There was an endless stream of people coming to the pub last night. There must have been a lot of people coming in and out. But no one knew the exact cost. Everyone was waiting for the answer.
"One hundred and twenty-four people came to eat last night. Even if we use up all the food in this tavern, we have to go to a nearby food store to buy it. This cost my master a total of eighteen gold coins." Rubio exploded.
Numbers.
Wow..., there was another burst of exclamation, this is really a luxurious meal.
No one in the tavern could imagine the concept of spending eighteen gold coins on a meal, and now they knew it. Rubio did not stop, and continued: "Even if there is a servant next to my master, his monthly income is
Gold and silver.
If I can be appreciated by him, the minimum starting salary is three gold coins. As a loyal servant of the master, my monthly income is eight gold and six silver. I believe that the only person in Cold Wind City who can earn this income is at least a knight squire."
When these numbers were spoken, the scene immediately became silent, and no one spoke. Because no one believed it, they really couldn’t believe it. The monthly salary of a servant can be measured in gold coins? It’s too exaggerated!
The starting salary to be appreciated is three gold coins? Lorraine felt her forehead swelling and pain, and her heartbeat was pounding. She had to close her eyes and lower her head slightly to calm herself down, but she couldn't stop her tears.
Water flowed from the eyes.
For the poor, let alone gold coins, it is difficult to earn even a copper coin. How many people were driven to the streets because they could not afford a few copper coins in rent, and how many people starved to death because they could not afford three coins per pound of sawdust oats.
?
Now I have the opportunity to earn three gold coins a month. This is an absolute leap in class, and it won’t make people jealous even if I don’t want to. After talking about his income, Rubio took out a thick stack of papyrus and said, “Okay, don’t
I’m so excited, let’s take the test first.”
Let you rookies experience the hardships I have endured - Rubio asked everyone to clear the tables in the tavern, arrange seats, and distribute test papers. He laughed wildly in his heart while doing this.
In order to improve the abilities of his subordinates, Zhou Qingfeng tried every means to start classes and conduct studies and exams. Rubio originally thought that he had gone to school after all, but he was tortured by his master's learning content and wanted to hang himself.
Four people sat at a dining table. The questions were written by hand on papyrus paper. Each person took a quill and shared a bottle of ink. Lorraine became dizzy when she saw the first question - how to calculate the area of a circle?
Who knows?
Lorraine was dumbfounded. She had never learned anything before. The God of Suffering did not teach this stuff. When she looked up, the other three people at the table were also in a daze. She asked in a low voice, "Do you know how to do the first question?"
No one answered. One of them quickly covered the paper with his hand, as if he was afraid that she would copy the answer. But in fact, everyone was confused.
Looking at the second question, draw a rough map of the Northland and mark the locations of the main cities - this one is even more dumbfounding. Lorraine comes from a small town, and she knows that Cold Wind City is all about fleeing. In addition, she doesn’t even know what the Northland is.
Don't know the situation.
I have zero geography knowledge!
Question 3: Write a piece of history that you know.
It was so miserable that Lorraine felt cold. She had only read the scriptures, which contained some of the teachings of Ilmat, the God of Suffering, and most of them were words that encouraged people to do good. What is history? Only nobles are qualified to do so.
Something to learn!
Question 4: Describe your ideal.
Is it an ideal to have enough food and clothing? This ideal seems a bit too low-level. But Lorraine didn't think much about the future. She really couldn't think of anything else. What's more important is that due to lack of vocabulary, proposition composition can't be done.
It’s really hard to write.
It's over, I must be the last one eliminated.
Lorraine had cold sweat on her forehead.
You obviously got the chance to change your destiny, but did you fail as soon as you took the first step?
The exam lasted for one hour, and Rubio personally proctored it. Anyone who dared to plagiarize or cheat would be given a warning for the first time and kicked out for the second time.
Lorraine was so dizzy that she almost handed in the blank paper. She only copied a passage from the teachings of 'Ilmat' as the answer to the history question, and wrote a few sentences for the final composition question.
But she herself didn't know what she had written. When she walked out of the tavern, the little girl felt weak all over, her eyes were straight, her head was empty, and she was completely confused.
Lorraine didn't care at all what other people were doing. She didn't know how to face her family. She didn't even have the courage to go back. She just thought she might as well die.
When the thin girl came out, a large group of onlookers stood outside. People kept asking her what happened in the pub? She kept shaking her head, crying silently, and just squeezed out.
Other students who got the opportunity also turned pale, frightened to the point of being confused and uneasy. Life is full of ups and downs, and those with poor mental health would faint on the spot.
At the same time, Cold Wind City, Artisan District.
Zhou Qingfeng was leaning on the recliner in the rented bedroom. At hand were dozens of bronze fragments, as well as some broken tiles. These were the results of Jason's followers robbing the 'fat sheep'.
After expressing his interest in ancient civilization, Jason gave this pile of scrap metal to Zhou Qingfeng. The large number of fragments not only had patterns, but also many graphics similar to text.
The 'Gate of True Knowledge' contains many texts and records left by ancient civilizations. Among them are not only elves and humans, but also dwarves, halflings, goblins, dragons, giants, illithid, murlocs, and snakemen.
.
There are too many intelligent races in the plane of Toriel.
Many people are trying to decipher the meanings in ancient fragments, with the goal of finding the treasures of a lost civilization. "Dead characters" often appear in ancient fragments, which are words that no one records and no one remembers.
The writing on the fragments in Zhou Qingfeng's hand is also similar, and even the goblins can't understand it. But these ghost-like fonts are very special. They are not alphabetical characters, but square characters.
This is so different.
According to the records of the 'Gate of True Knowledge', the many civilizations in the world of Turrell are very different, but whether they are dead characters or living characters, they are basically similar alphabetical characters. There are very few historical records that clearly use square characters. Very few.
To be precise, there is only one - the extinct Imasca civilization. That human group from an alien plane did not respect gods but only respected their ancestors, and was particularly fond of farming.
More than 20 square characters with simple strokes can be distinguished from more than 60 ancient fragments. Where did they come from? Who wrote them? Is there any inheritance? No one can answer these questions.
The book charm Sophia is not around, and communication is too far away. Zhou Qingfeng's own understanding of ancient writing is basically zero. He copied the writing on the fragments and planned to bring it to the real world for someone to identify it after accumulating it to a certain extent.
If it could really be identified...
Zhou Qingfeng sighed while rubbing the seal. If he really wanted to be able to identify it, he didn't know what to do? The Imaskan civilization had been extinct for thousands of years, and the Mulan civilization that destroyed them was far away in the eastern border of Faerun, across the country.
It's a thousand miles away.
Under the stars and moon, looking up to the sky and sighing, what can I do?!