Chapter 4 Recruitment
Qian took Bai Xiaofei and Zitang out of the Mercenary Guild and came to the mercenary house next to it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoMercenary's House is a hotel affiliated with the Mercenary Guild. It is generally one of the most luxurious buildings in the city. The Mercenary House in Aurora is the tallest building in the city, with six floors. You need to stay in different rooms according to the mercenary level of the occupants, and the price varies depending on the room.
Li is a high-ranking mercenary, and he has managed the suite on the fifth floor. Bai Xiaofei politely refused Qian's accompaniment, and rested in the room with Zitang.
Bai Xiaofei looked at the suite, which had three rooms and a living room. Each room has its own sanitary facilities. The bed was soft and covered with a fine silk quilt. There is a window in the room, which is made of ordinary glass. Looking out the window, you can see most of the Dawning City. The most extravagant decoration in the room is a magic crystal lamp without magic crystals, and there is a kerosene lamp next to it. Other than that, there is not a trace of a technological item.
"Mom, you seem to be very powerful." Bai Xiaofei said to Zitang.
Zitang replied with a smile: "Li is one of the three famous mercenary kings, and he is also the permanent director of the mercenary association. Although he is a loner, he is sure that many people will sell him face. The energy of high-level mercenaries is very large, and the children of nobles in various countries compete for mercenaries, but there are very few people who can become high-level mercenaries. ”
"Mom, can we be separated like this?" Bai Xiaofei said worriedly.
Zitang sat down beside Bai Xiaofei and asked, "Didn't you get along well in the forest before?" Why do you think that now? ”
Bai Xiaofei pointed to the room and said, "In the forest, we get along with each other on an equal footing, but as soon as I arrived in the city, I clearly felt the difference. The cost of this room is estimated to be more expensive than the gold coins we have on us. ”
Zitang looked at Bai Xiaofei with satisfaction and smiled: "Yu'er, I've really grown up." Girls should have self-esteem, self-love, and self-improvement, and if they are attached to men, they will gradually lose themselves. But you can't distinguish too clearly, that would make you look unconfident. These are not big things to Li, we just show our sincerity. ”
Bai Xiaofei nodded: "Listen to my mother." Mom, let's go out for a walk, I want to see what's good to eat nearby. ”
"No wonder you always say you're a foodie." Zitang scolded with a smile.
Zitang took Bai Xiaofei downstairs, and made Bai Xiaofei feel very happy about the first real contact with this world, ignoring the eyes of the mercenaries who came down all the way.
Walking out of the mercenary's house, Bai Xiaofei clearly saw the envious eyes of the pedestrians on the road. Bai Xiaofei couldn't understand why so many people thought that the dangerous position of mercenary was very good?
The two people who didn't know the road followed the direction of the crowd, and the people came and went along the way. Next to the road are rows of two-story shops built of bricks and stones, jewelry stores, clothing stores, weapon shops, Bai Xiaofei even saw the shop that marked the Fengyu Building specializing in buying and selling information, and he couldn't tell that this was a backward border city in the Xia Kingdom. However, these shops were all aristocrats wearing long robes and long skirts coming in and out, and Bai Xiaofei dismissed the idea of entering.
After walking more than two hundred meters, I saw the City Lord's Mansion, which was indescribably shabby compared to the mercenaries. Except for the two-storey main building, which is built of brick and stone, the rest of the buildings are actually made of timber only. Not even the shops on the side of the road just now.
Zitang nodded: "No wonder the civilians of the Xia Kingdom are willing to come to this border city, call this Dawn City, this city lord is indeed good." ”
Bai Xiaofei asked suspiciously: "Mom, you haven't seen the city lord, how do you know how he is good?" ”
Zitang replied with a smile: "Generally, the closer the town is to the capital, the more prosperous it is, and the towns on the border are generally depressed. But if you look at it here, it's different. In general, the best building in the town, except for the mercenaries, will always be the city lord's mansion, but the city lord's mansion here is not luxurious at all. ”
Zitang continued: "A year and a half ago, the Xia Kingdom starved to death by famine and killed millions of people, it was this city lord who led the civilians to resist, and finally under the coordination of many parties, the Xia Kingdom set aside the most remote places to establish an independent and autonomous Dawn City, and a city can be built so well in a year and a half, this city lord is really a generation of heroes. ”
Mom, if you saw the construction speed of the demons, you wouldn't say that. Bai Xiaofei was a little unimpressed. Whether it is Linyun County or the Demon Clan, it is more prosperous than here.
