Chapter 206: Six South
Jiao Ming handed the dishes and chopsticks to others, hastily returned the gift, but his enthusiasm for Evan in his heart was inexplicable, and he thought back to the time he got along a year ago, but he couldn't find any signs of deep friendship, so he could only attribute it to superb social skills. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info immediately had a question about the word 'classmate', because he taught intermediate mathematics, Evan called Jiao Ming Mr.
Evan is undoubtedly a human spirit, seeing Jiao Ming's doubts, he instantly guessed the reason, and then turned his head to the apologetic Binglian and said, "I'm sorry, I'm talking too much." ”
Jiao Ming also looked at the ice lotus.
"You just don't hear if it's good or not, and I'll surprise you when you get to the academy. Binglian put on a coquettish appearance, made a lot of dog food, and couldn't wait to show the relationship between the two in front of outsiders. Jiao Ming smiled slightly, nodded and let the matter go. Next, Bing Lian introduced Jiao Ming and the bodyguards of the Wizards Association to each other, Jiao Ming's identity is the chief internal officer of the Crocodile Territory and the future Duchess Prince, and the three bodyguards are two eight-ring fire and one eight-ring earth system, and this middle-aged man named York is still the personal disciple of the nine-ring powerhouse in the mage tower here, which also shows the importance that the Magicians Association attaches to this matter.
Next, Jiao Ming learned another piece of good news, the eight-ring magic warrior who was left behind actually fled in reverse, and he was already safe, and the retinue of the servants who had fled to the small harbor mage tower was walking slowly and leisurely. After some discussion with the three escort magicians, it was decided to rest for two days, and a few magic warriors would relieve their injuries before leaving.
When the outsiders left the room, Jiao Ming's eyes fell on Huang Xia, who was the most seriously injured, and asked, "Is two days enough?"
"I can't talk about it anymore. Bing Lian smiled bitterly, then looked at Huang Xia and said, "Sister Huang Xia, why don't you stay here for the time being, and then slowly chase after the injury is healed and then slowly chase after the Blue Python Kingdom?"
Huang Xia, who was wrapped like a dumpling, blinked her eyes and said, "My subordinates don't want to leave the young master, sir." ”
Without waiting for Binglian to speak, Jiao Ming interjected and asked: "Is there a way to speed up the healing of the injury?" It doesn't matter if it's a panacea, or if you meditate and refine your qi, ...... Actually, Jiao Ming didn't want to leave Huang Xia behind, he always felt that this was too unkind, although intellectually speaking, Huang Xia stayed was the safest choice.
"Never heard of it. Binglian shook her head, and the rest were the same. However, a seriously injured eight-ring magic warrior said that based on personal experience, eating more meat and drinking more magic addiction potions seems to have some effect, but he doesn't know whether it is true or whether it is selfish.
In line with the mentality of a dead horse being a live horse doctor, Jiao Ming gave a delaying strategy based on this, and said: "If this is not the case, there will be enough food and barbecue for the past two days, and the magic addiction potion can be drunk casually, and when it is time to travel, how about seeing how many people recover before deciding?"
Everyone nodded, and Jiao Ming sent iron materials from the crocodile collar as a trading object, and entrusted the mage tower, which is considered a 'land snake', to buy meat and magic addiction potions on a large scale. After settling here, Binglian asked Jiao Ming if he wanted to go out for a walk.
"Isn't this okay?" Jiao Ming hesitated.
The nine of them had entered the city in a hurry in the early morning, and had no intention of enjoying the cityscape, but the silhouette of the morning light was enough to stun the silhouette of the stone and wooden houses that spread out to a castle palace on a hill. So more information aside, Jiao Ming at least knows that this capital city is very large, dozens of times larger than Sardinia City.
At this time, although I listened to Binglian's suggestion, although I was slightly moved, I always felt that it was out of place, one was the safety issue, and the other was that the seriously injured people who were lying in a bed here were uncomfortable when they went out for a walk.
Binglian followed Jiao Ming's gaze and looked at a room of wounded people, blinked, and then understood Jiao Ming's concerns, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, in our crocodile collar, there is no concept of wounded above the sixth ring." ”
Following the principle of following the local customs, Jiao Ming was noncommittal about this statement and instead questioned safety.
"As long as it's not a knife or a gun, I'm not afraid of poison or anything. Bing Lian smiled, and then added, "Within the union of kingdoms, the size of this city is one out of ten, and it would be a pity not to go around. ”
The deadly yellow poisonous smoke in the assassination a few days ago was just a condiment for the magic warriors to reduce their combat effectiveness, especially the one in front of the small harbor mage tower, the yellow smoke exploded around him, and the ice lotus Jiao Ming and Luo Hua both inhaled a large amount, but they only returned to normal after a short rest, and the antidote was saved. Last year, when I picked mushrooms in the mountains, Zimang's performance was also corroborated, and I ate all the poisonous mushrooms, except that my face turned green, and there was no.
