden, a team of Xuanjia soldiers with bright armor carried Changge and slowly walked over from the mountainside below.

After passing by the mountain trail not far from the thousand-year-old tree where Zhao Ding and the two of them were, they continued to patrol around the ridge where the Forged Soldier Valley was located.

"Where did they come from?"

After this Xuanjia army was far away, Zhao Ding frowned and looked at the big cadre beside him and asked.

It stands to reason that this valley is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and the only exit is the gourd-shaped entrance to the valley, and the only place that can come out is the narrow intersection where the barracks are stationed.

Even if the Xuanjia Army came out and came out from that gourd-shaped entrance, it would definitely not be able to escape the watchful eyes of Zhao Ding, who was standing here.

But now it has come out silently.

This also means that there is more to this valley than just one exit, there should be other places.

"There."

The big dry dark pile beside him pointed his finger.

Following the direction of his finger, Zhao Ding suddenly found that a rugged mountain path stretched from the inside of the valley to the outside, and the patrol of the Xuanjia Army just now walked out of the rugged path.

Although there were also arrow towers at the entrance, and there were military camps stationed there, the number of soldiers was significantly smaller than that of the gourd-shaped entrance.

That's kind of interesting.

As the saying goes, there are many people, and a small number of people also means that a lot of shady things can be done.

"The soldiers in the barracks at the entrance of this trail that extends from the garrison valley are stationed here all year round, and there is still a certain amount of stationing time, and when the time comes, there will be a shift change."

According to his Zhao Ding's idea, if he Zhao Ding was the top general of the Xuanjia Army stationed in this valley, he would basically arrange different batches of soldiers to patrol and cross-station.

On the one hand, it was to relieve the fatigue of the soldiers, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent the soldiers stationed in the key passages from bending the law for personal gain and colluding with the craftsmen in the valley for personal gain.

After all, the smelting technique of the Northern Liang has always been unique in the Five Kingdoms, and the swords and armor cast by it have always been real hard currency, and any piece that is left outside can be sold for a price far beyond the price of the swords and soldiers cast by ordinary armor casting workshops.

Standing in Xiao Daocheng's position, it is natural to take this scarce hard currency into his own hands.

Therefore, cross-stationing and regular changes of guard is the best.

"Lord Wang, the Xuanjia Army stationed on this trail is stationed in three shifts a day, and each shift is stationed for four hours, according to the sub-hour, the hour hour, the time of the future, and the three hours of the guard, and every month there will be a different Xuanjia military camp tent to change the guard, once a month."

The honest-faced big dry secretly replied.

Hearing this, Zhao Ding nodded slightly.

It can be seen from this point that Xiao Daocheng is more cautious than he imagined, putting an end to the possibility of bending the law for personal gain and collusion between inside and outside.

But the most difficult thing to prevent is the human heart!

Marx said that if capital has a profit of 150%, it will take risks, if it has a profit of 100%, it will dare to trample on all laws, and if it has a profit of 300%, it will dare to commit any crime, even at the risk of being hanged.

And this sentence is also valid in this era.

Not to mention that the price of swords in Beiliang has always been quite high, and a good sword can even be sold for twenty taels of silver, which is twenty times the price of ordinary swordsmen.

"Have you ever heard of a place in Beiliang that sells swords and soldiers privately?"

Glancing at the valley below, Zhao Ding turned his head to look at the middle-aged man with a simple face beside him and asked.

"This ....."

The middle-aged man opened his mouth, his eyes showed a thoughtful look, he touched his head, and only said after a while: "Lord Wang, when you say this, I did think of a place, but that place is never sold to the outside world, and very few people know about it, and those who can enter must be introduced by acquaintances."

The lowly position can know that it is also heard by chance.

However, as far as the lowly officials know, the quality of the swords and soldiers flowing out of it is quite high, one or two levels higher than the knives issued by our military cadres, and it is a little worse than the sabers of the Northern Liang soldiers we captured from the battlefield. ”

Speaking of this, Tian Hu's eyes were extremely excited.

"Do you have a way to sneak in with this king?"

Zhao Ding asked.

If he guessed correctly, that place might really have something to do with the current Forge Valley, after all, good knives are not so easy to find.

Don't even appear in batches.

"This..."

Tian Hu wanted to speak and stopped, and a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face.

"Lord Wang, what are you going to do in that place?"

The middle-aged man subconsciously asked, but soon his expression was shocked, and his eyes looked at Zhao Ding with an inquiring look: "Lord Wang, what do you mean??" ”

"Shh~~~"

Zhao Ding sighed.

Tian Hu said excitedly: "Although it is difficult to enter the prince's place, you can still get into it by means of humble duties." ”

"That's the best."

Zhao Ding raised his eyebrows.

He was really looking forward to that place.

If he guessed correctly, that extremely secret place to sell swords and soldiers should be the channel of gray income for the generals of the Xuanjia Army stationed here.

Treasure touches people's hearts, let alone guarding such a mountain of gold.

However, before going, you still need to make some preparations, so as not to reveal your identity.