You can't expect something to look good when it's dug out of the mud.
The metal fragment that fell on the ground was about the size of a palm. It was made of bronze and was stained with rust. It felt like it would break if you pinched it. There were some vague lines between the patina and rust, like a ball of thread drawn by a child.
"Where did this come from?" Zhou Qingfeng's fingers gently rubbed the surface of the fragment.
The tout was overjoyed, and he came closer and whispered mysteriously, "Young man, you must know the goods. This is a rare treasure."
"You're lying." Zhou Qingfeng's face turned cold, "Tell me, where did this thing come from?"
The tout saw that Zhou Qingfeng was young, had servants and a big horse, so he should be a potential customer. But this customer was a bit difficult to fool, so he continued to whisper: "We have an adventure team that recently excavated a prehistoric ruins."
The 'lie-telling corsage' is still glowing red.
"If you don't tell the truth, I'll leave." Zhou Qingfeng said. He patted his money bag, and gold coins rattled inside. "Tell me, where did this thing come from? Maybe I will pay for some.
What."
The tout was busy for a long time, but he didn't touch a single fat sheep. When he saw Zhou Qingfeng using the 'Wizard's Hand', he lowered his voice and said: "Are you sure you want to spend money to buy it? Do you dare to come with me? I will take you to see a
The real wizard. He will tell you more."
Zhou Qingfeng glanced sideways at the other party and nodded lightly. The tout led the young foreigner away from the Wizard's Tower and walked through the streets and alleys into the civilian areas of the city, walking in a hurry.
Walking among the streets and houses in the city, Zhou Qingfeng had other interests. He asked the touts a lot of information about residents' lives, price levels, commodity quantities and other livelihood information to judge the strength of Hanfeng City from the side.
"We live in the city, and our lives are better than those of the poor outside the city. We have fixed rations every month and the price is cheaper. However, city dwellers need one person from each household to serve in the military and bring their own equipment.
It’s too expensive.”
The tout talked about life as a bitter experience. In his description, the ruler of Cold Wind City gave more preferential treatment to the freedmen class, but conscripted troops during wartime and used plunder as military pay, thereby saving overall military expenses.
This kind of military organization is very backward. Not to mention that compared with the compulsory military service system, it is not even as good as the recruitment system, which is better than the serf soldiers. However, Harmony Village does not have any military system. It was difficult to train some militiamen but they were dismissed by Inisla.
Already.
In Hanfeng City, an ordinary family of three spends five or six silver coins per month to basically maintain food and clothing. If they can join the city guard or become a low-level civil servant, their income can be doubled, and their life will be easier.
"How many people are there in the City Lord's Guard?" Zhou Qingfeng asked.
The city lord's guard is the backbone of a lord's force. The members of the guard are composed of formal knights and a large number of attendants. This is different from the handymen attendants in the Black Forest. They are armed personnel who are truly off-the-job and have received long-term training.
The tout glanced at Zhou Qingfeng, paying particular attention to the latter's muscular height of over 1.8 meters. He didn't say much, but asked: "Do you want to join the Guards of Cold Wind City? The Guards are recruiting newbies recently."
"Hmm... I'll think about it." Unable to ask, Zhou Qingfeng stopped asking.
The tout said nothing more, and the two of them had already walked to the door of a courtyard, where about a dozen young people had gathered. Looking at their posture, Zhou Qingfeng knew that they were all rookies.
There are weapon racks in the corner of the yard, and several swords are placed randomly. Two or three light crossbows are hung on the wall, and a tattered leather armor is thrown under the wall.
The young people in the courtyard did not practice or rest, they just gathered together and laughed loudly. When they saw the tout showing up with a stranger, they immediately gathered around and approached step by step to see how much fat the fat sheep had.
"It's really nothing new." Zhou Qingfeng was not surprised at all. He sneered a few times, and without hesitation, he held the hilt of his sword and faced him. He was tall and strong, and his strength was obviously much stronger than these young people.
The tout who led the way also realized that his group seemed unable to suppress the fat sheep who came to the door. He changed his expression and said: "We have very capable people. You can talk to them first. But the wizard is not here yet. You have to wait a little longer."
