After Lin Shui finished carving the statue for his true god, although the incomparable carving talent of the artifact disappeared, this did not affect Lin Shui to use the remaining wood to build a box.

After all, the statue suddenly became one-twentieth of its original size, and a small wooden box was created to store it. And it's not too noticeable.

So, on this afternoon, this nameless fishing village along the coast welcomed a mysterious guest. The guest was wearing a piece of armor that looked cheap at first glance (Lin Shui's armor had not been decorated or patterned in the slightest, and there were many signs of wear), a long sword at his waist, and a wooden box with something unknown on his back. It looks very strange.

Therefore, as soon as Lin Shui walked into the small fishing village, no one in the fishing village, whether it was an adult or a child, dared to approach him.

The inhabitants of the fishing village avoided him, fearing that he, a man of unknown origin, would be a villain.

So after walking into the fishing village, in order not to cause misunderstanding, Lin Shui did not make any radical moves. At this point, he simply said in the Elven language that he had somehow learned: "I just want some food, water, and salt, which I can exchange for you." ”

With that, he groped for a piece of silver from his bosom.

But Lin Shui learned through the war early on, and the elves were also using gold and silver as currency. So he groped for a piece of silver from his bosom. And as a result, after seeing the piece of broken silver that he groped out of his arms, the eyes of the elf fishermen living in this small fishing village looked at Lin Shui and suddenly became different.

Because the location of this fishing village is so remote, it is difficult for the fishermen in the fishing village to see precious metals such as gold and silver on weekdays. Although they are close to the sea, some elven fishermen are also very good at fishing, but no matter how many sea fish they catch, they are very good at monetizing the sea fish.

In the end, it is not an industrial country under the civilization of science and technology, and there is no such a powerful logistics network and preservation technology. It is able to sell fresh marine fish from coastal areas to the interior thousands of kilometers away.

Nowadays, sea fish are at most salted fish that can be stored by elven fishermen. Then sell it to the market twenty or thirty kilometers away, or wait for the merchants to come and collect it.

But in this way, it will inevitably be lowered, so that a large basket of fish can not buy a few dollars. So don't look at Lin Shui at this time, he just took out a small piece of broken silver from his arms, but in the eyes of some elf fishermen, this is already an unimaginably huge amount of money.

Therefore, after being stunned for a moment, an elf man who was still quite strong stepped forward. This elf man also had black hair and turquoise eyes, he stepped forward at this time, and then said to Lin Shui: "This gentleman, come to my house." I have hot water, rice and warm beds at home that are enough to entertain you and make you have a comfortable night. ”

"No, sir. Don't listen to him, I have these things in my house, and my bed must be bigger than his. Come to my house, come to my house. ”

A man takes the initiative to stand up under the temptation of money, and immediately there is a second and a third.

This made them change their previous respect, and they all took the initiative to squeeze in front of Lin Shui. At this time, they were trying hard to sell the treatment they could give, all for the broken silver in Lin Shui's hand.

However, just as Lin Shui was about to make a choice for this, a middle-aged man with a gray beard and hair walked over, "Come to my house, stranger." ”

The middle-aged elf man just said this, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet. The fishermen in the fishing village are no longer fighting with each other at the moment, as if they have tacitly agreed to give up this opportunity to make money to the middle-aged man in front of them.

Lin Shui's eyes when he looked at the strange middle-aged man in front of him couldn't help but change slightly. But then the middle-aged man smiled and took the initiative to introduce himself: "My name is Barr, and I am the head of this village. ”

"Oh, hello, Mr. Chief. ”

Lin Shuidun showed a sudden expression of realization, and took the initiative to nod and say hello. The village chief smiled at this, and then walked to Lin Shui's side. And this move of the middle-aged village chief also caused all the people who had gathered around Lin Shui to disperse spontaneously.

Obviously, the middle-aged village chief named Barr is still very prestigious in this small fishing village today. And he himself was the most knowledgeable person in the small fishing village, and he also traveled to many places when he was young.

So he looked at Lin Shui, who was wearing armor and a long sword at his waist, and asked Lin Shui in a tone of affirmation, "You are a wandering samurai, right?"

"Heh, isn't that obvious. ”

Lin Shui heard the affirmation in the middle-aged village chief's words, but for the sake of safety, Lin Shui did not give a positive answer. But the more this happened, the more confident the middle-aged village chief became in his judgment.

Because the Wandering Samurai is not an honorable profession in the Elven Empire. The Elven Empire has a hereditary system, and as long as they have the ability to cast spells, the heirs of the mages are still mages.

Similarly, as long as there is no serious disability and the ability to use weapons and receive military training, the children of a samurai will still be samurai.

And in the Elven Empire, the samurai did not represent a profession, but a class. It's like a knighthood among nobles, but the samurai's title is the lowest among nobles.

But even so, the elven warriors in the Elven Empire still enjoy many privileges. For example, he can wear a sword, he can use cotton to make clothes, and he can use precious metals such as gold and silver to make jewelry.

Initially, these privileges separated the samurai from the commoners in the Elven Empire. Although they are also elves, they are two completely different classes. Samurai belong to the ruling class, while civilians who are not samurai and are not spellcasters belong to the ruled class.

But later, as more and more samurai were enshrined in the Elven Empire, the status of samurai could be hereditary. The gap between the samurai class and the common people became smaller and smaller.

Then, as time went on, a large number of bankrupt samurai naturally appeared in the samurai class. These people are often people who have lost their land and their source of livelihood.

Politically, though, these people still retain a noble status. But economically, they are inferior to ordinary people. So in order to survive, they had to wander around with ancestral armor and weapons.

To put it bluntly, it is to be a mercenary, selling force in exchange for his own source of livelihood. And this kind of person is uniformly called a wandering samurai in the outside world.

