Chapter 21: Wine is like gold

While William was immersed in learning swords in the Ichishin Dojo, things in the outside world were still running as usual, and they didn't stop because of his low profile.

The East China Sea, Kalmar, the capital of the kingdom of Navia, is already a sea of revelry.

The first time to Kalmar travelers, the president of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce, Sassarian, was a little confused about this, the streets, alleys, in front of the store, and even in front of the house, there were locals with wine bottles everywhere, drunk and dreaming, many people even walked on the street with all kinds of wine, and when they met people, they stuffed into each other's arms, and shouted: "The last carnival, man!"

Sassarian, who was walking on the road, was also stuffed with a bottle of gin, although the name of the Chamber of Commerce was not very subtle, but as the president, Sasarian was a kind-looking, quite cultured middle-aged man, he wanted to pay, but was directly rejected by the other party, and then left drunk.

A drunk man pushing a stroller walked past him, he subconsciously swept it, and found that it was all wine, Sasarian didn't have time to be surprised, but the intersection became lively again, a group of people carried a wooden coffin with various wreaths, and approached the street with a smile, a large exaggerated wine bottle was solemnly placed in the wooden coffin, and there was a line of small words on the wreath:

Go all the way.

……

The dwellings of the nobles of Kalmar were much quieter than those of the commoners, and in contrast to the noisy streets, a group of men and women of either rich and noble status were preparing to listen to a speech in a palatial hall.

A thin old man slowly walked up to the podium, he was wearing a well-cut black tuxedo, his gray hair was meticulously tucked behind his head, and his mustache was neatly trimmed and smooth, which made this old man who had walked most of his life in good spirits.

"Gentlemen and ladies. ”

"Many years ago, in this city, there was a happy old man. He once considered himself the luckiest man in the world, because he had a harmonious family, a pair of filial children, and nothing could be more comforting to a man whose temples were graying. ”

Until one day, he heard bad news...... ," the old man paused, blinked, as if unbearable, and then continued, "his little daughter, who was pure like an angel in his memory, was killed. ”

There was an exaggerated shout from the audience, the old man ignored it, and continued: "The murderer is a drunk, a sailor from the dock, the old man is in pain, he vows to seek justice for his daughter and severely punish the murderer, but when he sees the ordinary person who regrets the incident, the old man who is standing on the podium today, he can't help but think of a question - is the murderer really only this sailor?"

The old man's tone became stern: "No! The murderer still has wine! This drink is the companion of the robber, the friend of the **, they anesthetize people's brains, and easily break away the moral embankment that people build when they are reasonable, and the more widely they spread, the more immoral they are." ”

"How many families have been separated from their wives because of the male master's alcoholism, and how many common children have had unfortunate childhoods and finally choose to become pirates! With a group of scum drunks on the sea!" The old man raised the juice in his hand in the direction of the palace, "Fortunately, we have a holy king, who loves his country, cares about his people, and does not want his people to be poisoned by alcohol, and finally agrees to prohibiting alcohol in three days, and our country will finally be free from this chronic poison!"

The audience, whether sincere or not, stood up and applauded vigorously, not because of the number of speeches, of course, but because of the extraordinary status of the old man on the stage, he was the Chancellor of the Kingdom of Navia, the head of the long-standing Buendia family, Count Alcatio.

Alcatio smiled and stepped off the podium, and his son Aureliano greeted him and asked in a low voice that only two people could hear, "How is it possible that the lowly sailors on the docks have access to Remedès?"

Alcatio glanced at him, "Don't let authenticity ruin a good story, silly boy, if you have time to revolve around women, why don't you give me some contact with the families of other ministers." ”

"Wine is like gold, and I am not the only one who can see this!"

……

There are two villages on the island where William is now, one is the Frost Moon Village, which is close to the Yixin Dao Place, and the other is the Red Leaf Village, where Edmund originally lived.

Forests and hills block the road between the two villages, and the awkward distance of not far and not too close makes Haimao seem a waste of time, and until now, no one in the two villages has thought of working together to build a road.

In the woods outside Frostmoon Village, Edmund was biting his nails, looking intently at a book called "Travels to the Glass Bead Island", which he didn't know how many times he had flipped through it, and even had raw edges, and the cover was a little tattered.

William already knew that this was a novel written by Edmund's father before, and there was also a copy of "Monster Island Horror", which was forced to be printed by the publishing house with a knife, so it was a unique book, William had also read it, and felt that it was more like children's literature, "The Journey to Glass Bead Island" He could still read it, but the content of "Beast Island Horror" was too bizarre in his eyes, so he would be skeptical of the story.

But in the end, it was a novel written by his father, and it was rare for Edmund, who was over eighteen years old, to read it so many times and still read it with relish.

Of course, what is even more outrageous is that Wallon also likes to watch it, and at this time he stretches his neck behind Edmund, pokes his big bald head from the other party's shoulder, and reads the novel intently.

The three of them waited a little longer, and then they heard someone outside the woods talking and approaching, and Edmund tried to put away the novel, but was picked up by Wallon, and he continued to read it by himself.

William listened intently, and could vaguely hear one person shouting something and the other responding resignedly.

The owner of the voice came out of the woods shortly afterwards and fell into the sight of the trio.

There were three people who came, and they were all young people in appearance, the leader was about twenty-three or fourteen years old, with black curly hair messily attached to his head, not too tall, but his body was strong, the bags under his eyes were a little puffy, with slight dark circles, a striking big eagle hooked nose hung on his face, the bridge of his nose that should look straight seemed to have been broken, some distorted, a slanted scar crossed his left eye, and his eyebrows were divided into two sections, which made the corner of his left eye always habitually twitch, and the corners of his mouth were always habitually pulled down, looking like an unruly person。

Behind Scarface is also two strong men who look like his subordinates, one also has slightly curly black hair, short and strong, with a nose facing the sky, small eyes, and a slightly chubby body, but it looks very strong.

The other man was tall, with long neat black hair, which was very sassy and waxed, shining in the sun, but compared to his two unattractive companions, his facial features were upright, and he looked quite handsome.

The Scarface man seemed to be very dissatisfied with the tall handsome men, and scolded and reprimanded him until he came to William and the others.

"Tony," Edmund said first, grinning at the scarface man named Tony, "Why did Manny you off again?"

Tony, the scarface man, glared at the tall Manny, and then said to Edmund: "This guy loves to smell and be beautiful, and he goes out to wax it, which wastes a lot of time, and makes me late." ”

"We didn't have to wait long. William smiled.

Tony looked at William this time, his gaze swept over the knife at his waist, and then he naturally flirted with the hem of his shirt, and crossed his hands on his hips, revealing a flintlock pistol at his waist.

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(Everyone on Rare Beast Island should know that where the unlucky box man is, there are many strange-shaped animals on the island.) Glass Beads/Mirabol Island, in the title page story of the original book, the Black Cat Pirates, who are good at hypnosis, went there and danced awkwardly with "Iron Fist" Hopodi, and the two met friends with dance. In the end, they couldn't help but feel sorry for each other, and later joined the navy together. On the other hand, the main store of the popular clothing brand "DOSKOIPANDA" is also located here, and the price of this brand clothing is expensive, and a T-shirt costs 10,000 Baileys. Judging by both the grand dance competitions and the headquarters of popular brands, the island should be very prosperous. ）

(I'm going to do something next week.,The details will be notified later.,In addition, a more chapter will be added at twelve o'clock tonight.") ）