In the spacious carriage, as the queue outside gradually stopped, Adil looked at the three people sitting in front of him.
"Okay, now that you have decided, go tell the others about it outside."
Sitting on the carriage, looking at the scenery outside, Adil said calmly: "The mercenaries who came with me this time. If they are willing to stay and follow me, they can follow us into the city. As my guards, they will have a stable job in the future."
If you have a good career and income, you can move your family here in the future.”
"As for those who are unwilling to follow, they can go back directly after receiving this commission."
"Yes!" After listening to Adier's words, the three of them subconsciously stood up and nodded.
With the order, they quickly walked out of the carriage, each gathered their own teams, and conveyed Adil's words to the mercenaries.
After a while, the matter was almost over. Of the approximately fifty mercenaries, except for a dozen who refused, most of the others expressed their willingness to stay.
Looking at the remaining thirty or so people, Adil nodded.
He plans to live in the Ancient Armor City for several years this time, and many things will be inconvenient if there is no one under his command.
Of course, it would not be appropriate to appoint all this group of people, so after arriving in the Ancient Armored City, Adier would recruit a group of people locally and purchase some properties to serve himself.
After Adier asked someone to hand out the commission for this time, the team was immediately divided into two groups.
Because of Adir's promise and the reduction in the number of people in the team, the group's progress accelerated again.
A few hours later, Adil and others arrived at the Ancient Armored City. After paying some city entry taxes, they entered the city directly.
This place is more desolate than many cities I have visited before. The buildings everywhere seem a bit scattered and not very well organized.
In the surrounding corners, Adil also saw many ragged beggars and even some motionless corpses.
It seems that few people come here to do business, and teams of dozens of people are rare.
After seeing them, beggars came to beg from time to time. Most of them were young children and disabled, and they looked very miserable.
"Is this place so messy?"
Looking at this scene, Adil couldn't help but frown.
Beggars are of course inevitable. Even in Adil's previous life, the profession of beggar did not disappear completely, let alone in this chaotic world.
But as soon as we entered the city, we saw so many beggars and even several frozen corpses that no one came to clean up. This was surprising.
"Sir, this is what this place is like." Seeing the expression on Adil's face, a guide quickly walked over and said to Adil: "This place borders the surrounding orcs, and there are wars almost every year. There are corpses and beggars.
Very common."
"Most of those beggars are orphans whose parents died in the war, as well as soldiers who became disabled after going to the battlefield."
Listening to this, Adil nodded: "Take out the dry food and dry meat that were left before. We will have fresh supplies when we get to the city, and we don't need those things anymore."
Upon hearing Adil's order, the surrounding guards nodded in response, and quickly took out some dry food from the carriage with grain and other supplies on one side, and gave it to the beggars who came to beg.
After a while, under the guidance of the guide, Adil and others arrived at a local hotel.
It seems that there are very few outsiders coming and going here. There are only a few guests in the huge hotel, and the remaining rooms are enough to accommodate the thirty or so people brought by Adil.
"I want to buy some properties in the city, do you have any suggestions?"
After placing the guards he had brought, in a spacious room, Adil looked at the guide he had brought, and the three of them, Elder, and asked.
"I wonder what kind of property you want to buy, sir?" the guide asked, standing in front of Adier.
"A manor is big enough to house hundreds of people, and there are also some shops that are big enough to maintain daily operations," Adil said.
"Manors that can house hundreds of people are basically the property of nobles. If you want to buy it, sir, according to the regulations of the ancient armored city, you must have noble status."
Standing on the spot, after thinking for a while, the guide quickly said: "As for shops, except for shops selling weapons and armor, other shops are easy to purchase. As long as there are enough gold coins and subsequent operations are OK, Sir
You can do it at any time."
"Very good." After hearing this, Adil nodded: "Take people to inquire about the surroundings today, and come back in the evening to tell me the situation."
"Yes." The people in front of them nodded, and after seeing that Adier had no other instructions, they walked out with them.
After their figures disappeared from sight, Adil walked outside silently and looked at the scenery in the city.
"I didn't sense any spell particles. It seems that there are very few wizards in this city."
