Armill Boots

Author: polarisa

The city guard officer glanced at Mu Gongzi deeply, with a smile on his face, and signaled that he could go.

This Mu Gongzi didn't think it was wrong, turned around and greeted the little scholar, and the two of them walked through the city gate hole. As soon as I went out of the cave, I heard the sound of striking iron, clanging and ringing.

Follow the prestige, on the right is a large gatehouse, and the signboard reads: "Shenzhou Boat Yard". In the distance, a group of boatmen, divided into several piles. Some are surrounding a paddle boat with a formed hull lying on the ground, and are smearing tung oil in the mud, or nailing iron sheets to the side of the ship and attaching iron rings to the bow and stern. Others are clanging around the frame of the ship, which is part of the ship's plank and the other part is still the keel.

On the left is a smelter, blacksmith shop, and equipment shop. It's all the kind of industry that requires a hammer and clangs all day long.

After walking a few steps, they saw Shopkeeper Wu and their convoy waiting for them. Mu Gongzi led the scholar to walk a few steps quickly, and apologized again and again: "Let the shopkeeper Wu wait for a long time, if you know, just walk a few steps quickly." Shopkeeper Wu waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, we all have to go to the east of the city to stay, it's more than sixty miles, it's okay to wait." ”

Seeing them coming, the convoy in front of them set off. Shopkeeper Wu pointed to the smelting workshop, blacksmith shop, and equipment shop: "These were originally in the town and market, but now they have all moved here, and there are dozens more, which is much more prosperous than before." ”

Seeing Mu Gongzi nodded, Shopkeeper Wu pointed to the boat yard and said: "Mu Gongzi, I don't know if you have heard of the Shenzhou Shrine's Shenzhou, it is said that it runs very fast on the sea, just like flying! The little scholar was a little puzzled when he heard this: "Hmm, will that kind of boat still be sold?"

Shopkeeper Wu said mysteriously: "Others don't know, we have an internal connection to buy it, and we have already started to sell." ”

The little scholar glanced at Mu Gongzi in amazement, and saw that Mu Gongzi shook his head, and the little scholar also shook his head.

Shopkeeper Wu didn't see the change in the expressions of the two, and was pointing to the city lord's mansion that was towering seven or eight miles away: "Today is the day when Grand Duke Muhai enshrines the city lord of Shenzhou City. The one who was in front of us just now was the envoy sent by Grand Duke Muhai. ”

Mu Gongzi and the little scholar listened, and the two looked at each other, their faces full of incredulity. Mu Gongzi couldn't help but ask: "Shopkeeper Wu, your news is wrong, isn't it? Shenzhou City is a city built by the Shenzhou Society, and it has nothing to do with the official family, right?"

When Shopkeeper Wu heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong with building a city at home? But after all, this is the territory of the Muhai Principality!"

The little scholar said with some indignation: "The Grand Duke has been sealed, and people may not want to listen to it! That Zhendongwei is in the city, what is the use?"

Shopkeeper Wu nodded sympathetically: "I heard about your Mu family. The Grand Duke is different, unlike other sects and families, who always engage in confrontation with the Shenzhou Society, but directly enshrine the city lord sent by the Shenzhou Society: Elder Du. ”

"Oh, what's the use of that?" the little scholar felt a little inexplicable: "Originally, the Shenzhou Society had already sent Elder Du to serve as the city lord, wouldn't it be superfluous for the Grand Duke to seal it again?"

Shopkeeper Wu smiled, smiled meaningfully, and saw that the two of them were waiting a little anxiously, so he said: "The city lord sent by the Shenzhou Society is not right, after all, there is no self-proclaimed city lord in the principality. Replaced by the Grand Duke's edict, maybe Elder Du will feel that he is justified. Even if he doesn't think so, the official family will. In the future, Donghai County will pass on an official document from time to time that is not too excessive, such as assisting in the wanted criminals or something. Once you deal with it, you will truly become the city lord of the official family. ”

"It's nothing, isn't it?" The little scholar still didn't understand: "As long as City Lord Du doesn't betray the Shenzhou Society and does something for the official family, it's not a big deal." ”

"That's hard to say. A lot of ambiguous things are done, and for the time being, it is not considered betrayal, nor is it loyal, and if you do too much, it will inevitably be a betrayal. Also, if the city lord Du made a small mistake, the Shenzhou Society wanted to punish him, but the official family did not agree, and at that time, it would be unclear who the city lord Du was loyal to. Saying this, the face of the shopkeeper Wu was full of knowledgeable and conspicuous taste: "I have seen many such things in various countries over the years. ”

Mu Gongzi and the little scholar nodded thoughtfully. Shopkeeper Wu hired a two-horse carriage in the city, invited the two to get into the car, and walked along the carriage to Dongcheng.

The car approached the city lord's mansion, and from a distance, you could see the city lord Du leading a group of servants, who were greeting the envoy of the official family. From a distance, I saw that the official envoy was respectful, and Elder Du also looked flattered. Mu Gongzi and the little scholar looked at each other, and a look of "sure enough" flashed on their faces.

In the area in front of the castle lord's mansion and to the left and right, there are rows of buildings of the same style, and if you look at them one by one, they are all townspeople from different places in and outside the principality. The Zhendong Guard is actually here, just on the right side of the City Lord's Mansion.

Shopkeeper Wu smiled and asked, "Mu Gongzi is going to Zhendong Weiya to pay a visit?" If you go to pay a visit and ask them to wait here, I will also stop by to visit our fellow villagers in Jiangzuo County of the Cangwu Empire." The Shenzhou Society built a city, and everyone made the hometown association as official and official, which made it convenient for us merchants. In the past, I used to secretly rent a private house, and it was not easy to come to the door even if I knew it. ”

Mu Gongzi pointed to the Shenzhou camp not far in front of these fellow villagers and said: "Forget it today, save these sergeants from seeing it, thinking that we have some idea of peeping, let's talk about it when we settle down!" I heard that there are many people in the Shenzhou camp, what are the trial camps, the fang guard camp, the city guard camp, and it is said that there is also the guard camp of Huasheng Heda Caidong. I just don't know, compared to the Zhendong Guard, how strong can it be?"

Everyone talked and laughed and continued to walk forward, the right half of the west city, from north to south, the streets and alleys are vertical and horizontal, there are thousands of sets of courtyard houses one after another, I think this is the house of the new city. Shenzhou City is built on the mountain, the north of the city is slightly higher than the south of the city, and the courtyard of almost every house can be seen clearly from the carriage and horse avenue.

Feeling this magnificent and magnificent craftsman landscape, everyone's hearts are already quiet. After a while, Shopkeeper Wu sighed: "Little Lao'er has also seen the world, every time he comes here from his hometown, he travels thousands of miles on the way, that is, the pattern of Shenzhou City looks more atmospheric. I heard that all the houses in the original town were relocated here, and the houses were all funded and built by the Shenzhou Society, which can be regarded as compensation. ”

After about two quarters of an hour, everyone walked to the original town. Shenzhou City is close to the mountains and seas, the west city wall stretches ten miles from north to south, enter the city, to the south, to the north have the feeling that you can't see the edge at a glance; get on the carriage, walk for a short time, you feel that the more you go to the east, the narrower it is, to the town here, standing on the carriage and horse avenue, you can clearly see the building at the foot of Langya Mountain in the north. Now the town seems to have become a forbidden place for the Shenzhou Society, with high walls built around it, and it has the flavor of an inner city.

Outside the fence, follow the carriage road to the pier, where it forms a crossroads. Turn right is the wharf, turn left into a wide avenue as wide as the carriage and horse avenue, look far away, straight to Langya Mountain.