Chapter 117: Books (II)

When I returned to the Copper Kettle Hotel, I immediately hired a carriage to go back, and it was only half an hour to come and go.

"Hamblin, I have been offered the position of personal advisor to the Earl of Habida." Wendila. Sir Fix, the Hereditary Lord, seemed to be delighted.

"Ah, congratulations, sir." Nominally, the Earl of Habida was the lord of Implot, but in fact controlled two important departments, including the City Guard and the Customs Service.

It is not a shame for a person with a knighthood to be a deputy and official of a high nobility, of course, a governess or a private secretary is too low.

Being able to become a personal advisor to the Earl of Hibida actually entered the leadership of the Earl of Hibida, which undoubtedly made Wendila. The hereditary knight of Fix, from a small foreign nobleman, has become a nobleman with real influence and power.

Of course, Wendila. The hereditary estate of Sir Fixes was also an important factor, and it was not often the case that a foreign nobleman, but who was recognized by his own country and had a land, usually represented international influence - from this point of view, the Earl of Hebida and the Sir were a perfect match.

These, like lightning, were analyzed by Fang Xin, he smiled in a low voice to celebrate, and Jazz seemed to be very interested, and dined with him, said some words, and other words, but in the end, Jazz still said: "There will be a guest coming tomorrow." ”

This is also ordinary, but Fang Xin's intuition and keenly realized that it was related to him, so he had some suspicions in his heart, but it didn't matter, Fang Xin went to Sir Sir's study to read after dinner.

The bookshelves in the study room are about 2,000 books, and the bookshelves are obviously a little old, but they are made of ebony, which is an extremely hard and high-quality wood.

Fang Xin read leisurely, in fact, he couldn't forget it now, this week, although he only read for two hours a day, he had already finished reading a third of the books.

Most of the books in this study are historical and geographical books, and there are very few books that can obtain power, but if you check carefully, there are still a few, a skill course about warriors is useless to the other party, but it may be useful for ordinary people, and I also found a book about introductory meditation, and finally, there is also a most basic level 0 magic - mage tricks.

This spell is the most common spell on the mainland, and it is usually performed by the magic troupe, and this is the finale - some simple tricks can be performed.

Of course, it is also a way to examine people's qualifications, and if they have qualifications, they can perform this magic within a year according to this introductory meditation, and theoretically have the qualifications to become a magician.

Fang Xin frowned slightly, although it was a sir, but it was a bit strange to appear here, was it some kind of temptation?

Fang Xin laughed silently, he picked up the book openly, picked up a thick heraldic book, returned to the room, picked it up and read it.

Heraldry - only the nobility had a private coat of arms

Therefore, this is actually a family tree, and this book actually only records the simple coats of arms of three countries, but it is almost half a foot thick, not to mention, there are two hundred and fifty-six noble families in the country, all of whom are hereditary knights and above.

There are one thousand and forty-one aristocratic families in the three countries, and their forms are very complicated, but for Fang Xin, they have already memorized it after scanning it, and it is not difficult at all, however, Fang Xin decided that he would return this book after reading it for a month, so that it would be about the same.

After looking at it for a while, Fang Xin got up and checked the situation in the mansion.

Looking along the way, I saw a sturdy thirty-year-old man with a rough face, he was wearing a dark uniform and carrying a crossbow on his shoulder, and when he saw Fang Xin, he nodded and saluted: "Captain." ”

"Yes, Dabbs, you're here tonight?"

"Yes, all the members of the group are present." Dabbs also said solemnly, behind him, there were seven team members, all in uniform, and with hounds.

"Well, then you can go on a night patrol!" Fang Xin said, he checked the whole mansion by himself, looked at it for a while, felt that there was no problem, and went out.

He is the captain and naturally has the right to come and go freely.

Moreover, he did have something to do this time—to meet with an old friend from Bussey City—and the news came from the Mercenary Guild.

Fang Xin walked slowly, walked to the dock area, came to a place, where the houses were crowded, the streets were narrow, and there was sewage in the streets, and when he walked into an inn, he also felt that it was very dirty and messy—but this was where mercenaries and sailors could live.

