"I will confiscate your salary for the next month. You prodigal, who asked you to pay me so much?"
Lint said as he looked distressed.
Sander "..."
Lin Te was chattering while observing the houses and streets of Ironwood City.
"This Ironwood City is well built."
"It's nothing compared to Piaoxue City."
Compared to Piaoxue City, which is considered to be a first-rate city in the entire human kingdom, Ironwood City cannot compete with Piaoxue City. Sander's statement is correct.
Lint shook his head,
Naturally, he also knew that the gap between Ironwood City and Piaoxue City was huge. Just talking about the population, the difference was dozens of times.
Piaoxue City is a super big city with a population of nearly half a million, while Ironwood City has only 20,000 permanent residents due to Richard's efforts.
But Lint's observation was more detailed. He could see that the entire city's various public facilities such as culvert drainage and urban water supply were quite complete, and the roads were spacious and the layout of various functional areas was quite reasonable.
At this point, Piaoxue City is a bit chaotic, often causing congestion, urban waterlogging and other minor problems.
"The person who designed this city is also a talent."
Although Sander did not observe so carefully, he did know some of the unique features of this city after Lint's prompts.
Ironwood City is not that big, and the two of them wandered around the city for two hours and took in the entire city.
It was already dinner time, and Lin Te was a person who never treated himself harshly. He and Xander searched for the best restaurant in Ironwood City to satisfy their appetite.
"You two, please come in."
Before the two of them could go up the stairs, the waiter at the door came out and ushered them in.
The two of them followed the waiter into the store. It must be because it was time for dinner, and the entire hall was almost full of people.
Sander frowned as he looked at the noisy crowd. As a confidant and bodyguard, he instinctively did not want to dine with Lint in such a noisy environment.
The waiter was also good at observing people's emotions. He noticed that their identities seemed unusual and said:
"Boy, there are private seats upstairs, but at this price..."
"Lead the way."
"Okay, we have two distinguished guests upstairs."
Lin Te, who sat on the second floor, could better observe the guests in the entire restaurant.
Through ordering just now, Lin Te has already roughly understood the consumption standards of this store.
A table of good food will probably cost one or two silver dollars. You must know that this standard is not low. One or two silver dollars can cover the life of an ordinary family for a month.
At least most of the territory, except for noble families, does not have the money for civilians to spend money, but most of the people who spend money here do not seem to be nobles.
The people in the hall even looked a bit vulgar. If I could find a suitable word to describe them, they were a group of nouveau riche.
These people are a small group of people who first became wealthy under Richard's governance.
Mainly composed of traders, rich peasants and petty officers, the Flying Bear Army's military pay is very generous.
"boom"
A loud noise attracted Lint's attention.
A well-dressed gentleman was already at the front of the hall.
"Today we will talk about Master Richard fighting the snow pirates to protect the country and the people!"
…
"Master Richard shouted loudly, don't hurt my people! The snow thief was so frightened by Master Richard that he couldn't move his hands and feet, so he had to capture him without mercy!"
"good!"
As the people in front of the hall talked about it, bursts of cheers came from the people below.
"laugh!"
Unlike Lint, who listened with great interest, Sander, who was standing aside, couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Xander, what are you laughing at?"
"Young Master, what this person said is too unreliable. How can you scare people into not moving on the battlefield with just a roar? It's a lie as soon as you hear it."
"Yes, but I'm not telling this for an expert like you. Just look at the people below and believe it."
"High, high."
Lin Te couldn't help but praise him twice.
"Isn't this just like a bard?" Sander was a little confused.
"It's different. I didn't feel it before, but now I realize that the bard has gone astray."
"This group of people always make up some convoluted sentences and sing a few lines while saying it. They think they are elegant, but in fact few people can understand it.
You see this storyteller is different, he tells it simply and clearly, everyone who listens can understand it, and after listening to it, you will know that this young master Richard is a good lord who loves his people like his own son."
"Then, let's go back to Piaoxue City and learn to make up some stories?"
Sander asked with some uncertainty. This mode is actually not difficult to learn. With Lin Te's own people, he might be able to do better than Richard.
"Are you going to talk about me, my father, or the elders of the Lanster family?"
"this"
Sander was also speechless for a moment. As a wealthy family with a century-old heritage, the Lanster family's situation is naturally not as simple as that of the Hunter family.
It would be good for a small noble family to have a knight to inherit the title, but if the Lanster family can produce more than a dozen knights in one generation, naturally there will be more ideas and struggles.
Lin Te shook his head, took a bite of food, and planned to continue listening to the story, but a young man's voice came to his ears.
"This table for you two is quite spacious. The seats are full now. I wonder if I can share a table with you two."
Lin Te turned around and saw a handsome young man walking towards his table as he said this. He looked like he was wearing weapons under his robe.
Xander stood up warily and put his hand on his sword.
"Xander, don't get excited."
Lint waved his hand and asked Sander to sit down.
"It's okay to sit down, but we've ordered all the dishes for the table...?"
"No problem. I'll add two more dishes and a pot of wine. Let's drink together if we're lucky enough. I'll make something for you."
"Then, please sit down."
The young man cupped his hands to express his gratitude, and then naturally sat down opposite Lin Te, while Sander still stared at the young man closely, as if he was about to take action at any time.
"I see that you are a bit unfamiliar. You are not from Ironwood City."
"We came from Piaoxue City to do some business in Ironwood City."
The two of them chatted about each other, seemingly smiling, but each of them cursed at the little fox.
The two of them chatted a lot about all kinds of nonsense, and they actually seemed to regret meeting each other so late. Only Sander listened to it in confusion.
"I don't know what sir thinks of the situation in the kingdom."
Lin Te finally asked a question that had been brewing for a long time, and then stared at the other party closely.
"Naturally, it is a prosperous age filled with flowers and blazing fire. His Majesty the King governs wisely, and the court is filled with sages. The dragon knight who governs the country is the anchor of the kingdom."
The young man's compliments made Lin Te a little confused. Then Lin Te raised his finger and pointed at the young man and said
"I have no enmity with you, sir, why would you treat me like a fool?"
"Forehead"
The young man was stunned for a moment and looked around, as if he wanted to see if there was a note saying "Don't talk about state affairs" posted on the surrounding pillars.
Then he seemed to have made up his mind and said:
"The kingdom's prosperity is like a gorgeous castle in the air."
"Oh, what do you say?"
Lint finally showed his interest.
"If you succeed, you will become a Dragon Knight, and if you fail, you will become a Dragon Knight."