39 Workers in special trades
"Take more glass marbles, they seem to think it's worth a lot."
"Hmm." Wu Xiaoqing said and stuffed an extra handful into his clothes pocket, and stuffed the rest of the entire plastic bag to Shen Changwen, he didn't have his own armor, he brought more glass marbles, and he could save his life at a critical time.
After the preparations were completed, the two of them bravely walked towards the city gate.
There were very few people entering the city, but the checks were strict, because they had heard of religious wars before, and both sides were on guard against spies sent by the other side. So very few people still have to wait in line at the city gate for inspection.
They saw soldiers inspecting a cart of ore brought into the city, and the cargo was fine, but the interrogation of people was strict.
The search and rescue team's linguistic analysis can only analyze 30 percent of the words now, but these are scary enough, the soldiers glared and asked the businessman at the head: "XXXXX two suns, which one are you XXXXX?" β
The merchant immediately pointed to the sun in the sky and said, "The little sun is XXXX, the big sun XXX demon." β
The soldiers were noncommittal about his attitude, but soon found out a big suspicion from the banner of his ox cart: "Then you XXXXXX, say XXXXX spy?!" β
"It's the other way around, it's the other way around." The merchant hurriedly took down the flag carefully, turned it over, and put it back in its place. Wu Xiaoqing paid attention to the flag, which looked like a gourd, small on the top and large on the bottom, consisting of two simple circles.
Then the merchant took out a round, copperplate-like thing from his clothes, and stuffed it into the hand of the inspecting soldier, who laughed and let him go.
Seeing this, Wu Xiaoqing hurriedly took out a prepared artificial ruby from his clothes pocket and stuffed it into his palm for later use.
There were about a dozen people in front of them, and after looking at the four people in front of them, Wu Xiaoqing had already understood a little, and it seemed that as long as he stuffed something into the soldier's hands, the speed of the inspection would be very fast. Secondly, if it is transporting goods, the speed will be slightly faster. The most troublesome are the poor.
It is always the poor who are in trouble.
"What are you doing in the city?"
"Pray."
"XXXX prayer outside the city." Denial of entry.
"Buying something."
"Where's the money?"
"This money XXXXXXXXXX, go home XXX." Denial of entry.
"You're a farmer? I'm so familiar with XXX? β
The soldiers whispered handover, and then pressed the guy: "XXX thief!" β
Just as it was about to be their turn, a group of people on horseback came from behind them, a total of 14 people. Apparently their position was transcendent, and the soldiers in charge of the inspection, instead of checking, took the initiative to drive the crowd out of the way, and behind these knights was a convoy of seven or eight oxen.
The convoy was followed by three knights, different from the previous ones, these three knights were all wearing armor, and one of them also had armor on his horse, and when they passed by Wu Xiaoqing, the three knights stopped.
Then they shouted to the soldiers defending the city: "XXXX, come here!" β
Wu Xiaoqing and Shen Changwen were a little nervous, and one of Shen Changwen's hands had already touched the pistol holster.
After the soldiers came, the knight pointed at Wu Xiaoqing and shouted to him: "XXX a knight, XXX is waiting here?" Take them into town! β
Both of them were pleasantly surprised, this armor was really worth it. Shen Changwen has already planned that the next time he returns to Earth, he must buy such a suit, and no matter how heavy it is, he has to wear it on his body.
Then the knight nodded lightly at Wu Xiaoqing, counted as a gesture, and entered the city in front of them.
Wu Xiaoqing subconsciously paid attention to this knight's horse, which was very different from the earth - their horse had a horn on the top of its head, like the kind of unicorn in the story and legend. Moreover, there is blood on the horns. On the side of the horse facing Wu Xiaoqing, a lot of splatters of blood could also be seen.
When the soldier came to take them into the city, he said to Wu Xiaoqing again: "XXXXX lucky, Lord XXX." β
The name of this lord had been heard by the search and rescue team before, that is, when they inquired about the city, the others mentioned it - that is, the one they had just seen was the owner of the city.
Anyway, they finally made it to the city.
It's time to buy, buy, buy, buy, they brought so much "money", aren't they just waiting for this moment!
Buy horses in the east market, and saddle sheath in the west market...... Wait, what's this slimy thing under your feet?
It's like mud, but it smells worse than mud; It's like feces, but it's bigger than feces.
"Oh, it's cow dung," Shen Changwen glanced at, "like me, walk along the side of the road, dry on the side of the road, there is no drainage ditch on this road." β
Wu Xiaoqing looked at it and was stunned by the fertile land in front of himβthe streets were full of piles of cow dung and horse manure, and there were many small puddles in the middle of these dung heaps, and many small flying insects were flying around these puddles with vigor - a vibrant scene.
But it seemed to be a street, and the main street of the city, for the noble owner of the city, the lord of virtue, was carrying his mount carefully in the fertile soil for a place to put his foot.
Suddenly, on Shen Changwen's head, a wooden window was pushed out, and then, with a sound: "XXX", a large lump of things poured down on Shen Changwen's side.
It is very fresh and rich, and it is definitely not unfamiliar with the taste.
It also added nourishment to this land again.
Shen Changwen spit it out directly, and Wu Xiaoqing closed his eyes in painβhe was a little overwhelmed.
