Real Cthulhu Running Game

   Chapter 711 Authentic?

   Liu Xing nodded, but in his heart he was complaining about the depths of what Bahamut's believers are hiding, it's just that this background story has not yet been made up.

"Now we are in the open, and the enemy is in the dark, so in order to reverse the passive situation, I think we will go to the blacksmith village and walk around to see if we have a chance to confirm that those people are followers of Bahamut." Zhang Jingxu earnestly said.

   Liu Xing and others of course nodded in agreement.

   So, Liu Xing and others were divided into several groups by Zhang Jingxu.

   With the choice of melee and long-range cooperation, Liu Xing and Yin En formed a team and were arranged to go to the largest blacksmith shop in the blacksmith village to collect information.

   So after ten minutes, Liu Xing and others came to the largest blacksmith shop in the blacksmith village - Youjian blacksmith shop.

   Liu Xing and Yin En looked at the signboard of a blacksmith shop and didn't know what to say for a while.

  To be honest, Liu Xing really wants to pry open Zhang Jingxu's head to see how big this guy's brain is, so he can arrange such a Chinese martial arts shop name in this background world of Dragon Quest.

   But then again, Liu Xing suddenly remembered that he lived in an inn, not a hotel. . .

   It seems that this is a worldview in which China and the West merge.

  Because of the working nature of the blacksmith shop, Liu Xing and Yin En could clearly feel the heat coming from the blacksmith shop, so Liu Xing looked at his standard priest robe and began to think about whether he should go in.

   As for Yin En, the knight leather armor on his body is even more "hot".

   "How about we go back and change clothes first?" Yin En said.

   Liu Xing just wanted to nod his head when he saw Shen Aotian with a depressed face walking out of a blacksmith shop.

   "Lord Liu Xing, Lord Yin En, why are you here?" Shen Aotian said in surprise.

Fortunately, Liu Xing and Yin En had already prepared the draft before they came, so Liu Xing said with a smile, "Didn't your father, Shen Aotian, say that the materials were stolen from a blacksmith shop? So we decided to come over and have a look. It depends on what the situation is and whether there is any chance of remedy.”

Shen Aotian nodded and said helplessly: "I thought the same thing just now, so I'm only here now, but the situation is really bad, I'm afraid we can only go to those goblins to get back. It's your own thing... By the way, do you want to go in and take a look, Mr. Liu Xing?"

Of course.

   Liu Xing and Yin En nodded in unison.

  So, Shen Aotian brought Liu Xing and Yin En into a blacksmith shop.

   I have to say that there is a blacksmith shop where the four seasons are like summer. . . And it is also the midsummer of China Double Celebration.

   But Shen Aotian also realized this, so he first brought Liu Xing and Yin En to the locker room of a blacksmith shop, and changed Liu Xing and others into the work uniform of a blacksmith shop - short vest.

   Of course, this work uniform is a bit shameful in the eyes of Liu Xing and Yin En, because the only function of this work uniform is to cover those two important points.

   But as the locals do, in the end Liu Xing and Yin En put on short vests.

   It was a lot cooler.

"These work uniforms in a blacksmith shop are all made of ice silk, so they can keep the temperature low in high temperature environments, but because the price of ice silk is really high, it can only be made into short The style of the vest." Shen Aotian explained to Liu Xing.

  Although this is just cold knowledge that has no use for Liu Xing and the two.

   Then, Shen Aotian took Liu Xing and the two to the warehouse of the blacksmith shop, and continued to introduce the situation of the blacksmith shop to the two of Liu Xing.

Youjian Blacksmith Shop is the first blacksmith shop in Blacksmith Village. It can also be said that there is Youjian Blacksmith Shop, so there is the later Blacksmith Village, but the most important point is that Youjian Blacksmith Shop was originally Shen Aotian's family. The family property of Shen Aotian, but was later handed over to the state by Shen Aotian's grandfather Shen Liangchen, and then Shen Aotian's father Shen Kuanglong became the village head of the blacksmith village.

   Well, when he heard Shen Aotian's name last night, Liu Xing knew that Shen Aotian's family should have the same cool name, so Liu Xing will not complain here.

