Chapter 122: Do You Want to Help?
At this time, Zhao Yifan led the carriage and led everyone slowly towards the town, and as their height dropped, they gradually saw the scale of the town.
The eight-pointed star is a little water chestnut walled, and near the center of each wall is a church, on which a red cross hangs high, and a huge statue of a knight carved in stone can be faintly seen in front of the church.
"I see!" Ryan suddenly exclaimed,
And Zhao Yifan led the horse and showed a relieved smile: "What, do you understand?"
Ryan nodded suddenly, but Zhao Zhiqi was still confused, "What is it?"
Zhao Yifan smiled slightly, "What is the difference between the three churches in the east?"
Zhao Zhiqi squinted her eyes, looked at it carefully, and then said, "It seems to be taller than the others...... Oh, I see!"
"That's right, that's it, the three over there are tall, and according to the parallel diagram of the horizontal line, it is the center of the palace, but if you follow the ordinary 3D parallel diagram, it is the training ground, which is a double formation inside and outside. Zhao Yifan interrupted Zhao Zhiqi's words and continued.
However, Xu Shan shook his head and thought, show off!
......
Zhao Yifan and they pulled the carriage station behind the fence wall of the town, waiting in a long line to pass through the gate,
There were more than a dozen soldiers standing in front of the gate checking the things and people on the carriage one by one, after all, the Terrans in the non-jurisdictional area were hostile to other races, so they were also afraid that people from other races would mix in and break out into civil strife.
Zhao Yifan and the others probably lined up from noon to afternoon before they successfully entered the city, and on the way, everyone was sunburned by the hot sun in the sky.
"Whew, it's so hot, why don't we rest here for a day today?" Zhao Zhiqi wiped the sweat from her forehead and said,
At this time, they were on a very lively and bustling street, with shops on both sides, including fruit shops, food stores, candy shops, cooking shops, flower shops, butcher shops, vegetarian shops, and even weapon shops, armor shops, refining shops and clothing stores.
However, this street is not uncommon, as the whole town is full of streets like this.
At this time, Zhao Yifan nodded, "Yes, but you have to stay for two days, because there may be heavy rain tomorrow, and the road up the mountain is very difficult." β
And Xu Shan and Wang Xinyu also subconsciously looked up at the clear sky, and then observed for a while,
"It looks like it's raining tomorrow. Wang Xinyu said with a slight smile.
Immediately arrived in the town, Zhao Yifan pulled the carriage and said, "You go to find the house first, and I will go to the stable to change the horse." β
Everyone nodded and prepared to leave, but Zhao Yifan grabbed Ryan by the collar and dragged him away, "You, follow me!"
Ryan was dragged directly by Zhao Yifan to the street in the opposite direction,
"Let's go. Xu Shan shrugged his shoulders, then turned around and left with Zhao Zhiqi and them.
However, they didn't go far, and the originally bustling streets immediately resounded with a commotion,
A large number of horsemen galloped through the street on horseback, ignoring passers-by, and all those who stood in the way were knocked out, and they ran to the crossroads of the block, and stopped in front of the fountain in the middle.
The leading man touched his face, showed a very cunning smile, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone, pay attention!"
The man's shout was directly ignored by the pedestrians around him, who thought it was a military exercise.
The leading knight man was annoyed when he saw that no one was paying attention to him, and his face turned dark, he turned around and slapped a young knight next to him, and roared angrily: "What about the megaphone, bastard! Do you want me to remind you a few times!"
The boy who was fanned hurriedly got up and nodded, and sent the megaphone forward, "Yes, yes, I'm sorry, it was my negligence." β
The man snatched the megaphone away, kicked the boy away again, cleared his throat, and shouted, "Attention, everybody!"
This time, almost everyone stopped what they were doing at the same moment, and the originally noisy neighborhood instantly fell silent, and everyone looked in the direction of the man.
The man smiled slightly, showing great satisfaction, and then stepped on the fence by the fountain in his golden armor and said, "As we all know, our Harvey City is the best and safest town in the whole human race, but!"
