The Voyage of Exchange——Chapter 21 Workers' Complaints
"It's just the former at the moment." After hearing this, Sophia quickly observed the strong man in front of her to see if there was any information revealed from the outside, but she had not studied psychology systematically. "We have just arrived.
When we arrived at Se'an City, we heard that a big incident happened here. If there is a chance, we wouldn't mind investigating the murderer. After all, we are explorers now."
"Did you pick up that piece of white paper? In terms of safety, the Llano Hotel in the upper city is the best. But since you have decided to get involved, I suggest you go to the hotel opposite the Snow Dog Casino." The strong man pointed to the lower city.
The corner of the city on the other side of the river. "The second person who died in the murder was a worker at the shipyard. If I want to get information, there is no more suitable place than there."
"Blank paper?" Sofia didn't expect the strong man to immediately know that she had picked up the blank paper, and thought it was more complicated than imagined. "I understand, thank you for your advice. I forgot to introduce myself this time. My name is Sofia."
Since you know so much about this matter, you must be investigating the matter. I wonder if we will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future?"
"I'm just a sailor. Even if I pay this price, nothing will happen. Just praise you for being a woman but daring to fight against a powerful murderer." The strong man left, and he said the last sentence before leaving.
."It's the explorer's job to risk his life."
After the man who claimed to be a sailor left, Sophia was inexplicably touched. She sighed: "This gives people a more stable feeling than Mo Nan and Fageni. At least they two can't say such things, especially Mo Nan."
"This sailor has some kind of power, but he wants to be an ordinary person." Nina rarely added.
"If this is the case, we can only hope that he can realize his wish. After all, in this world, it may be more difficult to be an ordinary person." Sophia agreed with Nina.
"One thing to say, it's true." Heath agreed.
"Now, we have two choices. If we don't want to get involved in this incident, we can go to the Llano Hotel in Uptown. If we want to get involved and see if we can take the opportunity to make some money or something, we can go to the other side of the river first.
Then stay at the hotel at the corner of the city and try to investigate. What do you think?" Sophia asked.
"Although it is better to do less than to do more, we are really short of money. We need Lindsay to repair the ship..." Heath was also worried about money.
"Then let's decide like this. I'll go to that hotel to stay later, and then I'll contact Alexander and the others. This blank piece of paper should have a lot to do with this matter. Although I haven't investigated it yet, I think this matter
If they are dealt with earlier, others may be saved earlier." Sofia followed the strong man's guidance and walked towards the hotel on the other side of the river at the corner of the city while asking for directions.
But the connecting bridge has not fallen yet, so she can only ask on the roadside when the connecting bridge will be lowered, so that people can walk with it. She asked a store clerk and learned that the bridge would be lowered in about three-quarters of an hour.
Every day it rises and falls at six o'clock in the morning, at twelve o'clock in the noon, and at six o'clock in the evening, and lasts for one hour.
There are not many people on the street now. It only takes one minute to run faster. It takes three minutes to walk at normal human speed.
Normal stores only sell groceries, daily necessities or food, but there are no healing potions or anything like that, so even if you want to spend money to replenish them, there is no place.
Hitz used the emblem to contact Zate and ask about her current situation, whether she had returned to the ship or what happened to her. Zate quickly informed her that she planned to spend the night in the fishing village.
Seeing Nina looking at the scenery, Sophia asked where she could buy potions or magic items. But the store clerk said he didn't know, but you could ask other explorers.
I haven't seen anyone dressed as an explorer on the street. It takes half an hour to run to the Explorers Association. It's not eye-catching. It takes two quarters of an hour to walk there.
Considering that she didn't have much time left to go shopping, Sofia sighed. She waited on the edge of the bridge for a while, watched the boats coming and going, and listened to the sailors' chants as they came off the bridge.
After asking twice for directions, I found the Snow Dog Casino, which was not much different from the casino in Guzhuo Town. There was a large white dog carved from stone with a brave look on the door.
The shabby hotel opposite the casino didn't even have a name. Everyone called it the Gambling Dog Hotel, and the prices were extremely cheap. The owner ran away due to gambling debts, so the casino hired a few waiters to take over, and naturally they didn't do a good job. Three
A single room costs one paise, but a double room is indeed more expensive and costs two paise.
After Sophia asked for a triple room, Nina had already paid for dinner for three people and bought a piece of meat that was just roasted and half-cooked. Then she sat at the table in the hall and started feeding the doves.
When opening the room, Sofia also asked about the current date. But the principality uses the December counting method. At this time, it should still be the fourth week of the Harvest Moon of the Twilight Season. After conversion, it is indeed true.
