062 Accident
Although Fenghua Town is very beautiful, it is not an ancient town like Greenstone Village, it has only existed for a hundred years, and it is said that it was originally a border fortress within the jurisdiction of Xifeng County. Due to www.biquge.info the non-necessity of its topography, the military significance here has become smaller and smaller, so in the end, the military town was abandoned, and the remaining soldiers and civilians gradually lived here, becoming the current appearance of Fenghua Town.
Even so, the town of Fenghua in the south of the principality is still famous, not only because it was a beautiful place under the master's design, but also because of the abundance of green rice, which is the name of the staple food of the Free Continent, and along with it, there are many delicacies made from green rice, such as cakes, biscuits, and desserts.
So, if you're visiting Fenghua Town and need some travel guidance here, in addition to appreciating the charm of the mountain town itself, the locals will definitely tell you about the Wind Dance Square, Flower Basket Street and other places, and will definitely remind you not to miss the food, especially the rice food.
"Sparkling Stars" is one of the most recommended places.
It was already early afternoon, and Duan Qing and Mengzhu were sitting at a small table in the lobby of this hotel at this time, and they had just finished eating the signature dim sum here: Xinghua Cake.
It is said that the filling of this small round pastry is made from a specialty called Shaki Xinghua, which is a specialty near the town of Fenghua, and in addition to its high sugar content, it also has a unique fragrance that many diners will be enchanted with. There have been attempts to grow this flower in large quantities elsewhere without compromising the original flavor, but in the end they all ended in failure. And the only thing left to marvel at the properties of this exotic plant is to keep the crowd of people who come here in pursuit of this series of delicacies.
Duan Qing and the others weren't loyal fans of Xinghua Cake before, but after tasting it, it was hard to say, seeing that the two of them couldn't stand up with their stomachs in their hands, they knew that they had eaten a lot just now.
"Whew...... If...... We go out on adventures...... 's rations, too...... It's fine......" The little girl gasped and took one bite after another, and finally finished speaking.
"As long as you can afford ......" Duan Qing also didn't want to move, but at the same time, he was also a little distressed about his own funds - if he ate two more meals like this, he would have to be the same as in reality, with no input.
"By the way, do we still need to do business with the townspeople like Greenstone Village?" Mengzhu was obviously more worried about the team's funding than Duan Qing, so she immediately began to prepare.
"I heard that everyone in the town has a serious job, and if you go to someone else to change it, they may not give it to you......"
"What then?"
"Town Hall, Mage Council, Adventurer's Guild, and even Warrior's House...... In short, the time has come to need us, and such an organization generally has something to do for us, as long as we go to work, we should be able to support ourselves. ”
"I'm going to work again......"
How difficult it is to work in a strange world, not to mention that the free world simulates the normal way of living in a world very realistically, so players can no longer just receive tasks, fight monsters and drop things, and then live casually. Here, players need to show their social experience and skills in the real world, and fight among the aborigines of the free continent for a while, in order to achieve the most basic premise of those virtual games - to live.
Fortunately, it's nothing to die.
Not really dying is the biggest advantage of players, and in the world of swords and sorcery, everyone can easily have combat effectiveness, even if you are a person who does not know any skills, as long as you can pick up a weapon and rush up to cut monsters, then you can act as a combat force of an adventure group. Therefore, working in a free continent is, in the final analysis, better than in a real peacetime.
Well, I heard that some players also acted as bandits at the beginning, living by robbery all day long...... Later, he was sanctioned by the Alliance, and then slowly disappeared again.
"Well, but if we don't find something to do, we're going to be poor." Mengzhu touched the wallet on his waist, and the expression on his face was sadder than anyone else: "So let's go to the town hall earlier, maybe we will have a good job...... Hey, uncle, what are you looking at? ”
When she noticed Duan Qing, this man who always looked like an uncle who didn't care about it on weekdays, but at this time, he showed a lost and depressed appearance - at least in Mengzhu's eyes, that expression meant that.
She turned her head to look in the direction of Duan Qing's line of sight. A female player and a group of male players are sitting at a table by the window at the other end, as if they are also resting after eating. Looking at it from a distance, the female player seemed to be in good shape, wearing red leather armor, which set off the other party's bewitching figure obviously. However, she was leaning on the side of another burly male player, laughing wildly.
