Teng Jia Village

The world was divided into nine prefectures, and Yangzhou was the most bustling and fertile among them. Inside of Yangzhou, in the Jiangning prefecture of Yi City stands a huge mountain named Dayan Mountain. At the foot of Dayan Mountain, sprawls a village named Teng Jia Village. All the houses in the village stood close together, and it looked like a whole. Surrounding Teng Jia Village was a wall built of wooden barriers, standing as high as nine chi*.

In Teng Jia Village, generally speaking, there were only three occupations: hunting, farming, and weapons manufacturing.

Hunting and farming only brought a small amount income to the village. Refining good weapons, however, could bring in a lot of money, so blacksmiths could potentially make Teng Jia Village prosperous. Moreover, all of the weapons in Teng Jia Village needed to be refined by blacksmiths, so they were able to make Teng Jia Village flourish, and even provide the men in Teng Jia Village with deadly weapons. Hence, blacksmiths were of high status in the village. If there were no unexpected events, then the the master blacksmith would become either the Chief, or the heir to the Chief.