Chapter 8: Dancing with Science
After leaving the mining city, Shao Nian and his party continued their journey north. This time they found a carriage, so they arrived at a new city the next day.
Speaking of which, the carriage was rented, and Shao Nian did not hire a coachman to save money. However, it also allowed him to put some improvements on the carriage, such as applying mysterious mod paint to the wheels, and then they were much faster, and they went directly to the city that was closer to the center of the kingdom of Heping, Chosem.
"Qiaosem is a commercial city on the Yazhu Plain in Heping, and most of the domestic roads pass through here, and the products are ...... Hmmm......"
Mi Li patted her head on the carriage and tried to remember. Lian Xin's surprise inspection made her a little panicked.
"These places are all too familiar to you. Lian Xin smiled and touched the little brain melon of the rice grain, "Don't worry, think about it slowly, just like after you read the information, I memorized those words with you." ”
Seeing this, the brightness of the head was lowered a little, and soon the light like the morning light filled the carriage, and the encouragement in the light made Mi Li's head spin quickly like an internal combustion engine.
"There is a lot of gold and minerals here, so most of the currency comes from here, and it is close to the production area, there are large mining cities in the south, and the capital in the north, so many handicraftsmen gather here, and there is an endless stream of merchants, and many farmers from the vicinity also come to the city in search of opportunities......
"It's amazing! word for word! I love you to death~"
"Thank you, teacher~ Hehe, I also like the teacher!"
Teacher Lian Xin and Mi Li were happy, and the three of them were very "acquainted" when they saw this, and the light of their heads turned orange.
"Sanqi classmate, you don't want to be skinny, is it okay to be normal?" Lian Xin immediately came to his senses when he saw this, and wanted Sanqi to return the light tone.
"Teacher, I don't quite understand what you mean...... Can you teach me the secrets?"
"That's right, you may just be unintentional...... Wait, don't try to fool the past! How could it be so coincidental! Shao Nian! Shao Nian! Is it you!"
At this time, Shao Nian was sitting in the coachman's seat carrying the reins to drive the carriage, and when he heard this, he silently whipped it, "It's almost here, sit tight - don't yell and scream!"
"You, you, you......"
Everyone is optimistic that this kind of behavior that can quickly use the resources (reins) in hand to control the situation is called mastering the "right to speak", accompanied by famous sayings such as "judgment" and "confrontation", and its benefits are needless to say.
After a while, Shao Nian drove to the doorman's place. Outside the door, he looked up at Shao Nian, opened the door and invited everyone to come down, and collected the entrance fee according to the number of people and race.
Then a napping doorman woke up and said to Shao Nian: "Are you a foreigner? Do you want to try to take the reward in the city? I heard that as long as you find someone, you can get 100,000 yuan." ”
Do you remember? The currency of Heping is "绔", 1 绔 is about 4RMB.
"Oh, is there such a thing?" Shao Nian pondered for a moment, drove the carriage into the city, stopped on the side of the road, and then got out of the carriage and walked to the doorman and said, "Tell me something that is not on the bounty list." ”
A coin of 20 taels was thrown into the hands of the doorman, and the doorman smiled and said, "The missing people are the young masters of two wealthy merchants and two high-ranking officials in the city, a total of four people, but a few days ago, a very powerful outsider brought back the remains of three of them one after another, and the remaining official ordered that if he could see his son alive, he would add another 100,000 yuan." ”
Shao Nian said lightly when he heard this, "It sounds a little exciting." ”
Seeing that Shao Nian was about to leave, the doorman smiled, "Also, it is said that before the fierce man came, the whereabouts of the people who received the bounty were unknown, and the corpses occasionally found also had scars such as dirt, burns, and wooden thorns." But I think if it were you, maybe a little better than that man, and I think you'd be more likely to get double the bounty than that man. ”
Shao Nian nodded calmly, "Okay, but I still want to know more, please take me to find that official." ”
The doorman was stunned when he heard this, and Shao Nian continued, "We have a simple module fluctuation shielding device in our car, and at a glance, we can see that there is a strong man in the car and guide us to bring it back, so it must be the unlucky man's subordinates left." ”
Shao Nian waved his hand, and the people in the carriage all came down. "You take me to see the officials, and by the way, find someone to help me return the car. ”
The doorman looked at him for a moment, "Are you really sure to bring back the living Second Young Master?"
Shao Nian asked, "Can you call the shots in this matter?"
The doorman shook his head, then beckoned, a handyman led the carriage towards the post station, and Shao Nian and his party followed the doorman to a mansion.
The people who took them turned out to be cronies of the officials. When he went in to report the news of the visitor, Xue Yu looked around and said, "In a rich place in Heping, the life of the superior is really extravagant. ”
Shao Nian also looked at the house, "I don't think it's okay to put gold furniture everywhere in the interior. Well, who said there was more gold here?"
Lian Xin said quietly, "I suddenly feel that the bounty may be a little less......
Shao Nian glanced at Lian Xin in surprise, "Why do you think that I came here to work hard for others, and then take that little bounty?"
Xue Yu was stunned when he heard this, "That's right, wouldn't it be good to take the task directly in the guild if you get the bounty?" ”
Shao Nian nodded, "This is different from the charges for club service and door-to-door service......"
Lian Xin used the tree man module to conjure a drawing tablet and smashed it at Shao Nian, "Don't drive casually, you guy!"
"Teacher, clubhouse service is ......"
"Children don't need to know this! Don't ask about the other three!"
