Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

In addition to the original Uncle An and Uncle Shun, who were stationed in Wangxiang Town, Uncle Xing was also transferred there to increase the supervision.

Meanwhile, the guards of Wushuang Castle were replaced by Feng Ye, Yu Ye, and He Ye from the military camp.

After all, besides them, there were also seven other Heavenly Realm experts stationed in the military camp, including Master Quan, Master Da, Ge Zhuang, Wang Baichuan, Xiao Shan, Duan Shichen, and Chen Jiahe.

The removal of three people will not have a significant impact, especially since the soldiers in the army will quickly be equipped with new Xuan Tie treasures, which will greatly enhance their combat power.

At the same time, Mo Yuming ordered Huo Chengde to return to Shangyuan City immediately and have the four weapon refiners who had visited the mine last time detained, to find out if they had discussed the Huo family's mine with outsiders. He then gave them two choices:

They either accepted the job to work at the mine for ten years, or they disappeared forever.

"Bringing four weapon refiners to the mine was indeed ill-considered, which led to this unnecessary trouble!"

After everyone left, Mo Yuming stayed at the mine to observe the factory's operation.

After all, a newly established factory needs a period of adjustment before it can reach a stable state.

During this period, Mo Yuming led Huo Chengfang and Huo Chenggang to carefully observe the operation of each section of the factory. When problems were found, people were immediately sent to solve them. He also carefully explained to the two the characteristics of each machine and how to maintain the machine parts in the future.

They were also told which parts were prone to damage and how to replace them when they were damaged.

Although the two were unfamiliar with these machines, after Mo Yuming's careful explanation, they basically understood their principles and structure.

As soon as he entered his courtyard, Sun Min, the leader of the Falcon Team, came to report the situation to Mo Yuming.

The four weapon refiners who originally went to visit the mine, after talking with the mine, three of them accepted the job and quickly arranged for people to take care of their shops under supervision. They are now temporarily staying in the Sikou Mansion, waiting to be sent to the arsenal.

However, the level-two weapon refiner refused to speak, citing an appointment with someone else.

"Who gave him such confidence?"

Mo Yuming was puzzled.

"He is a master weapon refiner who arrived in Shangyuan City just a few days ago."

Accompanying them were a level 3 weapon refiner, two level 2 weapon refiners, and two apprentices.

This weapon-refining master is the vice president of the Weapon Refiners Association in Zhongyuan City.

Because of their somewhat unusual status, the Minister of Justice hesitated to make a decision. He first sent men to secretly monitor their movements and instructed his subordinates to await the master's decision.

Sun Min answered respectfully.

Although there are weapon refiners in Shangyuan City.

However, the city's specifications did not meet the minimum requirements for the Refiners Association to establish a branch here. Therefore, among the cities in the vicinity, only Zhongyuan City has a branch of the Refiners Association, and the refiners in the surrounding dozen or so cities are all under the jurisdiction of the Zhongyuan City branch.

The branch is headed by two weapon-refining masters: the president is a level-two weapon-refining master, and the vice president is a level-one weapon-refining master.

"They arrived just in the last few days? What a coincidence! Do the senior executives of the Zhongyuan City branch often come to Shangyuan City for exchanges?"

Mo Yuming frowned, his doubts growing stronger.

"This subordinate does not know! However, based on my speculation, even if the weapon refiners of Zhongyuan City and Shangyuan City have some exchanges, it should be the weapon refiners of Shangyuan City who go to Zhongyuan City to pay their respects. It is reasonable that such a phenomenon as this is reversed should rarely occur."

Perhaps this group just happened to run into them while on business in Uehara City.

“There are no such coincidences in the world. Go and question the three weapon refiners who are still in the Sikou Mansion. Find out the identity and background of this branch leader and the purpose of their trip.”

Mo Yuming gave the order decisively.

After Sun Min left, Mo Yuming sat down at the tea table in the courtyard, brewed a cup of spiritual tea prepared by Old Man Mo, and slowly savored its mellow aroma while muttering to himself:

"Looks like the show is about to begin!"

An hour later, Sun Min and Huo Chengde arrived at Mo Yuming's residence.

"Li Qing, the vice president of the Central Plains City branch, was promoted from a level three weapon refiner to a master weapon refiner five years ago. That was the year he was promoted to vice president by the association."

This man is treacherous, cunning, greedy, and lustful. Sima Wu, the second-level weapon refiner in Shangyuan City, is his apprentice. Before Li Qing took office, he had stayed in Shangyuan City. Sima Wu's current shop is his property.

However, he never came to Uehara Castle again after becoming the president.

Sima Wu personally delivered the annual commissions to Zhongyuan City. As for this grand entrance into Shangyuan City, its purpose is already very clear.

"However, this person has a special identity; he is the vice president of the Central Plains City branch of the Weapon Refiners Association."

"It's best not to do anything to him without sufficient evidence. If so many people suddenly disappear from Shangyuan City, it will attract the attention of the Refiner's Association and others, especially since our foundation has just been established and is in a state of disrepair, making this a particularly sensitive time."

After accepting the spirit tea from Mo Yuming, Huo Chengde continued:

"It is indeed quite difficult to eliminate them in Shangyuan City without alerting the Weapon Refiners Association!"

Mo Yuming frowned and said:

"What if it's not in Shangyuan City? But somewhere else? Like Zhongyuan City?"

Mo Yuming then said calmly.

"If it were in Zhongyuan City, then it would naturally have nothing to do with us. As long as no one has solid evidence against us, no one would dare to suspect us!"

Sun Min took over the conversation.

"How to deal with them is secondary. The most important thing now is to find out whether the news about the ore mine has been spread, what Sima Wu said to them, and how to prevent the further spread of the news."

Mo Yuming said in a deep voice.

"I didn't say anything when I took them to the ore mine that day. At that time, the arsenal had not yet been built. All they knew was that the mine had high-quality black iron ore. As for how much it was and how high the quality was, Sima Wu didn't see it either."

I reckon his main purpose in calling Li Qing over this time was to use the Weapon Refiner Association as a backer to make some money off us. Otherwise, as a mere level two weapon refiner, he wouldn't dare to mess with us, not even if you gave him a hundred lives.

He probably wouldn't dare spread the news all over the world. In fact, he himself is very clear that if more people know about it, he won't gain any benefit.

In the end, not only will you put in a lot of effort for nothing, but you might also end up with bad consequences.

Huo Chengde began to speak.