010 Snowman (Part 1)
In the next two days, Sawyer stayed at the western outpost and cultivated himself well.?
Yes, it is cultivation, because upgrading only repairs **, and blood loss and insufficient nutrition cannot be solved by upgrading in one go.
Of course, Soya "recovered" quickly. When explaining to the outside world, she took out a piece of pine leaf cake. This was taken out by Soya from her private space before. It was just hidden on the inside of the leather armor. A total of five pine leaf cakes and three bottles of fruit wine were placed. However, the guards of the whistle tower did not recognize the preciousness of these two things at the beginning, so they were not taken away.
For two consecutive days, Soya would eat a piece of pine leaf cake every morning to supplement nutrition and add blood production, and give the golden man a piece as a thank you gift for saving his life. Similarly, Soya also knew the attributes of the golden man.
[Nodia, Nord, heavy hammer warrior, level 3o, life 48o, damage 3o, defense 25.]
Don't think that this attribute is very weak. This is the attribute when Nodia was naked. His equipment Sawyer has also seen it. A set of high-quality polished Nord steel armor has a total defense value of 156. This is still the value when the heavy armor skill is O. Sawyer doesn't believe that Nodia's heavy armor level will be very low, at least he can reach the proficiency level?
If you calculate this way, you will have at least 212 defense value, not to mention that he must have also comprehended the relevant special stunts, which can also greatly improve his defense ability.
As for Nodia's weapon, it is a high-quality polished ebony warhammer. The damage value of 18o is increased by 25% with a skilled two-handed weapon, and the damage is also 255. Plus stunts and basic damage, it should be easy to reach more than 3oo, right?
As for the others in the camp, Sawyer was generally familiar with each other, most of whom were ordinary guards from level 15 to level 2O, and a priest at level 23, according to Nodya, who helped him heal.
The people in the entire mail tower were still very enthusiastic. When several soldiers knew that Soya's sub-arm weapon was a long sword, they took the initiative to teach Soya a few moves, directly increasing Soya's one-handed weapon skill to 4. Soya was immediately excited. If they improved a little more, they could learn the [basic sword technique]. Unfortunately, it seemed that it had reached the learning limit again. Those soldiers refused to teach him, saying that they could not teach too much at once, and they had to keep a few more hands.
Helplessly, Sawyer had to accept his fate and waited silently for the arrival of the caravan.
Perhaps it was Sawy's sincerity that played a role. On the afternoon of the third day, a small caravan came from afar. There were not many people, only three carriages, seventeen guards, and four well-dressed merchants.
After learning about Saoya's situation, several merchants did not refuse. Instead, they enthusiastically pulled Saoya into their team. After chatting for a long time, they realized that they were interested in the pine leaf cake and fruit wine in Saoya's hand.
Soya was indeed short of money, so she agreed to the merchant's request and conducted a transaction under Nodia's supervision. She exchanged 2oo gold coins and a bottle of small healing potion for two pieces of pine leaf cake and two bottles of fruit wine. In addition, she helped Soya simply repair the leather armor for free.
[Small healing potion, potion, apprentice level, recover 25 lives within 10 seconds, treat certain injuries, and accumulate toxins by 10.]
(It's a good thing, maybe it can save a life at a critical moment.)
【Leather armor, light armor, broken, defense 15, durability 3/15.】
(It's better to wear it barely than not.)
Sawyer was also very satisfied with the things he had traded. A bottle of potion alone was worth about 15o gold coins, and it was often priced but not worth the market. The precious ones were tight, and two hundred gold coins were enough for him to spend a while.
The caravan on the other side is also quite satisfied with the transaction. If the operation is done properly, two pieces of pine leaf cake can sell 2oo gold coins. If two bottles of fruit wine are promoted, it will be worth at least 3oo gold coins. Even if you don’t take out, it is good to use it to meet some nobles.
On the fourth day, on the 26th of Gaoyang month, Saoya bid farewell to Nodya and followed the caravan to Xueman. Because the transaction was pleasant last night, several merchants also had a happy chat with Saoya and taught Saoya a lot of things. It was a big and small gain.
However, what makes Sawyer depressed is that in the eloquence skills, those with a level below 5 are called "stuttering". In this stage, there is generally no merchant who trades with you. Persuasion, threats, bribery and fraud are completely impossible. People don't listen to you at all. The stages from 5 to 15 are called "clumsy". Pay 10% more during transactions, and the returns are reduced by 10%, and the other four are the success rate reduction by 10%.
After knowing this, Sawyer almost cried. Isn’t this a scam?! No one cares about you if you want to practice. How long will it take to get these four items to 15?
Soya and his group left at 9 o'clock in the morning, rested on the roadside for half an hour at noon, and arrived in Xueman City in the evening. The four merchants were also considered to be taking care of Soya. When they were separated, they gave Soya a skill book and said that they hoped that Soya would become a great businessman in the future.
Sawyer could only thank him repeatedly. Although it was considered a transaction, these businessmen were sincere in taking care of him. However, he was even more depressed by the name of the skill book. Could it be that in the eyes of those businessmen, he could not even speak?!
[On how to talk to people, skills books, and improve eloquence skills to 5 after reading.]
(This skill book is pretty good, although... forget it, it's considered that it's missing something, so why not just use it here?)
Seeing the long queue, Sawyer probably had to wait a few minutes, so he simply took out "On How to Talk to People" and started watching it.
Open the book, no prompt sound.
