Mercenaries and Adventurers

Keel looked inside the shop that sold glowing plants, and found that the inside was really beautiful, but it could also be said to have the feeling of phosphorous fire on the grave.

No way, although it is a luminescent plant, it is impossible to emit bright yellow light or scorching white light after all. The key lights of these glowing plants are all blue-green, so it looks a little weird.

The locals didn't find it strange. They can light up things in a dark home. What kind of bicycle do you want?

These luminescent plants seem to be divided into several grades in terms of price. The cheapest ones are displayed outside the store door, which are long strips of moss-like luminescent plants.

The thick moss looks unhealthy, and many small leaves of the moss that should have been healthy and green are now withered and yellow, which seems to be lacking in water. The bright unflowered buds above their heads are also lifeless, and the presence of these mosses can only be barely seen in the colorful streets around them.

The more expensive luminescent plant, that is, the luminous plant that ordinary townspeople can afford, is a luminous aquatic plant placed in a shallow basin filled with water.

In the shallow water basin, luminous eyeball-sized plant rhizomes float under the water surface, turning the entire water basin into a small luminous water basin.

There are also fertilizers sold in bags next to it. It seems that if you want to make this luminous aquatic plant grow stably and be bright, you have to fertilize it.

A few townspeople wandered here, arguing with the shop assistants.

It turns out that some people don't want to spend money to buy another fertilizer and want to save this money. The guys are also migrant workers in the same town, so they came up with an idea, saying that they can buy a bigger pot and put some fish from the river in it, and the leftovers from meals and kitchen scraps can be used. Pour it into the fish basin and feed the swimming fish inside.

The luminous plants obtain nutrients through the feces of swimming fish.

"This is how this thing grows. If you don't believe it, when the wind is low during the day, ride a horse to a gentle place downstream of the river, and you can see many of these things floating in the center of the river and growing."

Then the clerk quietly revealed to a few townspeople and customers: "These are actually fished out of the river by ourselves under the **** of mercenaries invited by the boss. But you must not try to save money. For a little money, go to the river to fish it yourself! It’s too dangerous, and it will be caught by monsters.”

"It's better to buy special preparations in our shop. The ones we put on display are the strongest batches we personally selected. They have the best luminous effect. Put a few pots in your home to illuminate them regardless of day or night. home."

Keir ignored the persuaded local townspeople, and looked at the more expensive luminescent plants.

The Kendal people who were with him also looked at the shop curiously. They had never seen a place that sold such things. In the wild nights in their hometown, there are indeed various plants that emit light that can attract insects. But I didn't expect that here, it can be sold as a commodity.

The more expensive luminous plants are not aquatic plants. After all, the water basin is still inconvenient, and many insects will be born in it to bite the residents. If you can keep the open water basin, try not to place such things in your home.

It is much more convenient to plant in the soil.

The next familiar luminous plant that Keel saw was planted in the soil. It was similar to a common flowering plant, but instead of flowers blooming on the top of the plant, a fist that looked like a plant fruit grew out. Size glowing objects.

There are ten flower pots for this kind of plant in the store. The light emitted by the luminous fruit of the plant is mostly green or light blue. They are arranged according to the luminous intensity and brightness. The left side is green, and the farther to the right, the brighter the light , the top of the plant on the far right, the fruit on it is already light blue and white, which is obviously the best product this store can offer.

Keir remembered where he had seen this plant. When cleaning up slime monsters in Kendall City last year, a chef who had briefly known and partnered with him once gave him a fruit of this plant after returning from a trip. .

What the other party gave was a milky white glowing fruit.

This thing will automatically glow, and I heard that it will emit brighter light after being pinched, but Keel is reluctant to use it, so he can only let the thing gradually dry and flatten, and finally become a kind of wrinkled and dehydrated skin. The shape of the core.

Seeing Kiel and other outsiders outside the store looking at the products in their store, a clerk stood in the store and smiled, and playfully patted the glowing plant that Kiel was looking at.