Wait a minute."
Damn it, this grass team is obviously a group of unemployed young people who want to play robbery, and a wizard joins them? Are they going to call the backstage?
The tout said a few words and then turned around and left, as if he was seizing time to continue soliciting the fat sheep. Zhou Qingfeng came in with a lot of movement, both a servant and a horse, and the young people present did not dare to make a move easily.
Someone saw Zhou Qingfeng's majestic appearance and took the initiative to ask him about his origins. He said in a nonchalant manner that he came from travels and experienced the customs of Hanfeng City. Then he held up the bronze fragment from before and said, "Where does this thing come from?"
of?"
The young people in the hospital were all around seventeen or eighteen years old. This group of guys typically bullied the weak and feared the strong. They admitted that they had encountered a 'fat sheep' not long ago and robbed it. The bronze fragments came from the package of the 'fat sheep'.
The 'Fat Sheep' ran away in the chaos, and no one knew its specific identity. A pile of scrap metal was left in the courtyard room. Whether viewed with the naked eye or using arcane vision, there is nothing unique about these underground relics.
But the patterns on their surfaces are very strange.
Seeing that Zhou Qingfeng was not easy to mess with, the people in the yard obediently handed over the looted things. He checked the items in the package on the spot to see if they were dug out of the mud. There were pottery shards, porcelain shards, and bronze fragments.
One piece is complete.
During the cleaning process, someone came in from outside the yard. The young people called out to you as if they were the backbone, and then glared at Zhou Qingfeng fiercely.
Looking back, Zhou Qingfeng actually knew this person, "Jason, are these rookies your subordinates?"
Since the last time he killed Cyric, wizard apprentice Jason has gradually lost contact with Zhou Qingfeng and others. Except for bringing his teacher Fabbro to Harmony Village once, he has never appeared again.
When Jason saw Zhou Qingfeng and looked at his subordinates in the yard looking at him pitifully, he already understood what was going on. He laughed for a while and said hello: "Sir Hugo, what are you doing here in Cold Wind City?"
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"I can't stay in the dark forest forever." Zhou Qingfeng shrugged, "What about you?"
Jason smiled bitterly, pointed at the stunned young man in the yard, and said: "You saw it too. These are indeed my people. I am now an official wizard and settled in Cold Wind City."
In the world of sword and magic, the social structure is a very shrinking pyramid. The bottom class is huge but weak in power. The upper class is very small in number but very powerful. The middle class is extremely embarrassing, small in number and average in power.
Jason's family is engaged in business in various cities in the North. The business is doing well, which can support the family's children to learn arcane arts. After the Battle of the Evil God, he became an official wizard, but was kicked out by his teacher Fabbro, so he had to start on his own.
'Entrepreneurship'.
"My teacher's two consecutive explorations of the elven ruins were not very successful. It is said that he ran into you the second time." Jason led Zhou Qingfeng into the house and asked the servant to bring black tea. "After he came back, he took out his anger on me.
I'm out of here."
"What does this have to do with you bringing a bunch of rookies?" Zhou Qingfeng visited Jason's house, a two-story building with a front and back yard, and many servants. The person who brought him here before was Jason's housekeeper, "
You are living a good life now."
Jason smiled bitterly at this, "The last time I did business with you, I took a lot of demon ashes and elf materials to the south. I went back and forth for more than two months and made a lot of money.
As for those rookies..., I want to train a few attendants and apprentices from them. But their quality is very poor, and they use my name to cause trouble outside every day."
Alchemists emphasize practical operations, and many things require collaboration. A formal wizard always has a few apprentices and followers. The former is responsible for helping to study arcana, and the latter serves as a defensive force. But if you don't grasp it well, you will find some waste.
Jason explained his situation and asked Zhou Qingfeng: "Sir, when you come to Cold Wind City, do you need any help from me?"
Zhou Qingfeng talked about the metal fragments that attracted him and the pile of scrap metal he saw in the house, "Those things look old, and the patterns on their appearance are quite strange. Where did they come from?"