Back to the topic, although there is a blacksmith shop that is nominally a state-owned enterprise, the blacksmith shop is still under the control of the Shen Aotian family in fact, because the blacksmiths in the blacksmith shop are basically all Shen Liangchen or Shen Kuanglong's disciples and further disciples, so the Shen Aotian family is still responsible for the large and small affairs of the blacksmith shop, and 60% of the income of the blacksmith shop belongs to the Shen Aotian family.

But how could the empire let this old hen that only lays golden eggs under the control of others, so recently the empire sent a lot of blacksmiths and managers to enter the blacksmith shop, and also directly sent people to control the blacksmith. The account book of the shop, which made Shen Kuanglong so angry that he had not been to a blacksmith shop for a long time.

  Looking at Shen Aotian who dared to say anything, Liu Xing and Yin En didn't know whether to say whether he was lacking in heart or having a big heart.

   Of course, it is also possible that Shen Aotian is lying.

   But from what Shen Aotian said, it is not difficult to see that there is a lot of contradiction between the current Shen Aotian family and the empire.

   "By the way, Shen Aotian, what are the origins of the other blacksmith shops in the blacksmith village?" Yin En asked suddenly.

Shen Aotian thought about it and said, "The reason why our Shen family chose to build a blacksmith village here is because there are a lot of mineral resources near the blacksmith village, and it is not far from the capital of the empire, so not only can it be here. Get a lot of raw materials, and you can easily sell the goods. The most important thing is that you can sell them at a higher price in the capital. Therefore, many blacksmith shops in the capital see us making money. After moving here, blacksmith shops from other areas also moved here, and some trainee blacksmiths from blacksmith shops established their own businesses after apprenticeship, so the blacksmith village has formed the scale it is today."

   This is similar to what Liu Xing imagined.

  Yin En nodded, and continued to ask: "So have these blacksmith shops been incorporated by the empire?"

   Hearing Yin En's question, Liu Xing immediately turned his attention to Shen Aotian, because the answer to this question was quite important.

   More importantly, Liu Xing wanted to see if Shen Aotian would lie at this time.

This time Shen Aotian pondered for a longer time before he said hesitantly: "Actually, I don't know the situation very well, because I joined the largest restaurant in the blacksmith village as an apprentice since I was a child, so apart from those who have a blacksmith shop Apart from the situation, I don't know much about the situation of other blacksmith shops, but I have heard that some well-known blacksmith shops have received purchase applications from the empire, because the blacksmith village is now getting bigger and bigger, and the empire The difficulty of supervision is also increasing, especially after the incident a few years ago, the empire's management of blacksmith villages has become more and more strict, so those blacksmith shops can only choose to accept the acquisition of the empire."

   That thing?

Liu Xing hurriedly checked his memory, and sure enough, he saw the thing that had just been "made up" - three years ago, the empire had a war with another human kingdom next door, and as a result, the imperial troops captured a batch of them during the battle. The weapons of the empire, and these weapons were actually manufactured by a blacksmith shop in the empire, and from the appearance of these weapons, they should have been manufactured after the war.

   Obviously, this blacksmith shop is in contact with the enemy country.

The module also adds a setting here, that is, the mineral resources of this continent are not too rich, so an excellent blacksmith's status on the continent is not bad, and the blacksmith shop qualified to manufacture ordnance is even more local. star enterprise.

   So this is one of the reasons why Shen Kuanglong was able to serve as the mayor of the Blacksmith Village.

   After learning that there was a blacksmith shop collaborating with an enemy country, the empire quickly made that blacksmith shop a thing of the past, and planned to take back the weapon manufacturing rights from all blacksmith shops in the country.

However, the profit of weapons is definitely higher than that of farm tools, so the blacksmith shops within the empire are opposed, so the empire has to take back the order. On the surface, it has strengthened control, but in fact, it is forcing those blacksmith shops to become state-owned enterprises. to ensure that the same thing does not happen again.

   As an activist, Shen Kuanglong also became the propaganda material of the empire at that time.

   But having said that, Liu Xing suddenly felt that the style of this mod was getting more and more strange, why did it suddenly shift from combat to business?