So the gossip began to burn.
"Hey......" The little girl's voice was deliberately low: "That woman...... ...... with you."
Duan Qing ignored it, his dull eyes still looking over there.
You should be right...... It's her......
What a coincidence of this world...... Ouch!
There was a sharp pain in his calf, Duan Qing woke up from his confusion, the shadow of one foot was withdrawn from below, he looked to the opposite side, and sure enough, it was the little face that was puffing and puffing.
"The soul is gone! You didn't react when I asked you......" The little girl grimaced, and then continued to put on a mysterious smile: "Tell me, that woman...... What's going on with you......"
"Uh, we know ......"
"Acquaintance? Is it just acquaintance? ”
"Well, that's the case now...... No, what are you asking about, the ...... of the children's family" Seeing Mengzhu's more and more teasing expression, Duan Qing's face turned pale: "Don't worry about the adult's affairs!" ”
"Who's the kid!" Obviously, the question of age made the little girl in front of her very sensitive: "I'm twenty-one years old!" Of course, after this year's birthday......"
"Poof......" Duan Qing squirted out the water he just wanted to drink in his mouth: "What, you're only twenty-one ......."
"Why, can't you see it!" Mengzhu's cheeks bulged, but they seemed to turn a little red.
"I can't see it......" Duan Qing's eyes drifted to the little girl's chest, and then ...... Another kick in the calf.
"Don't kick the front, okay! It hurts! With such a bad temper, be careful that you can't marry in the future......"
"You provoked me first, pervert! I can't get married...... It's better than you're a single uncle......"
"Hey, once again, I'm only twenty-five this year, and I'm a strong young man! And the age difference between the two of us is so small, it's not appropriate to call uncle and uncle all day long......"
"So what, uncle is just a title, call you Qingshan, call you Lushui, call you everything else, isn't it the same, you are a big man, you must be as broad-minded as the mountain, otherwise I will be sorry for your name......"
As usual, the two began to quarrel as usual. In this regard, Duan Qing always loses more and wins less, but he never minds - he thinks this is the manifestation of a big man's heart, but unfortunately in the end, it was used by Mengzhu as bragging capital.
After the routine ended quickly, the person at the opposite table had already left. Duan Qing looked towards the door and found that the group of people had disappeared, so he reluctantly withdrew his gaze and met the same strange eyes as Mengzhu cat.
"Wow...... Comrade Aoyama, it's not right not to tell the truth......"
"What to tell the truth......
"Yes, of course...... Hey, then again......." Mengzhu suddenly put away his expression, put his finger against his chin and looked at the sky: "In the hall of the Mage Council just now, I seem to have seen the people in there...... Hey, why are you leaving, wait for me, where are you going......"
"Where else can I go, of course, it's the town hall......"
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In the afternoon, the town hall was still full of traffic, even more than in the morning. Duan Qing and Mengzhu returned to the door of the town hall and found that the inside of the town hall was lined up like the previous mage council.
The two of them were still standing on the arched bridge when they saw this scene, but the line was already very long, and there was a faint tendency to leave the gate, a scene that could only be seen many years ago when trains were still around, when the train station was queuing up to buy tickets.
"What day is it?" Mengzhu's voice was a little hesitant: "Why are so many people running over here......"
"How do I know?" Duan Qing's voice was also a little weak: "I just know that our plan may be in vain." ”
As if stunned by the sight in front of them, the two men stood in front of the arched bridge and hesitated, and occasionally someone in the gate walked out of it very excitedly, holding something in their hands from time to time, or carrying something.
Those things...... It seems to be some tote bags.
Duan Qing and Mengzhu didn't care much about what these things were for, because from their appearance, these people seemed to be NPCs.
When she inquired about Rama's intentions, she was a little anxious. However, under Duan Qing's prompting, the two of them decided to find someone to inquire about what happened here first.
"Today is the day to distribute relief." Finally, they grabbed a passer-by on the street, and then learned the origin of the team inside.
