The reason why Rijkaard built his capital here may be because of its natural geographical environment. He built the imperial city in the inner circle of the word 'hui', which made the center of power of the empire, like an island, float on the water. Then the large ships are connected to form a pontoon bridge, which is divided into eight directions, and is connected to the outer city, and the traffic is by land. If there is a war, as long as the pontoon bridge is removed, you can have ten or twenty times the number of troops, and you will not want to attack the inner city.

"See, that's the Water Palace. Lildo pointed to the imperial city and said in high spirits. Born as a Zhongzhou native, seeing this magnificent image in front of him, he made him proud to groan: "The wind is chaotic and the hibiscus water is blowing, and the dense rain is obliquely invading the Lili wall." The ridge trees cover the eyes of thousands of miles, and the river flows like nine intestines. ”

Looking down from here, the scenery is really very beautiful, especially the water palace in the inner city, surrounded by water, golden and brilliant, Hu Wei several people, all admired.

At this time, Zhu Daneng hummed on the side: "Do you want to hear a story about the water palace in the imperial capital?"

Hou San pouted and said, "Come on, Zhu Daneng." What story can you have, you are not from the imperial capital. It should be said that it should be said by Laray. ”

Hu Wei knew that Zhu Daneng looked rude, and he knew a lot of things in his stomach. So he said: "I want to hear any good stories, if it is wonderful, I will cover everyone's expenses today." ”

"Yay. Okay. ”

"Zhu Daneng, say it quickly. ”

"Be nice, or I'll be careful of beating you. ”

In the midst of everyone's commotion, Zhu Daneng slowly spoke: "Don't look at this water palace looks majestic. At the beginning, such a design was opposed by many royal feng shui masters. Because from a logical point of view, this is a situation of 'the dragon is trapped in shallow water, and the foundation is unstable'. The imperial city is the power center of the empire, and with such a design, the omen is very bad.

There were also objections from the military. Because such a layout seems perfect, but it is very dangerous in real time. As soon as the outer city falls into the hands of others, the water palace will be surrounded by enemies. As soon as the eight pontoon bridges are broken, it will be easy to defend at that time, but if you want to attack them, it will be more difficult than climbing to the sky.

However, under the cold snort of the old emperor, the mouths of the imperial feng shui master and the military officials were all closed. In the Mandala Empire, Rijkaard was a god, and if he was upset, the consequences would be very severe. Dare to question his decision, dare to say that his country is unstable, dare to say that the emperor will fall into the hands of others, the imperial city will be besieged, whose head is too hard to succeed?

The old emperor had made up his mind, and no one dared to say a word. The only thing they can do is to prevent these unfavorable factors as much as possible. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Daneng glanced at everyone and saw Hu Wei with a deep thought on his face, so he continued: "Do you know what means they used to prevent these unfavorable factors?"

"Send more heavy troops to strengthen the city defense. Hu Wei said.

The captain said yes. The military did expand the Royal Cavalry Regiment, and also allocated a lot of money to build the City of Six Davids to defend the imperial capital.

But there's one thing, I don't think you can guess. During the construction of the Water Palace, the royal feng shui master secretly used the blood of 1,000 and eight boys and women to build the foundation to break the 'dragon trapped in shallow water' situation.

Therefore, the inner city should not be called the Water Palace, but should be renamed the 'Blood Palace'. ”

"Ridiculous. Hu Wei scolded.

At the same time, another voice shouted: "Shut up, Zhu Daneng, aren't you afraid of losing your head?"

The voice came from Lalei, a small man who used to speak like a woman, but his expression at this time was full of authority.

Hu Wei could even see a flash of murderous intent in his eyes.

The atmosphere became cold for a while, but fortunately, Hou San came out to play a round at this time.

"Alright, alright, it's just a story, look at how serious you are.

Didn't we say that we were going to order the incense lamps of the goddess of the imperial capital, if you don't hurry up, the beautiful ones will be snatched up. ”

Under the snorting of Hou San, although everyone did not quarrel in the end, after listening to this story, everyone was not in the mood to go to the Qinglou to have fun together.

Lalley first suggested that he wanted to walk around on his own, and Lildo followed him. Both of them are from Zhongzhou, and they have their own friends in the emperor, and they mentioned before that they wanted to take the opportunity to go back and have a look, and it was Hu Wei who pulled them out to play. Now that the situation has become like this, Hu Wei can't stop them anymore, so he let them go.

After Laray and Lildo had gone, Hu Wei saw that everyone was not having a good time, and he was worried about finding a blacksmith to process arrows, so he simply let everyone disperse and go to their own fun.

As a result, the number of people in their team became fewer and fewer, and when they entered the imperial capital Dragon City, Hu Wei became alone.

There are nine gates in the outer city of the imperial capital Dragon City, which means the number of nine poles. Hu Wei entered the imperial capital from Andingmen, and he didn't have the slightest intention of appreciating the prosperity here, and asked several people in a row, and finally found out where the blacksmith was.

The imperial capital was originally just a small city, and it was only after the construction of the capital that it was able to be widened, due to the complicated traffic of the old and new neighborhoods, Hu Wei came for the first time, and he turned his head to get dizzy, and then found the bright road.

Guangming Road is the title of the official family, and the common people call it Dajin Street. Dajin Street, as the name suggests, is engaged in iron and knife fighting, gold and silver jewelry processing, agricultural tool processing, in short, all craftsmen who make a living from metal processing in the imperial capital are all concentrated on this road.

Although Guangming Road is called a road, it is actually a back street, to be precise, it is more appropriate to call it an alley. As soon as Hu Wei walked into the intersection, he knew that he had found the right place. The air here is noticeably hotter than in other places, and the clanging sound of striking iron speaks to the effect of this place.

Hu Wei came here, but he was not in a hurry. He did not immediately take out the drawings and go to the blacksmith, but walked slowly from the street to the end of the street, looking at all the shops where he worked, paying special attention to the popularity of the shop, the number of craftsmen, and the size of the shop.

Hu was worried about vetoing those stores that were deserted, not prosperous, too small in scale, and in poor condition. In Hu Wei's opinion, there must be many people who come to him to process various things with outstanding craftsmanship. Those stores that are not thriving and deserted are almost unsustainable must have such and such problems. A craftsman who has rusted even his usual tools can never be a good craftsman. Although this judgment is not necessarily accurate, it is definitely applicable to the unfamiliar Hu Wei here.

After screening, Hu Wei settled on two blacksmith shops and a jewelry processing shop in his heart, and then took out the pictures on his body.

The two blacksmith shops disappointed Hu Wei, one of them couldn't understand what Hu Wei had drawn, and although one did, they said they didn't have the ability to do it. After Hu Wei hit a wall twice in a row, he had to come to this alternative jewelry processing store to try his luck.

The name of this processing shop is Zangjin Building.