"Do you have any forging workshops from other sects here? I'll go ask them."
Wang Tieshan's expression changed, but he quickly returned to normal.
"Mr. Lin, the forging workshops of the other sects on the island aren't as large as ours. The Profound Heaven Sect has only half as many blacksmiths as we do, and the Iron Sword Sect has even fewer. If you go to them, they won't be able to scrape together a thousand sets either."
"Then I'll buy from several places. A little from each, as long as it adds up to a thousand sets."
Wang Tieshan fell silent for a while.
"Mr. Lin, what are you buying so many dharma artifacts for?"
"To arm my troops."
"What troops?"
"Luofeng City has a city-defense force now, over a hundred people, but their equipment is no good. I plan to arm all of them, one set of dharma artifacts per person, one saber and one sword each. Armor too, but the armor can come later. First, I need the weapons complete."
Wang Tieshan thought it over.
"Doesn't Luofeng City have Feng Tie? Just have him forge them."
"How many can Feng Tie forge in a day by himself? The time it takes him to forge one dharma artifact is enough for the blacksmiths here to forge ten. What I want is a thousand sets. By the time he finishes a thousand sets, even the daylilies will have gone cold."
Wang Tieshan had nothing to say.
Lin Taichu set down his teacup and looked at Wang Tieshan.
"When I do business, I don't like to chatter. Name your price. If it's suitable, I'll buy. If it isn't, I'll go ask elsewhere. The Southern Region doesn't only have your Zixia Sect selling dharma artifacts."
Wang Tieshan gritted his teeth.
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