Although Fenghua Town is a large grain-producing town, not everyone has enough to eat, because except for the farmers who grow grain, most of the harvested food is collected by merchants at low prices and then sold to other parts of the principality. Residents living in the local area can also say that in the remote mountain villages in Fenghua Town, as well as other places in Xifeng County, one or two villages and towns will experience food shortages every year due to various reasons such as weather and disasters. However, with the huge amount of food produced in Fenghua Town, even if it is used for commercial purposes, as long as it is properly distributed, it can still fill the stomachs of the rest of Xifeng County.
However, now war has broken out on the borders of the principality, and they have already lost part of their territory. Therefore, in the name of national righteousness, a lot of grain was expropriated. At the same time, in order to escape the war, some local refugees are crossing the vast land of the principality and gradually appearing on the territory of Xifeng County. Therefore, in order to ensure that everyone has enough to eat, a stricter food distribution plan was formulated, and then the town hall of Fenghua Town was used as a distribution center to distribute their food shares to the villages and towns.
"Yesterday it was someone from Honghua Village who came, and today it should be the ...... of Baimang Village," the person who explained pointed to the town hall and said, "The time to receive it is only this day, so they have to hurry." ”
"Just a little bit, can you eat it?" Mengzhu asked, pointing to the tote bags.
"How can it be just a little...... Oh, that's what you're talking about. The passer-by smiled: "Those bags are not filled with food, but ...... Voucher. ”
"The town hall is such a big place, how can it be possible to hold so much food and distribute it on the spot...... Well, the place where it was issued is in the warehouse below, and they have to go over there, get the vouchers they received, and then find a way to carry them back......"
"I didn't expect that there would be a famine in the Free Continent......" After sending the man away, Mengzhu said with some sighs.
"Why, there are ...... in real life"
"It's because there is that I think it's impossible." The little girl glanced at Duan Qing, and then said, "That kind of thing...... Definitely don't want to see ......"
"So this is the free world." Duan Qing looked up at the sky: "If these things don't happen, how can you call the free world ......?"
"Okay, so do we want to find that one or the other...... Lamar? ”
"Well......" Duan Qing thought for a while: "It's better to go in first and see the situation." If it doesn't work, we'll give up on this line......"
The two crossed the arched bridge and came to the arch of the wall outside the town hall. Due to the crowd inside, the gate outside has also been fenced and began to restrict the flow of people in and out. At this time, behind those fences, several guard-like people were also guarding there, and the leader was a fat man with a big belly, which made people feel that he was a person who exercised a lot, let alone a guard captain.
But he seems to be the captain in charge of the security here.
The fat captain stood with his hands behind his back on the only gap in the middle of the makeshift fences, blocking everyone who came in and out with just one position. However, if it was an ordinary time, he would naturally not be in the way there, and at this time, it was not for Duan Qing and the two, but for the person holding the bag inside.
The two seemed to be arguing about something, and they looked like they wouldn't give in to each other. Mengzhu shouted in the back and wanted to go in, but the fat man didn't pay attention to it, still holding on to the person - the person inside seemed to want to leave, but the fat captain seemed to refuse to let him go for some reason.
The people who wanted to go in the back also began to urge, Duan Qing and Mengzhu were also a little impatient, but they couldn't think about it, in desperation, the two had to continue to wait, until some townspeople began to shout, shouting not to get in the way, the fat man finally couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed out waving his arms.
"What are you anxious about! Don't you know how to wait! We're taking care of things, and we'll let you in in a minute! Now, it's all here...... Hey? ”
The fat man yelled at the man, and then he wanted to continue the argument with the man. But when he looked back, he found that the man holding the bag was gone.
"What about people...... The fat man looked left and right, but he didn't find any trace of that person, and a guard next to him couldn't stand it, and reminded in a low voice: "Captain, that person...... Just ran away. ”
"Ran away? Where did you go? ”
"It seems to be...... Ran outside, didn't you just see? ”
"He ran away, why didn't you remind me!" The angry fat man's voice rose two points more.
"We thought...... You've already asked, so ......"
"Bastard!" The fat man slapped the guard out. He spun twice in place, like an angry boar, and then pointed forward sharply and shouted at the guards:
"They, that's them! They let the suspects go and arrested them! ”
In front of that chubby finger were the two stunned faces of Duan Qing and Mengzhu.