When Binglian said this, it was difficult to refuse, and Jiao Ming had no choice but to nod in agreement. The accompanying people are Evan, who is a part-time 'tour guide', and York, an eight-ring earth magician who temporarily serves as a bodyguard.
Because it was a game, at the suggestion of Binglian, the four of them changed into civilian clothes, in fact, Binglian and Jiao Ming were already wearing 'civilian clothes' on weekdays, and at this time they were just changing into clean clothes. And Evan, who changed into the snow-white robe, was uncomfortable, twisting as if he had lice on his body, and he looked at it brightly and darkly. But York seemed to like the proposal, and after a short time he turned back to the mage tower and joined the three of them in burlap clothes, and if it weren't for the familiarity of his face, Jiao Ming almost thought that a coolie doing chores had mixed in.
Since it was noon, the four of them decided to go to the city's famous food street to solve their stomach problems, and after a full meal, Evan led the three of them to start walking around the city's various places of interest.
First, there is the statue of the founding king of the kingdom of Dezel, a heroic magician riding a horse with a staff held alof. Evan spoke for half an hour in the form of a rhyming poem to this ordinary stone, and the deeds of this king's life were all summarized and fascinating. Of course, in the end, this conclusion was Jiao Ming's derivation from the expressions on the faces of Binglian and York, because after only listening to the first few sentences, Jiao Ming seemed to have returned to the high school foreign language listening test and lost the rhythm.
On the way to the next attraction, Jiao Ming asked York, which felt quite approachable, why he listened to it with relish as a local. But the answer I got was: diligent in cultivation and neglectful of traveling.
Then there was a pedestrian bridge suspended five meters above the canal in the city, and Jiao Ming felt the fluctuations of qi magic inside the bridge, but he didn't notice anything on the outside. Evan naturally spoke at length, and even deliberately slowed down his speech and abandoned the use of rare words, obviously noticing Jiao Ming's confused state just now and taking special care of him.
Then, in the setting of the sun, the four of them came to a ruined stone temple and listened to Evan's introduction, the main altar of a fire religion that had flourished in the area before the Age of Magic. And this primitive religion was also the first stepping stone of the founding king of Dezel, who left a will to preserve the temple but not maintain it, allowing its decay to be revealed. Jiao Ming listened to it with relish, and at the same time remembered the kneeling statue of Qin Hui, guessing that this king must hate this sect to the core.
Eventually, Evan led the group to a small hill in the center of the city, where he watched the city turn red from a terrace halfway up the mountain. Master York was obviously not interested in this kind of thing, but Binglian was fascinated, while Jiao Ming was just looking at the novelty and quickly lost interest, after all, it was not unseen in the more magnificent cityscape of the earth.
When the sun was half obscured by the distant mountains, Binglian finally retracted her gaze and asked Evan with a smile: "This terrace is not something that can be easily accessed, right?"
Evan smiled elegantly and bowed down to make a slightly apologetic courtesy: "Entrusted by someone, invite a few guests, I don't know if you can enjoy it?" Evan said 'a few', but his eyes fell on Binglian.
Binglian glanced at Jiao Ming and York respectively, and then nodded: "It's so gracious, but it's disrespectful, it's just that today's clothes are a little shabby......
"The people who entrusted me with it don't care about these details. Evan laughed, clapped his hands, and suddenly a group of male and female servants rushed in, neatly arranging the tables and chairs and lighting, and it didn't take ten minutes to decorate the terrace. In the bright lights, a red-haired woman in her twenties slowly walked over and took the lead in saluting the ice lotus.
Jiao Ming was forced to also learn some of the etiquette of meeting the nobles of this world, so at this time, it was preliminarily judged that this was an heir with the title of marquis. And after Binglian returned the gift, the red-haired woman's self-introduction was not as Jiao Ming expected, her name was Hilly, and she was the fifth heir of a certain family.
However, when he heard this, Jiao Ming had doubts, the crocodile domain did not have an inheritance ranking, Jiao Ming thought that the inheritance system that was prevalent in Europe on this earth did not exist in this world, but he didn't expect it to appear here.
Binglian also introduced herself, and then introduced Master York and Jiao Ming, Hill obviously knew Master York, and saluted very politely, but when she arrived at Jiao Ming, the scene was slightly embarrassing. Because Jiao Ming only had the lowest baron title, it was supposed to salute Hilly first, but Jiao Ming forgot. It wasn't until Evan came forward to play a round that the matter was revealed, but afterwards Jiao Ming received the white eyes of Binglian, but he still didn't know why.