Although Liu Xing was stunned, Yin En, his professional counterpart, already had an opinion on the matter, "It is understandable that the empire wants to control the blacksmith shop. After all, the products that the blacksmith shop can produce can not only be used for civilian use, but also For military use, not to mention all kinds of minerals are also important resources of the empire, and if I am the administrator of the empire, I don’t want anyone to be able to buy a full set of weapons from the blacksmith shop.”

   Yun En's remarks reminded Liu Xing of the American lighthouse country and civilian guns in the real world.

Although these civilian guns are castrated versions when they leave the factory, the power of these guns should not be underestimated. The shooting cases that occur every few minutes in the American Lighthouse Country are the best proof, not to mention the power of these civilian guns as long as they are properly modified. It will be greatly strengthened, so Liu Xing once heard that some illegal armed forces in Latin America will smuggle a batch of civilian guns from the American lighthouse country. After the magic reform, the power of these civilian guns even exceeds the weapons used by the local regular army.

So Liu Xing guessed that this plot is likely to be adapted from the civil gun controversy in the American Lighthouse Country. These blacksmith shops in the empire are those weapons dealers in the American Lighthouse Country. They don't want to lose the opportunity to make money, but this mod The Empire in the real world can be tougher than the American Beacon State in the real world.

  After all, in the real world, the arms dealers in the American beacon country will provide campaign funds for the president.

   It is impossible to ban guns, and it is impossible to ban guns in this life.

Back to the topic, Liu Xing now thinks that he has reason to suspect that the Shen family is dissatisfied with the empire because the empire has cut off its fortune, but the Shen family has no ability to fight against the empire, so the Shen family simply hates it. Bian Sheng was greedy for those precious materials.

  According to the content just updated in his memory, Liu Xing knew that the total value of the batch of materials may have exceeded the wealth accumulated by the Shen family over the years.

   So as long as the limelight passes, the Shen family can take this batch of materials and fly away. Anyway, there are still many human countries on this continent, and there are also many countries that cannot get along with the empire.

  In this case, the biggest suspect now is the Shen family, but I don't know if the Shen family has anything to do with the followers of Bahamut.

   Liu Xing thought so, and found that his group had arrived at the warehouse where there was a blacksmith shop.

  There is a blacksmith shop as the largest blacksmith shop in the blacksmith village. It covers an area as large as more than ten football fields, and the warehouse is naturally not that small.

  So now in front of Liu Xing and others is a wooden gate that may be ten meters high.

Liu Xing looked at the door that was three stories high, and couldn't help but wonder how the goblins with an average height of about one meter could open this wooden door, which could weigh a thousand pounds, and then enter it and steal those goblins. material.

   Yoon Eun now thinks exactly the same as Liu Xing.

But at this time, Shen Aotian gave the answer, "This wooden door is made of iron wood with extremely high density, so the weight of this wooden door reaches 2,500 catties, which is also the most important thing we have in a blacksmith shop. We are proud of the anti-theft measures, and we have a blacksmith shop that has never been stolen before, but I didn’t expect those goblins to enter the warehouse through tunnels.”

  Because it takes a lot of manpower and time to open the wooden door, Liu Xing and others entered the warehouse through the administrator channel.

   The so-called administrator passage, to put it bluntly, is a locked secret door at the top of the warehouse, and this locked secret door is only known to some members of the Shen family.

   Then, Liu Xing and others saw a hole with a diameter of less than twenty centimeters in the middle of the warehouse.

   Judging from the soil around the entrance, this tunnel was indeed dug out today, and various traces of friction can be found within the visible range.

   Of course, there are also some strange paw prints in it.

   "The shoulder width of an average adult is generally about 37 centimeters, so unless it is a child, this tunnel should only be able to accommodate short goblins." Liu Xing said with a frown.

   "That's right, today we arranged for a child to enter the tunnel after we discovered this tunnel, and finally found that the entrance to this tunnel is in the wilderness outside the blacksmith village." Shen Aotian said seriously.

   Liu Xing nodded, but there was some doubts in his heart - is this really the material stolen by the goblins?

   After all, such a long and narrow hole in the ground is not something that ordinary people can dig.

   (end of this chapter)