Saying that, he paused, and the corners of his mouth curled slightly, "But there seem to be a few little mice mixed in here recently, I heard that a few little things have been stolen from many shops, especially food stores, if it was just some small thieves or something, we wouldn't be so excited, because we heard that these little thieves are made by a group of cat people, that is, the cat people have mixed in." β
Hearing this, not many people were shocked, but showed a very unpleasant expression, because they all knew that these little thieves were not human beings at all, judging from their movements and agile skills, they must have animal genes.
However, their unhappiness was not because of this, but because they all knew what the next words of the knight in front of them were.
"So, the next heir of our great Christine family, Grand Master Christine Owen, has ordered us Crimson Knights to watch over every neighborhood 24 hours a day, so all of you must pay 100 Gallia a day as a protection fee. That's all for it, so please cooperate with us. β
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At this time, Zhao Yifan and Ryan pulled the carriage and came to a relatively remote pasture in a town.
Outside the ranch, a black-haired woman was milking cows, and when Zhao Yifan and Ryan walked over, the woman stopped her movements, poked her head out and asked, "Is there anything I can do to help you?"
The woman looked as if she was only sixteen years old, very sweet and lovely, her skin was fair, and her watery eyes were full of confusion, as if there was a deep fog that made it difficult to see, but at the same time it added a sense of mystery to her.
Zhao Yifan looked at her for a while, and then asked, "Can I change horses?" We are in a hurry, and these two horses are already tired. β
The woman glanced at the horses and carriages brought by Zhao Yifan and Ryan, frowned slightly, and then said, "Come with me." β
After speaking, she picked up the two buckets of milk on the ground and walked towards the pasture not far behind her, Zhao Yifan saw this, and hurriedly stuffed the reins in his hand to Ryan, and then trotted up, took a pass of milk, and said with a smile: "I'll help you." β
In the back, Ryan looked at Zhao Yifan's direction with disdain, pursed his lips, and muttered, "Heavy color and light friends, they all have such beautiful fiancΓ©es, and they are still hooking up outside, and their age is estimated to be about the same as your sister, and they don't have any discipline at all, beasts." β
Immediately, the girl took Zhao Yifan and Ryan to the huge pastoral house, where Zhao Yifan saw what the real "chickens fly and dogs jump"
Not the kind of idiom, but reality.
I saw all kinds of animals inside, chickens, ducks, geese, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, dogs, cats, etc., all running around outside, running all over the huge pasture, and the screams were continuous.
The girl just pushed open the door and saw this scene, which was completely opposite to Zhao Yifan's stunnedness, but directly roared, "Dad, why did you forget to lock them up again!"
At this time, a man in a blue jumpsuit and suspender came out of the cowshed with a smile on his dirty braids: "Weiwei, I've told you many times, animals need to be free-range, you can't keep them in cages every day." β
However, Weiwei replied angrily, "Now, a guest is coming, and they want horses." After saying that, she took the milk in Zhao Yifan's hand and put it in the vat on the side, and the man disappeared without a trace as soon as he heard that a guest was coming.
Zhao Yifan looked at the pair of strange women and was full of confusion, but at this time, Ryan whispered in Zhao Yifan's ear, "Brother Yifan, do you think this place is reliable? β
Zhao Yifan shook his shoulders and shook Ryan's hand away, and then replied angrily, "Don't call me brother, it's not much older than you, just call me Yifan." β
After speaking, he looked in the direction of the girl and continued: "Let's not talk about whether it is reliable or not, do we have any other choice?"
That's right, Zhao Yifan and they have no other choice, because in this town, only this ranch has people raising horses, and the other ranches basically don't raise horses that are not of much use to themselves.
"Hi, both. At this time, a very kind and gentle voice came into the ears of Zhao Yifan and Ryan, and the two were slightly stunned, and turned their heads to look at the source of the sound.
