Chapter 315: Drink a glass of ale and make friends?
By the time Brother and Charlotte returned from Iron Pine's blacksmith shop, it was already late at night. But at night in King's Landing, it is quite lively, and there are some small stalls set up by the street lights on the side of some large roads.
The street lamps in King's Landing are of the type of oil lamps, and Charlotte also saw the workers who specially lit the street lamps and put lamp oil on the street lamps!
It's just that Charlotte found a not-so-good phenomenon along the way: there are too many poor people. Whenever you walk through a street and pass by an alley, you can always see people in ragged clothes and thin faces, hiding in the corners.
There was both numbness and greed in the eyes of those people, like dying wild dogs, hiding in a corner for a moment, trying to tear a mouthful of bloody flesh.
Survival is not any happiness for them. Just live for the sake of living.
Counting the poor people in the city, plus those in the shantytowns outside who can't even enter the city, there are really a lot of poor people, according to the old brother: "What is this? There are two large areas of the city, both of which are very poor. Although they are in the city, they are not necessarily much better off than the people in the shantytowns outside the city, at most they have the protection of the city walls, and they can be safer. ”
The elder brother said, "Don't look at this King's Landing city is much bigger than Helsin, but in fact, for these civilians, I am afraid that life is not as good as that of the people of Helsin!" Ever since the Conquerors founded King's Landing, the city's rulers had a very bad habit of being too brutal! Whoever comes to power is never kinder to civilians. ”
My brother said that there are many places in this city that you can't go, and they are all dirty and dangerous places.
"Mud Alley, Black Bone Street, are all famous and vicious places. Many outsiders, who had just arrived in King's Landing, did not know the depths, inadvertently intruded into those places, and finally disappeared ......"
"In the slums of this city, there is a dish called brown soup, which is a strangely colored dish like slimy, and no one knows whether it is made of rat meat or some other meat......
King's Landing Cob is much more dangerous than Helsin. Or rather, the realm of freedom is much more dangerous than the Norfolk area.
There is a saying: Poor begs bad intentions, and rich grows conscience. The latter sentence may not be accurate, but the former sentence does work well in King's Landing.
If a person is poor and crazy, he can really do anything. The old brother specially reminded Charlotte that in this city, you must not take it lightly.
The next day, Xia Luo and his brother, under the leadership of Tie Song, found a seller with Longyan Steel. I heard that this person specializes in reselling Long Yangang. Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft the water, people are counting on special products to make a fortune, which is understandable!
It's a pity that the seller is also complaining: the Long Yan Steel in his hand has already been cleaned up by the Iron Throne, and he doesn't dare to leave it at all. Even if there is a new source of goods, there must be a priority supply to the Iron Throne.
On the way back, Charlotte saw a scene that she couldn't comment on.
A man who looked like a little nobleman walked the street with a few men leading vicious dogs in his hands. As a result, he threw out a piece of raw meat and fed it to his dog. In the alley next to it, a ragged homeless man suddenly appeared, and he rushed over and frantically scrambled for the piece of meat!
No matter how the tramp bit him, or how the retinue of the little nobles beat him, he just swallowed that piece of meat alive!
In the end, the little nobles got tired and left with people and dogs. The scarred homeless man even laughed proudly at his companions in the alley, as if he had taken advantage of something......
Once this injury worsens, on his terms, he will definitely die! But this homeless man completely cares about his own life for a piece of raw meat! He doesn't have any nostalgia for being alive anymore, does he?
Tie Song glanced at it and said, "This kind of scene, as long as you wander around the street, you can see it almost every day. Even more terrifying than this, there are ......"
Human nature has been reduced to this, and it is no different from a beast. Not even a beast! The ants are still stealing, but the person is safe anymore......
In the city, Tiesong said, there are probably only two paths for the children of the common people: one is to be lucky enough to find a shop or workshop, and after a few years of apprenticeship, they may be able to find a way out or learn a trade.
The second way is to join all sorts of strange organizations, and at least eighty percent of these people will not survive the first three years......
The city, thriving on iron ore and the export of weapons, is like a monstrosity lying on its side on the shores of Blackwater Lake......
Iron Song returned to his blacksmith shop, and Charlotte and his brother rushed back to the Moxi Chamber of Commerce, where they agreed to contact the other sellers tomorrow.
Outside the station, however, Charlotte meets a young boy.