Looking into the distance, Adil thought lightly in his heart.
On the map, the Kingdom of Gumodo itself is close to a deserted area, and the local wizard resources are very scarce. Although it is better than Adil's hometown, the number of spellcasters is also very small, and most of them are knights.
"If you want to find other wizards in this city, you probably have to contact the city's lord."
Lowering his head, Adil thought to himself.
Wizards themselves belong to the aristocratic class. The ancestors of many great nobles are often wizards, and wizards' things have been passed down.
A big noble with a status like the Lord of a City will be more or less exposed to some news about wizards, and should have a clearer understanding of the distribution of wizards in the city.
"It just so happens that if you want to investigate those mutated orcs, it will be much more convenient to rely on the power of local forces. Moreover, if you have to live in this city for a few years, you will probably have to deal with these local nobles."
Thinking of this, Adil turned around and returned to the hotel.
That night, Elder and others returned to the hotel.
"Sir, we have already inquired about some situations."
Standing in front of Adier, several people looked at each other, and then Aird stood up and reported to Adier: "The situation in the ancient armored city is very bad. Many nobles in the city seem to have evacuated here.
plan, so many properties are for sale.”
"We inquired about it, and recently, there was a manor that met your requirements for sale. The owner is a local viscount who is preparing to evacuate, and he offered eight thousand gold coins."
After saying this, Elder hesitated for a moment and then said: "We discussed it. If you are not in a hurry, you can wait for a while. As long as no one takes over after a while, the price of this manor will definitely drop.
.”
Listening to his words, Adil's face was calm and showed no emotion at all: "What about the shop?"
"It's easy for shops." Elder said: "We took a look around. Because Ancient Armor City had another battle with the orcs recently, the business everywhere was not very good. There were people wanting to sell everywhere.
of shops.”
"Sir, if you want it, as long as you prepare enough gold coins, many people will be willing to sell it to you."
He finished all this in one breath, then silently retreated to the crowd at the back, returning to his previous taciturn appearance.
The next day, when the sun spread to the earth, Adil led some people to the city.
He first came to the manor, and after some bargaining with Elder and others, he finally bought the manor for seven thousand gold coins.
Then he went to the street and bought some shops.
On the one hand, this is to purchase some properties in the city, and on the other hand, it is also intended to be used to resettle some of the family members of the subordinates so that they can have stable careers.
After all the things were done, it was already a month later.
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In the early morning, Adil was sitting in the spacious living room, holding a book in his hand and flipping through it quickly.
On the wooden table in front of him, there were a large number of books, and it looked like they had all been read.
"Sure enough, trying to find some knowledge about wizards from these collected books is a very unlikely thing."
After quickly flipping through the book in his hand, and waiting for the chip to quickly transfer the knowledge to his mind, Adil opened his eyes and said with some disappointment.
In the wizarding world, there are often records of ordinary people accidentally discovering books recording wizard knowledge and eventually becoming a wizard apprentice.
After arriving at the Ancient Armor City, in order to try his luck, Adier asked people to collect some books at a high price, hoping to find something about wizards from those books.
After more than half a month, Adil did see some records about wizards in these books, but most of them were just vague descriptions, and there were few precise records of knowledge. For Adil, there was no
What does it do.
"Forget it, although I couldn't find any advanced knowledge about wizards, it would be nice to enrich the chip's database."
Standing up silently, Adil put down the book in his hand and muttered to himself.
Although the books in front of me do not involve the knowledge of wizards, after removing the useless poems, there is also a lot of mortal knowledge, which is also useful to Adir.
At this time, there was a burst of rapid and slight footsteps outside.
Hearing the sound, Adil turned around and looked outside the door.
There, a meticulously blond old man in a neat uniform walked in quickly. When he saw Adil, he lowered his head respectfully: "Sir, the city lord just sent an envoy here."
Hearing this, Adil was stunned.
When he first came to Ancient Armor City, he had already thought about contacting the local nobles. Unexpectedly, before he took the initiative to contact them, they came to him first.
"What did the other party say?" He stood there, expelling the distracting thoughts in his mind, and looked at the blond old man in front of him and asked.