Wu Xiaoqing originally thought that he might be the most sloppy person in the world, and almost everyone who entered their house had to praise Wu Xiaoqing's "informality", but I have to admit that the current Wu Xiaoqing can say without blushing and heartbeat: "Actually, I still love cleanliness." β
The two struggled to move forward in the road of and pee, and according to the search and rescue team's knowledge of the existing text, they found a hotel in the city with great difficulty.
"You can order food downstairs, you can stay upstairs for 17XX per day, sir."
"17 What?" Wu Xiaoqing wasn't quite sure how they should pay, so he tentatively took out a glass bead from his pocket and said to the boss, "Is this okay?" β
The boss's eyes immediately enlarged, and then he looked at Wu Xiaoqing's armor, as well as the sword and shield, and cautiously pointed to a building opposite for Wu Xiaoqing.
Through his glasses, Wu Xiaoqing saw that the words on the building were "XXXXX Family Bank".
According to the division of labor agreed with Shen Changwen before, Shen Changwen is responsible for this part of the work of dealing with the natives, and Wu Xiaoqing is responsible for taking care of the materials in the hotel. In order to prevent accidents, Wu Xiaoqing took off his armor and put it on for Shen Changwen - the reaction of the innkeeper made them realize that these things they were carrying could be unimaginably huge amounts of money for people in this era.
Shen Changwen didn't dare to bring more, but just took 20 glass marbles and 3 artificial gemstones of different colors, red, blue, and green.
Wu Xiaoqing was in the hotel and began to help the search and rescue team do spy work.
He installed a small bugging device in the lobby - not really to eavesdrop on any specific information, but to collect enough language samples. The language problem is now their most critical and urgent need to solve.
After doing it, Wu Xiaoqing went back to the room they had set, and as soon as he sat down, someone knocked on the door again, it was a woman, well, not counting, a little girl dressed as a woman.
As soon as the woman spoke, in her glasses, there was an additional standard of explanation on her head: a prostitute.
Wu Xiaoqing had also seen the red light district on earth, so he took a second look, but he really couldn't find the slightest feminine feeling from this skinny child who looked like he was only a teenager.
Wu Xiaoqing wanted to get rid of this woman, waved at her, and tried to get her out of the room. But the woman was unwilling to give up his big customer, constantly talking in front of him, and even took off her clothes directly on the bed. The search and rescue team continued to help him translate through letters.
"The price is negotiable, only 5 yuan, only 5 yuan."
The girl is almost done, but instead of being sexy, it feels scary. The ribs on the body are clearly visible and clearly not yet developed...... Wu Xiaoqing could only go outside the room by himself, planning to find the boss.
At this time, the girl chased after him in a panic and begged him for mercy: "Don't tell the boss, I'll leave now, I'll leave." β
With that, she went to her room again to clean up the clothes she had just taken off.
After dressing, she shook her body to tap the door of another tenant on the side, and the other party rejected her like Wu Xiaoqing, she turned her head and looked at Wu Xiaoqing, who was looking at him, and was almost about to cry.
Wu Xiaoqing was a little unbearable, walked a few steps over, thought for a while, took out a glass bead from her body, and put it in the palm of her hand.
The girl's eyes were bigger than glass beads.
At this time, Shen Changwen came back, still holding a large cloth bag in his hand, and when he walked upstairs quickly, there was a pleasant metal impact sound in this cloth bag.
Shen Changwen called Wu Xiaoqing into the room, and then directly opened the cloth bag: inside was a whole bag of gold and silver, irregular metal blocks, and two circles were printed on the front of the metal blocks, just like they had seen in the caravan before. On the edge of the circle, there is an upward arrow - this arrow is presumably used to refer to the correct orientation, that is, the small circle must be on it.
The search and rescue team now knows that this is a representative of the Little Yang Sect, and they believe that the little sun represents justice.
"How much is this money, converted into the yuan that the boss said?"
β2800γβ Shen Changwen took out a silver coin and told Wu Xiaoqing, "This one, the silver is 50 yuan." Gold is 400. β
"The rent for a month is almost 600 yuan...... A gold coin and a half? Doesn't it mean that gold is valuable? β
"The place we live in now is considered a luxury suite," Shen Changwen pointed to the dirty quilts and pillows on the bed, "The bank people said, these are velvet, and the whole room has been blessed by the priest." β
"How much does that horse cost?" Wu Xiaoqing was still most concerned about this, after all, he was going to go out to buy a horse immediately, and then go on a mission.
Shen Changwen counted out three gold coins and handed them to Wu Xiaoqing: "This is enough to buy an ordinary horse, and a better war horse may need 12 or more." I asked at the bank, and a marble, or a pearl, is worth about 7 gold coins, and the pearl is a little more expensive. β
Then Shen Changwen carefully put the marbles and gems he had brought out back into his bag. Wu Xiaoqing paid attention to the number and said in surprise: "How many things did you exchange for these things?" β
"A glass bead," Shen Changwen said, "the bank said there was no cash...... They should be lying, and they probably want to determine the price of this thing. β
Wu Xiaoqing remembered the glass beads he had just given away, and he seemed to have given away two horses casually?