Chapter 0248 Another Acquaintance
The solicitor was a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance. When he lowered the price of the lecture to one piece of hardware, Zhou Qingfeng finally said that he was willing to try it out, "Let's say okay first, if the course is too bad, I won't pay." β
The middle-aged man who solicited customers had a bitter face, just looking at Uncle Zhou, who had servants and horses, he should be a rich man and a potential customer. He nodded helplessly, "Okay, but the audition will take at most a quarter of an hour." If you exceed the time, you have to pay. β
Can you listen to a ghost lesson in a quarter of an hour?
Zhou Qingfeng almost died of laughter. He also practiced in the 'Gate of True Knowledge' for a year, and he finally got the name of a first-class alchemist, a person who can play a few tricks.
In addition to the fact that the bloodline is not an elf, and there is no innate ability to cast spells, Uncle Zhou's theory and practice are the most authentic elves, much stronger than many rookies.
The middle-aged man probably didn't have any expectations, but with the idea of being able to pull one by one, he took the young 'fat sheep' away from the wizard's tower and walked through the streets and alleys into the civilian area of the city.
Looking at the streets and residential buildings, Zhou Qingfeng was interested in something else. He asked the middle-aged people who led the way a lot of information about the people's lives, the price level, the number of commodities and other livelihood information, and judged the strength of the Banshee Castle from the side.
"We live in the city, and we are better off than the poor outside the city, with a fixed monthly ration and a cheaper price. It's just that people in the city need one person from each household to serve in the military, and they also have to bring their own equipment, which is too expensive. β
When middle-aged people talk about life, they are also bitter. In its description, the Banshee Fortress maintained a class of freemen, giving preferential treatment in peacetime, but conscripting troops in wartime to loot for military pay, thus saving on overall armament costs.
In Zhou Qingfeng's view, this kind of army organization was very backward. Not to mention that compared with the compulsory military service system, it is not even as good as the conscription system, and it is better than the serf soldiers.
In Banshee City, an ordinary family of three spends three or four silver coins a month, basically maintaining food and clothing. If you can join the city lord's guard or become a low-ranking civil servant, you can increase your income by two or three more silver coins, and your life will be better.
"How many people are in the City Lord's Guard?" Zhou Qingfeng is more concerned about this.
The Castle Lord's Guard is the backbone of a lord's power. The members of the guard consisted of regular knights and a large number of attendants. This is not the same as the miscellaneous squires in the Black Forest, they are really armed men who have been trained for a long time.
The middle-aged man glanced at Zhou Qingfeng, especially paying attention to his height of more than one meter and eight meters, and asked rhetorically, "Do you want to join the guards of Banshee City?" Recently, the Guard has been recruiting new recruits. β
"Actually, I'm more interested in alchemy." Zhou Qingfeng still has to emphasize his own personality, "If I can join the official wizard, I will be very happy." β
The middle-aged man said no more, and the two of them had already walked to the door of a courtyard, where about four or five young apprentices had gathered. As soon as he looked at the sitting position, Zhou Qingfeng knew that they were all learning to meditate, trying to communicate with the magic web.
A group of rookies, more than Lao Tzu!
Uncle Zhou's angry nose was smoking, and he almost wanted to turn around and leave, just pay ten gold coins for this course? Hey, judging from their level, it seems to be really this price.
For arcane arts, Zhou Qingfeng was originally a mallet. But he couldn't stand his fate to meet the elf god Angelis, the goddess's life** gave him a perfect body, enhanced his affinity for magic, and directly touched the magic web.
The middle-aged man who led the way pointed to the apprentice who was meditating, "This is the basic course to the Grand Arcanist, you can sit down and watch it first, don't make a sound, so as not to disturb the others." The master of the class has not yet arrived, so you wait first. β
Hell, there is still a master in this grass platform team?
The middle-aged man turned around and left after a few words, as if he was rushing to continue pulling the fat sheep. Zhou Qingfeng wanted to leave, but the movement when he came in was not small, and it was a servant and a horse, which alarmed several apprentices present.
Someone saw Zhou Qingfeng's dignified appearance, so they took the initiative to chat. He didn't want to go away on the spot, and said that his name was 'Dantesi', and he traveled from the south to experience the northland.
The other young apprentices came from all over the Northlands, and were all in their teens, and they didn't stop talking about arcane.
After a brief conversation, Zhou Qingfeng found that most of these people came from the merchant class, and their knowledge was very narrow. They are only familiar with their respective cities and have a very low cultural base. But what they told was exactly what Zhou Qingfeng was interested in.
For a while, Zhou Qingfeng kept asking questions and listening, with a modest attitude, which attracted the favor of other people, and turned a meditation study into a dating salon.
Young people are always easier to get along with. Zhou Qingfeng, who has always been generous, simply took out the money and asked people to run errands to buy some food and drink, so that everyone could chat more enthusiastically. When the master who taught 'meditation and learning' arrived, he found that his place had changed hands.
The master was a fat man, and he was also very young, in his twenties. As soon as he appeared, the young man who had been meditating hurriedly stood up and said hello. As soon as Zhou Qingfeng saw it, he felt that the 'master' on the other side was a little familiar, and the master on the other side was also familiar to him.
Isn't this the fat man's follower next to Tambos who once did a business with Zhou Qingfeng. The first 3,000 gold coins of the construction fund of Harmony Village was earned from the wizard apprentices at that time.
This will make the two of them star, and they are a little afraid to speak. Zhou Qingfeng didn't expect that he would be recognized not long after he entered the city. The fat man on the other side had a headache, and the 'fat sheep' class that he had managed to do with great difficulty actually came to a real big guy.
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to stalemate, Zhou Qingfeng hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so happy to know you." Who is this? β
"This is Lord Roma, a former student of His Excellency Fabro, the chief alchemist of Coldwind City, and now an official wizard of the Magical Church." Someone familiarly introduced: "This is Mr. DantΓ¨s, and he is also here to learn." β
Dantes? I'm not blind to the fat man on the other side, and I slander the famous Victor in my heart. Hugo, I still rely on him to get my official wizarding status. I haven't seen you for a few months, I'm just a lot taller, but I don't recognize this face?
The embarrassed two laughed and didn't expose each other. Fat Roma could only continue to pretend to attend classes and explain the most basic arcane knowledge to a few rookies. The rookies cherish the opportunity and work hard to copy the book.
A few gold coins to listen to a class is still too expensive and expensive for many people, and it is almost bankrupt to learn.
Zhou Qingfeng once copied the basic knowledge of the arcane arts of Mondino, and he had the 'Gate of True Knowledge' to rely on, plus Sophia sorted it out for him, the arcane theory was quite solid.
He listened to Rohm's lecture and felt that the other party's lecture was decent, there was no deviation, and there was nothing surprisingly exciting. Compared to the expensive knowledge price of the other world, ten gold coins for one lesson is not too much.
Waiting for the end of the two-hour class, everyone else felt that they were still unsatisfied, and felt that what Master Rohm said today was much richer than in the past, and it was basically the content of two or three classes, which was too worthwhile in today's class.
In fact, Uncle Zhou was in town, and Rohm subconsciously said a lot of things, so as not to be laughed at by this sudden big guy.
Waiting for the end of the class, everyone bowed down with their class notes and said goodbye. Zhou Qingfeng was left in the courtyard, and the fat man Rom, who was worried, lowered his voice and asked, "Your Excellency Hugo, you are not in the Black Forest, what are you doing here?" β
Zhou Qingfeng was also strange, "What are you doing in the Banshee Castle when you are not in Cold Wind City?" β