It's October 2nd now.
Sophia took out her notes and jotted down the date mentioned by the waiter, and made up her mind to switch to this convenient method of counting the moon after entering the room. She thought so at the time, this is simply an improvement in the entire astronomical world.
As Sophia did not replace the months in her writing with the single-meaning word months of the Empire, the date counts in Sophia's previous records also changed, and were replaced with numerical months.
She suddenly raised her head and looked at the moon that had just risen outside the window. It seemed that some concept was shattered. Along with the shattering of the concept, a pure but cold divine power appeared in the bright moonlight.
The wry smile of a platinum-blond mature woman with a beautiful face appeared in Sophia's mind, and then the picture began to distort and then fragment.
Irreversibly, the remaining blank parts of the magic book held by Sophia began to burn and burned out quickly. Spells that had not been learned before could no longer be learned. The remaining ashes of these blank pages burned to form several symbols,
Sofia tries to remember and understand what the symbols mean.
"I am the witness of history...the last speaker...the end of the prophet...the destination of heretical scholars...the master of the twelve moon phases...the king of time...where I point at this moment, the stars will conquer the country."
." This is the meaning of this mysterious symbol.
[The meaning of this symbol... that person just now... and my magic book... could it be?] Sophia fell into deep thought, thinking of the contents of the journals she bought before, as well as the knowledge and spells she had learned, Sophia
I vaguely think of some bad possibilities, and always feel that my unintentional behavior has seriously changed the future possibilities, but I don't dare to think about it more deeply, fearing that something else will happen.
Sofia put this matter aside for the time being, checked in the room first, and then checked herself carefully when she returned to the room. At this time, there were many gamblers in the lobby who came out to eat after a small gamble, and some who had just finished work.
Get ready to take a gamble after dinner.
The waiter had already brought the barbecue in front of Nina, and she pushed it towards Jiujiu. After resting for a long time, the little guy who was a little hungry did not refuse the food and sat on the table to eat the food.
Hitz was afraid that Jiujiu would be inconvenienced, so he fed the little Jiujiu with a fork.
Sofia looked at the appearance and expressions of the gamblers who came over to eat or were about to go out, and paid attention to their chat content to see if there was any news related to this incident or other special news.
But judging from the clothing, most of the gamblers are workers. Those who have already gambled are naturally happy to lose and win. Those who have not gambled yet are looking forward to it.
So unfortunately, Sofia didn't hear anything related to the murder or anything else noteworthy. Most of what they talked about was gambling.
Hitz also listened while feeding, but what she wanted to hear was some information about this city. After all, she knew very little about this place when she first arrived.
"Hey, Marcus said you marked the last time that bastard Enzelre won. I'll help you keep an eye on him this time. If you catch him, I'll score half of the points."
"Okay, it's up to you."
"Why didn't you see Kit here today? Why did you go to play ball without even eating?"
"I don't know. I didn't see him today. Is there something wrong with him?"
After hearing these words, Hitz concentrated on feeding her, but she didn't realize that this conversation was also a clue.
Sofia walked to the front desk and asked the waiter in a low voice if she knew anything about the recent case, or the specifics of what happened at the shipyard, or other more special rumors.
The waiter did not answer Sophia this time. His expression was natural, as if he did not understand what Sophia was talking about, and shook his head. Sophia asked again about the location of the shipyard. It should be nearby, right?
"What are you talking about? Do you want others to order?" The worker who had been waiting for a long time interrupted Sofia's question rudely with a bad expression. "It's been five minutes."
"That's right."
"too slow."
There was an even smaller voice. "That's why Yabuge is not popular with women. Don't imitate him."
Also in a low voice: "Yeah."
The gamblers eat very quickly, one after another. Even if the profit of the food here is average, the quantity alone can still make money. If the boss didn't owe gambling debts, he should be living a comfortable life.
Naturally, Sophia had no intention of saying sorry or giving any other explanation to the workers behind her. She was probably completely out of touch with ordinary people's lives, and she never thought about being exhausted after a day's work, so she just waited to have fun after get off work. Someone had to be at the front desk asking questions to the waiter all the time. So he or they didn't say anything because Sophia was a woman and a good-looking woman.
Although Nina ordered a meal for three people, Sofia ordered five paise of other local specialties and planned to try them. Anyway, with the appetite of several people, there would definitely be no leftovers.
Now the three meals ordered by Nina have been served, which is very fast. Stop and think about it, in a city with a fast pace of life, faced with a large number of workers’ meals coming in and out after eating, if the dine-in speed is not fast enough
, people must have settled it in other restaurants or pubs on the way.