Liu Xing stretched out his hand to catch the carrier pigeon, but it turned out that the carrier pigeon seemed to have eyes in its back. It turned its back to him and made an iron rock support, just in time to avoid his "claw attack".
This pigeon is quite awesome.
However, Liu Xing felt that he was more powerful, so he immediately caught the pigeon in his hand with a change of moves.
Then, I found that the pigeon was a little wet, but the weather was still hot today, so its feathers should be dry, unless it swam in the river when it flew over... However, Liu Xing
I also found that the pigeon on my hand only had problems near the wings.
Could it be that it was injured on the way? But there was nothing wrong with its flying posture just now?
Liu Xing took the pigeon and took a closer look and found that the pigeon was not injured, but there were some small purple water drops near its wings.
What's happening here?
Liu Xing subconsciously let go, because in today's original martial arts module, purple water droplets rarely appear in nature, or the color purple is very rare, at least "Liu Peng" has never seen it.
Pure natural purple.
As for the real world, Liu Xing also remembers that there are several plants that are purple, and one of them is an edible vegetable. There will be a kind of lavender juice after being cooked. Liu Xing used to use it when eating.
The clothes are stained.
As for the specific names of these plants, Liu Xing really forgot all about them.
But I don’t know why, but many literary and film and television works associate purple with poisoning. In addition, there are also many games that put poison-related icons in purple, and occasionally change them to green.
So Liu Xing now subconsciously thought that there was something wrong with the purple water droplets on the pigeon's body, but kp did not give any prompts, and Liu Xing did not see any extra debuffs in the status bar of his character card.
So the question is, what are these purple water drops?
At this time, other people in the Juyi Hall also noticed the pigeon and the purple water droplets, so no one dared to come forward to catch the pigeon and could only watch it walking on the table.
He walked away looking normal.
"What is going on? Leader, are you okay?" Meng Fugui asked.
Liu Xing shook his head and said with a puzzled look on his face: "I'm fine, but I don't know what's going on with the purple water droplets, but I should be able to confirm that it's not toxic at all, otherwise this pigeon wouldn't be able to make it here, and
My current character card doesn’t respond at all.”
At this time, a player said: "This doesn't seem to be our homing pigeon, because I remember that our homing pigeons all have the nails of the back toes trimmed, but this one has the nails on the left and right sides of the front toes trimmed, and there is also a small one on the top of the head.
Red dot; you may not know that in order to identify the owner of the carrier pigeon, the carrier pigeon cages in Boyang City will mark the carrier pigeons belonging to different owners. The most common one is to cut the nails, so when we buy the carrier pigeon, we choose
Cut off the nails on the back toes, but of course don’t cut too much, so as not to affect the pigeon’s gripping ability.”
Only then did Liu Xing notice that there was a small red dot on the top of the pigeon's head, as if someone had tapped it lightly with a brush. It was already a little faded, so Liu Xing didn't notice it just now.
.
"In addition to cutting nails and adding a little color on the top of the pigeon's head, there are several ways to identify the pigeon owner, such as hanging a ring on the foot and wrapping a piece of cloth. In short, I remember the pigeon cage in Boyang City
There are dozens of identification methods registered there, but the complex identification methods like this are relatively full, so I can't remember who the owner of this pigeon is; besides, it may also come from other cities, because
Pigeon cages in various places will inevitably have the same identification methods, so the pigeon cages can only be centered around a city, and the same identification methods will not appear within a radius of a hundred miles. After all, the delivery range of most carrier pigeons is
Within a hundred miles, if the distance exceeds this, special training will be required for the homing pigeons.”
After the player confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the purple water droplets, he directly observed the homing pigeon.
The player next to him should be his teammate, so he stood up and introduced: "Miao Yi is a fan of raising pigeons in the real world, and his pigeons have won several championships. After all, the Cthulhu Running Team
The money given by the game hall is too much, and there are also some props that can directly strengthen the pigeons; originally he wanted to manage the alliance's homing pigeons, but I hired him as an accountant because he studied mathematics in college.