Maybe he thought that Charlotte and his brother were kind, so this boy who seemed to be quite clever came over. He kept a decent distance, and then asked Charlotte if they needed a guide.
He claimed to have lived in King's Landing for 12 years, knew all sorts of ways, and only needed four copper plates a day to hire him.
Charlotte looked at this 12-year-old boy, who spoke logically and neatly, and his clothes were clean and tidy, which made people feel a little good. Charlotte is not averse to this kind of thing. So he asked, "Oh, are you really familiar with King's Landing?" ”
The boy nodded again and again, and said, "Hello Mr. Adventurer, my name is Britz, and you can call me Little Britz." I'm very familiar with King's Landing! I've been begging for a living in the lower classes of King's Landing since I was a child, and basically everything you want to know, I have a little bit of news......"
When Charlotte heard the name Britz, she almost didn't laugh out loud on the spot!
Your name is Britz, I wonder if you can do a mechanical claw?
Xia Luo forced a smile and said, "I do want to find a well-informed person right now and ask about something. If you can help, you won't be paid less. Charlotte took out a few silver deer and flipped them in her hand.
Little Britz glanced at the silver deer in Charlotte's hand and swallowed his saliva secretly. However, he immediately shifted his attention to Charlotte, and when he spoke, he looked into Charlotte's eyes, giving people a very honest and unevasive feeling.
"I don't know, Mr. Adventurer, what news do you want to know? I'll be sure to try to inquire for you. "Seeing little Britz, not having a big package, Charlotte felt very satisfied. Sometimes the training of life can make some people better.
Xia Luo asked dryly, "I want some Long Yan Steel, do you know if there is any way to get some?" ”
When little Britz heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, if you come to King's Landing City in two months, as long as you spend some golden dragons, Long Yangang is actually very easy to get. But now, even if you take out a lot of golden dragons, it is difficult to get Long Yangang. ”
"Oh......," Charlotte motioned to little Britz to continue.
Little Britz scratched his head and said, "Sir, you may have also heard that the Iron Throne Chamber of Commerce is also collecting Dragon Yan Steel. And they are very resolute! Now in this King's Landing, there are not many people who dare not to give face to the Iron Throne! So now the better Long Yangang on the market has been taken away by them. As for the other Long Yangang, they were also watching closely. If you want to get a little Longyan Steel at this time, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome! ”
Little Britz meant that if Charlotte wanted to get Long Yan Steel, it was likely that she would have a conflict with the Iron Throne Merchant. It seems that the Iron Throne Chamber of Commerce is not a legitimate businessman.
Little Britz looked left and right for a moment, then leaned in and whispered, "The Iron Throne Chamber of Commerce is not easy to provoke, and in King's Landing now, they are almost the same. If you really want to get some Long Yan Steel, sir, maybe I can also provide you with some useful information......"
Charlotte didn't have much hope, after all, she was just a child. But I didn't expect him to claim that there was still useful information! Charlotte continued to ask.
Little Britz and Charlotte they talked about a hidden tavern. Claims that the tavern is a news hub for the underground thieves' guild. There, as long as you agree with the bartender, the bartender will provide some help.
If there is any organization in King's Landing that can help Xia Luo find Long Yangang now. Then this underground thieves' guild should be in the first place. As long as some kind of agreement can be reached, there is very little they can't do in King's Landing.
Charlotte looked at what little Britz said and chose to believe it for the time being. He gave the silver deer to Little Britz, and then agreed to come back to Charlotte tomorrow morning and take them to the tavern of the underground thieves' guild. If it happens, there will be another reward.
Early the next morning, before Charlotte had breakfast, he found that Little Britz was already guarding the gate of the Moxi Chamber of Commerce. Charlotte thought to herself, since she wanted the horse to run, she wanted the horse to be fed. So I beckoned him over and had breakfast together.
Compared with yesterday's eloquent conversation, little Britz was much more restrained, and after taking a piece of bread and a bowl of oatmeal, he quickly finished it. Then wait for Charlotte outside the door.
Just in case, everyone is fine. So they decided to go to the tavern of the underground thieves' guild.
It wasn't a long way off, so Charlotte rented a carriage and walked a little longer. Half an hour later, they arrived at the door of a tavern located in a hidden alley.
This tavern is called the Barley Wine Tavern.
"The rule in this tavern is to pay a lot of money for an ale," said Britz Jr. Then you can ask the tavern for some news, but the money for the message will be calculated separately. ”
Uh-huh~ Have a glass of ale and make a friend?.