Turning a page, I still didn't respond.
Swish, swish, flip to the end, but still no response.
(Damn it! Isn’t that “after reading” really necessary to read the book to be effective?! More than eighty pages!)
Sawyer collapsed instantly. Looking at this book that was two or three centimeters thick, he suddenly felt like crying without tears: I thought that I had traveled through time, as long as I was at peace with being an elf, the one who studied divine horses had nothing to do with me. Who would have thought that on this day, I still picked up the book...
Looking at the slowly moving team, Sawyer simply put away the book and could read two or three pages in a few minutes. It would be better not to read it and wait until you find a hotel to settle down.
The entire Xueman City can be roughly divided into five areas, the Genting District where Longxiao Palace is located; it includes the residences of various major families, wealthy businessmen, senior executives, as well as the wind zones of major temples and guild resident areas; the plain area of the commercial center; the urn city stationed with troops; and the outer city area where a large number of civilians live.
There is no need to explain the Genting District, there are only prisons below Longxiao Palace and Longxiao Palace, as well as a small military camp stationed by the Lord's Guard.
The symbol of the wind zone is the golden tree with snow, the statue of Talos and the Yuewasca Hall of the comrades. Of course, the sky furnace as high as the Dragon Xiao Palace can also be considered one, and of course there is also the Hall of the Dead with the Death Knives and Night Egg.
In addition to these, more areas are luxury houses, such as the small manors of the Grayman Family and the War Crazy Family, the luxury house of Beletol, the chairman of the Snowman Chamber of Commerce, and the residence of the senior mercenary Amuron...
Pingyuan District is the commercial area of Xuemancheng. As the transportation center of Skyrim Province, Xuemancheng's economy is naturally very powerful, and many merchants will come here to exchange their own goods.
In addition to residential areas, the largest area in the plain area is a market, where most locals sell some daily necessities, and caravans during rest and rest are selling some gadgets from other territories.
Around the market are various shops, gray mane stores, specializing in various weapons and armor.
The Pharmacist Guild Branch replaced the [Acadia's Cauldron] in the game, as a selling agent. It has a complete range of types and good quality. Of course, the price is not ordinary.
Xueman Mall replaced [Beletol's Grocery Store], but the big boss is still Beeletol, which contains countless small shops, which is the most complete place in the entire Xueman City.
Of course there are mare banners, the largest and only hotel in Xueman City, with comfortable large beds, delicious food, gentle... ahem.
War Girls and Drunk Hunters naturally exist, but there are also changes. For example, War Girls do not sell finished products, but only sells some high-end raw materials. The main business is to accept customization of equipment. In addition to selling various arrows, Drunk Hunters are also a good place to find out information, but more of it is a private gathering place.
In addition to these famous stores in the game, there are some other stores in the Plain Area, such as xx grocery store, xx potion store, and xx equipment repair shop. Although the grade is not high, it can meet a large number of low-level adventurers.
In addition to shops, the plain area also has a city guard camp and a small part of residential area, where the city guards and the shop owners live.
There is nothing to say about the U-shaped outer city in the original game, but it has expanded a lot in reality, and a regular army of 3,800 people and some logistics troops are stationed.
The outer city area is actually not an officially recognized area. Although there are guards patrols, it only ensures that it is not threatened by wild beasts. If there is any war, it will definitely be abandoned by the first one.
According to the recent population statistics (that is, tax collection), the permanent population of outer city areas is about 2,300. Some of them work for various shops in the plain area, some work for the farmers of major farms, and some specialize in serving the caravans.
In addition to houses with a permanent population of more than 2,300 households, there are also some long-term rentals of large caravans and distribution centers for small and medium-sized caravans. Of course, there are also some taverns and hotels, but the grade is much lower than the Trojan banner.
Further out of the outer city are patches of farmland, divided into farms. In addition to the workers living in the outer city, each farm also has dozens of people.
In addition, there is also a carriage shop in the outer city, which is actually the [Snowman City Stable] in the game. The Bjollim (the coachman) in the game no longer rushes the carriage in reality, but becomes a big boss, with dozens of carriages under his command and a mercenary of hundreds of people acting as the guard of the carriage.
In short, there are more than 15,000 people in the outer city (including farms and carriage shops), and the Wengcheng includes about 4,500 logistics personnel; the number of people in the plain area is much smaller than that in the outer city area, but after the mercenaries of the city guards and mare banners, there are more than 7,000 permanent populations; the wind area has more than 600 people in the two major families alone, and the comrades-in-arms group has merged the role of the Warrior Guild, with a permanent population of about 500. Including other wealthy businessmen, officials' families and servants, the entire wind area can have a population of nearly 3,000; while a lord guard in the Genting District has 500 people, including various servants, prisoners, etc., there are more than 800 people in total. Then, the permanent population of the entire Xueman City has exceeded 30,000!
Usually, including some caravans and adventurers, the population of Xueman City can easily reach more than 35,000 people.
Although a city with more than 40,000 people is a bit exaggerated, it is normal to combine the security situation in Skyrim Province. An ordinary band of robbers that barely enters the market is nearly 100 people, while those infamous bands have a population of 350, 600 or 700 people. Xueman is a commercial capital and is rich in itself. If there are too few soldiers guarding the city, several large bandit groups may not let go of their grudges and join forces to slaughter the city!
Sawyer was silently recalling the information about Xueman, and suddenly, a voice interrupted his thoughts:
Chapter completed!