Shao Nian coughed twice, "I mean that since you are here, there must be other requirements, after all, people have not been found for so long, and there may be no dead bodies, we are a professional team, and the negotiation is still more advantageous." ”
At this moment, the cronies just now came over and said, "Please come in, Lord Kuyimu wants to meet you." ”
Shao Nian and Lian Xin glanced at each other, "I'll just talk more, if I won't, I'll take her to see it together." ”
Lian Xin nodded when she heard this, and took Mi Li's hand: "Come, let's take a look at the adult's negotiation with everyone." ”
In this way, Shao Nian and Sanqi sat down on the chairs adjacent to the desks in the room, while Lian Xin, Xue Yu, and Mi Li sat down next to the reception table in the same room not far away.
After taking a seat, an official dressed in civilian clothes, who was close to the mandate of heaven but full of vitality, sat down in front of Shao Nian and Sanqi.
"Huh?" Lian Xin was secretly surprised, "Three ...... Will you negotiate?"
Xue Yu shook his head, "I don't feel like he will." But...... His modding abilities are very strong. ”
Soon Lian Xin understood why Sanqi was sitting there. The official named Kuyimu glanced at Shao Nian and Sanqi kindly, and then smiled and said to Sanqi: "I don't know, but you want to talk to me?"
Shao Nian was not annoyed when he heard this, "You are very keen. ”
Kuyimu hinted by only speaking to Sanqi that he didn't feel the mod fluctuations on Shao Nian's body, but felt the mountain-like mod reaction from Sanqi's body. It's asking, it's questioning.
When the official heard Shao Nian's response, he was satisfied and said that the young man was not angry. Then he smiled, "False praise, false praise." Dare to ask......
Shao Nian patted Sanqi on the shoulder, "A strong warrior will soon be able to find an opponent. ”
This doesn't need much explanation. The official quickly said, "How long will it take you?"
Shao Nian adjusted his sitting posture more comfortably, and the three of them still didn't say a word and didn't move.
Kuyimu frowned, he was at a disadvantage in this negotiation, because it didn't matter if the other party wanted to find his son or not, but his son was his closest flesh and blood to him, and the other party did not necessarily need to win the negotiation.
But...... Since there is no bounty to choose......
Kuyimu, the head of the city's commercial department, glanced at the ceramic sword on Shao Nian's waist, and soon he realized something.
"Did you show it to me?" he sighed, "What do you want, porcelain swordman?"
Shao Nian knocked on the table, "It has something to do with your authority." ”
Kuyimu narrowed his eyes, "I know that the Porcelain Sword Man's merchandise is loved by everyone, and the ingenuity and finesse of the craftsmanship are almost unmatched. But I don't think I can betray His Majesty for the sake of my family. ”
Shao Nian waved his index finger, "Not really." I'm just wondering, on a macro level, the trade situation in this city. I'd like to take a look at your double-entry ledgers. ”
There was silence in the room, Kuyimu frowned and pondered, while Shao Nian added: "I only need it within a month." ”
"Okay, deal. The official raised his head and looked directly at Shao Nian, "But I'll only give you three days, and after three days, we will only have to follow the bounty process." If you take the benefits, you must always show some efficiency. ”
The black-haired young man snapped his fingers, and Shao Nian and Sanqi left their seats and walked out of the room with everyone. "Can you really find it?" Lian Xin said worriedly, "Just a few of us?"
Shao Nian took out an instrument, "Oh, you don't need people, you can use this little cutie." ”
A ripple invisible to the naked eye swept across the city, and dense data appeared on the screen of the instrument.
Shao Nian stared at the screen and said: "The old man's house just now is actually in the gathering area of the powerful in the city, and the bodies of the three unlucky people who died are also placed in their home, probably waiting for someone to sew him up and bury him...... The three had just told me that they didn't feel any scars from the mods on their corpses. ”
Lian Xin was stunned when she heard this, "Three incidents...... Is it a humanoid radar?"
"Thank you, teacher, for the compliment!"
"And then hack them to death, it's probably the stalkers. Since this person doesn't use mods, he can unload people into eight pieces......"
Shao Nian swiped the screen, "Then this person must be infinitely powerful...... Or ......"
"It uses a scientific weapon that doesn't rely on mods. ”
The street on the screen is gradually zoomed in, and a flickering red dot flashes in the center of the screen.
Shao Nian smiled more satisfied, "Anyway, I'm betting that this person is using a science fiction weapon...... Yo, did you really let me touch the prize? I'll take a look......."
Then Shao Nian's face changed, and he yelled at Sanqi, "Protect everyone!"
The red carapace surged up like a tide, and the wave-like shield quickly wrapped the people behind the three people, and the guy whose head was the sun was scarlet ripples all over his body, and the golden color of his head instantly turned into a blood-red reflection!
Then Scarlet burst out, and three lunges punched, slamming into the speeding ...... Rail bullets!
Rumble!
The three of them fell back slightly, and the bullet was smashed into pieces of iron, and the huge impact met the extremely strong inch fist, and it had to choose to destroy itself to cushion the huge force.
On the other side, a laser went straight to Shao Nian's brain! There was no chance to hide!
"It's good to listen to Mark's words and wear this thing......"
A turquoise hexagon appeared next to Shao Nian's head, and the swirling geometry offset the scorching laser. The black-haired man quickly unloaded his rifle and shot it at the source of the attack!
"This guy...... It's all sci-fi gear!"
The figure in the distance dodged the bullet sideways, but the bullet was inflicted with a mysterious mod, and it actually turned a big corner and fired at the figure again!
The attacker looked at the bullet coldly, and a cold light flashed on his waist, and Shao Nian's bullet was directly split in half, turning into a metal fluid in the air and falling.
"Okay, retreat," Shao Nian beckoned everyone to leave, "Don't fight, don't fight, we still have to rely on this person to find the mission target!"
"You're thinking about picking up the leak!" Lian Xin complained.