After the light-emitting fruit at the top was slapped, the leaves of the whole plant trembled, and then shrank shyly, but the fruit above its head emitted a brighter light.

"This thing is used in this way." The other party explained to a few of them outsiders.

Keir's eyes lit up, and he guessed why this thing was so expensive.

It turns out that it also comes with a natural 'switch', when you tap it when you get up, the room will light up, and when you don't need it, the light emitted by the fruit is just normal, which is a natural way to save energy and 'electricity'.

The energy source of the light emitted by plants is naturally the nutrients in the soil, which can save some light and indirectly save the expenditure on fertilizers.

Of course, there is also the most expensive luminescent plant in the shop, and there is only one.

It was a magical green plant placed in a straw basket. A small lump of the main body was placed in the basket and hung on the wall. Extending from the upper main body, many vines with leaves hung down.

Each leaf emits a faint white light, but the main body of the real light is a small green 'mouth' specially grown on the vine. The mouth is wide open, and for no reason it emits a bright white light that can attract mosquitoes.

As long as the surrounding small flying insects are attracted by the white light, the small glowing mouth will suddenly stretch out, closing the small flying insects left and right and grabbing them in the mouth.

The closed mouth no longer glowed, but this mouth chewed left and right, and opened again after a while, shining again to attract mosquitoes.

This thing emits the brightest light, and there is no feeding cost, so the price is the most expensive.

Keir was satisfied, so he led the people to move on, and walked towards the blacksmith's shop following the faint sound of iron hammering coming from the front.

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This place is really prosperous, and it is probably safer, so the prosperity that would have been scattered to the various villages along the road is all gathered here.

On the side of the road, an old woman set up a mysterious tent, playing with a luminous crystal ball to herald the future to the bewildered young businessman. If the other party doesn't believe it, she still has a raised mouse, and she can spend money to cut open a mouse and make a prophecy by interpreting the internal organs dripping from the mouse.

If you still don't believe this, the old woman still has a way. She plays with the withered turtle and pours water on the turtle to "resurrect". The method can always conquer the guests who come to seek the answer, and let the other party get a satisfactory interpretation answer.

Of course, the coins presented at the end are indispensable.

Although Keir didn't understand the principle of resurrection after pouring water, the manner and method of prophesying the old woman made him very sure that this should be a liar.

He brought people to join in the fun, watched the prophecy booth for a while, and then left, because the old woman was very airy, and after opening every day, she would only make predictions to the five highest bidders.

"Who knows if she only has five tortoises that can be revived from dehydration?" Keel guessed maliciously.

It's not that he doesn't believe that other worlds have real means of prophecy, but after all, this is prophecy, it can't be so cheap and casual, right?

In any case, you can't just set up a tent stall on the street and come out to prophesy, and the fee is not more than one gold coin. It just doesn't make sense.

The prophets in the Psalm stories, which ones are not very arrogant, have to be asked repeatedly by the heroes with superior strength before they barely predict to the heroes.

Moreover, the prophecy usually only appears once in a story poem, and I don't know what the reason is.

How did Kiel know that the **** of prophecy of mankind is no longer the first, and even in the history of human civilization, he is no longer the top ten gods to appear.

This is a **** who has been plagued by disasters since its appearance. On average, each **** of prophecy has reigned for no more than a thousand years, and the earlier the **** of prophecy, the shorter the life cycle of the god.

After the collapse of the magic empire, the **** of prophecy took over, and it was much better.

The **** of prophecy who has reigned so far has been in power for five hundred years!

Although it is still much shorter than the existence of the empire, it is already a miracle that makes those high-ranking people amazed.

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In addition to the old women who set up stalls and prophesied to deceive merchants, the lively streets became more lively as the time officially entered the night.

On the colorful walls painted with attractive patterns of beds, behind the expensive wooden windows opened one by one on the second floor, are young women who have already dressed up. Facing the men passing by under the windows, they either smile and wave, or Sprinkle scented water on the white chest to seduce those who are too hot, or boldly greet the young men who have seen it, what's more, throw the hand carved with their own image and pseudonym at the clothes. On the body of a gorgeous wealthy businessman.

