A Genuine Business (1)

An hour hadn't even passed upon Yan Dechang's arrival at the Weaponsmiths Quarter when he received news from one of Qian Su's messengers. The officer who ordered a hundred 'Yan Curved Knives' from them had arrived hastily at the Weaponsmiths Quarter on their rhinodrake steeds with a couple of his attendants and subordinates in tow.

Yan Liqiang's family's big client was the Yingyang Commandant Gong Tieshan, the head general of the 2,000 troops stationed at Huanglong County. The army camp that Gong Tieshan commanded was known as the Gong Barracks, which ranked amongst the armed forces of the Pingxi Prefecture Military Governor's Office. According to the Great Han Empire's military regulations, the title of the forces that ranked higher than a battalion could be named after the head officer.