I saw that the man who was still wearing the old shepherd's clothes just now suddenly turned into a gentleman,
At this time, he was wearing a straight white suit, with a handkerchief pinned to his pocket, and his messy dirty braids were neatly combed and tied up.
The man's complexion was a little darker, but the brown one, and he made a gesture of please to the coffee seat behind him and said, "Please, you two horses, just give those two horses to my daughter." β
As she spoke, Vivi glared at her father and scolded her, and walked over and snatched the reins from Ryan's hand.
After Zhao Yifan and Ryan sat down, the man also sat down, and he smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, my daughter is a little grumpy." β
Zhao Yifan also smiled and said, "What's the matter, I think your daughter is very good, she can help you take care of these animals." β
As soon as the words fell, a chicken flew past the three of them, while Vivi chased after them.
"Actually"
"I know that your two horses are not fit for long journeys. The man directly interrupted Zhao Yifan's words when Zhao Yifan spoke.
Then the corners of the man's mouth rose slightly, and then he said, "It seems that I am right, those two gray-white horses do not have a trace of fine meat on them, and they are not running fast, and they are used to pull carts." The long legs and beautiful color of the fur, and the curves are almost perfect, which can indicate that these two horses are the one that is not used in the middle, and is usually used by the nobles to support the scene. β
Zhao Yifan nodded and said directly, "Okay boss, I see that you are also an insider, I want to change two horses with good durability and can travel for a long time, can you change this?"
When the man heard this, he laughed, "Poof, can you change it?" You look down on me, little brother, just with two noble horses, you have to change the labor horse, do you think I will change it for you?"
Zhao Yifan frowned a little displeased, "Then how much does it cost?"
The corners of the man's mouth curled, and he lay on the chair very leisurely and thought about it, "Well~, why don't you exchange two horses for one, and you can buy the remaining one with money, how about it?"
This time, it was Zhao Yifan and Ryan's turn to ponder, and the man saw that they didn't speak for a long time, so he said: "Don't say that I didn't remind you, look at the two horses you brought with you, it is estimated that they have been driving for at least two days without sleep." If I hadn't been blind, I don't think the two horses would have made it to cross the town. β
"Okay, how much. Zhao Yifan thought for a moment and then asked.
"The carriage will be replaced together, and I will provide two horses and another carriage for free, anyway, there are only two of you, and the big carriage I will give you merchants will carry a lot of things for many people, and it is also convenient. β
As he spoke, he pointed to a very shabby-looking carriage behind him, which was just a huge plank, four wheels, and a tent for shade from the sun and rain, and two stakes in front of it for tethering the horses.
Zhao Yifan glanced at the luxury carriage he brought, then looked at the dilapidated carriage in front of him, and decisively spit out two words: "Yes." β
These two words suddenly made Ryan's jaw drop, "Hey, hey, you're not kidding, ......are you?"
As he spoke, Ryan glanced at the carriage and said with a bitter face, "Are you sure you want to change it?"
Zhao Yifan nodded, "It must be replaced, although it is relatively shabby, but it is very practical and light, and the burden on the horses will be much smaller, and it is also convenient for us to hurry." β
Seeing that Zhao Yifan agreed, the man showed a very satisfied smile, "Thank you for your cooperation, you are really a very far-sighted guest, this is the first time I have seen it." β
And Zhao Yifan also smiled slightly, "There, in fact, although the advice you gave looks very treacherous, it is actually the best." On the surface, you are very unreliable, but I think you are a very reliable person. β
The man was a little embarrassed by what Zhao Yifan said, he smiled and touched his dreadlocks, and said a little embarrassed, "Where, you have won the prize, in fact, I am also greedy for cheap, and it is best to make the biggest profit for me." Well, but I will never lower the price, use your carriage and two horses for my carriage and two horses, and you will not regret it!"
"Isn't this already all said? By the way, it's expected to rain tomorrow, so I'll leave the carriage and horses here, right?"
When the man heard this, he immediately burst into laughter, then took out a pen and paper and said, "Hahaha, that's such a pleasant decision!"