, rounding is also considered accounting.”
Mathematic major?
Liu Xing looked at Miao Yi with admiration. He didn't expect that he would dare to choose mathematics as a major! Because in Liu Xing's opinion, people who choose mathematics majors are either forced to do so, or they are really interested in mathematics.
If it's the latter, Liu Xing can only say one word of admiration.
Therefore, compared to raising pigeons, Liu Xing felt that Miao Yi would make the best use of his talents by becoming the accountant of the alliance.
At this time, Miao Yi put down the pigeon and said with a frown: "This pigeon is not in good condition in all aspects. Cai Long, hurry up and get some food from the pigeon loft! By the way, grab a homing pigeon and bring it over."
."
Cai Long nodded and went out immediately.
"If nothing else, the pigeon must have gotten lost and had no food, drink or rest along the way. It couldn't hold on when it flew to us. Of course, it may also have seen people around us and its home.
The situation was similar... This is obviously abnormal. After all, this is a homing pigeon and not a robot pigeon. How can it keep flying without eating, drinking or sleeping?"
Miao Yi analyzed: "If there is any mental problem with this pigeon, then its owner will not be able to let it deliver the message, so now I have a bold guess, that is, the purple water droplets may identify the pigeon."
It affects the ability to navigate! By the way, the reason why pigeons can recognize the road may not be because of the magnetic field, but some other factors, so this purple water droplet contains certain ingredients that will make the pigeons lose their way, and at the same time they will not
Fly forward without stopping."
"Oh? It seems that the owner of this pigeon has offended someone, so his pigeons were tampered with."
Liu Xing thought for a while and continued: "Miao Yi, take off the note from the pigeon's foot. Let's see what is written on it. If there is a name or place on it, we will find a way to remove the pigeon.
Send it back."
Miao Yi nodded, and while feeding the pigeon water, he took off the note it brought.
"There is actually fire paint?"
Miao Yi said with some surprise: "And it's a special paint used for flying pigeons to send messages. It seems that the owner of this pigeon is very particular, and the person who communicates with him is also very aware of confidentiality."
"Just open it. I think there is a high probability that we will not return this letter to its original owner, because if the content of this letter is not important, then there is no need for us to send the pigeon and the letter back, and this letter
If the letter is very important, we may have to trigger a side mission, and then there is no need for us to send the letter back." Meng Fugui said.
"Yes, those who can use fire paint are very particular people, and they also attach great importance to the content of the letter. Theoretically, if the letter is opened by an outsider, then the letter will be directly invalidated, and it may be shelved or abandoned.
There is a plan, if necessary, to find out who opened the letter and shut him up forever." Liu Xing said seriously.
Miao Yi smiled and opened the flying pigeon letter, "It's interesting. The recipient of this letter is a codename - Oil Pot, and the content above is also very simple, that is, the third grandpa has already
The delivery will arrive at Luo Lin City in these two days, and the person responsible for the delivery is called a shovel, and he will also stay at Oil Pot for a period of time and obey Oil Pot's orders."
"interesting."
Liu Xing shook his head and said: "It seems that another mysterious organization is doing something small. However, this mysterious organization may not be on the stage, otherwise our carrier pigeons will not be tampered with, so I guess this is a low-level mystery."
organize."
"That's right, I haven't received any side missions now, so if this mysterious organization is capable, then I will definitely get a mission to investigate them now." Miao Yi nodded and said.
Meng Fugui on the side frowned and said: "That's not necessarily true. Maybe we can't trigger this mission until we get to Luolin City, because Luolin City is a city with a very special location. To put it simply, Luolin City
It is located on an island in the middle of a river, with a total of eight ports. These ports surround the entire city, and these eight ports also correspond to eight major rivers! Yes, there are a total of eight rivers around Luolin City.