Walking past the City Lord's Mansion, there is a different scene in front of you. Zitang leaned into Bai Xiaofei's ear and said, "It depends on whether a city is prosperous or not, not on the main road. Because the main roads are all nobles' places, the nobles' territory is always very decent. The common people's bazaar is the level of development that reflects a city. You see that the bazaars here are rich in supplies, and the civilians are neatly dressed and safe. This city lord is really good. Zitang praised again.
Bai Xiaofei came to the market for the first time when he was so old, and he dragged Zitang around with great interest. Zitang, who had traveled around with Xi Qizhe, was also well-informed, and kept introducing Bai Xiaofei to Bai Xiaofei on the side.
Civilians wore different clothes, but all the clothes were designed to save fabric. There are those who are bare-chested and only wear large trousers, and there are also close-fitting long coats and trousers. The girls' clothes are very cool, with an open waist, an open back, and a career line, and the openness of the clothes is no less than that of the previous life. Wearing a pale green shirt and trousers, he looks a little different.
Zitang explained: "Except for those who are talented, ordinary girls can only rely on finding a capable husband to get out of the predicament of life. If you are favored by the nobles and marry home, you can even take your own family to go further. Therefore, girls care most about their appearance and clothing, which is the root of their turnover. Even the color of their clothes was collected from the forest and dyed with different flower juices. ”
Bai Xiaofei suddenly realized, no wonder everyone was dressed up beautifully, and he thought that the living conditions of the civilians here were very good.
Zitang smiled and said to Bai Xiaofei: "Yu'er is very beautiful, but she is a little chubby, and her skin is tanned. Yu'er must be a big beauty. ”
Before Bai Xiaofei could speak, a female voice next to her said in a mocking tone: "It looks like a mutated black pig and is embarrassed to say that it is beautiful, thinking that men's eyes are blind?" ”
Bai Xiaofei turned around and saw a fairly handsome girl standing beside her, her clothes sticking to her body to reveal her charming curves. Bai Xiaofei raised his eyebrows, is this jealousy of me?
Zitang heard others say this, and her daughter wanted to come forward to theorize, Bai Xiaofei grabbed her: "Mom, don't disturb our good mood of shopping." To be jealous is to admit that you are inferior, which means that your daughter is really beautiful. After speaking, he pulled Zitang into the jewelry store.
As soon as Bai Xiaofei walked into the jewelry store, he fell in love with one of the silver bracelets. This silver bracelet is hollowed out, which is simple, but it fits perfectly on the wooden bracelet on the wrist. Inside the wooden bracelet on the wrist was a delicate lock bracelet, and in order to hide people's eyes, Bai Xiaofei found vines to wrap around it. If you match this hollow silver bracelet, it will definitely look better.
"Mom, I'm going to buy this!" Bai Xiaofei couldn't put it down with the silver bracelet.
Zitang didn't even pay the price happily, and two gold coins were the profit of this small jewelry store for several days. The shopkeeper happily made a big deal and kindly reminded, "This girl should leave quickly." Today, the City Lord's Mansion is recruiting maids here, and it is secretly surrounded by people with some forces. The girls who were a little more attractive were threatened and gone. ”
"It's just a maid, and you have to play tricks even with this?" Bai Xiaofei was very surprised when he heard this.
The shopkeeper frowned and said, "The city lord is not married yet." ”
Zitang thanked the store and pulled Bai Xiaofei away. "Yu'er, let's go back first, maybe Lili is waiting for us."
"Mom, I don't want to be a maid for your daughter, what are we afraid of?" Bai Xiaofei was puzzled.
"We're new to the road, and if we can avoid trouble, we can avoid it, and more things are better than less. We'll come back tomorrow. Zitang quickly pulled Bai Xiaofei away.
Before they could walk out of the bazaar, five burly men blocked the intersection.
(To be continued.) )