Weapon-Forging Shop.
Located in the southern part of the outer city.
As soon as Jiang Ning approached, he heard a burst of clanging hammer strikes.
The Weapon-Forging Shop was large, with wide-open doors.
Standing at the entrance, one could hear all manner of sounds from the backyard, where refined iron was being hammered and forged.
Jiang Ning knew a little about the Weapon-Forging Shop as well.
As far as he knew, whether it was the standard longsabers carried by yamen constables or the standard weapons used by the City Gate Office, they all came from the Weapon-Forging Shop.
Thus, the Weapon-Forging Shop employed no few people. To ensure their descendants had a trade that could put food on the table, many ordinary families sold their children to the shop as servants when they were twelve or thirteen.
They did odd jobs for three years and served as assistants for another three before they could finally learn the craft.
That was the usual path of growth for a qualified weapon-forging master.
With a steady stream of young recruits joining, the Weapon-Forging Shop naturally grew larger and larger.
Moreover, joining the Weapon-Forging Shop allowed common folk to learn martial arts.
If they showed decent talent in the Martial Dao, they would receive the shop's training.
That was another way out.
Thus, although they had to sell themselves to the Weapon-Forging Shop for several years, it remained highly appealing to ordinary families.
At this moment.
Jiang Ning arrived before the Weapon-Forging Shop, where people constantly came and went.
It was far livelier than the entrance to Myriad Splendor Tower.
After all, ordinary commoners also needed to buy iron tools.
Whether sickles, axes, or smaller items such as woodcutting knives, the Weapon-Forging Shop sold them all.
Jiang Ning entered the Weapon-Forging Shop.
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