Chapter 147: Arrive at Cangliu City
At noon the next day, the walls of Cangliu City finally appeared in the field of vision of the group.
Due to its proximity to the city-state, the roads were also much more lively, and in addition to horse-drawn carriages and ordinary pedestrians, there were also vendors shouting and shouting as they walked;
"Hmm...... At first glance, you can feel the difference between this place and the steel and wood castle. Orange Wind frowned and sighed, "Even the style of the city wall is completely different......
Compared with the steel and wood city, the scale of Cangliu City is two points larger, but it is far less regular than the former - the reason is naturally that the nobles have no corresponding rights, and even if they want to rectify it, they can't do anything;
The most conspicuous thing is naturally the city wall, which looks almost half shorter than the steel and wood city side, anyway, the main target of the defense is the monster rather than the enemy, so the height is naturally more arbitrary.
There are also many fewer soldiers stationed on it, and more are quite imposing defensive weapons, giant crossbows, trebuchets, etc., which can be said to be very effective against monsters with poor IQs.
The village also looks much more chaotic and not very large at all - due to the infestation of demonic beasts, the scale of the farmland is also quite limited, and food needs to be purchased from the surrounding cities;
This is well confirmed by the grain wagons passing by the group.
"Speaking of which, no one would want to take this kind of place...... Orange Wind's gaze moved to the forest not far away, where a large and large demon wolf was taking a nap;
Judging from the reactions of other passers-by, it should be commonplace for this situation.
"Let's go straight into the city......," Eddie felt that there was not much investigative value in the village, and that there might not be pedestrians on the main road for a long time, not because it was uninhabited, but because the owner had all gone hunting......
In contrast, the customs here are also a little more fierce.
Arriving near Cangliu Village, Add noticed that most of the people here had to carry some weapons, that most of the men had one hand, and that the women were not far behind, and that the children in the carriages were holding wooden weapons as toys, and even the old women would choose to wear a short sword......
Even if you are not an adventurer, under the "edification" of so many adventurers, you will be dyed with a bit of breath.
After passing through the gate with considerable ease, Add knew it was time for him to start his investigation in the city;
I've bought a map of this place from Steelwood City before, but it's obviously not careful enough - even the size of the eleven guilds isn't fully marked, but the three largest guilds are still clearly written.
The closest to the West Gate where Add entered was a guild called "Cyan Ancient Tree", whose leader was a silver-rank mountain cedar, and a little further north was the territory of a silver-ranked adventurer known as "Stubborn Stone", and the guild was called "Giant Axe".
The two guilds each co-opted a bunch of smaller guilds to compete for dominance in the more lively western city - of course, if anything, there would be only one of these two guilds left.
Add was more interested in the Great Guild on the east side.
It was the only large guild on the entire eastern side, close to a water source, and although the population was relatively small, it was no less important than the western one, because the eastern side of the city was the Cangliu River;
Although the name is Cangliu River, the upper and lower reaches of this river are still very suitable for navigation during the non-flood season;
Normally, more than seventy percent of the grain would be transported to the city through this side - in addition to the grain, there was also a large amount of magical materials that had to be transported down the river;
The large-scale guild "Blazing Flame" located on the east side is the controller of the entire eastern city;
Being able to hold such an important power, its guild leader "Fire Phoenix" is naturally not an ordinary person;
The situation obtained from the Steel and Wood City is quite mixed, and there are only two points that can be confirmed, although the Fire Phoenix is a silver rank, it is undoubtedly the strongest in the entire city...... She has more than one record of fighting with Stubborn Stone and Mountain Cedar;
Eddie was curious about this and asked a few more questions - the result was that the difference between these records was only the time the two leaders supported and the number of days in bed rest......
Each time it was a landslide victory.
The second point is about the person of Huofeng...... Add had only heard of a woman who had taken the guild leader for more than a year and had succeeded in suppressing all those in the city who were not convinced.
Naturally, the investigation is to be investigated, but the method still needs to be considered.
The group bought a map at a grocery store near the city gate and walked into a tavern.
It was already afternoon—I guess it would be dark by the time I finished eating.
"Yo, what's the matter?" When the shopkeeper saw the group walking in with the stars holding the moon, he realized that Eddie was a big customer;
Will you just open your mouth, and all the dishes will be the same? Will there be a little reward if you serve it well? This is a fresh face......
Actually, Eddie wanted to get five pieces of brown bread and a bowl of vegetable soup for each person...... Isn't it nutritious to have vegetables? You can't eat meat all the time, right......
However, given the purpose of the operation, Add ordered some of the dishes - all of them, of course, which were more time-consuming.
The shopkeeper was obviously a little disappointed, but this still did not prevent him from serving the guests with his heart, "Hello, please!
It's really a little different from the one in the steel and wood city...... Add looked at the tavern slightly, the people here were almost all like this, even the wine bowl was obviously one size bigger than Steelwood City.
Whew, and then it's the right thing to do.
Add beckoned the four of them to sit down by the window, and then began to pretend to look around - of course, the most important thing was to make sure what the people around them were saying and get as much information as possible.
It's too reckless to go directly to the guild, and the three magic queens look like they can cause trouble one by one.,Considering that this operation is going to integrate the guild as the main goal.,It's best not to have the kind of thing that hit someone and ran away and finally killed it.。
Perhaps information is easier to obtain than you think. Add's eyes fell on the window, but his mind was on the two tables not far away, judging from the attire and speech, the people at these two tables were serious adventurers......
But not a guild's.
"Here comes the meal~"
Orange Wind is the most interested in eating, and Eddie is not on the food, and the other three are more or less reserved...... Well, that's fine, at least it looks more like the real thing.
There were only two young men at the nearest table, both of them from the Cyan Ancient Wood Guild, their faces full of energy, and they talked and laughed loudly without any scruples;
In contrast, the adventurers at the other table looked much quieter......
What intrigued Eddie even more was that they would glance at the two young men from time to time.