Fang Xin said a few words to the proprietress at the counter, and knew that the old friend lived in a guest room on the east side of the second floor, a total of five people, so Fang Xin ordered, ordered six portions of wine and barbecue, and when it was delivered, he walked to the stairs.

I went up to the second floor at the pace of a normal person, and found that most of the rooms were people, basically many people lived together, and some people even had too many, so they slept on the ground with blankets.

In this room, there was a sound of conversation, but when his footsteps approached, the conversation in the room stopped abruptly, and Fang Xin stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Who?" A steady voice came from behind the door.

"Motzt, it's me, Hamblin." Fang Xin said flatly.

This Motzt was a member of Mallett's original smuggling team, in fact the number two person, and after Mallett died, he left with people.

The door opened, and sure enough, it was a familiar person in his memory, he saw Fang Xin, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Hamblin, it seems that you are doing really well!" ”

Fang Xin's smile was a little embarrassed, and after hugging him, he went in, and with a glance, he found that there were four people in the room, only one Lawson knew him, and the other three didn't know him.

Motzt introduced the team, all of whom were stout and sturdy, with the wind and frost of the sea, and after the introduction, the proprietress brought six servings of wine and barbecue—although they had already eaten, none of them minded eating again, so they sat around the wooden table in the middle of the room, eating and talking, and the atmosphere soon became harmonious.

Fang Xin said his own first, becoming the captain of the nobleman's bodyguard, undoubtedly made everyone envious, and after a while, Motzt talked about his recent action - temporarily employed by a nobleman.

"Baron Ogra? Our former lords? Fang Xin asked.

"Exactly, that's him."

"Didn't he only guard his own territory and not run to the sea?"

"There was nothing wrong with it before, but now every nobleman is involved in commerce, and he can't stand it when he sees that the nearby nobles have made a fortune, and this time, it is a cargo worth six thousand silver Ryke, because he doesn't have a special fleet, so it will be protected by us." "We took on this task a month ago, and when we went there there were no problems, and when we came back, we had some trouble on the way and three brothers died. ”

At this time, Lawson spoke, and his voice was a little gloomy: "The dead man has old sharp teeth, and he did not live to be forty years old!" This time, we are also giving the salary to his family! ”

Fang Xin nodded, expressed some grief, and said, "Old sharp tooth's home, it's late tonight, you haven't gone yet, have you?" Then tomorrow, I'm going to see it too. ”

As for the corpse, he didn't ask, on the ship, it is impossible to keep the corpse for a long time, so, over time, this custom was formed at sea - burial at sea!

Sea burials first originated with pirates and became the oldest and most mournful ritual at sea.

The original ritual of sea burial was very simple, it carried the corpse in a small boat, hung the sails, and rode the afterglow of the setting sun to drive it westward and let it drift in the sea.

Later, both merchant ships and navies used it, and when the ship's crew died, in order to prevent decay and plague, as long as it lasted for more than three days, a sea burial ceremony would be held at sea.

Burial ceremonies at sea are usually held before sunrise or sunset, whether it is a merchant ship, pirates, or military, when a sea burial ceremony is held, all the crew members line up on the deck, wrap the body, and tie a heavy object, place it on the plank, and when the farewell ceremony is completed, the plank is slightly tilted, and the body slides into the sea and sinks - and loads the date, time, latitude and longitude into the logbook.

Men at sea, dying at sea, buried at sea - this is the fate of many crew members.

Of course, if the death is a person with status, it is naturally different, such as an officer above the captain of the navy, which can be sealed in a coffin and brought back to the ground.

The atmosphere was a little dreary, but after a few moments, Motzt raised his glass and said, "Let's make a toast to him." ”

With that, he drank it all.

Fang Xin was the same, but some plans appeared in his heart.

Isn't it a pity that this body, in the six years of marine career, has known many, many seafarers, such a number of sea men, who are brave and profit-seeking, and have rich maritime experience and warrior ranks, is it a pity to waste?