Seating, serving, eating, chatting. The two women warmed up at a speed that ordinary people couldn't understand, and with Evan, who skillfully set off the atmosphere, the three of them became the heat of the table. When Jiao Ming, who was full of food and drink, found out about this, it was too late and couldn't intervene at all, so he discussed the taste of the dishes with Master York, pretending not to be left out.
When Jiao Ming gradually felt bored and sleepy, Ice Lotus's side finally gradually entered the topic, and the content of the topic was not what Jiao Ming expected: trade, this Hilly wanted to trade with the crocodile collar.
"We don't have a lot of crocodile collars, so I don't know what Sister Hillry is interested in. ”
Hillry hesitated slightly, although what he wanted to trade most in his heart was metal, but Binglian's words seemed to have the meaning of not being disrespectful to metal trade. Evan interjected: "I heard that there is a large cement trade between the Crocodile Collar and the Wizards Association, and it is thanks to the Crocodile Collar that the front line has stabilized the battle recently, so we also want to buy cement from the Crocodile Collar, I wonder what Miss Ice Lotus thinks?"
"Something that is mutually beneficial, of course I will not refuse. But what kind of trade is used, and the mountains and rivers are far away, what cheap means of transportation do you have?"
"It's no secret that the Permanent Space Teleportation Circle is no longer a secret. Hillry laughed.
Jiao Ming was secretly frightened on the side. The magic technology of this world is the lifeblood of the magician, alchemy is like this, and the same is true of teleportation technology, when I planned to break the wall of Siccordon, I wanted to seek the 'spatial teleportation to people' technology with the Magicians Association, but I was asked a sky-high price, because I didn't get this technology for a long time.
And this 'Permanent Spatial Teleportation Array' is half a level higher than the 'Spatial Teleportation to People', and considering Kino's emotional intelligence and mental retardation, it is impossible to take the initiative to spread technology, which means that this guy has basically been sold.
"If the magic circle is erected, the Magicians Association will ......," Bing Lian said halfway, waiting for the other party's assurance.
"Don't worry, we'll ask the Wizards Guild to fight through formal channels. Hillry said.
And Jiao Ming began to mourn for Keno's fate from thousands of miles away: the 'root of life' was lost, and he didn't get enough benefits, which was miserable.
Next, the three of them discussed a few more payment plans, but Ice Lotus prevaricated, and Evan immediately understood the meaning, ended the meeting in a few words, and sent Ice Lotus back to the landing point.
When there were only Binglian and Jiao Ming in the room, they lit the magic lamp, and the two sat opposite each other and began to talk.
"I think we can consider exchanging people for cement ......" This is the way Jiao Ming thought the way back, but he didn't want to feel a sharp pain in his arm as soon as he said half of it, but he was pinched by Binglian. “...... What are you doing!?Why are you pinching me?"
"Where have you learned the etiquette of the nobility?"
"??" Jiao Ming said hello in his head, not understanding how the topic jumped here.
"Why don't you salute Hilly?" Seeing that Jiao Ming didn't have the intuition to make a mistake at all, Bing Lian was even more angry.
"Ah...... Forgot. Jiao Ming suddenly realized, and then begged for mercy: "Don't pinch...... Don't pinch, I was wrong, but this etiquette is very perverted, the number of identity rings plus age, hundreds of permutations and combinations are good. ”
"Wait for the special training!" Bing Lian hatefully put down a sentence, glared at Jiao Ming who rubbed his arm angrily for a few seconds, and then said: "How to exchange people for cement?"
Jiao Ming smiled, rolled up his sleeves to reveal the bruises, and kept silent, the meaning was obvious, and he would only answer after making amends. Binglian raised her eyebrows at first, but she smiled helplessly, stretched out her plain hand, turned her hard pinch into a light pinch, and let go after pinching it two or three times.
"Is this going down?"
Jiao Ming put down his sleeves and said reluctantly. Although Binglian's perfunctory meaning is very strong, it can't be too demanding, after all, this is more or less a big lady. "The Mage Tower here will also have a Children's Day during spring ploughing, although the good seedlings of the third and fourth rings may be snatched away by the kingdom of Dezel, but the first and second rings are also useful to us, and we will trade cement at the price of these families with magical talents. ”
Binglian slowly nodded in agreement, and then discussed some specific details with Jiao Ming, and when the business was over, Jiao Ming took Binglian's little hand and asked without words: "There is another question, Hillry said that she is the fifth heir, why doesn't the crocodile leader say this?"