Immediately, he wrote his name on the paper, and then handed it to Zhao Yifan and said, "Change the strip on this paper, you can take a look, alas, what are you doing?"
I saw Zhao Yifan pick up the change slip, sign his name on it without looking at it, and then said with a smile: "Don't read it, I only believe in verbal terms, this kind of thing is just a piece of paper." β
The man was slightly stunned, and then laughed, "Hahaha, okay! Although I don't really like your words and attitude, your straightforwardness makes me feel pretty good." β
"I'm sorry, I'm not a businessman, so I don't like intrigue and don't understand your shady scenes, but if you dare to lie to me, I'll definitely let you see hell. β
The man looked at Zhao Yifan's gentle smile and suddenly felt a chill hit his spine, making him shiver.
After Zhao Yifan happily signed an agreement with the man, Zhao Yifan took Ryan and Wei Wei to say hello and left.
And Xu Shan and their side also successfully found a hotel to rent for two days, today and tomorrow, and then Zhao Zhiqi clamored to go shopping and buy things, Wang Xinyu also agreed very much.
It is said that women have a very common hobby, basically 90% of women like it, that is, shopping, speaking of others, they may look very weak, little physical strength, but when shopping, the physical strength of two men may not be good for a woman.
Of course, Xu Shan, as a man, is no exception, at this time, he is carrying a large bag of fruits and clothes in this town, which is no different from when Zhao Yifan took Murong Yunxue to go shopping, the only difference is that the two women also have a lot of things in their hands.
At this time, Xu Shan saw that Wang Xinyu and Zhao Zhiqi were about to enter a clothing store again, so he wailed: "Alas, I said, two eldest ladies, are you going to move all the things in this town home?"
Wang Xinyu and Zhao Zhiqi glanced at each other, and said in unison, as a matter of course: "If you can, why not." β
Xu Shan almost died on the spot.
At this time, Zhao Yifan walked over from the opposite side of the three with Lane, and the appearance of these two people allowed Xu Shan to find a savior.
If it weren't for the things in his hands, he would have wanted to rush over and hug their thighs and cry, you two are here~!
However, the reality is very cruel, Zhao Yifan directly ignored Xu Shan and greeted Wang Xinyu and Zhao Zhiqi with a smile, and directly ignored Xu Shan.
And Xu Shan was petrified on the spot, and at this time, he had the heart to kill Zhao Yifan.
What's the matter? Don't you see me carrying a big bag or a small bag? Won't you do me a favor?
However, just as Xu Shan was secretly gritting his teeth, Ryan came over and asked, "Do you want to help?"
When Xu Shan heard this, he was immediately grateful, he didn't expect that he had Zhao Yifan's brotherhood for many years, and he was actually not as good as a junior he had just met!
Xu Shan had already drenched Zhao Yifan's scolding in his heart, and he said with a pleased smile, "Okay, help me!"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, a piece of paper was stuffed into Lane's hand, and then Lane squatted down with a sigh of relief and said, "Alas, finally someone has helped me get the paper, and I can tie my shoes." β
And Xu Shan's face had already turned blood-red because of anger, and the bag on his body gradually began to float, while Ryan was still carelessly tying his shoelaces.
Just when Xu Shan was about to make a move, a group of soldiers came not far away and took protection money in large and small stores, causing a lot of commotion.
Xu Shan was also interrupted by this commotion, and muttered, "What's wrong, what is this?"
Ryan took the piece of paper, narrowed his eyes, and said, "It seems to be collecting, protection money, right?" Ryan said, looking at the sacks in the hands of the soldiers.
At this time, Zhao Yifan led the three of them and Zhao Zhiqi and Wang Xinyu out and said, "It's common for soldiers in towns like this to collect protection money, and it's a village." β
However, the proprietress of this clothing store heard Zhao Yifan's words and said with some displeasure: "Hmph, what kind of protection money, if you take the money and do nothing, it's just a dog fight." It's because of this kind of scum that we are reduced to not even having a stable life!"