It doesn't matter if the other party doesn't pick it up, the thugs at the door of the pink house will kick the children raised by the shop since they urinate, let the other party pass through the gaps in the crowd like a little mouse, and quickly and accurately pick up the wood carvings that fell on the ground.

After cleaning and wiping, send them back to the second floor upstairs.

And if someone picks up the wood carvings on the ground, the children will smile and guide the customers into the shop.

In addition to these shops everywhere, Guaifeng Town also has some shops selling local specialties.

Some chambers of commerce hire local male townspeople to go out together when the safe wind subsides to harvest the green grass that is everywhere on the grassland and bring it back, or feed it to the livestock raised in the indoor pasture, or dry it in the sun, and use it as fuel or make Straw rope.

For the more refined ones, strong plant stalks will be selected and smashed to make cheap paper. Although the quality of these papers is not good, they are indispensable for the business of various chambers of commerce.

Some people say that literacy and writing are not required to do business. This statement cannot be said to be wrong.

Of course, it is not necessary to be able to read and write to sell some gadgets in daily life in the streets and alleys of the village and town, but as long as there are more than one person, after two people cooperate in business, it is impossible to rely on speaking agreement to communicate and determine everything.

After all, not to mention other things, how can you be sure that this sum is yours and this sum is mine? This has to be recorded on paper or board.

When the profit is settled, you can calculate who should get how much according to their respective situations.

The larger the chamber of commerce, the more paper and literate manpower it needs, and when doing business abroad, it is necessary to know whether there are special laws and regulations in each place, the taxes in each place, and whether bribes can be exempted from taxes, etc.

Some large chambers of commerce can even conduct exchanges and trade with lords from various places. At this time, the requirements for manpower are even higher, and basic etiquette is necessary, otherwise the noble lords will directly drive out people who do not know etiquette.

Secondly, the conversation must not be vulgar, which can only be achieved by people who can write.

It's not that they stop swearing, but at least they can control their mouths.

In addition, there is more than one store in Guefeng Town that specializes in selling sheep. Kiel saw that outside the bustling shops, there were shops that were constantly coming in and out, specializing in the sale of sheep that were fed to the harpies.

The healthy and fat ones inside were barely bleating, and they didn't know that the buyers who came here didn't value the wool on their bodies, but their lives themselves.

Cutting through the dense traffic, Kiel blocked a few hands reaching for his belt.

He snapped off the visitor's fingers viciously without any trace, and the other party backed away silently without humming.

After several times, they, the strangers who came here for the first time, no longer came to steal.

Among them was a middle-aged man with a thin stature and a serious and emaciated face. He handed a word to Kiel, asking him to buy a pickpocket-free wooden sign that can be hung on his belt.

When the pickpockets saw the wooden sign, they knew they had paid, and they would stop harassing them.

But Keir sneered and pushed the middle-aged man who was blocking the way.

The other party didn't say anything, just a stagger, and then quickly walked away in the crowd.

"Little Keel, will this cause trouble?"

The blacksmith accompanying the army was a little nervous. After all, he was in a foreign country, and the opponent did not have the ability to attack them. The blacksmith accompanying the army understood this, but he was afraid that the opponent would use some insidious means to disgust them.

"If you are looking for trouble, you can deal with it yourself. Don't worry. Besides, we will leave here tomorrow morning, and we won't come back for a long time. Whatever they do. There are a lot of business travelers coming and going here every day. We don't want this wooden sign, of course. The caravans of chambers of commerce that intend to develop the local area will go to buy that thing.”

Keir concluded: "It's not that they can't make money, why would they provoke us? Right?"

"There is some truth to what you say, anyway, what you say counts."

After squeezing through more people, they found the blacksmith shop on the other side of the town.

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This blacksmith's shop is not small, and the entire building belongs to this blacksmith's shop.