The river is large, so there is an endless stream of ships coming and going, but occasionally ships accidentally run aground on the islands in the middle of the river when it is dark or in bad weather. Therefore, some people began to build lighthouses and open inns on the islands in the middle of the lake to make money.
"
"Over time, Luo Lin City appeared on this island in the middle of the river, specializing in providing supplies, food and accommodation for ships coming and going. Of course, it also provided various cargo information to facilitate certain merchant ships to sell their goods in advance to recoup their costs.
For example, a ship is sending iron ore to Boyang City. As a result, the price of iron ore in Boyang City during this period is very low. If it is sent there, it will either be sold at a low price or left there to wait for the price to rise. In short, it will be a waste.
The merchant ship will lose a lot of money; at this time, the merchant ship can choose to sell the goods to Luolin City, and the price offered by Luolin City will still be higher, and the merchant ship can even get its money back directly, so most merchant ships are still willing to sell the goods to Luolin City.
The city can stop losses in time, and Luo Lin City can also sell these goods at the right time to make money."
"Well, why don't those merchant ships sell their goods to other cities? I think there will always be a city where the price of goods is higher?" Miao Yi asked puzzledly.
Meng Fugui said with a smile: "The speed of information transmission these days is very slow, so even the price information provided by Luolin City is provided by merchant ships passing by, so sometimes it is updated several times a day, and sometimes it is just
It is updated once a week, and there is no guarantee that it is completely correct. However, if the price of some goods is accurate, it should be accompanied by the reasons for the price jump, and the credibility will be higher; secondly, although the cost of water transportation is relatively low, if it continues to be delayed, every day
There will be a considerable expenditure, especially when the merchant ship is not owned by you personally, and you have to take care of where the goods of other merchants will be sent."
"The most important thing is that the goods transported by water are usually bulk goods, so it is not easy for you to sell directly. Therefore, it is usually done by regular customers. In this way, everyone knows each other well, and doing business will be simpler and more direct, and you can
Allow yourself to quickly recover your capital and reduce a lot of trouble; for example, the reason why I can open a teahouse with this character card is because I made a lot of money when I worked for a businessman before, and my boss only does business in a few fixed cities.
, because these cities are enough to digest the goods in his hands, and at the same time, if you want to do business in other cities, you will encounter a lot of trouble, after all, you are robbing other people's business."
Having said this, Meng Fugui sighed, "As a boss, I just wanted to open up new markets. As a result, I had a conflict with my local colleagues. As a result, the merchant ship he just bought suddenly caught fire, and the ship's
The goods sank to the bottom of the water; so he failed to recover, and finally returned to his hometown to retire, and I took the money to come to Boyang City to do business. Occasionally, I, the boss, would send me a letter to ask for safety, because he was also a good person.
not bad."
"Oh, then Shopkeeper Meng, you should have been to Luolin City, right?" Liu Xing asked.
"Yes, I have followed my boss to Luo Lin City several times before, so I still know a little about Luo Lin City, but you can actually infer what Luo Lin City is like from what I just said.
The place."
Meng Fugui took a sip of water and continued: "Yes, it's just four words - a mixture of dragons and snakes! Because Luolin City, like Boyang City, only has a city lord and no prefect, and Luolin City is also one of the few in the New Dragon Empire.
This is a city without a sect in charge. After all, Luo Lin City is an island in the middle of a river, and the useful positions on it have long been occupied. Of course, the security level of Luo Lin City is still very high, and there is at least one first-class master all year round.
Although he is in charge, he is basically the one at the bottom of the rankings, but he is still one of the most powerful people in the martial arts world, not to mention that he has more than a dozen second-rate masters to assist him."
"But, there are so many ships coming and going in Luolin City every day, and most of them are merchant ships filled with goods, and there are dozens of people on each ship, so it is inevitable that there will be some people with ulterior motives secretly doing something
Small actions, such as the owner of this homing pigeon; so in my opinion, this matter is big or small, and the specific situation can only be found out in Falling Scale City!"