Right now, because of Lin Shui's dress. This middle-aged village chief named Barr turned Lin Shui into this kind of person.

So when Lin Shui returned home with him and handed him the piece of broken silver in his hand, he smiled and said, "It's just some ordinary food, water and a bed, and you don't need so much." ”

After all, he actually found some change for Lin Shui. Lin Shui couldn't help but think a little highly of the middle-aged village chief in front of him. But how did he know that the reason why the village chief in front of him did this was purely because of poor Lin Shui.

The village chief also traveled to the big cities when he was young, and saw many bankrupt wandering samurai. Although those people were samurai, some of them were not as good as poor fishermen. Most of them were hungry and full, and even more miserable they couldn't even eat, so they had to sell their ancestral armor and weapons.

The money from the sale of armor and weapons didn't keep them going for long. Soon the money ran out, and there was no other source of livelihood, and there were not a few wandering samurai who were forced to commit suicide in despair.

The identity of whoever calls the samurai is also a double-edged sword. As a member of the ruling circles of the Empire, the samurai enjoy a variety of privileges in the Elven Empire. However, there is a price to be paid for this.

For example, the samurai could not engage in "undignified work", which was clearly stipulated in the laws of the empire.

As a result, bankrupt wandering samurai could only live by selling force, and could not engage in other occupations at all. Shengsheng drove some wandering samurai to a dead end, and finally had to commit suicide. Because even if you don't kill yourself, you will starve to death.

Therefore, at this time, Lin Shui, the middle-aged elf village chief in front of him was more merciful. It's a pity that Lin Shui didn't know all this, so when he talked with the elf village chief in front of him, he first made up an elf name for himself, saying that his name was "Ailong". Then he asked the village chief, Barr, about the way to the city.

He felt that his plan could only be carried out smoothly in the big city. Because big cities are more dissatisfied with their lives than small fishing villages, there must be more people who are dissatisfied with their current lives.

Although he had never done missionary work, Lin Shui was very clear about one thing. That is, "Only people who are strongly dissatisfied with their current life will want to change their lives." ”

And who is dissatisfied with life? Naturally, it is the oppressed underclass.

Then, coincidentally, tomorrow, the village chief named Barr was going to take a few of his villagers to the city of Horus, thirty kilometers away. The city belonged to the Horus family, a well-known mage family in the northwestern frontiers of the Elven Empire.

It's just that the scale of this coastal city is not huge. Although the city is a coastal city, it does not have a unique port. Moreover, the area of the sea near the city is also covered with reefs, and it is impossible to navigate large ships.

For this reason, although the city of Horus is also a coastal city, the total population of the city is less than 20,000. And ninety out of five of them are native-born locals, and there are few outsiders.

So when Lin Shui followed the people from the fishing village to this city, Lin Shui found that the city was not suitable for him. Because the pace of life in the city is too slow, and the city is sparsely populated, and most of them are locals, there are not many dissatisfied people.

Living in this city, more people get by. Because most of the young people who yearn for a wonderful life in the outside world have left, and the remaining ones only hope that their comfortable life can be maintained forever and not be destroyed by external interference.

So after only three days in the city, Lin Shui left with a caravan.

And this time, he also inquired about the caravan in advance.

"We're going to a real big city, the city of a thousand sails – Lando. It was the largest and most populous city in the northeastern part of the empire. Anyway, it is said that there are more than 300,000 people living in Lando.

More than 300,000 people, what a concept! This samurai gentleman, can you imagine what it would be like for more than 300,000 people to gather together?"

The caravan owner said proudly. Because he was a native of Lando.

Therefore, after hearing the words of the caravan master, the corners of Lin Shui's mouth couldn't help but curl slightly. At this time, what he thought to himself was, "Of course I know labor and management, and I am not a hillbilly that I have never seen in the world." ”

But in terms of mouth, in order to maintain his current personality, he replied in a slightly restrained tone: "Sir, I have never been to Lando, it is really unimaginable. ”

"Ha, yes, no one who has ever been to Lando can't imagine it. But that's okay, you'll know when you get to Lando. The chubby caravan owner laughed. Then he couldn't help but brag about his city to Lin Shui.

Tell him how prosperous and great his city was.

In this regard, Lin Shuibian listened very carefully. Even if most of these words are worthless, they are pure nonsense. But in order to learn as much information as possible, Lin Shui doesn't mind letting himself listen to some useless nonsense.

Therefore, when he arrived in Lando with the caravan, he had some basic understanding of this great city in the Elven Empire.

So when he walked into the city, he immediately went in the direction of the slums in the city.

But he didn't expect that on his way to the slums, a notice on the city's roadside bulletin board couldn't help but attract his attention.

"Cautionary Order. The sea area west of Pompeii, which is more than 1,500 kilometers away, is dangerous, and ordinary merchant ships should not approach it. ”

Seeing this line of words on the notice, Lin Shui couldn't help laughing. As he guessed, in order to maintain social order, the Elven Empire took measures to conceal the wars that took place overseas.

Even the vast majority of the elven inhabitants had no idea that their Imperial army had just suffered a crushing defeat on a distant island.

"But sooner or later, these will be known, and I believe that even without me, the servants of God will continue to win on the battlefield. Sooner or later, they will kill the elven empire. Bring destruction to those who deserve to be destroyed and salvation to those who deserve to be saved. ”

Muttering like this, Lin Shui, who had a smile on the corner of his mouth, strode towards the slums in Lando City.

The Elven Empire is a high-class country, so don't look at the chubby caravan owner who was extremely proud of Lando, and even described the city as the most wonderful place in the world. But it's just a haven for the rich and powerful.

For the poor at the bottom, it's a filthy garbage grotto that can degenerate.