There are entrance and exit gates on all four sides of the square building, with a movable metal sign hanging on it, a metal horseman stands up, and the name of the blacksmith shop is cast next to it.

'Metal Prairie Horse'.

The blacksmith shop seemed to be open for business after dark. At this time, the apprentices who had just started working were constantly shuttling through the first floor of the building, either holding bags of fuel or carrying heavy high-quality iron ore raw materials.

Someone pulled the horse over, and an apprentice stepped forward to check the condition of the horse's hoof, and quickly got to work proficiently.

There were also caravan guards hugging their eating guy, discussing with the blacksmith with a scorched beard about the reinforcement of weapons with a pity on his face.

There are also merchants who instruct their staff to bring scattered metal fragments with trolleys and sell them cheaply to blacksmiths in exchange for a small bag of coins.

Everything was busy and clear, and Keel smiled when he saw the black swords and weapons stained with carbon ash on the wall of the blacksmith shop.

The army blacksmith took a deep breath of the hot and choking air around him, his face full of intoxication. His small army blacksmith shop really had no working atmosphere. Although Baron Kendall equipped him with a dwarven high-efficiency furnace, he still Miss the fiery working atmosphere in Kendall City's Artisan Quarter.

His two apprentices carefully looked at the work of the craftsmen and apprentices around them, hoping to learn some skills by watching them secretly. Participating in the army originally had the idea of ​​learning something in other places.

It's just that others are not fools, and what is displayed outside for guests to watch is just the superficial foundation of forging.

The town militiamen who accompanied the army looked around curiously, muttering about how the scale and finished products here compare with the artisan district of Kendall City that they are proud of.

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"Several, welcome, welcome, at first glance, you are all new customers with no face, and well, they are quite capable in all aspects."

The person who came was a well-dressed middle-aged businessman. He was tall and was different from the craftsmen and apprentices around him. This person only saw the respectful attitude of the surrounding staff towards him, and he knew that in this blacksmith shop, this person was the one who spoke. The one I used again.

He looked at the long sword in Kiel's waist, and immediately laughed. He glanced at the blacksmith and his two apprentices accompanying the army, and the smile on his face dropped a bit, showing a hint of caution.

"I don't know how many of them, especially this young warrior, should be called?"

Kiel's name on the newspaper: "Joe Keir from Kendal." He raised his chin: "Knight's apprentice studying."

"Oh, amazing, so young. And Kendall County, is it the Kendall County in Kendall City?"

Kiel chuckled, "That's right, you're the first person from the western provinces to know about Kendall City."

The tall businessman waved his hand: "That's because your iron products are of excellent workmanship, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu.com has sold them to us, it's amazing. It's a pity that I rarely run a business anymore. Or you have to go up north and see what the artisans of Kendal City are like."

Kiel patted the military blacksmith next to him: "Haha, the one next to me is the Conquinals craftsman, the military craftsman of our army."

The artisan accompanying the army nodded, and the businessman on the opposite side also squinted his eyes and nodded.

Keir was more direct, and informed the other party of their intentions, hoping that the other party had enough guns and maintenance supplies they needed.

"It's easy to talk about the supply of maintenance supplies. You tell me, and I'll write it down. We have a lot of things here. Pick one by one, and you can always find something that can be replaced or used. As for the gun."

Kiel asked suspiciously: "Throwing guns are very commonly used by guards and soldiers in your western provinces. It's impossible not to have some in stock, right?"

The businessman nodded: "As you said, Keel, this is a weapon commonly used by our local people who eat this bowl of food. We must have it in stock, but there is only one small problem. You have to know it before buying it."

"what is the problem?"

"The price of our throwing guns here will be higher than that of other places."

The businessman's face was full of smiles, and he made a little gesture with his hand.

But Keir still asked cautiously: "How much is it expensive?"

The other party compared a number.

Kiel was taken aback: "Is your throwing gun made of gold or silver? So expensive?"

When the people around heard the conversation between the two, they all burst into laughter.

This is not the first time outsiders have said something like this.